The device manager contains all controls to setup devices and slots, and represents the core configuration dialog for attached and controlled hardware devices.
You can open the device manager either by clicking on the “Devices…” button in the slot bar, or by choosing “Manage Devices…” in the “Slots” menu.
The device setup is saved and restored on every application restart. So once the devices are configured, they will show up in the same way after the computer, the devices, or just the application performed a restart.
The device manager
List of Slots:
The device manager shows the same list of slots as the slot bar in the main window.
You can add a slot by clicking the “Add Slot” button on the bottom of the window. You can delete a slot by clicking the “Delete Slot…” button in the slot.
Each slot can have a descriptive name, type into the text field to edit the slot label. The slot label also appears in the slot user interface in the main window.
List of devices in a slot:
Each slot contains a list of devices. Each device is represented by a device row with an icon. You can move devices from one slot to another by dragging and dropping the device rows.
Some devices also can act as an image source, such as LUT boxes that support frame grabs. For these devices an additional row is added that represents the image source.
Each device shows information about the identity or the connection of the device, such as a device name or IP address.
Manage devices in a slot:
You can add devices by clicking the “Add Device…” button, and choose the device type from the shown menu.
You can delete a selected device by clicking the “Delete…” button.
Configure a device:
Devices can have different configuration options.
- LUT boxes can be identified with the “Blink” button, a cycle of primary colors will be displayed on the output image of the LUT box to identify the right physical device.
- With the “Config…” button you can configure connection options of the specific device.
- Some device offer the possibility to set video range options and color management options.
Slot and device configurations:
You can save and restore entire configurations of slots and devices with the “Save and Restore” button. The list of slots and devices with their configurations can be stored in an external file, and restored from such a file at a later time.
This can be used either to transfer your hardware setup to another computer (e.g. when replacing a computer), or to switch between different hardware setups with the same computer (e.g. when switching between an advanced setup in a DIT cart and a smaller, more mobile setup.
Refresh controls:
“Reload Devices” re-initializes the connections to all devices.
“Refresh ICC Profiles” reloads the list of ICC profiles for color management settings.
Link slots:
You can link slots to interact with multiple slots simultaneously. This can be used e.g. for parallel processing of signals, e.g. for parallel SDR and HDR viewing of the same signal, or for interacting with multiple camera signals at the same time.
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