LED intensity

It sounds like what you are looking for is HSI control- Hue Saturation Intensity.

 That way you can control RGB leds with independant control of intensity, but its a whole different way of thinking about your fixtures.

It sounds like what you are looking for is HSI control- Hue Saturation Intensity.

 That way you can control RGB leds with independant control of intensity, but its a whole different way of thinking about your fixtures.

As I understand it, the I in HSI is a NP ('brightness') rather than a true intensity as far as the console is concerned.

What I really want is to be able to blackout the stage just by setting all active fixture intensities to zero; or by pulling the grandmaster down. I also want to be able to use a submaster to fade-out a RGB (or HSI) colour chase.

I know some consoles have a 'virtual' intensity concept for LEDs. Virtuoso certainly handles RGB fixtures in the way I was describing - i.e. they are patched as 3-channel RGB devices, but to get any output on RGB you need to give the fixture an intensity. i.e. Red parameter at 100 and Intensity at 50 gives a DMX output of 127 for the Red channel. I'm still hoping this is the way that EOS works.

What you are talking about would be great.  I work a lot with the Maxxyz and the master controls overall output of RGB fixtures, but without a seperate intensity channel.  I've not yet had LED fixtures with the EOS so I can't give first hand experience...

 Thoughts anyone?

Have been using several hundred CK fixtures on an eos,  as Dan notes it has the virtual intensity ch.  Works great.... LED's @ full in Blue... at 50... its great!!!

Intensity chases & color chases... all you could ever ask for.

M