Encoder Controls Display

The encoder controls display is available on Gio, Gio @ 5, and Ion Xe consoles. Press the [Encoder Display] hardkey to open the encoder controls display.

Directly under the middle two encoders are six hardkeys for encoder control. From left to right, these encoder paging keys control intensity, focus, color, shutter, image, and form. Pressing any of these will change the parameters controlled by the encoders. To view other available encoder pages, press the encoder paging keys to advance the pages.

On Ion Classic, the encoder LCD displays the active parameter category loaded on the encoders, as selected by the page buttons. To see additional encoder information, open the Encoder Display by using CTRL + ALT + \ on an alphanumeric keyboard. ALT + , can be used to change encoder pages.

[Encoder Paging Keys] & [#] will take you directly to a page. [Flexi] & [Encoder Paging Keys] will toggle the Flexi Encoders.

To post a parameter category to the command line, use the parameter category buttons located in the CIA.

Each encoder’s area will display the name of the parameter it controls, display stepped limits (if any) and also a {Home} button which allows you to set that parameter to its default position.

The encoder controls display allows you to cycle through parameter steps (if available). You can also home any parameter. Some buttons that may be available are:

• {Min} and {Max} - allow you to send a parameter to its minimum or maximum limit with one press.
• {Next} and {Last} - used to step through ranges (such as colors in a color scroller) one step at a time.
• {Mode} - allows you to switch between modes of a parameter (if any exist); for example, a rotating gobo wheel. If additional modes are available, their softkeys will display at the top of the encoder controls display.
• {Expand} - use to see all of the information about any device with a frame table. Press again to collapse to the normal view. You may make selections from the Expand screen. The colors and images in the device are established in Patch > Attributes >Scroller and Wheel Picker and Editor.
• {XYZ Format Enable / Disable} - toggles between storing position data in pan / tilt format, and XYZ format for use with Augment3d.

Encoders can be switched from course mode into fine by holding down [Shift] while using an encoder will put it in fine mode for as long as [Shift] is held down. Once [Shift] is released, the encoder will return to course mode.