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7.16 Unpatching a Head from a DMX address
It is possible to “unpatch” a head – i.e. to remove the association between the programmed data and a DMX address. The
programmed data for the head is maintained and the head can subsequently be patched to a new DMX address. To unpatch a
head move the cursor to the first DMX field in View DMX view and press REMOVE, or type “u”.
7.17 Patching scrollers
There are two ways to patch scrollers – the first method is to patch the dimmer and scroller separately – then the dimmer and
scroller will operate independently. Use the “generic dimmer” personality for the dimmer and the “generic scroller” personality
for the scroller.
MagicQ has enhanced support for scrollers, so that the colour scroll channel can be tied up with the dimmer channel in one head.
To use this support, patch a Generic Scroller With Dim. This will appear in the View Heads with the DMX address marked as
“virtual” and any DMX address you specified when you patched it will be ignored. Change to the View DMX view and specify
in the appropriate DMX columns the DMX address of the dimmer and the scroller.
The Generic Scroller With Dim is set up as a “Virtual” personality – i.e. the channels in the personality can be patched to
any location on MagicQ – unlike normal personalities where the channels are sequential from the DMX start address. In the
View DMX view, the DMX address fields are used to specify the addresses for each channel in the virtual personality – up to a
maximum of 5 channels. (For normal personalities these fields are used to specify multiple heads patched to one head.)
7.18 Editing Heads
You can modify the Head or create a new head in the Head Editor . Choose the head you wish to edit and then press the EDIT
HEAD soft button.
To quickly choose a head that you have already patched move the cursor to the head in the Patch Window, hold SHIFT and press
CHOOSE HEAD.
To quickly edit a head that you have already patched move the cursor to the head in the Patch Window, hold SHIFT and press
EDIT HEAD.