User Interface
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a common PC interface for control which features a number of menu
areas together with asset lists and controls.
The high level menus
– Settings, Layouts, Canvases, Live and Comm Data – are used to configure
and use the system:-
Settings
General
This menu shows the software level and the number of inputs/outputs.
Ethernet
Used to configure the system for IP control of a
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Inputs
Physical inputs into the mainframe. Most cards have two inputs per card except HD-SDI which has 4
inputs. This menu is used to configure and rename Inputs.
Outputs
These are the physical outputs from the mainframe. All cards have two outputs per card. This menu
is used to configure and rename Inputs.
Save
We can save all of the System settings. This is important once changes have been made to ensure
they are saved on the mainframe.
Layouts
Layouts
An arrangement of one or more output projectors or monitor screens that will have a Canvas
displayed on it.
Outputs
Used to select the physical outputs to be included on Canvases. A physical output can only be used
on a single Canvas.
Canvases
Canvases
This menu is used to arrange a number of video windows applied to a Layout.
Layouts
A canvas can be applied to one or more Layouts – this is where we select which Layouts are used.
Inputs
The list of available system inputs is listed here. An input can be used multiple times.
Presets
Once we have set up a Canvas or a number of Canvases we can save them to Presets which can be
recalled in this menu or in the Live mode.
Live
In the Live menu we can recall Presets and change the video inputs being displayed.
Comm Data
Comm data shows a dynamic text view of the system operations. Plus text commands can also be
entered.
Log Out
As well as logging out of the software it is possible to save a copy of the system settings.
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