User manual GRASS VALLEY ENCORE 1.8.0 CONFIGURATION MANUAL 10-2010

[. . . ] Encore CONTROL SYSTEM Configuration Manual Software Version 1. 8. 0 071853104 OCTOBER 2010 Affiliate with the N. V. KEMA in The Netherlands CERTIFICATE Certificate Number: 510040. 001 The Quality System of: Thomson Inc, and its wor dwide Grass Valley division affiliates DBA GRASS VALLEY Headquarters 400 Providence Mine Rd Nevada City, CA 95959 United States Kapittelweg 10 4827 HG Breda The Nederlands Rue du Clos Courtel CS 31719 35517 Cesson-Sevigné Cedex France 40 Rue de Bray 2 Rue des Landelles 35510 Cesson Sevigné France Carl-Benz-Strasse 6-8 67105 Schifferstadt Germany 15655 SW Greystone Ct. Beaverton, OR 97006 United States 7140 Baymeadows Way Ste 101 Jacksonville, FL 32256 United States 1 rue de l'Hautil Z. I. des Boutries BP 150 78702 Conflans-Sainte Honorine Cedex France Spinnereistrasse 5 CH-5300 Turgi Switzerland 10 Presidential Way Suite 300 Woburn, MA 01801 United States 2300 So. [. . . ] This is accomplished by allowing the external system to appear as though it is a control panel, allowing it to send commands to route Encore system Sources to Destinations. See RCL Server Application on page 299. 206 Encore -- Configuration Manual Control Panel Server Application Control Panel Server Application The Encore Control Panel Server application can configure and control up to 127 Encore Panels (this includes hardware panels and soft panels). After logging on, click on a blank button on the bottom of the Encore OUI and select the desired Control Panel Server application from the list. The Control Panel Server Main screen will appear (Figure 130). Figure 130. The Control Panel Server Main Screen The Menu Bar on the right lists categories of control panels, and also has buttons to allow configuration of the Control Panel Server and RCL Server applications themselves. Panel Server Configuration Screen Description The Panel Server Configuration screen (Figure 131), accessed by clicking the Panel Server button on the Main Menu, is used to change the settings the Control Panel Server application uses for its operation. This screen is not used to change the control panel configurations. Encore -- Configuration Manual 207 Section 6 -- Control Panel Configuration Figure 131. Panel Server Configuration Window Build Reports the software version of the Control Panel Server application. Identifies the current redundancy mode of the Panel Server: Mirror Master, Mirror Slave, or Disabled. Specifies the IP address of the partner device which will act as either the Panel Server Master or slave. Mode IP (lower left button pane) Copy Master to Mirror Copy Mirror to Master Forces a copy of the Panel Server database from the mirror master to the mirror slave. Forces a copy of the Panel Server database from the mirror slave to the mirror master. Delete Database This button is not operational and is grayed out. Config Name Displays the name of the currently loaded Panel Server configuration file. 208 Encore -- Configuration Manual Control Panel Server Application Displays the Source of the active database -- Local or Sharer. In Local mode, the database is loaded from the locally shared cache on the system controller. This mode is used when the Sharer is not detected during Panel Server start-up. If the Sharer comes on line after the Panel Server starts, the mode will remain Local until the user presses the Save button. Doing so writes the local configuration to the Sharer and switches the filing mode to Sharer. Opens a FilerFax window allowing you to select a Panel Server configuration file to load. Saves the Panel Server configuration from the configuration PC's memory to the Sharer. Once a name is entered, a FilerFax window opens that you use to save the data to the configuration PC. Filing Mode Load Save Save As Import and Export buttons Import Imports a CSV (comma separated values) file from the directory you choose on the drive you specify in the subsequent screens: the floppy disk (fd0) or the primary hard disk (hd0) on the controller or the floppy drive (IP number//fd0) or the primary hard disk (IP number//hd0) of the workstation running the OUI. Importing a CSV file is an alternative way of quickly configuring the Panel Server. Exports the current database settings as a CSV (comma separated values) file to the target and path you choose when you click the Path button: either to the PC's floppy disk (fd0) or to the PC's primary hard disk (hd0). These exported settings can then be used to configure other Panel Servers, and is also an effective way to back up a Panel Server configuration. Toggles the Panel Server on or offline. Export Status Offline Encore -- Configuration Manual 209 Section 6 -- Control Panel Configuration Makes the Panel Server application print crosspoint activities to the console of the SCB. [. . . ] Software installation is performed using the Encore Installer and NetConfig. Encore -- Configuration Manual 403 Section 9 -- System Manager Reference Objects Figure 242. System Manager Objects Menu Purpose You use the Objects screen to: · · · · Add new configuration object templates to your network. Create a new configuration object by copying an existing object Description Current Object The name of the configuration object displayed in the Objects listing. The description of the configuration structure displayed in the Objects listing. Current Array 404 Encore -- Configuration Manual Objects An item in the configuration structure. [. . . ]