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Infinity Chimp Series
6 Basic Concepts
Hybrid Console
The Highlite Chimp is a hybrid console. This means it is not limited to control of a specific fixture type only.
It equally treats Dimmer Channels and Movinglights.
Fixtures vs. Channels
The Chimp does not distinguish between channels or fixtures. It only knows about "Fixtures". This is to allow
more flexibility.
As an example: You may easily replace any fixture with a different model of fixture or even replicate
fixtures while maintaining the values programmed previously.
To make fixture replacement and replication working, a conventional dimmer channel is also a "Fixture"
and is patched using a library file that contains one attribute only: A Dimmer.
This also applies to numbering. Chimp uses "Fixture Numbers" for numbering, not "Channel Numbers".
Priority Concept
6.3.1 What is LTP and HTP?
In this part of the manual you will get a basic understanding about the priority concept used in the
console. Depending on which consoles you have used in the past, these concepts may sound more or
less familiar.
HTP (Highest takes precedence)
Generally, desks that are not designed to handle moving lights (like a simple 2 Preset Desk) work on a
Highest Takes Precedence (HTP) basis.
This means that if a fixture's intensity is being controlled by two different parts of the console, such as a
Preset 1 and Preset 2 at the same time, the intensity will be at the higher of the two levels.
For example, if Fixture 1 is at 50% on the first Preset bank, and at 100% on the second Preset bank, the
level output is 100%. If the value set on Preset bank 2 is reduced to 40%, the Output level will be at 50%,
since the value set by the first Preset bank is now the highest value, hence output.
Unlike other consoles, we have laid out the way the console decides which parameter of a moving light
fixture should be treated as a dimmable channel quite smartly - we let you decide when creating a
library. The intensity faders will also control everything that is set as dimmable in the library, and only those
channels will be compared HTP.
LTP (latest takes precedence)
Highest takes precedence generally works well for non-moving light fixtures, but moving lights introduce a
problem. Parameters other than intensity do not have 'higher' or 'lower' values: A colour of red is not
higher or lower than green, and Gobo 1 is not higher or lower than Gobo 2.
When working with moving lights, a better way to decide precedence, called Latest Takes Precedence
(LTP) is needed.
With this system, the fixture values will always be at the value they have most recently been set to. Taking
our example made previously, setting the value of the fixture on the second Preset bank to 40% would
result in an output level of 40%, since the level change has been the latest action and hence, takes
precedence.
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