Using Software Control Panels
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Pushbutton views
The Main Router Control view is the best place for a system administrator to configure and label all the
connections on any Videohub. However most users do not need or want to see all connections all of the
time. They may just want to see the connections which they use most of the time. Simple Router Control
and Personal Router Control views are helpful because they reduce the number of visible connections to a
single set of connections for immediate needs.
If a user frequently needs to switch between multiple sources and destinations, without the extra effort of
using popup menus to change connections, then Pushbutton views are the natural choice. Pushbutton views
provide the fastest and most intuitive way to view and switch between multiple sources and destinations
without needing to see all Videohub connections at once.
Pushbutton views are easy to use because they operate on a single video output at a time. Selecting a
destination (output) pushbutton shows which source (input) is connected to it by illuminating the source
pushbutton. To change the video source, simply click on a different source pushbutton. It is that easy!
Pushbutton views are designed to be simple and intuitive and only provide basic configuration options
compared with Router Control views. Accordingly it is advisable to have a system administrator use Main
Router Control view to complete all labeling and configuration, of SDI connectors and RS-422 ports on the
Videohub Server, before operators start using Pushbutton views.
Pushbutton views are not appropriate for system administrators, as they do not show all of the information
that a system administrator would require.
Pushbutton views are not appropriate for users who need to view more than one video route at a time,
e.g. all of the video destinations connected to a single video source.
Pushbutton views are not appropriate for users who need to determine the direction of RS-422 control for a
particular video device. However once RS-422 is configured in a Router Control view, Pushbutton views can
be used to route a video source to a video destination including RS-422 device control.
Pushbutton views provide an intuitive, icon-driven representation
of the Videohub connections