Differences Between Hog Ipc And Wholehog 3 Consoles; Networking; Patching; Trackball Preferences - High End Systems Hog iPC Handbook

Differences Between Hog iPC and Wholehog 3 Consoles

The Hog iPC is optimized to operate with the Hog 3PC application. You can find information on
programming and operation details in the Wholehog 3 User Manual you received with the
Hog iPC console.
Note: You can also access several language versions of the Wholehog 3
User Manual through the Hog 3PC application Help menu.
Hog 3PC Show files are completely compatible with show files programmed on any
Wholehog 3 operating system console, but NOT compatible with Wholehog 2 operating
systems (such as Hog 2PC).
Although the front panel of the Hog iPC console is very similar to the Wholehog 3 console, the
capabilities vary in some specific ways.

Networking

While the Hog 3PC software can connect to a Wholehog 3 show on a network, it can not
connect directly to a DMX Processor (DP) or MIDI/Timecode processor (IOP). Refer to section
12 of the Wholehog 3 User Manual for Wholehog 3 network configuration that allows
connection to other Wholehog 3 shows.

Patching

Instead of the Wholehog 3 console's direct Ethernet connection to Wholehog 3 DMX
processors, Hog 3PC software uses two "virtual" DPs when patching and DMX output is then
accomplished via the internal DMX outputs and external USB DMX Widgets or Super Widget.
The Hog iPC console's four internal DMX outputs are pre-configured within the Hog 3PC
application. Each of the four outputs is mapped to the first four DMX outputs of DP #1 within
the Wholehog 3 operating system. Any external USB Widgets or Super Widget can be mapped
to DP #2 using the Widgets tab of the Hog 3PC Control Panel. Refer to the Wholehog 3 user
manual for details on patching fixtures to DPs for DMX output.

Trackball Preferences

Changes made to the pointer mode for the trackball in the Preferences window regarding the
bottom two buttons will be ignored. They will always behave as left and right click options
when in pointer mode. These buttons can still be modified when in ball mode.
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