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MagicQ User Manual 209 Version 1.4.9.0
In the Patch Window, View Heads personalities only the head general element is shown – however
testing, moving, copying and setting the head no, affects all the elements in the personality. The View
Chans view continues to show the individual channels.
Heads with multiple elements can be inserted into the grid in one go. The Width, Height and Order fields
in the personality specify how the repeated elements are arranged – for example the picture below shows
Color Web 125 inserted into a grid. Color Web 125 has a strange DMX order with individual elements
having a “L” shape rather than a square or rectangular shape.
It is possible to swap the repeated elements of a multiple element head around using the Swap field in the
View Heads view. This is very useful, if for instance a LED batten has been rigged upside down.
When a personality containing multiple elements is patched, a different head number will be allocated to
each element. This enables each individual element to be controlled from the keypad and from the grid
views. For heads that consist of a general element and repeated elements the general element will be
allocated the base head number and the repeated elements will have increasing head numbers from the
base element.
Morphing between different multi element personalities is not currently supported.
23.10 Loading new personalities into MagicQ
To update MagicQ with all the latest personalities, download the latest personalities files (heads.all and
icons.all) from the ChamSys web site www.chamsys.co.uk. Copy the heads.all file into the show/heads
folder and copy the icons.all file into the show/icons folder. Then restart MagicQ (SHIFT + RESET in
Setup Window).
To load a single personality into MagicQ, simply copy the personality file (mypersonality.hed) into the
heads folder.
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