How to configure Operator Console

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Last updated: Sept 30, 2024
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Operator Console is a new intuitive touch panel console that displays the live multiviewer output as an interactive minimized version on any touch-controlled device. Operators no longer need to waste valuable time searching menus and going through a lengthy configuration process but can. Still, they can access pre-defined, customizable configuration and operational functionality with a tap on the mosaic, dramatically removing overall complexity and simplifying day-to-day tasks.

In this console preview, operators can instantly switch between layouts on the multiviewer output should a change of event, operation, or focus occur. Additionally, the operator can switch the content of a single tile to a different source, channel, or stream by simply clicking on the tile. That control extends to audio, allowing the user to select one specific source and play its audio to verify a match.

Operator Console can be accessed directly from the MCS User Interface and used in full-screen mode on PC/MAC browsers or tablets.

** Operator Console is available on MCS from version 1.2.1 onwards compatible with MCM 6.3.14 onwards.

 

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Overview

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Operator Console is available on MCS from version 1.2.1 onwards.

Please ensure to configure the Output Encoder as specified here.

Selecting the Output

First, select the output you want to control to start operating your video environment. 

For example, you may sit in front of a video wall with multiple monitors and multiview outputs and want to select which one to control.

Each output is assigned to a different monitor in the control room; you can start by selecting the output you want to control.

 

To select which monitor you want to control using the Operator Console, Click on Output Select in the main menu at the bottom of the screen and choose Output. The Output Select in the main menu on the bottom of the screen and choose the Output. Operator Console will immediately display the selected output layout on the screen and fill it with the tile images.

 

Selecting the Layouts

To change a layout used in the currently controlled output, click on the Layout Select and choose the Layout you want to use. List contains all the available layouts. In case the layouts do not fit into the screen, you can use the right and left arrows to scroll through the list.

 

Viewing Output Mosaic on the Operator Console

Once you choose the Layout, click on the video icon in the Output Configuration to select the encoder as shown below.

You should be able to see the display infront of you change within a second or two. Remember that if your monitor is displaying a compressed output such as TS or HLS then there will be inherit latency in the screen's reaction time to your commands.
If you're not infront of that screen, you can click on the video icon in the bottom left corner of the screen to open the output preview pane where you can click on the thumbnail and preview that output through MCS GUI.

 

Please refer to Viewing the Output Mosaic on MCS for step by step procedure.

 

Alarms

Alarms can sometimes fill up a lot of space on the video tile. In case you want to hide them and focus on seeing more of the video itself, users can touch/click on the Show/Hide Alarm button in the main menu. Alarms will disappear or appear on the screen in a few seconds.

Show/Hide Alarms: This is same as enable/disable alarms specified in Outputs Config | Miscellaneous.

Tile specific operations in the Operator Panel

  • Change the Source on the Tile:
    To select which video source will be displayed in a tile, touch/click on a tile and choose the source from the list. You can use the search field to type a name of the source you want to use, and the list will update automatically as you start typing. 

    When the name of the source is touched/clicked this source will start being displayed in the tile on the actual output.

     

  • Selecting the Audio PID: An operator may decide that they want to listen to a specific audio of one of the videos currently playing on the output. To do so, select the tile you are interested in listening to and click on the audio icon and then choose the audio channel to listen to from the list. In case the list of audio channels does not fit into the menu, you can scroll it or start typing in the search box to filter the list. The first audio PID in the audio stream will automatically be mapped with proper audio from the source.

** Please note that the audio PID you selected for monitoring changes its color to blue on the tile display as shown below..