Very grateful to you sir!
One card will support 16 encoders.
Inputs on the card are listed as buttons 1-32. I am using 31 and 32, so I guess that corresponds to bits 30 and 31, although I am not sure how that works. Does the software see those inputs as bits 0-31?
The card must be set up with the encoders on adjacent pairs, so the easier route should work. It would be handy if the program would allow inputs to not be configured as encoders. The card can also handle digital inputs on each of those 32 stations, but only assigns them as rotaries if specifically set that way. Normally they are switches, buttons, etc. Having the flexibility to do both off the same card would be best.
Ideally the LUA would scan only specified pairs, not all 32 inputs so that buttons and switches could be used normally.
I hope I am making sense.
Reid