Barco R9830350 manual

R9830350 Installation and User ’s Guide O CTOPUS[...]

R9830350 Title: O CTOPUS – Insta llation a nd User’s Guide ID-no.: R9830350 Date: 2001- 08 Release: O CT OPUS 2.1 Serv ice Release 1 mai n is sue update chapter 1 new chapter 2 new chapter 3 new chapter 4 new chapter 5 new chapter 6 new chapter 7 new chapter 8 new chapter 9 new new: The correspondin g chapters are new or com pletely revised. co[...]

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Revisio n sheet To:  Barco Control Rooms GmbH An der Ros sweid 5 • D- 76229 Karlsru he • Germany Phone (49) ( 721) 6201- 0 • F ax (49) (721) 6 201-298 E-mail info.de .bcd@barco. com Web www.barcoco ntrolrooms .de  BARCO N.V. Pr ojection Systems Noordlaan 5 • B-8520 Ku urne • Belgium Phone (32) ( 56) 36- 8414 • F ax (32) (56) 36- 8[...]

Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. ................1-1 1.1 How this manual is organized ............................................................................................... ...1-2 1.2 Styles An d Symbols ................................[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 1-1 1 Introduction O CTOP US is a software system whic h allows an operator sitting at his or her Windo w s NT w orkstation to contr ol the m o use and keyboar d of a net worked Windo ws NT co m p uter. T his feat ure give s oper ators in a control room the ability to manipulate a shared wallboard displa y [...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 1-2 1.1 How this manual is org ani z e d This manu al is divided i nto 9 chapters : Introduc tion explains the stru cture of the manual itself and th e used typographic styl es and symbols. Summary provides an ov erview of the features of O CTOPUS so ftware Getting S tarted lists the installatio n requireme[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 1-3 1.2 Sty les A nd Symbols The typographic styles and the s ym bol s used in this document have the follo w ing mea ning: Helveti ca bold Labels , menus and but tons are print ed in the Helvetica bol d font. Condense d Links to both other chapters of this manual and to site s in the In ternet are pr in te[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 2-1 2 Summary This chapter introdu ces the O CTOP US soft ware.[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 2-2 2.1 The Soft ware Octopus The O CT OPUS sof tware system is separated into th ree distinct software m od ules, each of which has specific installation a n d op eration requirem ents, these mod ules are: O CTOP US C LI ENT is software that is insta lled on the operators workstation. This so ftware packag[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 3-1 3 Getting S t arted This chapter lists the instal lation requirements and introduces the installa tion modes.[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 3-2 3.1 Octopus S oftware Installat i o n Before i nstalling Oct opus 2.1 Service Rel ease, plea se de-install all earli er versions of Octopus ! Use the Add/R emove Software Opt ion from the Wi ndows Control Panel t o uninstall Octopus! 3.1.1 Hardware Prerequisit es  Pentium or Pentium II com puter, 200[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 3-3 3.1.2.3 Network Topolog y Although this manual is not mean t to be general treatise on network setup, it should be noted that there are some rules of thumb which make se tting up a control room with O CTOPUS software easier. Specifically, the more homogeneous the organization of the control room compute[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 3-4 3.1.3 General Installat ion Guideline s For the installation of the O CTOPU S software you ' ll need to log in as local ad m inistrato r of you r NT -PC. To start the installatio n, insert the O CTOPUS CD ROM in yo ur co m puter 's CDROM d rive (if yo u are sharing a CDROM over a n etwork, ins[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 3-5 Select Custom to in stall O CT O PU S C LIENT and O CT OPUS S ERV ER and/or O CT OPUS A DMINISTR A TOR . Figure 5 Custom instal la tion of Oct opu s The installation of O CTOPUS s oftware is follows the same steps for each of the modules (the O CTOPUS S ERVER has licen se key information, the oth er mod[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 3-6  User Infor mation ( only for O CTOPUS S ERVER ). Figure 7 User Informat ion entry dialog After accepting Barco's software license agree m ent, you will need to license t he software by ty pi ng in a license k ey provided by Barco Con trol Rooms. The license key is on ly required for the O CTOPU[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 