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DeltaV Live - Quad Layout applied to one 27inch monitor.

Good morning 365 Users. 

Requirement in the project, Customer wants to use quad layout in one monitor (27inch). So we configured PCSD Quad_16_9_V01 layout setting to monitor and successfully displaying on graphic. 

But problem is Toolbar on the top and middle located, is too small and not able to recognize as attached. 

Anyone please advise? 

chanwoopark

• 15 Jul 2019 4:36 AM
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• Camilo Fadul

  

  • 15 Jul 2019 2:27 PM

  Hello Mr. Park,
  
  I am glad that you are already realizing the benefits of DeltaV Live powerful layouts. The way your graphics are being rendered is correct as you are trying to use a small display size (27inch) to squeeze what should be four monitors. DeltaV Live will do a great job at properly fitting all the graphics into the resulting area, making those bars look small.
  
  It would be best if you could consider increasing the size of your monitor to at least a 43 inch, this will give the user the equivalent of four 21 inch monitors, and not 13.5 inch diagonal that result from using a 27inch monitor as you have it now.
  
  I hope this helps,
  
  Camilo Fadul

  Camilo Fadul | DeltaV Solution Marketing Director

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cfadul

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• Andre Dicaire

  

  • 15 Jul 2019 3:53 PM

  In reply to Camilo Fadul:

  You should definitely get a larger monitor for a quad Layout as Camillo suggests.
  
  To change the size of the Menu bar (and Navigation bar) on a given monitor, i.e. to make them larger or smaller, you have to change the defined size of the monitor in your layout. These items are adjusted in relation to the monitor size such that if your monitor size is accurately define, they will appear with the same physical size.
  
  If you have a 27 inch physical computer, you can try changing the size in your layout to be 23 inches. The Menubar will then appear bigger.
  Note that when you adjust the monitor size and the Menubar and Navigation bar become larger (taller), this reduces the available Display area in the display frames. The added size of these bars comes at the expense of display area. You have a couple of choices:
  1. Don't worry about it because Live will display the graphics and use letter boxing. make sure your Layout uses the same background color standard as your displays and this will be unnoticeable. (unless you make the menu bars really big)
  2. Adjust the Alarm banner Display frame to be smaller, keeping the Display frames and their display area the same as they were before. You may have to adjust your Alarm Banner display so that it does not letter box.
  
  If you do get a larger monitor, say 43 inch, and you left the layout file at 27 inch monitor, the Menubar and Navigation bars would appear larger, but if you set the layout to 43 inches, the menubar would be the same size as your current display, still too small, and would be smaller percentage of the screen.
  
  I suggest you try three different layouts with the monitor size set to 27 inch, 21 inches and 33 inches. You will have to adjust the display frame sizes as the menubar takes up more or less room. Then observe what happens. This will help you understand how the monitor size can set the menubar size.
  
  One last thing about monitor size and display size. With different monitor sizes and arrangements, you will likely have display areas that differ in size on different workstations. Even if your display Frames are identical is size, changing the Navigation bar from one, two or three rows changes the display are. Live uses letterboxing at run time and always shows the Display in its configured Aspect Ratio. Aspect ration is king and you need not worry about actual size of picture vs display area. The picture will always be drawn accurately and will scale up or down to fit the frame it is opened in. The size of a display should really be determined by how big or how small you want the GEM library objects to appear. The GEM objects do not stretch well (Some simple ones do). This is mainly due to dynamic positioning based on GEM configuration properties. If you stretch them in a display during configuration, items don't appear where you expect them or may change in shape.
  
  So set display sizes to achieve your desired GEM sizes out of the box. As long as the Aspect ration of the display is consistent or matches the Display frame display area, the display will render at run time with minimal or no letter boxing.

  Andre Dicaire

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