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
6. Viewer
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6.2 Apollo 1.9 Viewers
Apollo 1.9 features the following viewers:
Name Depicted Application Object Type
FRG Viewer
Analog video / RGB sources connected to BigVideo,
QuadVideo, RGB input card, QuadAnalog Input card,
Dual RGB Input card, or digital video streams con-
nected to Streaming Video Card, or SDI sources con-
nected to Quad SDI Video Card.
Display source
Visu Viewer Analog video / RGB sources connected to video input
units or RGB input units of the Visu
Display source
Cottus Viewer Screen contents of linked client workstations Display source
VNC Viewer
Screen contents of linked client workstations, com-
patible to VNC
Display source
ProViewer (new) Screen contents of linked client workstations Display source
Web Viewer Internet Explorer 5.0 Web source
MPEG Viewer Digital video Web source
VTplus Viewer Video text TV source
There a three viewers to share the content of a linked client workstations over the LAN. All of them have unique
features. The following table gives an overview of the features for each of these viewers:
Cottus Viewer
Cottus ViewerCottus Viewer
Cottus Viewer Pro Viewer
Pro ViewerPro Viewer
Pro Viewer VNC Viewer
VNC ViewerVNC Viewer
VNC Viewer
Operating System
Operating SystemOperating System
Operating System MS Windows MS Windows Multi OS
Bandwidth Usage
Bandwidth UsageBandwidth Usage
Bandwidth Usage Low* Medium High
Response
ResponseResponse
Response Synchronous between server
and viewer
fast scaling
Asynchronous update Asynchronous update
Connection
ConnectionConnection
Connection One to One
One to Many**
One to One
One to Many
One to One
One to Many
Dynamic region capture
Dynamic region captureDynamic region capture
Dynamic region capture Full desktop Full desktop
Dynamic Region
Application Window
Full desktop
Max. Desktop size
Max. Desktop sizeMax. Desktop size
Max. Desktop size 8 x XGA 16 bpp
6 x SXGA 16 bpp
4 x UXGA 16 bpp
120 MB Unlimited
Remote Control
Remote ControlRemote Control
Remote Control Yes Yes Yes
Secure Connection
Secure ConnectionSecure Connection
Secure Connection Yes
API Support
API SupportAPI Support
API Support Full Full Full
Record & Playback
Record & PlaybackRecord & Playback
Record & Playback Yes** - -
* For static applications this can be as low as 20kb/s, for dynamic MS PowerPoint presentations bandwidth
can peak to up to 2 Mb/s. Bandwidth usage for the Pro Viewer and VNC viewer will be several times
higher than for the Cottus viewer.
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