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1. Access System Menu gt Sound Properties Document DM 06 118 20 70 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Document DM 06 118 20 Worldwide Destinations 0 40506 0 94718 0 91675 0 43279 0 99890 0 33488 039505 gt 0 04618 0 01575 0 42279 0 09680 0 32488 0 40506 0 04718 0 01675 0 43279 0 09830 0 33438 0 39506 0 04618 0 01575 0 42279 0 09690 0 32488 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Tutorial Section 2D Helping you use and understand ViewPoint 71 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Introduction This section provides you with a step by step guide to creating a number of Display Forms that are provided on the MVP CDROM The first example is themed for use in travel agents using the fictional identity of Worldwide Destinations The demonstration consists of three pages of increasing complexity and will be explored in turn After completing the first example project you will be able to understand the Ancona airport information display which is an advanced form of the final display in the first example involving more complex features The final tutorial runs through the basics of configuring a network of machines and looks at the construction of the Control Centre remote control display These forms are also provided in the samples library The Display Forms that we will produce consist of a static advertisement a scrolling currency inform
2. box refers to where the information to change the current object is coming from By typing scroll in this box for object 86 it will obtain information from object 1 the scrolling object plus all other objects targeted to it to be displayed All objects attached to and including the scrolling object object 1 are now copied in the window Document DM 06 118 20 80 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Step 8 Animating Objects Fig 20 Completed Scrolling Region A TravScroll dfm Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Turn on the Off Screen option in the Display Object Editor to place all objects targeted to object 1 in the off screen buffer These objects can now only be seen within the scrolling window To make the objects scroll click on the Animate check box for object 86 Use the Vert ical and Rev erse boxes to determine the direction of the scroll The properties for animation control can be found in the Advanced Display Properties Dialog Box under the Animation Scrolling Parameters section The Period text box refers to the time delay in animating the smaller the Period number the slower the animation while the Jump box refers to movement in pixels Document DM 06 118 20 81 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Step 9 Finishing the Design A worldwideData dfm Rates for other currencies available on
3. zarg o Document DM 06 118 20 Pull down Menu Location File Menu N A Edit Menu View Menu View Menu N A Home System Menu Edit Menu System Menu Help System ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Tool Properties Creates new display form Opens other previously saved form Saves current form Disables Master Script saving Cut Copy Paste Selection Print current screen View Database Information Cycle cache information Display the Form full screen Scale Form to fit window Reverse Pause Slideshow Play Slideshow Pause All Go to previous next page in Master Script carousel Go to designated Home page Navigate to Home form if set Opens System Control Centre Dialog Box Halt all screen activity Edit database record Edit schedule records Open Translation Properties Dialog Box Open Operational Properties Open Display Properties Database Properties Open Sound Properties Help tool Switches pointer to reference Help file ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Edit Toolbar aa RDA ooo Ou Ss oR Q Fae Re i 2H o m o og lt m0eBD ME We Document DM 06 118 20 Pull down Menu Location Select Menu Edit Menu Layout Menu Select Menu N A N A N A N A ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Tool Properties Creates new object 0 0 position Deletes selected object Selection enable for grouping dragging and resizing Deselect all objects Replica
4. Sentelsoft www sentel advance com Cancel CLICK HERE TO RESUME ACTIVATION Help Update CiMidasUpdatelmidas32 exe Browse Launch C Program FilesiSentelMidas ViewPoint Display ManagenBintmid Browse Instances 1 Command Line Add Index Target Directory C Program FilesiSenteliMidas ViewPoint Display Manageri Browse Status PAUSED View Logs Note This program copies the specified Update file over the Launch file if it exists and then executes the Launch file In the event of an error the original Launch file is restored When the Launch file is executed this application selfterminates Once installed noting the position of the large and wide Click here to Pause Activation button launch the application and immediately Pause it When the ePC PC starts LaunchMaster runs from the Startup folder checks to see if there is a new version of ViewPoint in the directory specified usually on the server if there is it will be copied to the Target Directory and then the Target application executed This allows automatic application updating via a single server based source Complete all settings as required for example as shown above a standard ViewPoint installation and then click the Pause button to resume operation or click the OK button to save the changes Open Windows startup folder Click Start shows the usual menu right click Programs then select all users Then double clic
5. The key icon in the second toolbar opens up the Password Protect system in the form of the Secure Display Form dialog box shown left This dialog allows you to enter a password that once the display is in full screen mode top Toolbar will lock all object properties disable access to all dialog boxes you and will not be able to re enter the editing mode No configuration settings whatsoever can be altered without the security removed To remove the security press Control F4 to close the form and reopen the form from MVP Open the Secure Display Form dialog box retype and confirm the password click delete then OK Now resave the form 40 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Auto starting configuring short cuts Worldwide Destinations Properties i ax You can make ViewPoint launch from the desktop by configuring a desktop short cut A copy of this short cut can General Shortcut Security be placed in the Start Up menu of the OS so the display form or sequence will automatically run every time the system is started up The short cut can also be modified to display the form in full screen mode In the Target text box type the destination program in inverted commas C Program Files Audio Visual Computer ViewPoint Bin Midas32 exe or make a short cut from this application After this text string type the destination of the display form not in inverted commas
6. 0 2 A double width ESC 0 8 A and both ESC 0 10 A To select small characters issue ESC A The standard Video Overlay page is named video dfm and stored in the c midas subdirectory The ePC is usually configured to load this page automatically at start up If you modify this page we suggest that you first save it under a different name so that you have a copy to revert to if needed For further information on video overlay objects and video device settings please refer to the video overlay guide part of the Display Device Settings dialog box description elsewhere in this manual The Operational Properties Dialog is set for Private Packet data mode Change the serial port setting in the Command and Data Source group to select the required mode Note RS485 support requires an optional board to be installed After reading the Private Packet Protocol section and the Operational Properties Dialog Box details the key points will become clear 2D Live Video Overlay ViewPoint MVP supports a range of video 1 0 cards that allow the processing of live video from external sources such as TV cable cameras and video players To enable a freeform object for video overlay display enable the Video Overlay check box in the Object Special Settings Dialog Box All required settings are made using the Display Device Settings dialog box and the additional video card specific Properties dialogs It is important to note that
7. You may also wish to move object 5 which will contain the country name closer to the flag or make it wider to allow the name to be displayed with a larger font If you misalign objects by manual movement they can be corrected by right clicking the object and dragging or by using the alignment tools in the object toolbar Step 3 Connecting the display form to the Database As the other 13 lines of the data objects are repetitions of the line you have just constructed we linked the objects of this line with the database table prior to replication by setting the Link edit box of the first object The Replicator incremented the database links meaning that all the objects you created will automatically have the correct database links Document DM 06 118 20 77 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Now we will try to connect to the sample database Open the database properties dialog box and select the Currencies mdb database from the Worldwide folder enter CURRENCIES as the table name and 14 as the row count one row for each Country As explained in the Database guide earlier in the manual each object must be linked to the database using the correct database entry number If you look at the Record Editor you will see that the currency text start at the 6 Field through to the 9 Each field can contain one thousand entries one thousand records of which we are using only 14 The entries start at n00
8. holds entries 2000 2999 Time holds 3000 3999 and so on If only 14 rows are being used in the display then the first 14 entries n000 n013 of each field are needed where n is the row reference All data entries will reside from field 5 to 26 Tag Date Time Sec Time take up the first four so the first display object of the first column should have 5000 in the Object Data Link box The data specific to that link will now appear in the selected object using that object s current text settings When the information in the database has been altered Viewpoint will update the object display Note also that the database examples supplied with MVP including the empty database Data1 mdb are sorted by the Record Tag Any additional records will be placed by order of the first letter of the Record Tag Databases can also be ordered by other variables such as the date they were entered Data sorting and organisation can be accomplished via external database editing software or MVP s filtering Note If you are unable to connect to a database and MVP is not giving you any messages ensure that MVP is in Workstation mode Global Operational Properties dialog However turn this function off when the form has been completed to ensure that when an error occurs the warning message will not freeze the display If the current form is to receive database information from a network not from the local drive make sur
9. however the tutorials explain function combinations in a step by step manner clearly and if any questions remains please contact technical support Document DM 06 118 20 44 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Figure 7 Additional Object Editor Dialogs Find Find Object Text and Color entry replacement Enter the search string case sensitive or que colors for the required objects Esc to quit Ix Search text string Search Color Find Next Update Count IV Find Replace Colors Click on color Replacement string element Replacement _ Replace E Replace All Access Display Object Editor gt Find Figure 8 Object 21xl Replicator 2 Cancel Number of copies pna J Replicate right Inter object gap Il Replicate up jo Data Link increment Sequence increment Secondary Link increment B TT Replicate left Access Display Object Editor gt Replicate Document DM 06 118 20 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Functions Search Text String Enter text to search for Find Replace Color Look for color not text string Search Colour Enter color to search for Find Next Switches Object Editor to next search string color instance Update Count Amount of objects with search string color instances Replacement String Enter text to replace search text with Replacement Color Enter color to replace search color with Replace Replace curre
10. you want the short cut to open If you type b before the string that form will open in full screen mode e g bc Midas Worldwide Worldwide dfm Control in Full Screen mode Focus To control the a sequence display in full screen either right click the mouse to make the pointer re appear along with a concise edit menu or use the Left and Right arrows keys to move forward or back in the sequence Press Alt L to pause the sequence and again to resume Press Escape to enter editing mode ww Worldwide Destinations Target type Application Target location Bin Target fias32 exe bc AMidasYWorldwide Worldwide dim MV Aun in separate memory space Start in fC O Shortcut key Nome Run Nomalwindow Comment Midas ViewPoint Find Target Change Icon Figure 5 When a sequence is started as the system is booted MVP will lose focus to the Windows Toolbar The Toolbar which will be minimized will have priority and no keyboard commands will affect MVP This is fine if the display is supposed to run uninterrupted but if the forms need to be edited or other applications accessed you will have to give MVP focus to stop the sequence or bring up editing mode To give MVP focus to use or close the program either left click on the mouse then press Escape or right click to bring up the short edit menu Both these methods however run the risk of accidental form editing if the form hasn t been secu
11. 0 using dX dY value boxes in the Display Object Editor This new object has a higher index number 1 than the background 0 so will be placed above it has visual precedence in the display Think of the object index as layers the lower the number the farther into the Z axis distance Click on the browse button under the Media text box This allows certain file formats to be attached to the object when attaching images use standard uncompressed Windows bitmaps for faster loading Find Sky bmp in the Worldwide folder and close the object editor The image has a resolution of 800 x 600 so will fit perfectly onto your object Document DM 06 118 20 74 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Step 4 Creating and Editing Text Create three new objects for the text Text can be entered by either moving the cursor over the object and typing or opening up the Display Object Editor and typing the text into the Text Path box above the button check box The text is position on separate objects for flexibility The font used in all the Display Forms is Arial bold adjustable in the Display Editor Use the tools in the third row of the toolbox to adjust properties such as font size boldness and drop shadows You can dynamically adjust text size with an while resizing an object by clicking on the custom text size toolbar icon see text toolbar description holding the
12. 7P By moving through the object index you will be able to see which objects have priority and which are hidden You can also use the Find feature to search for the unique object name or if it does not have one search for the name of the media file assigned to it To locate the position of a certain object without referring to its coordinates simply view the objects properties in the Object Editor by cycling to it pick a foreground color in contrast with the display which you can revert later and click the Border checkbox Move the Editor around the screen to spot the object but will only be able to do so if it is not hidden by another object Another aid is the Object Locator which is a useful Tool found at the end of the second Toolbar When selected all objects at the pointer coordinates are highlighted and are the index number in order of each are listed in the bar at the base of the screen Document DM 06 118 20 25 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Advanced Object Properties ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The dialog shown below includes features for advanced application design As designer s requirements change and as new technologies become available new facilities are added that can be controlled through this dialog ViewPoint allows you to choose a variety of sources for the image video sound or data to be displayed or played from static objects such as files to dynamic data linked
13. Control key and dragging the corner of the object using the left mouse button Step 5 Creating Transparencies A worldwidePoster dfm Worldwide Destinations onal CULC Pz q Fig 17 Completed Advertisement Display Use the Overlay function bottom row of the tool box to change the object background color to transparent Viewpoint dismisses the original color of a non graphics filled object allowing objects underneath to be visible Graphics objects can also incorporate this function by matching the color that is required to be invisible with the background color and the Transparent Color Keyed Object check box enabled in the Display Object Advanced Settings dialog box You can also Alpha Blend the object for subtle variations of total object transparency The line in the advertisement display is a very thin object with a white background Document DM 06 118 20 75 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Once the page has been designed in a similar manner to the example save the form giving it your own unique name If you do not save it in the same folder as the files linked to and from the form make sure all the paths are correct Tutorial 2 Creating a Database Display Introduction This tutorial explains the process of producing a page containing scrolling information that would otherwise not fit on the display The information will be linked to a database and updated
14. Opens color selection dialogs Font Opens font selection dialog for current text Text Angle Offset Rotates shifts text within an object Coordinate Link Links object s display position to another object Disable Anti Alias Removes text edge smoothing Animate Enables object animation parameter to active Rev erse Reverses object animation Vert ical Switches animation direction from horizontal to vertical Fetch Fetch image background from data linked object Calc ulate Calculates database figures Right Justify Moves text to the right side of the object Centre Vert ical Centres text X Y within the object Window Object Gives object window properties see page 47 Wrap Calculates text space breaks to shift text to next line Flash Bk Periodically switches text bg color with flash color 45 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Functions Flash Switch Period in Adv dialog controls duration Shadow Shadows overlayed text using background color Switching Switches between objects data links etc Border Creates a one pixel border around an object Popup Allows 0 1 visible state of an object controlled via button commands Overlay Makes object background color invisible Wipe Object Automatic wipe effect parameters in Adv gt dialog Web Object Opens HTML within the object bg Sequencer Boxes Animation sequence
15. User Manual Creating the scrolling object ViewPoint forms can be any size smaller or larger than the physical size of the actual screen of the PC ViewPoint will scale the screen to fill the physical screen of the monitor and its very easy to scale forms to any monitor resolution For this example we need a form with a vertical height of at least 800 pixels so we can place all the objects that make up the screen so object 0 the background of the form needs to be set to dXY delta X and Y of at least 900 x 800 or greater which we will correct this later after editing So using the object editor expand the size of your background object 0 to 900 pixels in height and then create a new object that will become the scrolling object showing the lines of currencies and images The scrolling object is shown as the large grey object in the diagram shown in Fig 18 above covering most of the black background This object should have an index number of 1 as it s the first object you created which is drawn on top of the background object and must be wide enough to contain a single line of the currency objects we ll shortly create so make it 842 pixels across and the same height as object 0 i e 900 pixels Step 2 Construct a single line of objects This display form will consist of objects that display the country name and national flag for 14 countries plus the currency details cash buy sell and traveller s cheques buy sell for
16. allowing group individual specific control Example network definition file All Groups Broadcast G0 1 Departures Group G1 gt Public A1 Midas c 1 Departures T1 N434 gt Public A1 Midas c 2 Departures T1 N435 gt Public A2 Midas c 2 Retail Group G2 gt Retail B1 1 The above shows entries that are used to define a simple information display system as would be used in this example at an airport with retail complex The structure of the network definition file is quite simple Each line begins with and is followed by the name of the entry Following that the group or node assignment is specified for example G0 In the above example the first entry defines broadcast group which when selected allows all MVP clients to be addressed The inclusion of a group broadcast entry is optional Document DM 06 118 20 89 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Group 1 titled Departures Group in the system tree display in the Control Centre refers to the Midas folder in the c drive of Public A1 client The form list is loaded from the selected client machine and appears in the Display Form File drop down box in the Control Centre after selecting the File Access check box The forms will be displayed on the systems within this group signified by the 2 after the string The third text string defines the client machine which is also Public A1 and its nod
17. be refined and extended we have many ideas in the pipeline about new features Today we re implementing new graphics technology that is allowing ViewPoint to deliver near reality studio quality animation effects and advanced real time video processing The purpose of ViewPoint We aim to offer users an exciting and flexible 3D visualisation presentation solution based on standard PC technology equipped with the latest GPU technology that can be relied upon for continual operation in mission critical applications We studied many 3D software packages but none had been originally designed to meet the needs of specialised commercial or industrial applications especially for 3D at high resolution With the ViewPoint 3D and optionally the ePC system you have all the benefits of standard technology but tuned for performance and reliability and with the special features that you need and a guaranteed commitment to long term support To help us improve the system to better meet your needs please email us with any suggestions gt lt info viewpoint 3d com Capabilities When ViewPoint 3D is installed on an ePC it can produce high quality 2D and 3D video overlay onto live video Specialised features such image and face recognition and tracking can be provided to meet the needs of custom projects Document DM 06 118 20 12 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The ePC ViewPoint system can be used to create c
18. controls see gt Tutorials for more info on sequenced animation Object Data Setting Box Unique object name for linking Object Data Link Database field other object reference be Secondary Links Object s next text line is next database entry ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Logo Non translated database image database string bmp is used instead Folder path must be entered into Text Cmd box SWF Uses non translated database Shockwave File ReBroadcast Transmit data from object over TCP IP Text Cmd Enter object text or command Button Gives object mouse click function for user interaction One Shot Stops media after finishes no loop Media Uses MediaPlayer for secondary media channel Enable Exclude from Clipping when using MediaPlayer objects File Cmd Media file root name to be played or displayed Add Delete Files to from image carousel or button up down Tile Duplicates image instead of scaling to fill object Carousel Button Files Box Object image carousel auto image switching or Up Down button state image file list Display Button Page Effect Box Object transition effect list AutoData Source Selects layout for time date based on internal system clock See Format Codes in the Display Form Design section for time date setting commands Note Understanding the interaction of the more advanced functions can be complicated
19. field two objects need to be overlapped with the Flash checkbox enabled for each Next the Switching checkbox for the priority object the highest index number is clicked to start switching Be aware that the object animation only occurs where the objects overlap It is also possible for other objects to be involved in this switching animation but must have a lower index number than the Switching object and will only be visible with the other non switching object in the animation so shouldn t use the same co ordinates or it will not be seen By following the Database guides in the Tutorials and Dialog box sections of this manual it is possible to assign the objects in switching animations to the database for remote image replacement Method 2 Complex Scrolling Animation and 2D and 3D Animations in 2D mode The Scrolling animation technique uses the same method for scrolling as explained in Tutorial 3 Using a film reel as analogy it involves attaching multiple image objects single frames to one large scrolling object acting as a film reel running through a viewer object the projector While more complex to construct than the Carousel animation this feature provides a much wider range of display control options within selected screen areas such as the ability to reverse the scrolling direction by just clicking a checkbox and setting smooth scrolling or frame jump scrolling This method is more suited toward rapid progress
20. input string ALA input from the database while INTERNAS zi A the Australian flag image was named ALA bmp and logo linked to object 5 For more Browse A ais See information on logo linking refer to the Translations Dialog explanation Cancel Input String E DLD y E DELAYED Clear All Insert DE Browse The translation facility is useful as it allows standard definitions for items in this case country names and flags to be translated into full length text definitions and images In the case of the text it can be translated from simple codes i e ASL into the countries local language Reload Delete Transfer Append secondary link text Attributes names and images To start creating the translations needed access the Edit Translations Dialog Box to define input and translation strings ALA from the database is entered into the Input String text box and Australia is entered into the Translation String text box Now every time MVP reads ALA from the database it will display Australia in an object linked to it if the object has the Translate check box ticked in the Display Objects Advanced Settings dialog click More in the object editor to access this dialog You must also enter this database field number in the Object Data Link text box in the Object Editor box for object 4 as you would for a direct link to a database
