User manual

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MagicQ User Manual 85 Version 1.3.0.0
To enable the MagicQ PC open the Setup Window and choose the View Settings view. Page down until you
reach the MagicQ PC wing option and press ENTER to change it from disabled to enabled.
The following short-cuts make programming on MagicQ PC Wing easier. The short cuts also work on
MagicQ console.
Hold ALL and press a playback Select Selects groups 1 to 10
Hold POS and press a playback Select Selects position palette entry
Hold COL and press a playback Select Selects colour palette entry
Hold BEAM and press a playback Select Selects beam page or beam palette entry
Hold ALL and press Next Head Selects next group
Hold ALL and press Prev Head Selects previous group
Hold POS, COL, or BEAM and press Next
Head
Selects next range for last encoder changed
Hold POS, COL or BEAM and press Prev
Head
Selects previous range for last encoder changed
13.3.3 Connecting MagicQ consoles together
It is possible to connect multiple MagicQ consoles together in order to control a larger number of
Universes. The master MagicQ console then outputs some channels which act like playbacks for the
slave consoles.
On the slave consoles, one of the wings is configured as "DMX In" and select a range of channels for it
to respond to. Note that the universe that contains these channels must have input enabled in the "View
DMX I/O" view. This causes the playbacks on the wing to be controlled by up to 24 DMX channels
received into the console. The level of the playback is determined from the received channel.
13.3.4 Using an external DMX console for extra playbacks
It is possible to use an external DMX console to gain extra playback controls. This is not a replacement
for a MagicQ Playback wing with its legending and Cue Stack controls, however it may be useful in
certain circumstances.
Configure an unused wing to be "DMX In" and select a range of channels for it to respond to. Note that
the universe that contains these channels must have input enabled in the "View DMX I/O" view.
In order to allow use of FLASH buttons on the external DMX console, MagicQ uses the top 5% of the
channel range as an indication that a FLASH button has been pressed. On the external console the
playback master fader should be configured at a maximum of 95% with the flash master set to 100%. If
it is not possible to set the master levels independently on the external DMX console then set the grand
maser on it to 95%.
13.4 Security settings
13.4.1 Disable Programming