Transmitting MIDI clock from Mainstage - is it possible?

Hi I've just upgraded from Mainstage V.1 to V 2.1.1.
I have previously been unable to transmit MIDI clock from MS to external MIDI devices (specifically a DSI Tetra) in order to sync arpegiator, sequencer, LFOs etc.
I can't find any mention of it in the manual or on here. Has anyone been able to do this or is it not supported? If not I would suggest that this would be a very useful feature.
Steve

S' OK, I spent a good bit of time on it last night and cracked it.
You set up an external MIDI instrument channel strip, select it and, in edit mode, look at the channel strip inspector and click on the MIDI output tab where there is a checkbox to select "start sending MIDI clock" on patch change.
Works a treat and I soon had my Tetra's arpegiator running in time with the MS tempo and with some tempo synced delay. Coolest of all is that I have set a single note (bottom c sharp) as a tap tempo input so it's really easy to make subtle tempo adjustments on the fly. We never had this kind of stuff back in the 80's! May get to try it for real at band rehearsal on Friday.
Yes Logic could do this with ease too.
Hope someone else finds this info useful.
Steve

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