4.19.4
2023-10-30
New Features:
• Apple Pencil is now supported. #0033851
• The Toolbar for 'SHIFT +' options such as 'SHIFT + REC', 'SHIFT + FAN' is now displayed. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.5.0) #0036160
• The operation of Fine mode has changed from a temporary setting of the SHIFT key to locking the SHIFT key. This allows the fine values to be displayed on the encoders. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.5.0)
• Apple Pencil is now supported for dragging on faders in the Intensity and Playback Windows. #0033851
• A Quick Macro button has been added to the menu bar. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.5.0)
• An Include button has been added to the Position Window.
• When the app is closed the app will now exit Install Mode if currently set. This avoids having to reconnect to MagicQ to exit Install Mode when the app is next started. If the app reconnects with MagicQ set to Install Mode then the mode will be resumed.
• Console entries on Connection Window list now contain a padlock icon when the console has a user set with a password. This will switch to an unlocked padlock when the remote app has the correct username and password set in Settings. If the user details on the console does not have the Enable Remote App entry enabled the the icon will indicate that access is not allowed. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.5.0)
• Text in Window View cells now responds to the setting of Big Text Mode on MagicQ.
Bug Fixes:
• Intensity and Playback Window fader changes from the remote app were updating infrequently on MQ70 console displays. This is now fixed.
• Encoder values were jumping when the user lifted their finger. This is now fixed.
• Custom Execute Window fader graphics were not displayed. This is now fixed.
• The MagicQ settings are now read regularly from MagicQ rather than just when viewing the Connection view. This means changes are actioned more rapidly.
• When restarting the app a different console on the Connection list was sometimes selected instead of the last console connected to. This has been fixed.
• The window icons downloaded from MagicQ are now cleared whenever the app is closed to ensure that the icons used by the app match those used by MagicQ when the app is next run.
• Clearing the programmer will now immediately clear the active encoders on the Focus Window.
• The notification popup that a new version of MagicQ is available will only appear once every seven days.
4.18.3
2023-04-24
New Features:
• The current execute page number is shown on the Exec button.
• Swiping left/right will decrement/increment the current Execute page displayed. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.2.0)
• Focus Window encoders now display the attribute values. (Requires MagicQ 1.9.4.2)
• Window View grid cells now display large MagicQ icons when the Icon size setting in MagicQ is set to Large. (Requires MagicQ 1.9.4.2)
• From the Combined Focus Window attribute values can now be set by entering a value on the keypad, pressing SET, then tapping the centre of the encoder of the attribute to be set. (Requires MagicQ 1.9.4.2) #0032690
• Prev and Next Cue buttons have been added to the Cue Window. (Requires MagicQ 1.9.4.2) #0028929
• Window View grid cells now display the MagicQ icons. (Requires MagicQ 1.9.4.2)
4.17.1
2023-01-16
New Features:
• When emailing ChamSys Support the app will attempt to download a zip file from the MagicQ console containing the show file, the session log and the log files from the last seven days. (Requires MagicQ 1.9.4.0)
• Some devices do not respond to the broadcast discovery requests sent by the app. To improve MagicQ discovery a Scan button has been added to the Connection View which directly messages the other devices on the same network as the app.
• In the Connection View devices not running a MagicQ version older than the latest Stable will be highlighted in red.
• If a Console's IP address changes and it is already listed in the app's Connection View then the app will recognise it as the same console. If the app is connected to this console then it will remain connected.
Bug Fixes:
• The width of the Focus Window Bank and Range selection popups has been increased.
• On some devices icons were not appearing in the Execute Window until exiting and returning to the window. This has now been fixed.
4.16.3
2022-10-06
New Features:
• Recent devices in the Connection View that were connected to using a QR code will now attempt to switch to the correct WiFi network when the device is selected.
• The Email Support function now provides help on common issues.
Bug Fixes:
• The full set of data was not being read from MagicQ for the Patch Window. This has been fixed.
