a/v DashBoard provides an Automation Editor and Virtual Remotes Editor, which presents the virtual remotes in a tabbed view. Buttons can be assigned and positioned, and infrared sequences can be captured (learned) and associated with the buttons on the virtual remote tabs. This component also supplies Remote Automation Services to other a/v Automation System components.
The a/v DashBoard and is an inexpensive way to build control sequences for devices that respond to infrared signals. The control sequences can be tied to graphical representations of hand-held remote control controls, buttons or any graphic image.Groups of buttons can be aggregated under a common name, called a device. Groups of control sequences can be aggregated under a common name called Actions.
The underlying a/v Automation System also has dedicated support for several non-infrared controlled devices: (1) Sony VGPXL1Bx fire wire-controlled 200 DVD changers, (2) Sony CX777ES rs232 controlled 400 DVD changer, (3) Sony CX7000ES 400 disc Blu-Ray changer - both RS232 and IP, and (4) Dacal/Ziotek – style USB connected DVD carousels
Support has been added for sending commands to Global Cache(tm) and generic IP based servers. Response strings from the devices are available to automation scripts as a substitution variable. It is important to enable the automation port (default 4444) for incoming messages. Hence a/v DashBoard automatically inserts an entry into the Windows Firewall. Any other firewalls, e.g. McAfee, must be done manually.
A/V DashBoard supports multiple USB-UIRT blasters and multiple zones within each.
Data structures in the form of XML files that are used to save the automation configuration and the configuration of virtual remote controllers. These files can be loaded and saved, so that an automation configurations can be created and adapted to various usage patterns.
Detailed information for using the a/v DashBoard and other components of the a/v Automation System can be found in the
a/v Automation User Guide.
