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3.1 New functions in Apollo 1.9
Apollo 1.9 comes with enhanced functionalities in the Remote Desktop which now includes a source treeview to
assign a source to an existing viewer at runtime. In addition non-sizeable windows (e.g. Viewer windows with-
out borders) can now be re-sized..
The ProViewer allows to set customized hotkeys for connect, release control, disconnect and features a context
aware disconnect.
For the ProViewer and the Remote Pointer, a context aware disconnect has been introduced.
The FRG viewer supports the new RoHs compliant TransForm A input cards and the TransForm SCN.
Already since Apollo 1.8SR1, the device manager supports the dual DVI input of OverView and allows to set the
source selection mode as well as to select the active source.
3.2 New functions in Apollo 1.8
Apollo 1.8 comes with enhanced functionalities in the layout editor which now includes treeview nodes also for
the display wall, the default area and the viewer sources. In addition a second treeview can be displayed to
allow fast and intuitive copy&paste and drag&drop operations.
The Remote Desktop now shows a preview of the application and viewer windows when possible, and in case of
the FRG viewer (where no preview of the content can be shown) the status of the source is indicated by an icon.
The FRG viewer has enhanced property pages for the Streaming Video Card and supports also to the soon-to-
come SCN.
3.3 New functions in Apollo 1.7
Apollo 1.7 comes with the scenario controller which allows defining a sequence of Apollo actions via a graphical
user interface. The actions are initiated by triggers which can be defined according the actual requirements.
Apollo 1.7 supports the projections system OverView cPU67-DL and the QuadSDI input card for Eos/Argus con-
trollers. The Layout Editor allows to automatically load layouts and to specify the treatment of unexpected win-
dows. The API interface has been enhanced to support the new applications and functionalities of Apollo 1.7
3.4 New functions in Apollo 1.6
Apollo 1.6 includes the new applications ProServer, ProViewer and RemotePointer. Furthermore the FRG viewer
now supports streaming video cards, and the VNC viewer supports TightVnc server. The API interface has been
enhanced to support the new applications and functionalities of Apollo 1.6.
3.5 New functions in Apollo 1.5
The number of viewers has been enhanced by a VNC compatible viewer (VNC Viewer) which depicts the screen
contents of host workstations on the Display Wall.
For OverView D series, the device support has been enhanced.
An upgrade utility for Apollo projects (starting with projects created with Apollo 1.4x) is provided which auto-
matically converts the project and the database into a current Apollo project.
The SOAP API interface enables the integration of Apollo into customer applications.
For the Web viewer, the scroll bars can be hidden or shown.
3.6 New functions in Apollo 1.4
Support for additional device types as well as several viewers is among the many new functions of Apollo 1.4.
New supported devices are the Digital Visu, the Digital Phoenix projector, and the Matrix Switcher.
Viewers are applications running on display walls, showing different contents. Apollo 1.4 features the following
viewers:
FRG Viewer to depict and control analog video and RGB signals connected to a BigVideo Card, QuadVideo Card, or
RGB-Input Card in the Eos.