Control View

The Control view screen will differ in appearance depending on the type of card selected. The control tab will contain a number of objects that controls different aspects of the card. When a control is changed a command is sent to the card to change this item and feedback is then sent back to Cortex and the control items within the dialog will be updated to reflect its current state. This means all changes are 'live' and will possibly effect the signal going through the card. The administrator can change the control objects that users have access to, this will result in the control being viewable but disabled. Some features of a card will have only been introduced on later versions of firmware. When CommandCenter finds this control is not supported by the card selected then the control is disabled.

Edit Box Control

The edit box control allows the user to type a value into the box, the value is not sent to the card until either focus is taken away from the edit box or the return key is pressed. Additionally when focus is on this control keys of the keyboard can be used to immediately step the value up (F5 or up arrow) or down (F3 or down arrow), select the minimum (F2), maximum (F6) and factory default values (F4) for the control. If the value is outside the minimum and maximum range for the control the card will change this back to the nearest achievable value

Multi-Choice (Combo Box) Control

The multi-choice selector, displays the options for this control in the drop-down list accessed from the down arrow on the right of the control. The option strings are read from the card itself. As the card is limited in the number of characters it can use for this, then sometimes reference to the manual for this card type is required to understand the options given. Selecting a new option will send the change to the card immediately

Slider Bars

The slider bar control is a live control and is used to reflect the current value of the control with respect to its minimum and maximum. It is often used in combination with the edit box control and when this is so changing either control will reflect on the other.

Radio Buttons

When a limited number of options are available for a control, radio buttons are sometimes used to reflect the current and other available state/s of the control. Such as the Phase control of the card shown below, where only 2 states are available (0 and 180 degrees)

Toggle Buttons

Some controls are represented as bitmapped values. Normally for these Toggle buttons are used as in the case of the 4x4 shuffler shown below to better represent this to the user. Pressing the button will toggle the represented 'bit' on and off, making the control easier than a drop down list of options.