Operating instructions

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REMOTE CONTROL WEB SERVER

4.1.

Introduction

HQView-325 features a web server which connects to a PC web browser via TCP/IP. The menu system

of HQView-325 is mirrored into the web browser and all menu items can be accessed and controlled

through the keyboard or mouse of the PC.

4.2.

Installing the Software

No extra software needs to be installed on a PC. The PC web browser is used as the graphical user

interface for all control items. To connect to the HQView-325 the TCP/IP address of the unit has to be

entered into the address list box of the web browser in the following format http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The

TCP/IP address assigned to HQView-325 can be found in the System/Network Settings menu.

4.3.

Discovery Tool

Calibre provides a DiscoveryTool.exe Windows application to identify Calibre boxes in the network.

Clicking on the link of the recognized box will open a browser and make a connection to the

corresponding box. The box identifier is made up of “PV6S” in the case of HQView-325 followed by the

6 least significant digits of the MAC address. The MAC address of the box can be found in the

System/Network Settings menu.

4.4.

Software Operation

Once the address has been entered into the web browser starts to load pages from the HQView-325

mirroring the menu system of the unit. All menu items are shown as their respective buttons, sliders and

list boxes and can be accessed and altered with the PC mouse or corresponding navigational key

presses. When changes within a submenu make other menu items available immediately when using

the on-screen menu of the HQView-325 this has to be either done manually by clicking on the refresh

button of the web browser or is done with the next periodic auto refresh.

Various values are set by sliders. For fine increment of a slider value click on the slider and use the

mouse wheel to change the value in steps of 1. Click again and the value is applied.