21. multi line scrolling regions Step Period Time in milliseconds between steps Sync ID External sync pulses trigger animation events stepping etc using ID codes supports synchronisation Translate Enables data input translation for this object Blank if no match Controls translation status message output Translation Table Select the table source for translations Enter index 0 n Index of status message 0 use 1 translation 1 use 21 etc Fade In Fade the audio playback in Fade Out Fade the audio out gt Play Over Reduces background audio level while playing Wave Output Wave channel for sound output use AV Channel Object plays mpeg video amp audio using the selected channel supports multiple channel outputs Complexity Relates to page transition effects Frames No of display frames for page transition effect Delay Speed Page transition effects 0 fastest 100 000 very slow ProglD ID of transformation effect Drawing Object Target Used to direct object to draw within an area of the target object Flash Switch Period Globally sets the speed of flashing switching and updating Alphablend Object Display objects merged with background Alpha Level Setting for alphablend level Document DM 06 118 20 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Transparent Object Logical OR OR s the bitmap object s color values with the underlying bitmap
22. object Mask Object Logical AND AND s the bitmap object with underlying bitmap object Invert Object Logical XOR XOR s with the underlying image Hover Active If a button object the button is hover activated Hold If the object is a popup keeps the popup visible until deactivated Update Ctrl Control the update of this object by command only Right Append Text is displayed formatted to the right of the object Page Return If a button object will display the page previously displayed on clicking Enable Controls Enable controls on selection Blank No Data Disable all translate background drawing if no data match Web Object Enables the display of html xml web documents sites within the object Video Overlay Object The object displays video from a video channel Wait for Video Playback Causes drawing to wait until video devices starts playing Close on Repeat Play Closes and restarts video playback to achieve replay Exclude From Clipping This object s area will be written over by other objects Process ANSI data Displays an ANSI text stream from the selected data source Enable File Drop Drag drop when form password protect Activate Key Enter the key used to active this button object A Z 0 9 etc Tip To access this dialog for a particular object hold down the control kev and double click the obiect Alternativelv select More in the 48 ViewPoint 3D Copyri
23. record rows will usually be displayed a message line can be designated to an unused record reference Each ePC can display the time and date using an internal real time clock RTC however a command to reset the clock is periodically issued to compensate for small time keeping inaccuracies that are inherent in all RTCs The following ASCII commands are provided Load display file 1 100 file dfm CS lt EOT gt Where the 1 following the is the ID of the target ePC unit 1 n or O for a general broadcast The 100 is the command code and the text within quotes the filename The tilde precedes the CS as a two character hex sequence Set time 1 102 10 30 00 CS lt EOT gt Time encoded within quotes is 10 30 24 hour clock only Set date 1 103 17 6 1997 CS lt EOT gt Date encoded in UK format within quotes is 17 June 1997 Note Year 2000 compliance Year settings of 96 and above refer to 20 century Settings below 96 refer to 21 century Set default display Document DM 06 118 20 95 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 1 104 c midas OutOfService 1 dfm 3600 CS lt EOT gt This command sets the default display for the ePC The filename is followed by the timeout in seconds If this is set the ePC will switch to the default page after not receiving a valid message for the timeout set Set last display 1 124 c midas heathrow express 800x600 dfm CS lt EOT g
24. reside on screen for changeable text and target object specific data link name must be specified To clear the target object send textual information from a blank object Previewing Displays When dfm files are saved a snapshot of the screen is saved as a bitmap in effect saving updates creates two files These bitmaps can be used to preview the content of a display in the control centre when an object is linked to the appropriate image the dfm file name bmp housed on the machine with the display content G1 Document DM 06 118 20 91 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Private Packet Protocol Guide through the ePC s serial communication protocol Document DM 06 118 20 92 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Introduction This section describes the ePC ViewPoint computer s asynchronous serial communications packet protocol The system is equipped with this protocol to enable deployment in remote locations where only serial communication is available This protocol supports error resistant serial communications offering a sufficient range of facilities to meet the needs of a variety of mission critical information display applications Note The ePC units can be interfaced to MPC power control units which are used to control the 110 220 VAC mains supply to other devices such as display monitors motors valve controls etc Where monitor operation is periodic t
25. settings and colours and position the display object as you need To create your own special format just select any date format available and then type a format string into the text edit box at 10P such as A d B Y which displays today s date on screen Format codes used to create Date and Time display strings Date and Time display format 1 Select the format 10 30 in the Date Time Timer drop down control figure 2 location25 F of the Object Editor a Abbreviated weekday name A Full weekday name b Abbreviated month name B Full month name C Date and time representation appropriate for locale d Day of month as decimal number 01 31 H Hour in 24 hour format 00 23 l Hour in 12 hour format 01 12 j Day of year as decimal number 001 366 m Month as decimal number 01 12 M Minute as decimal number 00 59 p Current locale s A M P M indicator for 12 hour clock S Second as decimal number 00 59 U Week of year as decimal number with Sunday as first day of week 00 51 w Weekday as decimal number 0 6 Sunday is 0 W Week of year as decimal number with Monday as first day of week 00 51 X Date representation for current locale X Time representation for current locale y Year without century as decimal number 00 99 Y Year with century as decimal number The date and time are displayed from the PC s real time clock rtc which is synchronis
26. start and end times dates and duration The global parameters are stored in a master script file that is configured using the Master Script dialog box shown left below while individual page settings can be edited using the Display Script Dialog box shown right below and are stored in the carousel script file The master script may reference an unlimited number of carousel scripts which may reference a single page for display or any number Master Script 21 Display Script i 2 x Master Script File ensure full path included OK bz Cancel Cancel i ipt fil Browse To create new scripts enter the path and filename Apply ihs msc or browse to the directory and enter a new Browse Settings filename ending msc When you click Apply or Detach OK the script files will be created automatically Click here t TE Carousel Script File List es dead E Display script filename or Command string Carousel Display Forms Duration 1410 secs E 1 E rosa Edit Script Start Time Duration Dates active dd mm py ines MER Delete Entry Insert Enty Delete Enty or End Time hh mm if Dates above set Repeat every n minutes Active on the following days of the week Sat f Sun Mon T Tue Wed T Thur T Fri Default Script played if no active script found Set Clear Browse On failure Default Display Page Default Display Form TimeOut in Seconds SA IS Browse gt Access Master Script System Menu g
27. status messages to be sent to the list of email address stored in cc_list txt uncheck the box Disable CCs The same applies for sending SMS messages which also requires an SMS contract with your provider Top left of the user interface is the IP of adapter to use box which must be set to the IP of the server s LAN connection This example is to use Maxum to provide remote licensing and monitoring of clients running ViewPoint 3D As such settings for multicast are not relevant and can be ignored Configuring ViewPoint 3D clients for remote monitoring To enable remote licensing the Setup dialog must have the P Srv checkbox ticked as below Operational Properties 2 x Server workstation M Workstation F Run silent Mae _ Cancel T Server I Passwntd Rafindowe NG NNN Canina Part Click the Server button to set the IP address and RX port number of the Server to match Data Server settings the settings shown previously in Maxum Control a Datab f Cisne Sexes edie Le rea Any errors will be reported in the log files of the relevant applications however the main Te ile EES issues are simply to have valid IP addresses and port numbers for the server Z eCe Pot ply p m FTP erver Fon a tada Check points FTP Sitel TX Packet size Packet size RX 0 0 A Masip 1 All ViewPoint clients need to have the server IP and port parameters set correctly FTP Site2 Inter packotidelay Mequestodi and th
28. table can be considered a data transfer table and as such its structure is not important You must not rename any columns within this table The transfer table is used as the interface between the user s application database and the MVP clients For example an airport stores information in the airport operational database s tables aodb queries are created for selected tables that transfer the relevant information to the MVP transfer table The transfer table or as many of them as is required is then access by the MVP server form which transmits the tables content over the network at the selected refresh rate The transfer table consists of 30 columns each with a unique name As shown in the Private Packet Protocol section each column can contain 1000 records The first column Tag holds the identity of a specific record Date and Actual Time columns must contain numerical values in their proper format i e date 00 00 00 time 00 00 00 A forth column Sec Time can be used optional for a secondary time record All other records are entered into the Field columns and are text strings To enable the database connection click the Database check box in the Operational Settings dialog box The Object Data Link box in the Display Object Editor is used to reference objects to the database table or datagram transmit packet The Tag column holds entries from reference 1000 1999 Date
29. table entry In the Currencies database ALA is the Record Tag which is field 1000 Now you must enable the object to display translations in the Display Object Advanced Settings dialog box under Translation Settings See Tutorial 4 on multiple translations including language translation Document DM 06 118 20 Waring A blank Input String clears the list after that point on closing and reloading the form Global Disable Translation IV Enable Attributes a Fore Colour a Back Colour M Flash Colours M Flash Message Blank if no match Global 78 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Step 5 Logo Linking Images to the database Both Australia object 4 and the Australian flag object 5 will have 1000 in their Object Data Link boxes as they both refer to the database entry string ALA To have the object display an image file using the text string from the data table link logo linking open the object editor for object 5 and enter the folder location of the flag images MVP Demo Worldwide Flags on the hard drive into the Text Cmd Path or edit box and click the Logo check box to Logo Link the image If the flag image still does not appear check that the Logo link Tag Length is set to 3 in the Global Display settings so that ViewPoint will look for files using all 3 of the first characters of the text received from the da
30. translation objects Translation status codes input string can be repeated numerous times with different output translations This allows a range of alternative substitute translations to be entered for one status code that are then selected using the Translation Settings section for each object in the Advanced Display Properties dialog box Each status code has an index number relevant to its entry position This index must be referred to in the Translation Settings for the appropriate translation This feature is designed to support for example multilingual systems allowing the same status message code received to be translated into any number of languages depending on the objects translation index setting Translations are studied in greater detail within the Tutorials section Logo Linking This feature enables bitmaps and Macromedia Flash files swf with names that matches the first n characters of entries in a database to be displayed This is known as logo linking and requires the Logo check box Object Editor to be on plus Swf if Flash is to be used the Object Data Link text box must contain the link to the relevant field and the folder location of the bitmap or Flash file must be entered in the Text CMD Path text box as follows Folder etc If you enter a folder path into the Forms Path textbox in the Paths dialog Display Properties gt More gt Paths MVP will refer to th
31. window Auto View Automatically updates the viewer window with current client display Full View Full screen remote capture Arrow Up Full view sets client display to full screen mode Arrow Left Right Moves selected client carousel forward back page change The display system tree in the centre of the Control Centre dialog shows a typical display system structure This is either the configuration as defined within the system configuration file or for the system detected by Midas Server during run time network interrogation Clicking a display icon in this network will cause the system to attempt access and display the contents of the remote screen in the viewer window on the right In addition to viewing the contents of the screen in real time snap shot it is also possible to select up to four cameras connected to the remote PC See Tutorial 5 for more details on networking and constructing the remote control interface This dialog is often specially configured for each application as such please refer to the project documentation provided or contact technical support for further information Document DM 06 118 20 50 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure Il Master Script Dialog Details The Master Script Dialog allows the creation and editing of automated display scripts Scripts are used to control the presentation of pages allowing you to configure the presentation of pages their
32. you make to that object will be copied to the currently selected objects when you click Apply or OK buttons Assigning Media Files Simply click on the Browse button underneath the File textbox to search and locate the file or type the path directly into the textbox Images displayed within objects will be scaled to the object size if they do not match that object s exact pixel size unless tiling has been selected Scaling reduces image quality and significantly increases processor overhead however it makes initial form layout easier Tiling is enabled by clicking the check box at 17U which is mainly used for background patterns You can size the object around the image file by clicking the Fit button Image dimensions are detailed in the boxes above File Cmd Image formats supported are JPEG and BMPs recommended for efficiency Video files can come as AVI s MPEG or MOV if quicktime is installed and WAV or MP3 sound files MVP also supports Shockwave Flash and will soon be supporting PowerPoint files Document DM 06 118 20 22 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 2D 8 3D Displaying the date and time The time and date can be displayed anywhere on the screen any number of times and in any range of formats A standard set of formats can be found by dropping down the control at 24V Click on the down arrow to view the selection Pick the format you want to be displayed then edit the Font
33. 0 so the object data link value for the first object will be 6000 the second will be 7000 while the latter two objects will refer to 8000 and 9000 respectively Enter these link values into the Object Data Link box in the Object Editor for objects 2 3 6 and 7 The database information can either be edited remotely using appropriate software such as MS Access or internally using Viewpoint s Record Editor The Fig 8 shows the database record editor our database uses its generic format You will notice that the currency data in fields 6 to 9 as field 5 is allocated to the actual currency of the relevant country This is purely for reference and has no effect on the display because there are no objects linked to field 5 entries 5000 to 5999 The two middle objects however do not contain currency values Country flag and name Instead we will enter the Record Tag from the database that will be translated to text and image by MVP s translation feature Step 4 Data Link Translations The translation feature allows received data to be automatically translated into another text Translation Properties string or image animation file reference with optional attribute changes such as colors and R flashing In this example the objects that will contain country names and flags do not display the text information directly from the database Instead the country name for example Select rors sion Australia has been translated from the
34. 4 Dimensions offsets z S m CMedia Ft File Comand Once finished click the delete X button 16X and then click 15 fis fis Jo fo C Popup A Browse 16P to select the mesh file 16 Z e m y Fania mode Inset Browse x Tie 0 E j Status Shaders Object can be rendered drawn using a standard 17 F dl F E Sequence w renderer or a number of other shaders including reflective 18 F Transparent Key 0 0 fo fo _X StANDARD A torera environment map glass etc can be selected by using the drop 19 Se Le Effect Browse down control 18R 20 TT C TkB Tensp Fie path 21 T Sordo Browse Lighting This can be enabled at 18E Note that if this is enabled 22 Date Time Timer Scene node selector and there are no light objects within range the object will be 23 z CAMERA zl rendered black Set light range in units at 10 11B 24 paces eon pese ea Special effects animations The drop down control 24T can be 26 E used to select an animation effect The parameters for each effect vary and are detailed in the 3D Animations chapter Using this process 3D scenes can be rapidly created In Fig 2a 3D Object Editor addition objects can be moved and sized using the mouse as explained earlier Document DM 06 118 20 29 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 3D Scene Design Tab 2 The T2 tab for 3D effects shown on the right is mainly used for animation settings Graphics driver selection The T2 t
35. AK response will be issued with a fault code encoded in NAK s lt n gt parameter as below 000 Unknown error 01X 0 Unrecoverable error X 1 System board failure X 2 System RAM memory module failure X 3 Hard disk failure X 4 Out of hard disk memory X 5 Video card failure X 6 Sound card failure X 7 Network card failure The above codes are also stored in log file on the hard disk for maintenance support ePC Acknowledge Packets ACK lt ID gt lt n gt CS lt EOT gt Command Data accepted NAK lt ID gt lt n gt CS lt EOT gt Command Data error occurred Where lt ID gt is the ePC ID number and lt n gt is the command code accepted l e Good response from ePC ID 4 after receipt of set date command ACK4 103 CS lt EOT gt Where CS is the checksum in hex l e 3F Note If the ePC is unable to determine the field encoding of a corrupted packet it will issue a NAK which has the field number set to zero Detailed description of packets Checksum 8 bit gt Checksum Start Position changed Document DM 06 118 20 98 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The checksum is transmitted as two hexadecimal characters i e C8 The checksum is calculated by reading the first character to be transmitted after the packet type indicator the or gt character and exclusive oring it with each successive character up to and including the tilde The final character lt EOT gt is
36. CONA DISPLAY ssssssvsscsccstaccnecsesssccoesoovesedseseossonobensenseseadenssesdseecoesesccvesecssnseseusebeseuscessuesseasscesecvecs s vesseesseboseubecceden cdaesvodesecoesssss sbesestedsessesueesceucecewecbedssessesseve 87 TUTORIAL 5 PRESENTATION PLAYBACK OVERVIEWS i csscsoosesoossssesssseasassoovssensccceassavescsedsesessvosededesssasaseoscocnsenaecspescosedeaesdessedesedssassbesescasedeesenonsecssoocseossdveveceeduessdesieoacsacaesacscben see 89 TUTORIAL 62 REMOTE CONTROL OVERVIEW sissscscsccscccecsssscvccssessocvosessessssasoncnsencenceccaesdsosccccecesvesessseveseenensbueseencecsanesedecdecesesesssvesssesessenseseucedcdcedesvensscsdecdecosesssseessssensbuescenceccosnses 89 PRIVATE PACKET PROT OG O Divssscacasessssesssstaciieassssslasascesasssatcnesssstecbces0cesa0s devedssduasastbecsessdeuadasacsbeseneaseadadesveesesassussssubauceuedasGa5aye0sacesbadedss soda sabeauedeaasaudesauacdobeaseteceesaacebubece 92 Document DM 06 118 20 5 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual FEED COLUMN REFERENCE 0 ed e a i 93 III AA A NON 94 COMMAND PACKETS scsssiscsacenelesssseeceuedcascacsaeessescasevssesoadecauesbedeenestussceesdsvapsconsssanedsseedasdesseousevened sanbessscSudsouvasowascencsseuneseasbensbeasescessesssssascensesaseaedaedegscencessalsevasesoncenaseesasenadseesesseaes 95 After the first Status request issued since the display was loaded ececccesessseeseeseseseesceeseeseeesecsecesecsecesecsceeseceeeseceseeseca
37. FORM DESIGN vccccsccacsastssecsescstssvevessectecvonvesctcaciscaescodsseseesestasesvessesasvencvsccceasassesvesdsccecocoosedesvessesonsbsesuectecsesseodesosbeseesevdessuUosoasonsesenesseeuedecdedesesoccvecs vis vssseuacenensveceewes s 21 EINDING AND ACCESSING OBJECTS sccvcscavavsesoscssceecs sosessotscestesoosecescdeveceshessecesees tossVsesousuessusnseesescecdessseotesceseesesoss sosdusssatassoscsbccatosestesseecess Suesess dosossbestaeacusvoaseecseetesbesossssestcosoeosdess 24 ADVANCED OBJECT PROPERTIES yessevcisciccesessscencduetecsstesesccessseasessuaceauvovesesedsasesdesseedevos seve sdasesdasasonseseseccsinceseceseectetosesveusesdndesoceesesestece soscoeseecduaveesesosceboadesoseess ocacacopeesescdcsonseneeaues 26 ON SCREEN EDITING ID MODE vito a aiii oasa Suesesosbesecsusencseucusdeassvessessscnsesbosvessessnesbusesesesesessseee 27 SD SC NE DESIGN TAB dai AA A EOE EEEO AS TERA ic caia icons 29 3D SCENE DESIGN A evsusescsbenseuonsebesvensavsdevesdssdsoesseseees 30 CREATING A casesesdnbesessinsoiasodecduesdcesesosesdesuvoveendedsebesondobenseeascacabsooosoessbasedvesedsasdbosveduosecdecassaaseesodaecseesvesessddascbesnnseseseeees 31 BUTTON COMMAND LIST 2D ADE AN 34 Document DM 06 118 20 4 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual ZD ANIMATION FEATURES A sss ov vests vs sotos s ose sust esdessostosso osdvsss secco os evessisis sdssosssositd sses ss e ress 35 2D VIDEO OVERLAY OVERVIEW REAL
38. S G2 4 HE West Wing G3 kS a MAN ITA T1 MAIN HALL CENTRE N110 E El Reboot Client node 0110 sent reply time marked 17 31 44 Lock Untock Power down ACK ID 0110 Page leisure screen dfm Time 17 31 44 Tag C V Auto view 35 ScanPeriod Cientstongormne 0 fo eve Reporting IV Enable T All E Scan Support Visit www sentel advance com and go to the Support page Follow the help instructions and request E support if you are unable to resolve the problem using the on line help Set DateTime View Logs Edit Display Schedule Master Script Detach 49 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Functions Display Form To browse and apply forms to a specific group or client Poster Library List posters from the library directory Message Library List messages from the message directory Edit Automated Display Script Create and enable detach scheduled display scripts System Network Viewer Window Shows the currently selected image Remote View Shows the clients display currently displayed on the selected ePC Display Lock Locks the display of the selected client Test On line Test the status and response timing of the selected client Power Down Powers down the selected client s Audio Off Disabled audio output from the selected client s Send Message Send instant messages to the selected client s Refresh View Captures client display in viewer
39. ShaderProgramFileName m_FileList 3 ocean reflection texture size pDisplayObject3D gt m_ltextOffX pDisplayObject3D gt m_ltextOffY 1024 1024 m_bmpFilename normal map waveNM png Reflective layer scene node T1 fparam1 Set reflection surface position fScale before fParam1 Repeat count for tiles gt no more tiles greater detail T2 Default tile size and tile count of reflective surface Radius 180 f Distance 100 f T2 Scale X Y Z Z N A Size of parallax layer under usually water surface T1 Param1 is offset to parallax layer with texture Set to reduce under reflective layer T1 Width amp height are texture pixel resolution for reflective layer Document DM 06 118 20 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 112 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual T1 FileEntry 1 image file T1 FileEntry 2 heightmap T2 Stop Wave length 1 5 ripply 100 flat T2 Amplitude 2 T2 Freq 5 T2 Decay 51 kkk Light scene node Text spot InnerCone fParam1 11 20 0f Inner spot of beam OuterCone fParam2 1 40 0f Out spot of beam Falloff afDistance 11 3 f Distance of light intensity fall off at edge of outer cone 1 1 ANIMATIONS FLY PATH Paths can be set via an external text file using the 3 position parameters of the object or by manually inputung points in the T2 object editor Note the speed setting is the 4th parameter of each poi
