I-Wheel Intensity Issues

Ryan,

It sounds like you might have some faulty hardware. I suggest you contact our support department as they can help you with the wheel. support@flyingpig.com or 800-890-8989

There's a small felt ring on the side of the I-wheel that adjusts the mechanical damping of the motion. This ring can get pretty worn on older consoles and let the wheel run freely. You can look at replacing or adjusting the felt piece to see if you can find a feel that fits your operating style.

Its not the wheel that is faulty, what I am trying to describe is if you are starting to enter your next data in the command line while the wheel is still spinning from a past entry, the command line will keep erasing its self

If the behavior bugs you, you might want to increase the damping on the wheel so it will stop moving on its own more quickly. The HogIII's I-wheel is far looser than most other lightng consoles out there.

The I-wheel acts like the "Full" key in that it will take effect immediately without you having to press enter. So, if the wheel is still spinning while you're pressing 123, it will instantly start to change the level for 1, then 2, then 3. It's working as intended.

I'd hesitate to change the I-wheel behavior. It risks bordering on a "Do What I Mean" style of behavior where the console tries to guess what you meant to do, not what you actually did. DWIM is great when it works, but very frustrating when it guesses wrong.

If you're looking for a quick way to bump fixtures to zero, one of Brad's common suggestions is to set the level keys above/below the I-wheel to have a delta of 100%. That turns the bottom level key into an "At zero" button.

I have been setting the level keys at 100% for years. I think it is a great way to have a quick 100% and 0%. That has always been one of the advantages to using a H3 versus a PC based hog.