• Fixed console target sometimes being lost when switching to Settings and Help Connection views.
• Minor changes to the Support email text.
• Fixed Window messages when connected to MagicQ v1.9.3.3 or earlier.
4.15.9
2022-08-19
New Features:
• Faders have been added to the Intensity view. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.3.1) #0027117
• The screen will stay active when the app is running and connected to MagicQ. #0030195
• Window titles are now shown on the remote. #0022706, #0028929
• Faders have been added to the Playback view. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.3.3) #0013381 #0008565
• Intensity and Playback faders now have multitouch allowing multiple faders to be adjusted simultaneously.
• When connected to a Stadium console and the app is running in large screen mode the Playbacks Window will show the Live View. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.3.3)
• List views (eg Focus Window encoder Range popups) now centre on the currently selected item on opening.
• Window box colours expanded to include more colours used by MagicQ.
• The title of the Window last selected by the app is now shown in the Key and Focus Windows.
• Window box text colours expanded to include more colours used by MagicQ.
Bug Fixes:
• Fixed Execute Window multi touch. #0031174
• Fixed dragging of Execute Window encoders outside of their box boundaries.
• Fixed gesture to toggle Install Mode with MagicQ pre v1.9.3.0. NB Gesture will only work whilst not connected to MagicQ.
• The Capture button on Window View dialog for Taking a picture for an icon has been fixed.
• Fixed issue on completion of WiFi switching.
• Fixed crash sometimes occurring on completion of switching WiFi.
• Fixed location permission request.
• Fixed reading of data for Win views.
• Fixed an issue preventing Window icon camera images taken on the app from appearing on MagicQ.
• Colour picker adjustments made from the app were not being applied correctly. This has been fixed.
• Window Table view box size reduced to fit more on screen.
• Fixed Combined Focus Window buttons for jumping to a Window View. Previously the desired window was not being selected.
• Colour tags on faders changed to triangular tags.
• Prevented edit dialog from being requested on Output Windows.
• Fix iOS SSID reading. (iOS14 and above may not always have shown a valid WiFi SSID on the Connection View)
• Fixed selection of IP address. (The device IP on the Connection View sometimes showed the IP address of a different network interface)
• The touch point in the Execute Window was being reported as below the actual touch position causing the wrong item to be selected. This has been fixed.
4.14
2022-05-16
New Features:
• A link to the app Beta Programmes has been added to the Help View.
• Access to the app can now be specified on a per user basis. The MagicQ username and password for a user can be set in the Settings window. If no user is set on MagicQ then access is open. In MagicQ user settings a per user setting can also be set to enabled/disable access to the app or limit access to the Execute Window only (Install Mode). (Requires MagicQ v1.9.3.0)
• Pair and Mirror buttons for Stadium consoles have been added to the combined Focus Window shown in large screen mode. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.3.0)
• A new settings, Win Match Columns sets the Window View to match the number of columns shown on MagicQ.
• The last five recent connections are show on the connections view.
Bug Fixes:
• Fixed Keyboard dialog not being actioned from Execute Window. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.3.0) #0031244
• Fixed password not changed if shorter than previous password.
• Encoder value changes were sometimes jerky when the encoder was moved slowly. This is now fixed. #0028931
• Empty Window View columns on views other than Prog and Output are now displayed, allowing values to be set. #0030633
4.13
2021-12-21
Bug Fixes:
• Replication of MagicQ dialogs has been fixed for dialogs with radio buttons or colours. Help text has also been added. (Requires MagicQ v1.9.2.2)
4.10
2021-04-28
New Features:
• The separate Fine and Shift buttons have been restored. The operation of Shift has also changed. Enabling Shift on the remote will now operate on the next button pressed only and Shift will be disabled afterwards. The app will now not change the state of Shift on MagicQ.
• A connection health indicator has been added to the Connection button on the main menu. If there is an issue with the connection to MagicQ then this will progressively turn from green to red.