40. TIME VIDEO MIXING essseeseseseseeesesesososoooococeceseseseeeeeeeeesesoooooooocecoeeeeeeeeeseesesesesosoooocoeoeeeeeeeseeeeeeeesessssoosooooeoeeeeeeeseseeeeeeseessossossossseeeeoos 38 FINISHING MASA EA T ON 40 INFECCIONES OA EN 42 FIGURE 6 DISPLAY OBJECT EDITOR c sscoccsccsceccsstestessessvsasnssconvesecntescsancoasecsossdvasecsuassdessobsosbeubestsscscsecosecs sebes sessvssdessuensensueeesd er eea a S oi oa se isas si eisa or eraai Eesi 43 Access Edit Menu Edit Display Layout mencas 3 e e ci 43 O AN IA 43 o A A RN NN 44 A DO O E O TR 45 Display Object Editor gt FR pes eid A A A A 45 ACC is a a tdo id Rast eNA 45 EIGURE 9 DISPEAY OBJECT ADVANCED SETTINGS vesec cecdsssssdscsedecsestesbeccceceadesseosesedsessesasssevoussveusevsbessecketesecessstecdesesvavesdssusassusSescevectcsuessnesesoocdescevevebosussensueceossessecesdessvedssooseses 47 FIGURE 10 SYSTEM CONTROL CENTRE caccseccicascesseheceseesesevsesvecdscencossnecvesdecsctessooseeceosdvesvocessessoussscbessascatendeseseeacds cocvensucvenedsesesvoncaceseeteasedeseeceesedece svssssusonsuoceovedSessovecessccees 49 FIGURE 11 MASTER SCRIPT DIALOG Cis eaeisantsiecseccscasssvesvesoasbenvecctceccecaescoseseccecuvosesvessesasvescbescceacesseevesssccceosdesbesbessesaassbesuesceceecsacdesosseseesdesesesvessasencvsessedescuacesescvesessues 51 FIGURE 12 OPERATIONAL PROPERTIES DIALOG a snsnssnvaccneceansaconsnesodsvocesvssdoscsesnesesovoncseccasiecasedesoodeeseovoseinesssesensasenseoedenasco
41. Text Cmd Path or AutoD ate format Centre Vert 18 Font Wrap Flash Bk o fo Text angle Shadow Button sizefo o lo I Switchi M One shot Coord Offsets Switching I Media Fit T File Comand peee Fes o Disable antialias Overlay k Animate I Vert J Wipe Object Insert Browse Tile 0 I Fetch Web Object Rev Off screen Cale Sequence Carousel Button files M Window Objet Jo Jo fo fa Detete Wait for end Coordinate Link File path Track left A 1 Track base Browse 0 Object Group Master F Slave of Group Date Time Timer Special effect Button page effect v NONE v Y Document DM 06 118 20 Object Index Object index number next back and go controls Apply Use modified settings without closing the dialog box Burrow Drill Bit icon Shows properties of object underneath current uses same co ordinates with lower index number New Creates new objects using default settings Find Opens Find Dialog detailed on next page Replicate Opens Object Replicator Dialog detailed on next page Move To Move current object to new numerical position Copy Create new object using current object values More Opens Advanced Display Object Settings Delete Object Permanently removes current object Object Coordinates Current position X Y and size dX dY Fit Resize object to fit attached bitmap dimensions Default Colors
42. User Manual duration The effects in capitals are 2D and require much larger figures to operate The Reverse checkbox in the Object Editor plays the transition effect backwards e g a left to right alpha blend wipe becomes a right to left wipe The effect applies to the object as it becomes visible To play other types of media in the sequence simply assign them to a sequenced object however inter object transitions do not work on anything apart from image files If a transition is required a screen grab of the first frame of the movie flash file using video capture software or the Windows Print Screen facility depending on the file can be used as an image object that appears just before the media file The image object would allow a transition before immediately playing the flash file movie Be aware of the size of objects in the sequence Movies are more often than not 4 3 in ratio and may require it s own individual object size to prevent stretching In which case you may want to think about having an object to act as a background or border around the movie as it plays 2D Video Overlay Overview Real time Video Mixing The ePC V eMedia system provides advanced video facilities that can be controlled using three methods Method 1 User interface keyboard and mouse The user interface allows display setup and the layout of text graphics and video Video overlay is achieved by setting a freeform object to v
43. ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual WiewP in visualisation im three _Int ViewPoint 3D Designer for Presentations Info TV 3D Visualisation and rapid content creation Document DM 06 118 20 1 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Document DM 06 118 20 ViewP eint data processing amp display control visualisation in three dimensions mixed content amp 3D effects advanced tables Travelex Y PC and Internet Remote Control Secure network with data encryption ePC designed for mission critical Applications Released 07 2012 Software Version 1 03 PRELIMINARY ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Legal Notice This publication is copyright and all rights reserved worldwide by ViewPoint 3D Ltd ViewPoint 3D 8 associates No part of this document may be reproduced or copied using any means including electronic without the written permission of ViewPoint 3D The information contained in this document is believed to be accurate however ViewPoint 3D accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions or any related damages arising from such This software is provided with license terms amp conditions in the installation pack Trademarks ePC ePC the embedded PC plug and play display Midas ViewPoint 3D Maxum Maximedia AVC AirView AutoPA DirectPA freeform and Maximedia POI PIMS and OwnTV are tradema
44. _inctv Increment TV channel TV Video adapter hardware required cmd_dectv II Decrement TV channel cmd_settv II Set TV channel i e cmd_settv 36 cmd_minimize II Minimize the application cmd_inc Increment number displayed in object i e cmd_inc 7 lt dincrements object 7 s number display gt cmd_dec II Decrement cmd_zero II Zero number cmd_srp II Select remote page i e node 102 page c midas mypage dfm cmd_crs II Capture remote screen to the specified object i e cmd_crs node 102 object 7 cmd_stx Send text message i e cmd_stx node 102 target 12 source 4 lt Send text in object 4 to node 102 s object 12 cmd_snxt Send next page selection cmd i e cmd_snxt node 102 or group 3 cmd_sprv Send previous page selection cmd cmd_sick Send lock message i e cmd_sick node 102 cmd_sulk Send unlock message i e cmd_sulk node 102 cmd_sck II Set background of object to the video overlay The following command can be used in the master script carousel script text box to restart the system at a specified time cmd_reboot II System reboot Commands can be added to the application on request to suit specific applications Specific programming examples are available from www ViewPoint 3D com website Document DM 06 118 20 34 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 2D Animation Features ViewPoint provides several methods for creating in object a
45. ab is also used to set the graphics driver as either OpenGL or Direct3D and the video frame rate which if set to 0 will be at the default monitor frame rate Once selected you must reset the form by clicking the green reset toolbar button or save and reopen the presentation Parameters In addition to position direction radius and distances parameters at 4H 4P there are 3 buttons to set Emissive Specular and Diffuse colours of the object The emissive colour is usually set to black otherwise the object will glow with the colour set Emissive color is the self illumination color an object has Specular color is the color of the light of a specular reflection specular reflection is the type of reflection that is characteristic of light reflected from a shiny surface Diffuse color is the most instinctive meaning of the color of an object It is that essential color that the object reveals under pure white light It is perceived as the color of the object itself rather than a reflection of the light Ambient color is set in T1 by clicking the Fore button 8K it is the color of an object with Light T1 17E enabled This color is what the object reflects when illuminated by ambient light rather than direct light Details for each control will be provided in the following chapters Document DM 06 118 20 OONDOABRWDND ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 3D Object P
46. age Follow the help instructions and request Send Now Browse support if you are unable to resolve the problem using the on line help Master Script Detach Fig 26 Control Centre showing network Fig 26 the Information Point Control Centre shows the system network tree with a list of clients connected to the network Terminal 1 Departures is the group name After clicking on the client machine s icon in the tree view MVP will attempt to access that machines local display form library On the right of this dialog box the indicators show that the client machine is online operational and the node and currently displayed form are shown right click on the client name in the system network tree to get a more comprehensive report The Auto view check box allows the host system to obtain a feedback of the display from a specific machine as it updates It is possible to reboot shut down or broadcast the date and time sourced from the server machine across a networked group by selecting that group and clicking on the relevant button to the bottom right of this dialog box Document DM 06 118 20 90 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual After clicking the File Access check box it is possible to select a display form to be shown across a group of client PCs or a selected individual Simply browse to the desired display form after selecting a group or individual client and click the Display No
47. age and set the position coordinates to 0 0 Using the object replicator second row in the Toolbox copy the object down the screen for the desired number of further frames leaving no gap between duplications Now go through the frame objects in the Object Editor and add the image file to the relevant object in order of sequence Once the objects are correctly positioned hold the shift key and drag a selection box over all the objects Continue holding the shift key and double click one of the frame objects to enter the Advanced Object Editor In the Drawing Target text box enter 1 the index number of the off screen object This attaches all selected objects to the off screen object resulting in their disappearance once the dialog box has been closed Once this has been done you can re adjust the Form resolution to match the Monitor or copy the objects before drawing them off screen and paste them into another Display Form perhaps previously designed to accommodate the animation Finally another object is needed to fetch and animate the information from the off screen object acting like a window through which the view the animation capturing a single frame at a time This object has to be the same dimensions as a single frame or the scrolling object and all frame objects attached to it will be scaled and distorted Open the Object Editor for object 1 and provide a name for the scrolling object that the viewer object will look for Ente
48. ame button For example if a single button makes pop up A appear pop up B disappear and vice versa when re clicked only select the Pop up check box of one object Now click the button to make it disappear and select Hold for both objects to keep them in place The button will now alternate the objects NOTE the objects that are visible when the display form is opened are dependent on their status when you save the form Document DM 06 118 20 32 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Controlling other objects by mouse positioning It is also possible to control the display of hidden objects by moving the mouse pointer over a button as well as clicking it allowing a group of objects to show themselves following a hover event Note that all objects linked to a button will respond to the mouse click or hover event Objects that are activated by the mouse pointer are called Hover Active Objects and this check box needs to be active in their Advanced Properties dialog Also a Hover Active global switch must be enabled in the Display Properties Without the Hold switch enabled all Hover Active objects become visible when the mouse pointer is within the co ordinates of the button With Hold enabled the object status changes every time the pointer enters the area Alternate switching of Hover Active objects is not possible 2D Button Effects You can assign a transitional effect that will activate on c
49. annel When RS485 duplex 2 wire mode is enabled the Flow control must be set to None as shown above Reboot Count Enter the number of minutes to elapse before rebooting the system in the event of comms loss Enable Titling Allows database headings to be customised see Database Record Editor dialog description Reboot on Exception If the operating system service or driver fails reboots the client Test Special test mode configuration specific information on request Document DM 06 118 20 55 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Figure 13 amp 14 Database Properties Details ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The Database Properties box allows linking to external data sources local data editor selection and data filtering Database Properties E ww Midas DATAT MDB Cancel Primary Database Source MERR GENERIC EDITOR y Browse et TABLE 1 fo xi Record Filter E J Date time filter Filter time scope secs ef Pre time Post time Sting M Equal f Notequal Y And J Or J Ornext bd NONE y DELETE 30 December 1899 00 00 00 gt J Now gt Spot I Object Filter Fe T Time J Logo lt J Date I Log Note 30 Dec 1899 date zero Midas I Database Target Select file I Global time scope 43200 Pre time 43200 Post time Set Source Set Target Note Remember to enable the Data Source in Operational Setup Access Prop
50. as been completed a script must be created to contain multiple page location order operational date and time limit preferences The linked status of the selected pages is known as the carousel When a page is in the carousel it is controlled by the Master Script It is recommended to create a Start up page containing the master script with references to all other pages bar the Start up contained within rather than having a script for each individual page This is of course with the exception of user interactive displays coupled with automated sequences For further information on the construction of a master script please refer to the page 41 The example of a start up page is called worldStart dfm in the Worldwide folder diagram left Don t forget to disable all screen activity the red pause icon top row of the tool box other wise the script is applied immediately and the start up page may change before you have a chance to save Document DM 06 118 20 84 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Step 4 Adding Inter Page Transitions 2 worldwidePoster dfm World r Ty i ice ieo Playback 0 04618 0 01575 0 42279 0 09690 0 32488 Rates for other cilffencies available on request ission on currency transactions UPTO 50 willli hexceed 3 00 Fig 24 Blend Wipe Transition Between Pages ViewPoint has a vast range of page to page tran
51. at folder when looking for the logo Flash files MVP checks the first n characters of database strings and uses files starting with those characters To set the number of characters to use for file matching enter the Display Properties gt Global Display Settings dialog and alter the Logo Link Tag Length bottom right section Note By clicking the Switching checkbox in the Object Editor the object will switch between displaying the logo link file and the database string The Forms Root Path global folder location must be used in this instance as any text in the Text CMD Path box will override the database text string Document DM 06 118 20 63 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure IS Global Display Settings Details The Global Display settings offer overall control over the behaviour of the current Display Form including inter page transitions Access Edit Menu gt Edit Advanced Layout gt Global Display Settings Document DM 06 118 20 64 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Functions Full Screen Redraws Redraws entire display each refresh use for testing only Bitblk Update Updates entire display backbuffer each refresh testing only Global Enable Borders Draws a border around each object testing only Blank Translate No Data Unused Cursor Always Enabled Displays cursor on full screen mode Portrait Mod
52. ation page and a page that incorporates the previous two pages with additional graphics animation and video playback The currency information will be linked to an external database which controls on screen object content in this case currency rates Finally all three pages will be placed in the Carousel and scripted for automatic sequential display The images on the right give you an idea of what we will be creating The display form files and all images can be found in the MVP Demo folder on the ePC CDROM Document DM 06 118 20 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Worldwide Destinations Worldwide Destinations sn We lo Sell lt _ 7 oS x e Mico Playback gt ME 0 40506 0 39505 Ki oT oo Oosie 0 04618 O D1675 0 01575 0 91575 0 01575 043279 o4zz79 043279 0 42279 009890 0 09690 an oaza EE 0 40506 0 39506 FS 0 40506 0 39505 0 04718 0 04818 0 04718 0 04648 0 01675 0 01575 0 01675 0 01575 0 43779 0 42279 0 43279 0 42279 0 09890 0 09690 0 09890 0 09690 0 33488 0 32488 0 33488 0 32488 0 29845 0 28845 0 29845 0 28845 Commision Rate Minimum Charge 72 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Tutorial Creating a Basic Display Form Introduction Creating a basic Display Form is an efficient process that is detailed in this first tutorial Within a few minutes you will be able to create and edit objects text and understand the basic elem
53. automatically For this exercise we will recreate the Worldwide Destinations currency exchange page WorldwideData dfm This page has a display showing the conversion rate of currencies from 14 countries with images of their national flags Step 1 Creating the scrolling object AA scrolldfm dfm Six Objects ___ gt 0 29845 0 29845 F Australia 0 29845 0 28845 Object 1 Object 0 Fig 18 A single line of data objects on the scrolling object To start create a new Display Form and edit the background object 0 color to black in the Object Editor to make the next steps clearer Basically all scrolling objects on screen are linked to a single off screen object the source which defines the position and size of the off screen area that usually contains the images from many other objects We re going to create all the off screen objects actually on screen to start so that we can edit and manipulate then and then finally change them to offscreen objects that draw in the source object s area The off screen source object is usually large and the objects that will comprise the currency lines of this sample will all have their Drawing Target set to that object so basically a large number of small objects will all drawn themselves in the area of the off screen object creating the complex source image for the scrolling display Document DM 06 118 20 76 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer
54. ay control and user interface application which is highly customisable without the need for programming easing development and increasing reliability In embedded mode ViewPoint manages the display of information processing commands received over the network or from the local script files In the event of a power failure ViewPoint restarts at power up after the embedded Windows operating system performs auto reboot ViewPoint 3D updates will offer more features and an increasing library of display forms and images all of which are available to users We plan to improve the user interface as new features are added We will maintain backward compatibility with all earlier versions of software and support requests for application specific functions as far as possible Document DM 06 118 20 9 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Recommended System Requirements PC2010 compliant PC AMD 2 GHz Celeron Atom or Pentium 1 8GHz processor or better 2D Intel GMA 3000 chipset or better 3D AMD A6 APU NVidia GT520 1GB or better A8 or GTX recommended for true 3D projection display Direct X 9 or higher OpenGL 4 0 or higher Win XP 7 or Linux 2 GB system RAM OS Windows 7 Server 2008 Linux 32 and 64 bit For further information contact info viewpoint 3d com Environment ePC media players are designed to operate in an environment that should be dry dust free and ideally maintained at an average ambient tem
55. b 0x04 to the ePC to cancel uploading The ePC response package format is as below H1 113 cAmidasimidas log 378 CS lt EOT gt HP1 256 lt packet1 gt CSHP2 122 lt packet2 gt CS Apart from the leading replacing the the format is identical to the Download file command To improve checksum reliability data packet size has been set at 256 bytes or less each with its own CS appended To be implemented The host must respond to each data packet sent by the ePC with an ACK or NAK sequence The ePC will resend the packet if a NAK is received Reset ePC 1 999 RESET CS lt EOT gt The ePC performs a system reset This is used in the unlikely event that the unit malfunctions and the internal watchdog reset fails It also enables a full system re test and hard disk data repair procedure to be executed Status Report 1 8 CS lt EOT gt Requests an ACK status response from the ePC if it is fully functional The ack sequence will be followed by the name of the currently displayed file After the first Status request issued since the display was loaded Document DM 06 118 20 97 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual FIRST DFM LOAD c midas heathrow express 800x600 dfm Thereafter DFM LOAD c midas heathrow express 800x600 dfm or DFM LOAD NULL The filename packet is encapsulated between two pipe characters If a non fatal failure is detected a N
56. ch may result in some objects being hidden It is possible to dig through layered objects using the Underlying Object Access tool located in the display object editor yellow drill bit you can use the shift key to reverse the direction when clicking the drill button You can also use the Object Locator in the second toolbox row to identify hidden objects Their number appears in the status bar at the bottom of the screen The common elements of this page from the previous two pages can be copied and pasted from one form to the other Document DM 06 118 20 83 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Step 2 Linking a New Set of Flag Images If we used the same flag bitmaps for this smaller display they will be scaled by software and will look deformed There is a set of smaller images in the Worldwide flags2 folder for use in this display making the flags clearer The folder location would have to be manually re inserted into the Logo Link Path text box of every flag image object in the Display Object Editor These smaller images will fill an object of 37 x 17 pixels so the flag objects sizes will need to be adjusted to prevent scaling Step 3 Scripting Multiple Pages in the Carousel A worldwideStart dim Worldwide Destinations Information display systems developed and supplied by e media systems Fig 23 Start up screen containing Master Script After each page h
57. d and a duration time for each Using this structure it is simple to build complex schedules for content playback running selected presentations during mornings afternoons specific times even on specific events such as the event of a fire alarm this will be explained later or on specific dates or date ranges Document DM 06 118 20 53 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure l2 Operational Properties Dialog Details The Operational Properties dialog below is used to configure important system operational properties data transfer and communication etc Operational Properties COM1 Properties BEI Windows OS 2000 Service Pack 2 More s Server Workstation Cancel V Workstation f Run silent ean f Server Password Client Details Bits per second 3600 y A Gade z B ommand and File control settings foent NEW Database Moo Relese Databis e y Serial port Node ID Group s f Datagrams Enable Reboot 2 Accept File Commands rE Parity None y _ Load Sound Library Bi Tock Data amp Cmd Source ETP FTP New files only Stop bits hy FTP Site www sentel Group_01 Aa z i COM1 v Setup 1 Usr Pwd poi wind Reus ee Flow control on off v FTP Site2 ftp informatic Group_01 gt ee High active v Alarms Usr Pwd poi_wind in PRIVATE PACKET y Advanced Restore Defaults Multicast Datagram Settings Generic S
58. d yellow restart icon on the toolbar This will activate the antialias mode Then enable the cross hair by clicking X checkbox on 3D toolbar Lets add a Sky Dome Repeat step 3 above Click the New Button click the Scene Node drop down bottom left and select SkyDome Click the Brose button at 16N see fig 2a Select a suitable panoramic file then set the dimension boxes 14C 14D to its resolution Click Tab2 fig 2b then set the Radius 12C to 2000 which is the diameter of the dome Click Okay SkyDome should appear On the Edit toolbar click the New Object icon red green blue cubes A blue cube appears On the Edit toolbar click the New Object icon red green blue cubes A blue cube appears Double click the cube click Scene node selector bottom right of Properties and select Light Click Browse above and select C Midas Media Lights particlewhite bmp On the top left change the scale to 10 10 from 1 1 Set the Position to Y 10 leave X at 0 and Z to 20 Set the Lights zone of cover to 40 This is the box below the 3D position Z entry Click Accept on the bottom You should see the light a star above the centre of the screen Click the New Object icon again Double click the blue cube and select 3D Text from the Scene node selector In the middle right type the text 3D World into the Text edit box The set the scale to 6 12 6 and set the x value of the r
59. dicator light bulbs Above them is a partition containing information about the database layout The diagram below shows how the panels and scrolling regions are constructed and positioned on the display Example Strip Bulb state 1 O Original bulb bitm 10 Bulb state 2 a Background bitmap GATWICK GATWICK Fig 25 Construction of the Ancona Display lt Bitmap objects with text werlaid from the database source lt Panel bitmap object Off screen scrolling object linking to scrolling region lt Bitmap objects x2 with overlaid text from the database source Each object covers half of scrolling object As before the most efficient way of constructing this page would involve creating one line of objects and duplicating them vertically The only difference in this display is the fact that the scrolling region is placed on a bitmap background When creating the text objects and scrolling object to be placed in the scrolling window a bitmap image must be targetted to the scrolling object and placed behind the text The bitmap will scroll with the text so it is imperative that the bitmap colors and detail matches the background image on the object behind the scrolling region This method of scrolling text and part of the background is far less CPU intensive than scrolling overlayed objects over a static background Document DM 06 118 20 87 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Ma
