When selecting the Preferences from the Edit top menu the following pop-up window opens:
Tabs
- General
- Interface
- Network
- Audio
- Master/Slave
- VP database
- Notifications
- Camera calib
- Advanced
- Plugins
General
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Autosave | Activate the autosave feature. Disable this option when the show is playing. |
| Auto backup | Activate to trigger an automatic backup. If selected, an option displays to set the frequency of auto backups. |
| Designer name | Give a name to the Designer workstation. This name is visible in the window’s top bar and when configuring a master/slave setup. |
Interface
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Theme | Select a color theme for your Kinetic Designer interface. |
| Framerate | Choose the display framerate on the user interface. This has no incidence on playback framerate. |
| Display | Select between displaying time in Time code format (HH:MM:SS:FF) or in frame count. |
| Language | Choose the language for the user interface. Note: Only English is available at this time. |
| Units | Select between the imperial or the metric system. |
Network
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Network adapter for V-Nodes | Select a Network adapter for Modulo Kinetic Designer and all Modulo Kinetic VNodes. |
| Network adapter for Devices | Select a Network adapter for Devices connected to your Modulo Kinetic Designer. |
| Network adapter for DMX | Select a Network adapter for DMX devices connected to your Modulo Kinetic Designer. |
| Network adapter for Master/Slave | Select a Network adapter for the Master/Slave Modulo Kinetic Designer. |
Audio
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable audio | Enable playback of audio from the Kinetic Designer. |
| Audio renderer | Select the audio renderer : MME for basic audio cards and ASIO for pro audio soundcards. |
| Sample rate | Select the sample rate for the renderer. All audio files in the project need to match with this sample rate. |
| Sound card | Force the selection of a specific sound card. |
| Latency | Set the audio latency. Generally it’s best to use max to avoid any sound issue. |
Master Slave
If your Kinetic Designer is a spare server, enable Auto Connect to Server.
This way the spare server will follow the Master server with the specified IP and if it detects a freeze greater than the number of seconds specified in the Failure detection time field, the spare will become the Master and take over show control.
VP database
Kinetic Designer connects to a video projector database that can be used to set-up projectors in your 3D Scenes with real model parameters.
This tab enables you to check the version of the database being used and the Update button enables you to force an update of this database.
Notifications
In this panel you can setup email notifications to be automatically sent by the server.
This requires a valid email account.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| SMTP server | Enter the SMTP server address provided by your email provider. Select the correct port and encryption method following the instructions of your provider. |
| Name | Set the name to display as the sender of the emails. |
| User | Enter the username of the email account |
| Password | Enter the password of the email account |
| To | List the recipients email addresses. If you specify multiple emails, separate them with a semi-colon ;The recipients are the people who will receive the email notifications |
| Object | Object (title) of the email notification For example the location of your installation |
| Enable mail notification | Activate to enable the automatic sending of email notifications. |
| Notify when … Server |
Select which type of server notifications to send (Server start, stop, crash; Kinetic starts or stops) |
| Notify when … Hardware |
Select which type of hardware notifications to send (GPU/CPU overheat, Deltacast overheat, motherboard overheat, memory overflow) |
For the last section of notifications you can adjust the value threshold over which an email notification will be sent.
Device
In the Devices panel you can create a Kinetic Designer device.
This device can be used to send emails when used as a subtask.
Camera Calibration
In this panel you can set the parameters of a pattern grid to be used to automatically compute camera settings (focal, lens distortion, etc.) for use in an XR setup.
Once these parameters are set you can access the calibration wizard via the Remote Settings > Camera Calibration in the top menu.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Pattern type | Select the type of pattern to use. |
| —— | Aruco |
| Dict | Select the Aruco marker from the dictionary. |
| Row | Set the number of rows used in your grid. |
| Col | Set the number of columns used in your grid. |
| Diag Spacing | Set the diagonal spacing between two marker centers (in m) |
| Marker Size | Set the size of each Aruco marker (in m) |
| —— | Assymetrical Circles / Chessboard |
| Row | Set the number of rows used in your grid. |
| Col | Set the number of columns used in your grid. |
| Diag Spacing | Set the diagonal spacing between two circle/square centers (in m) |
Advanced
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Device/Graph refresh | Interval between two consecutive computations of graphs, devices, digimaps & tasks. Default value is 10ms. |
| Visual refresh | Set the refresh rate of the Preview and 3D Views. Set a fast refresh if you use Kinetic Designer for simulation. Set a normal refresh when you are using Kinetic Designer to control VNodes. |
| Log level | Enables log information. Disable log (NONE) unless Modulo Pi support team asks you to change this setting. |
| Display FPS | Display the FPS in the preview and 3D view. |
| Enable KineMotion | Enable/disable the tracking module (only one Modulo Kinetic Designer can have the control over Optitrack cameras). |
| Enable forced Cache folder | When using multiple Kinetic Designers connected to the same VNodes, force a specific VNode cache folder for current Designer |
Plugins
Display the list and state of available plugins.
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