Introducing
ColorRoll™ Technology by ColorMaker Inc.
What is ColorRoll ?
ColorRoll is a technology developed by ColorMaker Inc. to operate on the ColorMaker line of wireless LED fixtures. When activated a colletion of colors are transmitted to the fixture by a remote. Once the fixture receives the packet of data which takes less that 1 second the fixture will start rolling throught the colors fading from one color to the next with flicker free transition. This is an endless loop when the last color is reached the process starts over to the first color. Once the ColorRoll has started the Fade Time from color to color can be controled from 15 seconds to 5 minutes for each color. The fixture will operate completely independant of the transmitter until it receives a singal to terminate. Custom colors are programmed and saved in the remote. There are 3 buttons marked ColorRoll 1, ColorRoll 2 and ColorRoll 3 witch are used for the ColorRoll featture.
How many Colors are there?
If we do the math there are 16 million colors. there are 255 levels for each color with 3 Colors. which totals 255 X 255 X 255 = 16,000,000
Where do I get the colors for a ColorRoll ?
Creating a ColorRoll is the same as creating a scene with a few minor adjustments. When a scene is created using all 10 fixtures Q1 through Q10 this represents the 10 colors in a ColorRoll. The color setting for Q1 will be the first color in the ColorRoll and Q10 will be the last color in the ColorRoll. If you dont have 10 fixtures then you can use the digital display to set the RGB values. The remote does not know if you are using fixtures.
How to create a ColorRoll using 10 colors
1)The first step is to chose the first color in the ColorRoll by selecting Q1 and then set the color. Do this through Q10.
2)With all 10 colors set press and release the REC key in the yellow Scene Control box. The display will read REC.
3)Now select where you want to store the ColorRoll pattern. Your options are ColorRoll 1, ColorRoll 2 or ColorRoll 3.
4)once you have made your selection the display will return to the last selected fixutre and the ColorRoll has been saved.
And you thought is was going to be difficult! Well were not done yet.
Lets do a ColorRoll with only 3 colors, Red, Green and Blue.
1)The first step is to chose the first color in the ColorRoll by selecting Q1 and then set the color. Do this through Q3 since we only want 3 colors.
This is the confusing part so stay focused.
The ColorRoll knows you have 3 colors Red, Green and Blue. But it does not know wheather you intended the 4th color which if OFF to be part of the ColorRoll pattern. Well its been programmed to assume Yes its part of the pattern. So now your ColorRoll looks like Red, Green, Blue and OFF. So if you played this ColorRoll pattern back it will look like a dead spot in your program.
Stay Focused …
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