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Creating Actions
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Key Concepts
Term Description
Floating action A background action
Layout A group of widgets (or composite widgets) arranged for display on a monitor wall.
XAdmin The application used to perform administrative functions (e.g. configure network settings) on
a Kaleido-X.
XEdit The application used to create and modify rooms, layouts and other components of a Kaleido-
X monitoring system.
Composite widget A group of widgets.
Widget A graphical component used in the creation of a layout. Typical widgets are UMD, time code,
audio meter, video, and clock.
Action item Action elements that are associated with a specific action (e.g. Load Layout, Set GPI Out, etc.).
Trigger Refers to the event that causes an action to be invoked. For a monitor wall action, a trigger
could be a double click on a widget. Background actions are triggered by alarms or by a
Gateway command. When defining an action for a widget, you could specify, for instance, that
a specific full screen layout be displayed on the monitor wall in response to the trigger.
on Change background action is triggered by any change in alarms status
on Disabled background action is triggered when an alarm is disabled
on Normal/OK background action is triggered when an alarm reverts to normal
on Minor/Warning supported for Gateway alarms only
on Major supported for Gateway alarms only
on Critical/Error background action is triggered by a critical alarm
Triggering of actions Any Kaleido-X alarm can be used as a trigger to invoke a background (floating) action.
The end event of any Kaleido-X countdown timer can be used as a trigger to invoke a
background (floating) action.
Gateway commands sent by an external device can be used to trigger actions created in XEdit.
Triggering of GPI inputs &
outputs Any Kaleido-X alarm can be used to trigger a GPI output change.
Any GPI input from the Kaleido-X can trigger a background (floating) action.
Gateway Refers to the “Kaleido Remote Control Protocol (Gateway)” interface supported by Miranda
multi-viewers. See the
Kaleido Remote Control Protocol (Gateway) User’s Guide for more
information.