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6.1 Visualization Tools (Overview)

MultiProbe features a range of visualization tools for monitoring results that can be flexibly applied and configured for any task. This section provides an overview of the most commonly used tools. A complete description is provided in Sections 6.2–6.7.

Tool Categories

Visualization tools fall into two categories:

  • System (Default) Tools — provided with MultiProbe. Users can use them as-is or create custom tools based on them, but cannot modify system tools directly.
  • User Tools — created and modified freely by users. All user-created tools belong to this category, including custom tools derived from system tools.

Operating Modes

All visualization tools operate in two modes:

  • Configuration Mode — used to configure the tool. System tools cannot be modified in this mode, but their structure can be studied.
  • Visualization Mode — the tool receives data from monitoring objects and displays it according to its configuration. The output can be shown on a screen, monitor, or video wall.

Available Visualization Tools

Workspace

A Workspace is a customizable interactive page made up of graphical objects called widgets. Widgets represent graphs, tables, controls, and other elements designed for specific monitoring tasks. Widgets may include local menus for interactive operations.

Workspaces are configured using the workspace editor. MultiProbe includes a wide variety of widgets, described in Section 12. Working with workspaces is described in Section 6.2.

Figure 185. Example of workspace visualization Figure 185. Example of workspace visualization

Layout

A Layout is a visualization template for monitoring objects — essentially a workspace linked to a specific type of monitoring object. While workspaces are configured by individual users for personal use, layouts are reusable templates accessible to any user with layout access rights.

Layouts significantly reduce configuration time, as they already contain all necessary widgets for different object types. To visualize a layout, simply select it and choose the monitoring object. Working with layouts is described in Section 6.3.

Figure 186. Example of a layout for MPEG TS transport streams Figure 186. Example of a layout for MPEG TS transport streams

State Panel

A State panel is a component of a workspace or layout consisting of many similar color-coded elements (for example, TV channels), where each element's color reflects its current status. State panels are ideal for simultaneously monitoring large numbers of similar objects and support both rotator and penalty screen modes.

To place a state panel in a workspace, use the State panel widget (Section 12.2.4). Working with state panels is described in Section 6.4. An example of a state panel is shown in the lower left of Figure 185.

Video Wall

The Video wall tool displays multiple video images simultaneously on monitors connected to the node server (Figure 187). It works in conjunction with the Mosaic tool. A mosaic consists of cells, each showing a separate decoded video image. The video wall is assembled from Video Wall Panels, each housing one mosaic, coordinated by a Video wall controller.

Figure 187. Example of a video wall of 15 monitors with mosaics Figure 187. Example of a video wall of 15 monitors with mosaics

Figure 188 illustrates a typical video wall setup: four monitors connected to the node server via HDMI, each hosting one video wall panel with a 3×3 cell mosaic.

Figure 188. Example of a video wall with mosaic Figure 188. Example of a video wall with mosaic

Working with video walls is described in Section 6.6.

The video wall can be displayed on HDMI-connected monitors as well as within a workspace using the following widgets:

  • Video wall controller (Section 12.2.6) — manages the video wall.
  • Video wall panel (Section 12.2.6) — outputs the video wall content under the controller's direction.

Mosaic

The Mosaic tool works in conjunction with the video wall. A mosaic is a grid of cells, each displaying a decoded video image. Three mosaic types are available:

  • Static — a fixed set of video images defined at creation time.
  • Dynamic — a set of video images linked to an associated State panel. When the objects in the State panel change, the mosaic updates accordingly.
  • Penalty screen — displays only objects whose alert event priority matches the user-selected level.

Mosaic cell formatting is also used when archiving monitoring objects or during streaming (configured in measurement presets). Instructions for configuring mosaics are in Section 6.5. An example mosaic within a workspace is shown in Figure 189.

Penalty Screen

Penalty screen is a mosaic or state panel operating mode that displays only those objects whose status indicates an emergency situation.

Tally

Tally refers to colored borders on mosaic cells that light up based on the presence of a UMD (Tally) signal from a configured source. These frames are added to mosaic cells during configuration (Section 6.5.2) and are used to indicate which camera is currently live or to highlight the active channel among several reserved options. For details on configuring UMD signal sources, see Section 5.7.

Figure 189. Video wall with mosaic placed in the workspace using the Video wall panel widget Figure 189. Video wall with mosaic placed in the workspace using the Video wall panel widget