Grass Valley iControl Solo User Manual

iControl Solo

User Gu ide

Part Number: M786-1600-324 11 July 2011

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Title iControl Solo User Guide
Part Number M786-1600-324
Revision 11 July 2011 2:16 pm

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Differences Between iControl Solo and the Standard iControl System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 Getting Started with iControl Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Communicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Densité Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Connecting Densité and Imaging Series Housing Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Adding Densité Communicator Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Configuring Imaging Communicator Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

3 Using iControl Solo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Navigator Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Control Panels and Device Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Control Panel Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Info Control Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Devices Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Alarm Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Reference Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Opening iControl Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Closing iControl Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Opening Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Opening Info Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Changing Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Managing Device Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Adding Cards to the Reference Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Removing Cards from the Reference Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Installing IC-USB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

IC-USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

IC-USB Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting the IC-USB Device to a PC or Laptop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting the IC-USB Device to a Miranda Quartet2 Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Connecting the IC-USB Device to a Miranda Symphonie Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Determining the IC-USB COM Port Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Installing a Single Imaging Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Installing Multiple Imaging Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Contact Us! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Welcome to iControl Solo!

Overview

This guide describes how to configure and use iC ontrol Solo for contr olling and monitoring devices required
in the broadcast signal path for interfacing, routing and distribution. iControl Solo is designed and
produced by Miranda Technologies Inc.

Introduction

iControl Solo is a stand-alone PC-based control application which offers affordable control directly from a
desktop or laptop that has Windows7™ or Windows XP™ Professional. It provides easy list-based control
and configuration of up to 100 Densité Series and/or Imaging Series modules. Operators are provided with
quick access to devices and parameters for fast and easy control. More advanced control requirements
demanding simultaneous, multi-device monitoring and error logging , and a customized, highly graphical
user interface, can be met with the iControl Web and iControl PM applica tions. A USB-to-RS-422 adapter
(IC-USB) used to connect Imaging Series housing frames is sold separately.

In brief, iControl Solo offers the following key features and benefits:

• a Navigator window with different sorting options, similar to iControl Navigator,

• drivers for most Miranda Densité and Imaging devices,

• the ability to interface up to 100 devices,

• easy problem resolution using status indicators,

•ideal for set and forget operations.

Introduction

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Differences Between iControl Solo and the Standard iControl System

Differences Between iControl Solo and the Standard iControl System

iControl Solo does not:

•provide thumbnails,

• use a GSM (Global Status Manager) for central management of alarm conditions and error logging,

•support audio level meters (ALMs),

• allow simultaneous access to the same devices from an RCP-100 control panel,

• support Virtual Service Managers for configuring and controlling Miranda proc amp devices,

• support Router Manager for configuring and controlling routing switchers.

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This section explains how to set up your iControl Solo system.

Summary

Key Concepts
Connecting Densité and Imaging Series Housing Frames
Adding Densité Communicator Services
Configuring Imaging Communicator Services

Key Concepts

Communicators

Communicators are software components that implement a specific protocol for controlling a family of
devices.

Communicators in iControl Solo are responsible for the discovery process whereby aPCor laptop detects
Miranda devices connected to its serial ports or on the LAN, and initiates services to control these devices.

A communicator is an application that handles the communications between yourPC or laptop and
Densité or Imaging series frames on the network. The two types of communicators (Imaging and Densité)
are configurable services in iControl Solo.

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Densité Manager

Imaging Communicators allow you to control signal processing and distribution performance modules
housed in Miranda Imaging series (Symphonie, Quartet2) frames. The Imaging series frames are
connected to yourPC or laptop via RS-422 serial ports.

Densité Communicators allow you to control interfacing and distribution modules housed in Miranda
Densité frames. A Densité frame is connected to the network via its Densité Controller Ethernet port.

T o be able to use a communica tor, the service must be configured. If the service is not configured, yo u will
not be able to control the devices even if they are connected. If the service is configured, but there are no
cards connected, only the service will be displayed in the Navigator window.

Densité Manager

The Densité Manager is a service that allows you to manage multiple Densité frames (using Densité
Communicators).

For the Densité Manager to discover cards and begin controlling services, you need to specify the
IPaddresses of the Densité frames that it will manage. Each frame ma y contain up to 20 devices. If y ou do
not add any addresses, or if you add an incorrect address, the Densité Manager will not discover any
frames.

