Chapter 30. Version 1.9.2.2

Fixed the operation of Encoders E and F in the Programmer, View Times, Advanced and Cue View Times, Advanced view. #0029650

Fix for selection of palettes using VDIMs. #0029823

Support for old heads dim highlight mode. #0029832

Support for activation by head/IPCB/IPC/C. #0029824

Support for Replace Palettes.

Support for removing Group FX from the Programmer using REMOVE + FX.

Make Palettes in Exec Region show active when using Group Cues. #0029991

Make FX in Exec Regions work with Group FX. Previously they would not remove and the colour selection would not work. #0030127

In Group Cues mode, if copying heads and no Group Cues are created then individual heads will be copied instead.

After recording a Palette, the Programmer values now are set to a Palette rather than hard values.

Fix for when setting intensities on Group Cues from the keypad with times - e.g. Group 7 @ FULL / 5

Fix for setting delay times in the Cue and Prog windows, View Simple Times view. #0029662

Fix for showing icons in ranges in Colour and Beam encoders.

When setting hard values with encoders the values could go negative causing incorrect values to be shown in the Programmer window. #0030108

Fix for View Cue window when cursoring around View Levels. #0029593

Fix for Locate and Default when using 16bit Locate and Default values (e.g. from Default Cue, Locate Cue). #0029559

Fixed applying palettes with random selection order (<time> * .) shortcut. Previously it just faded at the end. #0029411

Moved the "INSERT IN TRACK" functionality to the "Add TC Track" button. If a track is selected the you will be able to press it and record into the selected track at the position of the playhead. If there is no track selected or there are no existing tracks the pressing the button will give you the "Add TC Track" option.

Prevented selecting the TC track when doing a drag select. Holding shift and then left clicking on the TC track track will no longer select it.

Deleting a playback instance can be done by removing all steps or by pressing REM then the box containing the playbacks name.

The move action can now be used on steps and cues.

Added a cursor marker which is controllable with encoder F.

Added a description to the two halves of the zoom encoders buttons.

Zooming in and out will now be from the centre of the window, not from the left hand side.

Zooming in and out on MagicQ PC can now be done with holding "Ctrl" and scrolling up and down respectively.

Scrolling right and left on MagicQ PC can now be done with holding "Shift" and scrolling up and down respectively.

The centre playhead option will be disabled as soon as the window is dragged when paused or playing.

If a MOVE or COPY action on selected items is completed without pressing/clicking a location within the window it will move/copy the items to the cursor’s location.

Fixed an issue where copying steps would result in the timing changing occasionally when selecting within the ruler.

Fixed an issue where a deleted step would still exist until a page change or a reload of MagicQ.

Fixed the missing lock status/button from the cue stack row.

Fixed an issue where edit timecode loop markers weren’t appearing, when entering the configuration mode.

Support for connections to DJ Systems has been added to include VirtualDJ OS2L, Pioneer ProDJLink Bridge and ShowKontrol. These can be used to both show the status of DJ remote DJ decks, as well as being able to use these to run timecode Cue Stacks in synchronisation with tracks being played. These can be configured in the Setup window under the "MIDI / Timecode" tab. Device specific information on connecting these systems can be found in the MagicQ manual under the "DJ" section.

The new Audio window can be accessed via either the Window menubar on PC, or by pressing ALT+PAGE on a MagicQ console. The Audio window can show either the status of the connected DJ decks, or the incoming audio signal being used for beat tracking. The Audio window is supported on current MagicQ consoles - MQ50, MQ70, MQ80, MQ250M, MQ500, MQ500M and MagicQ PC Systems.

Cue Stacks can be linked to a given DJ track by using the "Copy" function to copy a cue stack onto the relevant deck in the Audio window when the track is playing. The "Activate and Release on DJ System" option will allow a cue stack to be automatically triggered when a particular track is played on the connected DJ system. "Track DJ Deck timecode" allows the Cue Stack to follow the timecode from the deck also.

