In Adding a Separate Graphics Operator, two
panel operation was described to accommodate
a graphics operator. The same principles apply
for any second operator.
For example, it may be desirable to have a
SoftPanel as a remote-aux-panel that can be
accessed by an engineer in the back room. As
illustrated below, use the SoftPanel option and
dual monitor option to attach a second SoftPanel
for the back room operator. In this illustration
this SoftPanel has been reduced to just an aux
panel, see Viewing Just a Portion of the
SoftPanel for how to reduce a SoftPanel.
As an alternative, the back-room SoftPanel
could be on a separate computer, and plugged
into the network hub, see Two Operators with
Two Computers. This provides greater flexibility
to where the back room SoftPanel can be
located, as it can be anywhere on the network,
and is not limited to where a VGA monitor cable
can easily run to.
Two panels may also be used by one operator for redundancy.