[eq-dev] Fig4 on Page 4 of the Equalizer Programming Guide

[Stefan Eilemann]

Hello,

On 30. Dec 2008, at 22:35, wangfeiz at notes.udayton.edu wrote:

> Dear Stefan:
>
> From Figure 4 on Page 4 of the Equalizer Programming Guide (version  
> 1.3.17 for Equalizer 0.6-RC1), we can see that a four channel 2d  
> configuration.
> We also have a eqPly example.
>
> Could you tell me whether the eqPly example exactly use the  
> configuration in Figure 4 ?
>
> In the source code where such a configuration file is read in ? and  
> how the system is configured like that ?
>

eqPly, as all Equalizer applications, does not configure itself. It is  
configured by the eqServer. Please work through the Quickstart Guide,  
it does show how to run different configurations.

> In those configuration files unde /example/config, I did not find  
> such a configuration file.
>
The exact one is not in the source tree, but examples/configs/3-window. 
2D.eqc is very similar.
> From your last email in regard of my concern about Figure 13 on page  
> 10, I now think that the number of channels in our configuration  
> file in fact has much related to do with the number of physical  
> output channels on the GPU card.
>
> Is that correct ?
>

That often is correct. Sometimes one also wants multiple channels in a  
single window to view the data from different viewpoints.


Cheers,

Stefan.