Version 5 Change Notes

v5.3 Stable

Bug Fixes

  • Fix setting date for the first time.

  • Fix Record Merge on single cue faders.

v5.2 Stable

Bug Fixes

  • Fix reset when using record merge to an empty playback.

  • Prevent fixture faders from occasionally selecting their fixture when they are off 0.

  • Fix ArtNet output when the subnet was set to 255.255.240.0.

v5.1 Stable

New Features

Ethernet Remote Control

QuickQ consoles now have a simple remote control protocol allowing them to be controlled from 3rd party control systems over a network. The QuickQ Manual has details of how to use the protocol.

UI Changes

  • The Lamp On and Lamp Off buttons will remain enabled when the programmer is active but will give a warning that they will clear the programmer.

  • Pinch zoom in the Layout window is now less sensitive.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix 10Scene Window button colours. They were reversed from the 10Scene panels.

  • The Mac QuickQ Designer was saving files into the container path rather than the user’s Documents/QuickQ folder. This is now fixed.

  • Fix Mac access to USB drives.

  • The Colour window did not display gels on Mac QuickQ Designer. This is now fixed.

  • Fix issue where the Lamp On and Lamp Off buttons would get stuck when trying to lamp on fixtures that don’t have a lamp on command.

  • The Layout window no longer zooms out when the screen saver activates.

  • Fix issue where the Remote App did not show the Tap To Time buttons.

v5.0 Stable

New Features

  • The Events Window has been added. This allows playbacks to be turned on and off at set times, once a day, every hour or on a specific day.

  • 10Scene panels can now control either the 10 playbacks or the first ten item on the execute grid.

  • Add a Help button to the Remote connection window for requesting help from ChamSys Support.

  • The Remote App is now more independent of the console so new versions will be released at different times.

User Interface Changes

  • The Menu no longer has a Remove option as this can be done from the Action menu.

  • The Open/Close Visualiser Window and Open/Close Panels buttons have been moved to the Menu in order to make them easier to find.

  • The Wall Panel Window has been moved to a separate 10scene Window which can be opened from the Menu.

  • Changing the Pan and Tilt invert in the Patch window now requires a single click.

  • The Fader LEDs now flash white when their fader is moved to the level of the fixture, group or cue they are controlling.

  • The Grid Size menu item in the Execute Window has been moved to a button.

  • Pressing and holding the Power button for 2 seconds will display a message with a Cancel button. If Cancel is not clicked within 5 seconds the console will power off. This matches the behaviour of the QuickQ Rack.

  • Combo Boxes have been restyled to match the rest of the software.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix issue where the Password Dialogs would allow passwords that were too long. Passwords must be less than 15 characters long #23982.

  • QuickQ Designer now stores the which console it is emulating in the showfile. When the console type is set in the Settings it will be stored when the application is shut down so that it will start up with the same console, #22425.

  • Fix issue where the Tap To Time button did not appear reliably, #22018.

  • Ensure that the mouse pointer is in position on the screen when it is first used. On the QuickQ Rack it would appear off screen when the mouse was first moved.

  • Fix issue where fader positions were not set when the console was powered on. #24774

  • Fix issue where faders did not turn their intensities off properly when the fader was pulled right down. #0024606

  • Touching the master intensity control in the Intensity Window would cause the intensity of some fixtures to got to zero. #0022783

  • Fix issue where the Fader LEDs did not reset after the Add Fixtures dialog had been closed.

  • Fix issues where fixtures would disappear from the Layout Window when their head number was changed.

  • Allow patching fixtures to DMX channel 512. #23732

  • Fix issue where the grand master would not affect fader levels when faders where in Fixture mode. #23757

  • Fix QuickQ Rack shut down where it would restart if a monitor was plugged in.

  • Fix mouse cursor on external monitor on QuickQ Rack.

  • Fix reset when changing inverts in the Patch Window from the Remote App.

  • Fix issue where a running Cue Stack would go to the first cue when a cue was merged.

  • Fix display of audio levels in the Chase Options Dialog on the Remote App.

  • Fix reset on Remote App when changing the Access Level.

  • Fix issue where the Remote App would show the wrong Access Level.