Hello all...this may seem silly (which is why I'm asking) but is it possible to have an intensity channel with 16bit resolution? The reason I'm asking...I have two Luxeon K2 Star LEDs running off a Theatre Wireless RC4 Wireless DMX/dimmer and a 6v battery. When I manually roll the intensity up and down with the encoder, the fade is seamless with no "steps" in between the levels. When it runs on a sub with a 1 sec fade time, you can see steps in the fade. The RC4 specs claim smooth LED fades using an ISL curve with a resolution of 16,384 steps or 0.0061% intensity for each step (which should be an intensity change that's imperceptible to the human eye). Do you see where I'm going with this? Thanks for any input...
The RC4 only has one DMX channel assigned to each dimmer, so you are stuck with 8bits on the control side. The hog can do 16bit intensity, but you need two DMX channels per dimmer to get that resolution. The RC4 probably interpolates the timing between DMX value steps and tries it's best to give you a smooth curve, but since you are using LEDs, the steppiness will be much more visible. I have yet to see a standalone LED dimmer that can do smooth dimming, especially on the low end.
The RC4 only has one DMX channel assigned to each dimmer, so you are stuck with 8bits on the control side. The hog can do 16bit intensity, but you need two DMX channels per dimmer to get that resolution. The RC4 probably interpolates the timing between DMX value steps and tries it's best to give you a smooth curve, but since you are using LEDs, the steppiness will be much more visible. I have yet to see a standalone LED dimmer that can do smooth dimming, especially on the low end.
