Ok. I did happen across this while trying to track down some other info.
It appears there is no reference to the format in the 2004 manual. Or at least it's not where it's supposed to be (an early mention directs you to a page, but wrongly).
So, from the 2000 manual:
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26 Appendix 7. User-defined Dimmer Curves
The file format for the user defined dimmer curve is very simple.
It consists of 256 lines of data, each line containing a decimal number between 0 and 255 and this represents the output value for a given input value which is the line number. Comments are allowed but there must be at least 5 spaces after the entry.
No other text is allowed.
The file name must be UC.DAT
Example entries for the user curve data file:
00 at level 0 the output will be 000
05 at level 1 the output will be 005
07 at level 2 the output will be 007
09 at level 3 the output will be 009
11 at level 4 the output will be 011
13 at level 5 the output will be 013
19 at level 6 the output will be 019
21 at level 7 the output will be 021
This file MUST be 256 lines long.
So, it looks theoretically possible using this method & I have a feeling this is what users have done in the past.
However, there is some confusion:
The 2000 soft had an option in the disk menu for loading this file, but 2004 does not.
2004 manual suggests you use System/Service/Tests/Read FIX.SYS:
D [Tests] - Displays another menu allowing you to test various hardware in the system.
B [Read FIX.SYS] allows a user dimmer curve to be loaded
C [Modify memory] for Avolites tech support use only
Which gives us a conflict of file name!
But, assuming this little hurdle is overcome, the user curve should be available as the first curve option when patching a dimmer.
I have never done this, so I'm not sure. Maybe Olie or someone else will read this and confirm.
