AI Hydra .aip files

mikeJT · 11/05/2017, 04:04 PM

Does anyone know how to open and edit AI's .aip files on a MAC?

mikeJT · 11/05/2017, 04:06 PM

That would be Aqua Illuminations Hydra's program files.

Reefstarter2 · 11/05/2017, 04:07 PM

once you set them in your MYAI you can edit them . if you have a Ipad use 2 fingers to slide up and down to change intensity without changing each point

mikeJT · 11/05/2017, 04:59 PM

I was hoping to edit the resulting text file. I want to slide the time frame forward (later) and drawing all those points for each color would be time consuming. Was hoping just to ad 2 hours to each time in the file.

d0ughb0y · 11/06/2017, 10:33 AM

it is just a text (xml) file but you cannot just edit it because there is a checksum value in the file that needs to have the right value. If the value is incorrect, then uploading will get an error saying invalid file.

This is really a pain specifically to do something like you described.
I am guessing you want to edit the AB+ profile with a ton of time points.
imho, those additional time points are nonsense. the original AB+ profile is just a straight line (two time points). So your other option is to just create a new profile from scratch with just 4 time points.

I have reversed engineered the checksum calculator but have not yet been able to create the final program that will read an edited aip file and update the checksum value in the file.

vipersnake · 07/20/2020, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d0ughb0y

it is just a text (xml) file but you cannot just edit it because there is a checksum value in the file that needs to have the right value. If the value is incorrect, then uploading will get an error saying invalid file.

This is really a pain specifically to do something like you described.
I am guessing you want to edit the AB+ profile with a ton of time points.
imho, those additional time points are nonsense. the original AB+ profile is just a straight line (two time points). So your other option is to just create a new profile from scratch with just 4 time points.

I have reversed engineered the checksum calculator but have not yet been able to create the final program that will read an edited aip file and update the checksum value in the file.

Hi! im working on a similar project, did you figure out the checksum?

d0ughb0y · 02/27/2021, 07:07 PM

I got several queries over the years about the checksum for api file.

I finally got some time to put together a webpage to calculate the AIP file checksum.

https://d0ughb0y.github.io/aip/

Please pm if you find any issues.

11/05/2017, 04:04 PM	#1
mikeJT Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 5	AI Hydra .aip files Does anyone know how to open and edit AI's .aip files on a MAC?

11/05/2017, 04:06 PM	#2
mikeJT Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 5	That would be Aqua Illuminations Hydra's program files.

11/05/2017, 04:07 PM	#3
Reefstarter2 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 295	once you set them in your MYAI you can edit them . if you have a Ipad use 2 fingers to slide up and down to change intensity without changing each point

11/05/2017, 04:59 PM	#4
mikeJT Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 5	I was hoping to edit the resulting text file. I want to slide the time frame forward (later) and drawing all those points for each color would be time consuming. Was hoping just to ad 2 hours to each time in the file.

11/06/2017, 10:33 AM	#5
d0ughb0y Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: sf bay area Posts: 5,165	it is just a text (xml) file but you cannot just edit it because there is a checksum value in the file that needs to have the right value. If the value is incorrect, then uploading will get an error saying invalid file. This is really a pain specifically to do something like you described. I am guessing you want to edit the AB+ profile with a ton of time points. imho, those additional time points are nonsense. the original AB+ profile is just a straight line (two time points). So your other option is to just create a new profile from scratch with just 4 time points. I have reversed engineered the checksum calculator but have not yet been able to create the final program that will read an edited aip file and update the checksum value in the file.

02/27/2021, 07:07 PM	#7
d0ughb0y Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: sf bay area Posts: 5,165	I got several queries over the years about the checksum for api file. I finally got some time to put together a webpage to calculate the AIP file checksum. https://d0ughb0y.github.io/aip/ Please pm if you find any issues.