Kaleido-Alto/Quad System Concepts. Alto MAC 2.2

USER’S MANUAL

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2.1 Software Components

There are two software components associated with the Kaleido-Alto/Quad system:

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Kaleido-Alto/Quad software is already installed in the Kaleido-Alto/Quad unit, and performs all functions associated with integrating data streams and presenting the multi-image display.

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K-Edit Layout Editor software runs on a remote computer connected to the Kaleido-Alto or

Kaleido-Quad through an IP interface. It creates the on-screen layout formats used by the

Kaleido-Alto/Quad.

2.2 Visual Elements

Kaleido-Alto/Quad replaces the traditional physical display devices in a monitor wall, such as video monitors, audio meters and tally lamps, with graphical representations. The objects and images that appear on the screen of the Kaleido-Alto/Quad multi-image display and of the computer running Kaleido-

Edit Layout Editor will be referred to as visual elements. A visual element is the on-screen manifestation of a data stream.

There is a one-to-one correspondence between the visual elements in a layout prepared in K-Edit Layout

Editor, and those presented on the Kaleido-Alto/Quad multi-image display.

However, there is an essential difference between the visual elements as presented by these two packages:

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The multi-image output represents the exact program stream being processed. Its visual elements show a dynamic, real-time representation of the data in the program stream. UMDs, status and tally indicators change shape and color according to the information status. All objects are drawn with details and resolution. Text appears with a cleanly rendered font

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The K-Edit Layout Editor software is used off-line to create the elements to be used in the actual

Kaleido-Alto/Quad multi-image display output. As such, it has no knowledge of the actual information that the Kaleido-Alto/Quad is processing. The Kaleido-Edit Layout Editor representation is static, and the visual elements are displayed as icons, of the correct size and position, but without dynamic program content.

While the K-Edit Layout Editor screen shows a good representation of the final output, the user is advised to look at the actual Kaleido-Alto/Quad output on the monitor wall screen, to assure themselves that the output is as desired.

This manual describes operation of the Kaleido-Alto/Quad. The use of the K-Edit software to create layouts for the Kaleido-Alto/Quad is described in its own manual, which is available as on-line help when you are running the K-Edit software.

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