Bug? Reported channels only 7bit?

The issues found when using the Fixture Manager panel
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GGGss
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While helping another user, I came up to this possible bug...
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With the annexed fixture profile added, I got 'only' 128 channels reported where it should have been 480!
(128 smells to a 7b value +1 = 128 max)

(My assumption is: Is that why RGB panels do not align quite as nicely as they should be? Being accounted as 7b values, where should the 8b channel count be in place?)

Please verify my findings... The reported channel count is not correct = bug status (did not report this on GitHub because of verification needed)
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hmm .. I'm watching ghosts .. I might be very wrong but ->

*add the fixture to a new project,
*do nothing,
*open DMX monitor, and add this new fixture ...
*observe the 2D monitor
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Why are those upper-addressed pixels in white?

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*add the fixture to a group with dimensions of 40x4
*Create an RGB-matrix group with that fixture
*add a RGB matrix to your project
*Select the group you just made
*hit preview
*observe the 2D DMX monitor
>> The white pixels never change...
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Helping to debug, here is some other info:
*simple desk: channels 370 & 373 fully lit:
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*result:
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Oh wow, you found a very silly bug on the channel item maximum limit.
For some reason the original QLC author thought (20+ years ago) that fixtures would have never reach more than 128 channels! haha
https://github.com/mcallegari/qlcplus/b ... re.ui#L151
Easy to fix
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