10Scene Settings Window are now greyed out on QuickQ Designer. The Enable Rack Sockets option is only active on the QuickQ Rack, it is greyed out on other consoles.note off after sending a MIDI note on in order to press GO. Previously you had to send a MIDI note off between every MIDI note on message in order to step through a cue stack. This is no longer necessary.Change Password dialog did not work after an incorrect password had been entered.Event wizard where the new Event would get created even when the Dialog was cancelled.QuickQ v6 adds full support for the SnakeSys 10Scene system. The new 10Scene Window allows users to configure 10Scene wall panels, gateways and zones.
The new 10Scene Panel tab allows users to emulate a wall panel in any of the 10 zones, or control all of them.
Each of the four 10Scene connectors on the back of the QuickQ Rack has a contact pin that can be configured to trigger an Execute or Playback or join two zones together so that the Wall Panels for both zones control the lights in both zones.
The Gateways tab can be used to connect extra 10Scene wall panels to a QuickQ Console or Rack. Each Gateway has two 10Scene sockets and can control contacts 1 & 2. The firmware on the Gateway can be upgraded from the Gateways tab.
The 10Scene system can be configured from the 10Scene Settings tab. Connections to gateways and the buttons on the QuickQ Rack can be enabled in the Settings tab, and the 10Scene mode can be selected. When zoned control is selected the zones can be joined in this window.
There are also buttons that allow the zone of each 10Scene wall panel to be set.
QuickQ now has much expanded remote control possibilities. There is a new Protocols tab in the Network Settings where Ethernet Remote Control and Open Sound Control can be turned on and off. There is also a log of messages that have been received.
Playbacks and 10Scene zones can be controlled by the OSC protocol. All the commands available from the Ethernet Remote protocol are also available from OSC. QuickQ can receive commands and also provide feedback to OSC applications such as TouchOSC
The Ethernet Remote Protocol has had some new commands added. Using the protocol it is possible to:
PlaybacksGo and Pause PlaybacksPlayback10Scene wall panel.MIDI can be used to start, stop, Go, Pause and set levels on playbacks. QuickQ now uses the velocity of a note to set the level of a playback. A note from the next octave (starting at note 72) will press Go on a playback, while a note on the next octave (note 84 onwards) will press Pause on a playback.
Executes, Playbacks and Cues directly, without using the Cue Stack Window. It is also possible to set times on multiple cues at once. Select Fade Times in the Action menu to edit the times.Playbacks and Executes. In previous versions the Fade Out time has been used as the release time, now it is a separate parameter. Release times can be edited from the Fade Times Action Dialog.Files Window has a new Load Show and Console Settings button. This will set the DMX networking, 10Scene mode and other console settings as they were when the show file was saved. The button is only available when the Access Level is set to Admin.6 Dots button is now labelled Action.Heads instead of Fixtures. These have now all been changed to Fixtures.Settings Window now has a separate tab for remote protocols. The UI for setting the console IP address has been improved.Layout window show their intensity as a number as well as a bar graph.Layout Window now have more space to show more text.Fade Times Dialog. #26543New Show dialog now shows a warning if the show has not been saved yet.Execute Grid is limited to 10x10. Shows created in MagicQ and loaded into QuickQ will have the grid truncated to 10x10 if they were larger.Record Merge on single cue faders.QuickQ consoles now have a simple remote control protocol allowing them to be controlled from 3rd party control systems over a network. The QuickQ Manual has details of how to use the protocol.
