ETCNomad not supporting fade times?

What other hardware is connected? (Gadget 1 or 2, Dongle, network gateway?)

The ETC Nomad dongle is connected to make my laptop act as a primary if that's what you mean?

It's then a USB connection to Gadget II and then DMX output from there

What command are you typing that doesn't actually fade in the way you are expecting?

I'm assuming you're using something like Chan 1 At Full Time 3 Enter? If that's bringing up the channel instantly that would be expected behaviour. Chan 1 At Full Sneak 3 Enter however should bring it up in a fade

Yeah that's exactly what I was doing, that's very helpful to know thank you! Can I ask why the 'Time 3' command doesn't work? Also even if I don't specify (e.g. Chan 1 At Full) it happens instantly, where can I change the settings for default fade time? Apologies if these are silly questions!

Chan [X] At Full Time X Enter

When you type Chan [X] At Full Time X Enter look at the bottom right of the “Tombstone” for channel [X]. You will see a red “t”. What you have typed is the syntax for preparing to record a discrete timing for that channel. For instance, type Chan 1 At Full Time 3 Enter. The red “t” should appear in Channel 1’s tombstone. Then type Record 1 Enter to record Cue 1. The red “t” should now turn blue because you have recorded a discrete timing for Channel 1. Now run Cue 1 in the master fader. If your Nomad default is set to record cues at a 5 second fade, any other channels you have recorded in Cue 1 will fade in over a period of 5 seconds. However, Channel 1 will use the discrete time you recorded and fade in over a period of 3 seconds.

There is a way to set the manual default time to fade in using a time other than 0 seconds. I don’t suggest it since you will have to wait that amount of time for any channel you want to bring up manually which would be frustrating while recording cues. Should you decide you prefer to change the default you will find it in the Setup menu, User Settings, Manual Control tab. It is in the section for Manual Timing.

Thank you that clears things up massively, much appreciated!

You can also set a fader to be a manual timing fader and then if you are in Nomads you can access it in the fader page or put it on a magic sheet.