Emulating a project without hardware

If you do not have access to MediaMatrix hardware devices, such as NIONs or nControls, or do not want to disturb a currently running system, the target hardware can be emulated on the NWare PC. This makes it possible to gesture controls, save and load presets, test the control programming and verify external control, but some of the functionality of a deployed project is not available.

Notes:

• The emulator does not support audio processing.
• A maximum of 32 hardware devices can be emulated.
• Each time you emulate your project, Windows Task Manager will show a program called pion_emulator.exe on the Processes tab. Sometimes, when the Emulate and Disemulate buttons are clicked several times in succession, multiple instances of pion_emulator.exe are shown before each one is closed.

To emulate a project without hardware

• On the toolbar, click the Emulate button .

  The project will be compiled and a compilation report will be produced. For more information, see Understanding the compilation report.

  The pointer will change to a , NWare will switch to gesture mode, and you will be able to gesture controls.

To stop emulating

• On the toolbar, click the Disemulate button .