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Chapter 7
Version 1.6.6.8
7.1 New Functions
7.1.1 Make Hard Values
Added a function to make values in the programmer hard values instead of palette values. This function can be accessed in the
Programmer Window, View Levels with SHIFT + MAKE HARD. All attributes of the currently selected heads that are active in
the programmer are made hard (non palette) values. If no heads are selected then all heads in the programmer are affected.
Keyboard shortcuts are also available by holding POS, COL, BEAM, * or one of the attribute soft buttons and pressing INC.
This operates in a similar way to making channels active using SET, knocking out channels using REMOVE or partial locating
channels with LOCATE.
7.1.2 DMX Universe Merge
A new option has been added to test options in Setup, View DMX I/O to enable a complete universe to be merged with the input
universe. This makes it easy to merge a whole universe - previously it was necessary to set up all 512 channels in the Patch
Window to Merge.
7.1.3 CITP (MSEX) live feeds
MagicQ now supports live feeds over CITP (MSEX) for use in the MagicQ Pixel Mapper and for user display on MagicQ. Live
feeds do not have to come from a Media Server, they can come from any CITP (MSEX) source such as PixelBeetle or MSexLord.
Multiple different live feeds from multiple different source PC/Macs is supported.
Each Live Feed Stream is treated as a Media Server with type of "CITP Feed". The Media Server IP address should be set to the
IPa address of the PC/Mac providing the feed and "Thumbs" and "Live Previews" should be enabled.
To set up multiple live feeds from one PC/Mac then set up multiple identical Media Server entries - each with the IP of the live
feed source and "thumbs" and "Live Previews" enabled. The entries do not have to be adjacent media servers in the list. MagicQ
will only make one MSEX connection to the PC/Mac but will grab the previews for the multiple sources through this connection.
Live Feeds can be used in the Pixel Mapper by selecting Media Folder as "Live Feed" and selecting Media File as the "Server
number".
The received Live Feeds can be viewed in the Media Window by selecting View Outputs instead of View Servers on the left most
soft button.
Note that a 2nd Media Window can be opened by pressing CTRL and Media or by pressing 2 then Media. This enables the 2nd
Media Window to be used for displaying live feeds whilst the first is used for controlling media servers.