3-7 If you don’t have a vali d license key, an evalu ation license key is generated which is valid f or 30 days . If a new license ke y is required (either becau se of an invalid evaluation license key or because th e network card has been replaced), Octopus has to be com pletely uninstalled and re-instal[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 3-8 During installation for ev ery application shorcuts are generated. Use th ese shortcuts to start the required application. Figure 10 shortc u ts generated duri ng install atin 3.1.4 Octopus Server Inst allation C o n siderations The O CT OPUS S ERVER software is to be installed on the computer that will[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-1 4 Operating This chapte r explains st artup, shutdown and operation of th e O CTO PUS Software[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-2 4.1 Octopus Server The O CT OPUS S ERVER is the central application in the O CTOPUS remote control s oftware. This software, installed on a wallboard display ser v er, will co m municate w ith O CTOPUS C LIE N T and Administrator applications. In its communicatio ns , it will translate m essa ges sent t[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-3 4.1.2 Application us e There is no graphical interf ace available with the O CTOPUS S ERVER , although you can click the right hand mouse bu tton over the ic on and select on e of two menu i tems: Close and A bout Octopus Ser ver (the Close item is not there f or the O CTOPUS S ERVER service). Selecting[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-4 4.2.2 Application us e The O CT OPUS C LI EN T operates in essentiall y f o u r m odes: not co nnected , inactive , queu ed , and active . A non-connect ed client is not cap able of controlling a rem ote wallbo ard display, as it is not in communication with any O CTOPUS serv er. An inactiv e clien t is[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-5 The Configure Connecti ons dialog allows the user to s pecify the computer(s) on the n etwork that is the wallboard display . In an environment where there are m ultiple co m puters to be access ed, it is possible to connect to multiple servers simulta neously. Figure 15 Configure Connect ions dialog Th[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-6 To connect to a serv er, it is first necessary to add that serv er to the server informat ion area . Click the Ad d button to pop up A dd ser ver dialog that w ill allow you to add the serv er name to the list. No verificatio n of the computer name, its connection to the network, and whether it is runni[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-7 4.2.6 De-activating th e client To de-activate the client, and res tore local control to the operator , it is necessary to perform one of the following actions:  Use the Deactiv ate toggle key combination (default: CTRL-F5 ).  Pre ss the Return fr om server button if av ailable on th e wallboard d[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-8 All of the special key combinations are conf igurable from the Spec ial key s dialog. Figure 19 Special keys dialog Changing the default s pecial keys is all owed to remove pos sible confli cts with running applications, or as a simple user pref erence. It is not possible to ass ign more than one functi[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-9 4.2.9 Connecting To A Unix Server O CTOP US client can conn ect to an O CT OP US server that runs on a Unix bas es EOS wallboard process or from Barco. EOS is capable o f maintaining multip le simultaneous input streams and cursor i m ages on the wallboard: this alleviates the n eed to have a queuing me[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-10 4.2.10 Not redirectable k eys The following list of System Keys can't be redirected to the s erver: ALT -T AB CTRL- A LT-DEL CTRL-WI N-E WIN-BREAK WIN-SHIFT-M WIN-TAB WIN-E WIN-F WIN-F1 WIN-M WIN-R WIN m eans the ke y between the CTRL and ALT key on Mi crosoft key boards. For CTRL-ALT-DEL a to ggl[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-1 4.3.1 Application Startup To start the O CTOP US A DMINISTRATOR client, one need only t o double click on the O CTOPUS ADM IN ISTR ATOR icon, or start it from the start menu in a similar m anner to the O CTOPUS S ERVER (above). Once the application has started, you will be presented with a simple graphi[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-2 4.3.3 Viewing access information Once connected to an O CTOPU S S ERVER , it possi ble to view the access righ ts defined for that server. This can be