Startup behaviour

The first time your Hippotizer starts up, or after a clean show is started, Output Manager will create a default setup based on the output configuration at startup.

*It is always best to ensure all displays are attached and are visible in Windows before starting the Hippotizer software. The windows primary display should be set to the Zookeeper (control) output.

Output Manager’s defaults are based around the number of displays and where the Windows primary display is assigned.

If only one display is present, a single output viewport will be created in Windowed mode on that output.

If two or more displays are present a single full screen output will be created on the non-primary display

*Holding CTRL + ESCAPE for four seconds will put Output Manager into configuration mode. This is a good way to break out of situations of where you can not see the desktop because it is covered with an output.

After the first run, Output Manager saves the previous settings and will attempt to place the system back into the same state it was at shut down. This is based on the display name as give to Hippotizer by EDID. If the same displays are not detected, Viewports will appear un-patched and can be re-patched from within Output Manager.

See Re-patching outputs.