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Shows that only use universes 1 to 6 can to be loaded into consoles set to either 6,12,18, 32 or 64 universes.
MagicQ MQ100, MQ200, MQ300 consoles purchased before March 2006 require a hardware upgrade to run 12 universes – this
increases the processor power to guarantee performance. MagicQ Pro consoles support 18 Universes. MagicQ Pro 2010 consoles
support 32 Universes. MagicQ Pro 2014 consoles support 64 universes. ChamSys does not guarantee performance if consoles
are set to support higher numbers of universes than the hardware supports.
MagicQ PC can support 64 universes – performance will depend upon the specification of the PC. Latest PCs can easily support
64 universes fully loaded.
43.14 MagicQ Profiles
MagicQ supports different profiles – a profile is the entire set-up of the console including the console specific settings (like IP
address, media settings etc. . . ) and the show file. This enables the console to be used to control different venues with easy
swapping between venues.
Profiles are loaded and saved from the Setup Window – in View Settings, press SHIFT and LOAD PROFILE or SAVE PROFILE.
Profiles are saved to .mpr files in the show folder – note that profile does not contain the show data – it only references it – so if
you are backing up you need to store both .shw files and .mpr files.
It is possible to set the console to request profile selection on start-up. To enable this you must put an empty text file “selectpro-
file.txt” into the main MagicQ folder (MagicQ PC on MagicQ PC). On start-up the console will then request which profile you
wish to use before it loads the show and enables the outputs. This is useful in a studio environment where MagicQ can control
any one of several studios over Art-Net. When you start up the console you choose which studio to control.