60. displayed The forth file can be used as either an additional sound file for the on click function or as a movie to play in the object when clicked The movie will continue to play until the form is closed and restarted when re clicked A fifth file can provide a sound movie file for the mouse over function Controlling other objects by mouse clicking Objects that become active when a button object is clicked are known as Pop up objects The pop up check box is found in the Display Object Editor and causes the object to become invisible until activation By having another object beneath the pop up object you can create up down states for other objects activated by a button In the Object Editor for the button object type the number of the pop up object in the File text box to allow the button to control that object For multiple objects put a comma between each entry i e 1 2 3 4 5 6 You can use this feature to bring up a multitude of objects such as an animated bitmap object with an invisible overlayed object that plays a sound file to accompany the graphic A standard feature of the pop up mode involves the pop up object disappearing when either the button is re clicked or the pop up itself is To revert control to only the button object select the Hold check box in the Advanced Properties box for the pop up object which freezes the pop up until told otherwise by the button It is possible to make pop ups alternate when using the s
61. e Rotates displayed image for portrait displays Lock Page Change Video Audio SWF Keeps page open until media finishes i e halts slideshow until playback ends00 Force use of Media Control Force use of Wave Output Sequence Media Playback Enables sequenced one shot media playback Sequence Play on Click Enables playback on mouse click selection Sequence Auto Replay Hover Active Buttons Button pop up activation on cursor hover Key Activated Buttons Keyboard activates assigned buttons Object Update Period Time in ms between screen redraws flash ani speed Wipe Period Time in seconds between wipe updates Wipe Repetition Rate Time in ms between wipe steps speed Wipe BIt Width Width of each update step 1 is smooth 4 is coarse Programme ID ID of transition set up Page Change Effects Default update effect used to display the current page Delay Speed Step Effect dependent attribute see effect Reverse Change direction of animation Complexity Effect dependent attribute Frames The number of frames used to complete the effect Fill Video Objects on Close Paints the video object using the flash color Page Time Out s Enter the time out in seconds before auto page change Page Time Out s Text box Enter destination dfm after time out Logo Link Tag Length The no of characters to use from the record s ID Select Single Object Layer Unused Object Select
62. e city cde is supplied which contains over 5 000 airports Typing for example LGW into the matching code box and pressing the tab key automatically loads Gatwick into the the edit box The city cde file can be edited by to contain any entries Document DM 06 118 20 61 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure I8 Translation Properties Details The Translation Properties dialog provides the user the facility to edit status translation display messages Properties such as colour and flash can also be configured The Translator takes input strings from the database and can either interpret them another text string image or flash file or look for a file that uses the input string characters Translation Properties PIS ok cone v Browse po AA E Clear All Insert eT ei Fore Colour Access Edit Menu gt Edit translations Document DM 06 118 20 62 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Functions Edit Input String The message code received from the data source Edit Translation The message code substituted for the input message Attributes The attributes used for the output translation Flash Colours Flashes the colour of the output message between the new colour attribute and the object s static colour selection Flash Message Flashes the output between the input text and output translations Global Disable Translation Disables all
63. e ID Enter the node for each system 3 digit number in the Node ID text box in the Operational Properties dialog box The forth string is another machine with separate node which is part of the same group referring to Public A1 for the display form list Information Point Control Centre IPC Remote File Access Status MM Network Status Mi FTP W Load Network Ml Secure Grn OK Content Page or File y Remote Client Client_NEW El B ALL GROUPS BROADCAST G0 Preview Display Now J Fileaccess HE TERMINAL 1 DEPARTURES G1 M onine Node Group IE Ti MAIN HALL CENTRE N110 Bi status puro al Browse Re open Open Run E T1 MAIN HALL CHECK IN N111 E T1 MAIN HALL WEST N112 leisure screen dfm E T1 GA1 1 Poster Page Library E T1 GA2 N2 E E T1 GA3 N3 O T1 Gas N4 Proview Display Now GB T1 VIP LOUNGE 1 N115 E 71 VIP LOUNGE 2 N131 Browse B11 RESTAURANT N132 BE TERMINAL 2 DEPARTURES G2 5 JE West Wing G3 y 5 Message Page Library al Test Close T1 MAIN HALL CENTRE N110 gt Reboot Preview Display Now Client node 0110 sent reply time marked 17 31 44 Lock Unlock Power down Browse ACK D 01 10 Page leisure screen dfm Time 17 31 44 Tag C Y Auto view Set DateTime Full vie 35 Scan Period Clients on o f line 0 0 TER Send Text Message OOo g Reporting V Enable All x Scan Support Visit www sente advance com and go to the R Edit Display Schedule Support p
64. e IP Srv checkbox set in Setup UR PA E 2 The Server computer must have the nodes file updated to include a list of all clients on the network this file is usually in the C MaxumRelay folder Multicast lcr cecarrge PRIVATE PACKET g a q ears Sava 3 If encryption is enabled all clients must have the same encryption file or key oint Foint A an Se ee RETA entered and the server also if ViewPoint is used to distribute datagrams or Target IP Use adapter IP Keep Translations Titling 234 12 10 5 Ignore Script Test commands Rx Port Tx Port Max UDP Filter Paths Debug 4 All system dates must be set correctly Back setting date is not permitted pee Scale Forms on load Advanced dialogs FTP Active 4000 4001 Cmge Syne ID Broadcast date time 1 Tl Broadeast datagrams Reboot on Exception Hang 3000 3001 Data 65467 I lt I lt I M Broadcast heartbeat gt lo 7 0 Reboot FTP Node of Partner Server gt T Reboot after jo AM Primary Partner Server Beep v FTP FCmd Shutdown Broadcast page change Reset V Log pages V Log media MV Log Host name M Codes Document DM 06 118 20 107 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual N 2 Configuring ViewPoint 3D clients to operate with Launch Master Firstly on the client install the LaunchMaster application Sentel Advance Launch Master Launch Master
65. e object no you entered should then be shown in wireframe mode You can then use copy and paste Node parameters Camera node Whole Scene Background colour background Whole Scene Ambient light foreground black none all light enabled objects will then show black fscale FOV 32 fparam1 width 2 fparam2 focus point 1000 scale X far clip point 1 scale y near clip point 3000 Inclination Camera tilt Up vector Default XYZ 0 1 0 m_text orth sets orthogonal view Pos cam pos Rot cam target lookat m_text bind locks cam target to it rotation so if camera is rotated target moves with it m_text 1 fog flash color is fog color Distance fog distance 200 Camera animation parameters Fly spline path from setting P1 T1 Pos P2 T2 Pos P3 T2 Pos 2 Fly Circle Document DM 06 118 20 111 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Sphere scene node Radius fscale Polycount param1 Terrain mesh node Origin position Filename height map png stretchSize param1 param2 dimension2d lt f32 gt 1 Of 10f maxHeight fscale f32 200 0f defaultVertexBlockSize Dimensions offset dimension2d lt u32 gt 64 64 Terrain scene node Scale Dim Offset entry 3 Sky2 scene node TK Ocean scene node ocean heightmap m_FileList 0 vertexShaderProgramFileName m_FileList 1 pixelShaderProgramFileName m_FileList 2 geometry
66. e set to the amount of characters you want the filter to recognise 2 or 3 The Equal and Not Equal check boxes tell the filter to display or ignore records matching the input string The Boolean logic check boxes AND OR OR NEXT allow multiple combinations of variables to be filtered You can insert multiple filter input strings together with their relevant fields and specifically select exactly what records are displayed and when by use of the Boolean controls these compare the current input string with the next one in the list A record can be displayed at a specific date time for a set duration by comparing a time date field with another against a specified time or against the current time Click the Time Date Filter check box and use the field selection pull down menu to the right of the Input String box to reference a time or date field from the record and select the relevant Time or Date check boxes to allow time date values to be compared with other time dates in the record Use the Boolean controls and the Less Less amp Greater Greater amp arrowed check boxes to specify exact timing of the record display The Log function retrieves time date information from a record and stores them to be compared to either a specified time date in the text boxes below the Input String box or against the current time You must have two previous logged entries one for date and one
67. e to run one display form over all four screens supporting quad screen video walls User interaction mouse movement and effects can run from one screen to the next as though your operation was on a single screen virtual desktop Display Properties Global Display Settings Display Device Settings Display Object Special Settings Configuration Presentation Functions Form Position The grid defines the position of the current Display Form in the layout None Multi view disabled Double Width Virtual desktop is across two horizontally mounted monitors Double Height Virtual desktop is across two vertically mounted monitors Access System Menu gt Display Settings gt Multi View Properties Document DM 06 118 20 68 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure 22 Presentation Properties Dialog Details The Presentation Properties dialog is used to select the presentation file for display The entries shown below include the name of the presentation file the timing in seconds for each page or if O is entered timing runs from the presentation s own settings and a maximum time value for the presentation in minutes to ensure that presentations can t lock up the display Note Presentations are currently only displayed when in full screen mode Document DM 06 118 20 69 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure 23 Automatic Announcement System P
68. e your network is setup accordingly refer to pages 70 and 71 for information on setting MVP s network properties and click the Datagrams check box instead of Database in the Operational Properties dialog If you are using the form to send information link the form to a local database and select the Broadcast Datagrams check box Document DM 06 118 20 58 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure 15 Record Filter The Record Filter group of the Database Properties dialog box enables simple or complex filtering of database records locally off loading processing from the server This approach allows a truly distributed processing model which is efficient fault tolerant and simple to configure Database Properties Using filtering the system can be set to include or exclude selected records You filter using references to specific fields such as for example a time field Primery Database Source Apy ox compared against the current time or a specific time or a string value compared Cancel to equal not equal be greater or less than a specified string These are just some of the comparisons that are possible and can be combined into multiple comparisons using Boolean logic AND or OR functions If you are unfamiliar with such systems the examples that follow will quickly allow you to develop a comprehensive understanding c midas arrivals mdb Iv Data Table GENERIC EDITOR B
69. each currency line As each currency has these common elements it is best to construct a single horizontal line of database linked objects for the first country currency and then replicate this to create lines for the 13 other countries To start create a new object by clicking the New display object icon on the Edit toolbar double click the object to show the Object editor dialog and then set it s size to 100 x 34 pixels in the dXY entries Position this obect at the top left corner of object 1 but 30 pixels from the left edge Set the Links edit box in the Object Data Settings group to 6000 which is the first data item from the database table of the 6th column This will be discussed in more detail below Ensure all objects are deselected Select None from the main menu double click the new object to access the object editor and then click on the Replicate button After the Object Replicator dialog box has displayed select the Replicate Right check box setting Number of Copies to 5 and the Inter object gap to 20 pixels This will give you a line of equally sized equally spread objects Set Data Link increment to 1000 which will set each object to the next column in the data table The third object from the left object 4 will house the flag image so it needs to be the same size as the bitmap to prevent scaling and maintain quality Now change its width to 74 pixels using the Object Editor
70. ecsesesecseeeaecseenseceseseceseaesenessesesesaeseseseeeseenseeseeneeeees 97 CONNECTION PORTS iisscssccesciscesevcssanssnsesoucsennasevasseonisvascsscsenseseess Ada iia 99 TECHNICAL SUPPORT aii eee ia aeaaeae taeast a iaa 100 MINDEN AAA O A E ETE EETA 101 2D AUTOMATED DISPLAY DATA CONTR OLivisecssissesccsactaseassassrcasstescstuccsssssossbiscssscastalssvssssncsessesssdssssdocssdesccosscsesst sacsdesalssseseVacuastesedsblosestocessosssssassasesseassbdcseasessessts 105 SPECIALIZED APPLICATION CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE G ssssesssssssessescessessessnssessessssssssssesesssscsessessessessessessessessessessnssssssssssesssssessessessessecsersessessesssssssess 106 Document DM 06 118 20 6 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual C The ePC is certified compliant with EU EMC and the Low Voltage Directives Guarantee The ePC hardware and ViewPoint 3D software are supplied with a 3 or 5 year operational support guarantee The ePC s operating system is compliant as certified by the manufacturer Microsoft Corp Corel Red Hat or other OS provider The ePC operates in desktop and embedded modes 19 rack mounting kit is available This document provides technical information covering both hardware and software Related documents 1 ViewPoint for Linux Windows 7 Vista XP and CE Information Display System Technical Overview Document DM 10 018 08A ePC the embedded PC Document DM 06 118 20 T ViewPo
71. ect Align Text Centre within object Align Text Right within object Overlay Object removes background color Increase text size within object Decrease text size within object Dynamic text sizing real time expansion with object Shift text down within object Shift text right within object Shift text left within object Shift text up within object Set foreground color of selected objects Set background color of selected objects Cycle cache of text display ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 3D Toolbar 3D toolbar 2D 3D Mode selector 2D Mode XI 30a 30st pr ao Jos gt gt gt 3D cross hair enable 3D Anaglyph mode 3D Stereoscopic mode PO a Enable mouse L Pan Step value float Object index X rotate move Y rotate move Z rotate move View zoom pan Pos parameter window Set camera position The 3D toolbar allows the form s mode to be set to 2D or 3D In 3D mode the X checkbox displays a cross hair centred at 0 0 0 The 3DA checkbox sets the rendering to the anaglyph red green stereo mode for viewing 3D with glasses The 3DS checkbox sets the rendering to the stereoscopic mode for viewing on compatible 3D glasses free monitors Enable mouse L Pan checkbox enables mouse left button screen panning Use the Alt key to speed up movement The Step value is the amount of movement used by the three X Y Z controls to the side XYZ Rotate move these co
72. ed across networked PC displays to a world time standard source such as a GPS signal or Internet time server Document DM 06 118 20 23 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 2D amp 3D Date and Time display format 2 Select the next format following 10 30 in the Date Time Timer drop down control figure 2 location25 F of the Object Editor d Month displayed in numerals without leading zero for single digit months dd Month as digits with leading zero for single digit days ddd Day of week as a three letter abbreviation LOCALE_SABBREVDAYNAME dddd Day of week as its full name LOCALE_SDAYNAME M Month as digits with no leading zero for single digit months MM Month as digits with leading zero for single digit months MMM Month as a three letter abbreviation LOCALE_SABBREVMONTHNAME MMMM Month as its full name LOCALE_SMONTHNAME y Year as last two digits but with no leading zero for years less than 10 yy Year as last two digits but with leading zero for years less than 10 yyyy Year represented by full four digits gg Period era string CAL_SERASTRING Finding and Accessing Objects Overlaid display objects Sophisticated and impressive displays can be achieved by using the switching and flashing attributes of display objects Objects can be placed at the same position on the display to switch between each other showing alternating data or images for more information refer to the Animation Tec
73. ed in an image editing program has the same values as the object behind to give the impression of one solid panel of light bulbs Always make sure that all the bitmaps and the translated object that contains them are the same dimensions to avoid unnecessary distortions Stepped Animations As explained earlier onscreen animations can be controlled by manipulating a number of variables found in the Advanced Display Properties Dialog Box under the Animation Scrolling Parameters section This display uses these parameters for the scrolling regions as they move text objects into view pausing for a moment then continue to scroll The animated text objects at the top of the page are sequenced using the technique detailed in Step 5 of Tutorial 3 Stepping refers to stop starting animation causing the sequence to pause for a determined period The Step Lines text box controls the amount of pixel lines travelled before the break while Step Period refers to the pause duration Document DM 06 118 20 88 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Tutorial 5 Presentation playback Overview Facilities ViewPoint clients can play PowerPoint and OpenOffice Presentations To make a form display a presentation open the Display Properties dialog and then click the Presentation tab in the Display Properties dialog Here you will be able to select the presentation ppt file and set operational parameters to ensure that the presentation
74. eft click the 3D zoom slider to zoom by moveing left right once clicked shift to move camera left right on fixed target shift ctrl to pan left right ctrl to move camera up down on fixed target MOUSE amp KEYBOARD CONTROLS Mouse Left button and wheel panning and zooming 1 Enable by clicking the Mouse Panning checkbox on the digbar Left click view 3D area and drag left right and up down Use Shift with horizontal mouse movements to pan Otherwise left right on camera target Pan left right with Ctrl to reset camera tilt Alt key to accelerate movement II Keyboard cursor keys Click the 3D view to ensure it has focus The cursor keys can then be used to navigate in the 3D scene shift using forward or back cursor keys to double navigation speed ctrl using left or right cursor keys to pan left right ctrl using forward or back cursor keys to look up or down on camera target ctrl shift using forward or back cursor keys to pan up or down I SELECTING OBJECTS Enable object selection from the toolbar Click an object its index should then be displayed in the dlg toolbar Document DM 06 118 20 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 110 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual If the object cannot be manually selected enter the object no manually in the edit control of the dlg bar and click the background off object which will then select the object based on the number you entered Th
75. en form loading Note only one video object may be used per form Video Standard Select the video I O standard PAL NTSC etc Properties 1 amp 2 Specific to video 1 0 hardware Audio Specific to audio hardware Audio Continuous Streams audio from video 1 0 hardware in background Channel Select the channel for the TV Cable tuner Brightness Contrast Used to adjust contrast brightness Color Tint Used to adjust the color tint of PAL video Important note PAL S VHS monitor output precaution Depending on the video configuration an ePC or PC may not output to a PAL S VHS monitor unless it is connected to the monitor load before switch on Connect the 75 ohm monitor load and reboot The ePC is set to PAL mode as default This can be changed by accessing the Display Properties dialog Screwdriver over cyan screen toolbar button The ePC V system uses an advanced digital comb filter to improve colour artifacts For best results use SVHS instead of composite PAL The ePC is configured to be ready to run using Com1 port at 9600 n 8 1 p It will process a subset of the IVC401 commands Document DM 06 118 20 67 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure el Configuration Dialog Details The Multi View Mode allows Viewpoint to run multiple Display Forms on the same screen at a lower resolution or across up to four monitors at the correct resolution It is also possibl
76. ents of producing a display By the end of this first tutorial you should be successful in recreating the Worldwide Destinations advertisement display form entitled WorldwidePoster dfm Step 1 Initial Set up of the Display Midas ViewPoint worldwidePoster dfm File Edit View Select Layout Format System Window Help osaja es imajs lt p O lO stars Sune ors Reh e Re REM T Oslo lmzsre z t As A AKAA OB Fig 15 The display form size determined by the background object For this tutorial we will be using a display resolution of 800 x 600 Object O is the background and sets the size of the display form Adjust the dX height and dY width values of object 0 in the Display Object Editor Although Viewpoint is capable of running displays at any resolution your monitor uses we recommend that 800 x 600 is used or similar to maintain running speed of the display the effects and using creating files of a relatively small size Changing your monitor resolution to that of the form allows you to view the Display Form at full screen and in the correct proportion Use the short cut of pressing the Escape Key or Toggle View Mode Icon in the toolbox to change to full screen mode Document DM 06 118 20 73 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Note If you intend to transfer your work to another hard drive enable Filter Paths in the Operational Settings dialog box sa
77. erties System menu gt Database Settings Document DM 06 118 20 Select Data Source 121 x File Data Source Machine Data Source Look in Data Sources y E dBASE Files not sharable den Excel Files not sharable dsn FoxPro Files not sharable dsn MS Access 97 Database not sharable den Text Files not sharable den DSN Name New Select the file data source that describes the driver that you wish to connect to You can use any file data source that refers to an ODBC driver which is installed on your machine Select Data Source dialog displayed when Primary Data Sourse box is empty The system can access local and remote databases using ODBC and OLE DB The client must have the required ODBC drives installed for the database required Simply clear the Primary Database Source box in the Database Properties dialog and click OK Then enable database data source mode in the Operational Properties dialog On clicking OK the ODBC connection dialog above will appear Selection of the required database is a standard procedure that requires the relevant ODBC database drivers Support for direct connection to the Oracle database is also available depending on the drivers installed on the system 56 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Functions Database Properties Primary Database Source Enables user to select the database Data Table Name of
78. ettings Multicast IP Adapter IP Keep Translations Titling Cancel 234 12 10 5 Ignore Script Test pea Rx Port Tx Port i 1 a ponn Scale Forms on load 3000 3001 65467 as pan Advanced dialogs 4001 4000 Cmd SAID Broadcast date time Reboot on Exception Hang Broadcast datagrams 1 sank Broadcast heartbeat Reboot FTP Node of Partner Server 0 Reboot after jo AM Primary Partner Server Beep Log play Broadcast page change Reset LogHostname Codes Access Operational Properties System Menu gt Operational Settings Com Properties Operational Settings gt Setup Functions Document DM 06 118 20 54 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Workstation Mode In this mode all warning messages are displayed Server Mode In this mode all warning messages are suppressed Enable Password Enables Server password Data Font Font used in data view mode Remote Display Mode Enable for operator less embedded systems Display Tag Name Name of client Node ID Unique ID number for client Groups Group listings for client Load from Registry Enable load update settings in system registry Command and Data Source Connection Control Group Database Uses the selected database as the data source Datagrams Uses datagrams as the data source Lock Cmd And Data Source locks current cmd data settings when page changes Data Refresh ms Refre
79. ewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Now click the Replicate icon select Replicate Down and enter a gap of 30 pixels in the Inter object gap edit box Set the Data Link Increment to 1 this will add a value of 1 to the database link for each object replicated so each object will correspond to the next record in the database table i e the first object of the second row will have the link value of 6001 the third row a value of 6002 etc The Scrolling object object no 1 in this example scrolls vertically showing the currencies for all the countries within a restricted vertical space Scrolling is useful to show information that cannot physically fit into the area allowed on the screen The scrolling object shows the image from an object that is usually set as Offscreen and is usually a larger object we will call this the Source object The Source object must be big enough to hold all 14 lines of the currencies the current currency line objects will all be set off screen shortly Taking the dY value height of a row of objects 34 pixels plus the inter object gap 8 pixels and multiply it by the amount of rows 14 will give you the exact vertical dimension of the scrolling object 588 pixels Step 5 Attaching All Objects to the Scrolling Object Once all the display elements are positioned correctly on screen they will need to be set to draw in the area of the scrolling source object before they can be shown scroll
