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Chapter 39
MagicQ Visualiser
39.1 MagicVis
MagicQ includes a visualiser called MagicVis available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
MagicVis is available in two versions:
• A standalone application called MagicVis that can connect to a MagicQ console or receive ArtNet or ACN data from other
brands of console over a network.
• Part of the MagicQ PC application. This allows the editing and visualisation of a show on one PC.
The MagicVis application enables Lighting Designers to add visualisation to their MagicQ console simply by connecting a
network cable and starting the MagicVis application. The graphics and processor intensive visualisation is performed on the
attached computer, thus ensuring that the MagicQ console continues to run at full performance.
In order to render the beams MagicVis uses the graphics card in your PC / Mac - the better the performance of your graphics card
then the better performance of the visualiser. PCs and Macs with shared graphics memory will perform slowly and will only be
able to render small lighting rigs. A Nvidia or ATI/Radeon graphics card costing £100/£120 C/160$ will make all the difference
to your system.
39.1.1 Using the Separate MagicVis Application
The separate MagicVis application can connect to a console or a separate PC running MagicQ software. The show will be
automatically loaded from the console over the network.
Configure the IP addresses of the both the console and the laptop to be within the same IP address range, e.g. set the console to
IP address 2.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 and the laptop to 2.0.0.2 netmask 255.0.0.0. On the console