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• None: No synchronisation information is sent
• Swap DBO Swap, DBO info only
• Page Page changes only
• Enhanced Playback Enhanced sync protocol (recommended)
• Slave Slave (receive sync only)
• Wings Wing data only (no data is sent for PB1 to PB10)
• Obsolete (was Pb) Obsolete Playback info only mode
• Obsolete (was PB,Swap,DBO) Obsolete Playback, Swap, DBO mode
We strongly recommend you use Enhanced as this is more reliable on heavily loaded networks.
Therefore MaicQ systems can be set to track the playback exactly or just to honour DBO and Swap status. This means that, for
example, when using two consoles, one for generic lights and one intelligent lights – pressing a Swap button on one console will
affect both consoles.
It is possible to synchronise with other (non MagicQ) consoles or external computers that support ChamSys Remote Ethernet
Protocol.
29.2.2 Configuring which consoles Playback sync to which consoles
When there are multiple consoles on a network, it may be that consoles are controlling different network universes and therefore
there may be more than one master console sending synchronisation information on the network.
It is possible to set a MagicQ console to only accept synchronisation information from a particular console. In Multi Console
Settings, “Playback Sync IP” enter the IP address of the console to accept synchronisation from. A value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that
it will accept synchronisation from any console on the network.
29.3 Manual configuration of Show Data Synchronisation
From software version 1.5.9.4 we recommend you use network sessions – all consoles in the network session are automatically
configured for multi console programming. No further configuration is needed.
MagicQ supports show file synchronisation in a network. One console is designated as the “Master Prog” console which will
keep the master show file.
The synchronisation of show data is separate to synchronisation of show playback state and hot takeover. Regardless of which
console is actually controlling the universes the Master Prog console will remain in control of the master show file.
When a Slave Prog console starts or is reset it makes a connection to the Master Prog console and tries to synchronise to the
show master data. This consists of automatically grabbing the show data file from the show master and loading that show data
file into the show slave. Users can also request a resynchronise at any time.