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
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5.3.3 Generating configuration files.............................................................................................................60
5.3.4 Copying Configuration Files.................................................................................................................60
5.3.5 Updating a configuration.....................................................................................................................61
6 Viewer ................................................................................................................................................. 63
6.1 Concept .........................................................................................................................................................64
6.2 Apollo 1.9 Viewers ....................................................................................................................................... 65
6.3 Limitations ....................................................................................................................................................66
6.4 Memory requirements (minimal RAM size)................................................................................................66
6.5 Communication memory..............................................................................................................................67
6.6 Requirements ............................................................................................................................................... 69
6.6.1 Steps required to configure the FRG Viewer ......................................................................................69
6.6.2 Steps required to configure the Visu Viewer......................................................................................71
6.6.3 Steps required to configure the Cottus Viewer ..................................................................................72
6.6.4 Steps required to configure the VNC Viewer......................................................................................83
6.6.5 Steps required to configure the ProViewer ........................................................................................84
6.6.6 Steps required to configure the Web Viewer.....................................................................................85
6.6.7 Steps required to configure the MPEG Viewer ...................................................................................85
6.6.8 Steps required to configure the VTplus Viewer.................................................................................. 85
6.7 Launching Viewer......................................................................................................................................... 86
6.7.1 Creating shortcuts................................................................................................................................86
6.8 Controlling Viewers ......................................................................................................................................87
6.8.1 FRG Viewer...........................................................................................................................................87
6.8.2 Visu Viewer ........................................................................................................................................104
6.8.3 Cottus Viewer.....................................................................................................................................114
6.8.4 VNC Viewer ........................................................................................................................................123
6.8.5 ProViewer...........................................................................................................................................130
6.8.6 Web Viewer........................................................................................................................................140
6.8.7 MPEG Viewer......................................................................................................................................145
6.8.8 VTplus Viewer.....................................................................................................................................150
6.9 Placeholders for In Display Caption Texts..................................................................................................155
6.9.1 Specific FRG Viewer placeholders .....................................................................................................156
6.9.2 Specific Visu Viewer placeholders.....................................................................................................156
6.9.3 Specific Cottus Viewer placeholders .................................................................................................156
6.9.4 Specific VNC Viewer placeholders.....................................................................................................156
6.9.5 Specific Pro Viewer placeholders ......................................................................................................156
6.9.6 Specific Web Viewer placeholders....................................................................................................156
6.9.7 Specific MPEG Viewer placeholders ..................................................................................................157
6.9.8 Specific VTplus Viewer placeholders................................................................................................157
6.10 The ServerData\Globals.ini File ...............................................................................................................158
6.11 The ServerData\viewersources.ini File....................................................................................................159
6.11.1 FRG Viewer source specification .....................................................................................................159
6.11.2 FRG Viewer streamingsource specification.....................................................................................159
6.11.3 Visu Viewer source specification.....................................................................................................160
6.11.4 Cottus Viewer source specification .................................................................................................160
6.11.5 VNC Viewer source specification.....................................................................................................161