User`s guide

Chapter 7: Configuration 93
Some INI file settings are not described for the VCP 5.1.x and later. These are
deprecated settings valid for versions older than version 4.x.
This section contains information on the following topics:
• Button Box
• Database
• General
• GPI
• Import Sequence
• Language
• Path
• Sequencer
• SGI
• VideoHub
• Viz
• Viz IO
Button Box
Settings pertaining to the use of a button box with VCP.
• enabled: Set Y or N to enable or disable button box.
Database
• login: User ID for the database connection
• pwd: Password for the database connection
• utf8: Sets whether the program and database should use UTF8 font encoding.
• nls_lang: If UTF-8 is used for the database, the NLS_LANG environment setting
must be here.
• name: This entry must contain the connection string for the database in the
form: “hostname/instance name”. If a database client (e.g. Oracle Client) is
used enter the TNS name.
General
• diff_tool: The path to a text compare tool executable can be entered here. This
will enable the possibility to compare script files when conflicts between local
scripts and repository scripts appear.
• imageheight: Sets the default thumbnail image height generated by TnG.
GPI
This section contains settings dealing with GPI triggering of the VCP client.
• enabled: Enable GPI triggering? Y or N.
• poll: Number of milliseconds between each poll of the GPI port.
• delay_interval: Number of milliseconds before repeating a GPI trigger.
• use_lpt: Use the LPT port for GPI triggering? Y or N.
• send_to_cockpit: Send the trigger to the cockpit? Y or N. If set, VCP will send a
recall message to the Viz IO when a GPI received.