80. for time if there are two separate fields in the record and Spot enabled To compare with current time the Now check box must be enabled in the same entry Document DM 06 118 20 59 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure IG amp I7 Database Record Editor Details The Editor dialogs are used to facilitate the entry and modification of database information Editor dialogs can be supplied for a range of applications including stock markets values and currency rates There are two default editor set ups the Transport Editor right box for transport air rail etc timetables and information The Generic Editor left is used for all other types of databases The Database Editor box in the Database Properties Dialog box allows switching between the two Database Table Editor TABLE1 Edit Record pozo 01 01 2000 01 01 2000 01 01 2000 Your field EIE Je Hii eek p e aD E C a a _ Access Edit Menu gt Edit Record Document DM 06 118 20 60 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Functions Generic Editor Field 1 Record Tag Name of record compulsory Field 2 Date Record date compulsory automatically generated by MVP editor Field 3 Time Record time compulsory Field 4 Secondary Time Alternate time optional Field 5 gt Field 30 Data Input New Delete Record Insert remove current da
81. from databases or remote data streams Dialog entries will change mode depending on the type of Object specified for example a simple text string or a date format string ViewPoint recognises the difference Objects can even change from wipe region delimiters or active buttons for multimedia kiosk applications to live video windows This level of flexibility increases complexity however the features remain individually easy to use Document DM 06 118 20 W Display Object Advanced Settings Dbject Index Go Event Date and Time Settings 1970 Onwards viemes 06de abril de 13 29 16 Animation Scrolling Parameters Period Jump Step Lines Step Period Sync ID _ E 5 i GE Translation l Translate z Blank ifno match Index n Button Page change effect Controls Complexity x Frames y Delay Speed so S E fo Prag Audio Channel Fade in Fade out FT Play Over M Use Wave Output Drawing Target TF Alphablend Object Alpha level Flash Switch Period Transparent Color keyed Object TF Transparent Object Logical OR Mask Object Logical AND Invert Object Logical XOR Hover active Page Return Hold Enable Controls Update ctl Blank no data Right append Web object Hide until playing Wait for Playback Close on Repeat Play Exclude from clipping Process ANSI data Enable file drop E Activate key Global Figure 3 Advanced Properties Dialog Box 26 V
82. ges with added visual touches The example file is called worldwideMulti dfm In this section we will be adding all three Display forms to the carousel Step 1 Additional Graphical Elements Fig 22 Multiple Function Page Worldwide Destinations Travellers We Buy 0 40506 0 39506 S 0 40506 0 39506 0 04718 0 04618 0 04718 0 04618 0 01675 0 01575 0 01675 0 01575 0 43279 0 42279 0 43279 0 42279 0 09890 0 09690 0 09890 0 09690 0 33488 0 32488 0 33488 0 32488 Commision Rate Rates for other cufi ncies avallableon request Minimum Charge Commission on currency transactions Up TO 50 willohexteed 3 00 On this page the scrolling region takes up considerably less space than the previous page Use the Make Objects the Same Size technique detailed in Tutorial 1 to decrease the size of the scrolling region its objects and the text around it then modify the size of the background 0 back up to 800 x 600 All other elements on the page are either flat shaded objects or overlay objects with colored borders The image in the background sea bmp can be found in the Worldwide folder along with the images in the animated sequence which will be looked at later For now create an object of 266 X 266 to fill the space of the right hand image Don t forget to keep track of the numerical order of the objects as this affects their order in the Z axis or layers as they are placed on top of each other whi
83. ght 2012 Figure lO System Control Centre Details ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The Control Centre dialog provides networked display system management over local or global networks It also enables the user to create and edit display schedules for one or many displays and across the entire network Using Internet standard TCP IP protocols the system communicates with remote clients over any network including the Internet Being an open standard TCP IP is used across local and wide area networks including satellite cable and cellular phone systems such as GPRS and 3G Information Point Control Centre IPC Remote File Access Status I Content Page or File vv Preview Display Now E File access Browse Re open Open Run Poster Page Library x Preview Display Now Browse Message Page Library Y Preview Display Now Browse Send Text Message v Message Name El Send Now Browse Access System Menu gt Control Centre Document DM 06 118 20 Network Status E Load Network E Secure Grn OK y Remote Client Client _NEW E ALL GROUPS BROADCAST G0 E Onine P TERMINAL 1 DEPARTURES G1 Node Group B71 MAIN HALL CENTRE N110 110 O T1 MAIN HALL CHECK IN N111 E Status OD T1 MAIN HALL WEST N112 leisure screen dfm E T1 GA1 N1 E T1 Ga2 N2 mA E T1 GA3 n3 11 Gas n4 ED T1 VIP LOUNGE 1 N115 E T1 VIP LOUNGE 2 N131 E T1 RESTAURANT N132 HE TERMINAL 2 DEPARTURE
84. he core features and the user interface which at this stage provides the basic features required for its planned use We are adding new features and effects to speed and simplify content design and appreciate any feedback from users Soon to be released are an animation time line that makes creating complex animations a snap new advanced shader effects including atmospheric sun and sea animations that look completely real and even talking and walking lip synced near realistic human models You can use ViewPoint 3D to create simple scheduled content playback for presentations and public information points or use it to create complex data linked 2D and 3D information display and TV channels ViewPoint provides a reliable and flexible solution that is easily scaleable to meet future requirements and the ViewPoint 3D player provides an economic and reliable software to control PC for large or small digital signage networks ViewPoint can control almost any type of display device 2D and 3D HDTV displays Projectors and flat screens including the latest 3D screens and projectors with and without glasses In addition it is compatible with a wide variety of input devices from touch screens to infrared sensors power control systems and many other devices The system can deliver broadcast quality video and audio in real time using enhanced mpeg1 4 decoding with TV studio quality NTSC PAL and SECAM output Scheduled and database driven playback of aut
85. help menu or symbol and clicking on a button box or feature Note about selecting after selecting an object selecting another object will not disable the initial selection but group them Reselect the same object to disable or use the global disable control see Object Toolbar description By holding the shift key down it is possible to draw a box to encompass all the objects that you want selected Be aware that objects that are underneath are also selected see page 19 Document DM 06 118 20 20 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 2D Display Form Design ViewPoint is objected oriented both in terms of the C programming language used in its development and in the freefrom Objects used to create the forms Sharing a fundamental design feature similar to biological organisms ViewPoint s freeform Objects each contain a complete set of the application s feature set or genome making it much easier to build extended and more flexible features ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 5 2 7 Il Disable Object Global border enable 3 ja Go Apply New Finde Replicate ok 4 4 Move To o z More Delete Object Cancel 5 m Object aa Settings Object Data Settings 6 xy 0 Background 7 Links Cache Auto size 1920 1080 8 axy i Foreground L lo H D T DShow 9 Z jo F Flash Colour ill TT Logo SWF 7 ReBroadcast 10 Arial Right Justify Text Cmd Path or 4utoDate f
86. her of the above two Control Key Right mouse button Single click no movement Single click with movement Control Key General Alt X ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Displays the main 3D Object Editor dialog for the object under the mouse pointer Not supported Not supported Drag position unselected priority object Displays the system pop up menu for system feature access during full screen mode If over object moves object Drag resize object under cursor Refresh 3D content Needed after resizing view in 3D Depth mode Tool tip prompts appear as the user moves the cursor over buttons and menu or dialog box items ViewPoint s in built help is available via the F1 function key or by clicking on the help menu or symbol and clicking on a button box or feature You will need an updated help file for this feature to operate OnLine help is available via the Help About menu Selecting objects after selecting an object selecting another object will not disable the initial selection but group them Reselect the same object to disable or use the global disable control see Object Toolbar description By holding the shift key down it is possible to draw a box to encompass all the objects that you want selected Be aware that objects that are underneath are also selected see page 19 Document DM 06 118 20 28 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 3D Scene Design Tab 1 In 3D m
87. his unit can extend the operational life of the monitors and reduce electrical power requirements considerably Data transfer The principle objective in the specification of this protocol is to implement a simple and flexible method for controlling the display of textual data on the display form such that the data can be positioned wherever required providing fixed or scrolling tables for schedules etc To achieve this the ePC s utilise a local database containing up to 100 records stored within a table The table holds a snap shot of current records i e train or aircraft movements which have been transmitted to the ePC using this protocol from the main computer The images produced by the ePC s are generated from display form files dfm which utilise display objects to produce the required display layout Each object contains display parameters and either static data header text bitmap file etc or a link reference Column Y below to a field within the database table When the remote computer updates the data within the table the display objects reflect the changes The table below details the structure of a single record Column X below shows the notional reference name of the field Column Y shows the fields references Column Z shows the size range of each field Column X Column Y Column Z FIELD NAME NOTIONAL FIELD COLUMN SIZE REFERENCE RECORD TAG 1 000 1 999 8 char
88. hniques section starting on page 23 However as displays get more complex you will need to keep track of your objects Document DM 06 118 20 24 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Priority The higher an Object s number the greater its display priority i e Object 7 will be displayed on top of Object 6 Use the Object editor s Move To button to change positioning and hence overlay priority Note new objects are drawn in numerical sequence order Accessing Hidden Objects Overlaying Objects can make it difficult to access hidden Objects You can step through Objects sequentially in the Object Editor or use the inverted yellow drill bit icon in the Object Editor to cycle through layered objects whose coordinates are within those of the current object Clicking this icon with the shift key down reverses the direction of the drilling Alternatively you can burrow through Objects by holding down shift and then double clicking on an Object hitting the ESC key to clear the Object editor dialog and double clicking again holding the mouse still This will cause the system to ignore the last Object found at that position and search down for underlying Objects Methods for keeping track of objects There are several methods to keep track of the index number and positioning of an object The first simply involves giving each object a unique name in the Object Data Settings textbox at
89. ic object coordinate linking ViewPoint s Master and Slave objects can be displayed in tables that automatically adjust themselves in terms of positioning Using the Blank no data feature objects that have no data will not be displayed and if they are Slaves they will disappear from a linked list of objects in a table and all blank spaces will be removed This allows tables with headings and contents to be dynamically displayed thereby using the available display space to the maximum effect This supports lists that can grow and shrink however alone it does not handle screen area overflow or underflow Overflow occurs when a list exceeds the available display space causing information to be lost from view There are several ways to avoid this problem from the simple to the complex One simple method is to analyse your application s data extents the maximum number and length of text lines and design enough pages to show all the information using a slide show or use enough sequenced objects to do the same on one page The disadvantage of this approach is that in times of low data input i e when few events need to be displayed most of each page will be blank If all of a page s data objects have no data the page can be skipped by the slide show set the Skip page if no data check box One more advanced method is to create a list that draws to off screen objects This list is then copied fetched to the screen using scrolling
90. ide o COM Ces aM bes id Ace tts ADs td diets tena Mot a de re 23 Demonstration Download cco si 2 cosine tees sa as cee aoa ess aT ese A ee eee A ee 13 Display Device SENOS ii A A ves vege lee scvetastaseasesseet spbacoules a a tete oud Cotati cttaren oly cack nee aa Sun weed a ES 66 Display Object Advanced Seti iii os eases didas 26 47 Display Object Editor araen sie vel as etc ece a a E e doe hee cba vale Saka se ds ue 47 Display Object moving and stretching ii iii 22 IT nn er oP Se Se EO Ee OE 17 19 O eR ee FT ee ee 14 EN a on ee Ape re 63 79 Maiti FOO bar sss O O tae 15 Master Scripties nia E E EEE E E ase aves deaceeas ata 34 53 84 Mouse C OS tt aa e a chi a rasta 20 27 Objects iii A A vag as Re Hee eed AWE TER cs RE O E A O EL RO A AA a A l Operating Conditions se nrs iaa AA RR AE E EEEE EEE eb cn sgh dade ER EEE ER AET ETE AR EEA EER T ENVIA o b A A A A A IA IU A A iii 44 Overland att 22 25 34 39 75 87 Document DM 06 118 20 101 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Private Racket Brotocol s oeste oa da a e Des e tens eat eter A E A O o Me o a lat ten 99 RO tuu ai AE AA EAS AA ESA AS VEA AA RIAD as av AA 91 System Net Wo ado 90 System Requirements s porine eE e E RER REEE EEEE cau cl cutvedevabelacedsteusdacessdestteslp tela dd aasesdeechess evant lledacvitieaseessarenie 10 A AAA RE PE me A ECE 63 78 88 A A A O O ON PowerPoint playback ri ii cette nnn ieee nannan nnmnnn
91. ideo overlay mode This object then displays live video from one of three input sources composite S VHS and the UHF tuner Note only one object should be set to video overlay mode unless you have a multichannel ePC system This object can also be set to overlay video over display objects that are positioned below it Objects are displayed in priority matching the objects index for example object 3 would be displayed over object 2 and will obscure it unless object 3 is set as an overlay not a Video Overlay object advanced object properties just a graphical overlay Method 2 Private Packet Protocol The user interface is initially used to layout the display adding such items as the video overlay object itself automated date and time display objects and any text and graphical objects that may be needed at specific positions Once the layout is completed settings are made to select the input device Incoming packet data can then be used to set the text in the display objects that have already been positioned on screen using the user interface Method 3 ANSI Serial Protocol Using the same user interface layout tools as required to setup mode 1 and 2 once the layout is completed the serial input device is set to ANSI VT100 Serial data is then displayed within the confines of the freeform object that has been set to receive ANSI data normally the same object as used for Video Overlay Note Presently only one object should be
92. iewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual On Screen Editing 3D mode 3D toolbar pora ars feo e AZ HE a Note To adjust an object s size using the mouse the 3D Toolbar s Left button panning check box shown red above must be disabled If it is enabled the mouse controls panning of the view E Enable object selection button on Object toolbar The mouse buttons support the following functions Left mouse button If selection E23 is enabled allows object selection by clicking When selected the object s bounding box will be displayed If Left button panning enabled see red checkbox above Left button down amp move View origin is moved left right up down around the camera s focus point Shift Key View origin is panned left right up down and the camera s focus point is moved Control Key The camera tilt position is set horizontal Double click Displays the main 3D Object Editor dialog for the object under the mouse pointer Double click Shift Key Not supported Either of the above two Control Key Not supported If Left button panning disabled Left button down If selection ES is enabled allows object selection by clicking When selected the object s bounding box will be displayed Shift Key Not supported Control Key If over object changes scale of object Document DM 06 118 20 27 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Double click Double click Shift Key Eit
93. if your page contains a video or audio clip you can set the duration to a few seconds gt 30 and later enable the Lock page change on video feature in the Global Display Settings tab of the Display properties dialog Note Entering a duration of 1 causes the page to stop until the user intervenes by click the next page button Next click the down arrow button to the left of the Carousel Display Forms drop down control This selects the next position ready for entry of your next page selection if there is one Again browse to select the display form for next page to be shown in this script then enter the duration again Repeat this process until you have entered all of the display pages that you require to be displayed This script will apply until another script is read from a display form which has the disable script button inactive or it is manually or remotely stopped Note The Disable Script Saving Main toolbar function must be inactive for the page to be saved with reference to the script Document DM 06 118 20 52 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Presentation Creation Guide continued In overview the master script contains a list of carousel slideshow presentation script references that can be displayed at the required time for the required duration and on the days or dates required The carousel scripts simply contain a sequence of display forms to be displaye
94. ing a value in milliseconds in the Object Update Period box or multiply it by use of the global Switch Period box in the Advanced Object Editor The scale of the sequence in this instance 70 is multiplied by that time value The timing of an object appearing in the sequence depends on its position in the scale e g 2 of 70 is at the beginning while 62 of 70 is close to the end of the loop In the demo you will notice an additional object with no bitmap placed just before the AVI between C and D This is included purely for a fade to black effect after the third image When inserting a video clip into an object be sure to switch on the Close on Repeat Play check box in the Advanced Object Display This function prevents the video clip from looping and returns to the animated sequence It is also possible to use MVP s effects library for object transitions Select the desired effect from the Display Effect pull down box in the Object Editor dialog and enable the Animate check box The parameters for object transitions are located in the Advanced Object Editor You must change the length of the Duration as it has a default setting of 1 which means no transition will take place Use the Rev erse and Vert ical options in the Object Editor to change the flow of the effect if desirable Reminders about The Final Display Once all pages and transitions have been completed satisfactorily then the who
95. ing within the object that will act as a window to the source To do this first select all the display objects with the exception of the background object 0 and the scrolling source object object 1 Open the Advanced Settings dialog box and enter the scrolling object number 1 into the Drawing Target box This function sets the selected objects to draw within the off screen source object Their X Y co ordinates are now in relation to the source object not the background 0 0 is the top left corner of object number 1 We will refer to the scrolling object with all attached objects as the scrolling region Step 6 Defining the on screen Scrolling Region using a new object In the Display Object Editor click New to create the scrolling window object it should be object 86 and then alter it s dimensions to the desired size XY 0 90 dXY 842 328 making sure that either it s dX dimension is 842 pixels matching that of the scrolling object the Y dimension should match that of the scrolling object if it is required to scroll horizontally Next we need to link the window object to the scrolling object To do this we must give the objects reference names located in the Object Editor under Object Data Settings and Object Data Link Step 7 Data Linking the Objects The Object Data Settings box allows entry of the object s unique name Call Object 86 window and Object 1 scroll The Object Data Link
96. install the MaxumRelay application The server must permit access to a local or remote SMPT mail server otherwise reporting via email will not be supported in this case the application may take some seconds to initialize Set the controls as shown below in particular the Server s adapter and RX port number and a valid path for log files ee Maxum Monitor Active IP Directory IP Relay System Control amp Reporting www sentel advance com own 3f6c7c9dc 192 168 0 35 V Disable CCs Email Status SMS Status Automatic alerts Disable SMS P incomming Settings Function Selection Online Use default network adapter Settings IP of adapter to use 192 168 0 35 IP RX Port asin Log file path c MaxumRelay Logs f IP Target Settings Multicast Connection Setting I Use Dynamic Addressing mode Multicast address 234 10 Fixed IP t ee MCAST Received 0 Sent 0 H Fox IP Received 0 Sent 0 IP TX Port i Socks No of IP sockets 0 778 Clients logged in Licensed to SAGAT S p A 10 12 2010 www sentel advance com Copyright SAS 2007 10 In the C MaxumRelay folder there are the files active_nodes txt cc_list txt sms_list txt which must be configured using a text editor to contain the details you require Document DM 06 118 20 106 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Configuring ViewPoint 3D clients to operate with remote monitoring and alerts cont If you require
97. int 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Overview please read ViewPoint 3D is a new type of real time and live data 3D and 2D creation and presentation software that applies the incredible power of today s most advanced Graphics Processors to create stunningly realistic live content for a wide range of uses from commercial to scientific fields With a virtual 3D world at its core ViewPoint 3D allows content to be produced much more naturally and easily simply by placing and arranging 3D objects in your scene and adjusting those items to perform as required This method gives new meaning to WYSIWYG The software was developed for high reliability automated information display and info TV digital signage applications such as at airports and industrial installations where information presentation quality and reliability are paramount ViewPoint 3D is being rapidly expanded for use as a 3D content creation tool which can produce 3D content with live data 3D video banners images and real time 3D data visualisation ViewPoint 3D offers many features in one package allowing rapid 3D and 2D real time content creation It can be used to rapidly create and present stunning presentations data displays 2D and 3D videos and images with real time data and has many special features otherwise unavailable in other products We now have a robust and highly flexible platform to build upon for years ahead and we are working to extend t
98. ion Unused Home Form Location of Home initial form Press AlttHome on full screen displays to return home Press ShifttHome to set current page as home without opening this dialog box Document DM 06 118 20 65 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure 20 Display Device Settings Details All generic display settings can be set from this dialog Both monitor display and video audio I O can be setup via additional dialogs Properties 182 and Audio Note an object must be video enabled to support external video l O see Advanced dialog Display Properties Access System Menu gt Display Settings gt Display Device Settings Document DM 06 118 20 66 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Functions Select Display Device Used to select the type of display device Select Port Select the com port used to connect to the client machine Serial Setup Used to setup the serial interface to the display device Connect Used to initiate communication with the display device s internal micro if available On line Grn Indicator Green indicates display device is on line Power Used to control display device power if available Std by Used to place the attached display device into stand by mode Video Input Used to select the input device Preload Keeps the video service running betwe