The * based timing shortcuts have now been extended to enable a per Head fade time to be specified as well as the overall fade time for all Heads.

The previous shortcuts remain the same - e.g. <time> * causes a fade across all selected Heads of total time <time> with each Head fading in turn.

The new shortcut <time> / <head fade> * causes a fade across all selected Heads of total time <time> with each Head fading for <head fade> seconds. The delays are calculated to give the total time.

The new times work for all variants of the * shortcuts, including *+ for into centre, *- for centre out, */ for from opposite selection end and *. for random order.

As in previous software, the * shortcuts can be used when selecting Palettes, when entering intensity from the keypad, and when editing Programmer or Cue data in the Programmer and Cue windows.

The * shortcuts work with both normal Cues and Group Cues.

For example to do a fade of 10 seconds total into centre with each Head fading for 2 seconds use,

10 / 2 *+

Multi Console operation has now been enhanced to enable Patch operations from Slave consoles. Previously the Patch Window was read only on Slave consoles and no Patch operations were supported. In addition VIEW VIS was not visible.

Slave consoles can now:

The following Patch operations are not currently supported on Slave consoles:

Multi Console has also been enhanced to indicate the reason for Slave sync failing - for example if the Master has more universes in use than are supported on the Slave.

When using Users with passwords the User selection dialogue (Setup, soft button C) now has an option to lock the console. The console will be locked and changes to show the Locked Screen. Any key press will return to the User selection where it is necessary to select a user and enter a password in order to unlock the console.

Users are configured in Setup, View System, View Users. If Users with passwords are set, then when locking the console using the lock shortcut (hold CURSOR LEFT and CURSOR RIGHT and press CURSOR UP) will require selection of user and password entry to unlock.

The Start User can now be set to be "No", "Yes (Locked)" or "Yes (Unlocked)". When set to "Yes (Locked)" the user must be selected and password entered before accessing the console.

This also applies to loading shows so it is possible to protect show files by setting a User and Password within them, making it impossible to access the show file on a MagicQ console or MagicQ PC without first entering a valid password. When loading a show with user passwords set, if an incorrect password is entered then the show is not loaded.

Note that in order to protect show files with user passwords from being opened on previous versions of software any show files created in 1.9.2.2 or above that have user passwords can not be opened on software versions prior to 1.9.2.1. The user passwords must be first removed in 1.9.2.2 or above and then re-entered once the show is loaded in the older software version.

When using the 10Scene Remote app connecting to MagicQ with user passwords set (and no individual 10Scene zone passwords), version 1.5 of the app is required in order to use the automatic QR code to log onto the password protected zones. Older versions of the 10Scene Remote app will not be able to use the automatic QR logon, although manual entering of the password is supported on all versions.

Added Reset Device column to Net Manager, View RDM to enable individual RDM devices to be reset. Added keyboard prompt when clicking on Freq, Curve or Factory Reset columns.

When using RDM Background Check fixtures that are no longer responding on DMX are marked as inactive (dimmed) in Net Manager, View RDM.

The Plot View is now supported on both Remote Control and Multi Windows, enabling selection of Heads via a remote control or on an external network touch monitor.

The Vis Windows is now supported on Multi Windows, enabling it to be recorded and recalled as part of Layouts. This is useful on consoles without inbuilt visualisation (MQ50/70/80/250M) when using Multi Windows - avoiding the need to open both the Multi Window and the MagicVis applications. The Vis Window supports both live output and previews on Multi Windows.

Note these window are supported when running the stand alone Remote Control or Multi Window apps on PC and when running Remote Control from a MagicQ console with the setting Setup, View Settings, Windows, Start Mode set to Remote Control. The Plot View is not supported when running from a MagicQ console or MagicQ PC when invoked from Setup, View System, View Monitors since they the Plot View requires the whole show file to be loaded and thus would interfere with the show file and output from that console.

Trackers View has been added to the Macro window which enables both monitoring and configuration of Trackers. This supersedes the Tracker view in Setup, View System, View Status.

