Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 63)

Xpanel User Manual 4-29
Building and editing panels
Other objects and their properties
The O THER tab contains only four objects types: Channel Selector, Alarm Display, Health
Meter and Hard Panel Brightness. The following table provides functional descriptions of
each of these objects.
Figure 4-7. Xpanel’s Other objects
Other objects Description
Channel Selector Normally, each object on a panel is configured to control specific channels
and devices using the object’s C
HANNELS and D EVICES properties. As
such, you cannot control a different channel in Production mode without
returning to Design mode and manually editing the objects’ properties.
The C HANNEL S ELECTOR object solves this issue by defining Channel
buttons which represent a channel profile. In Production mode, operators
can select a Channel button from the Channel Selector to determine which
channel the panel’s operations will apply to. The following sections provide
instructions for how to configure and use a Channel Selector:
•
“Configuring an object’s Control properties” on page 4-31
• “Creating a Channel Selector” on page 4-34
• “Selecting channels using a Channel Selector” on page 7-5
Alarm Display Adding an A LARM D ISPLAY OBJECT to a panel allows operators to monitor
the status of device(s) that have been configured to be alarmed. The type
of information displayed on the Alarm Display is the device’s name, IP
address, connection status, and device type and software version.
If multiple devices are associated with the object, use the left and right
arrows to move from one device’s status to another.
Health
Alarm
Meter
Display
Channel
Hard Panel
Selector
Brightness