Grass Valley Soft Panels v.3.1 - Manual (Page 28)

28 Soft Panels — Instruction Manual
Section 4 — Prelude System Soft Panel Configuration
13. The Dynamic Keycap feature (checkbox on the upper right of the
console) determines what button legends are displayed.
a. When the Dynamic Keycap feature is on, all the Soft Panel button
labels will automatically show their functions, Source and
Destination names, etc.
b. When the Dynamic Keycap feature is off, the buttons will be labeled
with generic names that probably will not match their actual
functions. The Soft Panel's button labels will need to be edited to
reflect the function of the button assigned by the Panel Server. Right
click on a Soft Panel GUI button and enter the text for that button.
Use a backslash (\) character to force a new line of text. Remember
that changing the text of the button does not change its function; it
only changes the label for that button.
14. To close the Soft Panel application, click on Exit , or right click on the
panel and choose Exit application .
If the Soft Panel application was connected when Exit is selected, the
connection will be restored automatically when the Soft Panel is re-
launched.
Note Default panel configurations have all Salvos disabled. Panel reconfiguration
is required before it can execute Salvos.
You can now use the Prelude user interface to create a new configuration
for that Soft Panel. Sending that configuration to the Soft Panel with the
Re-
Boot when complete box checked will change that panel’s functionality.
Soft Panel Only Prelude Systems
A Prelude system can operate without any hardware panels, using only
Soft Panels. In this situation, matrices will need to get their configuration
sent to them from the Soft Panel application. To accomplish this, the
Send
Matrix Cfg button needs to be checked on at least one operating Soft Panel.
This panel will then automatically send its copy of the router configuration
to the matrix whenever that Soft Panel resets. This mimics the behavior of
hardware Prelude panels, which automatically send their router configura-
tion when they reboot.
The Send Matrix Cfg button is off by default, and should remain off when Soft
Panels run on a Prelude system that has hardware panels. This helps
prevent the loading of an old router configuration file to matrices when the
PC reconnects to the Prelude network.
See the separate Prelude Instruction Manual for additional information.