Scaling, offsets and swapping Y/Z can be set for individual Trackers.

The incoming Tracker data is received and shown in the Data column. Than any Y/Z Swap is applied, the scaling is applied (which can be negative) and then any offset is applied. The result is shown in the X,Y,X columns which are then used internally by MagicQ for Tracker functions.

An IP address can be specified for each Tracker to restrict acceptance of Tracker data for that Tracker only from a single system with that specific IP address.

The Generic Movement personality which is used for applying movement to MagicVis objects has been enhanced with a new Tracker mode with a Tracker attribute to enable the movement data to come from a Tracker rather from than the parameters of the Generic Movement Head. Thus the Generic Movement Head can be used either to control directly from within MagicQ or from an external system. Set the Tracker attribute to a valid Tracker ID (1 to 20) to use an external Tracker.

Added the ability to set Group Type to No Group. When set to No Group the Heads in the Group are selected but the Group is not selected. This can be useful when using Group Cues to force per Head programming. When pressing Soft Button E in the Group Window, a dialogue of Group options is now presented instead of stepping through the individual options.

The Group Type can be set using soft Button E. There are four options:

It is now possible to set the Group Type for multiple Groups in one go by cursor selecting them first.

When Playbacks are moved, any references within TC Tracks to that specific Playback on that page are now updated to the new Playback number - enabling Playbacks to be moved around without affecting the operation of the TC Track. Similarly any Playbacks on the same page as the one that is being moved with Cue Stack macros that use the A,R,G,T,U macros are also updated to reference the new Playback number. Note that Cue Stack macros from Cue Stacks in the Execute window will not be updated as they do reference the same page. #0016084

On Compact consoles where MACRO is accessed via ALT + CUE STACK MagicQ will remove Alt and Macro from the macro. #0015111

Mouse clicks in the Select dialog box, Confirm dialog box and the popup dialogs (Odd/Even, Fan, Fader, Exec, Quick Macro) are now stored when recording key macros. #0000410 #0014839

Removed inbuilt macros for Wings 2/3 that were not implemented. Changed names of Wing 1 macros to avoid mention of wings - now are the 2nd and 3rd set of PGUP/PGDN buttons which will depend upon product. #0015576

Removed the inbuilt macros Set PB, Set PB Heads, Set PB DMX, Set PB Sel Ints, Set PB Sel Heads as they were not functioning. These functions can be accessed via the Execute special item Fader FN or by creating key macros using the Fader dialog box. #0026215, #0028462

Inbuilt macro Clear Zero renamed Clear Default (shortcut CTRL+CLEAR had changed previously from Clear Zero to Clear Default). Added new Clear Zero inbuilt macro that does CTRL+SHIFT+DEFAULT. #0016652

Added extra macro timing option. "Immediate" is now immediate where as it previously was one step per system tick. The one step per tick option is now shown as "Step per tick" rather than "Immediate". #0029660

When recording key macros eliminate soft mouse click records that are caused by physical soft button presses to avoid duplications. #0021487

Key macros can now be assigned to buttons on the first Wing (including MQ500 PB11 to PB15) as well as the main buttons. #0015875

Fix for undo after recording and then editing a keyboard Macro #0025919

Cue Stacks with Cue Stack Macros will now always be imported regardless of whether any Cues are valid in the Cue Stack. #0027757

Fix for Cue Stack Macro J Command when jumping to point Cues (e.g. 7.01, 7.10) #0015301

Cue Stack macros can be tested from the command line on MagicQ consoles and unlocked MagicQ systems using the command testmac followed by the macro. Note that the D, I, M macros normally run on the playback that is executing the macro so will always apply to the current selected playback when executed from the command line.

It is now easy to create and save to USB a single Support file to help ChamSys support and distributors to recreate and understand problems. This file includes the show file, the session log and the log files from the last seven days. In Setup, View System, View Status press SAVE SUPPORT. This saves a file named support_XXXXXXX.zip into the log folder, where XXXXXXX is the date and time. A prompt is given to enable saving to a USB Stick.

