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Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 User Manual

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Xpanel User Manual

Building and editing panels

Health Meter

Playout devices can be configured to continually monitor and set off
alarms to identify error conditions that may affect the performance or
health of the device.

Adding H

EALTH

M

ETER

objects to a panel allows operators to monitor the

current readings of a device and be alerted if an alarm occurs. If the
reading for the particular device condition falls outside of the expected
range, an alarm is triggered and the Health Meter’s LED turns red to alert
the operator of the potential problem. An alarm can be turned on or off by
toggling the O

N

button.

Health Meter objects can only monitor one type alarm at a time. Therefore,
you must choose one of the following alarm types from the object’s
H

EALTH

V

ALUE

property:

Hard Panel Brightness

The H

ARD

P

ANEL

B

RIGHTNESS

object adds an Up Down box or slider to the

panel so that operators can adjust the brightness of the RCP-BR device’s
touchscreen, where 1 is the dimmest and 8 the brightest.

The Hard Panel Brightness object’s A

PPEARANCE

property determines if

the control is an U

P

D

OWN

BOX

or a S

LIDER

. The object’s O

RIENTATION

property determines whether the slider is horizontal or vertical.

Other objects

Description

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