OmniTek OmniTek XR manual Preferences, Windows Layouts, and Snapshots

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Preferences

From the Preferences choice, you can enable automatic resizing of windows when changing standards. This can be useful if you are using the waveform windows at the default size for a given standard, as not all standards use the same aspect ratio.

When the OmniTek application is started, it automatically loads the configuration that was active when it was last closed. The second Preference choice here lets the system prompt you for choice of configuration instead. This can be useful if different people use the system, and have different requirements.

It should be noted that a System configuration contains 100% of your setup data. It includes which windows and toolbars are open, and their sizes and positions, what video format, what locking reference, what options have been set for the optional error logging package etc.

The ‘Start with Windows’ menu entry forces OmniTek XR to start up at the same time as you log into Windows. This saves you having to start the application from the desktop, or Start menu.

There are two menu choices for measurement units. These affect all uses of the related measurement units. For example, by selecting the amplitude measurement units to be milli-volts, then amplitude measurements made using the cursors will be in milli-volts, the minimum and maximum thresholds will be expressed in milli-volts, and all the waveform graticules will be shown in milli-volts. If the values are expressed as digital levels, this is as a 10 bit number from 0 to 1023, which can also be shown in hexadecimal.

Similarly the horizontal measurement units can be shown as time, in uS, or as pixel sample number. Hence the horizontal axis on the waveform graticules will show a different range of sample number depending on the current video format.

Related to these global settings for measurement units, please note that two separate waveform calibrations are available. These are the SMPTE range of 64 to 940/960, and the full range of 0 to 1023. The setting for this can be changed using the Option menu in the waveform window, selecting the Graticule submenu, and then choosing either ‘SMPTE range’ or ‘Full range’. Full details on the menus in the waveform window are on page 37.

Windows Layouts, and Snapshots

It is possible to load and save windows layouts. These layouts only save the size and position, and status of the windows, so engineering settings like video format are unchanged.

Window snapshots let you save the current contents of a window to a file in an appropriate format. If all snapshots are saved, then the contents of every open window is saved. Waveform, histogram and vectorscope windows are saved as bitmap images, and the dataview window is saved as a text file. It is also possible to save individual windows, using a menu selection on each window, which is detailed in the Window menus section, starting on page 37.

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Contents OmniTek XR Page Table of Contents XR Windows Index Introduction From Power-UpUser Guide Quick Start GuideVideo Setup Windows LayoutImage Choice Menus Detailed User GuideOpening Window Description File MenuPreferences Windows Layouts, and SnapshotsShow Menu Configuration Menu Run MenuAnalyzer Menu Output Menu Full Screen MenuInstructions for the use of the Layout Builder Assigning Settings About Menu Engineering Controls part of Configuration menuWindow Menu Engineering Video GeneralSync Type/Position Reprogram FlashSet Video Standard Monitoring OutputPower on Defaults Engineering Video Analyzer Engineering Video Dual Link Option Engineering Audio Error Detection Engineering Timecode Reader Configuration Engineering PictureEngineering Video Index Reader Configuration Page Engineering Teletext Detector Configuration Toolbar Icons Run Transport Toolbar with Motion/Capture optionSequence play controls Source Toolbar Source Toolbar Dual Link OptionMain Toolbar Page Page Cursor Toolbar Crosshair ToolbarVideo Standard Toolbar Page XR Windows Waveform Window+ RGB Options Menu Page Page Colour Mode menu Histogram WindowVectorscope Window Page Region of Interest Window Mini-Pic Window Window Controls SnapCage Generator Page Video Checking Features Video Status/Error detectionGeneral video status parameters Teletext Detection SD only Timecode Checking Audio Checking Features Generator Window File MenuPattern Menu View MenuSource Menu Window MenuIe frames in the OmniTek RVF format Pattern Creation How to import Frame patternsHow to import Sequences Frame based patternsHow to Grab Images Motion/Capture option only Full Frame Record/Playback Advanced Option only Important NoteRVF File Editor Advanced Option only Pattern MenuFile Monitor Function Generator Playlists Video/audio generator settings for this item Add/Edit itemDelete item Item orderPlaylist save/open/new Page Miscellaneous Features Other FeaturesStatus Bar Presets A1 File Types JpegLogging Configuration and use Configuring Logging, and Snmp alertsA2 Logging Page Snmp Configuration and use Snmp Configuration ProblemsPage A3Measuring Audio/Video Delays Delay Test SequenceLoop A/V Delay Testing OmniTek SystemRelative A/V Delay Testing Transmission PathSetting up the OmniTek System Gen SetupView Setup Index DetectionToolbar