Set up BeoLink Gateway - Resources - Vitrual resources
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Virtual resources
An example of a virtual resource
is a button on the user interface
(BeoLink App, TV overlay menu,
Webpanel) e.g. a virtual button
for cinema scene.
Virtual Resources makes it
possible to define buttons for
systems, without implementing
these directly. The BeoLink App
currently uses virtual buttons for
displaying scene buttons.
Virtual Resources have no
functionality by themselves. Macros (see
) must be defined to link user actions on a virtual
resource, with events and commands in the systems.
User experience
Virtual Resources can appear as a single functional entity on user interfaces, hiding the fact that internally in the BeoLink Gateway the resource is
implemented by combining a set of macros for all the needed actions on the button.
Addressing
Virtual Resources have an address which is a unique number. The address is used by external controllers and applications to identify the resource.
The number is defining the order of the buttons displayed in the user interface.