Using the Status panel

The QAWeb status panel is accessible by left-clicking the QAweb agent icon in the Windows taskbar notification area.

• Indicates the current QA Status. See Current QA status

• Indicates the current measured ambient light (illuminance). See Current ambient light indication

• If a task is current currently being executed, it is shown in this area.

• This area shows due tasks that require intervention by a user. See Due tasks requiring user intervention

• Click to open the workstation details.

The bottom area of the status panel contains a number of buttons:

• See Unlocking the display menu

• See Refreshing the server policy

• See Displaying test patterns

• See How to retrieve version and product label information

Current QA status

The combined status of calibration and QA tests is summarized into a single QA status indicator. It can have the following values:

• Compliant: All QA tests have a compliant QA status. There currently are no QA tests due for execution.

• Awaiting Results: At least one task is due for execution.

• Not compliant: At least one QA test has a Not compliant QA status because it failed to pass the test criteria.

• Warning: There is a technical issue that needs to be resolved.

Due tasks requiring user intervention

The QAWeb agent will automatically execute automated tasks in the background. Some tasks, however, require user intervention. Typical examples of tasks requiring user intervention are tasks involving a visual test pattern, or tasks using measurements with an external optical sensor.

Due tasks requiring user intervention are listed in the status panel.

Left-click a due task in the status panel to start its execution. When the task has been completed, it will removed from the status panel until the next time it becomes due.

For more information on viewing the details of calibration and QA tasks, see Task overview.

Current ambient light indication

Note

Ambient light indication requires a Barco display with integrated ambient light sensor.

The QAWeb agent will periodically measure ambient light (a measurement is made every minute and the last 3 measurements are combined to eliminate temporary fluctuations). This value is displayed on the status panel. If multiple displays with a supported sensor are present, the average of the measurements between multiple displays is calculated.

Optionally, an ambient light policy can be configured to notify the end-user when the ambient light exceeds a configurable limit. When this ambient light policy is active for the agent, a pop-up window will appear on the workstation when the limit is exceeded, reminding the user to reduce ambient light. The user has the option to disable these pop-up warnings for the rest of the day (for example, if no more diagnostic readings will be done for this day).

For more information on the configuration of ambient light policies, refer to the QAWeb Enterprise Portal user guide.

Unlocking the display menu

The QAWeb agent automatically locks the display menu (OSD menu, On-Screen-Display menu) to prevent that users accidently modify the calibration settings. The display menu can be temporarily unlocked, for example for service reasons or performing a factory reset.

To unlock the display menu:

1. Open the panel by clicking on the QAweb agent icon in the Windows notification area.

2. Click the icon.

3. Click the ‘Unlock’ button to confirm.

The display menu is now unlocked for the duration of one hour, or until the QAWeb agent is restarted, after which the display menu is automatically locked again.

Refreshing the server policy

When the agent is used in the online mode, the calibration and QA policy are configured using the QAWeb Enterprise Web Portal. When changes are made to a policy using the portal, it may take up to one hour for the agent to adopt these changes. As this delay may be inconvenient during testing or troubleshooting, the reloading of the policies can be forced by clicking the icon.

Displaying test patterns

Test patterns can be used to evaluate the display characteristics through visual inspection or using an external luminance sensor.

After clicking the icon, a window containing the available test patterns will appear. Select the pattern to be displayed. Test patterns are shown on all displays at once.

The Agent supports to show these test patterns:

• Color gradient

• TG18 MM1

• TG18 MM2

• TG18 CH

• TG18 KN

• JRS Chest

• JIRA Chest-QC

• Steady Color

• TG18 MP

• TG18 OIQ

• TG18 LN12 1, …, 18

• TG18 LPH10, 50, 89

• TG18 LPV10, 50

• TG18 UN10, 80

• TG270 SQC

• TG270 PQC