Documents can be transferred between IdeaLayer Engine devices using the flick-to-edge feature. These instances may be other Engine touchscreens, or other displays running Viewer mode. By default, the top edge of your Engine screen is configured to send to a Viewer screen running from the same PC (by using the Windows extended desktop feature).
This can be reconfigured so that different edges of the screen go to different destinations, either on the same PC or to other PCs connected on the same Local Area Network (LAN).
To change the destinations, look for the following section in the Engine configuration file, mentioning the "Flick to edge settings". For each edge of the screen there are a set of parameters. For each edge that you enable you need to set the DATAWALL_{edge}_SERVER destination IP address or DNS name. The port setting should be defined, even if left default. You can define the settings for an edge multiple times, in order to sub-divide the edge of the screen to flick to two different destinations.
## Flick to edge settings # Enter the IP/PORT of the table that you want attached to each edge # Set PRESENTATION_MODE flag to 1 for flicking to devices which are non-interactive (running in Viewer mode) # When flicking to a Viewer screen, the port to use is usually 9199 (instead of the 9195) # Each edge setting can be defined multiple times to sub-divide the edge into smaller zones DATAWALL_NAME = My Table #Source name to use when displaying files on another touch screen flicked from *this* device DATAWALL_SHOW_EDGE_LABELS = 1 DATAWALL_LEFT_SERVER += 192.168.0.100 DATAWALL_LEFT_PORT += 9195 DATAWALL_LEFT_PRESENTATION_MODE += 0 DATAWALL_LEFT_LABEL += Left Table #LABEL can be a string name or an image file location (to display an icon instead) DATAWALL_RIGHT_SERVER += 192.168.0.101 DATAWALL_RIGHT_PORT += 9195 DATAWALL_RIGHT_PRESENTATION_MODE += 0 DATAWALL_RIGHT_LABEL += Right Table 1 #LABEL can be a string name or an image file location (to display an icon instead) DATAWALL_RIGHT_SERVER += 192.168.0.101 DATAWALL_RIGHT_PORT += 9195 DATAWALL_RIGHT_PRESENTATION_MODE += 0 DATAWALL_RIGHT_LABEL += Right Table 2 #LABEL can be a string name or an image file location (to display an icon instead) # By default, the top edge points to an instance of Viewer running on the same screen DATAWALL_TOP_SERVER += 127.0.0.1 DATAWALL_TOP_PORT += 9199 DATAWALL_TOP_PRESENTATION_MODE += 1 DATAWALL_TOP_LABEL += Presentation Screen #LABEL can be a string name or an image file location (to display an icon instead) DATAWALL_BOTTOM_SERVER += 192.168.0.103 DATAWALL_BOTTOM_PORT += 9195 DATAWALL_BOTTOM_PRESENTATION_MODE += 0 DATAWALL_BOTTOM_LABEL += Bottom Table #LABEL can be a string name or an image file location (to display an icon instead)
As you can see, you can optionally set a DATAWALL_{edge}_LABEL, and setting DATAWALL_SHOW_EDGE_LABELS = 1 will enable these labels to be displayed around the edges of the Cruiser screen. You can also set a path to an icon if you want to have an image instead of text for the label. You might want to change DATAWALL_EDGE_LABELS_SCALE (default 1.0) and EDGE_LABELS_MARGIN (default 3, in pixels) if you use an image.
Port settings
The following ports should be used for setting up flick destinations:
- Flicking to a Viewer screen - 9199
- Flicking to another Collab screen (touch screen) - 9195
If you are flicking content to a Viewer screen, you should DATAWALL_{edge}_PRESENTATION_MODE = 1