Detailed Directions

To set up your iControl Solo system you will need to:

• connect the Densité and Imaging frames that house the cards you wish to control,

• configure Densité and Imaging services in iControl Solo.

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Connecting Densité and Imaging Series Housing Frames

Densité frames can be connected over the network through an Ethernet router, or directly to yourPC or
laptop via a crossover cable. Imaging frames (Symphonie and Quartet2) are connected to yourPC or
laptop using either the IC-USB device, or an RS-232-to-RS-422 converter.

Up to 100 Densité cards

Customer-supplied PC or laptop that has
iControl Solo

Up to 4 daisy-chained Imaging frames

Connecting multiple Densité Series frames through a router, and up to 4 Imaging Series frames via IC-USB

Crossover Cable

Connecting a single Densité Series frame without a router

See also:

For more information about the IC-USB device, see"Installing IC-USB", on page23.

Adding Densité Communicator Services

To add a Densité Communicator service:

1. Open iControl Solo, and double-click DensiteManager in the logical navigator view.

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Adding Densité Communicator Services

2. In DensiteManager, click Add.

3. In the Target Info rmation window, type the frame’s IPaddress and a descriptive name for the new
Densité Communicator service, and then click OK.

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The new Densité Communicator will be started and added to the list. iControl Solo will query the
corresponding Densité frame, and any devices (e.g .cards) it discov ers will be displayed in iC ontrol Solo’s
Navigator window.

Configuring Imaging Communicator Services

To configure the Imaging Communicator service:

1. Open iControl Solo, and double-click ImagingCommunicator in the logical navigator view.

2. In ImagingCommunicator, click Standby.

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Configuring Imaging Communicator Services

3. In the COM Port list select the COM port you chose when you installed the IC-USB device

Note: COM port can only be selected in Standby mode.

4. Click Online to activate the selected port.
The Imaging Communicator service will be restarted and iControl Solo will query all Imaging Series

frames interfaced to your computer. An y devices (e.g. cards) housed in the frames will be displayed in
iControl Solo’s Navigator window.

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This section explains what can be accomplished with iControl Solo.

Summary

Using iControl Solo

Key Concepts
Detailed Directions

Key Concepts

Navigator Window

When you open iContr ol Solo, you see the menu bar, the hierarchical Na vigat or area, sorting tabs for three
different Navigator views, and a status bar.

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Menu bar Hierarchical navigation area

Sorting tabsStatus bar

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Control Panels and Device Parameters

The menu bar provides access to iControl Solo’s main features.
The status bar is where iControl Solo displays messages related to its current operations.
The sorting tabs are a way of filtering the information provided in the hierarchical Na vigator area t o include

all devices or a subset.
The hierarchical Navigator area is a representation of all the devices interfaced with iControl Solo.
You can use the plus and minus buttons in the hierarchy to navigate the hierarchical list views by

expanding and collapsing folders and groups (see "Managing Device Groups", on page19 for details).
The Navigator window shows the current status of every device and service within your iControl Solo

system. By default, the Navigator window displays the following information for each device:

Status icon Green (OK), yellow (warning), red (error), or grey (not connected).

See"Alarm Status", on page16.

Label The device type (by default) or a user-specified name. The text color reflects

the device configuration status.
See:

• "Changing Device Information", on page19

• "Reference Configuration", on page17

• "Adding Cards to the Reference Configuration", on page20

• "Remo ving Cards from the Reference Configuration", on page21

Short label Abbreviated 8-character label.
Source ID Name of the signal source.
Device type The device type.
Comments Optional; may be entered by the user.
Config s tatus Whether the device is or is not part of the Reference Configuration, also if

there is a mismatch between the actual and defined device.
See "Reference Configuration", on page17.

Frame Name of the frame housing the device (when applicable).
Slot Number of the slot where the device is located inside the frame (when

applicable).

Control Panels and Device Parameters

Most Miranda devices can be controlled using control panels. A control panel is a software interface that
lets you monitor and control various device parameters.

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Note: Miranda cards are shipped with Installation & Operation Guides that provide detailed
descriptions of their respective control panels, along with instructions on their use.

To access the control panel for a device, double-click the device in the Navigator window. Alternatively,
right-click the device name, and then click Show control panel on the shortcut menu.

