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DIY strobe

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:24 pm
by yokosuna
Hi, can someone point me in the right direction ?
Need to programm a homemade strobe, say, set the dimmer to 100% for 20ms, then
back to zero for a adjustable time.
Don´t know how to made this, because the timer widged in the vc works on
all hold-times not only a specific....

BTW, I don´t understand why the dimmer fades in but does not fade out ... HTP is on...
hold timer > fade in + fade out

Re: DIY strobe

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:05 am
by yokosuna
Well, found the answer by myself:
- build a sequence with the the hold time of the blackout set to infinite.
- build a chaser and place this sequnce.
now the hold time of the chaser is used :-)

Re: DIY strobe

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:29 am
by yokosuna
another issue: setting the sequence fade-in time to less than 21ms, the sequence will not run at all :-(

Re: DIY strobe

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:53 am
by plugz
Hello,
yokosuna wrote: BTW, I don´t understand why the dimmer fades in but does not fade out ... HTP is on...
hold timer > fade in + fade out
It would be easier to understand your issues if you attached a workspace.
yokosuna wrote: another issue: setting the sequence fade-in time to less than 21ms, the sequence will not run at all :-(
I don't understand why you put a fade in and fade out on a strobe.

Attached is an example of how I would go to implement a strobe with adjustable blackout time.

Re: DIY strobe

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:12 am
by yokosuna
> I don't understand why you put a fade in and fade out on a strobe.
Thought about imitating "afterglow"

Thank you for your sample, helps alot !