Kingstech Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 After a few hours trying to get the iPod app on my iPod to connect to MagicQ on my laptop, and after reading the manual over and over, I realised that you need one of their wings or hardware to enable the iPod app to connect to the PC. I know theres probably a reason behind this but why is it only when there is hardware attached it will work? I have used magicQ quite a lot in the past, and after a change in performance space where access to where the desk is a long way up and cant be moved as the DMX ports are up there and not long enough cables. So looked in to remote focusing, found it tried making both work. It didnt tho, why is it only when there is hardware attached will it work? MagicQ is a great piece of software and I find it great for what I use it for, was slightly gutted to find out it wouldnt work on the iPod. Im guessing there is no way to get around this is there? Or is there? Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 why is it only when there is hardware attached will it work?They could always be like other manufacturers and stop it outputting anything without a propriety interface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkiDonki Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 It is because the "free software" is the major part of the Chamsys marketing strategy for attracting interest to it's hardware products. They have to tie some of the software features to their hardware or else how would they ever make a profit and in so doing, continue to support and improve the software? Before anyone has a go at Chamsys, have a good look at what you can get from the competition. There is nothing that comes close for free (You only need to add some form of physical output). Offline editors don't count. Once you start paying serious money for the hardware the playing field evens out with the competition, but it is the practically zero cost of entry which attracts many new users to MagicQ (myself included though I now own a PC-Wing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingstech Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Thought it would be a profit thing, I may try and get a PC-wing, does that support the iPod app, as I would like to use it as a remote focusser Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkiDonki Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Thought it would be a profit thing, I may try and get a PC-wing, does that support the iPod app, as I would like to use it as a remote focusser Thanks It does indeed (though I use android and am impatiently waiting for the android remote app to reach v2 as for the apple version; I wish Chamsys would give some idea when it will be available - even if it is a way off yet. not having any idea is just painful) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicktaylor Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I thought and iPod was a music device? Or is it a typo and should read iPhone? the latter I am interested in, once I get my Enttec and MagicQ to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 As soon as you plug in a hardware USB wing, the feature works fine - I use it often on my iphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I use a wireless keyboard for remote focussing. Yes, you have to type 1 @ # to get channel 1 on at full rather than just touching a button / fader but it works perfectly well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjones2000 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I invested in a wireless numpad (£15!!), and mapped the '.' key to @, the '-' to FL and '+' to THRU. Works quite well. The one I got was logitec and had an advertised range of 5m but a real range (as tested in my garden) of about 30m!! Although the key mapping within MQ on my laptop was a bit dodgy, so resorted to using a free program called KeyTweak which works really well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritch Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I thought and iPod was a music device? Or is it a typo and should read iPhone? the latter I am interested in, once I get my Enttec and MagicQ to work! Depends which iPod. The iPod touch is basically an iPhone without the phone bit, so you can run the MagicQ app on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicktaylor Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I had no idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotblaster Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 In the computer world it is a common need to take control one computer with another. This can help in providing a solution to our original posters need for a wireless remote for the MagicQ software running on a PC. I have had some success controlling MagicQ using various pieces of VNC software. There are plenty of free applications for the computer running the MagicQ software and interfacing to dimmers and fixtures. (WinVNC, TightVNC, UltraVNC etc) For the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad I have found a free application called "Mocha VNC Lite" available on the app store. This seems very good as with screen zooming you can select "Touch2" screen mode on MagicQ and fill the display with the numeric pad and the panel of six buttons above. I have tested this with an iPod touch. Computer running WinVnc. For a pocket PC mobile device I have found that "PT_VNC2" works also "VNCVIEW". The latter is my preferred one as it allows the faders to be moved. I have tested this with an HP iPaq RX3715. Computer again running WinVnc. I am not aware of the full functionality available on the Chamsys iPhone remote but as the original poster seemed most in need of a wireless remote for focusing then the method described above should hopefully suffice. As far as hardware configuration is concerned the computer running the MagicQ software and the wireless device need to be on the same wireless network. The IP address of the computer needs to be known so that the remote device can find it. This is more important if using with a pocket PC. The iPhone app seems to just find whatever computers are on the network. I hope this is of interest. Spotblaster http://mochasoft.dk/iphone_vnc.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafferted Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I may have to stand corrected here but... I think MagicQ includes a web server which privides a simple keypad for turning channels on and off ( 1 thru 4 @ full etc etc). From memory it needs to be enabled in the setup section. You then just open a browser window at the Ip address of the console/laptop and Bob's yer uncle. Obviously not a full function remote but fine for turning lamps on and off for focussing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingstech Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Yeah its an iPod Touch, so wifi enabled and controlling through Wifi, I am liking the idea of a remote keyboard/numpad as a remote, but obviously no encoders.. and also the idea of a iPod app for a keyboard but again no encoders. I could probably get away with no encoders, but would be useful to have them. Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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