A virtual monitor is one that is defined in a layout but does not physically exist on the workstation. A common example of this is a hanging protocol defined to use two monitors when it is applied on a workstation with only one monitor. The layout applied to the second monitor is created and initialized however, because only one monitor exists, it cannot be rendered.
When virtual monitors are present, the Navigation toolbar appears at the top of the first image frame. A tab in the toolbar exists for each virtual monitor. Select the virtual monitors to display by clicking the monitor tab in the navigation toolbar you want to display on the first monitor. The remaining virtual monitors are displayed on the remaining physical monitors.
To create a virtual monitor, do the following:
From the Hanging Protocol toolbar, click the Insert Page button.
From the Monitor tabs in Nav toolbar, click the Insert Monitor tab, ‘+’, or right-click on a Monitor tab in the Nav toolbar and select Add.
To save the view(s) as a hanging protocol, refer to the Creating hanging protocols.