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To Perform a Knob Test
The knob test allows you to test the functionality of the knobs of the control panel.

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  - Installed Control Panel Boards
  - Module Tests
    - To Perform a Button Color Test
      The button color test allows you to test the LEDs in each button on a module. Each Button LED on the module illuminates, and then transition to the next LED, cycling through the different colors. The brightness of the LEDs is also be cycled between max and min brightness.
    - To Perform a Button Function Test
      The button function test allows you to test if the buttons on the control panel are working properly or not. This test requires you to press the button that you want to test and the switcher reports where and what that button is.
    - To Perform a Stuck Button Test
      The stuck button test allows you to identify any and all buttons that the switcher reports as being stuck. A button is considered to be stuck when it is held for more than 30 seconds.
    - To Perform a Fader Test
      The fader test allows you to test the functionality of the faders on the control panel. This test requires you to move the fader that you want to test from one limit to the other. The switcher reports where that fader is, and whether the fader has been moved from one limit to the other.
    - To Perform a Positioner Test
      The positioner test allows you to test the functionality of the positioner on the control panel. This test requires you to move the positioner left and right, up and down, as well as twist it. The switcher reports where that positioner is, and how it is being moved.
    - To Perform an Acuity® Display Test
      The Acuity® panel display test allows you to test the color pixel functionality of all the displays and mnemonics on the control panel. Each display and mnemonic on the control panel is illuminate, and then transitions to the next color, cycling through the different colors. The brightness of the displays and mnemonics is also cycled between max and min brightness.
    - To Perform a TouchDrive Display Test
      The TouchDrive panel display test allows you to test the color pixel functionality of all the displays on the control panel. Each display on the control panel is illuminated, and then transitions to the next color, cycling through the different colors.
    - To Perform a Knob Test
      The knob test allows you to test the functionality of the knobs of the control panel.
    - To Perform a Module Memory Test
      The module memory test allows you to test the integrity of the button and mnemonic memory used in a module.
    - To Perform an Audio Fader Test
      The Audio Fader test allows you to test the functionality of the audio faders on the Audio Control module. This test moves the audio faders on the menu and on the module, and shows you which audio fader is currently being touched.
    - To Perform a TouchDrive DDR Memory Test
      The TD DDR test allows you to test the DDR memory modules used in the TouchDrive control panel.
  - Acuity® Control Panel Power Supply Failure
  - Panel Communications Hub Tests
  - Touchscreen Tests
- Frame Diagnostics
- Port Monitoring and Logs

To Perform a Knob Test

The knob test allows you to test the functionality of the knobs of the control panel.

Press HOME > More > Diagnostics > Panel Diagnostics > Module Test > Knob Test.
Press Change Only.
Rotate the knob that you want to test.

An illustration of the knob is shown on the menu and the position graph is updated as the knob is rotated.
Press the knob that you want to test.

The text below the illustration of the knob changes from Up to Down when the knob is pressed.