Rotary encoders for use with nomad

Easiest is to get a programming wing -- plug and play and designed by ETC specifically for use with Nomad

However, there are cheaper unofficial/3rd party alternatives such as what sstaub suggested below. 


Other tools beyond encoders that you might want to consider:

1) Using focus palettes and presets for often reused positions. (90% of my lighting cues are using palettes for position, they're not manually pointed)

2) Using numerical position entry -- such as channel # pan ## -- where the second ## is the number of degrees to pan the fixture. One of my often used one is having the movers at zero degree pans, and 35 degree tilt. 

3) Look into Augment3d, place your fixtures in 3d space (fairly simple to do, native within Nomad), and then this opens up programming either by "point and click" in 3D space -- I want to fixture to point to DSC, or to the drum platform, etc., but also by selecting all your fixtures and saying you want them a 0/0/3 (which would be stage center, at 3 feet above the stage floor . All your movers now point to that singular spot on the stage.

Easiest is to get a programming wing -- plug and play and designed by ETC specifically for use with Nomad

However, there are cheaper unofficial/3rd party alternatives such as what sstaub suggested below. 


Other tools beyond encoders that you might want to consider:

1) Using focus palettes and presets for often reused positions. (90% of my lighting cues are using palettes for position, they're not manually pointed)

2) Using numerical position entry -- such as channel # pan ## -- where the second ## is the number of degrees to pan the fixture. One of my often used one is having the movers at zero degree pans, and 35 degree tilt. 

3) Look into Augment3d, place your fixtures in 3d space (fairly simple to do, native within Nomad), and then this opens up programming either by "point and click" in 3D space -- I want to fixture to point to DSC, or to the drum platform, etc., but also by selecting all your fixtures and saying you want them a 0/0/3 (which would be stage center, at 3 feet above the stage floor . All your movers now point to that singular spot on the stage.