3.2 Monitor

3.2.1 Creation:

Use the Monitor Browser to add a Monitor to the current Layout.

  1. Open the Monitor Browser in KEdit in one of three ways:
  2. Select an appropriate Monitor from the pull down list, using the Preview to see its appearance.
  3. Click on the preview, and drag a copy of the monitor onto the layout.

3.2.2 Configuration:

The attributes of a Monitor are adjustable using the Configuration Panel in KEdit. To access the panel for a Monitor:

  1. Click on the Monitor to select it. Its boundary will appear in white, and control points will appear at the corners and the center of each side, showing it is selected.
  2. NOTE: at this point the Monitor may be positioned (click and drag) and scaled (click and drag a control point) within the Layout.
  3. Open the Configuration Panel for the Monitor by pushing F5, or from the Configuration Panel item in the View menu, or by right-clicking on the Monitor and selecting "Configuration Panel" in the contextual menu.

The Configuration Panel's appearance and functionality is the same in both online and offline operating modes - only the contents of the Channel pull-down box change, as noted below.

Assignment Tab

Assign Channel

The current Channel assignment is shown.

To change the assignment, select a Channel from the pulldown list, which shows all channels available, and then click Apply at the bottom of the panel:

Offline - shows the Channels available on the computer running KEdit

Online - shows the Channels available on the Kaleido-K2.

(Type/Link Order/Assignment)

A listing of all the signals contained in the channel identified in the Assign Channel text box. You cannot change these here. They are set at the individual component configuration panels.

Save Channel

Click the Save As... button to save a copy of the current assignment as a new Channel. You will be prompted to enter a name for the new Channel.

Size/Position tab

This tab shows:

  • the size (Horizontal, Vertical and Diagonal) of this monitor
  • the position in the layout (Horizontal and Vertical) of the top left corner of this monitor.

The data boxes allow new size and position information to be entered, allowing monitors to be very precisely scaled and positioned in the layout. Click in a box and type new data - the other boxes are recalculated immediately.

The values can be expressed in a variety of units:

  • Cm
  • Inches
  • Pixels
  • % (of the layout size)

selectable from the pulldown list beside the data box. Note that the units available are a result of selections made in the New Layout Format panel when the layout was created, or in changes made to those selections in the Layout Properties Panel, accessible from File - Layout Properties.

The size of the Monitor in the layout will not change until the Apply button is clicked.

Hint: to change a Monitor's size while retaining its aspect ratio, change the diagonal measurement. The Horizontal and Vertical dimensions will retain their proportions as their size changes.

3.2.3 Locking and Unlocking a Monitor

The contents of a Monitor (i.e. the number, position and configuration of the components inside it) can only be accessed when the Monitor is UNLOCKED.

When the contents of the Monitor have been configured, LOCK the monitor:

If you change the assignment of signals to components while editing the contents of an unlocked monitor, the definition of the channel assigned to the Monitor will be changed. When you lock the Monitor, you will either:

You determine which of these options will occur using the System Preferences dialog accessed from the File-Preferences menu. Note that if you check the "Automatically save the channel without prompting" box, then any future changes to this channel will be saved without a prompt, but changing other channels will still invoke the "save changes" dialog. Checking the box does not override the choice you made in the Preferences dialog.

3.2.4 Operation

3.2.4.1 Assign Channel

This operation will assign a Channel to a Monitor. Note that if the Channel to assign is already used in the layout, then the Monitor that is currently assigned to the Channel will be unassigned, and its video will be shown in the new Monitor.

Using the Mouse

Right-click on the Monitor's Video screen on the Kaleido display. Choose Assign Channel, and select the desired Channel from the list of all available Channels by clicking on it.

Using Kaleido-RCP

Push the Select button on the Kaleido-RCP. Each Monitor in the Layout will show an ID number, and its current Channel assignment (either a Channel name or "No Channel"). A yellow box surrounds the ID of the Monitor currently being pointed to. Use the arrow keys to move the pointer box to the Monitor of interest. Then push Input. The pointer box turns red and a scrollable window opens on-screen listing all the defined Channels stored in Kaleido. Scroll up or down to find the desired Channel, then push Enter to assign the channel to that monitor

Alternatively, press INPUT, select the Channel you want, and press Enter. Then, navigate through the Monitors using the arrow keys and press enter to assign that Channel to the selected Monitor.

When finished, press Esc to remove the Monitor IDs and Channel names from the screen.

Using a Keyboard

Push the Tab key on the keyboard. Each Monitor in the Layout will show an ID number, and its current Channel assignment (either a Channel name or "No Channel"). A yellow box surrounds the ID of the Monitor currently being pointed to. Use the arrow keys to move the pointer box to the Monitor of interest. Then push A. The pointer box turns red and a scrollable window opens on-screen listing all the defined Channels stored in Kaleido. Scroll up or down to find the desired Channel, then push Enter to assign the Channel to that Monitor

Alternatively, press A, select the Channel you want, and press Enter. Then, navigate through the Monitors using the arrow keys and press enter to assign that Channel to the selected Monitor.

When finished, press Esc to remove the Monitor IDs and Channel names from the screen.

3.2.4.2 Full Screen mode

Using the Mouse

You can display a Monitor in Full Screen mode using the mouse only if the Monitor's Video Screen has been configured with Full Screen as one of its Actions (by default Full Screen Action is configured on double-click). In that case, proceed as follows:

You can return from Full Screen mode to the previous Layout using the mouse only if you have programmed the Video Screen in the Full Screen Layout with Previous Layout as one of its Actions. In that case, proceed as follows:

Using Kaleido-RCP

Push the Select button on the Kaleido-RCP. Each Monitor in the Layout will show an ID number, and its current Channel assignment (either a Channel name or "No Channel"). A yellow box surrounds the ID of the Monitor currently being pointed to, which is the current selection.

Using a Keyboard

Push the Tab button on the keyboard. Each Monitor in the Layout will show an ID number, and its current Channel assignment (either a Channel name or "No Channel"). A yellow box surrounds the ID of the Monitor currently being pointed to, which is the current selection.

3.2.4.3 Quality control mode

Use the mouse to enter or leave the Quality Control mode by double-clicking on Video Screens which have been configured for Quality Control (QC) functionality. These Video Screens are identified by the presence of markers in the four corners of the screen (┌, ┐, └ and ┘), which are gray for a non-selected QC Monitor, and white for a selected QC monitor.

Double-click on...

Result

  • Non-Selected QC Monitor:

The double-clicked QC Monitor is selected.

Any previously-selected QC Monitor is deselected

  • Selected QC Monitor:

The double-clicked QC Monitor is deselected.

Normal operation mode is restored.

Once a Monitor configured for Quality Control has been selected by a double click, then single-clicking on any other Monitor in the Layout that has been configured in the Router Reference Table will send its video to the Quality Control Monitor.

Note that:

3.2.4.4 Unlatch Error Status of Monitor

Using the Mouse

Right-click on the Video Screen of a Monitor in the Kaleido display using the mouse, and select Unlatch Monitor Status. The error detection of all components in that Monitor with error latching capability (Video Screens, UMDs, Text Labels and Status Indicators) will be unlatched.

Using Kaleido-RCP

Push the Select button on the Kaleido-RCP. Each Monitor in the Layout will show an ID number, and its current Channel assignment (either a Channel name or "No Channel"). A yellow box surrounds the ID of the Monitor currently being pointed to, which is the current selection.

Using a Keyboard

Push the Tab button on the keyboard. Each Monitor in the Layout will show an ID number, and its current Channel assignment (either a channel name or "No Channel"). A yellow box surrounds the ID of the Monitor currently being pointed to, which is the current selection.


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