FlexNetViewer Image Display Utility. Operating Manual

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1 FlexNetViewer Image Display Utility Operating Manual

2 Copyright Copyright CONTEC CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD. CONTEC CO., LTD. makes no commitment to update or keep current the information contained in this document. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. All relevant issues have been considered in the preparation of this document. Should you notice an omission or any questionable item in this document, please feel free to notify CONTEC CO., LTD. Regardless of the foregoing statement, CONTEC assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document or for results obtained by the user as a result of using this product. Trademarks FlexNetViewer is a registered trademark of CONTEC CO., LTD. MS, Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective holder. i

3 Introduction FlexNetViewer Image Display Utility makes it possible to run RP-VL-S-01 (transmitter) and/or RP-VL-R-01 (receiver) functions on Windows. With the image transmitting function of the program, you can for example send the entire windows desktop screen or a specific application s window on your PC to another computer by specifying a IP address or group. 1. Configurat Ethernet LAN HUB A B C Transmitting Receiver With the image receiving function of the program, you can display image data sent from a transmitter. It is also possible to display image data coming from multiple transmitters in different windows at the same time. 2. Configuratio ⅠⅡ Ⅲ Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ LAN HUB Ethernet Transmitter Receiving ii

4 Table of Contents 1. Features Transmitter Utility Receiver Utility System reuirements Installing/Uninstalling Installation steps Uninstallation steps Operating methods Transmitter Utility Starting the utility Closing the utility Icon types Pop-up menu commands Functionality Receiver Utility Starting the utility Closing the utility FlexNetViewer Image Display Utility window Operating Examples Using the Transmitter utility Using the Receiver utility Using the touch panel Touch panel settings Touch panel list to support Notes iii

5 1. Features 1-1. Transmitter Utility - 16 screens can be sent out to different receivers at the same time A maximum of 16 screens (Windows desktop, application windows, etc.) can be specified to be sent to another computer, and each can be sent to a separate receiver as needed. - Screen data can be resized to fit the receiver PC s screen resolution Screens are normally sent in their original size but it is possible to configure the screens so that they appear in full screen or smaller on the receiver s end. - Able to send screen data difference instead of the entire screen data For each screen to be sent, it is possible to compare the screen data with the previously sent screen data and send only the screen data area in which a difference was found. This function lessens the burden of the network and also improves the refresh/response rate when changing screens. - CONTEC touch panel support CONTEC touch panel devices can be connected to the receivers and can be used immediately without the need to install a driver. You can control image data on Windows using a receiver s touch panel even if image data are sent out to different receivers Receiver Utility - 16 screens can be displayed at the same time. A maximum of 16 screen images (from the transmitter) can be displayed at the same time and on different receivers. - Screen data can be resized to fit the receiver utility s screen resolution Screens are normally displayed in the original size specified from the transmitter but it is possible to configure the screen so that it appears in full screen or smaller on the receiver s end. 1

6 2. System reuirements Component Operating System Hard Disk Memory Requirements Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 (Japanese) 1 MB of available space 100 MB of system memory (during difference transfer) 3. Installing/Uninstalling 3-1. Installation steps 1. Run the self-extracting executable file. 2. Specify the folder where the application files will be placed. 3. The files will be extracted to the specified folder. 4. You will find 3 executable files (VgaTransferControl.exe, RPVLRecvUtility.exe, VgaTransferUtility2.exe) in the specified folder when the installation finishes Uninstallation steps 1. Delete the folder containing the application files. (the Image Display utility does not use the Windows registry) 2

7 4. Operating methods 4-1. Transmitter Utility Starting the utility Move to the folder containing the installed files and run VgaTransferControl.exe. An icon for the utility will appear in the system tray Closing the utility Right-click the system tray icon and select [exit] from the pop-up-menu Icon types The icon in the system tray indicates the status of the transmitting utility. (1) Data transmitting stopped (normal mode) (2) Data transmitting stopped (difference transfer mode) (3) Data transmitting in progress (blinking) 3

8 Pop-up menu commands Right-click the system tray icon to display the pop-up menu. The following commands are available in the pop-up menu. [Transmit image data] ([Stop image data transmission] when a transmission is in progress) [Select transfer screen ] [Image data transmission parameter settings] [RP-VL-R serial port settings] [TouchPanel Calibration] [Exit] (1) [Start image data transmission] (or [Stop image data transmission]) Transmit or stops the transmission of the current image data with the settings specified in [Select transfer screen]. This command cannot be selected right after the utility has started. The settings at the [Select transfer screen] window must be set in advance. 4

