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GRAPHICS TABLET Optional input device for the Pearl that controls
Dimmers and Fixtures by means of clicking a Stylus or
a Puck on an electronic slate.
GROUP A GROUP is a preassigned collection of Fixtures that
can be selected with a single button press.
HANDLE The row comprising two Preset Faders, the ADD
button and the SWOP button which control each
Intelligent Fixture or the single Preset Fader which
controls a Dimmer Channel.
HTP Highest Takes Precedence, a mechanism for
determining the output level of a Channel held in more
than one Playback Channel. The Channel outputting
the Highest value at any given time will always
determine the level of the Channel. Also see LTP.
INCLUDE A means of transferring the contents of a Memory or
Chase Step into the Programmer.
INDIVIDUAL STEP TIMES
Times programmed into one individual Chase Step
from the TIMES menu. These steps are called
COMPLEX STEPS. See GLOBAL CHASE TIMES,
SIMPLE STEP, COMPLEX STEP.
INSTANT CHANNEL
A channel which does not use fades generated by the
desk, and moves in discrete jumps from one state to
another. See FADING CHANNEL.
INSTANT ACCESS A function on the Graphics Tablet that does not require
the correct Attribute Bank to be selected in order to
control an Attribute.
INSTRUMENT See FIXTURE.
INTELLIGENT FIXTURE
See FIXTURE.
LINKS Connections between Chase Steps enabling them to
run on from one to another automatically.
LOCATE FIXTURE A feature of the desk that makes it easy to find your
selected Fixtures by putting them in Open White with
Pan and Tilt at 50%.
LTP Latest Takes Precedence, a mechanism for passing
control of a channel from one Playback Fader to
another on the basis that the last moved Playback
Fader has control, providing that Playback Fader has
moved passed the Trigger point. (See TRIGGER
POINT). It follows that LTP Channels always fade in a
dipless way from one state to another. (See
DIPLESS).
Also see HTP.