User manual

4REA4 Controller Software User Guide
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V1.30
ALSO NOTE: In Release V1.31 the following DMI cards are not supported
• DMI AMM
• DMI ME & DMI 3232
1.5 Important Notes for System Administrators
User Logins
When the 4REA4 Controller application is connected to the 4REA4 itself, a user can log into it as an
Administrator with a pre-defined password and be allowed to control any/all of its functions.
The person using this Administrator Login will be responsible for setting up other User Logins and giving
them permissions to control any/all of the functions.
Logically, at least 4 users will be created to control one of each of the 4 Areas.
The most important thing to note is that the Administrator’s method of allocating functionality to different
Area users is determined by the channels that are included in each of the Areas.
The buttons at the top of the Controller application labelled Area 1,2,3,4 switch between the views that each
Area user will see when they login and these Area users will not be able to select any other Area button than
the one that they are permitted to use.
NOTE: It is critical that, if an Area user is to be prevented from adjusting channels/busses being
used in other Areas, that channels and busses are not duplicated in multiple Areas.
If a channel/buss is duplicated in multiple Areas, then one Area user will be able to control that channel/buss
even though it is also in use in another Area.
There may be times where having control of a certain channel/buss in multiple Areas is useful but this
should be carefully considered.
Please refer to the Engine > Config > Area Manager (V1.10+ only) section of this manual for information
on how to restrict area user access to specific channels and prevent channel assignment in multiple areas.
In a setup using more than one Area, it is highly recommended that the Area Manager is carefully
configured before proceeding with Strip Assignment for the individual Areas.
Controller Channel Assignments
Having established which channel & busses “belong” to a given Area, the Administrator is also responsible
for ensuring that the channels/functions assigned to the A-Control units comply with the same rule.
The 4REA4 is not aware of which Area an A-Controller is located in and therefore the A-Controller should
only have channel/functions assigned to it that are relevant to its Area location.
This assignment of channels is done via the 4REA4 Controller software and evidently the permission to use
that assignment function should only be given to the Administrator and not the Area users themselves.
A similar situation exists with iPad Controllers but the channel assignments for these are setup separately on
the iPad itself.
The Administrator will have to login to each iPad individually and ensure that the channel assignment for
each Area is appropriate before allowing Area users to login to the iPad.
Once this is done and an Area user logs in, they will be fixed into one Area and be unable to select any other
Note: This Channel assignment cannot be done from the 4REA4 Controller software.
The permissions that have been setup on the 4REA4 Controller for each user will automatically also be
applied to the iPad when the user logs in.
Once channel assignments have been established for the 4REA4 Controller application and the A-Control
units and the iPad, the rest of the permissions for Area users must be considered.