Document Outline

• QBox Quick Reference Card
  • Components
  • Connections
  • Operation
    • 1: Starting QBox
    • 2: Stopping QBox
  • Configuration
    • 1: Network connection
    • 2: FireWire connection
    • 3: Wireless connection (Optional)
    • 4: Set margins
    • 5: Scroll controls
  • Prompting scripts
    • 1: QMaster operation
    • 2: Stand-alone operation
  • Further information
    • 1: Technical Support
• Table of Contents
  • Preface iii
  • Table of Contents vii
  • 1 Prompting Software Overview 1
  • 2 QMaster Application Architecture 5
  • 3 QBox Hardware 9
  • 4 QBox Configuration and Operation 13
  • 5 Upgrading QBox Components 45
  • A Multihead Prompting 49
  • B Wireless Operation 51
  • C Time Synchronisation 59
• Section 1: Prompting Software Overview
  • 1.1: The prompting software suite
    • 1.1.1: QStart
    • 1.1.2: QPro
    • 1.1.3: QMaster
    • 1.1.4: Feature summary
  • 1.2: Prompting hardware - QBox
• Section 2: QMaster Application Architecture
  • 2.1: QMaster and QBox operational scenarios
    • 2.1.1: Studio deployments
    • 2.1.2: Large-scale field deployments
    • 2.1.3: Small-scale field deployments
• Section 3: QBox Hardware
  • 3.1: QBox components
    • 3.1.1: Supplied equipment
    • 3.1.2: Other required equipment
  • 3.2: QBox physical characteristics
  • 3.3: Set up QBox
    • 3.3.1: Connect QBox to a prompter or monitor
    • 3.3.2: Connect any peripherals to the QBox
• Section 4: QBox Configuration and Operation
  • 4.1: QBox operating system
    • 4.1.1: QBox onscreen menus
    • 4.1.2: Configure and test the QBox
  • 4.2: Basic operational checks
    • 4.2.1: Reboot and shutdown
  • 4.3: Direct and network connections to a QBox
    • 4.3.1: Ethernet network
    • 4.3.2: Ethernet crossover cable
    • 4.3.3: FireWire
  • 4.4: Configuring network connections
    • 4.4.1: Configuring a direct QBox-computer connection
    • 4.4.2: Connecting QBox to an existing network
  • 4.5: Time settings on a QBox
  • 4.6: Using a scroll control device to configure QBox
    • 4.6.1: Altering QBox configuration using a ShuttlePRO controller
  • 4.7: Configure the QMaster to QBox interface
    • 4.7.1: Loss of network connections
  • 4.8: Configure QBox scroll controls
  • 4.9: Configure QBox display output
  • 4.10: Load files onto a QBox remotely
    • 4.10.1: Transfer via a USB device
    • 4.10.2: Transfer via FTP
    • 4.10.3: Transfer via a Bluetooth® device
• Section 5: Upgrading QBox Components
  • 5.1: QBox upgrades
    • 5.1.1: Firmware upgrade
    • 5.1.2: Licence upgrade
• Appendix A: Multihead Prompting
  • A.1: Configuring QMaster for multi-head prompting
• Appendix B: Wireless Operation
  • B.1: Wireless connectivity
  • B.2: Configure QBox for a wireless access point
  • B.3: Configure QBox for wireless peer-to-peer connection
    • B.3.1: Configure the wireless interface on a computer
• Appendix C: Time Synchronisation
  • C.1: Time signals
    • C.1.1: Operational scenarios requiring synchronisation
  • C.2: Time synchronisation on a QBox
  • C.3: Time Synchronisation Daemon
    • C.3.1: Synchronisation options
    • C.3.2: Computer firewall settings
  • C.4: NTP Server Settings
    • C.4.1: Adding servers to an existing NTP server list
    • C.4.2: Disabling the iBurst function
    • C.4.3: Using an undisciplined local clock