9 (2) [Select transfer screen] a) [Select transfer screen] (1-16) The following settings can be specified. Default: [Disabled] (no settings checked/enabled) * The window is separated into 4 tabs, grouped by the number of screens (1-16). b) [Transfer screen] This option is available when the transfer target screen option has been enabled. Select the screen (full desktop screen of Windows, separate running applications, etc.) to be transmitted from the combo box. Default: [Windows desktop] * The names displayed in the combo box are not the actual application names, but are the text displayed in the title bar of the respective applications. For Windows Explorer, the name of the current folder open will be displayed in the combo box. c) [Transfer method] Displays the current transfer method. - To transmit using a group number: [group number: xx port No.: xxxxxx] (xx ranging from 0-14) - To transmit using a IP address and port number: [Port number: xxxxx] To change the [Transfer method], press the [OK] button and make the necessary changes in the dialog box. 5

10 [Transfer method settings] Set the transfer method of image data transferred from transmitter.(it is necessary of matching it with the setting on the transmitter side.) It is necessary of setting the group and port number regardless of the forwarding method. Default: Group number: 0 (Using a group number) Port No (application No. -1)(Using an other party) d) [Resolution] Select the resolution on the receiver s side from the drop-down box. The available resolutions are: - Auto selection - VGA[640 x 480] - SVGA[800 x 600] - XGA[1024 x 768] If Auto selection is selected, the actual image size will be set as the.resolution of the target screen. The resolution will be set to 1024 x 768 if the selected image data is bigger than 1024 x 768 pixels. Default: [SVGA[800 x 600]] e) [Fit to resolution] The image data is normally transmitted in its original resolution, however by enabling this option, the image data will automatically be resized to fit the specified resolution. Hence, the selected data will display completely on the receiver s end. Default: Disabled (not checked) f) [Touch Panel connection] Enable this option if a touch panel is connected to the receiver. (When the setting is changed, it is necessary to restart utility.) Default: Disabled (not checked) g) [Transfer window's client area] Enable this option if the part of the title bar of the application is not transmitted. Default: Disabled (not checked) 6

11 (3) [Image data transmission parameter settings] a) [Data transfer auto start] When the check box is ON, image data transmission is automatically started by the setting at end last time. Default: OFF b) [The image is transmitted simultaneously.] When the check box is ON, image data is simultaneously transmitted to the receiver chosen on "Select transfer screen". When the check box is OFF, image data is sequentially transmitted for every selected receiver. Default: ON c) [When this program ends, the image data of the receiver is cleared.] When the check box is ON, the image data of a receiver is cleared at the time of the end of a utility. Default: ON d) [Update interval] Specifies the time period needed to elapse before a new image can be transmitted. Default: [1 millisecond] e) [Difference transfer] Specifies whether to send a new screen data at all times when sending image data, or to send only the difference from the previously sent image data. If this parameter is changed, the utility must be restarted for the change to take effect. * 128MB of free memory is needed if difference transfer is enabled. If memory is not available, the setting will be disabled. Default: [Enabled] f) [Response time] Moving the bar to the [Slow] slide decreases the response time in screen changes, however CPU usage is lowered. Moving the bar to the [Fast] slide increase the response time in screen changes, however CPU usage increases correspondingly. The response time can be set to fit your PC s power and how you want to send screen images. 7

12 (4) [RP-VL-R serial port settings] a) [Use RP-VL-R serial port] Specifies communication settings for devices connected to the receiver s serial port. If this setting is enabled and if the setting for using serial port devices on the receiver s end is also enabled, devices such as the touch panel can be used. Default: [Disabled] (not checked) b) [Use touch panel] Enable this setting if you want to use the touch panel. If enabled, the CONTEC touch panel device can be used with the software and specific settings can be applied. (settings to be described later) c) [Use CONTEC virtual COM] By installing the Windows virtual COM driver (used in CONTEC media converter RP-COM (FIT) and others), communication can be established between Windows (using the COM port) and the device connected to the receiver s serial port. In order to apply the settings made in this window, the transmitting utility (VgaTransferControl.exe) must be restarted. 8

