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Chapter 21
Automation
21.1 MagicQ Automation Window
MagicQ supports an automation system to enable it to automatically respond to both external, internal and timed events. MagicQ
can trigger on external events such as MIDI notes, DMX input, serial input, timecode, and the remote contact input. MagicQ can
also trigger on internal events such as system startup, system shutdown and system powerfail. In addition MagicQ can trigger on
timed (scheduled) events.
MagicQ supports an Automation Window for managing all of the automated events. The Automation Window supports multiple
events with each event being subject to specified parameters.
Each event then triggers a particular MagicQ function – this can be a function on a Playback, a Cue Stack, a Cue, a Page, a Macro
or a Layout.
MagicQ can take a parameter from the event trigger and pass it to the function – for example, it could take the velocity from a
MIDI note event and tigger a Playback level using that velocity.
21.1.1 Autom Events
Each event can have up to 3 paramters (P1,P2,P3) to filter the event further.
Event P1 P2 P3
Scheduled Time, Date mask
MIDI note Mode - on, off or both Note Channel – 0 for all
MIDI sysex
Timecode
Start timecode range End timecode range
Remote Mode - on, off or both
DMX Level Channel
Serial port number of characters to
match P2 is characterstring P3 is the character to pass
to the function
Startup
Shutdown