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Input devices

(The screen will be blank if there are no connected input devices).

  1. Select the Input devices tab. All input devices, such as joysticks, that are connected to the system and available before startup of the software are displayed. Any combination of devices is supported. Every device can be configured independently of the others.
  2. Select from the list the device you want to configure. The device's functions are listed on the right-hand side of the dialog box.
  3. Activate the device.
  4. If necessary, activate the z-axis (depending on the hardware).
  5. Press the joystick button to which you want to assign an action, and then select the desired action.
  6. To use the Axis T8312 keyboard for selecting and displaying cameras, activate Enable virtual sequence.
Select and display cameras with the keyboard

Using the Axis T8312 keyboard, a camera can be displayed on a local screen or on a DisplayAgent. To reduce the number of buttons that must be configured, each camera is numbered. Refer to the manufacturer's documentation of the keyboard.

  1. To display a camera with the keyboard, start by entering a special key combination.
  2. Enter a multi-digit number on the number keys of the keypad.
  3. Press another special key, then enter the number of the monitor or display agent.
  4. Start by pressing the tab bar. It is also possible to show a temporary layer with a joystick button and to show a camera in a tile in such a temporary layer.

The keys are assigned as follows:

Pattern:

[B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, F5] (number of entity or temporary layer) --> [F1, F2] (number of monitor or display agent)  --> [optional: 3] (number of tile of temporary layer that has focus)  Tab

ExamplesClosed
Opening of cam 444 on monitor 3 in tile 12: B2 F1 3 B3 4 Tab
Opening of cam 444 on monitor 3 in full screen: B2 444 F1 3 Tab
Opening of predefined layer 555 on display agent 2: B1 555 F2 2 Tab

Restrictions and special cases