# Dumb question: what does pressing the encoder wheel on an NX Wing do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware\ **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373 "2025-04-01T06:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/onlyslightlybent/32/3321_2.png) [@Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Onlyslightlybent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/1 "2025-04-01T06:53:31Z")
I feel sheepish asking, because I feel like I knew this once, but it’s a function I’ve never really used. The encoder wheels on an NX-Wing are also a button. What does pressing the encoder wheel do? I see that it will switch you to that parameter in the params window, but that seems kind of redundant since moving the wheel does the same thing. It makes the brackets around the value on the bottom of the column disappear. It doesn’t switch you between coarse and fine on a 16 bit channel… so what does it do exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/onlyslightlybent/32/3321_2.png) [@Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Onlyslightlybent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/2 "2025-04-01T07:03:09Z")
And, follow up question, is there a way to toggle between fine and coarse on a 16 bit channel? There is the Resolution grid of course at the bottom of the params prefs, but some consoles allow you to press an Alt key or something to jump into fine control. Is there anything like that? ---
**Author:** ![Giancarlo](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/giancarlo/32/3838_2.png) [@Giancarlo](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Giancarlo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/3 "2025-04-01T07:31:52Z")
For example if you press clear and then push on the relative encoder it should clear that parameter. ---
**Author:** ![Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/onlyslightlybent/32/3321_2.png) [@Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Onlyslightlybent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/4 "2025-04-01T07:41:43Z")
I see. You have to press Clear and hold it down while you press the encoder wheel. ---
**Author:** ![Edward](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/edward/32/5155_2.png) [@Edward](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Edward)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/5 "2025-04-01T07:59:36Z")
With fixtures selected, you can type @, and then press an encoder button. You can then type in a value and press enter, to send the parameter to this value. ---
**Author:** ![Edward](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/edward/32/5155_2.png) [@Edward](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Edward)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/6 "2025-04-01T08:01:04Z")
You could configure an F-key to switch from Dynamic resolution (normal) to 16-bit fine control. To do this, hold EDIT and tap an F-key, and go to Commands \> Channel Resolutions. ---
**Author:** ![Giancarlo](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/giancarlo/32/3838_2.png) [@Giancarlo](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Giancarlo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/7 "2025-04-01T08:25:03Z")
I would add that option also for the encoder it’s a lot usefull to have double features on that type of function! Assignable resolution when encoder is pressed. = ) ---
**Author:** ![Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/onlyslightlybent/32/3321_2.png) [@Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Onlyslightlybent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/8 "2025-04-01T08:27:06Z")
Yes, I figured that out. Now my function key row starts with F1=16bit, F2=Dynamic. ---
**Author:** ![Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/onlyslightlybent/32/3321_2.png) [@Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Onlyslightlybent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/9 "2025-04-01T08:29:32Z")
Onyx consoles don’t have a “Onyx” key in the sense of the “Hog” key (IIRC MA has an “MA” key too). It’s useful to have an Alt key like that on the console. It can be used as a modifier for many functions. ---
**Author:** ![Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/user_avatar/forum.obsidiancontrol.com/onlyslightlybent/32/3321_2.png) [@Onlyslightlybent](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/u/Onlyslightlybent)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.obsidiancontrol.com/t/dumb-question-what-does-pressing-the-encoder-wheel-on-an-nx-wing-do/8373/10 "2025-04-01T08:31:30Z")
I could see a danger if pressing the encoder wheel made it switch to fine control, because newbies would press it by mistake and then not know what happened. I suppose if they did that they could make it enable only in the settings and have default OFF.