done by selecting the Server acc ess... menu ite m from t he Options menu on the main O CT OPUS administ rator window. Figure 25 serv ers ac cess menu it[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-3 Figure 27 Listi ng all computers i n BACOEUROPE domain You m a y note t hat the A ccess list on right side of the dialog box lists all of the access rules that are in effect on this particular server. In this case, it reads ALL@ ALL -> Users , which means all users on all computers have the Users gro[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-4 Each of th e happ y face icons represent a u ser listed on this computer - domain combination ( BARCOEUROPEK A RCLT4H ). Selecti ng a particu lar user will list each of the NT groups w hich that user is a member. Figure 29 list of groups user ROK belongs In this f igure the user named ROK was selected,[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-5 4.3.4 Control Room Computer Org a n ization Network identification within a control ro om is key to de term ining the roles and resp onsibility of operators. Under Window s NT, there are sev eral pieces of information that can be u sed to identify an operator. These iden tifying characteristics are: [...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-6 First, one must connect to th e computer KARCLT8M w ith the A dminis trator clien t . From the Options menu, select the Connect me nu i tem: Figure 31 connect to the Octopus s erver comput er Once the OK button is pressed , then the dialog will disappear, and the main A dministrator window title bar wil[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-7 In it's default state, the Adm ini str ato r allows ALL users on ALL machines access under the Users priority. To enable restrictions , one must first remove the default open acces s rule from the access list. This is done by selecting a that particular ( ALL@ ALL --> User s ) li ne in the Acces[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-8 Expa nding t he user ROK will list all of the NT groups to w hich the user ROK belongs on this domain . Selecting a particular group and then clicking the --> arrow in the center of the dialog will place ROK@KARCLT4H -- > Users in the access list. Pre ssing the OK button on t he dialog will save t[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 4-9 has access to the wallboard. A fter selecting a user from the list, the f ollowing operations can be perform ed:  Ac tivate: Pressing t his butt on ma kes that user's O CTOPUS Client interface active, and thu s that user has cont rol of the wallboard. If anoth er user is currently active, then h[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 5-10 5 Hotlin e Please feel free to con tact us if you encounter any problems.  Barco Control Rooms GmbH An der Ros sweid 5 • D- 76229 Karlsru he • Germany Phone (49) ( 721) 6201- 0 • F ax (49) (721) 6 201-298 E-mail info.de .bcd@barco. com Web www.barcoco ntrolrooms .de  BARCO N.V. Pr ojection [...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 6-1 6 Octopus server lice n s e Fill out the required infor m ation: Company MAC address Number of User s There are three w ays to get your License key:  Please fax this page to on of the follo wing addresses: European S upport Cen ter 0800-1700CE T (32)(56) 36-8639 North A merican Support Center 0800- 1[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 7-1 7 Octopus Server on M S Windo w s 2000 / X Windo w Sy stem[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 7-2 7.1 Summary The following table lists a the differen ces: Feature ( Octopus Server ) MS Windows 2000/ NT X Window System Options|Configure C onnections|Reconnect x - Options|Configure Connectio ns|Fallback x - Options |Retun Button an Server Deskopt x - Options| Special keys|Log In em ulatio n x Options[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 8-1 8 T roubleshooti ng[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 8-2 8.1 Logfiles During operation of Oc topus, log f iles are created to assis t the support peo ple in error tracki ng. The log files are rest ricted in size and will be completely overwritten if the entries exceed 500kB. If problem s occur, please s end the foll owing log files to the support of Barco Con[...]

R9830 350 Oct opus User Gui de (200 1-08) 9-3 9 T able of Figur es Figure 1 Octopus s implified network vi ew ....................................................................................... .............. 2-2 Figure 2 Licens e information for Octopus Server................................................................................ ....[...]