User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Preliminary remarks
- Introduction
- New functions
- Installation
- Best practice
- Requirements
- Used ports
- Setup
- Upgrade from Apollo 1.3 to Apollo 1.4
- Upgrade from Apollo 1.4 to Apollo 1.4SR1
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.4 to Apollo 1.5
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.5 to Apollo 1.6
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.6 to Apollo 1.7
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.7 to Apollo 1.8
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.8 to Apollo 1.9
- Upgrading the Display Wall configuration
- Control Room Configurator
- Viewer
- Concept
- Apollo 1.9 Viewers
- Limitations
- Memory requirements (minimal RAM size)
- Communication memory
- Requirements
- Steps required to configure the FRG Viewer
- Steps required to configure the Visu Viewer
- Steps required to configure the Cottus Viewer
- Steps required to configure the VNC Viewer
- Steps required to configure the ProViewer
- Steps required to configure the Web Viewer
- Steps required to configure the MPEG Viewer
- Steps required to configure the VTplus Viewer
- Launching Viewer
- Controlling Viewers
- VNC Viewer
- Explorer
- Starting the Explorer
- Explorer User Interface
- Object Tree
- Source Tree View
- Explorer workspace
- Explorer menu bar
- Help menu
- Remote Desktop menu
- Layout Selector menu
- Explorer tool bar
- Device Manager in the Explorer
- Explorer Context Menu
- Drag&Drop functionality
- Layout Editor
- Desktop Server
- Project Backup
- Command Interface
- Device command Interface
- Desktop command Interface
- Viewer command Interface
- Apollo Explorer command interface
- Apollo Layout Editor command interface
- Apollo Layout Selector command interface
- Apollo Remote Desktop command interface
- Apollo Database Convertor command interface
- Apollo Window Detector command interface
- Control Room Bus services
- Control Room Bus
- Serial command interface
- TCPIP command interface
- Application management
- License management
- Time synchronization
- Log file
- Security Provider
- Defining accessGroups
- Configuration of restricted objects
- Permissions
- Restrictions for regions
- Restrictions for layouts
- Restrictions for shortcuts
- Restrictions for advanced menus
- Window Properties|Description
- Window Properties|Sizable
- Window Properties|Always on Top
- Window Properties|Visible
- Edit|Invisible Windows
- Edit|Keyboardinput
- Edit|CommandLine
- Edit|Permissions
- Edit|SaveLayout
- Customized configuration and uninstallation of Apollo
- Soap API Service
- Appendix
- Hotline
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12.2 Serial command interface........................................................................................................................347
12.2.1 Customizing configuration files.......................................................................................................347
12.2.2 Mode of operation...........................................................................................................................348
12.3 TCPIP command interface ........................................................................................................................349
12.3.1 Mode of operation...........................................................................................................................349
12.4 Application management ........................................................................................................................351
12.5 License management...............................................................................................................................352
12.6 Time synchronization ...............................................................................................................................353
12.7 Log file ......................................................................................................................................................353
12.8 Security Provider ......................................................................................................................................353
12.8.1 Defining accessGroups.....................................................................................................................354
12.8.2 Configuration of restricted objects..................................................................................................356
12.8.3 Permissions......................................................................................................................................357
13 Customized configuration and uninstallation of Apollo................................................................ 361
13.1 Settings.....................................................................................................................................................362
13.1.1 Project directory...............................................................................................................................362
13.1.2 Language..........................................................................................................................................362
13.2 Apollo Internationalization.......................................................................................................................362
13.2.1 Asian languages...............................................................................................................................362
13.3 Layout icons..............................................................................................................................................363
13.4 Apollo font settings..................................................................................................................................364
13.5 Apollo uninstall.........................................................................................................................................365
14 Soap API Service ............................................................................................................................. 367
14.1 Requirements ...........................................................................................................................................368
14.2 Installation of the Internet Information Service IIS ................................................................................368
14.3 Installation of the SOAP SDK....................................................................................................................372
14.4 Creation and configuration of virtual directory in the Internet Information Service ............................373
14.5 Configuration of the DCOM ......................................................................................................................375
14.5.1 Windows 2000.................................................................................................................................375
14.5.2 Windows XP .....................................................................................................................................378
14.5.3 How to check the Apollo API...........................................................................................................381
15 Appendix ......................................................................................................................................... 383
15.1 Commands via keyboard .........................................................................................................................384
15.2 Identifying windows ................................................................................................................................385
15.3 Redundant Apollo System........................................................................................................................386
15.3.1 Setup ................................................................................................................................................386
15.3.2 System checkup...............................................................................................................................386
15.4 Placeholders for In Display Caption Texts ...............................................................................................387