DJ Techtools Midi Fighter Twister

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doce
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does anybody know whether this encoder Board can be usen in QLC+ for example x y z Axis controller for a movinglight?
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DJ Techtools Midi Fighter Twister
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Depending on what midi mode it uses ? Yes?
x y z isn't what you are looking for in conjunction with moving heads... It's 2D pan and tilt (the 3th dimension you get for free)
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doce
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yes you are right , it is more a general Question about this controller and its usability as encoder / positioner for moving lights and the like.
Does anybody use this controller for this purpose?
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hello there
unfortunatelly testing was no success.
the encoder wheel(s )show strange behaivour like on the fist turn of the knob value increases from 0 to 127 or 130 and remain there . i cannot lower the value, it hangs around127 and 130
any thoughts ?
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what i noticed is that DJ Techtools Midi Fighter Twister encoder sends a midi command which increases from 0 to 130 no matter what direction of turn i use
this means clockwise or anti clockwise generates the same command
strange isnt it?
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and what is even more strange ... midi is 7bit so there is NO digital possibility to get a value of 130...
How or where do you read these values? I think, for debugging purposes, it's better to use a midi tool.
It also might be that your device is sending CC signals, which are mal-interpreted.
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the value 130 is shown in the VC probably as DMX value
I found the Docs to this device and will spend some time working through..
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If the VC is showing you 130 (or 131 - depending on the flip-side-of-things) You got Input - and that is important.
How things will come out, that's the manual to say...
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