To help bridge the video and traditional lighting worlds, Catalyst DL1 incorporates the communications standards of both: VGA, RGBHV and S Video inputs for incorporating movie, film or graphics content, and DMX programming - a lighting communications standard that allows the DL1 to be remotely pointed or focused from any DMX-based control unit. Light output is given as 4,500 ANSI lumens.
Also new from High End Systems is the ColorCommand - a colour-changing Par/Washlight that is unique not only to HES' line of luminaires, but also to the industry as far as we're aware. Visitors to the ABTT exhibition earlier in the summer have already had a first look at this fixture, which combines the features of Pars and Fresnels in a washlight, and then adds dichroic colour mixing.
Positioned as an alternative to the above two fixtures, ColorCommand provides the functionality of both, but eliminates the need to manually change lenses or lamps to control beam size or add gels to change colour. Since the colour media used is dichroic borosilicate glass - it won't fade or change colour as a result of use. The dichroic colour mixing system uses a patented design which incorporates two lenses and three colour wheels. The first lens splits the light into 25 separate beams which pass through CMY colour-mixing glass. The second lens rejoins and projects the light into a fully-saturated, evenly-coloured beam. Because of the beam-splitting technology, the CMY colour wheels are able to perform almost instantaneous colour-changes (1/3 of a second to move from clear light to virtually any colour) or make slow, controlled fades - all through a fat beam with a uniform field.
High End - Stand G119
