{
  "id": "unlabeled-china-rgb-bar",
  "display_name": "Unlabeled China RGB Bar (second bar model, no visible model number/manual)",
  "source": {
    "kind": "live_probe",
    "ref": "No manual or model number available (confirmed by Zach, live on-site 2026-09-24 -- 'I cannot give you a real model number. It literally doesn't say on it'). All confirmed modes below were established by live empirical testing (distinct colors per zone, direct visual confirmation), the same way the ZQ06130's onboard-menu letters were originally confirmed -- not from a manual."
  },
  "channel_modes": [
    {
      "channel_count": 3,
      "dip_switch_setting": "3ch mode, per the unit's onboard menu",
      "channels": [
        { "offset": 1, "function": "r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 2, "function": "g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 3, "function": "b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" }
      ],
      "notes": "Whole bar as one RGB zone. Confirmed working live 2026-09-24 (used as the reliability fallback while the higher-channel modes were being probed)."
    },
    {
      "channel_count": 12,
      "dip_switch_setting": "12ch mode, per the unit's onboard menu",
      "channels": [],
      "notes": "NOT confirmed -- live probe live 2026-09-24 produced inconsistent/flashing results (roughly half the bar cyan, the other half flashing blue, then shifted to half-blue/half-dark) that did NOT match the clean '4 zones x plain RGB' pattern the 24ch mode uses. Real behavior not yet understood -- do not assume a channel layout for this mode without further live testing."
    },
    {
      "channel_count": 24,
      "dip_switch_setting": "24ch mode, per the unit's onboard menu",
      "channels": [
        { "offset": 1, "function": "zone1_r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 2, "function": "zone1_g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 3, "function": "zone1_b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 4, "function": "zone2_r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 5, "function": "zone2_g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 6, "function": "zone2_b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 7, "function": "zone3_r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 8, "function": "zone3_g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 9, "function": "zone3_b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 10, "function": "zone4_r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 11, "function": "zone4_g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 12, "function": "zone4_b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 13, "function": "zone5_r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 14, "function": "zone5_g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 15, "function": "zone5_b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 16, "function": "zone6_r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 17, "function": "zone6_g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 18, "function": "zone6_b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 19, "function": "zone7_r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 20, "function": "zone7_g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 21, "function": "zone7_b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 22, "function": "zone8_r", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 23, "function": "zone8_g", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" },
        { "offset": 24, "function": "zone8_b", "range": "0-255", "notes": "" }
      ],
      "notes": "8 independently-addressable RGB zones, plain RGB per zone, NO separate flash/master-dimmer channel (unlike the ZQ06130's 26ch mode, which has the same 8 zones plus 2 trailing control channels). Confirmed live 2026-09-24: sent 8 distinct colors (red/orange/yellow/green/cyan/blue/purple/white) to zones 1-8 in this exact channel order and Zach visually confirmed 8 correctly distinct color bands. Zone numbering direction (which physical end is zone1) not yet pinned down -- Zach noted the physical end he'd been calling 'the last section' was actually zone1 in this scheme."
    },
    {
      "channel_count": 48,
      "dip_switch_setting": "48ch mode, per the unit's onboard menu",
      "channels": [],
      "notes": "NOT confirmed as a plain-RGB zone mode. Live probe 2026-09-24 strongly suggests this is NOT '16 zones x 3ch' or '8 zones x 6ch' plain RGB -- multiple layouts tested (leading control channels + 15 zones; 8 zones x 6ch with a trailing byte) and in every layout tried, the last byte of each block behaved as an AUTO-COLOR-CYCLE SPEED control (0 = off/dark, low values = slow cycling, high values = fast cycling), not a static dimmer -- e.g. one specific 8-zone x 6ch layout: value 0 on the 6th byte of each zone -> dark, value 128 -> slow color-cycling, value 255 -> fast color-cycling. This suggests 48ch mode may be a macro/program-heavy mode rather than a pure higher-resolution zone mode (Zach's own live hypothesis, live 2026-09-24, not yet confirmed either way). Needs a real, patient, non-live-pressure investigation session -- do not treat 48ch as usable until re-investigated."
    }
  ],
  "addressing": {
    "method": "unknown",
    "notes": "Not yet confirmed how DMX mode + start address are set on this unit (onboard menu vs DIP switches) -- update once observed."
  },
  "unconfirmed": [
    "5ch mode -- not tested",
    "6ch mode -- not tested",
    "12ch mode -- tested, real behavior not understood, see channel_modes above",
    "48ch mode -- tested, likely a macro/program mode not a plain zone mode, see channel_modes above",
    "Physical zone1 direction/orientation for the 24ch mode",
    "Whether the same channel layout as 24ch scales cleanly to other modes -- disproven for 48ch, unknown for 12ch"
  ],
  "verification_status": "partially_confirmed"
}