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Dedicated control software that lets you handle five models of IMAGENICS US Series professional HDMI switchers in a single application. Auto-discovery, backup and clone creation, and a virtual device mode bring deployment and maintenance work into one environment.

US GUI

US GUI
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Dedicated control software for the IMAGENICS US Series

On the floor of a professional HDMI switcher deployment, you find different setup procedures for each model, model-specific control methods, and the back-and-forth of sharing configuration information across multiple units. US GUI is the dedicated control software that lets you handle the IMAGENICS US Series — five models in all (US-88, US-82IL, US-82, US-42, US-41) — in a single application.

The quiet, heavy work behind professional switcher deployment and maintenance

Deploying a professional switcher means per-model initial setup, network configuration, naming of inputs and outputs, and more. Running multiple units means configuration information lives in handwritten notes, and every device swap means repeating the same work.

The relearning that comes with each new model. The control procedures specific to each one. Checking for IP address conflicts. On a floor that handles professional equipment, these quiet costs accumulate, reliably eating into the time that should go to actual operation.

A design that handles five models in one application

US GUI was born from a partnership with IMAGENICS Co.,Ltd. With a hardware manufacturer and a software development company designing it together, the result is software that brings out what the hardware can do.

  • Auto-discovery — Detects US Series devices placed on the network at the click of a button, so manual IP address configuration is no longer required
  • Unified interface for five models — The same UI handles US-88, US-82IL, US-82, US-42, and US-41, removing the need to learn each model separately
  • Crosspoint operation and reporting — A simple crosspoint panel, plus device-state reports shareable via QR code
  • Backup and clone creation — Save an existing device’s configuration and deploy a clone to a new device in a few clicks
  • Virtual device mode — Try the operation without physical hardware, useful for pre-deployment planning and for learning the system
  • Built-in documentation — In-app help that covers not just the software’s functions but also the prerequisites for working with the US Series hardware

US GUI’s design starts from consolidating the work that goes into operating professional equipment into a single application, instead of scattering it across an assortment of tools. Our development team handled specification through architecture design, software implementation, and the user interface, and the combination with IMAGENICS Co.,Ltd.’s hardware expertise is what made the software draw out the hardware’s strengths.

What this looks like on the ground

The development of US GUI was not something that ended with a single software handover for either company. Alongside the work on the product, Liberal Logic Inc.’s approach to work left a cultural influence on IMAGENICS Co.,Ltd.’s development stance.

The work that goes into operating and managing professional video equipment — relearning each new model, hand-managing configuration information, repeating the same initial setup — is the kind of work that doesn’t show up on the surface but reliably eats into the day. US GUI consolidates that quiet burden into a single piece of software, giving back the time that can go to the actual operational work.

What we deliver is switcher control software. What is being created on the ground, however, is the experience of operating professional video equipment shifting from “relearning each new model” to “setting up the operating environment.”