In addition to the drag and drop method, the device can be assigned through its context menu, namely from the window “Appointment to the workplace”. In this case, monitors that are removed from the workplace in order to resolve the conflict are placed in the Spare parts panel (and this panel will be opened if it was closed). When dragging a monitor to the workplace area, the configuration is validated, and if conflicts are found, the situation will be transformed into a conflict-free one according to certain rules set in the program. Therefore, for monitors, the conflicts are resolved automatically. In the case of monitors, it is very easy to get a conflict and it is not easy to avoid or resolve it. In the simplest cases, the restriction is illustrated when you try to drag a device by a change in the mouse pointer (a prohibiting sign will appear, a crossed circle). Not all devices can be assigned to the workplaces since there are conflicting configurations that will prevent them from being assigned. Do not forget that you can expand the “System” panel to see all the devices.
Assignment of a monitor (and any other equipment) to a workplace is easy, just Drag & Drop the monitor icon to the desired workplace.
When you first run the “ASTER Control Panel”, all monitors are assigned to the first workplace. All connected monitors can be used individually or in groups to run additional workplaces, provided that workplaces with multiple monitors are assigned their own separate graphic cards ( in other words, a workplace with multiple monitors cannot share any of its graphic cards with another workplace). If there are several graphic cards with the ability to connect two or more monitors to separate graphic cards. You can leave the device in this “unavailable” state in order to keep a binding to the workplace in the future or assign it to the available workplace. The number of the workstation to which the device is assigned (shown in parentheses after the device name) can be seen by pointing the mouse at it.
This situation can occur, for example, after the end of the trial period, when all 12 jobs were available. These are so-called “devices on an inaccessible workplace” - devices assigned to workplaces that are currently unavailable because the number of the workplace exceeds the number of your licenses. Some devices are displayed in a special way: - in an image behind the bars. There are also other options you can use from. This control panel element can be opened directly from the ASTER by selecting the “Desktop settings” item from the context menu of the system unit.
You can expand the desktop and set the operating modes of the monitors by using the “Screen” item in the Windows Control Panel (Control Panel “Display” Adjusting Screen Settings). This way, the number of translucent ( “off”) displays can be minimized and more monitors are listed to distribute between workplaces in a simple visual way. In this regard, when you first set up ASTER, it is highly recommended that you connect and put all the monitors in extended mode, and also set the desired screen resolutions and refresh rates for them. The display can be semi-transparent even if the monitor is physically connected to the video output and connected to the network, but not included in the Windows desktop (in extended mode). By default, this checkbox is not checked, and translucent displays are not displayed. The item “Displays without monitors” determines whether such outputs are displayed or not. The translucence of the display image reflects, that a monitor is not connected to the video output. In fact, the images of the displays represent the video outputs of the video cards, which can be connected to monitors. Also, pay attention to the checkmark next to the item “Displays without monitors” in this dialog, as well as to translucent (“off”) images of displays. In the “Workplaces” tab, you can choose which windows to display and hide (can not be hidden if the workplaces have devices assigned). In order for it to show them, you need to select the item “Customize the Workplaces panel” from the context menu, and in the dialog that opens, check the “Inventory” item check box: The “Inventory” button (and its corresponding panel) is hidden by default. In this case, the area that is scaled depends on the current position of the mouse pointer, if the pointer is in the “System” area, the images in the “Spare parts”, “General” and “Inventory” panels are scaled. The scale of the image can be changed by standard keyboard combinations:- Simultaneous pressing of the Ctrl keys and the '+' (plus) keys enlarge the images and pressing Ctrl and '-' - reduces the size.
The “Inventory” panel contains all PC devices that can be redistributed between workplaces.