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MagicQ Console Quick Start Manual
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Using ArtNet and ArtNet to DMX interfaces
To output ArtNet on a Universe enable it and ensure that the output type is set to ArtNet. Choose which ArtNet Universe
you wish to Output the MagicQ Universe on. MagicQ defaults to outputing MagicQ universe 1 on the first ArtNet Universe
(Art 0).
If you are using Ethernet to DMX512 conversion boxes then you will need to configure the boxes to respond to the correct
ArtNet sub-net and ArtNet universe. With ChamSys 3 Universe Ethernet to DMX boxes you need to set up the two rotary
switches to the correct values – the left one for ArtNet sub-net and the right one for ArtNet universe. The interface will then
decode the three ArtNet universes starting from that ArtNet subnet and universe.
In most networks the ArtNet sub-net is set to 0 (you can change this on MagicQ in the DMX I/O View of The Setup Window
by paging right). The ArtNet universe is the same as the Universe set in “Out Uni” and “In Uni” DMX I/O above – if you are
using only one Ethernet to DMX512 interface then you can use Universe 0.
If you are using multiple Ethernet Interfaces then you will need to set each Ethernet Interface to a different Art-Net Universe
– for example when using two ChamSys 3 Universe Ethernet Interfaces set the first Interface to ArtNet Universe 0 and the
second one to ArtNet Universe 3.
Connecting a MagicQ Playback Wing
To connect a MagicQ Playback Wing simply connect the Wing to the MagicQ console via USB. In the Setup Window,
View System, View Wings set the first Wing to be type USB Wing.
By default the Playback Wings are set so that the Wings change page when the Next Page / Prev Page button are
pressed on the MagicQ console. It is possible to make the Wings operate completely independently of the main
MagicQ console by changing the “Lower Bank Tie” and “Upper Bank Tie”.
To use multiple Playback Wings simply connect them and change the type to USB wing.