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HSI is not used at the moment.
For RGBW fixtures use RGBA.
Virtual Chans. Some heads such as the Generic Scroller2chan are set up as a “Virtual” head – i.e. the channels in the head can
be patched to any location on MagicQ – unlike normal heads 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 head – up to a
maximum of 5 channels. (For normal heads these fields are used to specify multiple fixtures patched to one head.) Virtual heads
could be used for other irregular fixtures such as water jet controls.
Virtual Dim. Used for heads with no Dimmer channel to force a virtual dimmer to be patched for each head.
Dimmer curve specifies the dimmer curve to be used for Intensity channels.
Framing type is used to specify the framing (shuttering) type.
MQTrack is specific to MagicQ tracking systems and is only used by MagicQ inbuilt head files.
24.5.5 Multi
The Multiple Heads Type and subsequent fields refer to Heads with multiple elements – see the section Heads With Multiple
Elements below.
24.5.6 Media
This section is used to automatically set media server options when a media server layer is patched. When a heady with these
settings is patched, MagicQ adds a new entry in Setup, View System, View Media based on these parameters.
24.6 Channels View
This view allows the different channels of the head to be specified. Note that once a head of the type has been patched it is not
possible to change the number of channels of the head.
Channels can be added using the Insert soft button and deleted using the Remove Button (press twice to Remove).
The Name field can be used to name the individual channel. If no name is specified then MagicQ will use the name of the
attribute that it is assigned to.