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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6.14 Global Viewer Parameters
The following table lists the parameters that apply to all viewers.
A parameter can be activated or deactivated (values 1 or 0) or have a value specified with the list position of the
corresponding entry in the ServerData\Globals.ini file.
Exception: The position of the In Display Caption is not defined in the ServerData\Globals.ini
file. The following assignments apply to the positions:
1 Northeast
2 Northwest
3 Southeast
4 Southwest
5 Center
6 North Center
7 South Center
The viewers can be controlled by the viewer command interface, cf. Viewer command Interface.
Parameter Values Description
? Writes the help command line parameter into the log file
splash [1|2500]
Disables (1) or enables splash screen when starting viewer (2500:
time in ms the splash screem is displayed)
Ident [] Unambiguous name of the viewer instance
IdcEnabled [0|1] Deactivates/activates blanking
IdcPosition [1..7] Position of the displayed text in blanking mode; the value is con-
verted based on the assignment listed above.
IdcText [] Text in blanking mode
IdcTextColor [1..]
Text color; value matches the list position in definition file Server-
Data\Globals.ini.
IdcBackColor [1..]
Background color; value matches the list position in definition file
ServerData\Globals.ini.
IdcOpaque [0|1]
Activates or deactivates background color. Zero: the background is
transparent. One: the color defined as IdcBackColor is used as the
background color.
IdcOverlap [0|1] 0: IDC is placed outside the insertion, 1: IDC is placed inside the
insertion
IdcTextSize [1..] Text size; value matches the list position in definition file Server-
Data\Globals.ini.
IdcImage [1..] Bitmap used as overlay over the viewer window when blanking