Originally Posted by
ekeefe
@luxilid: Thank you for your input regarding the ordering of parameters. The more I look at it, the more I agree with you.
This is something I can update in the code, so making the change is no problem.
I am curious what everyone else thinks, do you agree with the reordering of the parameters?
Ed & DZ,
Just to put in my $0.02, I agree with Luxilid regarding the consistency of the ordering of the parameters wherever possible. The DMX software I use (and I suspect most low to mid range DMX control packages) have or allow the creation of device personalities that allow for the naming of a particular dmx address and defining value range settings for that address, but don't allow for dynamic renaming of various dmx addresses dependent on which "mode" is selected.
I would balance this to some degree with the number of channels occupied. For example, if there is one 'advanced' mode that takes 200 dmx addresses that only a small subset of people would use, I wouldn't want the rest of what would be 20 dmx address occupying modes to have 180 unused addresses spread throughout the middle just so the common values across the modes would be in the same relative dmx address.
Regarding knob size, knob v. trimpots, dmx through, dmx 5 v. 3 pin, key-locks, e-stops, etc., I am agnostic. Although I like the idea of incorporating Karl and his pro-LD friends' advice, I would vote that it goes into a pro rig that costs more than the initial version you created.
Besides, we all know that pros with deep pockets want to feel that their hardware is inherently better than what any hobbyist or entry level pro would have. Making a horrendously expensive product that incorporates all of these "Pro" features while leaving out things like plebeian 3 pin DMX connectors is a great way of doing this. Maybe take some of this extra money and channel it into a special customer support phone number that's answered by some haughty individual that tells them how important they are and how they are going to skip three (non-existent) levels of support just because they are so special.
Regardless of what is done or not done, I WANT ONE and I don't plan to wait another year for a potentially improved version.
-David
Last edited by dkumpula; 05-27-2015 at 10:19.
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