OSC messages. Finding wheel info

I have moved away from using the eos/out/active/wheel for feedback or control of parameters from eos over osc.  I'm using direct parameter control and creating parameter names locally.  You can use /eos/wheel/"parameter name" and get appropriate feedback and control even when using a mixed selection of fixtures. One of the issues with using active/wheels is that if you select a group of mixed fixtures the wheels may not match and you get unwanted and unlabeled attributes being controlled.  I know this choice moves away from what most people are trying to do with mimicking the onboard encoders but it works and is more reliable than using the active wheel numbers.

I have moved away from using the eos/out/active/wheel for feedback or control of parameters from eos over osc.  I'm using direct parameter control and creating parameter names locally.  You can use /eos/wheel/"parameter name" and get appropriate feedback and control even when using a mixed selection of fixtures. One of the issues with using active/wheels is that if you select a group of mixed fixtures the wheels may not match and you get unwanted and unlabeled attributes being controlled.  I know this choice moves away from what most people are trying to do with mimicking the onboard encoders but it works and is more reliable than using the active wheel numbers.

How do you know what attributes are available for any specific channel?  I could not find a way to see what the profile is for my fixtures using OSC.  Am I missing something?

You can use the wheels that are output to "discover" this but I have found it an unreliable method because in mixed groups you will not get accurate info and in some cases eos does not transmit wheels when it "should" I have changed my control method to one that is more predictable but i need to keep track of what attributes a fixture has myself.  It is a bit unclear what you are attempting to do with your app so I'm not sure how to help.  When you select a fixture it does transmit the name of the fixture profile with the channel info.  Are you looking for the console to output all the attributes as a list?

What I am trying to do:

I hate encoders.  Especially for pointing a moving light and trying to do things like align the rotation on gobos ( The wheel for alignment is either too coarse or too fine ) .  I am writing a c# app to provide a better GUI experience than the EOS does.  The idea is enter your channel number, the screen displays the appropriate wheels / focus control.  Of course in order to do this I need to find what the capabilities are of the fixture.

I am using the wheel information returned, however like you I discovered that the system does not send out old wheel information for a user.  I have found a solution however.  I issue a /eos/user/XXkeyclear_cmd before I select the channel of interest.  (where XX is the user for the window)  This seems to be working reliability.