The device name is displayed at the t op of its control panel, along with a dashboard containing one or more
icons representing the status of k ey device parameters. Error conditions are indicated by color and by a text
message that appears below the dashboard. If more than one error condition is present, hold the pointer
over an icon to continuously display its associat ed error message; otherwise the display cycles through all
reported errors.

Note: If the Control icon on the dashboard is yellow, this indicates that local card
control is active—the card is being controlled from a local hard war e contr ol panel. In
such a case, any changes made using the iContr ol Solo interface will have no effect on
the card.

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Control Panel Tabs

When control panels are open their names are added to the View menu. To bring a specific panel to the
foreground, click its name on the View menu. To close all open panels at once, click Close all control

panels.

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Control Panel Tabs

Note: For more information on a control panel, please refer to the Installation&Operation
Guide for the corresponding device.

The table below lists common contr ol panel tabs and their typical purposes:

Tab Description

Input Allows input selection, second input operation mode selection, and control of the

deglitcher and freeze functions.
Video Processing Contains color-correction parameters that apply to the input signal.
Video Output Allows control ov er several aspects of the high definition and standard definition video

output: aspect ratio conversion, timing control, image quality processing, metadata

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Tab Description

Audio Processing Provides audio processing and delay parameters for the embedded or discrete audio input

channels. These parameters affect both the output audio channels (embedded and AES)

and the audio channels sent to other companion cards.
Audio Output Provides extended audio processing for the 16 audio channels embedded in the HD/SD

outputs, including audio channels mixing and audio embedding mode.
Timing Provides access to timing adjustments which affect the signal outputs.
Factory/Presets Allows user and device profile management, and restoring of a device’s factory default

configuration.
Options Describes available options for the device, and provides information on how to enable or

disable them.
Alarm Config. Opens a separate window where alarm status can be monitored and configured.
Info Allows viewing and modifying information about a device (e.g. labels, source ID,

comments) to help identifying a specific device in a comple x setup.

Info Control Panels

The Info control panel is available for all device types. The Info panel includes device identification
information such as a label, a short label, the device type, comments, source ID, config status, frame, and
slot. You can display the Info panel from the device control panel, or you can right-click a device in the
Navigator window and then click Show info control panel from the shortcut menu.

From the Info panel, you can change the name of the selected device and type comments. By default , the
device name takes the type identification; however, you will find it helpful to rename devices using

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Devices Groups

meaningful names. Once you change the device name in the control panel, the new name will be displayed
in the Navigator window, making the device easier to locate.

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Example of an Info control panel for a specific device

Devices Groups

iControl Solo allows you to organize devices into logical groups, making them easier to locate and to
manage. A device group is a folder into which you drag selected devices. You can create as many device
groups and subgroups as you want.

When you create a device group, you automatically cr eate a virtual alarm that displays the over all status of
the member devices. The color of the device group’s folder icon will change when one or more of its
members displays an error or warning status. F or example , if one member device changes status as a result

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of a critical error, then the group’s folder icon will turn red. If no devices are assigned to a group, its folder
icon will be white.

New device group folder (circled)

Note: Device groups can only be created in (and are only visible in) iControl Solo’s Logical sort
mode.

Views

Sorting allows you to determine the way in which devices will be arranged for display in iControl Solo’s
Navigator window.

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Alarm Status

Three views are available by clicking tabs at the bottom of the Navigator window.

Navigator tabs (circled)

• Logical view displays all active services and devices interfaced with iControl Solo. The devices and
services may be organized into groups. Groups and their contents are arranged in alphabetical order.
Ungrouped items are displa y ed at the end of the list. Empty slots are not shown, unless they ar e in the
Reference Configuration (see "Reference Configuration", on page17).

• Physical view arranges the devices relative to their physical connections and network location. All
frame slots are shown. Empty slots show up as “Empty,” unless the card i s designated as “In Ref.
Configuration,” in which case it will show up as before, but with the description “missing from slot.”
Devices are sorted by the name you typed when you added a Densité Communicator service, and by the
number of the serial port where an Imaging frame is connected.

• Flat view shows all devices in alphabetical order without any grouping.

Alarm Status

The current status of an alarm determines the color of any on-scr een object associated with that alarm: the
LED-like icon to the left of a device or service label, an enclosing folder, etc. Each possible alarm status is
represented by a color. Alarm statuses are dynamically updated.

