Shure SW6000-CDA User manual

@2018 Shure Incorporated
SW6000 Conference Management Software, Version 6.7.8
SW6000-CDA Customized Displays
CDA Conference Display Application

SW6000 Conference Management Software User Manual
@2018 Shure Incorporated User Manual SW6000 CDA Customized ver 6.7.8.docx
Table of Contents
Table of Contents .....................................................2
1Introduction....................................................3
Licensing ...............................................3
2CDA Configuration>CDA Screen
Configuration>Custom Screens........................4
Purpose.................................................4
CDA Screen Definition............................4
3XML description ..............................................5
Syntax ...................................................5
Screen........................................................5
Controls .....................................................5
Comments .................................................5
Help ...........................................................5
4Screen Elements..............................................6
Screen Margin .......................................6
Grid definition .......................................6
Grid definition example.............................7
Row and column priorities .....................8
Priority example ........................................8
Placement of Controls............................9
Controls Definition ................................9
Control parameters ...................................9
5Formatted and list controls ........................... 10
ItemSize .............................................. 10
ItemFormat ......................................... 10
Field names .............................................10
Field options............................................10
HorizontalContentAlignment,
VerticalContentAlignment ................... 13
6List definition................................................ 14
ColumnCount, ColumnPadding............. 14
AlternationCount................................. 14
ShowHeader, HeaderFormat,
HeaderTextId....................................... 14
ListViewType ....................................... 14
AutoScroll ........................................... 15
SortDescriptor ..................................... 15
Filter option.............................................15
Order option............................................16
GroupBy option .......................................16
GroupHeaderFormat............................ 16
ItemsToSkip......................................... 17
MaxItemsBefore.................................. 17
7Simple controls .............................................18
HorizontalLine, VerticalLine..................18
Image ..................................................18
MessageViewer ...................................19
MicrophoneList....................................19
RemainingRequestTime .......................19
Conference Variables ...........................20
Text .....................................................21
Content properties..................................21
View properties.......................................21
Layout properties ....................................21
Manual Clock .......................................21
8Skin colors and styles.....................................22
9Advanced objects’ properties ........................23
2D position properties .........................23
3D position properties .........................23
Mimic item-level properties .................24
Chart control-level properties ..............24
Chart item-level properties ..................24
10 Data tables....................................................25
Supported controls ..............................25
ItemFormat fields ................................27
HeaderFormat fields ............................32
Default value notes..............................32
11 Customized displays, examples......................33
Agenda ................................................33
Agenda and Speakers ..............................33
Agenda and Speakers with Picture..........34
Agenda, Speakers and Mimic ..................35
Agenda, Speakers and Mimic with lines..36
Long Description, Speakers .....................37
Long Description, Speakers, Group Time 38
Short Description, Speakers ....................39
Speakers..............................................40
Speakers, Requests and Group ...............40
Speech Time Display................................41
Sub-title for croma key............................42
Voting..................................................44
Voting, List and Pie ..................................44
Voting, List and Individual .......................45
Voting, Individual ....................................46
Conference Variables ...........................47

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1 Introduction
The CDA Conference Display Application is
an application in the SW6000 suite of
applications designed to show various
displays for a large audience like:
•Microphones (Speakers and speak
request lists)
•Microphone mimic diagram (Speakers
and speak request)
•Voting results (in list form,
graphically, pie chart, mimic and
individually)
•Agenda
•Logged in participants
The presentation is normally done by feeding
the VGA signal from the PC running the CDA
application to a large screen projector placed
inside the meeting room or hall.
The CDA application has when used in the
meeting no user interface. Setup of the
displays on the CDA applications is done in
the CAA application and the selection of the
display to show is done in the CUA
application.
This manual describes the options for
making customized CDA screens.
Licensing
The CDA application is not included in
SW6000 Software (basic), but is licensed
separately.

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2 CDA Configuration>CDA Screen
Configuration>Custom Screens
Purpose
The purpose of this screen is to allow client-side customizations.
The editing is simple, not using special tools. The definition is essentially a small text file.
CDA Screen Definition
The ‘CDA Custom Screen’ window is opened by clicking the [Edit] – ‘Custom Screens’ button in
the CAA/CDA Screen Configuration window.
Figure 2.2-A
Name Screen name. The name is shown in CAA and CUA
Screen Definition Window for typing or pasting screen definitions. The screen definitions
are defined as XML elements. Refer to the next chapters for details
‘Slider’ Slider to the left of the ‘Screen Definition’ window to adjust the font size
in the ‘Screen Definition’ window
CDA Screen Content Elements Dropdown window for selecting controls to be inserted in the
Screen Definition window

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3 XML description
Syntax
A screen definition consist of three types of elements:
•Screen Definition
•Controls
•Comments
Screen
The main element in the screen definition is Screen. It has the following attributes:
•Name – screen name
•Margin – margin in pixels, default is 1/18 of the screen size
•ShowGridLines – a development flag for showing cell divisors (False/True), defaults to
“False”
•RowSizes – row sizes definition string, defaults to “*”
•ColumnSizes – columns sizes definition string, defaults to “*”
Attributes for the RowSizes and ColumnSizes are described in chapter ‘5.2 Grid Definition’.
All parameters are optional.
Syntax Example
<Screen Name="Agenda" RowSizes="1,*,*" ColumnSizes="*,0.5,*"ShowGridLines="true" Margin="10" >
..
Controls
..
</Screen>
Controls
The Controls are defined as XML elements inside Screen. Attributes for the controls are
described in Table 1.
Comments
Comments can be placed in the Screen Definition. A comment will not be executed but is useful
when creating screens.
Syntax Example
<!--
This is a comment
-->
Help
A help function is available for all controls. When the help function is invoked the CDA screen
will show the valid properties for the control.
Syntax Example
<ConferenceVariable Help=""/>

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4 Screen Elements
Screen Margin
From the available CDA screen space a margin is subtracted. The
margin thickness is by default 1/18 of the screen height.
The rectangle within that margin is divided into a grid, where the
elements should be placed.
Refer to section ‘4 Syntax’ for setting the margin.
Grid definition
The main unit of grid layout is a unit, retrieved by dividing the grid size (height or width) by a
certain number. The defaults number is 16 for both dimensions. The actual values depend on
the CDA in question (defined in the CAA, Setup/Equipment/Meeting Displays, ‘Grid Units’) and
not on the meeting. The unit indirectly defines the font size used throughout the application.
This grid is then divided into a number of logical elements (rows and columns).
•RowSizes – row sizes definition string, defaults to “*”
•ColumnSizes – columns sizes definition string, defaults to “*”
The rows and columns sizes can be defined as:
•Absolute in pixels – e.g. 300 pixels (syntax: “300px”). Should not be used, unless really
needed.
•Absolute in units – e.g. 2 units (syntax: “2”). The font size is so one text line fits well into
one unit.
•Relative – the space left is divided into parts. E.g. if two rows shall have their heights in
ratio 1:2, one needs to define them as “1*” (or just “*”) and “2*”.
•Auto-fit – the row or column takes as little space as it can (syntax: “Fit”). If this is a
column definition, all such columns will have the same width. Not recommended for rows.
If the definition is omitted, it is assumed that only one row/column is needed, with definition
“*”.
The visual elements (controls) are then placed in this grid.
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Grid definition example
To define a logical grid with 5 rows, of which first and last take up 1 unit, second – 2 units, and
the other two take up the available room and have 1:2 ratio, the following definition is used:
“1,2,1*,2*,1”.
This definition translates into the following sizes, if we take 10, 16 and 28 row units:
10 units
Real row
Logical
row
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
5
4
6
7
8
9
5
16 units
Real row
Logical
row
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
5
6
7
4
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
5
28 units
Real row
Logical
row
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
4
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
5
The same structure is valid for columns as well.
This example produces a simplified Voting Pie Chart page using primary standard settings.
<Screen Name="VotingPieChart"
RowSizes="1/7,1/9,1/3,1/2,1/8,*,1" ColumnSizes="*,*">
<CurrentTime Row="1" ColumnSpan="0"/>
<CurrentConference Row="3" ColumnSpan="0"/>
<CurrentAgendaItem Row="4" ColumnSpan="0"/>
<VoteResultTable Row="6" RowSpan="2" ItemSize="Auto"/>
<VoteResultPieChart Row="6" Column="2"/>
<VoteConclusion Row="7" Column="2"/>
</Screen>
Note the row priorities. This screen looks as following with different row units.
18 units
11 units
9 units

