Decisions

Decisions is built for modernized operations centers. It is a single solution for the aggregation, distribution, and management of mission-critical information. It allows operators to easily share information across any screen or video wall, from any location. This improves collaboration and situational awareness for better decision-making.

Key Features

• Stream content from any Source: This includes web content including web- pages that need authentication, network streams (RTSP, HLS, WebRTC, signage content) etc.

• Drag-and-drop function: A simplified user interface to map, move, resize, and prioritize content with a few mouse clicks.

• Multiple Video Walls: Share content across multiple video walls and remote operation centers.

• View Live Updates: Stream content to Destinations concurrently for local and remote operators.

• Audio Control: An intuitive interface and improved precision to control the source volume.

• Advanced Layouts & Scaling: Quickly spread windows across multiple displays, customize the size of content and snap in place for any video wall size or aspect ratio.

• Create & Save Layouts: Instantly switch between an unlimited number of custom content layouts or schedule layout changes by date and time.

• Supervisor Dashboard: View real-time video streams from remote operations centers.

The cards below depict the high-level steps in using Decisions.

Set up Create an Operations Center.

Add Sources

Create a Canvas and add Sources.

Monitor

Add Destinations and monitor critical information.

Create an Operations Center

In Decisions, an Operation Center is a placeholder for having multiple Canvases. Each Canvas can have a different set of Sources and Destinations.

1. In your Userful Infinity account, navigate to Decisions.

2. Click Create Operations Center at the top right corner

3. Add a name and description for your Operations Center.

4. To add more settings, go to the next step. Else, click Save.

5. Click the Advanced tab.

6. Select GPU: The application automatically detects the GPU, but you can select from available options if required.

7. Enter the Latency and Frame Rate Limit.

8. To restrict access to selected user groups, click Permissions the tab and add user groups.

9. Click Save.

Create a Canvas

A Canvas is a placeholder for arranging different Sources, which can finally be displayed on Destinations.

1. In Decisions, navigate to an Operations Center.

2. In the left panel, click the '+' sign next to Canvases.

3. Add a name and description for your Canvas.

4. Enter the Resolution.

5. To add more settings, go to the next step. Else, click Save.

6. Click the Advanced tab.

7. Select GPU: The application automatically detects the GPU, but you can select from available options if required.

8. Enter the Latency and Frame Rate Limit.

9. Click Save.

Create a Source

A Source is any form of content that should be displayed on Destination screens.

1. In Decisions, navigate to an Operations Center.

2. Click the Sources icon (cube-shaped icon) at the left of the bottom tray.

3. Click Create Source at the right side of the tray.

4. Add a name and a description for your Source. For example, Surveillance Unit ZC1. This feed captures the transportation stream of unit ZC1.

5. Select the Source Type and a thumbnail image.

6. Add the required fields that are specific to the Source Type you selected. The steps here differ for each Source Type.

7. To add more settings, go to the next step. Else, click Save.

8. Click the Advanced tab.

9. Enter the Resolution at which the Source should be streamed to the Destination.

10. Select Scaling option from the drop-down menu.

11. Enable the Shareable option if you wish to reduce resource utilization.

12. To restrict access to selected apps and user groups, click the Permissions tab and add apps and user groups.

13. Click Save. The Source appears in the Sources tab in the bottom tray.

Map a Source

Drag and drop the Source from the bottom tray to the Canvas.

• Once a Source is mapped, it becomes an active Source.

• The list of active Sources in a Canvas can be viewed on the right side of the Canvas under Active Sources.

• You can show or hide a Source on the canvas using the Activate Deactivate options.

Map a Destination

A Destination is a screen to which a content source is streamed or displayed.

1. In Decisions, navigate to an Operations Center.

2. Click Destinations in the top tab next to the Operation Center name.

3. In the bottom tray, click the Destinations icon (screen-shaped icon).

4. Drag and drop the destination from the bottom tray to the Mapping group placeholder. The content starts streaming on the destination.

Layouts

Creating a Layout saves the active Sources, their sizes, and their placements within a Canvas in the instance you save it. Saving a Layout enables you to re-use the Layout with all its active Sources, their sizes and placements exactly as they on a different Canvas or in a different Operating Center in Decisions.

Note: Currently, saving a Layout does not save grids you may have added in your Canvas.

Create/Save Layout

Creating a Layout or saving a Layout occurs after you add active Sources, size and place them properly in your Canvas.

Whenever you feel that a Layout that is currently on your Canvas could be re-used for other Canvases or Operating Centers:

1. Click the Layout icon (the list-like icon) in the bottom tray and click Create Layout at the right side.

2. Add a name and a description for your Layout.

3. Click Save. The Layout will be available for you to use in the bottom tray.

Edit and update a Layout

1. In Decisions, open a Canvas with the Layout you want to edit.

2. Click the Layouts icon (list-like icon) in the bottom tray.

3. Make the changes you want in the Layout - add or remove Sources, resize Sources, or change the positions of Sources on the Canvas.

4. In the bottom tray, locate the Layout you are editing and click the Override icon. A message asks you to confirm the update.

5. Click Override.

Grids

Grids help you divide your Canvas into rows and columns. They help you place and organize Sources on a screen or a video wall.

To create a Grid:

1. In Decisions, navigate to an Operations Center.

2. In the top menu bar, click the grid icon (the four squares icon).

3. Enter the number of rows and columns.

4. If needed, enter the gap width between rows and columns in pixels.

5. Click Change Grid.

• Note that the Destinations and video wall calibration are set up by the IT team.