Page 2 - – Installation and User’s Guide; main issue; Document History
R9830350 Title: O CTOPUS – Installation and User’s Guide ID-no.: R9830350 Date: 2001-08 Release: O CTOPUS 2.1 Service Release 1 main issue update chapter 1 new chapter 2 new chapter 3 new chapter 4 new chapter 5 new chapter 6 new chapter 7 new chapter 8 new chapter 9 new new: The corresponding chapt...
Page 4 - Revision sheet; Barco Control Rooms GmbH
Revision sheet To: Barco Control Rooms GmbH An der Rossweid 5 • D-76229 Karlsruhe • GermanyPhone (49) (721) 6201-0 • Fax (49) (721) 6201-298E-mail [email protected] Web www.barcocontrolrooms.de BARCO N.V. Projection Systems Noordlaan 5 • B-8520 Kuurne • BelgiumPhone (32) (56) 36-8414 • Fax (32) ...
Page 5 - Contents
Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................1-1 1.1 How this manual is organized ..................................................................................................1-2 1.2 Styl...
Page 6 - Introduction; Installation hardware requirements
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 1-1 1 Introduction O CTOPUS is a software system which allows an operator sitting at his or her Windows NT workstation to control the mouse and keyboard of a networked Windows NT computer. This feature gives operators in acontrol room the ability to manipulate a...
Page 7 - How this manual is organi z ed
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 1-2 1.1 How this manual is organi z ed This manual is divided into 9 chapters: Introduction explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols. Summary provides an overview of the features of O CTOPUS software Getting Started...
Page 8 - Styles And Symbols; Labels, menus and buttons are printed in the; Helvetica bold; Condensed; Courier bold; Courier bold; This arrow marks tips and notes.
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 1-3 1.2 Styles And Symbols The typographic styles and the symbols used in this document have the following meaning: Helvetica bold Labels, menus and buttons are printed in the Helvetica bold font. Condensed Links to both other chapters of this manual and to site...
Page 9 - Summary; This chapter introduces the O
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 2-1 2 Summary This chapter introduces the O CTOPUS software.
Page 10 - The Software Octopus; The O; is; software accepts network connections from both the O
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 2-2 2.1 The Software Octopus The O CTOPUS software system is separated into three distinct software modules, each of which has specific installation and operation requirements, these modules are:O CTOPUS C LIENT is software that is installed on the operators wor...
Page 11 - Getting Started
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 3-1 3 Getting Started This chapter lists the installation requirements and introduces the installation modes.
Page 12 - Octopus Software Installat i on
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 3-2 3.1 Octopus Software Installat i on Before installing Octopus 2.1 Service Release, please de-install all earlier versionsof Octopus!Use the Add/Remove Software Option from the Windows Control Panel to uninstallOctopus! 3.1.1 Hardware Prerequisites Pentium or...
Page 13 - privilege levels should parallel those of the; . Send this information to Barco Control Rooms; Octopus server license
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 3-3 3.1.2.3 Network Topology Although this manual is not meant to be general treatise on network setup, it should be noted that thereare some rules of thumb which make setting up a control room with O CTOPUS software easier. Specifically, the more homogeneous th...
Page 15 - Custom
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 3-5 Select Custom to install O CTOPUS C LIENT and O CTOPUS S ERVER and/or O CTOPUS A DMINISTRATOR . Figure 5 Custom installation of Octopus The installation of O CTOPUS software is follows the same steps for each of the modules (the O CTOPUS S ERVER has license ...
Page 16 - User Information (only for O; the software. That key is good for 30 days, after which the O
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 3-6 User Information (only for O CTOPUS S ERVER ). Figure 7 User Information entry dialog After accepting Barco's software license agreement, you will need to license the software by typingin a license key provided by Barco Control Rooms. The license key is only...
Page 18 - Octopus Server Installation C o nsiderations
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 3-8 During installation for every application shorcuts are generated. Use these shortcuts to start therequired application. Figure 10 shortcuts generated during installatin 3.1.4 Octopus Server Installation C o nsiderations The O CTOPUS S ERVER software is to be...