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Row and column priorities
Each logical element (row or column) has a priority, 1 or larger. Lower number means higher
priority, 1 is top priority. If no priority is defined, it defaults to 1.
Each logical grid element also has a minimum size. It is the unit size for unit elements, and
minimum size (default 5) for relative (“star”) elements. The pixel and fit types are ignored
(minimum size 0).
When the number of grid units goes down, and there is not enough space for the minimum size
of all defined logical elements, the lower-priority elements get adjusted, until the screen can fit
the required information, or there is nothing more to adjust. None of the top-priority definitions
are ever adjusted. If several rows have the same priority, they are adjusted simultaneously.
For each adjusted element an alternative definition is used, if it exists. An unlimited number of
alternatives can be defined; each should have a higher priority than the definition it replaces.
The default alternative is to have height 0. Note, that the rows are not removed, so the controls
are not moved around – they just get shrank or disappear.
Priority example
Example “1/9, 2/6-1/5, *(4)/3, 1/2, 2*, 1/9” defines the following elements:
#
Definition
Type and size
Minimum size
Priority
Alternative
1
1/9
1 unit
1
9
Disappear
2
2/6-1/5
2 units
2
6
1 unit with priority 5, then disappear
3
*(4)/3
1 part
4
3
Disappear
4
1/2
1 unit
1
2
Disappear
5
2*
2 parts
5 (default)
1
None (never adjusted)
6
1/9
1 unit
1
9
Disappear
And here is what happens when the number of units is decreasing.
Grid units:
Sizes
17 units
16 units
15 units
14 units
13 units
12 units
5 units
4 units
Element 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Element 2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Element 3
4
4.33
4
4
4
0
0
0
Element 4
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Element 5
8
8.67
8
8
8
8
5
4
Element 6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adjusted priority
∞
9
9
6
5
3
2
2

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Placement of Controls
Each cell in this logical grid has two coordinates: row and column. Each coordinate is an integer
number 1 to Max.
Each control is placed in the space, occupied by crossing of a number of rows with a number of
columns. This rectangle is identified by the left-top cell and the number of rows and columns. By
default, the control is 1 row high and 1 column wide.
•Row – row of the top part of the control, mandatory
•Column – column of the left part of the control, optional, defaults to 1
•RowSpan – how many rows the control takes, optional, defaults to 1
•ColumnSpan – how many columns the control takes, optional, defaults to 1; can be 0
meaning “all columns to the right”
Syntax Example
<Screen Name="Agenda" RowSizes="1,*,*" ColumnSizes="*,0.5,*"ShowGridLines="true" Margin="10" >
..
<Agenda" Row="2" RowSpan="2" Column="1" ColumnSpan="0" />
..
</Screen>
Controls Definition
A complete list of supported controls is given in Table 1.
Control parameters
Some controls require parameters. In this case, each parameter has a name and a value, and
these name-value pairs are given in the control definition. Possible parameters are described in
Table 1.

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5 Formatted and list controls
Most of the controls are either formatted controls or list controls. The former controls only show
one data item (or nothing), the latter — potentially many items.
Both kinds of controls share a number of properties:
•ItemSize
•ItemFormat
•HorizontalContentAlignment
•VerticalContentAlignment
ItemSize
ItemSize property makes an item larger. It can have one of these values:
•Normal (default) – the height of items is one row unit size.
•Large – the height of items (not list header) is row unit size multiplied 2
•Auto (for lists) – Large is used if all list items can fit with this font, otherwise – Normal.
•Auto (for non-lists) – the height of the control is regulated by its row; the text adjusts to
the row height.
•Value – Used for defining the height of an item. The value ‘1’ is one row unit size.
On the image below Speakers list’s ItemSize is set to Large, while group list keeps the default.
Figure 2. Normal-size and large-size lists
ItemFormat
ItemFormat makes up the definition of how the item is presented. Item format consists of any
number of field definitions. Each field in ItemFormat value becomes a single item (column for
lists) in the data representation.
Each field has the following format:
•‘[‘ – opened square bracket
•Field name
•‘,’ Options (optional set of comma-separated name-value pairs)
•‘]’ – closed square bracket
Field names
The field names depend on which control is being customized. Table 2 gives all available fields.
Field options
The following options are available:
•Width