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Issue with ETC Ion and Elation Design Spot 575

So I am having a difficulty patching four Elation Design Spots 575s into my ETC Ion board. From the board, I hit [Displays] then [Patch] and then I choose the channel and set the address. From there I choose the type: I click Type, find Elation, and I am given two options for Design Spot 575. One is 8 bit and the other is 16 bit. My understanding of these lights is that they can function in either mode, but here is where I am hitting a problem. When I choose 8 bit, I have control of the panning but not the tilting. When I choose 16 bit, I don't have any control at all. The strange thing about the 16 bit mode is that on the board, there does not seem to be an option for fine pan/fine tilt. All help would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if there is any more information that I forgot to give. Thanks!

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    Make sure the fixture is set up to match the console personality. According to the EOS fixture release notes (which are nicely hidden by ETC in the client software package):

    16-bit

    Set menu option Fine resolution to ON for this personality Ch 1 - Set
    menu option Pan Degree to 630 for this channel to work correctly Ch 24
    - Set menu option Lamp On Via DMX to ON for this channel to work
    correctly Ch 24 - Set menu option Lamp Off Via DMX to ON for this
    channel to work correctly

    8-bit

    Set menu option Fine resolution to OFF for this personality Ch 1 - Set
    menu option Pan Degree to 630 for this channel to work correctly Ch 22
    - Set menu option Lamp On Via DMX to ON for this channel to work
    correctly Ch 22 - Set menu option Lamp Off Via DMX to ON for this
    channel to work correctly

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    You definitely want to use the sixteen bit personality, just make sure the fixture is set up as specified above. You will not see a "pan fine" or  "tilt fine" parameter when operating in 16bit mode you will only see "pan" and "tilt". 

    This is because, when using '16bit' pan, the pan function is distributed across two outputs of DMX(16bits) instead of one output of DMX (8bits), which gives you 'finer' control of the pan parameter. In 8bit mode, you have ONLY 255 increments of precision. This may be acceptable to you, but since most moving head fixtures pan more than 360 degrees, the fixture will appear very jumpy, especially if you are moving it very slowly.

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