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MagicQ User Manual 4 Version 1.4.9.0
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 18
1.1 Which console model? ................................................................................................................ 18
1.2 DMX512 and Art-Net outputs ..................................................................................................... 19
1.3 Care of your MagicQ console ...................................................................................................... 19
1.4 Safety Information ....................................................................................................................... 19
2 Console Concepts ................................................................................................................................ 21
2.1 Show Storage ............................................................................................................................... 21
2.2 Output channels ........................................................................................................................... 21
2.2.1 HTP / LTP channels ............................................................................................................ 22
2.3 Cues ............................................................................................................................................. 22
2.4 Cue Stacks ................................................................................................................................... 23
2.5 Playbacks ..................................................................................................................................... 23
2.6 Pages ............................................................................................................................................ 23
2.7 FX ................................................................................................................................................ 23
2.8 Window layouts ........................................................................................................................... 24
2.9 Shift Functions ............................................................................................................................ 24
2.10 The Programmer .......................................................................................................................... 24
2.11 Help ............................................................................................................................................. 25
3 MagicQ Console Layout ...................................................................................................................... 26
3.1 Connections ................................................................................................................................. 26
3.2 Plugging Up ................................................................................................................................. 27
3.3 DMX Connections ....................................................................................................................... 27
3.4 Powering Up ................................................................................................................................ 28
3.5 Powering Down ........................................................................................................................... 28
3.6 Resetting the Console .................................................................................................................. 28
3.7 Console Layout ............................................................................................................................ 29
3.7.1 Touch Screen & Encoders ................................................................................................... 30
3.7.2 Windows .............................................................................................................................. 31
3.7.3 Head Control ....................................................................................................................... 32
3.7.4 Editor Buttons ...................................................................................................................... 33
3.7.5 Playback .............................................................................................................................. 33
3.8 Keyboard, Keypad, Select & Confirm Windows ........................................................................ 34
3.9 Common Actions ......................................................................................................................... 34
3.9.1 Items .................................................................................................................................... 34
3.9.2 Setting the value of items .................................................................................................... 34
3.9.3 Naming items....................................................................................................................... 35
3.9.4 Moving items ....................................................................................................................... 35
3.9.5 Copying items ...................................................................................................................... 35
3.9.6 Removing items ................................................................................................................... 35
3.9.7 Recording items ................................................................................................................... 36
3.9.8 Actions on Playbacks .......................................................................................................... 36
4 Quick Start ........................................................................................................................................... 37
4.1 Starting up the Console ............................................................................................................... 37
4.2 Calibrating the Touch Screen ...................................................................................................... 37
4.3 Starting a New Show ................................................................................................................... 38
4.4 Enabling Console Outputs ........................................................................................................... 39
4.4.1 Using Direct DMX Outputs ................................................................................................. 39
4.4.2 Using ArtNet and ArtNet to DMX interfaces ...................................................................... 40
4.5 Connecting a MagicQ Playback Wing ........................................................................................ 40
4.6 Connecting External Monitors .................................................................................................... 41
4.6.1 Pro 2010 (ProX) Operating System ..................................................................................... 41
4.6.2 Pro Operating System .......................................................................................................... 41
4.7 Patching ....................................................................................................................................... 42
4.7.1 Naming and Numbering Heads ........................................................................................... 43
4.8 Controlling Heads ........................................................................................................................ 44
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