4. Operating
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4.7.3
The GUI Remote-Control client
An O
VER
V
IEW
and display wall and H
ERMES
V2A,
H
ERMES
D2D,
H
ERMES
VXA
and H
ERMES
VXD can be controlled with the
GUI R
EMOTE
-C
ONTROL
client. The GUI R
EMOTE
-C
ONTROL
client
rctrl
can be started as follows:
# rctrl [-<option>]
After
rctrl
is started (e. g. choose from menu following left click on root window) a
control panel
shows up
offering a graphical user interface for controlling the O
VER
V
IEW
and A
TLAS C
ubes and the various H
ERMES
-boxes.
Display
1
Single cubes can be specified by scrolling with the arrow buttons
All
Send respective command to all connected cubes
On
Switch on specified cube
Off
Switch off specified cube
State
Send a request to the specified cube. The reply is displayed in the status display below.
Clear
Clear the status display above
File: Exit
Exit the
rctrl
client
Figure 4-12
The R
EMOTE
-C
ONTROL
daemon detects automatically which type of O
VER
V
IEW
display wall is connected to A
RGUS
.
Initially the statuses of the connected cubes are displayed also automatically in the status display.
Be careful not to switch off the cube, that currently displays the control panel, because it
would be difficult to switch it on again by R
EMOTE
-C
ONTROL
!
