Introduction to Unit Types
In Orchestra, hardware devices and software clients that belong to a single unit are grouped into Unit Types.
As an example, to set up a Vision, you simply add a Vision Unit Type to the Branch Profile and configure all devices a Vision Unit Type consists of in the instance of that Unit Type. This procedure is described in the Administrator’s Guide.
The following Standard Unit Types, described in more detail below, are available:
In Orchestra, Units are handled in different ways in different parts of the system and during the different stages of the configuration:
• In the System Administration application, Unit Type Templates are uploaded and the Unit Types are listed. For more information, see the Reference Manual, which can be found on Qmatic World.
Here, you also configure the Global settings of each Unit Type.
• In the Business Configuration application, the Units are first added to and configured in the Equipment Profile of your Operation Profile. Then, when creating your Branches, the Branch Level Settings for each unit in that Branch’s Equipment Profile are set up.
In the descriptions of the Unit Types below, the settings are divided into Global settings, Equipment Profile Level settings and Branch Level settings, where applicable.