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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Picturall Series Media Servers USER MANUAL USER MANUAL (V2.6.0) USER MANUAL USER MANUAL References: MST02-R1, MSQ04-R1, MSP16-R1 www.analogway.com...
  • Page 2 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Information contained in this document, in particular data, pictures, information, trademarks and logos are exclusive property of Analog Way and are protected by copyrights and other intellectual property rights. 2018, Analog Way, all rights reserved – 10/2018 Consequently, any representation and/or reproduction, in part or in full, is prohibited and would be considered a violation of Analog Way’s copyright and other intellectual property rights.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.4.4 Optional Hardware ..........................11 2.4.5 External Audio support ........................12 Getting Started ....................13 Precautions when Mounting Picturall Series Media Server ............13 Start the Picturall Series Media Server ..................13 Configuration ....................14 Web configurator ........................14 4.1.1 Dashboard ............................
  • Page 4 USER MANUAL 5.5.1 Arrange windows ..........................23 USER MANUAL 5.5.2 Reset windows ............................. 23 USER MANUAL Preferences ..........................23 Hotkeys ............................23 USER MANUAL Media ....................... 24 USER MANUAL Media types ..........................24 Manage Media Collections ......................25 USER MANUAL Importing media files ........................
  • Page 5 USER MANUAL 8.3.1 Draw modes ............................39 USER MANUAL 8.3.2 Graph ..............................40 USER MANUAL 8.3.3 Composition Advanced settings ......................41 Color correction (layer) ....................... 41 USER MANUAL Advanced............................. 41 8.5.1 Synchronize to another layer ......................41 USER MANUAL 8.5.2 Set layer Frame rate ..........................
  • Page 6 USER MANUAL User maintenance and Troubleshooting............63 USER MANUAL 11.1 User Maintenance – EMC air filter ....................63 USER MANUAL 11.2 System Diagnostics ........................63 11.3 Troubleshooting .......................... 64 USER MANUAL APPENDICES ........................65 USER MANUAL Appendix A. DMX chart ........................... 65 Appendix B.
  • Page 7: Disclaimer

    1.4 Liability Analog Way shall not be liable for any loss or damage, be it direct or indirect in regards to the utility or contents of the software or hardware, except to the extent provided by law. Notwithstanding the above, liability for indirect, special, incidental or consequential loss or damage that may arise in respect of the software or hardware, is expressly excluded.
  • Page 8: Introducing Picturall Series Media Servers

    USER MANUAL such as Lighting consoles. USER MANUAL Picturall Series Media Servers are 19” wide and 4 rack units (4U) high, following the industrial rack mounting standard. 2.1 Picturall Series Media Servers The Picturall Series Media Servers product range includes 3 models: Twin, Quad, and Pro.
  • Page 9: Front Panel

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 2.3 Front panel USER MANUAL All the Media Servers have the same front panel. It is composed of one OLED display, two USB ports, a Power button and a Next/Status button. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Fig.
  • Page 10: Picturall Twin Rear Panel

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 2.4.1 Picturall Twin rear panel USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Fig. 2 - Picturall Twin rear panel 1. Power supply (optional redundant and hot-swappable power supplies) 2. Two-channel audio interface with balanced XLR outputs (optional) 3.
  • Page 11: Picturall Pro Rear Panel

    SDI, 1 x DVI, 2 x DVI) 9. One slot for optional Genlock card *to be supported in future software version 2.4.4 Optional Hardware The Picturall Series Media Servers can be equipped with various options. Option Description Dual Power supply unit...
  • Page 12: External Audio Support

    The Picturall Series Media Servers support various sound cards. USER MANUAL Audio support lets the media server adjust audio settings for medias files with embedded audio. USER MANUAL For more information on supported audio cards, contact your reseller or Analog Way support. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL...
  • Page 13: Getting Started

    This helps identifying displays and checking the setup is correct. Tip: Connect all displays before starting the media server for the first time. To start the Picturall Series Media Server safely and correctly: 1. Connect the power cable to the server and then plug it into a mains socket.
  • Page 14: Configuration

    Fig. 5 - Web configurator connection All devices default IP addresses are 192.168.2.140. Note: The Picturall Series Media Server and the computer must be connected to the same network to run the Web configurator. 4.1.1 Dashboard Fig. 6 - Web configurator Dashboard The Dashboard is the home page of the Web configurator.
  • Page 15: Server Configuration

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 4.1.2 Server configuration USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Fig. 7 - Server configuration Set server settings from the Server configuration: Number of layers: Set the number of layers to use and patch to Art-Net (max 200). This affects the number of available layers in Picturall Commander.
  • Page 16: Dmx Configuration

    Number of DMX displays: Enter the number of the displays controlled with DMX DMX control for the Picturall Series Media Server consists of two elements: layers and master block. The master block controls general functions that are not specific to any layer such as choosing display preset (for more information, see Appendix A DMX chart page 65).
  • Page 17: Network Configuration

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Universe Layer Universe Layer USER MANUAL Layer 1 Layer 19 Layer 2 Layer 20 USER MANUAL Layer 3 Layer 21 Layer 4 Layer 22 USER MANUAL Layer 5 Layer 23 USER MANUAL Layer 6 Layer 24 Layer 7 Layer 25 USER MANUAL...
  • Page 18: Import And Export Configuration

    In Tools / Format media drives, set the hard drives formatting method. In the following example, a Picturall Series Media Server has two hard drives of 1TB capacity. RAID 0 (striped): 2TB of storage with fastest writing speed. Media drive failure loses all media files.
  • Page 19: Conflicting Settings

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 4.1.8 Conflicting Settings USER MANUAL Sometimes settings may conflict with each other. For example: the same Display resolution cannot be set to 1920x1080 and to automatic. In case of conflict, the most recent value is kept and the previous value is USER MANUAL discarded.
  • Page 20: Update Server Software

    4.3.1 Creating an installation USB stick Tip: Use a high-quality USB memory stick, a low-quality USB memory might cause problems when installing the software. Note: At the moment, the Picturall Series Media Server installer only runs on Windows. On a computer: 1.
  • Page 21: Configure Picturall Commander

    USER MANUAL Fig. 12 - Picturall Commander Picturall Commander is the software (Java application) used to control the Picturall Series Media Server. This chapter describes the installation and the top-level parts of the Picturall Commander user interface. 5.1 Java compatibility The operating systems must support Java version 8 for Picturall Commander to be installed.
  • Page 22: Connecting To Picturall Series Media Server

    6. Under Advanced, change the values for Text protocol port and Data protocol port if needed. 7. If needed, uncheck Connect immediately. 8. Click Finish to Create the Connection. A message confirms the connection to the Picturall Series Media Server.
  • Page 23: Arrange Windows

    USER MANUAL Layers: Control all layer parameters. This is the main menu for controlling the Picturall Series Media USER MANUAL Server with Picturall Commander. For more information, see Layers page 37. USER MANUAL GPUs: Optimize the use of the GPUs.
  • Page 24: Media

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Fig. 15 - Picturall Commander Media menu 6.1 Media types Picturall Series Media Servers support the following codecs: • MPEG1 • MPEG2 •...
  • Page 25: Manage Media Collections

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 6.2 Manage Media Collections USER MANUAL Select a media collection in the Media collection dropdown on the top part of the Media tab. Rename the media collection using the Rename… button. USER MANUAL To delete a media from a collection, right-click on it and select Delete. To delete all medias from all collections, click the Reset…...
  • Page 26: Import And Encode A File

    Tip: Importing media using FTP can slow down the media server. Avoid transferring large files during a show or while making changes to the configuration. To import media through FTP connection, follow these steps: 1. Open an FTP connection to the Picturall Series Media Server. 2. Log in: Username: picmedia Password: aidemcip 3.
  • Page 27: Reuse Imported Media Files - Add Server Files To A Media Collection

    6.5 Add web pages and video streams 6.5.1 Add a web page to a media collection Picturall Series Media Servers connected to the internet support web page playback. Multiple web pages can be played at the same time and background transparency is supported.
  • Page 28: Import A Web Page Using Ftp

    Caution (Risk of server crashing): Do not overwrite files that are playing on the server through an FTP connection. To import a web page through FTP connection, follow these steps: 1. Open an FTP connection to the Picturall Series Media Server. 2. Log in:...
  • Page 29: Add A Video Stream To The Server

    USER MANUAL 6.5.4 Add a video stream to the server USER MANUAL Picturall Series Media Servers connected to the internet support video stream playback. URL beginning with rtsp:// and rtmp:// are supported. USER MANUAL To add a video stream to a media collection, follow these steps: USER MANUAL 1.
  • Page 30: Displays

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 7 Displays USER MANUAL In the Displays menu, configure the displays of the show. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Fig. 19 - Picturall Commander Display Menu 1. Select a display from the Display list. 2.
  • Page 31: Display Menu Icons

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 7.1 Display menu icons USER MANUAL Icon Description USER MANUAL Show / hide the display list. USER MANUAL Select all enabled displays. USER MANUAL Enable selected displays. USER MANUAL Disable selected displays. USER MANUAL Opens the Display wizard to create a group of displays (see Multi-display screen - Display wizard page 33).
  • Page 32: Positioning And Grouping Displays

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Test image Description USER MANUAL Line width Adjust the line width in a test image using the slide bar. Blue background Show display areas that are not drawn in blue. Use when adjusting Keystone or USER MANUAL curved surface correction.
  • Page 33: Multi-Display Screen - Display Wizard

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Tips: - Right-click a parameter and select Edit to enter numerical values. - Position the displays from the same graphics card close to each other to avoid performance loss. USER MANUAL - For best performance, disable displays when they are not used. - Copy and paste settings from one display to the other by selecting displays and clicking Copy and Paste buttons.
  • Page 34: Reset Display

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 7.4.2 Reset Display USER MANUAL Hold Ctrl and click a field to reset the value. Use the Adjustment tab Reset button to reset the corresponding parameter for the selected USER MANUAL display. Use the Upper right Reset button to reset all parameters from the selected display. USER MANUAL Use the Reset all button to reset all displays.
  • Page 35: Edge Blending Panel

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 7.6.2 Edge Blending panel USER MANUAL 1. Open the Test images side panel and enable the Blend areas test image. 2. Open the Edge Blending panel, then click the Display Wizard button to create a display grid. USER MANUAL 3.
  • Page 36: Adjust Curved Surface Projection - Warp Correction

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 7.7 Adjust curved surface projection - Warp correction USER MANUAL Warp correction transforms the display for curved surface projection or projector lens distortion. There are 16 control points. USER MANUAL Tip: Use the Display borders, Display grid and Canvas grid test images. 1.
  • Page 37: Layers

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 8 Layers USER MANUAL In the Layers menu, control and program layers. Layers are the elements containing the medias, one layer contains one media. USER MANUAL Note: The Layer menu is not needed if using external controller (lighting consoles or show control systems). USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL...
  • Page 38: Select And Play A Media - Media Selection

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 8.2 Select and play a media - Media selection USER MANUAL In Media Selection, assign a media to a layer and choose playback mode. 1. Go to Layers and select the layer to control in the Layer list. USER MANUAL 2.
  • Page 39: Draw Modes

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Adjustment Description USER MANUAL Intensity Transparency (opacity) of the layer Pos X and Y Horizontal and Vertical position of the layer. 0 is the center of the composition. USER MANUAL Scale Size of the layer scaled on the full composition. 1 fills the composition horizontally. Scale height Height of the layer scaled on the Scale value.
  • Page 40: Graph

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Equation: min(L1,L2) USER MANUAL Darken Compare the drawn layer to layers below it. The darker pixels of the result are drawn. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Equation: max(L1,L2) Lighten Compare the drawn layer to layers below it. USER MANUAL The brighter pixels of the result are drawn.
  • Page 41: Composition Advanced Settings

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 8.3.3 Composition Advanced settings USER MANUAL Under Advanced (in Composition), set the layer Draw priority, Deinterlacing and Scaling algorithm. Draw priority: Set a number to override the layer number priority system (see Layer Priority page USER MANUAL 37).
  • Page 42: Audio (Optional)

    USER MANUAL Modified frame rate (or FPS) can be defined or relative to original frame rate. USER MANUAL Adjustment Description USER MANUAL Effective FPS Current effective FPS of the playback with the following settings applied. USER MANUAL FPS controllable Yes or No. Displays if the frame rate can be modified. FPS mode Select Media to use media original frame rate or Defined to use manual value.
  • Page 43 USER MANUAL The following table describes the various effects: USER MANUAL Effect Image Description USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 3D Cube Reshape the layer into a cube shaped object. Adjust rotation speed and axes. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Reshape the layer into a 3D plane.
  • Page 44 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Effect Image Description USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Simplify the colors and smooths the shading Cartoon in the layer, increasing the difference USER MANUAL between low and high contrast areas. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Create a color key compositing function. Chromakey Adjust Red, Green and Blue value parameters to set transparency.
  • Page 45 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Effect Image Description USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Create a background shadow to the layer, Drop shadow giving the impression that the layer is USER MANUAL situated above the layer behind it. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Edge blur Blur the outer borders of the layer.
  • Page 46 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Effect Image Description USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Make bright areas in the layer appear Glow USER MANUAL brighter, adding the impression of glow. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Modify the layer from continuous colors to Halftone single-colored dots.
  • Page 47 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Effect Image Description USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Create uniform hyperbolic tiling on the layer, Kaleidoscope USER MANUAL resembling the view through a kaleidoscope. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Modify the layer using the keystone corner Keystone points.
  • Page 48 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Effect Image Description USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Color the outlines black and the background Pencil sketch white, creating the impression of a pencil USER MANUAL sketch. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Blur the layer by substantially reducing its Pixelize apparent resolution.
  • Page 49 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Effect Image Description USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Recolor the layer with a reddish-brown sepia Sepia USER MANUAL color. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Increase the contrast where color changes Sharpen occur, resulting in a sharper layer image. Tiles Create scaled-down, tiled copies of the layer.
  • Page 50: Alpha Fill And Alpha Key - Cut & Fill

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 8.7.1 Alpha Fill and Alpha Key – Cut & Fill USER MANUAL Create a Cut & Fill effect using Alpha keying to limit the way the fill layer is displayed. Note: The lower layer is always the Alpha Fill layer and the upper layer is always the Alpha Key layer. USER MANUAL Tip: To use Cut &...
  • Page 51: Geometry

    8.10 Set default show on server boot – Export show USER MANUAL Use Export to set the current show as a default show. This show will be loaded every time the Picturall Series USER MANUAL Media Server is turned on. When starting with exported show, Playback 1 automatically starts playing assigned cue stack if any is assigned.
  • Page 52: Program A Show - Cue

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 9 Program a Show - Cue USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Fig. 27 - Cues panel USER MANUAL In the Cue menu, create presets of Layers (with their parameters) and order them with timing settings. A cue holds visual and non-visual information about a particular media state.
  • Page 53 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Fig. 28 - Cue timing example USER MANUAL The previous example shows two cues: Cue 1 and Cue 2. Cue 1 has an intensity value of 100. USER MANUAL Cue 2 has an intensity value of 0.
  • Page 54: Trigger

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 9.1.3 Trigger USER MANUAL A trigger is the transition from one cue to next inside a cue stack. It can be manual or automatic: Manual: The user must click the Go button to trigger the next cue. USER MANUAL Automatic: The next cue is triggered after the previous cue has been completed (wait + fade + hold).
  • Page 55: Cue Stacks

    9.4 Timing and Running Cues in Playback Picturall Series Media Servers can run up to three cue stacks simultaneously using the three different playback areas in the cue system. Separate playbacks are useful to play different sequences of media on different displays.
  • Page 56: Example Show

    USER MANUAL 5. Click Go at the bottom of the Playback area to run the playback. Select a cue and click Go to skip to USER MANUAL a specific cue. USER MANUAL 6. Enter timings for the cues in the Wait, Fade and Hold columns. 7.
  • Page 57: Cue Macro

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 9.7 Cue macro USER MANUAL A cue macro is an action associated to a Cue or a Cue stack. Note: - Cue macro and Layer macro are different concepts. USER MANUAL - A saved show (.pcf file) containing Cue macros can only be loaded on Picturall Commander from version 2.6 and onwards. USER MANUAL 9.7.1 Cue macro and Cue stack macro USER MANUAL...
  • Page 58 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 9.7.2.1 Trigger cue macro USER MANUAL This executes a cue when a macro is executed. 1. Click Trigger cue. USER MANUAL 2. Click the dropdown list and select a cue. 3. Click OK. USER MANUAL 9.7.2.2 Trigger playback USER MANUAL This executes a playback when a macro is executed.
  • Page 59: Edit Or Remove A Cue Macro

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 9.7.3 Edit or remove a cue macro USER MANUAL To edit a cue macro: 1. Right-click a Cue or a Cue stack then click Edit macro… USER MANUAL 2. Edit the cue macro then click OK. USER MANUAL To remove a cue macro: USER MANUAL...
  • Page 60: 0 Miscellaneous

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 1 0 Miscellaneous USER MANUAL 10.1 Save a show USER MANUAL Save a show to recover it or to reuse it on another computer using Picturall Commander. USER MANUAL 1. Run Picturall Commander. 2. Go to File > Save show. USER MANUAL 3.
  • Page 61: Toggle View

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Graph Description USER MANUAL Average workload. “1” means the load is equivalent to a single CPU core being fully loaded. USER MANUAL “8” means that 8 cores are fully loaded. If the value is higher than number of CPU cores installed, the CPUs is doing more than it can USER MANUAL handle.
  • Page 62: Timecode

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 10.3 Timecode USER MANUAL In the Timecode menu, set the timecode format and offset it by time or frames. USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL USER MANUAL The Timecode format and Timecode offset fields show the current values. 1.
  • Page 63: 1 User Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    Tip: For optimal performance, this air filter must be cleaned by the user regularly (once a year). USER MANUAL The Picturall Series Media Server is equipped with a removable EMC air filter at the front of the Series Media Server.
  • Page 64: Troubleshooting

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL 11.3 Troubleshooting USER MANUAL Picturall Commander installation failure Make sure Java version 8 is installed on the computer. USER MANUAL Make sure Java version 9 is not installed on the computer as this version is not compatible with USER MANUAL Picturall Commander.
  • Page 65: Appendices

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL APPENDICES USER MANUAL Appendix A. DMX chart USER MANUAL PICTURALL V2.5 DMX Chart - Layer full USER MANUAL USER MANUAL LAYER SIZE AND POSITION: USER MANUAL Composition canvas has coordinates from 0,0 to 1,1 with 0,0 being the bottom left corner Layer default position is 0.5, 0.5 (32768, 32768 in DMX values).
  • Page 66 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Default Home/ Name Description Values Values description COARSE FINE Value locate value USER MANUAL 31403 4:3 -> 16:9 conversion, 0.75 x 31404 – 32767 Layer downscaling, 0.75 x – 1 x USER MANUAL 32768 Layer original aspect ratio, 1 x 32769 - 34587 Layer upscaling, 1 x –...
  • Page 67 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Default Home/ Name Description Values Values description COARSE FINE Value locate value USER MANUAL 0 – 127 Reduce Red Default USER MANUAL 129 – 255 Increase Red Brightness Green 0 – 255 USER MANUAL 0 – 127 Reduce Green USER MANUAL Default...
  • Page 68 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Default Home/ Name Description Values Values description COARSE FINE Value locate value USER MANUAL Reserved Reserved No value No value Reserved Reserved No value No value USER MANUAL Reserved Reserved No value No value USER MANUAL RANGES: USER MANUAL Parameter...
  • Page 69 USER MANUAL EFFECTS: USER MANUAL FX NAME Library Index Parameter 1 Parameter 2 Parameter 3 Parameter 4 Parameter 5 Parameter 6 USER MANUAL Wave Amplitude Amplitude aspect Frequency Frequency aspect Speed Water Ripple Size USER MANUAL Blur Size Heavy blur Blur size USER MANUAL Gaussian blur...
  • Page 70 USER MANUAL PICTURALL V2.5 USER MANUAL DMX Chart - Layer mini USER MANUAL LAYER SIZE AND POSITION: USER MANUAL Ranges are same as in full layer USER MANUAL DMX COARSE DMX FINE NAME Intensity USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Rotation USER MANUAL Scale Aspect Draw mode...
  • Page 71 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Default Home/ Name Description Values Values description COARSE Value locate value USER MANUAL DN + Control points DN + Selected display grid USER MANUAL DN + Layer borders Layer numbers (disables Display numbers) USER MANUAL DN + Blue background USER MANUAL DN + Canvas grid DN + Canvas lines all (horizontal, vertical, diagonal)
  • Page 72 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Default Home/ Name Description Values Values description COARSE FINE Value locate value USER MANUAL Angle X Angle 0 – 65535 Horizontal distortion to compensate tilted viewing angle. 32768 32768 correction by X Range - 0.0 – 1.0 USER MANUAL 0.0 No distortion (default) Angle Y...
  • Page 73: Appendix B. Bios Setup

