Mixed 8bit and 16bit channels

[m7r]

Hello,

i have some lights with 8bit channels for RGBW and 16bit for the d channel. What is the best way to set this up?

Thanks, Martin

[Breina]

Oh wow that's exotic! We don't directly support that, though we can make it work as such:

    - channel: 1
      name: m7r_night_light
      type: rgbw
      channel_size: 8bit    
      channel_setup:
       - d
       - 0
       - R
       - G
       - B
       - W

So that will ignore the least significant byte of your dimmer, which you won't notice.

I'll keep this scenario in mind when refactoring! :) Side question: can you find your light on https://open-fixture-library.org/ ?

[m7r]

I have a show running this weekend after that I give it a try. For now I switched to 4 channel rgbw setup of the fixture.

My model 15W model is not in the list but the bigger brother with the same channel options: Q-Spot 40 RGBW

[Breina]

Cool to hear that actual light engineers are using the integration! So far it's been people using it in their house.

Be wary, if you're using node_type: artnet-controller, if you're sending 43 updates per second from your light controller, HA may struggle to keep up. If you have problems with that during a show, let me know and I'll rate-limit it or something.

[m7r]

Don‘t expect to much. It’s a small amateur group playing in an old theater with 12 analog dimmers (with dmx to 10V converter), 5 RGB spots, some Esphome devices, wled special effects and music played by the raspberry pi. All glued together with scenes and scripts. A single gipio push button triggers the next script. All made with a hot needle in a view days.