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MagicQ version 1.3.8.3

New Functions

Timecode

It is now possible to turn timecode on and off for a Cue Stack using soft button A in the Cue
Stack Window. When timecode is turned off the Cue Stack will not execute timecode Cues.
When turned on it will execute timecode Cues according to the Internal/External setting.

Press SHIFT + soft button A to avoid the confirmation request.

It is now possible to change the Cue Stack from Internal to External timecode using the soft
button C. Press SHIFT + soft button C to avoid the confirmation request.

Added support for resetting the external timecode counter. This will only take effect if
external timecode is not being received – as soon as external timecode is received the external
timecode value will jump to the received value.

The external timecode counter can be set in the Setup Window using soft button X. It can
also be set using the ‘Q’ macro in the Cue Stack macro field.

Added support for setting the internal timecode from within a Cue Stack using the macro
command ‘I’. To reset the internal timecode for a Cue Stack to 0/0/0.0 use the macro I0. To
set a specific time, e.g. 10 seconds use the macro I10.

LED – virtual dimmer channels

NOTE – this development is very new and should be used for testing purposes only in this
beta.

Support has been added to enable LED and other fixtures with colour mixing but no dimmer
channel to have an associated virtual dimmer. This allows the LED fixtures to be used as
simple RGB fixtures with a dimmer. This development does not affect the internal pixel
mapping (Bitmap FX) which already has a virtual dimmer.

To add a virtual dimmer channel for a LED fixture (i.e. a fixture without a dimmer) simply
patch a generic dimmer and set the head number to the same head number as the LED fixture.
The generic dimmer will then be shown with a ‘v’ after the head number to indicate the
association with the LED fixture. The LED fixture will then appear with a dimmer in the
Intensity, Group, Outputs and Programmer windows.

Note that virtual dimmers will only work if there are only 2 fixtures with the same head
number – if there are more than 2 fixtures with the same head number then each head will be
treated as a separate head.

When MagicQ assigns a virtual dimmer in this way, in the Cue Engine it takes the value of
the RGB (CMY) attributes from the playbacks and programmer and then scales these values
according to the value of the virtual dimmer channel.

Note that if you set channels up in this way to be virtual dimmers in this software version, and
you then load this show into a version of software prior to 1.3.8.1 then the virtual dimmer will
not work – the channels will always be at full (programmed) level.

Playback

Improved Playback Priority – it is now possible to set the playback priority to:

• · Normal – same priority as other playbacks – last activated has control
  · High – highest priority of all playbacks but lower priority than the programmer
  · Above Programmer – higher than playbacks and the programmer

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