Different views in UI3

[sergeant285]

I have an application in which I need to display about two dozen cameras across two different displays, where they are monitored live. I have been using UI3 on a tinyPC for live monitoring in most applications, but I would like two different views with a dozen cameras each, so I can put them on separate monitors and see all 24 cameras a bit larger. Has someone already developed a solution for this in UI3? I don't want to reinvent the wheel if I don't have to.

 

[Sphinxicus]

not sure if i have fully understood your goal but you could add the 6 cams that you want for 'monitor 1' into one group and add the other 6 cams you want for 'monitor 2' into another group. Then within the BI console, view your 'monitor 1' group and edit the layout to how you see fit. Do the same for the 'monitor 2 group'. Then open 2 browser windows and select Monitor 1 group for one window and Monitor 2 group for the other.

That or you could add all 12 cams to one group and arrange in BI console to the positions you wish and spread the single browser window across the two monitors? Cant say i've tried this personally so YMMV with regards to how the layout in the BI console translates to the UI3 interface.

 

[TonyR]

+1^^^.
To add to @Sphinxicus 's great suggestion regarding 2 groups, then all you'd need to do is create 2 unique "users" and configure which groups can be viewed and other privileges each user can view / have. Login on monitor 1 with perhaps "User 1" and see only the cams of group 1; login on monitor 2 with "User 2" and see only the cams of group 2.

 

[bp2008]

If you are going to try with multiple users then I highly suggest using two different browsers, e.g. Chrome and Firefox, one for each monitor. You don't really need two users though.

 

[sergeant285]

Thanks for the insight, guys. It works perfectly. I'm using a single PC with dual video, so I just created two custom shortcuts on the desktop that each launch a different view. They have to be moved afterwards, but the client has already committed to a separate PC for each monitor. I'll set them up with Chrome in kiosk mode, each launching a different view. I have another job coming up that's gonna spread video across 4 monitors, so I'll get to see how well this works before I start that one.

 

[TonyR]

So did you end up having the desktop shortcuts that launch UI3 in different views?

Such as:

http://BI-server-IP:BI-port/ui3.htm?group=monitor1
http://BI-server-IP:BI-port/ui3.htm?group=monitor2

 

[sergeant285]

So did you end up having the desktop shortcuts that launch UI3 in different views?

Such as:

http://BI-server-IP:BI-port/ui3.htm?group=monitor1
http://BI-server-IP:BI-port/ui3.htm?group=monitor2

I did, but interestingly, I couldn’t get the parameters to work in Chrome (it still went to login and then index), but I created desktop shortcuts through Chrome with the BI logo, and each went to its respective view after login.