Specifications

Chapter 5 Presentation 79
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PRESENTATION 5
This chapter tells you how to take your WATCHOUT presentation from your
production computer onto the display computers, and run the presentation. It
discusses the various ways in which your presentation can be used and
controlled.
CONNECTING TO THE DISPLAY
COMPUTERS
After installing and configuring the production and display computers,
producing the presentation, and starting the display software on each display
computer, you can select “Online” on the Stage menu. This causes the produc-
tion computer to connect to the display computers and transfer all required
information to them, ready for playback. A progress bar indicates the transfer
of files to each display computer.
Failure to connect to a display computer is indicated by an error icon in the
Stage window. If you get a error icon, quit the WATCHOUT display software
on the offending display computer and double-check the network configura-
tion to ensure that it has been set up properly (see “Network” on page 16 and
“Computer Settings” on page 22). Also confirm that the IP address of the
display computer matches the settings in the Display Specifications dialog box
(see “Display Specifications” on page 158).
Any further problems encountered after connecting to the display computers
will be reported in the Message window in WATCHOUT and/or on the display
computer’s screen.
Quitting the Display Software To quit the display software, press Ctrl-X or Alt-F4 on the display computer.
Unable to
connect to this
computer.
Progress bar
shown during
transfer of files.