Bug Fixes:
• Position Window thumbwheels caused the value to jump at the start of a movement. This is now fixed.
4.07
2020-09-16
Fixed colour picker data being requested when colour picker not selected. Previously when pressing Select Fan in the MagicQ colour picker the app would switch the selection to Select Single. #0025458
4.05
2020-05-14
New Features:
Colour tags are displayed on the remote app (Requires MagicQ v1.8.6.9).
Select and Confirm dialogs are repeated on the remote app (Requires MagicQ v1.8.7.0).
Bug Fixes:
Fixed bug where an ‘update available’ notification could be displayed on the connection list if a beta version was being run with a higher API version.
Fixed issue if the remote app is sending messages to MagicQ during startup.
4.04
2020-04-08
New Features:
• The Focus Window colour picker has been updated to use the new colour picker wheels (Requires MagicQ v1.8.6.7).
• Fine mode is now automatically turned off when you switch attribute bank.
• The Connection View now displays a message when a newer version of MagicQ is available (Requires MagicQ v1.8.6.7).
• The Help View now displays the MagicQ version of the connected device alongside the latest available versions (Requires MagicQ v1.8.6.7).
• Information on the connected device is now automatically added, in plain text, to support emails (Requires MagicQ v1.8.6.7).
Bug Fixes:
Fixed data on some Windows Views sometimes not appearing.
4.03
2020-02-18
New Features:
Window View now has a box displaying MagicQ status messages. Display of the box can be toggled in Settings View.
Details of the latest MagicQ software version are now displayed in Help View. Tapping the text will take you to the ChamSys webpage providing software downloads and release notes on the latest features of MagicQ.
A new Report Bug button in Help View has been added to take you to the ChamSys webpage for reporting bugs in MagicQ and MagicQ Remote.
The text and sizing of buttons have been refreshed to match MagicQ consoles and improve readability.
Release notes have been added to the Help View.
Individual encoder and fader images are now displayed in the Execute Window when set in MagicQ.
Execute Window now uses previously downloaded images unless Redownload Images is selected in Settings.
Execute Window can now be displayed without the default button and encoder images by deselecting Execute Images in Settings.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed colour of status bar content on iOS.
Imporved Window View edit dialog.
Fixed Execute Window refresh.
Gesture to hide/unhide Execute Window tab bar changed to 2 finger swipe to avoid conflict with iOS gesture.
Imporved downloading of Execute Window images.
Execute Window font size now adjusts with grid width.
4.02
2019-12-19
New Features:
Full button added to Position Window replacing Update button
Added mirroring of certain console dialogs on remote. Dialogs that ask for a Yes/No response and the following dialogs are now mirrored on the remote:
Patch heads or set intensities?
Repatch existing head with this head no?
Select Vis patch/select
Select head type
Bug Fixes:
Fixed issue with remote app Execute Window data when grid has more rows than columns. (Fixed in MagicQ 1.8.4.8)
Improved QR code reading reliability
4.01
2019-11-13
New features:
Automatically connect to a console via QR code on new MQ70 consoles with built in wifi.
Photo icons - Tap the camera icon in the Window view to take a photo to use as the icon for the selected item on the console. (Requires minimum of MagicQ v1.8.4.7)
Multitouch encoders added to Focus Window.
Refreshed Connection Window UI.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed updating of button bitmaps when switching page in Execute view.
Fixed selection indication for Blind button.
Fixed Execute page number in settings to update when page number changed from Execute Window.
Fixed Execute Window layout when rotated.
Fixed connection timeout delay.
4.0
2019-08-07
Updated UI.
New Position Window allowing group and position selection and control. This window also provides new multi-touch pan/tilt controls.
Group selection from Focus Window - double tap or long press the group button to display the group selection dialog.
Auto-refresh of Window Views.
Links to online manual and support email.
Various bug fixes.
3.0.8
2014-07-18
Fix for encoders on Execute screen.
Other general bug fixes.