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Navigation Pane

The Navigation Pane on the right side of the SLOW software provides access to E9 Cameras, their Takes, and SLOW Files that have been opened locally or from a Camera's SSD. An object can be selected by clicking on it, which will dynamically change the user interface to provide camera controls or playback controls. The currently selected object is highlighted with an orange box. The object tabs in view can be adjusted by clicking and dragging them up or down with the mouse, or by hovering over them and using the scroll wheel. Each object has a context menu which can be accessed by right-clicking on the object.

Slow Navigation Pane

Buttons

Add Button

The Add Button   Add Button   opens a menu to select an object to add:

Menu ItemDescription
Connect Camera...Connect to a Camera for control, preview, and playback
Open SLOW File...Opens one or more .SLOW files for playback

Save Progress Button

The Save Progress Button   Save Progress Button   switches the view to the Save Progress interface.

Objects

Nav_Pane_Objects

#Navigation Object
1Camera
2Take
3Take (Saving)
4SSD Take
5SLOW File

Camera

Camera objects represent each connected Camera. They are top-level objects which can have related Take and SSD Take objects nested underneath them. Each Camera object will display with the camera name and a colored camera icon to indicate it's acquistion state.

Clicking on a Camera object will change the user interface to camera controls and display all the relevent status and settings for the selected Camera.

Acquisition StateIcon Color
StandbyWhite Camera Object Standby
RecordingRed Camera Object Record
TriggeredWhite / Red (Flashing) Camera Object Standby / Camera Object Record

SSD Save Progress

When a save to the Camera's SSD is in progress, a progress bar will be shown within the Camera object.

Autosave Progress

Context Menu

Context Camera Menu

Right-clicking on the Camera object from the Navigation Pane will bring up its context menu:

Menu ItemDescription
Save All Takes...Performs a Batch Save of all recorded Takes from the Camera
Delete All Takes...Deletes all takes from the Camera
Open SSD Take...Opens an SSD Take from the Camera
Save All SSD Takes...Performs a Batch Save of currently open SSD Takes from the Camera
Close All SSD TakesCloses all currently open SSD Takes from the Camera
DisconnectDisconnects the Camera
warning

Clicking Delete All Takes... will display a confirmation pop-up. If OK is pressed, all data in the frame buffer will be immediately and permananetly deleted.

Delete All Takes Warning

Take

Take objects represent each completed recording to a partition of a Camera's frame buffer. They are child objects of a Camera object, and are listed under the relevant Camera.

Clicking on a Take object will change the user interface to playback controls and display all the relevent status and settings for the selected Take.

Take icons will be higlighted when they are currently saving or queued to be saved Take_Locked.

info

Takes in this state are locked and cannot be deleted until the save operation is complete.

Context Menu

Right-clicking on the take object from the Navigation Pane will bring up its context menu:

Menu ItemDescription
Save...Performs a Save of the Take
Delete...Deletes the Take from the Camera's frame buffer
warning

Clicking Delete... will display a confirmation pop-up. If OK is pressed the data in the frame buffer will be immediately and permananetly deleted.

Delete Take Warning

SSD Take

SSD Take objects represent SLOW Files that have been saved to a Camera's SSD, and opened for playback. They are child objects of a Camera object, and and are listed under the relevant Camera.

Clicking on an SSD Take object will change the user interface to playback controls and display all the relevent status and settings for the selected SSD Take.

Context Menu

Right-clicking on the SSD Take object from the Navigation Pane will bring up its context menu:

Menu ItemDescription
Save...Performs a Save of the SSD Take
CloseCloses the SSD Take

SLOW File

SLOW File objects represent locally-saved SLOW Files that have been opened for playback.

Clicking on an SLOW File object will change the user interface to playback controls and display all the relevent status and settings for the selected SLOW File.

Context Menu

Right-clicking on the SLOW File object from the Navigation Pane will bring up its context menu:

Menu ItemDescription
Save...Performs a Save of the SLOW File
CloseCloses the SLOW File