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17.2.2 Using MagicQ Multi Windows...................................................................................... 122 17.3 Additional Cue Stack, Output and Programmer Windows ..................................................... 122 18 Head Editor .................................................................................................................................. 123 18.1 How Heads are stored in MagicQ.......................................................................................... 123 18.2 General View........................................................................................................................ 124 18.3 Channels View...................................................................................................................... 124 18.4 Ranges View......................................................................................................................... 126 18.4.1 Importing Ranges.......................................................................................................... 126 18.4.2 Capturing Ranges.......................................................................................................... 127 18.4.3 Attribute Test ................................................................................................................ 127 18.5 Palettes View........................................................................................................................ 127 18.5.1 Importing Palettes ......................................................................................................... 127 18.5.2 Capturing Palettes ......................................................................................................... 127 18.5.3 Attribute Test ................................................................................................................ 127 18.6 Macros View ........................................................................................................................ 128 18.7 Icons..................................................................................................................................... 128 18.8 User Icons............................................................................................................................. 128 18.9 Personalities with multiple elements ..................................................................................... 128 19 FX editor...................................................................................................................................... 130 20 Using LED fixtures and LED matrix (Pixel Mapping)................................................................... 131 20.1 Patching LED on MagicQ ..................................................................................................... 131 20.2 Using the Grid view in the Outputs Window ......................................................................... 131 20.3 Using text and bitmap FX on Grids ....................................................................................... 132 20.4 Setting a base level for the bitmap (Software pre v1.3.4.9) .................................................... 132 20.5 Using bitmaps....................................................................................................................... 132 20.6 Using text strings .................................................................................................................. 133 20.7 Manipulating bitmaps and text .............................................................................................. 134 20.8 Internal Media FX ................................................................................................................ 134 20.9 Using the MagicQ Matrix Viewer ......................................................................................... 135 20.10 Programming LED using standard FX .................................................................................. 135 20.11 Making groups out of LED pixels ......................................................................................... 135 20.12 LED fixtures without dimmers .............................................................................................. 136 21 External Interfaces........................................................................................................................ 137 21.1 Serial port communication .................................................................................................... 137 21.1.1 Writing to the serial port ............................................................................................... 137 21.1.2 Enabling the serial port ................................................................................................. 137 21.1.3 Reading from the serial port .......................................................................................... 138 21.1.4 Remote programming commands .................................................................................. 138 21.2 Remote Ethernet communication .......................................................................................... 139 21.2.1 Transmitting on the Ethernet ......................................................................................... 139 21.2.2 Reading from the Ethernet............................................................................................. 140 21.3 Remote trigger input ............................................................................................................. 140 21.3.1 Connection (PC Wing) .................................................................................................. 140 21.3.2 Connection (MagicQ Consoles and MagicQ MaxiWing) ............................................... 140 21.3.3 Enabling the remote input in MagicQ ............................................................................ 141 21.4 Sound to light (audio input)................................................................................................... 142 21.5 Time-code ............................................................................................................................ 142 21.6 MIDI .................................................................................................................................... 142 21.7 MagicQ Web Server ............................................................................................................. 143 22 Using Multiple Consoles .............................................................................................................. 145 22.1 Networks of consoles............................................................................................................ 145 22.2 Hot take-over........................................................................................................................ 145 22.2.1 Configuring Hot take-over............................................................................................. 145 22.2.2 Hot take-over type......................................................................................................... 145 22.2.3 Swapping control between multiple consoles................................................................. 146 22.3 Playback synchronisation between consoles .......................................................................... 146 22.4 Grabbing shows from other consoles..................................................................................... 146 22.5 Automatic backing up of shows from other consoles ............................................................. 147 MagicQ User Manual
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