Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 8)

TOC-2 Xpanel User Manual
Table of Contents
Exporting and importing a panel or project.......................................................................................4-49
Closing panels ..................................................................................................................................4-51
Adding events and actions to primitives and objects...................................................... 5-1
Selecting a standard event .................................................................................................................5-2
Adding a user event............................................................................................................................5-4
Adding a tally event ............................................................................................................................5-7
Adding actions to an event ...............................................................................................................5-12
Adding actions directly to the event .............................................................................................5-12
Adding conditions to an event’s action list ...................................................................................5-13
Using scripts to define a custom action .......................................................................................5-14
Duplicating, moving and ordering actions.........................................................................................5-16
Adding a data source to an object ..................................................................................... 6-1
Connecting Xpanel to the Data Server ..........................................................................................6-2
Creating and configuring data schemas .............................................................................................6-3
Creating a new data schema .........................................................................................................6-3
Editing schemas ............................................................................................................................6-5
Renaming or saving a copy of a schema with a new name...........................................................6-6
Deleting schemas ..........................................................................................................................6-6
Creating and configuring data entities ................................................................................................6-7
Creating a snapshot.......................................................................................................................6-7
Creating a ticker.............................................................................................................................6-9
Creating a multi-ticker..................................................................................................................6-11
Editing and deleting data entities.................................................................................................6-12
Renaming or saving a copy of a data entity with a new name.....................................................6-12
Linking data entities to a panel object ..............................................................................................6-13
Operating panels in Production mode............................................................................... 7-1
Opening panels and projects in Production mode..............................................................................7-2
Xpanel startup for operator control workstations ................................................................................7-3
Selecting channels using a Channel Selector ....................................................................................7-5
Using armed states (Arm & Take) ......................................................................................................7-7
Monitoring device connectivity............................................................................................................7-9
Monitoring device alarms..................................................................................................................7-11
Configuring and viewing Xpanel’s log files .......................................................................................7-12
A Quick reference to Xpanel’s menus & toolbars............................................................. 8-1
File menu commands ....................................................................................................................8-2
Edit menu commands ....................................................................................................................8-4
View menu commands ..................................................................................................................8-5
Format menu commands...............................................................................................................8-7
Tools menu commands .................................................................................................................8-9
Help menu commands...................................................................................................................8-9