Lamp On and Lamp Off buttons will remain enabled when the programmer is active but will give a warning that they will clear the programmer.Layout window is now less sensitive.Colour window did not display gels on Mac QuickQ Designer. This is now fixed.Lamp On and Lamp Off buttons would get stuck when trying to lamp on fixtures that don't have a lamp on command.Layout window no longer zooms out when the screen saver activates.Tap To Time buttons.Events Window has been added. This allows playbacks to be turned on and off at set times, once a day, every hour or on a specific day.10Scene panels can now control either the 10 playbacks or the first ten item on the execute grid.Help button to the Remote connection window for requesting help from ChamSys Support.Menu no longer has a Remove option as this can be done from the Action menu.Open/Close Visualiser Window and Open/Close Panels buttons have been moved to the Menu in order to make them easier to find.Wall Panel Window has been moved to a separate 10scene Window which can be opened from the Menu.Pan and Tilt invert in the Patch window now requires a single click.Grid Size menu item in the Execute Window has been moved to a button.Power button for 2 seconds will display a message with a Cancel button. If Cancel is not clicked within 5 seconds the console will power off. This matches the behaviour of the QuickQ Rack.Password Dialogs would allow passwords that were too long. Passwords must be less than 15 characters long #23982.Settings it will be stored when the application is shut down so that it will start up with the same console, #22425.Tap To Time button did not appear reliably, #22018.Intensity Window would cause the intensity of some fixtures to got to zero. #0022783Add Fixtures dialog had been closed.Layout Window when their head number was changed.Fixture mode. #23757Patch Window from the Remote App.Cue Stack would go to the first cue when a cue was merged.Chase Options Dialog on the Remote App.Access Level.Access Level.Patch Window.Layout.Execute grid size is set to 10x1 then there is an option in the menu to view how the 10Scene panel will be laid out. Setting the access level to operator will make the Home page the 10Scene view.Allow other consoles to control this universe is switched on in the DMX Settings Window then when QuickQ detects incoming data it will relinquish control and output the received DMX data from the DMX ports. When the external console is disconnected QuickQ will return to controlling the lighting rig as normal. When QuickQ has relinquished control it displays an icon in the toolbar.Files window in QuickQ and click on Install Fixture Library File. Select the file and the fixture library will be installed onto the console. To revert back to the installed fixture library click on Remove User Fixture Files. The release date of the installed fixture library is shown in the Files window. New releases of QuickQ include the fixture library that was current on the day the software was released.Wifi Settings window now has a Save to USB Stick button. This will save a .png file with the QR code, and also 2 PDF files in A4 and US Letter sizes with the QR code that can be printed out.MIDI Timecode. Clicking on the timecode will open the Cue Stack window for the timecode playback.Actions menu now spread over 2 lines if all the buttons do not fit on one line. #20383Layout window no longer attempts to rearrange items. The grid system does a better job of that.Update window has been redesigned in order to make it clearer. If the software is aware of a new software release it will show a banner at the top of the Update window, and display a notification when the console is powered up.Update window the Update Software button now shows a file chooser dialog allowing users to select a .cdq installer file which will then be installed. The installation can not be stopped once it has started. The software will restart once the installation is successfully completed. This can be done from the Remote App, but the USB stick with the new .cdq file should still be inserted into the console or QuickQ Rack.Cue Stack Window ensures that the next cue is always visible.Cue Stack window on the Remote App didn't work.Cue Stack window on the Remote App.Execute window when recording to blank items.Layout window did not allow more than 60 fixtures to be added to the layout. This is now fixed.+ button wasn't shown when recording groups in the Layout window.Execute window.Backup to USB function on QuickQ consoles. #0021247Execute window on the Remote App.Range window to quickly find and select attribute values.Layout window.Backup to USB button.QuickQ v3 introduces a new feature to lock down console programming. Access Levels can be used to prevent users from making unwanted changes to the show files.
There are 3 access levels, Admin is the default and allows unlimited control of the console, patch and settings. Programmer allows users to program shows but not to change the patch or settings. Operator prevents any changes to the show file, but the show can still be operated as normal. When in the Operator level the home screen changes to the Execute window.
The access level can be changed in the Settings window. The Admin and Programmer access levels can be password protected, and passwords can be changed in the Settings window. The current access level and the passwords are stored in the show file. The user must enter the current Admin password before they can change a password.
When changing to the Operator user the console will be cleared.
