Merging data from a piece of content to a DMX channel of a lighting fixture leads to the question of data priority – either LTP or HTP. LTP, or Latest Takes Precedence, is commonly used in tracking values between cues. It is not the best choice for merging two sets of data to a single DMX channel, however. Instead, HTP, or Highest Takes Precedence, is the priority method that makes better sense. And in fact, without HTP, merging doesn’t work well at all. Why? Because using HTP, the DMX channel will only listen to the channel with the highest value. So the key to merging is using HTP.
Vickie Claiborne, from “Video Digerati,” PLSN, April 2020 page 38.
