Lawo Zirkon VisTool brochure

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Adaptive touch screen surface for intuitive operation

Operator convenience is an area that Lawo addresses by an ergonomic approach to equipment design. With VisTool, the user adaptable software for touch screen operation, we enhance operator convenience and efficiency once again.

VisTool is an additional PC programme that extends the functionality of both the zirkon and the Nova17. Due to its free configurability it enables you to adapt the system to your workflow instead of adapting your workflow to the system. Build your own individual screens using elements like push buttons, level meters, timers, signalling and parameter displays. Based on the sophisticated programmable logic of the zirkon, graphical displays and control surfaces with various functions can be realised easily and smoothly.

An example is combining time-uncritical and rarely used functions like control of recording and transmission matrices or the arbitration of foldback lines with the visualisation of console settings and gain displays on one surface. Or you can just increase the general survey by creating visualisation screens of DSP parameters as well as alarm conditions. Monitor selection, on air switches, XY panels and snapshot operation are only a few of the possible functions. With VisTool, you can set up the surface as you actually need it.

VisTool in a nutshell

The use of the software requires a zirkon or Nova17 frame with the respective masterboard, touch screen and PC with Windows™ operating system. The data transfer between zirkon/Nova17 and PC is performed via Ethernet TCP/IP. Within a network, the PC can thus be used as remote unit. Depending on the number of network connections it is possible that up to four VisTool clients or PCs while at the same or different surfaces, can work on one system.

The user interfaces are configured with the editor VisTool Edit. This application facilitates the creation of any graphical surface, providing it with control and display elements:

The functions are assigned to elements via context-sensitive tree view; the functions themselves are configured in the zirkon/Nova17 system via the appropriate configuration software. Surfaces created in this way are provided for the user by the software VisTool RT (Runtime), the dedicated application for every-day use. This programme allows the use of the complete functionality of the VisTool but denies any configuration changes.

Push buttons and text fields including signalisation

(system colours green, yellow, red, white, blinking and off)

Signalisation displays with 4 different states indicated by free assignable bitmaps

Matrix control

(control of internal or external matrix / XY Panels

6 timers usable as count-up and count-down timer with adjustable count -down and alarm time

6 free assignable and 20 channel-related PPMs

(switchable between the scales DIN, Nordic, UK, DIG - ballistics of the level display depends on the network transfer of the data)

Visualisation and remote control of channel parameters

(EQ, DYN, LIM, PAN/BAL/WIDTH, INPUT, ACCESS-related)

Saving and loading of PC-based snapshots

Buttons for page selection

(up to ten pages can be alternatively selected by control signals from zirkon/Nova17, e. g. via zirkon control surface)

Minimum PC requirements:

IBM-compatible PC

Pentium III™ 800 MHz or equivalent processor

512 MByte RAM

Ethernet interface 10/100Mbit

Windows2000/XP operating system

Touch screen with 1024x768, 1280x1024

or 1600x1280 pixels

Available software packages:

950/63 VisTool Edit + RT

- 1 software licence VisTool Edit

- 1 software licence VisTool RT (Runtime)

950/64 VisTool RT

- 1 additional software licence VisTool RT

Please note: VisTool RT is not usable without a respective

configuration (to be created with VisTool Edit)

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