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
12. Control Room Bus services
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12.2 Serial command interface
This Apollo component is available only if the TransForm A has been connected with the
Command Source (shape in Barco 3
rd
Party Devices) in the Visio file. Serial Port and baud rate
are defined via the related Custom Properties of the connected TransForm A.
Serial Command Interface makes it possible to connect Apollo with external systems. Serial Command Inter-
face receives data via the serial interface (COM port) and converts it to Apollo-specific commands.
The Serial Command Interface represents a device which can be controlled via the Device Command. As for all
devices, it has to be configured in the Apollo Control Room Configurator (shape: Command Source). When
exporting the Visio drawing, the respective ini-file is created and has, like all other configuration files, to be
copied to the Apollo Project.
12.2.1 Customizing configuration files
If the Apollo Project comprises the SerialCommandInterface (the shape Command Source is part of the respec-
tive Visio drawing), then starting the project by means of Apollo Settings will create the file
SerialCommandInterface.ini in the project folder (provided this file does not exist in this folder yet).
Open the file with a text editor and adjust the command allocation sample as necessary.
Starting with Apollo 1.4SR1, the baud rate and the serial port are specified via the Control
Room Configurator in the SerialCommandInterfaceBasic.ini.
If the file SerialCommandInterface.ini has been created with former Apollo releases, the
entries referring to the COM Port and the baudrate have to be deleted manually!
If the SerialCommandInterface.ini does not match the current configuration, the
application is terminated, and a log entry is made. To check whether the application is
running or not, right click on the icon of the Control Room Bus in the status bar and select
Component Viewer.
If the configuration file includes a wrong syntax, Notepad opens and shows the line in
question.