Using the Storyboard IO Connector

The Connector View will show (No Model Selected) if a Storyboard Application hasn't been opened. In order for the Connector View to populate, a Storyboard application must first be opened. Once an application has been opened, it will show the name of the current Storyboard Application in the top left corner of the view.

The Storyboard IO channel name is autopopulated with the name of the selected Storyboard Application. It can be overridden in the case where your application has specified a different SBIO channel name. Your Storyboard application must be launched before sending an event from the Connector View or else a warning will appear.

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Live Mode

The Live Mode tab in the Connector View is used to send events on the specified SBIO channel. All of the user events defined for the current application are listed in the dropdown Events menu. Selecting an event from the list will populate the Event Format field and element editors.

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The Live Update button is enabled by default, it determines if modifying any event data element values should send a new event on the specified channel, this means dragging a slider will send a series of events to your application. If the Live Update button is disabled, one can change values as much as necessary and then the event can be fired by pressing the send_event_button.png button.

The Save As... button is used to save the current event configuration for reuse in Saved Mode, this is known as an Event Instance, these are the primary focus of the Saved Mode tab.

Saved Mode

The Saved Mode tab in the Connector View is used to send preset events, known as event instances. An event instance is an event that has been pre-configured for reuse.

Here we have the event 'power' and two event instances 'Power On' and 'Power Off'. The Connector View will default to using a boolean editor when an event element is defined with a min of 0 and a max of 1.

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There are two ways to send an event from Saved Mode. The first method is to double click on an event instance in the events tree, the second is to press the send_event.png button that appears beside event instances in the event tree.

The Save button is used to save the changes made to the currently selected event instance.

The Save As... button is used to save the current event configuration as a new event instance. Provide a name for the new event instance in the Save As... dialog.

The Restore Defaults button is used to return the currently selected event instance back to it's saved state.

The Filter Events field is used to search for events and event instances by name.

Data Element Editors

There are diffent editors available for working with event data elements in the Connector View.

  • Number Slider - Contains a slider and a number spinner. Not available on 8u/8s/4u element types.

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  • Number Spinner - A number spinner, can perform mathematical calculations on, increment and decrement the current value. Not available on 8u/8s/4u element types.

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  • Number Field - A text field for inputing numbers. Only available on 8u/8s/4u element types.

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  • Color Picker - Open Color Dialog or input RGB color values. Only available on 4u type elements.

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  • Boolean Radio - True and False buttons.

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  • Boolean Toggle - A button with an up state (False) and a down state (True).

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  • Text Box - A text field for input of UTF-8 text. Only available on 1s type elements. 1s0 elements are null-terminated while 1sN elements are limited to N bytes. This is the only editor available for 1s0 element types.

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