Using Software Control Panels
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Apple iPad
The Videohub Pushbutton controller interface looks stunning on the high resolution Apple iPad display.
Aside from looking great, it also provides the convenience of portable router control anywhere in your
facility or even over the Internet via a wireless or cellular connection! If you are already familiar with the
Videohub Pushbutton interface on a computer, then there is almost nothing new you need to learn and
you’ll only notice slight differences between computer mouse control and touchscreen control on the iPad.
Up to 40 sources and 8 destinations can be displayed in a single Videohub Pushbutton screen on the iPad.
Even more sources and destinations can be displayed by flicking the iPad left or right, or tapping to the left
or right of the row of dots, to move through multiple Pushbutton screens.
The initial Pushbutton interface
Upon launching the Videohub app on your iPad for the first time, all pushbuttons initially show the generic
icon of a BNC connector which you can then replace from a selection of icons. If the Input, Output and
Remote connections have not yet been labeled from a Mac or Windows computer using Main Router
Control view, then the source pushbuttons will appear as Input 1 to Input 40 and the destination pushbuttons
will appear as Output 1 to Output 8. These inputs and outputs correspond to the connector numbers on
the Videohub. If the Input, Output and Remote connections have already been labeled in Main Router
Control view on a computer, their names will appear under each of the respective pushbuttons in place of
the connector numbers.
On smaller Videohubs, you may find that there are many more source pushbuttons than there are SDI input
connectors on the Videohub itself. For example when using Micro Videohub, the Sources panel will show
Input 1 to Input 16 repeated several times until the pushbuttons fill the Sources panel.