13 (5) [Touch panel calibration] When the touch panel calibration is selected, the screen for the calibration of the touch panel is displayed to the receiver to which the [touch panel connection] is effective. (It is not possible to select it in the image data transfer. Select [image data transmission / stop] from the menu and then stop the image data transmission.) a) [IP address display area] IP address of the receiver to which the touch panel operation is done is displayed. b) [Start] After this button is pressed, the calibration data is acquired for the touch panel that operates the touch panel first. (From now, information from touch panel connected with other receivers is disregarded until calibration is completed) After this button is pressed, to acquire the calibration data, the marker of a black cross type is displayed. Touch the marker on the left toward and it moves in order of under the left -> under the right -> on the right. Then touch it one by one. 9

14 c) [Cancel] It returns to the state before the calibration is canceled and the [Start] button is pushed. d) [Registration] Register the calibration information. e) [Close] Close the setting screen for the calibration information. * Input information from the touch panel in the calibration is not corrected according to calibration information. * Calibration information on each receiver that connects the touch panel is registered on the utility side. * When doing the calibration, it is necessary to match screen resolution on the PC side to that on the receiver side or turn on the check box [full screen is displayed according to the resolution.] in the setting of screen where IP address of receiver that connects touch panel is set for forwarding. (It is necessary to match the above screen with one which is displayed in the touch panel display.) (6) [Exit] Closes the transmit utility Functionality - If difference transfer is disabled It takes approximately 1 second to completely transfer a single 1024 x 768 size image data. If multiple screen images are set to be transferred the refresh time for the data will become longer accordingly. (If a 1024 x 768 size image data is transferred to 16 different receivers, the refresh time will be approximately 16 seconds for each screen image) - If difference transfer is enabled The screen transfer time will depend on the amount of difference between the screen images. If the Windows cursor is moved vertically by 10 dots, the difference will be 20 lines in the images, and the transfer time will be approximately seconds. 10

15 4-2. Receiver Utility Starting the utility Move to the folder containing the installed files and run RPVLRecvUtility.exe. The window below will appear. If [Start image display window] is selected, a window displaying the received screen will appear. If Windows Firewall (standard with Windows XP SP2/Vista/7) is enabled, the following dialog prompt will appear. 11

16 Select [Unblock]. If anything else is selected, data from the transmitter cannot be received Closing the utility - FlexNetViewer Image Display Utility Press the [End] button to close the program. - Image Display Utility window Click the [X] in the upper right corner of the window or select [End] from the [File] menu to close the program. 12

17 FlexNetViewer Image Display Utility window The FlexNetViewer Image Display Utility window contains the following items. [List of available transmitters] [Image display window settings] [Start image display window] [Exit] (1) [List of available transmitters] When RPVLRecvUtility.exe is started, transmitters (RP-VLS-S) are searched via multicast and displayed in a list. The IP address of each detected transmitter will appear in the list and will be assigned "OK" for its "Status" and "Auto" for its "Type". If no IP addresses are found, the "Image display window settings and Start image display window buttons will be grayed out and not be available. When transmitters are searched via multicast, transmitters located in networks beyond the router will not 13

18 be automatically detected. Such transmitters can be added manually by pressing the Edit button. Transmitters added manually will be assigned "Manual" for its "Type". Adding transmitters manually A window in which transmitters can be manually added will appear. Transmitters which have already been added manually will appear in the list by default. Transmitters which were automatically detected will not appear in the list. Up to 100 transmitters can be added. a) [Add] A transmitter can be manually added by pressing the "Add button and entering its IP address. The added IP address will be assigned "NG" for its "Status" and "Manual" for its "Type". To change a transmitter s Status to OK, the Status check button must be pressed to validate the connection of the transmitter. 14

19 b) [Edit] The IP address of a manually added transmitter can be edited by selecting the transmitter from the list and pressing the "Edit button. The edited IP address will be assigned "NG" for its "Status" and "Manual" for its "Type". To change a transmitter s Status to OK, the Status check button must be pressed to validate the connection of the transmitter. c) [Delete] A manually added transmitter can be removed from the list by selecting the transmitter from the list and pressing the "Delete button. d) [Status check] This button checks if an added IP address is really a transmitter (RP-VL-S unit). If the IP address is detected as a RP-VL-S unit, the transmitter s Status is changed to OK. Multiple IP addresses cannot be checked at once. If a IP address is found to not be a RP-VL-S unit initially, it will recheck the connection to make sure of things, and such will take approximately 5 seconds. [OK] The current settings in the window will be saved and the screen will return to the original menu. [Cancel] The current settings in the window will be discarded and the screen will return to the original menu. 15

