Managing the Device Drivers

The Device Manager window displays a list of all devices available in Softimage which you can activate or deactivate. You can add drivers to or remove them from this list, as well as access each driver's channels for editing. You can also start and end a capturing session from here.

To open the Device Manager

Do one of the following:
- Choose Tools Devices Manage Device Drivers from the Animate toolbar.
  
  or
- In the explorer, go to the Project level, expand the Data tree, and click the Device Manager icon.

Adding and Removing Device Drivers

To add a device driver to the manager

In the Device Manager window, click the Add button. The dialog box for selecting a device driver appears.
Click on the device you want to add to the manager and click Select. By default, the MIDI Keyboard, Mouse, and PC1600 (MIDI board) device drivers are listed.
The Device Driver property editor opens in which you can set up the channels (see Setting Up the Device Driver's Channels) and activate the driver (click the Active option).
The device driver is displayed in the Device Manager window. Click in its Active cell to activate it there.

To remove a device driver

Select a device driver from the list in the Device Manager and click the Remove button.

Activating and Deactivating Device Drivers

To activate or deactivate all available device drivers

Do one of the following:
- Select the Device Manager Active option in the Device Manager window.
  
  or
- Choose Tools Devices Enable/Disable All Device Drivers from the Animate toolbar.

To activate or deactivate individual device drivers

Do one of the following:
- In the Device Manager window, click in each device driver's Active cell.
  
  or
- Open the device driver's property editor (see next section) and toggle its Active option.
To reconnect all channels of all active devices that are using the current selection, select Options Track Selection.