uControl

The uControl application allows users to temporarily override content to multiple places with a single click.

Mapping Preset

The Mapping Preset feature, when activated, instantaneously assigns the source to the destination(s). This feature can override any existing mapping.

Create a Mapping Preset

1. Click on the option. The Create Mapping Preset menu appears.
2. Enter details

   • Enter the Name and Description.

   • Select the Player Type- Server Player or uClient Player.

   • Enter the Latency value.

   • Enter the Resolution. This is the resolution of the destination on which the content will be streamed.

   • Select the Video Quality. Note that this value only affects uClients and not zero clients. It is recommended to choose video quality as High when using text and static images. Select video quality as Medium or Low when streaming dynamic content like video files to optimize system resources.

   • Select the GPU. The platform automatically detects it.

3. Click . The Mapper Preset appears on the screen.

   

Map Source and Destination

1. Click on the three-dot menu > Editoption. The tab appears.
2. Drag and drop the source from the Sources panel to the mapping preset.

   
3. Switch to the Destinations panel and drag and drop the destination(s) to the mapping preset.

   
4. Click .
5. Click on the option to return to the mapping preset screen.
6. Click on the preset card to activate the preset. The card status changes to active, and the destination streams the content.

   

   Note that if multiple presets are activated, the preset activated at the very last takes precedence.

Actions

Click on thethree-dot menu to open the actions menu.

• Click on theaudio control option to enable/ disable sound. Use the volume scroll bar to increase/decrease the volume.
• Click on the Edit option to modify the details of the mapping preset.
• Click on the Delete option to delete the mapping preset.
• Click on the option to stop all the active mapping presets.

Layouts as Mapping Presets

Seamless integration to stream pre-built layouts from the Decision application as one-touch Mapping Presets.

Stream Content

1. Create Layouts in Decisions. These layouts appear as mapping presets in the uControl application screen.

   

   Example- Decision layouts displayed as Mapping Presets in the uControl application.
2. Click on the layout to activate streaming the preset to the configured destination.

   

   Example showing active presets from two operation centers.

To edit destination(s) mapped to the preset, navigate to the tab of the respective layout in the Decision’s application.

uControl Preset Types

Presets dictate the type of content that is being overridden:

• Custom Preset: Assigns a new instance of a source to Destination(s) while active. If the Destination is already in use somewhere else it will be temporarily stolen while the preset remains active.

• Destination Preset: Assigns new Destination(s) to an existing Mapping Group while active. If the Destination is already in use somewhere else it will be temporarily stolen while the preset remains active.

• Layout Preset: When activated a layout preset will swap the content being displayed on the selected canvases to the assigned layout. This preset type is not a temporary change and does not need to be deactivated.

Create a Layout Preset

• Select the “Layout Preset” type, give this preset a name, select which Decisions Operations Center this preset will reference and click Create.

• Click on Create Preset

• Select the “Layout Preset” type, give this preset a name, select which Decisions Operations Center this preset will reference and click Create.

• Click and drag up a Layout to assign that layout to this Layout Preset

• Switch to the Canvas tab inside the aggregation bar. Canvases that appear here exist inside the Operation Center you selected in the Layout Preset creation form.

• Click and drag one or more canvases up next to the Layout assigned in the previous step

• When at least one Layout has been assigned to the preset a second row should appear in case you need this preset to swap multiple Layouts at once.

• Click [save changes] and click the [back button] to navigate back to the Preset list page.

• Activating a Layout Preset

• Clicking the newly created Layout Preset card will trigger the preset causing all assigned canvases to swap to the selected Layout(s) [image of layout card]

Create a Destination Preset

• Configuring a Destination Preset.

• Activating a Destination Preset

Create a Custom Preset

• Click on [Create Preset]

• Select the “Custom Preset” type, give this preset a name, specify if this preset is a Server Player or Client Player and click Create.

• Configuring a Custom Preset

1. A list of all the Sources that your account has permission to use should appear Inside the aggregation bar near the bottom of the screen

2. Click and drag up a Source to assign that Source to this Custom Prese

3. Switch to the Destination tab inside the aggregation bar

4. Click and drag one or more Destinations up next to the Source assigned in the previous step

5. When at least one Source has been assigned to the Preset a second row should appear in case you need this preset to assign multiple sources at once.

6. Click [save changes] and click the [back button] to navigate back to the Preset list page.

• Activating a Custom Preset

Clicking the newly created Custom Preset card will trigger the preset causing all assigned Destinations to temporarily display the selected content while this preset remains active.