Natural Language Control as used in Cognito
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Wheels tool, which is common to all attribute families, labels each control
appropriately as to what it is doing at present based on the state of other
attributes. Complex gobo wheels are a good example of how this is put to use.
DMX512 mapping and the number of DMX512 slots used by the light have
nothing to do with how the controls are laid out to the user.
In this example, Gobo 1 Wheel Mode (yellow wheel) is dialed to Select, the
current Gobo Selection (red wheel) is Alpha Rays, the Gobo1 Mode (blue wheel)
is set to Index and the gobo has been Indexed (green wheel) to 45°:
If the user were to adjust the control labeled Gobo 1 Wheel Mode (yellow wheel),
the entire gobo wheel would Spin Forward (or Reverse). If so, displaying the
control that allows you to choose the Gobo Selection would be pointless; the
entire wheel is spinning through the light path, so you will see all the gobos, not
one at a time. The layout is changed to reflect this:
