360 Systems MAXX-2420EX - Manual (Page 99)

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 99
Figure 40 - Remote Workstation Deployments
About the Remote Workstation Interface
The Remote Workstation Interface consists of a CD-ROM or USB flash drive carrying the
Remote Workstation application for Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 computers. It self-
installs using the normal Windows prompts. It is possible to install the Remote Workstation
software on a number of PCs; any of them can then control one or more channels of one or
more servers. Simultaneous active RWI connections to a particular server should be limited to
three.
Operations
Up to four Remote Workstations can simultaneously view the channel activity of a single
server. Only one Remote Workstation at a time can take control of a particular video channel.
Control of the server video channel is not automatically granted to a Remote Workstation just
by attempting to use the GUI; control must be actively taken, using the TAKE CONTROL option
described below. This allows remote monitoring of server channel activity while greatly
reducing the likelihood that a remote user will interfere with operations initiated by another.
All Workstations, including the server’s local GUI, have equal priority and any can take control
of a video channel at any time. Control is granted for server channels individually, and not
automatically for all four; therefore, four Remote Workstations can each control a separate
video channel. Each Remote Workstation can display or close transport windows without
affecting other Workstations or the Local GUI.
The IP address of a Remote Workstation currently controlling a channel appears in the status
bar on the bottom-left of the Playlist or Channel window.
A menu labeled Options appears at the upper-left of each server channel window. Clicking this
menu presents a drop-down menu with a TAKE CONTROL option. Select this then click Yes in
the confirmation dialog to give control of the video channel to your workstation.