Its annoying that was the code thats been provided with board. I've emailed the guys who make them to tell them that but i've not heard anything back from them, hopefully I will.
Progress is being made at my end though, I've been reading posts from people who've built their own multi channel triac dimmers to see what approach they've taken. So far I've got all 8 channels to cycle on left to right and back off again, and most importantly without the bulbs flickering...which is a start.
Thanks for you help so far, I've still got a long way to go with this.