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• Set to 2 to disable Wing 1 lower faders.
• Set to 4 to disable Wing 1 upper faders.
• Set to 8 to disable Wing 2 lower faders.
• Set to 10 to disable Wing 2 upper faders.
42.18.7 Power Fail Detection
This setting disables power fail detection for the current seesion in case the power fail detection circuitry has gone faulty and is
continually reporting power fail.
This setting is not stored over a reset / power on.
42.18.8 Screen Save
This setting disables screen save for the current session.
This setting is not stored over a reset / power on.
42.18.9 Reduced rate output
By default MagicQ sets the reduced rate Output to “Mixed + Changes only”. This reduces the amount of network/usb traffic
when DMX values are not changing. It also interleaves the ArtNet frames so that ArtNet devices with small buffers will still be
able to decode the correct ArtNet universes on heavily loaded networks.
Consoles and PC installations that have been programmed on older versions of MagicQ software will automatically have this
option turned to “Mixed + Changes only” when the system is first started after the upgrade. Users can change the setting back
to the previous setting if required. The previous setting “Normal” has been renamed “Continuous”. We recommend using the
“Mixed + Changes only” option as your normal setting particularly when using wireless networking.
Data packets sent to WWIWYG and Capture are sent only when the data changes – thus significantly reducing network traffic
when data is not changing. The “reduced rate DMX” options do not affect the WYSIWYG or Capture data.
The DMX data sent to MagicQ Wings and Interfaces is only sent when the data changes – this reduces USB data traffic. When
the data is constantly changing there will be no difference. The RX data LED on MagicQ Wings & Interfaces shows the level of
DMX traffic – when DMX data is not changing this LED will flicker a few times a second instead of being on constantly.
Some older DMX equipment is not able to work at full DMX speed. Use this option to reduce the DMX refresh rate – note that
this option reduces the rate of data MagicQ sends over the network or via USB to the interface. It may not affect the actual DMX
rate as this may be under control of the interface itself.
Some Ethernet Interfaces and network hubs are unable to handle high levels of Ethernet traffic, for example all 64 MagicQ
universes output simultaneously. On these devices set this option to “Mixed + Changes” – this sends the Ethernet data at the
same rate, but in alternating order, thus ensuring that the Ethernet Interface can pick up the data.
Note that MagicQ will always send data on ArtNet and Visualiser at least once every second regardless of whether data has
changed.
42.18.10 Movie Buffer frames (0=use default)
MagicQ uses buffering for Movie clips. By default (when this settting is set to 0) MagicQ uses a buffer size of 128 frames.
MagicQ will always use a minimum of 128 frames regardless of this setting.
Note that on Pro 2010 and Pro 2014 consoles MagicQ uses a solid state disc so on these systems changing this parameter should
not make significant difference.