Specifications

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Free-Flow configuration
Installing the Free-Flow configuration application
The Free-Flow configuration application is available for download from the
Adder website (www.adder.com).
1 Installtheapplicationontoanycomputer(notnecessarilyoneofthefour
computers linked to the CCS4-USB switch) that has a vacant serial port. Run
the installation application and follow the on-screen instructions.
2 Usethesuppliedashupgradecable(VSC40)tolinkthecomputerserial
port to the CCS4-USB OPTIONS port. If the optional CCS-XB module is
connected to the OPTIONS port, then instead connect the upgrade cable
between the computer serial port and the TO KEYPAD OR PC port of the
CCS-XB module (see Optional LED monitor indicator connections for
details).
3 Run the installation application and follow the on-screen instructions. Once
installed, start the Free-Flow application. It may report that it is ‘Unable to
communicate with the device’. If so:
a Click the OK button, whereupon the Free-Flow window will open.
b Select Configure > Connection... to display the Communication
configuration dialog.
c In the first tab, select the Serial connection. The Network option is
used only for the CCS-PRO4 switch.
d In the Serial tab, check that the COM port setting matches the serial
port on your computer to which the CCS4-USB switch is connected. The
switch’s standard baud rate is 1200.
e If required, test the connection. Select Configure > Send Layout
to Switch. If no error message is returned then you can assume the
connection is working.
Configuring a standard Free-Flow system
Use the Free-Flow application to declare the display screens and their positions
relative to each other. Then download the configuration to the CCS4-USB switch.
1 On the icon bar, click the red, green, blue and yellow screen icons (or use
the Screens menu) to add the required number of display screens to the
map area:
1A 2A 3A 4A
1A 2A
3A 4A
1A
2A 3A 4A
Note: By default, the Free-Flow screen will automatically add four screens
in a straight row (
1A 2A 3A 4A
), each at a resolution of 1920 x 1080. You
can edit or delete these screens as required.
2 Arrangethecolouredrectangularscreenrepresentationstomimicthe
physical layout of the actual displays, for example:
See also Additional
Free-Flow operations
and settings
(Windows PC required)
The important thing is to define where each screen edge abuts to the next
so that the CCS4-USB switch can determine the correct moments to switch
channels.
Use the small black squares around the perimeter of each highlighted screen
representation to change their size or stretch them.
Note: The numbering of the screen representations relate directly to the four
channels on the CCS4-USB switch.
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