Channels automatically go to full power?

You can download a manual from this link: http://www.etcconnect.com/product.downloads.aspx?ID=20012

To get full @ 1% you need to assign a profile to your dimmer. You'll need profile #6. The default profiles are listed below.

Pre-defined profiles
0 - Linear (not editable)
1 - IES square
2 - Slow bottom
3 - Fast bottom
4 - Slow top
5 - Fast top
6 - Full at 1%
7 - Preheat at 5%
8 - Preheat at 10%
9 - Hot patch

Here is the excerpt from the manual (pg41) about assigning profiles:

"Assigning a profile to a dimmer

You may assign one of the 32 alternative profiles to a dimmer. If you
assign none, the console sets the dimmer to default profile 0, the
uneditable linear profile. Following is the procedure for assigning a profile
to a dimmer.

Keystrokes:
1. Press [Patch].  (Press [Dim] if the dimmer LED is not lit.)

Prompt reads:
Select dimmer numbers, then press
[Enter] to assign to a channel, or
press [At] to assign a proportion, or
press Profile to assign a profile

2. Enter the number of the
dimmer to assign on the
keypad.

3. Press [S7], More
Softkeys, [S6], Profile.

Prompt reads:
Select dimmer profile number

4. Enter the number of the desired profile.

5. Press [Enter]."

You can download a manual from this link: http://www.etcconnect.com/product.downloads.aspx?ID=20012

To get full @ 1% you need to assign a profile to your dimmer. You'll need profile #6. The default profiles are listed below.

Pre-defined profiles
0 - Linear (not editable)
1 - IES square
2 - Slow bottom
3 - Fast bottom
4 - Slow top
5 - Fast top
6 - Full at 1%
7 - Preheat at 5%
8 - Preheat at 10%
9 - Hot patch

Here is the excerpt from the manual (pg41) about assigning profiles:

"Assigning a profile to a dimmer

You may assign one of the 32 alternative profiles to a dimmer. If you
assign none, the console sets the dimmer to default profile 0, the
uneditable linear profile. Following is the procedure for assigning a profile
to a dimmer.

Keystrokes:
1. Press [Patch].  (Press [Dim] if the dimmer LED is not lit.)

Prompt reads:
Select dimmer numbers, then press
[Enter] to assign to a channel, or
press [At] to assign a proportion, or
press Profile to assign a profile

2. Enter the number of the
dimmer to assign on the
keypad.

3. Press [S7], More
Softkeys, [S6], Profile.

Prompt reads:
Select dimmer profile number

4. Enter the number of the desired profile.

5. Press [Enter]."