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7.3.3 Overview: device
Lists only device supported by Apollo and with the corresponding template prepared by
the Visio Configurator. Of course, the device has to be actually part of the current Apollo
Display Wall configuration to be listed in the object tree.
Click on the name in the workspace (right mouse button) of a device to open the context menu.
The context menu includes the Properties menu item used to open the Properties dialog box to
control the device.
This allows you access to the device manager functionality, cf
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. Device Manager in the
Explorer.
Use the Explorer.ini file to define additional menu items for the context menu.
Customization of the context menu also allows to define commands that are active even
when multiple devices are selected at once. This makes it possible, for example, to turn
of all projectors with just one mouse click.
7.3.4 Display Source
The display source object is depicted in different forms: Proxy Host, Frame Grabber Source, Visu Source, VNC
Source. These are the sources defined in the current Apollo project. There could also be listed Framegrabber
Stream Source, ProServer Source.
These variations are displayed when clicking on the + sign of the display source.
7.3.4.1 Framegrabber source
This object type represents all TransForm A input cards of the project used to display analog video and RGB
sources (BigVideo Card, QuadVideo Card, RGB-Input Card, QuadAnalog Input Card, Dual RGB Input Card) .
Select Framegrabber Source in the object tree to list in the workspace all of the input card names defined in the
ServerData\viewersources.ini file.
7.3.4.2 Framegrabber stream source
This object type represents all Streaming Video Cards of the project used to display a digital video stream.
Select Framegrabber Stream Source in the object tree to list in the workspace all of the input card names defined
in the ServerData\viewersources.ini file.
7.3.4.3 Proxy host:
This object type represents all workstations of the project with screen contents to be shown on the Display Wall
with the help of the Cottus Viewer.
Select Proxy Host in the object tree to list in the workspace all of the workstation names defined in the
ServerData\viewersources.ini file.