The older option SAVE TO LOG which saves just the session log file has been moved to SHIFT and SAVE LOG. This has been superseded by the SAVE SUPPORT function. The SAVE LOG creates a much smaller file so may still be useful in situations where it is not possible to transfer and upload larger files.

The legends for Playback encoders have been improved.

The Playback fader indicator has been enlarged on Stadium products and the indicator is now active on Encoder playbacks when they are set to Speed and Size masters.

A new option has been added to the Playback Col Tag setting. The option "Cue Stack (dim unused)" dims down any playbacks that have not been programmed so it is easier to identify free Playbacks. #0029386

Soft palettes in Regions are now linked on a per attribute type basis (Intensity, Position, Colour, Beam) so Palettes of these types can be selected independently in the region.

Added seconds countdown on Cue Status in Cue Stack Window when Cue time (delay+fade) is greater than 10 seconds.

Snap colour sets all selected Heads to the same colour values as the first selected Head. Snap Colour is available via ALT + ALL. This function was in previous versions but was not documented.

Default colour sets all selected Heads to the default colour of those Heads. If the colour is already the default colour then sets them to red. Default Colour is available via ALT + LOCATE. This function was in previous versions but was not documented.

Added "Mouse + Dialog (Menus English)" option to the Help Mode in Setup, View Settings, Windows to enable Tooltips in Country Language, but to keep the Menus in English.

Plot View - the Setup option Encoder Mode with "Maintain Pos, Col, Beam" is now supported with the Plot Window to enable selection of Heads within the Plot view without changing the Encoder functions.

Added "No Function" option to Manual Crossfade function and Wing Crossfade function settings.

Grand Master function, Sub Master function, Manual Crossfade Master function and Wing Crossfade Master function are now set so to open the dialogue box of options immediately rather than supporting pressing ENTER to step through options.

When Crossfade Master Buttons is set to Go/Back then this now takes priority over any Crossfade Master function. #0029702, #0029540

When importing show structures it is now possible to specify exactly what is loaded by using the Advanced options. In the Advanced options set the Heads From File option to None.

The RND FX option is now supported on the Direction soft Button C in the Prog and Cue Windows, View FX. Previously it was only visible/configurable from the window fields. #0030214

Colour picker RGB mode display has been moved to the Window title rather than the soft button where it did not fit.

Implemented Playback Encoder Control Type "Other Cue Stack". If the Encoder Mode is LTP or HTP and the Cue Stack is assigned to a Playback on the current Playback Page then it will activate from the Playback, otherwise it will activate from the Stack Store. As per the usual Cue Stack options in will only activate if Fader Activates is set to yes. For FX Size and FX Speed this will only take effect if the Cue Stack is already active on a Playback or within an Execute Grid or the Stack Store. #0030262

In Head Editor when copying attributes to other modes it now reopens the original Head after the copy. #0028474

The reduced show file format is now available on all consoles - previously it was only available on consoles with 127 universes or more. #0030369

When soft Palettes are applied the Cue Window is refreshed automatically.

In the Plot Window the Fit to Selected Heads soft button has been moved to SHIFT + Fit to Whole Plot and a new Plot Settings Dialog has been added. This has the Reorder Heads While Dragging option that can also be found in the MagicVis Plot Settings tab. It also has the Follow Selection option that used to be found in SHIFT + Fit to Selected Heads.

When Removing Cue Stacks from Playbacks, Stack Store or using the REMOVE UNUSED function, MagicQ now also checks for references to the Cue Stack in Automations, Cue Stack Macros and TC Tracks.

When Removing Cues from Cue Stacks, Cue Store or using the REMOVE UNUSED function, MagicQ now also checks for references to the Cue in Automations.

The size of icons and layout of Execute Window boxes will now adjust based on the setting of the Windows Icon Size parameter.

Busking Palettes with times has now been improved to enable more than one Palette fade to be carried out at the same time without affecting the first Palette times. #0010475 #0021825 #0022606 #0025299 #0026402