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MagicQ User Manual 86 Version 1.3.0.0
This option in the Setup Window allows recording of show data to be disabled. This prevents show
data from being recorded, moved, copied or updated. Use this option to prevent show data being
changed.
When this option is set to disable recording, parameters of Cue Stacks and Cues such as Chase Speed,
Shape Size and times may still be modified. To prevent all modification use Disable Modifications in
addition to Disable Programming.
13.4.2 Disable Modifications
This option in the Setup Window prevents Cue Stack and Cue data from being modified. Use this
option to ensure that programmed Cues and Cue Stacks are played back exactly as they were
programmed.
13.4.3 Disable Test Mode
This option in the Setup Window prevents the user from testing Cues, Cue Stack, Playbacks and
Patched Heads from the respective Windows. Use this option to avoid accidental operation of these
features.
13.4.4 Auto Backup
This option enables automatic back ups. It can be set to No, Yes, and On Changes. By default it is set
to On Changes.
For playback of shows you may wish to turn back ups off, especially if you have a very large show as
the back-up process may occasionally affect the response of the console. We recommend you keep
them on (On Changes) for programming.
13.4.5 Keep a backup archive
With this option enabled the MagicQ console keeps an archive of back-ups. It will only archive back-ups
created using Auto Backup above – therefore if you turn auto backup off then you will not have an archive.
13.5 Programming settings
Programming settings are automatically changed when you select the mode – Normal, Theatre non-
tracking and Theatre Tracking.
13.5.1 Activate Chans / Heads
This option determines how channels are activated in the Programmer. If set to Chans then when an
attribute of a head is modified only that channel is affected. If set to Heads then when an attribute of a
head is modified all the channels of that head are activated in the programmer. The channels are
activated using the value that they were at before they were last cleared from the programmer.
Selecting Activate Heads ensures that all the channels of a head are always present when recording a
Cue. Note that if you plan to over-ride attributes of head during playback then you are likely to require
Activate Chans – otherwise all attributes of the head will be over-riden.