AJA KONA LHi - Manual (Page 45)

KONA v10.5 www.aja.com 45
User Preferences: This file exists to immediately, automatically, store preference changes made by a user on
a particular AJA device. When any control is changed in the Control Panel, that change is
recorded in the preferences file stored in a unique user preferences location dedicated to
that particular device and serial number. Then, when AJA control panel is restarted for
any reason, it will restart with the same preferences it used when it closed.
However, if a user sets their preferences, and then replaces the AJA device with a
different one, the Control Panel will either:
• Start up with the factory defaults, or
• Start up with the “house defaults” dictated by the system administrator (if a Shared
Preferences file exists).
The User Preferences File can be found in the following locations.
On Mac:
• /Users/<USER_NAME>/Library/Preferences/com.aja.devicesettings
On Windows 8:
• C:\Users\<USER_NAME>\AppData\Local\Aja\com.aja.devicesettings
Shared Preferences: An administrator can establish house standards for the AJA Control Panel by creating the
user preferences file (described above) and placing it in a shared location where it will
establish a standard default startup state for all users of a given computer system. These
settings preempt the initial AJA default settings.
To establish the House Default for every user on every system, a system or network
administrator can move this default file to all systems on the network (manually or by
pushing it out across the network). All users on the network will then open to the House
Defaults when they launch the AJA control panel for the first time.
NOTE: If the user makes changes to the control panel themselves, those changes will be saved in
their user preferences, which will take priority over the house default dictated by the shared
preferences file.
The Shared Preferences file should be a file created at the User Preferences location
described above, and placed by the System Administrator in the following locations.
On Mac:
• /Users/Shared/Library/Preferences/com.aja.devicesettings
On Windows 8:
C:\Users\All Users\Aja\com.aja.devicesettings
You’ll notice that the Control Panel is a visual block diagram representing the KONA card
configuration. The current status, input, and output settings, and many other details are
presented as a color-coded block diagram in the Control Panel.
NOTE: This section describes all KONA card control screens and functions. Available screens and
functions vary across KONA models. KONA LHe Plus and LHi generally offer subsets of the
more robust functionality of the KONA 4/3G. Therefore, the KONA 4/3G screens will be
illustrated and exceptions for the other models will be noted. For example:
• KONA 4/3G offers HDMI output only and its HDMI screen offers output settings
only,
• LHe Plus does not offer HDMI I/O and does not list that screen topic link at all,
• LHi provides HDMI input and output settings so it’s HDMI input settings are
described after KONA 4/3G HDMI output settings.