Operating instructions

SEA M300USERSGUIDE
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It is because of this real-time requirement that some of the special features of modern day GUI are
not available in the Photon GUI. With that said, Photon still provides scalable graphics support,
multimedia capability, and a fully customized interface. Below is a snapshot of the Photon desktop
along with the highlighting of its main features.
QNXDESKTOP
Note: Thissectionwi llprovideyouwithanoveralldescriptionofmainPhotonGUIfeatures,to getmore
helponthePhotonGUI,pleaseseethePhotondocumentationintheQNXHelpviewer(See“GettingHelpfor
QNX4andPhoton”onpage 31).
QNXHelpviewer
This is the application you will use to view any electronic QNX Documentation.
QNXLogoButton
This is similar to the start button on Windows GUI. However this button will only give you access to
system configuration dialogs and the Shutdown command.
DesktopManager
This is where any Photon applications can be launched from. By default, QNX has a handful of
different tabs for various applications on this menu bar. This is where you will find the SEA Tab.