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iControl Solo implements an industry standard
describes the color scheme used by iControl Solo to display alarm statuses, and how they map to the
ITU-TX.733 Recommendation:

1. Default alarm severities in iControl Solo are compliant with the intent of ITU-T Recommendation X.733, Information

T e chnology – Open Systems Interconnection – Systems Management – Part 4: Alarm Reporting Function

color code definition for all alarms. The following table

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Color Status ITU-T X.733 Description

White Pending — Alarm exists but has not yet been reported. iControl Solo is waiting for the

hardware or driver to update the alarm. White is the default status for a
new alarm, before its current status is known. Th is status should be
replaced very quickly, though it might persist as the result of a slow
network connection. If a service is stopped, then all alarms originating

from this service will revert to pending status.
Green Normal Cleared The device, service, or signal is operating within allowable parameters.
Yellow Minor Minor/Warning Warning that an err or of low importance has occurred.
Orange Major Major Warning that an error of intermediate importance has occurred.

Red Critical Critical Warning that an error of critical importance has occurred.

Gray Unknown Indeterminate Failure to get the status of an alarm provider, even though the source

device has been detected. This could happen, for example, as the r esult of

(1) a lost network connection, or (2) a loss of signal that would trigger a

critical alarm for signal presence but leave all other related alarms in an

unknown status (e.g. the fr eeze or black sta tus is unknown if a signal is not

present).

Blue Non-

existent

Black Disabled Not supported Alarm exists but has been disabled at the source. Some devices can have

— A pseudo-status representing an alarm that has been removed (or was

never added). If an alarm provider is removed—for e xample, if a card is

removed from a frame—the virtual alarm will be unable to detect an

alarm status, and will therefore report the “non-existent” status as blue.

certain alarms disabled on the hardware itself, resulting in these alarms

appearing black.

Reference Configuration

The reference configuration is a feature of iC ontr ol Solo that allo ws you to keep track of important cards, or
groups of cards. If a card is removed from a slot, the default behavior in iControl Solo is for the card to
disappear from the list in the Logical and Global views. In the Network view, the device name is replaced
by the slot number followed by the indication

When you to designate a card as part of the refer ence configuration, then the name of the car d and the slot
number it occupies are retained. If the card is removed, its label will be visible as before, but with the
description

Missing from slot appended.

Empty.

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Detailed Directions

Detailed Directions

Opening iControl Solo

To open iControl Solo:

• Use the iControl Solo shortcut on your desktop.
iControl Solo Navigator window appears.

Closing iControl Solo

To close iControl Solo:

•Do one of the following:

• Close all iControl Solo windows,
OR,

•On Navigator’s File menu, click Quit.

All changes are automatically saved.

Opening Control Panels

To open the control panel for a device:

• In the Navigator window, right-click the device, and then click Show control panel on the shortcut
menu. Alternatively, double-click the device.

The device’s control panel appears.

Opening Info Control Panels

To access the Info control panel for a device:

1. In the Navigator window, double-click the device.
The device control panel appears.

2. Do one of the following:

• Select the Info tab,

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OR,

• In the Navigator window, right-click the device, and then click Show info control panel on the
shortcut menu.

iControl Solo

User Guide

Changing Device Information

Some device information can be customized from the device’s Info control panel. Changes made in the
control panel are immediately applied to the device.

• The device name appears in the Label box.

• You can modify the sourceID and add comments in the corresponding boxes.

Renaming Devices

To rename a device:

1. Open the Info window for the device you wish to rename (see "Opening Info Control Panels", on

page18).

2. Type the new name in the Label box.
The changes are immediately applied.

Managing Device Groups

With iControl Solo, you can create as many device groups as necessary for your system, and then place the
various devices into the appropriate groups. A device can only be a member of one group.

Creating Groups

To create a group:

1. In the Navigator window, click Logical view.

2. Right-click the location for the new group (the root folder, or another folder within the hierarchical
structure) and then click Add Group on the shortcut menu.

The Group name window appears.

3. Type a name for the group (e.g. “satellite” or “remote”), and then click Create Group.
The group appears as a new folder in the chosen location.