99. ion through a large number of frames Like switching you can also Database link the image objects As a film reel s length is related to the number of frames it contains a scrolling object follows the same principle but using an offscreen object to contain all the frames Depending on graphics hardware and system memory it is possible to create a scrolling object with a maximum length of 32 768 pixels You can use this object to animate 327 frames of 100 pixels in width The 2 and 3D Animations offered include around 50 effects from left right wipe to fade to curtains etc Simply enable Animate in the Object editor and select the effect required in the Display effect control The object will use this effect when it is active in a sequence of objects for example Normally a number of objects of the same size are placed in the same area with the sequence numbers set to activate them with the required effect one after another Other uses are also possible and will be explained in the tutorials Document DM 06 118 20 35 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 2D Building a scrolling animation When building a scrolling object for the first time your Display Form resolution size of object 0 should be sufficiently large to show the entire source object for the scrolling region and as such it could be larger than your monitor s resolution If this is the case what we can do is set object 0 to a resolution a
100. k the Startup folder and copy in a shortcut to the LaunchMaster exe file usually installed in C Program Files Sentel Launch master bin If you require any further guidance please email info ViewPoint 3D com Document DM 06 118 20 108 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Application areas 2D and 3D Visualisation of data in real time Dynamic 2D and 3D Television generation and presentation systems Commercial television systems with real time data Internet TV channel streaming solutions in 2 and 3D Industrial and scientific 2D 3D information visualisation Airport Flight Information Systems amp Airport TV General public and transport information display systems 3D web content including interactive and web banners Document DM 06 118 20 109 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Re 3D NOTES PRELIMINARY DATA This is a brief resume of features and facilities that will be updated with each version USER INTERFACE I 3D DLG TOOLBAR Click Set button to set camera position to current navigated location Click Set shift to read the camera position on the dlg bar can also be seen on the lower status bar Click Set ctrl shift to reset the camera position to default pos 0 100 0 To Tilt camera Ensure 0 is in the Selected Object edit of the dlgbar Click the centre left right spin control To reset camera tilt ctri click L
101. le display will commence upon the opening of the start up file Be aware that the sequence will commence automatically and not hold on the start up screen As soon as the script is read and the next page is located the sequence will be started Any external media files or data strings that are changed will be adjusted accordingly on the display the next time that page is opened either manually or in sequence When images data cannot be found when opening a display the object that would contain them will appear empty using its preset background color if the Blank No Data Advanced Properties is enabled Document DM 06 118 20 86 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Tutorial 4 The Ancona Display ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Using the techniques learned from the previous tutorials it should now be possible to produce a display with the complexity of the Ancona sample form This display was created for use at Ancona Falconara airport Italy and consists of multiple scrolling regions and animations The database display has several new features that were not included in the previous tutorials translation for multiple languages database controlled images and stepped animation How the screen is constructed The Ancona display consists of eight information panels each containing a row of database linked objects on top of bitmaps and a narrow scrolling region To the left of these panels lies a corresponding set of in
102. licking a button object and blend the current form to destination display form Click the Animate checkbox in the Object Editor and down the Display Effect selection box and pick a transition from the list The parameters for transitions can be found in the Advanced Editor and control speed and duration The first list of transitions in higher case characters are 2D effects as opposed to the 3D effects in lower case and require much higher parameter figures to enable them to work The Reverse checkbox in the Object Editor plays the transition effect backwards e g a left to right alpha blend wipe can switch to right to left Using the Page Transition Control in the Display Properties dialog it is possible to assign a transition to a specific page whenever it appears However when opening a form from a button click the button effect will override the page effect Buttons A B C and D on different forms or the same form can all refer to the same destination form each with a different transition Document DM 06 118 20 33 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Button Command List 2D and 3D The button command text must be entered in the Text Cmd input box below the Media checkbox in the Display Object Editor Command list cmd_next II Go to next page in slide show cmd_prev II Go to previous page cmd_wait Pause the slide show cmd_close Close the application cmd
103. most video cards use hardware color keying to select the area of an object that keys live video into the display Most cards tested use the RGB values 16 0 16 or 0 16 O as the color key however this can vary depending on the hardware implementation If the default overlay color key fails to key in video and no warning messages are issued by MVP ensure that MVP is in Workstation mode Operational properties enter the command cmd_sck into the Text Cmd text box in the Object Editor This sets the background color of the current object to the video overlay key Edit a video overlay object s properties by moving the cursor over it hold down the Ctrl key and right click Window Objects The window object check box in the Display Object Editor allows objects while still part of the display form to be placed in another window via hardware A window object takes precedence over other windows on the screen including the current display form you are running allowing you to place objects over movie files and live video overlaid objects Using the color key 16 0 16 or 0 16 0 as an object s background color you can overlay text or scrolling objects see Scrolling Animation on information on creating these objects as window objects over video You can also key out parts of a bitmap to reveal video behind by using the color key RBG value in an image editing program This can be used for borders around a movie o
104. nannan nenn 89 Document DM 06 118 20 102 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual User tips and notes 1 Scripting controlled delitions of files In the script dialog where it says Display script filename or Command string enter cmd_del followed by a directory path or specific filename cmd_del C cache_a dfm however you must set a time for this event and it will then occur once each day You can also set the day say Sunday then it occurs once a week After the command is processed a log entry will be made so you can check the results logs are uploaded to the FTP server periodically by all ViewPoint clients players 2 Scripting FTP file transfers The cmd_f series cmd_ftp cmd_ftm etc series can be used to give full control of FTP downloading Examples can be found in the Wind sample scripts Load wind forms Start TV A dfm and you will see the FTP download commands that retrieve the news gossip madevero files from the servers cmd_ftp Transfer all new files from site directory connect using existing IP connection LAN or anything connected cmd_ftm Transfer all new files from site directory connect with modem or LAN cmd_ftd Connect with modem or LAN transfer n newest file on FTP folder to target FTP folder cmd_fmt Connect with modem or LAN and delete all files in folder specified with date earlier than today Example to transfer the 10 newest files from server directory Grou
105. nimations Carousel Switching Scrolling 2 and 3D animations and Sequencing each are useful for different objectives For the Carousel Switching and Sequencing animation features the timing between objects images is measured by a global screen rate known as a flash period You can change this rate in the Advanced Object Editor and can set the time between each redraw by changing the Object Update Period value in the Display Settings This value is in milliseconds 1000ms 1 second Sequencing also allows other media in an animation such as movie files and Shockwave Flash Method 1 Basic Object Image Carousel and Switching The most simplistic form of animation involves assigning multiple images to a single object and displaying them one a time Each object has an image carousel system that can hold a maximum of 12 bitmaps resulting in every image having the same size position and properties Enter these by browsing in the Object Editor to the file that will become the first frame and click Add to include it in the carousel Repeat the procedure for each of the remaining frames up to 11 before removing the last file from the Display File text box this file will over ride the carousel Click OK to start the animation Switching involves alternating between two objects each with their own image file creating a very simple two frame animation each object with their own size and properties To create a switching object
106. not included in calculations Note The ePC can accept a checksum in any case i e 3f or 3F White Spaces Only the text within quotes may have white spaces No space characters between parameters is permitted RS485 Interface The preferred interface configuration is 4 wire TX and RX This avoids the real time switching constraints required for 2 wire switched RS485 RS485 2 wire interface TX RX Timing The ePC units will enable and then disable their TX drivers from O to 100 ms before and after transmitting a data packet This setting can be configured in the Operational Settings dialog Note ePC units will not respond to broadcast packets packets issued with an address of zero to prevent line contention Connection Ports The RS232 serial parallel LPT keyboard and PS2 mouse ports adhere to the standard PC AT PS2 model RS232 INTERFACE TO COM PORTS 1 amp 2 ePC CABLE CONNECTOR as IBM PC EIA 25 PIN FEMALE EIA 9 PIN FEMALE FRAME GROUND NC SIGNAL GROUND 5 DATA SET READY IN 4 DATA TERMINAL READY OUT 8 amp 6 RECEIVE DATA IN 3 TRANSMIT DATA OUT 2 Pins 8 amp 6 can be joined together and linked to DSR Pins 8 6 and 4 can be linked together to disable hardware handshaking ePC PC 5 5 Signal Ground 4 8 6 Handshakes connect h shake input pins 8 to 6 8 6 4 2 3 Tx 3 2 Rx Document DM 06 118 20 99 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Note If handshaking signals or XON XOFF c
107. nt entered First point only needs speed the rest can have 3 parameters or the 4th set to 0 To delete an entire array use Ctrl Delete button BOUNCING Bouncing has the following parameters T1 Origin pos Start point T2 Rot pos End point or nearest rounded point based on complete cycle distances T2 Frequency How many bounces per second T2 Amplitude Height of bounce T2 Decay at which bounce height reduce each bounce T2 Inclination Rotation of object in degrees as it bounces T2 Distance Distance that object travels in one cycle T2 Stop Optional number of cyles 2 bounces per cycle to do otherwise calcs using start and end points rounded to complete cycles T2 Speed 0 or 1 0 for standard speed lt 1 0 slower gt 1 0 faster T2 Pause Wait time between reverses If oneshot but reverse set it will do the complete cycle b4 quiting No bounces travel distance cycle distance x freq x 2 Document DM 06 118 20 113 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk SHADERS kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Toon Gooch Ocean layer Reflective Surface Environment map Glass Earth shader Texture 1 Earth day image Texture 2 Earth night image Texture 3 cloudGloss image T2 Pos2 is the X position of the day night line Enviroment Map Shader T1 Param1 0 0 1 0 Tint color T2 Emm color Tint color ViewPoint 3D supported mesh file format li
108. nt instance with replacement string color Replace All Replace every instance with replacement string color Functions Replicate Directions Replicates selected objects in the direction indicated No direction will result in objects being replicated on top of one another same coordinates Number of Copies Number of copies of currently selected object not a total as this figure does not include current selection Inter Object Gap Amount of pixels between each repetition Data Link Increment Takes the database field entries for the currently selected object s adds this value for the next object and multiplies for each repetition Secondary Link Increment Applies the above principle to object secondary link Sequence Increment Takes the sequence entry number Left Hand Box of the currently selected object s adds this value for the next object and multiplies for each repetition The other sequence values remain the same 45 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Document DM 06 118 20 46 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Figure 9 Display Object Advanced Settings Details The Display Object Advanced Settings Advanced Properties dialog provides an expanded set of features and additional parameter settings to those found in the Display Object Editor Fine tuning of object animation and effects can be achieved using this dialog as well as other object specific behaviour traits incl
109. ntrols allow the currently selected object the object whose index shows in the Object index OS selection box to be rotated on an axis or moved in 3D space To move an object click with the Shift key pressed otherwise rotation will occur View zoom pan this slider control is used to adjust the view Use shift and control to pan in different directions The Set button sets the camera position after the view has been changed by the user Clicking with the Shift key pressed simply displays the current camera position Document DM 06 118 20 18 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Form Viewer panel Form view Set size PC Set The form viewer shows the presentations currently loaded or if none rel s i su scr are loaded it shows the default ViewPoint logo as shown below e a Ows Index 0 zl The Form Viewer panel can be positioned by dragging at the right or left side of the main view and can also be disabled from the View menu 3D Features Set size At the top of the panel are two entry boxes for the width and height of the view This allows the view to be set to a particular pixel sixes 756 x 576 800 x 240 etc prior to producing a video of the presentation The PC button prepares the 3D view to be reinitialised to improve object render quality and the Set button activates the resizing Note When many objects are loaded this operation can take from a few seconds to several minu
110. nual Multi Purpose Translations ViewPoint can perform multiple translations from a single database input string This allows for a multitude of changes within a display by changing just one variable in the database The Ancona display uses this feature to provide information in multiple languages and objects with flexible bitmaps i e the indicator lights that has three states red green off For more information on translations read steps 11 and 12 of Tutorial 3 and refer to Translations in the dialog box explanations For multiple translations of a single string the string must be entered repeatedly into the Input String text box in the Edit Translations box with a suitable translation for each For example the input string Departed would appear a number of times in the input string field with their translation into each of the required languages in the corresponding translation field Each of the same input string entries has an index number dependant on order within the text box The first input entry would have the index no of 0 The second Departed down in the list would have the index of 1 To associate on object with a certain translation the relevant index number must be entered into the Translation Settings box in the Advanced Display Properties Dialog The light bulb states are also produced like this with a different bitmap for each translation Note that the background color of the bulb bitmap creat
111. ode ViewPoint uses the object editor dialog shown to the right ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 2 mom As in the real world the Viewpoint world is composed of objects all of which have properties Firstly we have the objects location in 3D space represented by the X Y and Z coordinates at 7C 9H Object Index J Disa EJ Selected WayPoint Global border enable o Go El _New Finds Replicate Pause 4 gt p lt gt Move To m Eae x acca Mesh 3D Position rotation scale Object Settings x 9 75419 5 75887 1 Back Fe Al The object type is defined by selecting the drop down control at 23N Predefined objects such as cube and sphere may be selected or objects may be defined by mesh files Links Cache Auto size y 9 60347 0 0001 2000 i 0 eb Disses iis hara le I Logo I SWF I ReBroadcast 10 32 12 1000 Right Justify Text Cmd Path or AutoDate format ff fo E Objects can be painted with a colour using the buttons at 8K or they may be textured by adding texture images at 17N OONDOABRWND To add a texture click the Browse button at 16P select the 11 Centre Vert al required mesh file and then click Insert 16N This will set the 12 i apse ic i E a J Button i first material of the mesh to the selected file To add more 13 Pe p EIT Shadow mon 2 fo fp p textures to map to any additional materials repeat this process 1
112. odes are not used intermittent character loss may occur To avoid this you may need to insert inter character delays on data transmission to the ePC although this is unlikely The length of delay is directly related to the baud rate used and function requested Please call for further information if required RS485 Communications Port The equipment s RS485 port is software transparent connecting via a standard high speed asynchronous port Male D type chassis connector pin out Note TX driver enabled during message transmission only 1 TX out 4 DSR in TX out 9 DSR in RX in RX in DTR out DTR out 00 WN O Technical support Email info viewpoint 3D com Web site http www ViewPoint 3D com Document DM 06 118 20 100 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Please visit our website for operating manual updates Index A ee Sethe ered te aot Bs sc BE ea Tc a Ds eR ite ee OS E E Stee Mook Se aed aed een 84 Changing the attributes for multiple Objects eccceseesceesceseesseeseeeseesecnseesecsecseesecseeeseesaeeseessensecaeesecaeesecnsecsesesecseeesecnecseceaeesecaesseeaecseeeseceseaesceesesesecseceseseseeeseaeeneaeeenaes 22 Connection Pr aa sia 99 Control Cote Display T T ia E a AA E adiaaid 91 Data packet dia 94 DD AA A E E vata beth bees TAN ada NR 56 57 58 60 61 76 77 78 79 82 A CL RR ra nT ane ese mo NG ne a Ee a a Ee oe mE TD 58 Date imei Ceca eee Sy AGM ote Mal Nit Ea a
113. omated public announcements is also incorporated delivering high quality speech in addition to music and video Note As this manual is at a preliminary stage we are offering training via Skype screen sharing which can considerably reduce the time needed to learn Please contact us if you would like to book a session BAA Stansted Airport London the first large scale installation of ViewPoint 2D Document DM 06 118 20 8 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual ViewPoint 3D is also available as general presentation software offering a full 3D alternative to packages such as PowerPoint ViewPoint is fully compatible with PowerPoint presentations which it can present in an automated and secure manner Our aim is to ensure that our software meets your needs if you require a new feature or a complete solution we can help just email info viewpoint 3d com with the details With your support our team will continue to improve this software and we hope that you will help us through your own experiences and feedback Please let us know if your application would benefit from any new features or if you need any advice or assistance ViewPoint operates on all of the latest PCs that have certified graphics drivers for OpenGL and Direct3D which have been designed to operate in desktop or stand alone embedded without keyboard or mouse modes in applications needing the highest level of reliability ViewPoint 3D operate
114. omplex overlays using graphical controls cross hairs and position indicators Some of these objects such as direction and horizon indicators require specialized functions to control their settings For example one function that was added was to control a graphical compass icon The compass can be selected from one of several styles and then positioned onscreen using the object editor A special protocol sets the bearing and ViewPoint then set the compass pointer The documentation provided with the ePC will be extended to include new features and more help on using the range of facilities available If you need assistance please call us and we ll be pleased to help Sample Presentations Samples are available for download from the website showing a wide range of features Presentations start with the forms avc main dfm auto run dfm auto run3d dfm or start dfm and ideally requires high performance video card to produce smooth animation effects using DirectX or OpenGL The recommended specifications are detailed earlier in the manual The ePC computer runs this demo with smooth effects and professional screen fading supported by an enhanced video card supporting hardware alpha blending and many other effects Note The demo presentations may contain copyright protected third party materials that you must not use for any other purpose that evaluating the system You must not copy or distribute any files without our written permission If you do so y
115. ons protocol to target records and fields within the records Data packets Textual information is transferred to the ePCs in ASCII packets with appended 8 bit checksum CS in ASCII hex format No control codes are used Packets are preceded with an ePC target ID and a record reference which relates to a record or a particular field within a record For example 1 gt 1000 TR14 17 06 97 12 30 12 42 PADDINGTON HEATHROW CS lt EOT gt updates the first record fields 1000 5000 inclusive of an ePC s local database table whereas 1 gt 3000 12 45 CS lt EOT gt updates the same record s time field ref 3000 only Document DM 06 118 20 94 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The 1 shown encodes the ID of the ePC addressed as unit no 1 Variable parameter lengths The ePC determines the number of fields to be updated by counting the number of comma separated elements sent Command packets On power up and reset the ePC will load a display form file if designated in the command line parameters used Thereafter the transmission of data to the ePC will automatically control and update the display It may be useful to select other predefined display forms for example to display promotional or emergency messages This is supported through a variety of commands A method to update message lines is incorporated in the table update command discussed earlier As less than 100
116. opyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual This command requests the ePC to receive a file and store it on it s local drive The first parameter is the filename with path l e c midas arrivals dfm the second parameter is the length of the disk file in bytes followed by the check sum of the command The file data follows as 256 byte or less packets Packet start code is the symbol followed by the packet ID Pn where the n of Pn is the ASCII number of the packet followed by the packets length say 256 and the raw binary file data note data is not encapsulated in brackets lt gt The three dots before the P72 in the example command above only indicate that there exists further data packets namely P2 P71 which have not been shown to save paper To improve checksum reliability data packet size has been reduced to 256 bytes or less each with its own CS appended The ePC will respond to each data packet with an ACK or NAK sequence The host must resend the packet if a NAK is received Note To cancel the command send PX as the next packet start code Upload file requests ePC to transmit specified file to host 1 113 c midas midas log CS lt EOT gt The above command requests the ePC to transmit a file from its local drive to the host computer This can be useful for extracting run time log files generated by the ePC Other files may also be up loaded Send ESC EOT 0x1
117. or fetch objects Parameters can be setup to change to other pages when the list overflows the screen area unless scrolling is used making this unnecessary For example if the current data drawing extent fits on the screen do not alternate displays If the extent cover less than 2 pages alternate to the other page at the set interval or not allowing a second display to show the other page If 3 pages show the alternate page which could be page 2 or page 3 allowing a second display to show page 2 Alternatively each page can have an offset for the list objects allowing a page to select a region of a virtual list area The page would check to see if data was drawn into it s area and if so the page would display otherwise it would move on to the next page in the carousel When the carousel starts it clears the m_bDataTextInput document flag This flag can be used by display pages using the Display page if prev pages no data tick box item Complex tasks can be accomplished using ViewPoint without coding software however we recommend that you contact our technical team for assistance in achieving the best results For further information please contact info viewpoint 3D com Document DM 06 118 20 105 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Specialized application configuration examples N 1 Configuring ViewPoint 3D clients to operate with remote monitoring and alerts Firstly on the server
118. ormat 11 Centre Vert a 2 Eee ll 13 TO ten enge E Sredon won see fo A Switchi M One shot 14 Coord Offsets F a ie tk Media Fit f File Comand 15 jo fo fo fo r CEN Popup 16 I Disable antialias Overlay 17 I Animate 7 Vert m Wine Object Insert Browse Tile jo 18 T Rev I Fetch ted eh ee al Sequence 1 Off screen Calc Carousel Button files bea T Window Object o fo fo fo Delete mii r Coordinate Link File path 21 I Track left 22 E Ente inking l Track base Browse 0 Object Group Master I 23 Slave of Group 24 Date Time T imer Special effect Button page effect 25 none Figure 2 2D Display Object Editor Document DM 06 118 20 21 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Figure 2 shows the 2D Object Editor With this dialog box you can change nearly all of the characteristics of an Object Objects can display data play video or sound accept user input or control events At first sight the Object Editor may seem complicated but on closer inspection you ll see that it isn t For example at position 7D the Object s coordinates are stored in terms of x y and delta x width delta y height You can also position the object by pressing the shift key mouse left button and dragging it to the required position To the right of 13F is the Font button Click this and a standard font dialog box appears To enter text
119. otation to 90 to make the text face forward Select Light in the middle of the bottom left part of the properties dialog Click Accept and the text should be visible with light effect highlighting the letters 3D You can disable Light at this point to see the difference if you wish To rotate the text left click once on the first letter of the text 3 you should see the number 2 in the OS box of the 3D toolbar if not type a 2 into the box Then click the left arrow button of the Y rotation control on the 3D toolbar 8 times this is the 2 left arrow from the left directly to the right of the OS box where the object index 2 is displayed The end of the text should rotate towards you and the light should move over the text World Okay lets now add a wine glass to the scene Again create a new object as before double click it to open the Properties dialog Select Animated Mesh from the Scene node selector and then browse to open C Midas Media Meshes wineglass obj Click Accept and a blue wine glass should appear Double click the wine glass again and below the Browse button there is the shader control change this from Standard to Glass Then set the dimensions of the environment map texture to 512 by 512 This is the first two boxes on the middle left side below the title Dimensions offsets Texture resolutions are supported to 2K x 2K for most objects surfaces to 8K x 8K but a po
120. ou may be liable for any infringement incurred If you do not agree with this condition you delete any files obtained Document DM 06 118 20 13 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Starting up Introducing the new Viewpoint 3D User Interface and Basic Features The image below illustrates the main application screen with a typical 3D presentation loaded Presentations can be in two basic modes 2D or 3D Toolbars are available to allow quick and easy access to Viewpoint s features The toolbars may be repositioned by dragging to other locations Tool and dialog bars can be disabled when not needed The Escape Esc key is used to go to full screen mode and back Pull Down Menus ViewPoint 3D Presenter Example 3D image carousel on TRUE reflecting surface Banner 990x280 O1 dfm mf x File Edit View Select q a System Window Help Toolbars Oem w E 4 pu eos HON OPO BaABWwt Bpersrezze Arca ie ese Raheem H RMT ases foma a war aos r fao fs y setsizel Pc set No Presentation loaded Shows 0 a 2 Example 3D image carousel on TRUE reflecting surface Banner 990x280 01 dfm Index 0 El Form Viewer For Help press F1 Tick 168 tS 86 16 35 00 234 68 gt 0 00 0 00 0 00 NUM Figure 1 Viewpoint 3D User Interface showing real time 3D animation with reflections Document DM 06 118 20 14 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Main Toolbar MX HB OYXo a m B A M Vs B ELT
121. p_01 cmd_ftd c wind News_Images News_Images Group_01 10 Client target Server source Document DM 06 118 20 103 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 3 Master Scripts The master script is the king or master of the slide show scripts It controls which script slide show or carousel or command will be run and when cmd_ftd c wind News_Images News_Images Group_01 10 Client target Server source The line in blue above is the exact text that goes into the Display script filename or Command string box of the Master Scrip dialog to control the transfer of files from an FTP server The three three dots before the 10 at the end are used to indicate these parameter areas are unused the final parameter where the 10 is is the number of files to be downloaded With the Wind Telecom system what happenes is that various news and gossip services xml files are sent to an folder in the FTP server Hundreds arrive each day The ViewPoint clients players download only the 10 newest XML files periodically extract the news and gossip and display them in moving text lines and in a larger on screen text object Such systems may seem complicated but with these simple commands you can manage most requirements in a reliable and efficient manner Document DM 06 118 20 104 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 2D Automated Display Data Control Using dynam
122. perature of between 5 and 40 Celsius The ePC will operate continuously at up to 45 although this may degrade the life expectancy of the equipment The ePC should be inspected annually and serviced at least every three years If dust and debris accumulates on the circuit boards careful cleaning with anti static materials will be required The onboard lithium battery has a shelf life of about ten years EMC The ePC is tested for conformance to the EMC and Low Voltage Directives Note To conform to legislation when the equipment is connected to other devices within a larger system EMC testing should be performed on the overall system Safety Under no circumstances should an ePC s case be opened High voltage circuits will be exposed Opening the case voids the warranty and may damage the equipment Opening the case with the power disconnected may also expose live circuits as electrolytic capacitors may hold charge for some time after power is disconnected Document DM 06 118 20 10 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Using ViewPoint 3D An explanation of the basic features of ViewPoint 3D and an introduction to creating display forms and presentations Document DM 06 118 20 11 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Introduction ViewPoint 3D is designed to produce professional 3D presentations and content at the highest resolution in real time rapidly and easily using indu
123. r corporate logos over video Document DM 06 118 20 39 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Finishing Display Forms Form Security After you ve completed the design and layout of your display forms and if required placed them in sequence using the Carousel Script see Figure 5 Master Script Dialog there are two methods with which to secure the form that can prevent accidental editing or keep other users from changing the forms Method 1 Anchoring Click on the Anchor icon in the second toolbar to lock all objects to their current coordinates and prevent accidental dragging of objects by users You are still able to change an object s properties including their coordinates by accessing the dialog boxes but all real time on screen editing is disabled When testing interactive buttons or viewing a sequenced slideshow of display forms it is useful to anchor the objects in ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual place to prevent accidental changes such as dragging button objects when attempting to click on them Method 2 Password Protection Secure Display Form i Y amp Enter Password Confirm Password XXXXXX K Cancel Delete Heb Once a password is set the current display form will be access protected Delete the password to access the display form s properties and objects To remove password protection enter the password and click Delete followed by OK Document DM 06 118 20 Figure 4 xl
124. r than lt Compare less than or equal lt Compare less than Now Compare with current date time uses time scope Spot Use last two date time entries for comparison Time Compare records with just time setting Date Compare records with just date setting Log Log this field s date time for next spot compare Note After a database has been selected MVP must be set into Database mode in the Operational Properties dialog box Document DM 06 118 20 57 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual If the database is not being displayed or an error message appears stating that the data file is inaccessible then the database may be locked This normally occurs when a database is copied from a read only source as databases contain both read and write properties that a CD file does not To fix this problem enter the properties of the database right click the file icon and turn off the Read Only setting Database Guide Databases hold tables of records and provide efficient processing storage and retrieval of data Almost any number of MVP clients can access and display data from tables within a database You can either create your own database using other software such as Oracle or Access or create copies of the default MVP database Data1 mdb which is an empty default database with a single table named Table1 As standard MVP uses a preset generic format for this table This
125. r the same name in the Data Link field for the viewer object and click the Animate checkbox to fetch and scroll the off screen object Now click Vert to scroll it vertically horizontal scrolling is default and will compress the entire height of the scrolling object to the viewer object The Animation Parameters for this object are found in the Advanced Object Editor quickly accessed by clicking More in the Object Editor The Period text box defines the time value x Object Update Period between frames greater the number slower the animation The Jump text box refers to the pixel line jump between frames By entering the frame height here the scrolling object will jump frame by frame each being displayed in the same position It is possible to add remove or change frames by calculating the length of the scrolling object and working out a frame objects position by its coordinates within it Method 3 Moderate Sequenced Animation Document DM 06 118 20 36 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The final method of animation is an advancement on the Switching technique mentioned earlier and can use any number of objects incorporate different types of media and use MVP s transitional special effects between objects This method is recommended for making great looking displays bringing more excitement and interest to otherwise motionless screens and static images The control
126. red To change focus using the keyboard with no editing risks hold Alt and press Tab to run through the application icons and let go of all keys once the indicator is over the MVP icon Document DM 06 118 20 41 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Dialog Interfaces Descriptions of each feature found within the many dialog property settings Document DM 06 118 20 42 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Figure 6 Display Object Editor Details ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The Display Object Editor provides an assortment of controls to manipulate an object s basic properties such as color shape media and information linking This dialog box contains a more comprehensive selection of object editing features than those found in the toolbars All properties are relevant to the currently selected object s and it is possible to change the attributes of multiple selections A number of sub dialogs are accessible from here such as color font and object replicate as well as a useful find replace system Access Edit Menu gt Edit Display Layout Display Object Editor Object Index T Disable Object Global border enable 0 Go Apply New Find Replicate 4 gt Move To jo Copy More Delete Object Cancel Dbject Display Settings Object Data Settings xy 0 0 Background E ay 1280 800 Foreground IM T p A E size z jo Fit Flash Colour il Logo SWF ReBroadcast Arial Right Justify
127. request Commision on currency transactions up to 50 will not exceed 3 00 Cash We Buy 0 40506 0 04718 0 01675 0 43279 0 09890 0 33488 0 29845 We Sell 0 39506 0 04618 0 01575 0 42279 0 09690 0 32488 0 28845 Commision Rate Travellers Cheques We Buy 0 40506 0 04718 0 01675 0 43279 0 09890 0 33488 0 29845 Minimum Charge We Sell 0 39506 0 04618 0 01575 0 42279 0 09690 0 32488 0 28845 Fig 21 Final Currency Display with Information from Database ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Finally adjust the vertical sizes of both the background object back to 800 x 600 and the window object around of the display Once these have been adjusted edit the background object 0 color to blue using the RGB values of 88 64 176 which will be necessary for the next display Add the complimentary text featured on the form one line of text per one object to make editing more flexible The commission rate and minimum charge figures can also be linked to the database by using fields which come after the currency information 1015 2015 3015 etc Document DM 06 118 20 82 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Tutorial 3 Creating a Multiple Function Display Introduction The third and final page contains the same scrolling objects a video display and additional graphics It is a combination of the two previous pa
128. rks of ViewPoint 3D and licensors All other trademarks acknowledged Document DM 06 118 20 3 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual O 2 PRELIMINAR o trio adiccion arcada da olla ida 2 OVERVIEW IO AAA NT 8 USING VIEWPOINT 3 Dadinne eaa aeaaeae E EC Ei E aoe SSe eSEE AAA AAA O ai ivsaseesssdadsadesdvassavanesbosesedceevasvslevecseates 11 ON E T E IEEE S TE EEE E T E E EE E EERS A 12 MAKING THE MOST OF THE ERC AND VIEWPONT 3D iia iii E A Aa 12 THE PURPOSE OF A EANA AO 1N Tiida E A A E E E E ii E A E E A EVD BONS ERENT AE 12 SAMPLE PRESENTATIONS csccssscccssveceovescescessessseccesevnsaseswescseseansvevecedeccssveucsessversutesostessecetavesessoecaeeso ccossosSossessntesosessascacssencsoueassess sesueddouesonsesuueeseucadecseseosedecs a EEDE Sorne 13 Dynamic text sizing real time expansion With Object ooooonconcnnnincnnnnnocnonncnnnonncononnn con onn Ea E E EE EA EE EEEE EEEE Ea Pi TE R E E E ERE a s 17 Shift text p within A RO tee ce E 17 THE 3D TOOLBAR ALLOWS THE FORM S MODE TO BE SET TO 2D OR 3D e sssssseesssososssssoosessssooosessssooeeessoooessesoooeessesooseseseooosssssooeesssooosessseooesesssooesseessosessseooosessseessssssssseesseeese 18 ON SCREEN EDITING 2D MODE iiiesscdssscsesccsesbosscveeccewscesevcssveoedesssasoscocsdessussvesdetenseccaveccsasecedsssedossddsvssecesevnbbedsadedselescossecesoesstvosedsdebscesbesedetededssaseseassses osecessbevedsensosscesesetcedesboceses 20 ZD DISPLAY
129. roperties 21x Main 71 3D Effects T2 Birni T Mipmaps a Go _Emi a Spec O Df O Main alpha Shininess 4 255 255 255 Alpha 255 40 Position Direction Inclination Position 2 Sync Settings Sync ID Radius Speed Stop Freq 10 fo fo fo Face control Pence Zoomi e Ae J Face forward 0 fo fo fo Tracker object fo Pause Decay 0 0 Browse AV Settings Enable Audio Track Spline path filename p Video f as Spline path array contents I Use Open GL IV Vertical Sync Reset device Insert Delete Save p Cancelar Ayuda Fig 2b 3D Object Editor T2 30 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Creating a 3D Scene Lets create a 3D scene with a light some 3D text some objects with standard and special shaders and a video cube over a reflective surface Step by step instructions OSNON AWN gt a O Nana COONDABRWNDY NNN ND AON N al 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 File gt New Shows new blank form 3D Toolbar select 3D mode Form background changes to cyan Double click the on the view window and the 3D Object Properties dialog will appear On Tab 1 mid left side enable Antialias Click the Accept button at the bottom of the dialog Then click the Okay button at the bottom On the main toolbar click the Save icon and navigate to the c midas directory and enter the name first3d dfm Then click the re
130. roperties Dialog Details The Automatic Announcement Sound Properties dialog is used to establish the language selection for announcements and for reviewing sound files audio tracks Announcements are controlled by database changes specific events etc The file Sound dat contains the system configuration an example of which is provided for reference in the My Documents MVP Forms directory Sound Properties ped Sound libraries Functions amp Main Library Displays the audio files used Alpha Library Displays the alpha 0 9 a z files Main libraries Sentence Library Displays the sentence library files Alpha libraries Arrow Down Copies file name from playlist to File Selection for manipulation Sentence libraries Play Selection Plays the selected audio file Language Sentence Play all Plays all the files listed File Selection Find sound file edit file or record a new Engish z one using the generic audio editor see dialog below i J Enable Erica The use of this system is application specific further aber heh m Play selection details are BE on request Enable German D o Payal o Payal j Sound Sound Recorder Of xj File Edit Effects Help Note To stop the Play all command hold down the shift key Position Lenath m File selection 0 00 sec 0 00 sec IE a Find Delete Save as Edit Play 44 gt gt gt m E
131. rowse FLIGHT 20 Rows Primary Cache Record Filter M Equal Notequal Y AND Ornext OR OR break E of v NONE x Ins Dell s bado 30 de diciemt y 0 00 00 If for example a flight timetable display required only a specific airline to be shown at only a specific time MVP s record filter can dismiss the records gt J Now associated all other airlines by comparing the records with an input string which a ai is entered into the Input String text box in the Database Properties box This e A La string is dependent on the type of filtering required object record or time In this case Logo filtering is used which takes the first few characters of a record for comparison If the airline is BA MVP can reference the first few characters j r Date time filter Object Filter E Filter time scope secs Logo m 0 0 o Pre time Post time Note 30 Dec 1899 date zero Midas I Database Target Global time scope 43200 Pre time m 43200 Postime Set Source Set Target Note Remember to enable the Data Source in Operational Setup from a field in the BA record the field that identifies the record as British Airways e g BA The characters BA must be entered into the Input String box and the field that contains those characters selected in the drop down menu to the right of the text box Be aware that the Logo Tag Length in the Display Properties dialog must b
132. runs automatically Tutorial 6 Remote Control Overview Remote Control Facilities ViewPoint MVP clients can be controlled and monitored from the Control Centre dialog box of any remote Midas application All that is required for remote control is a TCP IP link over any medium from LAN to WAN telephone modem Internet or satellite To configure remote control you must enter Multicast settings into the Operational Settings dialog for both the MVP server and client The multicast address is used to specify a common communications channel between the server and clients The Tx and Rx port settings define the communications port and must be reversed in relation to the server and clients e the server may transmit on port 3020 and receive on 3021 whereas the client must have a receive port that listens to the transmit port of the server i e 3020 For specific address settings you should refer to your organisations IT manager or contact your local support centre Midas uses a dat file named tree dat that defines the MVP network structure referring to the network name of client machines and their Node ID configurable in the Operational Properties dialog of the client machine This file can be customized by clicking change in the Control Centre and right clicking tree dat to open the file in a simple text editing application such as notepad The system network tree can be divided into sections that target specific clients
133. s 10 entered and 15 for object 3 resulting in a 5 second gap between objects The reason why there is no object at 0 is the fact that the object may not be redrawn in time if the current page had a transition effect when opening from the previous page You can solve this problem by having a copy of object 1 as a static object beneath the sequence move it so it has a lower index number that will appear when the page opens However this would mean that object 1 would be in view for 10 seconds in which case object 2 could be the first sequenced object There is a quick and easy way of placing a large number of objects that have equal size and properties in sequence using the Object Replicator Accessed from the second Toolbar or from the Object Editor the Object Replicator allows you to copy the currently selected object s but also input an additional value for the object sequence entry Left Hand Box which will be multiplied with each repetition For more information on the Object Replicator refer to Figure 2 Display Object Editor in the Dialog Box explanation section Applying a transitional effect to an image object is the same as button effects click the Animate checkbox in the Object Editor and select an effect from the Display Effect drop down box The parameters for transitions can be found in the Advanced Editor and control speed and Document DM 06 118 20 37 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer
134. s DATE 2 000 2 999 6 chars SCHEDULED TIME 3 000 3 999 6 chars ACTUAL TIME 4 000 4 999 6 chars ORIGIN 5 000 5 999 Up to 128 chars DESTINATION 6 000 6 999 Up to 128 chars STATUS 7 000 7 999 8 chars PUBLIC REMARK 8 000 8 999 Up to 128 chars STAFF REMARK 9 000 9 999 Up to 128 chars GATE 10 000 10 999 8 chars Field 11 11 000 to 11 999 Up to 128 chars Field30 30 000 to 30 999 Up to 128 chars Document DM 06 118 20 93 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Column X above is stored as a single row in the ePC local data table Structure of ePC record table An ePC stores up to 100 records in a table of 100 rows Each row holds a single train or aircraft record 1 record first row II See table below The first column Col A below of the first row 1 record has a reference of 1 000 Record Tag flight or train code The second column of the first row has a reference of 3 000 Scheduled time 2 record second row The second row s first column has a reference of 1 001 next Record Tag The second row s second column has a reference of 3 001 next Date And so on Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E Ref No gt 1000 3000 6000 8000 10000 1 record BA123 10 30 HEATHROW ON SCHEDULE 7 Ref No gt 1001 3001 6001 8001 10001 2 record KL201 10 45 AMSTERDAM ON SCHEDULE 2 These references are used by this communicati
135. s best on the ePC media players which are designed for 24x7 operation and operate with or without a keyboard or mouse with solid state electronics and drive To enhance reliability the ePC is manufactured using the highest quality components commercially available The operating system has been specially configured for automated operation and enhanced with software error correction All components and device drivers have been extensively tested for compatibility and reliability and have been modified to improve performance and reliability ViewPoint 3D Software for Windows 8 7 XP embedded and Linux player ViewPoint 3D is available as a 32 64 bit multi threaded Windows and Linux It has been developed using C and ASM code With ViewPoint installed on ePC s and Workstations a complete TV information channel distribution system can be configured and managed for a wide variety of applications such as public information displays digital signage and more specialised data display applications including scientific and process control 2D and 3D Information display layouts and scripts are created using a comprehensive range of tools with an icon based user interface Displays are created using freeform Display Objects providing an easily extended architecture In desktop mode ViewPoint s graphical user interface simplifies the design and management of high reliability information display systems ViewPoint is an object oriented displ
136. s for sequencing reside at the bottom of the Display Object Editor and consist of three figure boxes Right Hand Box The number of the sequence Multiple sequences can be displayed depending on sequence size media size and system performance Centre Box This figure is a multiplication of the Object Update Period in Display Properties and provides Viewpoint with a marker from which to loop back to the beginning of the sequence Left Hand Box Also a multiplication of the Object Update Period the left hand figure box determines the current object s place in the loop at what point to appear or start a transition Example Timeline This diagram shows the timeline for a short sequence of three objects in a loop The Object Update Period is set to 1000 meaning that a period figure of 1 entered into the sequencer equals 1 second The sequence loop lasts 15 seconds so 15 will be the figure entered into the Centre Box while 1 would be entered into the Right Hand Box as this is the only sequence Sequence 1 Right Box 1 Object 1 Object 2 Object 3 Sequencer Left Box 5 Sequencer Left Box 10 Sequencer Left Box 15 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 15 Centre Box Start Time 2 22a nnn nnn nn nnn nnn nn nnn nnn nnn enn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn canner nnna manna manna nnnma an End Time Loop Object 1 has 5 entered into the Left Hand Box and appears 5 seconds into the sequence while object 2 ha
137. s large or larger than the source object With experience you will easily be able to create scrolling objects by using the object editor but in this case we will create the off screen scrolling source on screen to ease object layout and give visual verification To start create a new object by clicking the index 1 and open the frame image file Apply the file to the object and click Fit to resize the object to the bitmap dimensions Now you will have to calculate the size of the scrolling object and change the Y coordinates accordingly to hold the desired amount of frames Next click the Off screen checkbox in the Object Editor to place the object in the off screen cache There are two ways of importing images into a Display Form First you can shrink the application to window size and drag the bitmaps from the desktop explorer to Midas This will place each image in an object in a vertical line Set the position of the first object to coordinates 0 0 and use the align and abut tools in the Toolbox to eliminate gaps between the objects We will be attaching the objects containing individual frames to the off screen object which sets the coordinates in relation to that object not the background so 0 0 will be the top left hand corner of the off screen object For smaller amount of frames you can also import the images manually within MVP by first creating a new object and assign the first frame image to it Fit the object to the im
