User`s manual

6. Viewer
Barco – Apollo – DOC-3197-2 – user's manual – Revision 08 – November 2006
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Enter the desired password. This password can freely be assigned. It is not the Windows password!!
If the default port is already used by other applications, enter a different one. Please refer also to the system
requirements to see all default ports used by Apollo, cf. Used ports
If a different port is used, on every computer running ProViewer/Remote Pointer the
environment variable has to be defined with this port!
Environment variable ApolloProServerPort = <port>.
Enter the configuration of the display. This information will be used to show a representative mini display in the
Scraping Layout frame on the ProViewer|Aspect tab to interactively define a region to be scraped.
Select the desired behavior when the last client has been disconnected. Default setting is Simply disconnect.
Define Keyboard and Mouse handling, and specify the arbitration time: To a host computer, only one client can
connect, then the host is locked for all other clients. In case the client does not give any inputs on the host during
the arbitration time, an other client is allowed to connect to the host.
It is recommended to remove the wallpaper (remove wallpaper).
In case update problem occur when scraping the desktop of certain applications (e.g. Java applications), check
the option Transfer full screen. This will enhance updating the screen, however the CPU load will be much
higher.
To change the configuration, right click on the ProServer Icon on the system tray and
select properties.
6.6.6 Steps required to configure the Web Viewer
The Web Viewer requires no additional configuration steps except for the predefinition of Internet addresses.
6.6.7 Steps required to configure the MPEG Viewer
The Mpeg Viewer requires no additional configuration steps except for the predefinition of source addresses. The
viewer makes use of Windows Media Player and supports Media Player 9 (included on the Windows TransForm A
System Kit (TASK). Media Player 9 comes already installed on a TransForm A hard disk. All video formats and
codecs of Media Player 9 are supported.
6.6.8 Steps required to configure the VTplus Viewer
A videotext card has to be installed in order to use the VTplus Viewer. Apollo supports video text cards such as
Type WinTV PCI by Hauppage.
This video text card is not a component offered by the Barco Control Rooms product
range.