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DCN Next Generation
Video Display
en Software User Manual
LBB 4184/00
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About this manual Manual conventions This user manual is divided into three chapters. For clarity this user manual uses consistent styles, Chapters 1 and 2 provide background information symbols and typographical conventions. They are: and chapters 3 provide detailed information as follows: i Note • Chapter 1 - Video Display - containing a brief overview of Video Display application. General notes are contained within rules and • Chapter 2 – Starting and exiting Video Display - i
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 3 Table of contents 1 Video Display ..............................................................4 1.1 About Video Display .............................................. 4 1.1.1 What is Video Display?......................................... 4 2 Starting and exiting Video Display...................5 The Video Display icon ......................................... 5 2.1 Exiting Video Display ............................................. 5 3 DD
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 4 1 Video Display i Note Since Microsoft launched Windows XP service pack 2 it is not possible to use DDE in a network. To workaround you have to convert 1.1 About Video Display the DDE locally to another protocol and transport this over the network to the PC where 1.1.1 What is Video Display? the VD Client is running. The Video Display module is one of the software The VD Client at Bosch Security Systems modules designed to be used in con
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 5 2 Starting and exiting Video Display The Video Display server is started from the Startup screen of the PC that will act as DDE server. This is shown below: Figure 1 The Startup screen i Note Video Display does not have a window and is always iconized in the Taskbar. The Video Display icon For details on the Video Display icon and how to start Video Display from Startup, please refer to paragraph 3.2.2 Opening other modules from
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 6 3 DDE links 3.1 Introduction The DCN Next Generation Video Display application LBB 4184 provides DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) links. Through these links external programs that have DDE client capability can access information regarding the congress. The DDE server implemented in the Video Display application is a so-called “hot” DDE server. This means that the server refreshes the DDE links whenever there is new data available. The DDE client does
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 7 3.2 DDE link specifications The following section specifies, for each available DDE link, the name and its purpose, the layout of the data and the requirements that must be met to make the link available. i Note If a link is available but does not have any data to transmit, each link will send an empty update. Empty updates consist of empty strings for string parts and/or 0 (zero) values for numerical parts. i Note Because commas are
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 8 delegate database. Each number has a unique ID_number. the name of the country for this delegate as determined by the country name names file. If the delegate is not associated with a country this part is empty. Delegate ID and country name are separated by commas. This sequence is repeated for each delegate, again separated by commas. Requirements This link is always available. If there is a names file the string as described above is sent wh
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 9 Layout A string of at most 132 characters containing the 4 lines of the subject text, without separators between them. (If there are commas in the string they are part of the subject text.) Requirements At least one of the voting applications is running and the Hall Display setting in the voting application is set to “On”. Topic = VOTING, data-item = KIND Purpose Supplies the type of the current vote. Layout A string containing one of the fo
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 10 Requirements A multiple choice vote is running and the Hall Display setting in the voting application is set to “On”. Topic = VOTING, data-item = DISPSET Purpose Indicates the display settings as they are used for the voting results window. Layout “two results, answers” where: The digit “1” if there are two results displayed on the graphical two results user interface or “0” otherwise. The digit “1” if the answer display is on or digit “0 o
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 11 Requirements At least one of the voting applications is running and the Hall Display setting in the voting application is set to “On”. Topic = VOTING, data-item = TOTGRP## Purpose Returns the number of delegates participating in a vote for group number ##. Layout “group name, present, not voted” where: the name of group number ##. group name ## is a number in the range 0-32. If 0 is used the group name is always “ALL” and the other fields
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 12 delegate ID a number in the range 1-1500 that identifies the delegate in the delegate database. Each delegate has a unique ID-number. the legend text of the selection made by that delegate. legend Requirements At least one voting application is running and the Hall Display setting in the voting application is set to “On”. The vote must be an open vote. Topic = VOTING, data-item = RESWIN# Purpose Returns the contents of Results window 1 (# =
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 13 Requirements At least one voting application is running and the Hall Display setting in the voting application is set to “On”. Only for Parliamentary and For/Against kind of voting and if majority is enabled. Topic = VOTING, data-item = RESAPPR Purpose Returns whether or not the current (active in control window) voting is approved. Layout “voting result” where: this will be empty if the vote is running. voting result When the vote is stopp
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 14 where: A number in the range 1-1000 that identifies the delegate in the delegate ID delegate database. Each number has a unique ID number. screen line Text of 33 characters which idientifies the delegate as text. Can be generated by either the DB application or using the API speechtime the remaining or elapsed speechtime for this delegate, depending on the speechtime setting in Microphone Management Control. i Note This DDE link combines
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DCN Next Generation Video Display en | 15 be generated by either the DB application or using the API Requirements Either Synoptic Microphone Control or Microphone Management is running. 3.2.4 Topic = ATTREG Topic = ATTREG, data-item = TOTALS Purpose Returns the number of delegates who are registered by the Attendance Registration application. Layout “present text, number present, absent text, number absent” where: present text the string “Present” or the translation if the DCN Next
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