3 On-Screen Components in Kaleido

3.1 Introduction to Components

A component is a graphical element appearing on the Kaleido display. Components include video screens, audio meters, tallies, under monitor displays (UMDs), streaming viewers, clocks, etc. Each component is the on-screen manifestation of a data stream. Each Component must be defined from several points of view:

Input - the source of the data must be identified. Sources are defined in terms of physical inputs on the Kaleido chassis. However, a more flexible definition of the input, and control of the source, is provided through the use of Router control, whereby the data appearing at the designated Kaleido input may be sourced from a router whose cross points are controlled through the Kaleido. Certain types of data, e.g. closed caption text, UMD text, MPEG data stream analysis data, etc. may be sourced from third-party devices that are connected to Kaleido through its Ethernet port. In these cases, the IP address of the data source is required.

Appearance - the appearance of the component within the Kaleido display can be configured. Controllable features may include size, color, audio meter scales, presentation of alarm information (e.g. color, flashing or steady, etc.), transparency, etc.

Response - some components may be controlled by mouse actions on the Kaleido output screen. The relationship between stimulus and response must be defined.

KEdit provides the tools to create and configure Components.

The following sections provide complete details on creating and configuring each of the component types available in Kaleido.


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