magish01 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 How does the custom dimming curves in Gen 3 units and future Gen 3 firmware upgrades work?If I program my LED's like they were incans, the fading is non-existant or strange. IE 0-100% for incans great, LED's top out at about 70-75%.Some of my LED light strings come on at 5%, others as high as 15%. Will I be able to program 0-100%, then apply custom curves to each channel that will effectively change the curve for a string that lights at 5% and tops at 70%, and another channel that lights at 15% and tops at 75% so that they look like a normal incan fade up of down of 0-100%?Hope I am explaining this well enough. Thanks for any information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testraub Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Who made the LED strings? You might need snubbers on them. Here's what I did... Work very well.Tom Straub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magish01 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Have already installed the snubbers. All strings are LEDs.C7 blue strings (2@ 50 bulbs) light at 14%M5 cool white icicles (8 @ 70 bulbs) on at 12%5mm warm white net lights (2 @ 100 bulbs) on at 10%5mm multi string lights (3 @ 70 bulbs) on at 8%M5 blue string lights (3 @ 35 bulbs) on at 2%.The blue strings sets are on two different channels and both come on at 2%.I know the on percentages are not that different, but as they ramp up, they increase differently.Maybe I am too picky, but was just wondering if the Gen 3 firmware would help solve this.I have been starting to tweek my sequences but the differences make it a pain in my backside.I had originally sequenced for incans, but it made my fades and other effects rather hard to see. Dennis Cherry put me on to correcting the sequences using Notepad++, which greatly helped. But some of the adjustments cause the LED's that light at the higher percentages to not light, so I will probably just hit all the sequences again with Notepad++ and change anything below 15% to 15 and look at a better fix next year....that is why I was wondering about the Gen 3 firmware upgrade. I have Gen 1 boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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