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15.3 Redundant Apollo System
The Control Room Bus supplies the communication infrastructure for the computers integrated into the Apollo
network. A redundant Apollo system can be generated to ensure the max. availability of this infrastructure. Such
a redundant system monitors the function of the communication server and assumes the functions of this server
in case of malfunction or failure.
A redundant Apollo system consists of a communication server master and a communication server slave , which
start the Control Room Database, the Desktop Server running on the control computer of the Display Wall, and
the computers of the client components (Remote Desktop, Layout Selector, etc.)
Communication server
(Master)
Infrastructure
LAN
Wall Management
Desktop Server
(control unit of
the Display Wall)
Apollo Client
(Remote Desktop,
Layout Editor)
Apollo Client
(Layout Selector,
Projector Control,
La
y
out Editor
)
Apollo Client
(Layout Selector,
Projector Control,
La
y
out Editor
)
redundant communication server
(Slave)
15.3.1 Setup
The configuration has to be created with the help of the Visio template Control Room Configuration and the
configuration files have to be exported.
15.3.1.1 Master:
Select only Display Wall in the Select Components dialog.
Once the installation is finished, the configuration files Filename_Name of Master Computer generated by the
Control Room Configurator have to be copied to the Apollo project directory of the master.
15.3.1.2 Slave:
Select only Display Wall in the Select Components dialog.
Once the installation is finished, the configuration files Filename_Name of Slave Computer generated by the
Control Room Configurator have to be copied to the Apollo project directory of the master.
15.3.2 System checkup
Click with the right mouse on the Control Room Bus icon to open the context menu. Use the View-
ers | Component Viewers menu option to display a list of all active computers within the Apollo network. The
list should display the name of the master as well as that of the slave. If only one name is listed the other com-
puter's functionalities have to be checked to maintain redundancy.
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