Controlling On-Screen-Display (OSD)

All prerequisites and settings needed for proper OSD control via WinCanVX are described in detail on the page https://cdlabdev.atlassian.net/l/c/kQbATiM5. This page on the other hand is going to describe how the operator is able to conrol the text display directly from WinCanVX during recording using a set of buttons located in the OSD panel.

Configuration of the OSD panel

The OSD panel, usually displayed at the lower edge of the WinCanVX main screen, already contains a default set of control buttons which can be customized at any time.

Click with the right mouse button in an empty area of this panel to activate the configuration mode: the background colour of the panel then switches from GREY to YELLOW and a dialogue box is popping up showing you all the control buttons supported by the currently connected OSD device. The buttons can easily be dragged into the OSD bar keeping the left mouse key pressed:

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Select the context menu command Save Settings to save the layout of the control buttons in the OSD bar…

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... or re-activate the configuration mode to delete any unneeded control button from the OSD panel using the corresponding context menu command.

Deactivate the configuration mode via the corresponding context menu command and the background colour of the OSD panel is switching back to GREY again:

The buttons Panel2 (1) and Panel1 (2) respectively allow the user to toggle between two default sets of control buttons within the OSD panel:

Colors for text and text background must be defined via the button OSD-Objects that gives access to an additional dialogue box which finally contains the function buttons needed.

Click on the highlighted buttons above to open another dialogue box that finally allows to choose the preferred color from a palette: