Every ibaCapture Server has a licensed number of live streams. When multiple clients (e.g. ibaPDA Client, ibaCapture Manager) in the network access live streams, the number of available live streams can be exhausted. With live view priorities it is possible to define clients that should be preferred when requesting live views from ibaCapture Server

Live view priorites can be configured in server configuration mode on the Live view priorities node. Priorities are based on the client name of the system.

If you want to use live view priorities, first enable client defined priorities with a tick in the checkbox. A priority rule consists of the client name (server name) and a numeric priority. The higher the number the higher the priority. The default priority is 0. Negative priorities are supported as well.

Priority rules can be added and/or removed with the buttons <+> and <x>. Enter a name and a value for the priority.

A rule can be applied to multiple clients with the use of wildcards. The supported wildcards are:

• ?: matches exactly one character.

• +: matches one or more characters.

• *: matches zero or more characters.

Rules without wildcards will always overrule rules with wildcards.

While configuring priorities, invalid rules will be marked with a red icon. Hovering over the icon will show a tooltip with more information to correct the rule.

If you try to leave the Live view priorities node while there are invalid rules, you will be asked if you would like to remove these. Only if all rules are valid you are able to leave the node.

The grid underneath the priority rules grid shows the current live stream connections and their priorities.