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24.7 Ranges View
This view defines the ranges for channels that use specific values to access functions such as colour and gobo wheels, shutter
channels and control channels. Ranges can be set up at any time regardless of whether heads of the type have been patched. The
range data becomes immediately available. If the head has been patched then you can capture the minimum and maximum value
fields from the programmer.
Ranges can be added using the Insert soft button and deleted using the Remove Button (press twice to Remove).
For each range you specify the channel number (starting at 1), the range type, the range name and the minimum and maximum
DMX values for the range. The minimum and maximum values can be the same value if required.
The range type field is used to specify the function of this range so that MagicQ can recognise the features of the head. The range
types are particularly used in visualisation.
The Auto Palette field indicates whether the range can be used to build Palettes. When a Head has no Palettes specified for
a particular channel then it can try and generate them from the range information. Up to 20 Auto Palettes are supported per
channel. Set this value to 1 for a specific channel function such as a Cone Gobo on a gobo wheel or a larger value for a graded
parameter such as the rotate speed on a Gobo Rotate channel. The sum of all the Auto Palette fields for a particular channel
should not exceed 20.
The Icon field is the icon displayed in the relevant Windows and soft buttons.
The Dep Chan and Dep Val fields enable ranges to depend on other ranges. This enables ranges to be defined for heads with
attributes that change their function depending on the value of another attribute – such as FX parameters that depend on the
particular FX chosen. The range is only valid when the dependent channel (Dep Chan) is set to the range specified in the
dependent value (Dep val).
24.7.1 Importing Ranges
Ranges can be imported from a .csv format file using the Import Ranges button. The data should be organised in the .csv file in
the same column order as the fields in MagicQ.
<chan>,<name>,<min>,<max>,<auto pal>,<icon>,<dep chan>,<dep val>