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The ParaView Mobile Remote Control allows users to view the ParaView scene and control the camera from a mobile device.  The remote control uses a plugin for the ParaView desktop application, and an app for a mobile device.
The ParaView Mobile Remote Control allows users to view the ParaView scene and control the camera from a mobile device.  The remote control uses a plugin for the ParaView desktop application, and an app for a mobile device.


== Installing the plugin for ParaView ==


The mobile remote control plugin will be installed with ParaView v3.98.  To enable the plugin, go to the <i>Tools</i> menu and choose <i>Manage Plugins...</i>  The <i>MobileRemoteControl</i> plugin should appear in the list of plugins.  Select it and choose <i>Load Selected</i>.  When the plugin is loaded, a dock panel will appear in the ParaView user interface.  The visibility of the dock panel can be toggled using the <i>View</i> menu.
== Plugin for ParaView ==


== Installing the mobile device app ==
The mobile remote control plugin is bundled with [http://paraview.org/paraview/resources/software.php ParaView v3.981].  To use the plugin, open ParaView and then go to the <i>Tools</i> menu and choose <i>Manage Plugins...</i>.  The <i>MobileRemoteControl</i> plugin will appear in the list of plugins.  Select it and choose <i>Load Selected</i>.  When the plugin is loaded, a dock panel will appear in the ParaView user interface.  The visibility of the dock panel can be toggled using the <i>View</i> menu.


The mobile device app is currently available as source code only.  Future releases of KiwiViewer for Android and iOS will included the mobile remote control as a built-in functionality.  To compile the mobile remote control from source, follow the instructions on the [[VES/Developers Guide|VES Developer's guide]] for compiling KiwiViewer.  The remote control can be found on a topic branch called midas-kiwi.  To checkout the topic branch from the stage remote:
== Connecting to ParaView from KiwiViewer for iOS ==


  $ cd /path/to/ves
The ParaView mobile remote control is a feature in KiwiViewer v2.0 for iOS. 
  $ git remote add stage git://vtk.org/stage/VES.git
 
  $ git fetch stage
== Connecting to ParaView from KiwiViewer for Android ==
  $ git checkout -t stage/midas-kiwi
 
The version of KiwiViewer that is currently available in the Google Play Store does not have the ParaView mobile remote control feature.  In the meantime, you can download a version of KiwiViewer that features the mobile remote control from the [http://packages.kitware.com/packages/application/view?applicationId=14,15,16 KiwiViewer packages].


The mobile remote control client is implemented by the class <i>src/kiwi/vesKiwiPVRemoteRepresentation.{cxx,h}</i>


== Getting Help ==
== Getting Help ==
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== Screenshots and videos ==
== Screenshots and videos ==
This video shows a demonstration of the ParaView mobile remote control and then walks through the steps of using it in KiwiViewer.
[[Image:ParaView_Remote_Movie_Banner.png|link=http://vimeo.com/61020951|border]]


[[Image: Mobile_remote_control_plugin.png]]
[[Image: Mobile_remote_control_plugin.png]]


Screenshot of the dock panel from the ParaView mobile remote control plugin.
Screenshot of the dock panel from the ParaView mobile remote control plugin.
Videos - in progress.

Revision as of 23:49, 4 March 2013

The ParaView Mobile Remote Control allows users to view the ParaView scene and control the camera from a mobile device. The remote control uses a plugin for the ParaView desktop application, and an app for a mobile device.


Plugin for ParaView

The mobile remote control plugin is bundled with ParaView v3.981. To use the plugin, open ParaView and then go to the Tools menu and choose Manage Plugins.... The MobileRemoteControl plugin will appear in the list of plugins. Select it and choose Load Selected. When the plugin is loaded, a dock panel will appear in the ParaView user interface. The visibility of the dock panel can be toggled using the View menu.

Connecting to ParaView from KiwiViewer for iOS

The ParaView mobile remote control is a feature in KiwiViewer v2.0 for iOS.

Connecting to ParaView from KiwiViewer for Android

The version of KiwiViewer that is currently available in the Google Play Store does not have the ParaView mobile remote control feature. In the meantime, you can download a version of KiwiViewer that features the mobile remote control from the KiwiViewer packages.


Getting Help

Please ask questions on the VES public mailing list.

Screenshots and videos

This video shows a demonstration of the ParaView mobile remote control and then walks through the steps of using it in KiwiViewer.

ParaView Remote Movie Banner.png

Mobile remote control plugin.png

Screenshot of the dock panel from the ParaView mobile remote control plugin.

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