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Moving Groups

To move a group:

1. In the Navigator window, right-click the group you wish to move, and then click Cut on the shortcut
menu.

2. Right-click the destination folder, and then click Paste on the shortcut menu.
The group appears as a new folder in the chosen location.

Renaming Groups

To rename a group:

1. In the Navigator window, select the group folder you wish to rename.

2. Right-click the group folder and then click Rename group.
The Folder Name window appears.

Folder Name window

3. Type a new name for the group, and then click Rename gr oup .
The new group name appears for the chosen folder.

Removing Groups

To remove a group:

1. In the Navigator window, expand the group folder you wish to remove.

2. Remove all devices from the group folder b y dragging them to another folder or to the root of the folder
structure (only empty groups can be removed).

3. Right-click the empty group folder, and then click Remove group on the shortcut menu.

4. When prompted to confirm the removal, click Yes.
The group no longer appears in the Navigator window.

Adding Cards to the Reference Configuration

The reference configuration (see page17) is a way to keep track of cards or groups of cards important to
your setup.

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To add a card to the reference configuration:

• In the Navigator window, right-click the card you wish to add, and then click Add to reference
configuration on the shortcut menu.

The phrase

In Ref. Configuration appears in the Config status column.

Note: If this card is physically r emoved from its slot , the card name remains in the Label column,
along with the phrase

Missing from slot.

Removing Cards from the Reference Configuration

To remove a card from a reference configuration:

• In the Navigator window, right-click the card you wish to remove, and then click Remove from
reference configuration.

The phrase

Not In Ref. Configuration appears in the Config Status column.

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This appendix provides instructions on installing the IC-USB device.

Key Concepts

IC-USB

Installing IC-USB

The IC-USB device is a USB-to-RS-422 converter. It is used to establish communication between your PC or
laptop, and serial devices such as the Quartet2 and Symphonie Miranda Imaging Series housing frames.

IC-USB Driver

The IC-USB driver is installed automatically with the Miranda iControl Solo software. When you connect
the IC-USB device to your PC or laptop, W indows will automatically detect the new hardwar e and associate
it with the IC-USB driver.

Detailed Directions

Connecting the IC-USB Device to a PC or Laptop

To connect the converter to your PC or laptop:

1. Plug the TypeA (flat) connector end of the USB cable into the USB port located in the back of your PC.

Installing IC-USB

Connecting the IC-USB Device to a Miranda Quartet2 Frame

2. Plug the TypeB (square) end of the USB cable into the IC-USB device.

Connecting the IC-USB Device to a Miranda Quartet2 Frame

To connect the converter to a Miranda Quartet2 frame:

1. Connect the IC-USB device’s DE-9 connector to the supplied RJ-45-to-DE-9 female adapter.

2. Connect one end of the supplied Ethernet cable to the RJ-45-to-DE-9 female adapt er , and the other end
to one of the RJ-45 ports in the back of the Quartet2 frame:

IC-USB connected to a Miranda Quartet2 frame

Connecting the IC-USB Device to a Miranda Symphonie Frame

To connect the IC-USB to a Miranda Symphonie Frame:

1. Connect IC-USB, RJ-45-to-DE-9 female adapter and E thernet cable as described under "C onnecting the

IC-USB Device to a Miranda Quartet2 Frame", above.

2. Connect the RJ-45-to-DE-9 male adaptor to the Ethernet cable.

3. Connect the male adaptor to one of the RS-422 female DE-9 ports in the back of the Symphonie frame:

IC-USB connected to a Miranda Symphonie frame

Determining the IC-USB COM Port Number

The IC-USB COM port number is required to configure the Miranda iControl Solo Imaging Communicator
service.

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User Guide

To determine the COM port number associated with IC-USB:

1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, then to Inside Out Networks, and click Edgeport
Configuration Utility.

2. Expand the Edgeport1i line item from the General Tab.
The COM port number is specified in brackets.

Installing a Single Imaging Frame

Ensure that the frame is properly terminated (refer to the Installation Guide for your Quartet2 or
Symphonie frame).

Installing Multiple Imaging Frames

A maximum of 4 Imaging frames (Quartet2 and Symphonie) can be daisy-chained together. Each
individual frame in the daisy chain requires a different serial identification assignment. The last frame in
the chain must be terminated (refer to the Installation Guide for your Quartet2 or Symphonie frame).

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