I have a dashboard which is to be shown on a video wall, the dashboard may also be opened by a user on their desktop.
on the dashboard when a new line of data appears, the line is red and there is a flashing button. when the user presses the button the line goes grey.
The problem is that if the user presses the button on the desktop, it won’t change the video wall version.
The dashboard is currently populated through an updating xml file. Is there a way to overwrite the xml file when the button is pressed to change the alert from red to grey? So that the change is then shown on the video wall as both dashboards share the same xml.
That’s exactly how I’ve dealt with this scenario as well.
How are you doing your video wall? We used 6 x 55" panels, all running at HD and then build a seperate dashboard in Xcelsius for use at that resolution (5760 x 2160)
We ended up with different dashboards but that was more down to do with viewing distance and the interactivity we had in the desktop version.
You can see it at the bottom of this news article (2nd to last pic)
Thanks folks, happy to discuss if you guys ever find yourselves doing video wall work or you need custom graphics on your dashboards. It took a whole lot of smarts, by a whole heap of people here. I and the team just developed the dashboards.
The send data is configured in the XML connector. To enable a user to push a button for the send…I would create a simple on/off button to point a single cell…then have the web service for the XML connector to fire off “On change” of the on/off button’s cell. This behavior is also configured in the XML selector.
Attached is a screenshot of the Data Manager when I select the XML data Option.
When normally setting up a link I would name the connection, enter the URL and select text/xml from the dropdown. I then tick “enable load” and set the title and destination for the XML data.
If I then click the enable send section, would I enter the same name and range where the data and XML was loaded?
Also, I can’t see anywhere for entering a trigger cell to refresh the XML
The Send Range should be different than the Load Range…you dont want two processes looking at the same cell. This is not rule…just a best practice. Figure out some spreadsheet logic to accomplish this. I dont think the name of the Send range matters, in terms of having a relationship with the Load range.
The Useage Tab has the trigger cell configuration, based on the logic you require (on click or on change)
I’m about to start building a dashboard for a wall display - to show as near-as real-time data in our control room.
Am I right in thinking that I just need to set the custom size of my dashboard to match the resolution of the screens? They’re going to be huge and at a high pc (rather than television) resolution.
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