ACTIVslate User Guide
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Chapter 2 - The ACTIVslate Control
ACTIVslate Tool
This tool opens up the ACTIVslate control program that is used to configure any
ACTIVslates that may be present on your system.
The ACTIVslate tool opens up the ACTIVslate Control Program which gives you
the following functionality:
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Specifying the total number of ACTIVslates in the room.
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The ability to enable your ACTIVslate(s)
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The ability to disable your ACTIVslate(s)
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Providing a name for your ACTIVslate(s)
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Allowing ACTIVslate mode boxes to control the ACTIVstudio program
2.1 Configuring Total ACTIVslates
When run for the first time, the ACTIVslate Control program will appear as follows:
The ACTIVslate panel may be moved around the screen by 'clicking and dragging'
on any part of the surrounding grey border area.
The program initially assumes 3 ACTIVslates present. You can alter this number
to reflect the quantity of slates you have. This can be achieved by clicking on the
Options button (see above). You will then be presented with the following menu:
Click on Total Slates
to reveal the following window:
Here you may enter the number of slates you require, up to a maximum of 64.
This number is recorded in a configuration file.
2.2 Naming ACTIVslate(s)
You can provide each of your ACTIVslates with a name of up to 16 characters. To
do this simply double click on the dark grey panel under the appropriate
ACTIVslate, then type the required name followed by the Enter key. In this
example we are renaming ACTIVslate 1 from 'ACTIVslate' (the default name) to
Jack:
