color wheel fade time

For some reason my fade times will not apply to the color wheels on fixtures. I am able to turn the color wheel slowly by slowly turning the encoder knob so I know the fixtures are in the right mode but after playing back the cues they jump with a 0 sec fade. Viewing the cue shows the color wheel has a fade time.

Any tips here?

Thanks

0 robbieg - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

Aaron,

try changing the path of the cue.

whilst for cmy colour changes cmy flags will normally fade using the cue time,
this is not the default behaviour for colour wheels.

if you change the cue to a linear path you should see the wheel rolling to the new position in the time you expect.

(hog3 manual lookup - 20.1.3)
0 aaron zahnd - Former HES Forum Member over 13 years ago

I tried it and works great, I knew it was something simple. Thanks!
0 colin wood over 13 years ago

Also worth noting if anyone else has this problem that some fixtures, particularly Martin have two alternative DMX values for colour wheel positions. One will allow scrolling between colours and the other will not. If changing the path on the console does not solve the issue, then it's most likely the DMX value itself.
0 marc lorenz over 13 years ago

[QUOTE=Firewood1;59591]Also worth noting if anyone else has this problem that some fixtures, particularly Martin have two alternative DMX values for colour wheel positions. One will allow scrolling between colours and the other will not. If changing the path on the console does not solve the issue, then it's most likely the DMX value itself.

In this case you probably have the option on the color-wheel-encoder to choose between slots and scrolling, just click on the touch-screen patern over the encoder to change from slot to scrolling