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USER’S MANUAL

Kaleido-ALTO/QUAD

Table of Contents

1 Kaleido-Alto and Kaleido-Quad User’s Manual......................................................................1

1.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Installation and Connection................................................................................................................. 1

2 Kaleido-Alto/Quad System Concepts.....................................................................................2

2.1 Software Components ........................................................................................................................ 2

2.2 Visual Elements .................................................................................................................................. 2

3 Getting Started with the Kaleido-Alto/Quad...........................................................................3

3.1 Quick Tour of the System ................................................................................................................... 3

3.2 The Toolbar......................................................................................................................................... 3

3.3 Using a Layout .................................................................................................................................... 5

4 Detailing the Features..............................................................................................................9

4.1 System Status..................................................................................................................................... 9

4.2 Parameter Settings ........................................................................................................................... 11

5 Controlling Kaleido-Alto/Quad Using the Kaleido-RCP or a Keyboard..............................17

5.1 Kaleido-RCP Remote Control Panel Description.............................................................................. 18

5.2 Using a keyboard to control Kaleido-Alto/Quad................................................................................ 19

5.3 Kaleido-RCP operation in detail........................................................................................................ 20

5.3.1 Accessing a single Kaleido-Alto/Quad using the Kaleido-RCP ........................................... 20

5.3.2 Accessing all Kaleido-Alto/Quad units using the Kaleido-RCP ........................................... 20

5.3.3 Accessing Kaleido-Alto/Quad units...................................................................................... 21

5.3.4 Restricting Control of Kaleido-Alto/Quad units .................................................................... 21

5.3.5 Recalling a layout................................................................................................................. 21

5.3.6 Selecting a monitor within a layout ...................................................................................... 21

5.3.7 Assigning a channel to a monitor......................................................................................... 22

5.3.8 Changing the video screen aspect ratio within a monitor.................................................... 22

5.3.9 Audio monitoring .................................................................................................................. 22

5.3.10 Full screen display ............................................................................................................... 22

5.3.11 Resetting the Kaleido-RCP.................................................................................................. 22

6 Channels, Layouts and Alarms Management ......................................................................23

7 Andromeda Port Settings......................................................................................................23

8 Using XML commands with the Kaleido-Alto/Quad.............................................................26

8.1 Commands........................................................................................................................................ 27

8.2 A typical session ............................................................................................................................... 29

8.2.1 Three Kaleido-Alto/Quads.................................................................................................... 33