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Creating Cockpits

Cockpits display values and states that they retrieve from Variable objects graphically.

Procedure

  1. Click  in the toolbar. A window that lists all the available object types opens. Select type Cockpit (CPIT).
  2. Assign an appropriate name and open the Cockpit object. Click the Cockpit tab.
  3. You can use the complete tab area in order to design your graphical view of data. Pies, bars, traffic lights, lamps, boxes and frames are at your disposal.
  4. Display elements can be grouped within frames. Create a frame and then press CTRL in order to select an element that should be moved to the frame. The selected element is displayed with a red frame and can be moved to the frame or out of it.
  5. In each element, you must specify the variable from which the value that should be displayed derives and how it should be displayed. You can use the context menu command "Properties" for this purpose.
  6. The General tab can be used to change the displayed element's type if needed. Enter a label for the element and how the value should be displayed (for example, value in percent). You can also adjust the font type and the size.
  7. In some elements, you can decide whether the element should be displayed in accordance with specified threshold values (the specified threshold values are displayed in different color ranges). The On/Off function displays the element red if its value is 0 and green if its value is not equal to zero. Specify this setting as you need it.
  8. In the Data source tab, you can now select the Variable object and the validity key that includes the value that should be displayed. Click OK to save all the modifications that you made in the properties.  
  9. The properties of all other display elements can be configured in the same way.
  10. You can use the optional settings of the Runtime tab in order to monitor the execution of the Cockpit object.  
  11. In the Process tab, you can store AE Script elements.
  12. Start the Cockpit object. The Cockpit Monitor provides a graphical display of all current values.

There are various other settings that can be specified in the Cockpit object. For details, refer to the documentation about the individual tabs.