Antcas Panel

Controls the Panel of Antcas. The protocol communicates via Multicast. All panels are automatically detected and can then be controlled.

If panels have been removed, they will be automatically deleted after 90 seconds.

Possible Commands

Variable	Data Type	Description
id.brightness	int	Controls the brightness of the display. 0..255 corresponds to 20..100%.
id.identify	bool	Identifies the panel.
id.power	bool	Turn the screen on or off.
id.restart	bool	Restart the X-Server of the panel.
id.timeout	int	Set the screen timeout in seconds of the panel. 0=Always on.
id.volume	int	Set the volume of the panel. The range is 0..255 and corresponds to 0..40 dB.
id.offline	bool	Returns whether the panel is offline.

Change The Name Of A Panel

To change the name, the Hostname of the client must be changed to itself.

Identify A Panel

To identify a panel, the variable id.identify can be set to TRUE. Then, the interface directly responds with FALSE. A dialog box in the top right corner with the hostname and all IP addresses will be displayed on the panel for 20 seconds.

Restarting A Panel

A panel can be restarted by setting the variable id.restart to TRUE. After starting, it will be reported back as FALSE.