Playbacks can now be moved onto other faders and onto the Execute window. Items in the Execute Window can also be moved onto Playback faders and Cue faders.Action icon, then select some fixtures, press Move then select where they need to go.Patch window.Ranges window showing all the ranges available making it quick and easy to select prisms, strobe effects, iris macros and colour temperatures.Ranges window.Backup to USB button to the Files window. This saves the current show to a USB drive then performs some checks to ensure that the file has saved successfully. QuickQ will display a message when the file has been saved and it is safe to unplug the USB drive. It is no longer possible to save to USB drives using the Save Show As... button.Files window that removes old backup files. This will free up hard drive space.Layout window can now be lined up to a grid. Unlock the layout then click on Grid to display the grid. When fixtures and groups are moved they will snap to the grid.RDM autopatch. It also shows a list of the fixtures it has found while performing the auto patch.Action menu now allows actions to be selected before items. It is possible to press the Action icon, then the Remove icon, then click on something to remove it.Action mode. Instead they change colour in the same way as the items on the screen.Playbacks.Name button provides a quick way to name it.Cue Stack window, now it shows the playback number to make it clearer what is being edited.Cue Faders are now called cue faders in the Action dialog windows instead of playbacks.Release button is shown for all playbacks that do not release when the fader is set to 0.Layout window would change slightly after QuickQ had been shut down.Execute window where link graphics did not show correctly. #0020392Execute Window.Add Fixture dialog wouldn't find the correct fixture using the text search until after QuickQ had indexed the heads. #0020529Playback flash buttons did not select the playback.Gobo window in the Remote App would set the gobo wheel to Open.Xfade fader did not appear to work if the Theatre Playback was not current.Xfade fader in the Offline Designer App.Execute cues and Cue faders would be recorded with a 3 second fade when in Theatre Mode. #0020389Record would always overwrite the cue faders.Rename dialog did not warn when entering names that were too long.Add button in the Patch window didn't show a progress indicator while QuickQ was indexing the fixture library. This made it appear that the Add Fixtures dialog wasn't working. The Add buttons are now blue instead of green with working progress indication, and clearer indication of when they are disabled.Record All would be not be saved in the show file.Record Overwrite did not appear to work at first when recording onto faders.Default palette did not appear to be recorded. It was using the locate value which was not being updated when the default value was recorded.Shutter encoder did not change value when the range was changed.Playback 1 current indicator stayed on when other playbacks were selected.QuickQ v2.0 introduces Theatre Mode. This turns Playback 1 into a theatre cue stack, Playback 2 becomes a manual crossfader for the cue stack on Playback 1. In Theatre Mode lowering a Playback to 0% does not automatically release the cue stack. If a light's intensity is at 0% in a cue then it will automatically be moved into position ready for the next cue. New cues recorded while in Theatre Mode will have a default fade time of 3s.
To turn on Theatre Mode click on Settings in the menu then select Theatre Mode.
On the QuickQ console setting all the faders to 0 and pressing Clear will return all fixtures to their default positions. The default positions are stored in the first palette in each Attribute window. To change the default values simply record some new values into the first palette, which is labelled as Default.
Execute Window now has a Link option. Clicking on a cue in the Execute window will release any cues that are linked to it. Use the Action menu to link and unlink cues.Cue Stack window now displays the cue stack on the current playback, which has a green label. The window now has Play and Pause controls. The Pause control changes its graphic to show when the Pause button will act as a back button.DEF and SNAP buttons are now operational. DEF make the fixtures white, and a second press will make them red, SNAP makes all the selected fixtures the same colour.Files window now shows how much space is left on the console for saving show files.File Manager window has been added to allow deleting of old show files.Gobo windows now have a Focus control.Hot Takeover option. When the console detects ArtNet trying to control a DMX universe it will stop outputting it's own data, allowing other consoles to take control of a lighting rig.Record button has been moved next to the Action button and the icon has been replaced with text.Record Options are now hidden by default, click on Show Options to see the Merge, Remove and Record All options.Cancel button on toolbars has been moved so it is consistent with dialogs.Add buttons have been moved to the bottom of the tables instead of the bottom of the screen.Remove text has been replaced with a bin icon in the Action menu.Playback displays get brighter when the Playback is active. #0019998Add buttons now only appear when the Record button is pressed.Execute window.Add Fixtures dialog didn't update the address properly on remote.Pan and Tilt invert in Patch window. #0019118Rename dialogs. #0019167Show Loaded' dialog showing changes to show file. It was bigger than the application window on QuickQ Offline Designer.Playback fader was pulled down and then up again. #0019171Playback background colour would not change when cues where recorded or the Playback was removed.Attribute windows where the palette buttons would not update after the fixture selection had changed.Add Fixtures dialog to fit around the virtual keyboard.Playback is paused.Action menu.Action menu on the remote application.+ button when recording in the Layout window.Record mode after creating a new palette.Gobo Speed encoder on the Remote App.The Record All record option is now fully implemented. Pressing Record, Record All then selecting a playback or a cue in the Cue Stack window will record everything that is happening on the console.