Fine/Course on EOS only?

Hi Jeff,

The reason we kept fine mode off the Ion encoders was that the wheels on the Ion hardware are of a much lower resolution than Eos and having a separate fine and course mode would not give a user much of an advantage.  We determined through testing that moving the Ion wheel one click at a time at a modestly low speed achieved the same effect as fine mode in most instances and in many instances gave the user more precise control without switching modes like on Eos. 

If you are having problems with the preciseness of the encoder wheels, you can adjust them a bit in Desk Settings under the Face Panel section.

As with all issues that come in from the field like this, we will re-examine this decision, though. 

-D

Thanks for the reply;

I understand the hardware limitations of the ION compared to the EOS, but I thought that the limited resolution would actually make the course/fine switching MORE useful. Heres what I mean: When clicking slowly through fine adjustment, if you click JUST slightly too fast, it jumps into course, jumping several degrees of pan. I thought the switching of the encoder, would set a "limit" if you will. Allowing us to spin that encoder as fast as we want and it stay in the fine adjusting, still keeping the "slower the finer" in tact. Ill still look into trying to find a good encoder setting in the desk

Just thoughts. Thank you!

-J

Thanks for the reply;

I understand the hardware limitations of the ION compared to the EOS, but I thought that the limited resolution would actually make the course/fine switching MORE useful. Heres what I mean: When clicking slowly through fine adjustment, if you click JUST slightly too fast, it jumps into course, jumping several degrees of pan. I thought the switching of the encoder, would set a "limit" if you will. Allowing us to spin that encoder as fast as we want and it stay in the fine adjusting, still keeping the "slower the finer" in tact. Ill still look into trying to find a good encoder setting in the desk

Just thoughts. Thank you!

-J

I agree with Jeff, it would be very nice to be able to put the ION encoders into fine and spin the encoder as fast as we want and still only move a little bit.

-Bryan

I agree as well, this seems unbelievable for a console that claims to be a moving light console not allow you to access all of the attributes of a moving light. If nothing else, it should be something the user should be able to decide for themselves.

Eric

Fine and Course on Eos do not refer to the high- and low-bit of 16 bit parameters - they simply dictate how much "distance" is covered with a given turn of the wheel. The movement/transition is always in 16-bit for a 16-bit parameter.

The same is true for Ion - when you are turning an encoder, both the high- and low-bits are moving. The more slowly you move the wheel, the slower the transition.

-luke-

Yes Luke is right;

Sorry Eric; I don't want to get this feature request confused with a MISSING functionality of the console. Just how it presents it to us.

-J