Page 19 - Operating; This chapter explains startup, shutdown and operation of the O; Software
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-1 4 Operating This chapter explains startup, shutdown and operation of the O CTOPUS Software
Page 26 - Special keys dialog
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-8 All of the special key combinations are configurable from the Special keys dialog. Figure 19 Special keys dialog Changing the default special keys is allowed to remove possible conflicts with running applications, or asa simple user preference. It is not pos...
Page 27 - Options; Change
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-9 4.2.9 Connecting To A Unix Server O CTOPUS client can connect to an O CTOPUS server that runs on a Unix bases EOS wallboard processor from Barco. EOS is capable of maintaining multiple simultaneous input streams and cursor images on thewallboard: this allevi...
Page 28 - Octopus Administrator
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-10 4.2.10 Not redirectable keys The following list of System Keys can't be redirected to the server: ALT-TAB CTRL-ALT-DEL CTRL-WIN-E WIN-BREAK WIN-SHIFT-M WIN-TAB WIN-E WIN-F WIN-F1 WIN-M WIN-R WIN means the key between the CTRL and ALT key on Microsoft keyboa...
Page 30 - server access dialog
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-2 4.3.3 Viewing access information Once connected to an O CTOPUS S ERVER , it possible to view the access rights defined for that server. This can be done by selecting the Server access... menu item from the Options menu on the main O CTOPUS administrator wind...
Page 31 - You may note that the; Access; effect on this particular server. In this case, it reads
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-3 Figure 27 Listing all computers in BACOEUROPE domain You may note that the Access list on right side of the dialog box lists all of the access rules that are in effect on this particular server. In this case, it reads ALL@ALL -> Users , which means all us...
Page 32 - In this figure the user named; button to accept the change in priority, or
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-4 Each of the happy face icons represent a user listed on this computer - domain combination( BARCOEUROPE\KARCLT4H ). Selecting a particular user will list each of the NT groups which that user is a member. Figure 29 list of groups user ROK belongs In this fig...
Page 36 - User Access Management fr o m Administrator Interface
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-8 Expanding the user ROK will list all of the NT groups to which the user ROK belongs on this domain. Selecting a particular group and then clicking the --> arrow in the center of the dialog will place ROK@KARCLT4H --> Users in the access list. Pressing ...
Page 37 - Pressing this button makes that user's O; Client interface active, and thus that user; Client
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 4-9 has access to the wallboard. After selecting a user from the list, the following operations can beperformed: Activate: Pressing this button makes that user's O CTOPUS Client interface active, and thus that user has control of the wallboard. If another user i...
Page 38 - Hotline; Please feel free to contact us if you encounter any problems.; Web
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 5-10 5 Hotline Please feel free to contact us if you encounter any problems. Barco Control Rooms GmbH An der Rossweid 5 • D-76229 Karlsruhe • GermanyPhone (49) (721) 6201-0 • Fax (49) (721) 6201-298E-mail [email protected] Web www.barcocontrolrooms.de BARCO ...
Page 39 - Octopus server lice n se; Fill out the required information:; Company; There are three ways to get your License key:; Octopus Server License; Please call for your License key at the following numbers:
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 6-1 6 Octopus server lice n se Fill out the required information: Company MAC address Number of Users There are three ways to get your License key: Please fax this page to on of the following addresses: European Support Center 0800-1700CET (32)(56)36-8639 North ...
Page 40 - Octopus Server on MS Windows 2000 / X Window System
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 7-1 7 Octopus Server on MS Windows 2000 / X Window System
Page 41 - The following table lists a the differences:; X Window System; Options |Retun Button an Server Deskopt
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 7-2 7.1 Summary The following table lists a the differences: Feature (Octopus Server) MS Windows 2000/NT X Window System Options|Configure Connections|Reconnect x - Options|Configure Connections|Fallback x - Options |Retun Button an Server Deskopt x - Options| S...
Page 42 - Troubleshooting
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 8-1 8 Troubleshooting
Page 43 - Known Incompatibilities; will be replaced by; service can not run on such systems.
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 8-2 8.1 Logfiles During operation of Octopus, log files are created to assist the support people in error tracking.The log files are restricted in size and will be completely overwritten if the entries exceed 500kB.If problems occur, please send the following lo...
Page 44 - Table of Figures
R9830350 Octopus User Guide (2001-08) 9-3 9 Table of Figures Figure 1 Octopus simplified network view ..................................................................................................... 2-2Figure 2 License information for Octopus Server.................................................