20 (2) [Image display window settings] a) [Image display window] (1-16) The following settings can be specified. Default: Image display window (1) [Enabled] (checked) Other settings [Disabled] (no settings checked) * The window is separated into 4 tabs, grouped by the number of screens (1-16). * When displaying image data from multiple transmitters at the same time, group numbers cannot be specified at the [transfer method] settings. b) [Transfer method] Displays the current transfer method. - To receive using a group number: [Group number: xx] (xx ranging from 0-14) - To receive by specifying a port number: [Port number: xxxxxx] To change the [Transfer method settings], press the [change] button and make the necessary changes in the dialog box. 16

21 [Transfer method settings] Specifies whether to receive the image data by a group number or by using a port number. Enter the group number or port number as needed. Default: Group number: 0 Port number (Application window number-1) c) [Resolution] Select the display resolution from the drop-down box. - Auto selection - VGA[640 x 480] - SVGA[800 x 600] - XGA[1024 x 768] If Auto selection is selected, the image display window will open in QVGA[320 x 240] resolution. When image data is received, the window size will change according to the resolution information included with the data. If fixed resolutions such as VGA[640 x 480] or SVGA[800 x 600] are selected, the window cannot be resized. If Auto selection is selected, the window can be resized. Default: [Auto selection] d) [Fit to window] The image data is displayed in its original resolution from the transmitter, however by enabling this option, the image data will automatically be resized to fit the specified resolution. Default: [Disabled] e) [Initial position] Specifies the initial screen position where the image will appear when [Start Image Display Window] from the [FlexNetViewrDisplay Image Display Utility] menu is selected. The upper left corner has the position of (0, 0). The lower right corner will have the position equivalent to the maximum screen resolution. (for example, if the screen resolution is 1024 x 76, the lower right position will be (1023, 767)) Default: X axis [(Image number-1)x10], Y axis [(Image number-1)x10] 17

22 * If the image number is (1), the initial position will be (x,y)=(10,10). If the image number is (10), the initial position will be (x,y)=(90,90). (3) [Start image display window] Opens the Image display window. Windows will appear according to the settings specified at [Image display window settings]. The window size of the display window can be resized using standard Windows operating controls (dragging, minimizing, maximizing). (The actual image data inside the window can also be resized depending on the settings specified at [Image display window settings]) [Full screen view] By selecting [Display] [Full screen view] from the Display utility menu, the window will appear in full screen. The screen will return to its normal view when a key is pressed. [Normal view (window maximized)] 18

23 [Full screen view] 19

24 5. Operating Examples 5-1. Using the Transmitter utility Windows desktop size: 1280 x 1024 Application A window size: 800 x 650 Resolution of receiver: 1024 x 768 Windows desktop screen resolution (transmitter): 1280 x 1024 (1) [Select transfer screen] - Example 1 - Transfer screen: [Windows desktop] - Resolution: [Auto selection] - Fit to resolution: [Disabled] * Displaying part of transmitter s Windows desktop (1280 x 1024) on the receiver s 1024 x 768 resolution screen 20

25 (2) [Select transfer screen] - Example 2 - Transfer screen: [Windows desktop] - Resolution: [Auto selection] - Fit to resolution: [Enabled] * Displaying the transmitter s Windows desktop (1280 x 1024) in its entirety on the receiver s 1024 x 768 resolution screen (screen is reduced to fit). (3) [Select transfer screen] - Example 3 - Transfer screen: [Application A] - Resolution: [XGA[1024x768]] - Fit to resolution: [Disabled] * Displaying the application window (800 x 650) in its original size on the receiver s 1024 x 768 resolution screen. 21

26 (4) [Select transfer screen] - Example 4 - Transfer screen: [Application A] - Resolution: [XGA[1024x768]] - Fit to resolution: [Enabled] * Displaying the application window (originally 800 x 650) in full screen on the receiver s 1024 x 768 resolution screen (screen is expanded to fit). 22

27 5-2. Using the Receiver utility Resolution of transmitter: 1024 x 768 Windows desktop screen resolution (transmitter): 1024 x 768 (1) [Image display window settings] - Example 1 - Resolution: [Auto selection] - Fit to window: [Disabled] Image display window (1024 x 768) * Displaying the application window (1024 x 768 from transmitter) on the receiver s 1024 x 768 resolution screen. 23