138. secosedeessosvseedvesadacensadavescoseesosassesoucess 54 FIGURE 13 amp 14 DATABASE A vss os issos 56 Functions Database Properties sic naii ceeded eR Wa oe Es ko Sas See ead saa taco dedo 57 FIGURE 16 amp 17 DATABASE RECORD EDITOR _ gt __C s essen dbnainsn cu accsedscnsdcoccece cee daseausecouseseseseseccaosecsaudeseececs sede s sssusosasbandsusceescwecausoaveuesdeovedssessescedesvausussccesenarasesddesscseccsts 60 FIGURE 18 TRANSLATION PROPERTIES ss scsscscssscessuesvascedeeessesesscoues cssessosevesessoonsesccececesbobacecseossdvstsasolededsesocssbesdeccecees seecaseseptessdbsossusauasusoecescssescetessdesesssuet ous desosseestssnonseoscssuees 62 FIGURE 19 GLOBAL DISPLAY SETTINGS cesscessvceccdcccccsadeedscseccstssdetuccestcsavsvsnsacsceacannsesecedsecestasesbousesactessnsececeocasensbessececocesseusuvededsauensneesdsecceasadecosoecdecessserestedbencesesseaseeeses 64 EIGURE 20 DISPLAY DEVICE SETTINGS __ ssvesctsssassseceudescuscvescsteccadecdesssscdcseTesbasSovesascousensnsCeccessesdvesd cecssboasesesvassdossssveesatostescsscssseceSessdoebdvecdavadacusensseCescesassddesvecvesbesssenecees 66 Access System Menu gt Display Settings gt Display Device Settings cceccccceescessessceseeeseeseceseeseeeseeseesecsecesecsecaecseeesecseeeaecaaeesesnesseseseeseceseeseeesecseeeaecaeeesesesessesereeaeenseeensas 66 FIGURE 21 CONFIGURATION DIALOG _ sissevessecsscssensonsaccecevececdeossoocesoeseovoscssosen
139. set to receive ANSI data Most of the standard ANSI escape sequences are supported and those that are not are ignored In addition to the standard sequences a set of private sequences support specialized functionality using the RVT private protocol as used by earlier generation overlay devices such as the IVC401 Document DM 06 118 20 38 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The font used for text display is held in the ANSI display object The ViewPoint object editor can be used to select a font other than Courier New bold point size 16 however this particular font is non proportional and can be used to match the 40 or 80 column text display matrix Dividing the width of the display object by 40 or 80 sets the width of each character position This means that the widest character normally W must fit within the bound of a character position Double height and width characters are also supported but again they should be selected to fit within the boundaries of two character positions Received text is displayed within the ANSI mode enabled object which may be as large as the screen or smaller and with or without background To enable the display of character backgrounds issue the sequence ESC 16 S and to disable issue ESC 0 S The overlay function is controlled by a color key which is pure magenta any other colors will be visible when overlaid onto video To select double height characters issue ESC
140. sh period for data updates to display objects Serial port Uses the serial port as the data source RS485 Uses RS485 mode for the serial connection interface required Input Protocol Drop down box to select protocol input device mode ANSI VT Multicast Datagram Settings Control Group Broadcast Datagrams Enabled objects receiving data will rebroadcast Broadcast Heartbeat Broadcast signal to other clients Node of Partner Server Node ID of the Partner Server Primary Partner Server Operate as the Primary Server Multicast IP Multicast IP address Rx Tx Port Socket port number Adapter IP Optional IP address for the required adapter multiple adapters Sync ID ID of sync to transmit Server broadcast mode Generic Settings Control Group Scale Forms on Load Corrects form resolution to clients physical screen Advanced Dialogs Use multimedia dialogs for file browsing etc Broadcast Date Time Send datagram date time packets ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Serial Port Settings The Com Properties dialog is displayed by click the Setup button shown at the right of the COM dropdown box on the Operational Properties dialog above Below the Setup button is an edit box that is used to set the delay time in msecs to control full duplex RS485 switching 10ms seems to work well under all conditions The Port Settings dialog allows the usual settings to be made for the selected coms ch
141. sitions that give extra visual flair to presentations and make displays more interesting and eye catching These powerful effects are accessed via the Global Display dialog box However DirectX 7 0 and DXMedia 7 0 or higher are required to support the 3D effects without these some of the transitions are unusable These are labelled as lower case in the Page Change Effects pull down menu The transition you save for a particular page comes into effect as the page loads There are parameters for the effects that can be changed in this dialog box such as the speed and quality of the transition Document DM 06 118 20 85 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Step 5 On page animation and video Viewpoint also allows sequenced animation and video playback complete with transitions to run on a single page Images and movies are placed on top of one another with position and duration values set to each The demo display contains a small window in which a sequence of three images A B C and a movie D rotate Select the object that represents this window created in step 1 and enter the object editor There are 3 numerical input windows to the right of the Calc checkbox These represent the unique sequence number right the time scale of the animation before looping centre and the objects position in the scale left You can define the time of the scale by entering the Display Properties dialog and enter
142. sonvoscuseucsseusoesdeccedesosveveoseseasseseuecnssecsesdensseeoecdecdedevesesstsesbevsescoueceuacussassecoessscseesseccecesessvoceecess 68 FIGURE 22 PRESENTATION PROPERTIES DIALOG ssssssscccscsssacccesesodscesssessosssseseesnsovoucesacceascasesccosssecdovssssuesasonsnsasescesansecscsseocsesdcscbovsoedsadsdesseboodaeeeeess canseoosoessbsevdedvessoseeesssseavoncess 69 FIGURE 23 AUTOMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM PROPERTIES DIALOG cccsssssssssscsccccccccscesessssccssssssscsscssssscecccccccccccceceseseseeseesesesessesesseseccccccccccccesecesesesccesesececeeeeeessceesooees 70 TUTORIAL SECTIONS 2D AAA O TO 71 lA ccseseduetessaucesdvecbacceCaseesesseteases cosedsousdscsussevbuessaccecatenthcssbesssuessebsdesteadsnssvovessecueuedesteesevessoiess E E E E TEE 72 TUTORIAL 1 CREATING A BASIC DISPLAY HORM sicsisssevcesssasesencavancesetsosecsessevasasossecnvescsbudessecccsncssetecseceessoes so soesesussdessubensecsecnedsetedbocdessecete seesessasassauesessccsdacesssscdedessdeesteuesseaneeeees 73 TUTORIAL 2 CREATINGA DATABASE DISPLAY cessnsesdeccisoccsvesescscasesnsecvevacecececccsescecccdepesbostsssuasvonbovsevceevetessssesbesesoess sUestovenbesvsbevesescedtesbscasessess saved vovsusassvoceavessebessssagceusdcveseseces 76 TUTORIAL 3 CREATING A MULTIPLE FUNCTION DISPLAY sessscssccsossssecccscecossocescecescoscosessbescssssscvnosecssceacassecessescsssosdoosvecvssanvsebssdeesedeeandassadesecesecsddossoesesdsessdeesevedeessabecesesseecoosieens 83 TUTORIAL 4 THE AN
143. st 3D Studio 3ds Static meshes in binary format Bliz Basic B3D b3d Animated meshes Cartography shop 4 csm Set object paths box to materials COLLADA dae xml Delgine DeleD dmf DirectX x II Microsoft animated mesh format Wavefront Maya obj The material files mtl are supported Milkshape ms3d My3D my3d Set object paths box to materials OCT oct OGRE Meshes mesh Irrlicht Meshes irrmesh Pulsar LMTools Imts II Set object paths box to materials Quake 3 levels bsp Quake 2 models md2 Quake 3 models md3 Important notes Cartography Shop is a modelling program for creating architecture and calculating lighting ViewPoint can directly import csm files Please note that you ll have to set the path of the textures before loading csm files You can do this by setting the T1 object editor path file box Document DM 06 118 20 114
144. stry standard content ViewPoint is a fully 3D graphical system that enables the rapid creation of high quality 2D and 3D presentations in real time To achieve this on standard computers careful attention to the design of the software and hardware configuration has been required and to get the best from ViewPoint especially for near reality 3D presentations the use of an adequate 3D graphics system with modern GPU is important Efficient software coding methods and file formats have been employed to produce the smoothest graphics control ViewPoint 3D uses a standard graphical user interface so you will be able to use the basic features almost immediately to create presentations The more complex features will be explained using step by step tutorials ViewPoint is a specialised 3D application and not a drawing or photo editing application Packages such as Adobe PhotoShop and 3D Studio Max or Blender are excellent products to design and edit 2D and 3D objects for use in ViewPoint 3D Making the most of the ePC and ViewPoint 3D 3D media animation and special effects can demand phenomenal computing power especially for full HD resolutions easily overloading even high end multiprocessor Workstations The most important aspect of the computer is its graphics processor unit or GPU and the video driver See the recommended hardware and driver information on our website for details As computer technology improves ViewPoint s capabilities will
145. t This command sets the file name of the last form displayed by the ePC This command is useful to make the ePC return to a different page after the next timeout condition is resolved rather than the current displayed form Foreground Colour Change Four character bytes can be added to the start of the text string data within commands The first character is the ASCI Escape code Ox1b followed by three 8 bit character codes which hold the r g b values ESCrgb rgb values 1 255 encoded as three 8 bit binary character values Checksum For testing purposes only the checksum may be set to XX ascii to avoid the need to calculate checksum values This is useful for testing command processing using an attached terminal but should never be used in a final application release Blank display also drives optional monitor power control module 1 105 CS lt EOT gt CS 4a The display of the ePC is blanked to black This prevents monitor burn out when the monitors are not required Unblank display also drives optional monitor power control module 1 106 CS lt EOT gt CS 49 Start wipe starts a wipe update sequence 1 107 CS lt EOT gt Auto wipe recommences auto wiping sequence 1 108 CS lt EOT gt Download file requests ePC to down load file to ePC s hard disk 1 112 c midas arrivals dfm 18368 CS lt EOT gt P1 256 lt packet1 gt CS P72 192 lt packet72 gt CS Document DM 06 118 20 96 ViewPoint 3D C
146. t Control Centre gt Master Script Box Carousel Script Master Script gt Edit Script Box Document DM 06 118 20 51 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Functions Master Script Name a new master script or select an existing script Carousel Script Command Create enter carousel script filename or enter a command for the master script to execute Start Time Start time of selected entry Duration Duration of selected entry Date Active Starting date Day Check Boxes Day specific activation Default Script Script for automatic display if no others are active On Failure Default Display Script to be used in the case of system failure communication loss Presentation Creation Guide Before starting the creation and editing of scripts always create a start form for your script called for example Start myClient dfm or any name you prefer and then click the Master lock all activity toolbar button the red pause button This will ensure that once the script editing is completed the presentation won t be able to start changing pages before you ve finished editing the script On this page only ensure that the Disable Script Saving icon is inactive you need to click it i e not pushed in otherwise the page won t be attached to the script this icon is next to the standard Save icon button on the top toolbar This icon basically ensures that the script file is loaded
147. ta All displayed information from the linked database table can be edited and updated All field names in the Generic Record Editor are fully customisable by selecting the Enable Titling check box at the bottom of the Operational Properties Dialog box before clicking to left of the relevant text field in the Generic Record Editor To blank a field name you must enter a space The customised field names are saved with the current Display Form To blank a field name you must enter a space The customised field names are saved with the current Display Form Record Editor type and headings are saved to the display file All other data is saved to the database file Functions Transport Editor Record ID ID number of database entry Record ID of for example flight or train Destination s Destinations to be visited by transport Disable Record Disables the current record Public Remark Remarks used to advise passengers Staff Remark Remarks used to advise staff Status Status of transport Reclaim Check in Baggage collection details F14 Free field Command ID F15 Free field Command message Figure is a typical transport dialog as used by air and rail operators By selecting Transport Editor in the Database Properties Dialog Box the database is configured to make data editing easier for transportation timetables Each destination and origin edit box has a matching code box A default look up fil
148. tabase Connecting the database selected Now click the Database check box in the Operational Properties dialog box and click the Workstation check box activating the warning messages if any problems arise Click the OK button and then the Edit Data icon on the top toolbar should show a yellow l in a black circle If you get a warning message or this doesn t happen check all your database settings again and repeat Step 4 Replicating the Line of Objects Fig 19 Replicated Objects A scrolldfm dfm Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia gt Australia Australia gt Australia Use the Replicate Selected Objects Icon in the Edit toolbar to duplicate the selected objects for a further 13 lines For this to work properly deselect all object using Select None from the file menu line Click the Enable Object Selection Icon from the Edit toolbar and then holding down the Shift key use the mouse to position the cursor over the first object in the line click the left mouse button and move the mouse keeping the shift key and left button down over the entire line of object then release the keys Click on the background of the display form if the edges of the form show selected otherwise the background object 0 will also be replicated Document DM 06 118 20 79 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Vi
149. table to access within the database Editor Selector Selects the Generic or Transport Database editor configurations Row Count Number of rows to retrieve Midas II Database Target Supports text based interfaces Global Timescope seconds Global filter using current time as reference Pre filters all records with now scope Pre Time Filter period when records are valid subtracted from current time Post Time Filter period when records are valid added to current time Select File File used as source or target for Midas II data Set Source Sets the selected file as the data source Set Target Sets the selected file as the target source Functions Database Properties Record Filter String Enter string for comparison and Enter field for comparison Equal Compare for equality Not Equal Compare for inequality And Make this comparison critical Or Make this comparison or others Or Next Enable AND this condition OR the next Date Time Input Boxes Date time set optional Date Time Filter Compare records with time date setting ignores string Object Filter Fetch string from specified object string box for comparison Logo Uses characters from selected field for filtering ignores string Filter Time Scope Pre time Post time Filter Period valid records subtracted added to current time gt Compare greater than or equal uses time scope gt Compare greate
150. te all selected objects enters Replicator Dialog Edit object properties Edit advanced object properties Sample Screen color into custom color entry 16 Align selected objects left Align selected objects top Align selected objects right Align selected objects bottom Align selected objects horizontally to centre Align selected objects vertically to centre Make selected objects same size hold shift for custom size Abut remove space selected objects horizontally Abut remove space selected objects vertically Equally space selected objects between left and right objects Equally space selected objects between top and bottom objects Secure display form enters Password Dialog Anchor all objects into position disables on screen object editing Save list of dependent files media files etc used by current display form Toggle disabled object view Object locator border objects under pointer and lists them at screen base Refresh Save and restart form Ctrl to restart animation sequences ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Edit Text Toolbar ji x BSD A AA RADR AMAM Mo o se ep gt Document DM 06 118 20 Pull down Menu Location Format Menu N A N A Format Menu N A ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual Tool Properties Bold Text for current object Italic Text for current object Shadow Text using bg color on overlay object Flash Text between foreground and flash colors Align Text Left within obj
151. tes to complete Document DM 06 118 20 19 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 On Screen Editing 2D mode ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual The mouse buttons support the following functions Object dragging and resizing affects the priority top object above index 0 Left mouse button Shift Key Control Key Double click Double click Shift Key Either of the above two Control Key Right mouse button Double click Control Key Performs all menu operations Drags and resized object s with Selection enabled Allows unselected object to be dragged shifted to a new position Allows unselected object to be drag resized Displays the main Object Editor dialog for the priority object under the mouse pointer Displays the main Object Editor for the object underneath the object clicked Keep the mouse pointer stationary and press Escape to remove the editor and repeat the procedure for the next object below and so on Refer to page 19 for object finding and accessing Displays the Advanced Object Editor Dialog Box showing additional Object properties for the targeted object Drag position unselected priority object Displays the system pop up menu for system feature access during full screen mode Drag resize unselected priority object Tool tip prompts appear as the user moves the cursor over buttons and menu or dialog box items ViewPoint s in built help is available via the F1 function key or by clicking on the
152. uding translations Document DM 06 118 20 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual EN Display Object Advanced Settings Object Index Go Event Date and Time Settings 1970 Onwards viernes 06de abril de 13 29 16 Animation S crolling Parameters Period Jump Step Lines Step Period Sync ID fF Eff Site Translation r Audio Channel Translate y T Blank ifno match Index onl Faden Button Page change effect Controls E Complexity x Frames Delay Speed F Bare E J Use Wave Output ProglD po Drawing Target T Alphablend Object Alpha level Flash Switch Period Transparent Color keyed Object Transparent Object Logical OR T Mask Object Logical AND Invert Object Logical XOR l Hover active Page Retum Hold l Enable Controls Update ctl Blank no data Right append Web object I Hide until playing F wait for Playback Close on Repeat Play l Exclude from clipping I Process ANSI data T Enable file drop Activate key Global 47 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 Access Edit Menu gt Edit Advanced Settings Functions Event Date and Time Settings Date and time of event used by countdown up feature Step Enable scroll animation stepping Period Time in ms between animation scroll updates determines actual frame rate Jump Sets the number of pixels to move each update speed Step Lines Number of pixel lines per step used to achieve
153. ve the Display Form and re open it This function when a form is loaded with the filter feature enabled deletes all reference to the host drive in the path settings so each linked file image script database etc will be remembered in relation to the drive in which the application was installed This means that you won t have to manually retype all the file references when your work is transferred to another system Step 2 Viewing the entire display Use the Scale View To Fit Window function in the top row of the toolbox to view the entire background in proportion within the display window Note If you are designing a Display Form which is not intended for the machine you are working on make sure that the Scale Forms on Load option in the Operational Settings dialog box is off when opening or saving a form or all objects will be scaled to fit the current monitor resolution If you save with this feature on and the display looks deformed select all objects in the Edit Menu then hold Shift Control and click on the Make Selected Objects the Same Size icon in the second row of the tool box If you are not in Scaled to Fit Window mode then you will be able to type in the values for the new resolution 800 x 600 2 worldwidePoster dfm Worldwide Destinations Step 3 Applying Objects Fig 16 Text Objects Placed on Image Object Create a new object and resize it to that of the background object
154. w button As long as the form you have selected is present at the same location on every machine then the group or client will display that form be it a single page or a page containing a script taking the display into a new loop The same principle applies to the Poster and Message display broadcasts The Remote Control Centre Display Form The sample Control Centre dfm is a form with button and view objects to control and monitor networked MVP clients The simple button click interface uses objects and text commands for MVP client management The Control Centre incorporates the following controls and commands Remote Display Tracking This feature allows viewing of the current on screen content of a remote system as it changes The viewer object captures the client screen image from an off screen object The Update View object contains a command see commands section that takes a snapshot of the display of the client machine and transfers the bitmap to the off screen object The command cmd_crs node 434 object 7 is telling the system to capture the remote screen of the system with 434 ID and assign object 7 with the information The Next and Previous command buttons send a command to the client machine to move to the next previous page in the carousel Send Text Message The cmd_stx command allows text to be transferred to a targeted object on the client machine Both the source object which can
155. werful CPU is required Click accept and you should see the wine glass Document DM 06 118 20 31 ViewPoint 3D Copyright 2012 ViewPoint 3D Designer User Manual 2D Interactive Displays Not only does ViewPoint support Shockwave and Flash animations these presentation can be controlled via mouse keyboard and a host of other peripherals Objects can serve as interactive buttons such as those found in web pages which can respond to the mouse in out click input of the mouse and control the behaviour of other objects or open new display forms Clicking the button check box in the Display Object Editor sets the object as an interactive field and the command for the mouse click is entered into the File Cmd text box The list of button commands can be found on page 49 Button Up DownStates You can assign two images to an object that will switch over when the mouse pointer is over the object Use the browse button to find the bitmap file for the down state when mouse is over and click add to include the image in the object carousel Repeat the procedure for the button up state With both bitmaps in the object carousel the image file in the File Cmd text box will have to be removed to enter a command for the button Additional Button States By adding a third image to the button file list you will give the object a third state for when the object is clicked when the mouse button is down the third file will be
156. whenever this page is loaded provided the button is not active all other pages in the presentation should have this button active pushed in or any script referenced on that page will be loaded starting a new presentation So with the master pause engaged click the Edit Script icon the clock fac to display the Master Script dialog Click the Browse button below the Master Script File edit box and browse to the folder in which you would like to save your master script file and then enter the filename manually then click the Select button Next click the Browse button below the Display script filename edit box and repeat the same procedure as above again entering the name for the file manually as it does not yet exist you can also select an existing script file if you require For new scripts this ensures the correct path to the new file is recorded Again click the Select button to finish Now click the Edit Script button which is to the right of the same Browse button MVP then displays the Display Script dialog Then click the other Browse button below the Carousel Display Forms drop down box Now select the first display form file dfm that will begin your presentation note only the My Presentation Start dfm form will be attached to the script files causing them to be loaded by ViewPoint In the Duration edit box enter the time required for display of that page in 1 10ths of a second Remember
157. you can type directly into the Object on screen or enter multi line text in the edit box shown at 10P To add a border or make the text flash see the check boxes to the right of 14H 2D Display Object moving and stretching Position the cursor over the Object and either use the right mouse button or hold down both the shift key and then the left mouse button to drag an Object across the screen Hold down the control key and then the left right mouse button to stretch an Object you will be unable to stretch an Object to less than a 5x5 pixel box To make specific changes to an Object double click on it or click the Edit Display Objects icon Entering Text Create an Object to encapsulate the text Position and stretch as required Move the cursor over the object and begin typing The and keys are used to control font size To enter these characters just double click over the Object and the editor will appear Enter these characters into the text box at 10P Use the Enter key to move text to the next line at the object end or use Wrap in the Object Editor Use the and keys to grow or shrink the text Use the object editor to set the font line spacing and other attributes such as overlay which removes an objects background color Changing the attributes for multiple objects Select all of the objects that you want to change by holding Shift and stretching the selection box and then double click on any of them Any changes that

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