Ports Used for Control of ChamSys software over Network
This document describes the communication ports used on MagicQ Consoles. For a full explanation of the usage and communication options please refer to the MagicQ Manual for your version of software.
MagicQ Remote App
The MagicQ Remote app communicates over UDP port 4920
Multicast Discovery (Multicast Router Discovery) is used to detect MagicQ consoles from the remote.
From Remote app version V4.1, setting a manual IP address in the app bypasses Multicast Discovery. This enables connecting to a console from the app on networks where Multicast is not allowed or possible, for example when connecting over a VPN.
10Scene Remote App
The 10Scene Remote app communicates over UDP port 6556
Multicast Discovery (Multicast Router Discovery) is used to detect consoles from the app
Setting a manual IP address in the app bypasses Multicast Discovery. This enables connecting to a console from the app on networks where Multicast is not allowed or possible, for example when connecting over a VPN.
MagicQ Inter-console Communications
MagicQ uses UDP port 4910, TCP 4911 for the following MagicQ inter-console communications.
- Net sessions
- Remote control between consoles
- Multi windows
- MagicVis syncing of data
- Ethernet Remote Protocol
These two ports cannot be changed in the software or hardware.
MagicQ uses port 6553 for synchronizing playbacks between consoles in a network if this option is enabled. This can be changed, if required in: Setup > View Settings > Network > Playback Sync Port
QuickQ Remote App
The QuickQ Remote app communicates over UDP port 9998 first for an encrypted connection, if unsuccessful, then tries unencrypted on UDP port 9999
Multicast Discovery (Multicast Router Discovery) is used to detect QuickQ consoles from the remote.
Setting a manual IP address in the app bypasses Multicast Discovery. This enables connecting to a console from the app on networks where Multicast is not allowed or possible, for example when connecting over a VPN.
QuickQ Additional information
Posted from Bugtracker https://secure.chamsys.co.uk/bugtracker/view.php?id=39565
QuickQ Consoles will perform an Art-Pol periodically when universes are disabled, this is in order to detect not just Nodes and other consoles on the network but other devices such as Gateways. The consoles do have an FTP server, currently there is not a way to disable this on consoles. |
Lighting Network Communication
MagicQ can output the following Lighting Control protocols:
- Port 6454 Artnet I, II, III, and IV
- sACN
- Pathport Net
- Strand Shownet