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MagicQ User Manual 152 Version 1.4.9.0
On some Windows systems you may need to create a user account magicq with password magicq to
enable Windows to connect to the console.
You can then transfer files between the host and the console. Show files, personality files, FX files and
Patch files can all be transferred in this way.
If you have problems putting files onto the console then try pressing the Set Rem Access soft button in the
File Manager window.
18.11 Status Window
There is a status window in the Setup Window, View System. This shows data associated with the
console and with the currently loaded show. This includes show size, data used, last saved times.
The status window also shows all the MagicQ consoles on the network, and all the Art-Net devices on the
network.
18.12 Editing Heads
The console includes a fully featured Head Editor. From the Patch Window press the Edit Head soft
button. The Head Editor allows you generate personalities for new heads. You can either start from a
blank head file, or you can copy an existing head.
The console stores copies of the head data for all patched heads and all heads that you have edited in
memory until the show is erased.
Changes that you make in the Head Editor immediately affect the heads patched on the console and any
new heads of that type you patch into the current show. However, you need to save the changes
permanently to disk if you wish the changes to continue to take effect after you erase the show.
18.13 Backup Archives
By default the console stores an archive of the show files for every quarter of an hour of the day, and for
every day of the week. This enables the user to revert to a previous copy of their show.
Archive files are only made when the console auto saves – so if auto saves are disabled then no archive
files will be generated. If the console is set to “auto save on changes” then archive files will only be
stored when changes are made. To revert to an archived file press SHIFT and LOAD SHOW in the Setup
Window.
Archive files are stored in a special directory that should not be modified by the user. When the user re-
loads an archived backup file, the backup file is restored into the standard show directory.
Archive files have the name “backup0530.sbk” to indicate the show file that was recorded just before
5.30am. Daily files are also stored – “backupfri.sbk” indicates the show file that was recorded at the start
of Friday. Archive files are overwritten every 24 hours, except for the daily files which are overwritten
every 7 days.
18.14 Using shows on different MagicQ products and show versions
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