percent vs. dmx value

pagaille · Post by **pagaille** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:12 am

How does LXConsole handles the percent vs. dmx value ?

Is there a way to send discrete DMX values instead of a percentage ?

I may be wrong, but I found out that while it isn't so important with conventional lighting, LEDs fixtures tends to need this fine control.

Thanks

Matthieu

Post by **admin** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:18 pm

You can set a hexadecimal level using the command line. The format is a capital H followed by a two digit hexadecimal value.

1@H80 is the same as 1@50. HFF is the same as 100 percent.

Post by **admin** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:29 pm

The latest build of LXConsole adds the ability to specify levels in 0-255 as well as regular percent and hex formats. The following command lines are the same:

1@50
1@H80
1@D128

Note: The USITT ASCII Specification says that dmx_level = round( percentage * ( 255/100) )

The Track Sheet will now display levels in all three of these formats.