28 (2) [Image display window settings] - Example 2 - Resolution: [SVGA[800x600]] - Fit to window: [Disabled] Image display window (800 x 600) * Displaying the application window (1024 x 768 from transmitter) on the receiver s 800 x 600 resolution screen at its original size (parts of the original screen are cut off). (3) [Image display window settings] - Example 3 - Resolution: [SVGA[800x600]] - Fit to window: [Enabled] Image display window (800 x 600) * Displaying the entire application window (1024 x7 68 from transmitter) on the receiver s 800 x 600 resolution screen (screen is reduced to fit). 24

29 (4) [Image display window settings] - Example 4 - Resolution: [Auto selection] - Fit to window: [Enabled] Image display window (380 x 300) * Displaying the entire application window (1024 x 768 from transmitter) on the receiver s 380 x 300 resolution window (original screen resizes and fits to window size of receiver). 25

30 5-3. Using the touch panel Monitor PC A B VGA C Transmitter Ethernet Ethernet Receiver Receiver Receiver VGA Serial VGA Serial VGA Serial A B C Touch Panel Touch Panel Touch Panel Transmitter: Receiver: Transmitter Utility for Windows Receiver - RP-VL-R-01 Touch panel - IPC-DT/H20X(PC)T 1. Using the Transmitter Utility, transfer multiple screens from the Windows desktop to separate receivers. 2. Control each displayed screen (on all receivers) with a touch panel unit. 3. The touch panel s operation is passed through the serial cable to the receiver, and then to the Transmitter Utility of the PC via Ethernet. 4. The Transmitter Utility handles the application operation from the touch panel and processes it accordingly. As so, each and all of the displayed images can be remotely controlled using the touch panel unit(s). Also, the transmitter utility supports the touch panel driver, and there is no need to install any software or driver for the touch panel on Windows. * Only possible when using a CONTEC touch panel. 26

31 Touch panel settings To use touch panel units, the following settings must be applied. (1) RP-VL-R serial port settings - Enable Use RP-VL-R serial port - Enable Use touch panel - Select the touch panel to use. ([Enable Use CONTEC s touch panel ] or [Enable Use GUNZE s touch panel]) - Set the baud rate and data bit according to the touch panel specifications (2) Select transfer screen - Enable Touch panel connection - Specify the receiver s IP address and port number at the Transfer method setting (When specifing the group number, touch panel cannot be used.) Restart the utility if any of above settings were changed Touch panel list to support Mfd. by CONTEC IPC-DT/M20V(PC)T IPC-DT/L20S(PC)T IPC-DT/H20X(PC)T IPC-DT/H21X(PC)T IPC-DT/S61VT IPC-DT/S65VT IPC-DT/M61VT IPC-DT/M65VT IPC-DT/L61SVT IPC-DT/L65SVT IPC-DT/H61XT IPC-DT/H65XT Mfd. by GUNZE AV7629N02 27

32 6. Notes 1. Limitations in image data Applications such as Windows Media Player which use video overlay functions and display video cannot be transferred as an image data. DirectX full screen images also cannot be transferred. 2. When an application window is selected as the transfer screen - For Windows 2000 / XP The application window including the Windows application title bar will be sent as the image. If another application is overlapping the application window to be transferred, the image data will contain the overlapping area. If the application window to be transferred is minimized, the image data may be transferred with black screen. Windows desktop Receiver screen Application A Application B transfer Application A Application B Transferring Application A s window to the receiver (Windows 2000/XP) - For Windows Vista / 7 The image data of the selected application window will be transferred regardless of if another application is overlapping the window. Popup texts which appear in Windows Explorer will not be transferred. If the application window to be transferred is minimized, the image data may be transferred with black screen. The environment that Windows Aero operates is necessary. doesn t operate, it becomes operation equal with Windows 2000/XP. In the environment that Windows Aero Windows desktop Receiver screen Application B Application A Application A transfer Transferring Application A s window to the receiver (Windows Vista / 7) 28

33 3. Firewall settings when displaying received data By default, the display window utility uses UDP/IP port number to for its receiving port. (the port numbers can be changed) These port numbers are blocked by Windows Firewall (included in Windows XP SP2 and Vista, 7) and other security software. If such is the case, please refer to your software manual(s) to free the appropriate ports. Windows Firewall Security Alert window (Windows XP ServicePack2) 29

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