Grass Valley iControl Solo User Manual v.4.13
iControl Solo
Version 4.13
Release Notes
Part Number: M786-1800-332 17 February 2012
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Title iControl Solo Version 4.13 Release Notes
Part Number M786-1800-332
Revision 17 February 2012 5:21 pm
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Table of Contents
1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About iControl Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Installing iControl Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Miranda Imaging Frames (Symphonie or Quartet 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Miranda Densité Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
New Features and Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
New in Version 4.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
New in Version 4.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
New in Version 4.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
New in Version 3.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
New in Version 3.70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
New in Version 3.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fixed Bugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fixed in Version 4.13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fixed in Version 4.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fixed in Version 4.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fixed in Version 4.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fixed in Version 3.70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fixed in Version 3.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Known Issues and Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cards and Devices Supported in this Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Densité Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Contact Us! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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This section details the requirements that must be met prior to installing iControl Solo on your
PC or laptop. It also provides upgrading and configuration guidelines.
About iControl Solo
iControl Solo is a PC-based control application that offers affordable control directly from your
desktop. It allows easy list-based control and configuration of up to 100 Densité series and/or
Imaging series modules, and does not require a Miranda Application Server.
More advanced control requirements involving simultaneous, multi-device monitoring and
error logging, and a customized, highly-graphical user interface can be met with the iControl
Web and iControl PM applications.
System Requirements
The PC or laptop must meet the following system requirements to be compatible with this
release:
Requirements
Recommended •2GB of RAM
• Intel Core i3 or better
• 100 MB of free hard drive space
• 1024 × 768 display resolution or better
Required • Windows 7 or Windows XP Professional
• Ethernet NIC (for Densité
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5.0 or
Imaging Requirements USB port (to connect Imaging frames to the PC by using
the IC-USB device
1. CPU-ETH or CPU-ETH2 controller.
2. If this condition is not met, when you start iControl Solo you will receive an error message
and be redirected to a Java download Web site.
3. IC-USB is not supported on Windows 7.
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Installation and Network Requirements
Installing iControl Solo
Installing iControl Solo
REQUIREMENTS
Make sure you meet the following conditions before beginning this procedure:
• The client PC on which you would like to install iControl Solo is connected to the
Internet. Be advised that the downloadable file is large. Miranda recommends a highspeed connection.
• Your system meets the outlined requirements (see page 1).
To install iControl Solo on a client PC
1. On the client PC, open a Web browser window and type
bar.
The Miranda home page appears.
2. Mouse over Support in the navigation bar, at the top of the page, and then click Portal
login.
www.miranda.com in the address
The Customer support login page appears.
3. Log on using your Miranda Support Services account’s user name and password.
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4. On the Support Portal page, click the SOFTWARE & DOCUMENTATION icon.
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Release Notes
5. On the Software and documentation page, click I (indicated in the graphic, below).
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Installation and Network Requirements
Installing iControl Solo
6. Click iControl Solo.
7. On the iControl Solo page, click the link corresponding to the software build you would like
to download.
8. Follow your Web browser’s file download instructions, as required.
Note: The graphic, below, is the Download window from Mozilla Firefox version 8.0.
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