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Appendix B. BIOS setup USER MANUAL Press the Del button on startup to access BIOS settings. Tip: Load default settings and reboot the server before modification (Exit > Load Setup Defaults). USER MANUAL Here are the default Pro BIOS settings: USER MANUAL Advanced >...
  • Page 74: Appendix C. Optimize Gpu Resolution And Drawing Performance

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Appendix C. Optimize GPU resolution and drawing performance USER MANUAL This chapter describes how to optimize the GPUs performance when positioning displays. C.a. Definitions USER MANUAL GPU Output board consisting of two outputs. USER MANUAL Output Physical DVI output. Display estination where the picture will be displayed.
  • Page 75 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL C.d. Calculating pixels USER MANUAL Drawing is done independently on all GPUs and each GPU draws only the part of the canvas that is needed by all the displays connected to that GPU. Then GPU draws one rectangular area that covers all the displays. USER MANUAL GPU allocates drawing area that has same resolution as all outputs combined.
  • Page 76 USER MANUAL GPU_w = 2 _ 1280 = 2560 Then: USER MANUAL 0.18 GPU_h = 1024 ��������ℎ ∶ 2560 × = 460 USER MANUAL 1.00 Total_w = 1 0.10 Total_h = 0:28 ℎ������ℎ�� ∶ 1024 × = 365 USER MANUAL 0.28 Display 2 w = 0:18 and h = 0:10.
  • Page 77: Appendix D. Picturall Pro Communication Protocol Specifications

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL Appendix D. Picturall Pro communication protocol specifications USER MANUAL D.a. Locating Pro on network USER MANUAL Pro listens to multicast group 224.0.0.180 port 11009. When it receives message "HELLO", it responds with a UDP packet containing following data: USER MANUAL /** Structure for Pro identification over network.
  • Page 78 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL D.c. Control model USER MANUAL Pro has three layers of control abstractions: objects, controls and parameters. Objects are independent units that implement some parts of Pro’s functionality. Objects usually have some user controllable parameters to USER MANUAL control functionality.
  • Page 79 USER MANUAL "Parameter" text (always the same) USER MANUAL Name of the parameter USER MANUAL Parameter type Parameter description USER MANUAL undefined Default value USER MANUAL Minimum value (only for numbers) Maximum value (only for numbers) USER MANUAL Table 9 - Fields in parameter descriptions USER MANUAL Looking at the above, you can see that there are 7 controls, although many of them are not really useful for anything but Pro internal functionality.
  • Page 80 USER MANUAL Additive USER MANUAL Replace USER MANUAL Subtract Darken USER MANUAL Lighten Multiply USER MANUAL Linear burn Screen USER MANUAL Table 11 - Draw modes USER MANUAL D.d.b. Playback information USER MANUAL When video is playing on any layer, the source for layer actively updates Source / info control. D.d.c.
  • Page 81 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL D.e.c. Control status USER MANUAL Control status message is generated either by directly requesting it by running command ctrl_status or by changing a parameter in control. For example, if you change layer intensity from lighting console, you USER MANUAL should get control status message to all clients connected to Pro.
  • Page 82 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL D.e.e. Object list USER MANUAL Object list is result of enum_objects. It lists objects and their object ID:s. It is used to translate object IDs to object names. USER MANUAL Message content is list of all the objects in object_number:object_name format separated by \n. USER MANUAL Example message (linefeeds added for better readability and message is clipped): MSG(100002, 1, 15, 101:gl_help:\n102:canvas1:\n103:artnet1:\n104:encoder:...
  • Page 83 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL D.f.c. enum_objects USER MANUAL This command sends a list of objects defined in the Pro show. The list is sent both as human readable format and as a message. USER MANUAL D.f.d. loglevel USER MANUAL This command allows the client to specify whether debugging log messages and human readable messages from commands should be sent to this client.
  • Page 84 USER MANUAL USER MANUAL D.g. system and system_bg USER MANUAL These commands execute arbitrary command as Linux shell command. Difference between system and system_bg is that system blocks while the command is running and then gives all of the command output in USER MANUAL one message.
  • Page 85: Contact Information

    USER MANUAL USER MANUAL The Americas Europe, Middle East & Africa Asia Pacific Analog Way SAS - Headquarters Analog Way Inc. Analog Way Ltd Tel.: +33 (0)1 81 89 08 60 Tel.: +1 (678) 487 6644 Tel.: +852 2967 0428...
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