Configuration window
The Configuration window holds the settings you make before an event. To open it, select the Settings tab in the top bar. For the main window, see Main window.
The left navigation has four groups:
- Show holds your canvases, buses and hot buttons.
- Venue holds the physical outputs of one place, and how the show connects to them.
- Sponsors holds sponsors and proof of play.
- Application holds the settings of ArenaDirector on this computer.
A Pro chip next to Sponsors or Proof of play shows that your plan does not include that pane. The pane then shows Pro required and Upgrade.
Show
| Pane | Holds | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Canvases | The canvas list, then per canvas a header (live picture, summary, Enabled, Remove canvas…) and the cards Format, Default transition, Patched to (read-only, links to Patch), When nothing plays, If a stream drops and Used by | Create a canvas |
| Audio buses | The bus list, then per bus a header (name, PFL tag, Remove bus…) and the cards General (Name, Volume, Mono, Preview and cue (PFL)), Equalizer, Patched to (read-only, links to Patch) and Used by | Set up a bus |
| Hot buttons | A header (summary, Open Hot buttons →) and the cards Grid (Columns, Rows), Playback (Fade-out), Tiles (Time size, Pause button on tiles) and Pages (rename, drag to reorder, remove, Reset order…, + Add page) | Build a hot button, Organize pages |
Venue
| Pane | Holds | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Patch | The show (canvases and buses) and the outputs of the venue (displays, LED boards, network feeds, speakers), with the cables between them. You add, connect and remove outputs here. The header shows the venue name, a status line and the clock source. | Patch the show, Add an output |
| Input streams | The stream list (status dot, NDI or SRT, status line), then per stream a header (live thumbnail, name, type, status, Enabled, Remove stream…) and the cards Source, Picture and sound, If the signal is lost, Signal health and Used by. A lost signal turns the thumbnail border and the status red, and the thumbnail reads No signal. Remove stream… always removes the stream: the dialog lists what loses it, and a stream on air is cut at once (Pro and higher). | Add an input stream |
| External control | The controller list (always with Keyboard), then per controller a header (status, Enabled, Remove controller…) and the cards Keys or Pads (click a key to select it; Reset keys… or Reset pads…), the selected Key or Pad (Label, Display, Key color, Clear key…), Actions (+ Add step ▾, the steps and the editor of the selected step), General (Name, Brightness, Firing shows the hot button's page) and, for a Preh KeyTec, Layout (Import .mwf…, Apply layout). The Keyboard shows the Bindings list (Filter actions, + Add binding, ✕ per row) and the Actions card of the selected binding (Key with Learn, Move it here, Learn another key, the steps). | Connect a controller |
| OSC (Pro) | The cards Receive (Enabled, Port, state, last message, Send to this computer at), Targets (+ Add target, and per target Name, Host, Port, Test message, Send test, Remove target…), Address finder and Incoming (All, Not handled, Pause, Clear). | OSC control, Fire lighting cues from a controller |
You connect a canvas or a bus to an output in Patch. The Patch item shows a badge with the number of problems: missing outputs, and canvases or buses that play nowhere.
| Part | Holds |
|---|---|
| Header | The venue menu, a status line and the Clock menu. The venue menu lists the venues, then New venue… and Manage venues…. |
| Venues page | Opens from Manage venues…: ← Patch, Import venue…, + New venue, and per venue Switch to, Rename, Duplicate, Export…, Delete…. See Take the show to another venue. |
| Show column | Pictures (canvases) and Sounds (buses). |
| Venue column | + Add output in the column head, then Screens, LED boards, Network feeds and Speakers. |
| Connection panel | Opens when you select a cable: Connected, Native, Fit, Fill, Disconnect…. |
| Output panel | Opens when you select an output: Name, Screen, Identify, Show as, Delay, Sync group, Remove output…. |
| Fix panel | Opens for a canvas or bus that plays nowhere: Connect to. |
Clock source
No two audio devices run at exactly the same speed, so two devices playing the same show drift apart over time if nothing corrects them. Clock source sits in the Patch header as Clock and belongs to the venue. It selects the device whose clock the rest of the show's audio follows:
| Setting | Means |
|---|---|
| Automatic | The show follows the audio device that is already active. If that device goes away, a different device replaces it. |
| Internal | The show follows the internal clock of this computer, not an audio device. |
| A named device | The show follows that device, even when other devices are active. If it goes away, the show uses Internal until the device comes back. |
All other audio devices adjust continuously to stay in sync with the selected clock.
Sponsors
| Pane | Holds | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsors | Sponsor names, logos, contact notes, the plays of the last 30 days, tagged media | Tag sponsors |
| Proof of play | Summary (totals per sponsor, per day and per canvas) and Play log, date range, CSV export, clear log | Export proof of play |
Application
| Pane | Holds | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| General | A header with the version, operating system and graphics card or processor, then the cards Privacy and feedback (Send crash reports, Send hardware profile) and Video (Windows: Video GPU, GPU crash diagnostics (for support), GPU status) | Change app settings |
| License | A header with the plan and its status, then the cards Plan (on a paid plan: Renews, This machine, Manage plan…, Sign out of this machine…, and Check now when offline; on the Free plan: the Free, Audio, Club and Pro plans, Sign in… and Upgrade) and About (Version, Release notes, Open-source notices…, Documentation, the copyright and the trademark notices). Help → License, Help → About ArenaDirector, the Free plan · Upgrade… button and the license grace chip open it | Activate a license |
| Logs | A toolbar with Search, the Level, Module and Category filters, Clear filters, the entry count, Copy for support and Clear logs…, then the list of entries (time, level, module, message) | Read the logs |
Outside the Configuration window
Some items have their own full-screen views instead of a Configuration pane:
| View | How to open it | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Library | Library tab in the top bar. Folders, filters, metadata and tags | Add media, Tag and find media |
| Sequences | Sequences tab in the top bar | Build a sequence |
| Perimeter | Perimeter tab in the top bar | Build a rotation |
| Overlays | Overlays tab in the top bar | Build an overlay |
| Live values | Live values in the top bar, on each page | Drive an overlay live |
The menu bar has three menus. Page changes the hot button page. Outputs shows and hides canvases, while Patch describes the outputs behind them. Help has About and License, and both open Configuration → License. The top bar Help menu has Documentation, Release notes, Open-source notices and About.