Grass Valley iRouter User Manual

User Guide

Version 6.01

M407-9900-222

2 May 2014

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Title iC Router Version 6.01 User Guide

Part Number M407-9900-222

Revision Date 2 May 2014 1:08 pm

Table of Contents

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

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

Communications with Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

User Interfaces Available with iControl Router Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Configuration Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Operating Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 Operating Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

Matrix View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Single Bus Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Router Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Exclusion Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Salvo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Groups Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Destination locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Opening the Matrix View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Opening the Single Bus Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Opening the Router Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Opening Salvo Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Opening Exclusion Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Opening Groups Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3 Routing Switchers Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Nevion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Network Compact Protocol (Default Driver for VikinX Compact Routers) . . . . . . . 33

Network Modular Protocol (Control Protocol for VikinX Modular Routers) . . . . . . 34

Leitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

How to get Firmware Version Number? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Utah Scientific RCP-3 (SC-4 Controller Ethernet Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Utah Scientific RCP-1 (SC-3 Controller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Utah Scientific AVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Philips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Digipath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Thomson / Grass Valley GVG Series 7000 Native Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Lightwave Matrix-Hub 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Snell (Pro-Bel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

SW-P-08 (General Remote Control Protocol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

SW-P-02 (General Switcher Communication Protocol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

NVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

NVISION Ethernet Protocol - Enterprise Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

NVISION Ethernet Protocol - Enterprise Router (Logical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

NVISION Ethernet Protocol - Compact Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Pesa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

CPU Link Protocol No.1 or P1 (Pesa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Unsolicited Status Protocol (Pesa USP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Sony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Quintech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Quick Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Detailed Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

4 Configuration Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

System Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Configuring Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Configuring Routers Dynamically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Overview

The Miranda iControl Router Software allows you to create a virtual routing environment where actual physical router resources are deployed and controlled by software into a customized configuration optimized for your operational needs. Large routers can be operated as if they were multiple smaller routers. For example, a 64 × 64 router can be operated as if it were three separate smaller routers: for instance, a 64 × 15 router, a 12 × 5 router and a 32 × 44 router. Control and monitoring are handled by software, and are readily changed. Each operator benefits by seeing only the resources actually being used. This software can also be used as a bridge interface between a Kaleido or iControl Web system and a routing device. In this configuration, it will be used to update UMD text, and for router control functions initiated from the Kaleido or iControl Web user interface. The software includes the following features:

Introduction

• bridge interface via TCP-IP for Kaleido and iControl Web software

• distributed architecture

• highly configurable

• unlimited router size

• unlimited number of levels

• support for logical routers

• support for a mix of different frame types from different manufacturers

Communications with Routers

The host computer and the routing devices you wish to control must be interconnected by a serial or Ethernet cable. Most of the supported routers are serial (RS-422 or RS-232) devices. Some newer devices may support TCP\IP connection.

Install the appropriate connection, either by using dedicated cabling or through an existing network.

See also

For more information, see "Routing Switchers Tips and Tricks" on page 33.

1. Exceptionally, the iControl Router driver for the Snell SW-P-08 protocol does not support, by default, a matrix larger than 1024 × 1024. If your router matrix requirements exceed this upper limit using this protocol, contact Miranda technical support.

Introduction

User Interfaces Available with iControl Router Software

Configuration Interface

The configuration interface, called iControl Router Configurator, is used for router setup and configuration. Use this application to define physical and logical routers.

Ter m Description

Physical Router A physical router represents the connection to your existing router (RS-232/422 or TCP). Configure one

physical router for each device you wish to control from the iControl Router software.

Logical Router A logical router represents an entire physical router, or a subset of a physical router. The operating

interfaces handle logical routers.

For instance, if you configured one 16 × 16 physical router, you can create two 8 × 8 logical routers with levels 0 and 1.

See also

For more information, see "Configuration Interface" on page 59.

Operating Interface

The operating interfaces called Matrix View and Single Bus are client applications used to monitor and control the logical routers that you defined in iControl Router. They are available from the iControl Router Control Web page.

See also

For more information, see "Operating Interface" on page 3.

Key Concepts

The operating interface consists of several components:

• Matrix view is designed to provide extended functionality and be a visual representation of the status for the whole logical router (see page 3).

• Single Bus window is an interface designed to control one router destination (or group of destinations) at a time (see page 6).

• Router Status window displays router status and labels of all destinations or groups of destinations (see page 11).

• Exclusion Editor allows you to exclude specified router inputs from appearing on specified outputs. For example, you may wish to inhibit a VTR’s output from being fed back to its input (see page 13).

• Salvo Editor allows you to create and edit a configuration of crosspoint closures (see page 17).

• Groups Editor allows you to create and edit groupings of destinations (see page 20).

Operating Interface

Matrix View

The Matrix View interface allows you to switch crosspoints during operation. Three areas at the bottom of the window enable crosspoint operation in different modes.

Operating Interface

Matrix View Common Tasks

See also

For more information, see:

• "Matrix View Common Tasks" on page 4

• "Matrix Menus" on page 5

• "Destination locks" on page 23

• "Opening the Matrix View" on page 24

Matrix View Common Tasks

To do this... ...do this...

Set the system to store all changes made in Matrix view, but NOT implement those changes until Take a ll is clicked.

In the Presets area, select Preset.

Set the system to implement all changes made in the Matrix view as soon as they are entered.

Select one or more levels to be switched In the Levels area, enable the button(s) corresponding to

Set the system to switch all levels In the Levels area, enable ALL FOLLOW.

Set the system to automatically lock changes once they are taken

In the Presets area, clear Preset.

one or more levels, as required.

In the Presets area, enable Autolock.

iControl Router

User Guide

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To do this... ...do this...

Apply a salvo In the Salvo area, select a salvo from the list, and then click

Tak e.

Choose a destination group

1. In the Matrix area, click on the column header box

designating the source.

2. Select a group.

Matrix Menus

You may set some parameters of the Matrix View using the Matrix View menus located along the top of the Matrix View window.

Matrix View menu items

Menu item Action

New Single Bus Opens a new Single bus window with destination 1

selected.

Matrix View Opens a new Matrix View window.

Status View Opens a window showing the router status.

Operating Interface

Single Bus Window

Matrix View menu items (

Menu item Action

Configuration Salvo Editor Invokes the configuration mode Salvo editor window.

Settings Status Bar On Displays status bar.

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Exclusion Editor Invokes the configuration mode Exclusion editor

Group Editor Invokes the configuration mode Group editor window.

Sound On Enables sound effects.

Header tip On Shows an enlarged version of the source and destination

Zoom Zoom In Makes matrix cells bigger. This is useful for big routers with

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window.

Off Hides status bar.

Off Disables sound effects.

labels under the cursor tip, useful when the displayed labels are very small, e.g. when zoomed out on a large matrix

Off Disables the supplementary label display.

many levels.

Zoom Out Shrinks matrix cells in order to show as much of the matrix

as possible.

Windows Contains a list of open windows. Selecting an entry will

Close Closes current window. If the window is the last one open

Single Bus Window

Default Size Resizes matrix cells to the default size.

Fit horizontally Tries to fit all of the sources into the window.

bring it to the front.

– then exit.

iControl Router

User Guide

The Single Bus window shows sources on the left as a set of buttons, and destinations on the right. Destinations appear in the list in the Destination area (either a single bus, or a group with a defined name, or an Anonymous group created temporarily; the latter two from the

Destination/Group Selection window).

See also

For more information, see:

• "Single Bus Window Common Tasks" on page 7

• "Single Bus Menus" on page 9

• "Destination locks" on page 23

• "Opening the Single Bus Window" on page 27

Single Bus Window Common Tasks

To do this... ...do this...

Cycle the selected destination busses between locked and

unlocked states.

1. In the Destination area, in the row corresponding to the desired destination,

click the button so it displays UNLOCKED to effect an unlocked state.

2. Click the button so it displays LOCK ED to effect a locked state.

Operating Interface

Single Bus Window Common Tasks

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To do this... ...do this...

Select which levels are switched

1. In the Levels area, enable the buttons corresponding to all the levels for which

you would like to enable switching.

2. The current source at the output for each level is shown in the Status column.

Select one or more groups of destinations

1. In the Destination area, click the Down arrow next to the list of destinations.

The Destination/Group Selection window appears.

2. If you would like to select a single destination, click the desired destination.

3. If you would like to select multiple destinations, click Select group, then either

select the desired destinations by click ing o n eac h of th em or click Select group

to select all of them.

4. Click OK.

iControl Router

User Guide

1. If part of a group is locked, the overall group will be unlocked; those that are unlocked do not change state.

2. If you would like to make this an anonymous group, click Anonymous group.

Single Bus Menus

You may set some parameters of the Single Bus window using the menus located along the top.

Single Bus menu items

Menu item Action

New Single Bus Opens a new Single bus window with destination 1 selected.

Matrix View Opens a new Matrix View window.

Status View Opens a window showing the router status.

Configuration Salvo Editor Invokes the configuration mode Salvo editor window.

Exclusion Editor Invokes the configuration mode Exclusion editor window.

Group Editor Invokes the configuration mode Group editor window.

Operating Interface

Single Bus Menus

Single Bus menu items (

Menu item Action

Settings Status Bar On Displays status bar.

Sound On Enables sound effects.

Autolock On Shows an enlarged version of the source and destination labels

Preset On Enables presets.

Chop interval

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Off Hides status bar.

Off Disables sound effects.

Off Disables the supplementary label display.

Off Disables presets.

No auto chopping Disables autochopping

Set chop interval to 0.5s Changes chop interval to 0.5 seconds

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under the cursor tip, useful when the displayed labels are very small

The new selection appears in the Preset area, and is set at the output when the Tak e button is clicked. The take is inhibited if any exclusions are violated, or if the selected destination is locked.

The Preset area is dimmed. All selected outputs switch immediately to the source selected on the button in the left panel.

Set chop interval to 1s Changes chop interval to 1 second

Set chop interval to 1.5s Changes chop interval to 1.5 seconds

Set chop interval to 2s Changes chop interval to 2 seconds

Set chop interval to 2.5s Changes chop interval to 2.5 seconds

Set chop interval to 3s Changes chop interval to 3 seconds

Set chop interval to 10s Changes chop interval to 10 seconds

Set chop interval to 30s Changes chop interval to 30 seconds

Windows Contains a list of open windows. Selecting an entry will bring it

to the front.

Close Closes current window. If the window is the last one open – then

exit.

Router Status Window

iControl Router

User Guide

The Router Status window displays router status and labels of all destinations or groups of destinations.

See also

For more information, see:

• "Router Status Window Common Tasks" on page 11

• "Router Status Menus" on page 12

• "Opening the Router Status Window" on page 29

Router Status Window Common Tasks

To do this... ...do this...

Display the Destination/Group Selection window

Click Destinations.

Operating Interface

Router Status Menus

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To do this... ...do this...

Display the Single Bus window Click the desired level.

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Router Status Menus

You may set some parameters of the Single Bus window using the menus located along the top.

Router Status menu items

Menu item Action

New Single Bus Opens a new Single bus window with destination 1 selected.

Matrix View Opens a new Matrix View window.

Status View Opens a window showing the router status.

Configuration Salvo Editor Invokes the configuration mode Salvo editor window.

Exclusion Editor Invokes the configuration mode Exclusion editor window.

Group Editor Invokes the configuration mode Group editor window.

iControl Router

User Guide

Router Status menu items (

Menu item Action

Settings Status Bar On Displays status bar.

Windows Contains a list of open windows. Selecting an entry will bring it

Close Closes current window. If the window is the last one open – then

Exclusion Editor

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Off Hides status bar.

Sound On Enables sound effects.

Off Disables sound effects.

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to the front.

exit.

Exclusion Editor allows you to forbid user-specified router inputs from appearing on userspecified router outputs. Sources extend along the horizontal axis and are labeled across the top of the matrix. Destinations extend along the vertical axis and are labeled down the left side of the matrix.

See also

For more information, see:

• "Exclusion Editor Common Tasks" on page 14

• "Exclusion Editor Menus" on page 16

Operating Interface

Exclusion Editor Common Tasks

Exclusion Editor Menus

1. If any exclusions are not allowed because of other choices made in the router definition, they will not appear on the matrix. Additionally, a note will appear (highlighted in red) in the Status box at the top of the pane. Click Status to see a list of all notes.

Exclusion Editor Menus

You may set some parameters of the Exclusion Editor using the menus located along the top.

Exclusion Editor menu items

Menu item Action

New Single Bus Opens a new Single bus window with destination 1 selected.

Matrix View Opens a new Matrix View window.

Status View Opens a window showing the router status.

Zoom Zoom in Magnifies the view of the matrix by a set increment.

Zoom out Demagnifies the view of the matrix by a set increment.

Default size Reverts the magnification of the matrix to the default zoom

setting.

Fit horizontally Magnifies or demagnifies the view of the matrix so that it fits

horizontally within the Exclusion Editor’s win dow.

Configuration Salvo Editor Invokes the configuration mode Salvo editor window.

Exclusion Editor Invokes the configuration mode Exclusion editor window.

Group Editor Invokes the configuration mode Group editor window.

Settings Status Bar On Displays status bar.

Off Hides status bar.

Sound On Enables sound effects.

Off Disables sound effects.

Windows Contains a list of open windows. Selecting an entry will bring it

to the front.

Close Closes current window. If the window is the last one open – then

exit.

Salvo Editor

iControl Router

User Guide

Salvo Editor allows you to create and name a configuration of crosspoint closures. Individual levels may be specified at each crosspoint or the entire group may be specified.

Note: Exclusions are shown on the matrix and cannot be overridden.

See also

For more information, see:

• "Salvo Editor Common Tasks" on page 18

• "Salvo Editor Menus" on page 19

• "Opening Salvo Editor" on page 30

Operating Interface

Salvo Editor Common Tasks

To do this... ...do this...

Create a salvo of crosspoint closures.

1. Click New.

The Input window appears.

2. Type a name for this salvo and then click OK.

3. Select one or more levels at the bottom of the window, or else click ALL

FOLLOW, to associate this salvo with the desired levels.

4. Click all crosspoints you would like to include in this salvo.

5. Click Save.

Delete a salvo. Select the salvo you would like to delete from the list, and then click Delete.

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Display the status history log. Click Status.

The History window appears.

iControl Router

User Guide

Salvo Editor Menus

You may set some parameters of the Salvo Editor using the menus located along the top.

Salvo Editor menu items

Menu item Action

New Single Bus Opens a new Single bus window with destination 1 selected.

Matrix View Opens a new Matrix View window.

Status View Opens a window showing the router status.

Operating Interface

Groups Editor

Salvo Editor menu items (

Menu item Action

Zoom Zoom in Magnifies the view of the matrix by a set increment.

Zoom out Demagnifies the view of the matrix by a set increment.

Default size Reverts the magnification of the matrix to the default zoom

Fit horizontally Magnifies or demagnifies the view of the matrix so that it fits

Configuration Salvo Editor Invokes the configuration mode Salvo editor window.

Exclusion Editor Invokes the configuration mode Exclusion editor window.

Group Editor Invokes the configuration mode Group editor window.

Settings Status Bar On Displays status bar.

Sound On Enables sound effects.

Windows Contains a list of open windows. Selecting an entry will bring it

Close Closes current window. If the window is the last one open – then

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Off Hides status bar.

Off Disables sound effects.

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Groups Editor

Groups Editor allows you to create and edit groupings of destinations.

See also

For more information, see:

• "Groups Editor Common Tasks" on page 21

• "Groups Editor Menus" on page 22

Groups Editor Common Tasks

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Create a group.

1. Click New.

An Input window appears.

2. Type a name for the new group, and then click OK.

iControl Router

User Guide

Edit a group.

3. In the matrix, select the destinations buttons you would like to include

in this group, and then click Save.

1. Select the group you would like to edit in the group list.

2. Change the button selection for this group, and then click Save.

Operating Interface

Groups Editor Menus

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Rename a group.

Delete a group.

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1. Select the group whose name you would like to change in the group list.

2. Click Rename.

The Input window appears.

3. Type a new name for this group, and then click OK.

4. Click Save.

• Select the group you would like to delete from the group list.

•Click Delete.

The group disappears from the group list.

Groups Editor Menus

You may set some parameters of the Exclusion Editor using the menus located along the top.

iControl Router

User Guide

Groups Editor menu items

Menu item Action

New Single Bus Opens a new Single bus window with destination 1 selected.

Matrix View Opens a new Matrix View window.

Status View Opens a window showing the router status.

Configuration Salvo Editor Invokes the configuration mode Salvo editor window.

Exclusion Editor Invokes the configuration mode Exclusion editor window.

Groups Editor Invokes the configuration mode Group editor window.

Settings Status Bar On Displays status bar.

Off Hides status bar.

Sound On Enables sound effects.

Off Disables sound effects.

Windows Contains a list of open windows. Selecting an entry will bring it

to the front.

Close Closes current window. If the window is the last one open – then

Destination locks

The settings in the Matrix View window may be locked, and when locked, they cannot be changed until the lock is removed. Locked selections appear red on the screen. The crosspoint, and also the row (destination) label on the left is red. Locking can occur in two ways:

• Clicking on the row label box at the left of the screen opens a window which allows levels in that row to be locked. Options are: Lock all levels, Unlock all levels, Lock (with a subsidiary menu listing all currently unlocked levels in that row), and Unlock (with a subsidiary menu listing all currently locked levels in that row). The Single Bus View option is also found in this menu.

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•If Autolock is selected in the Preset area, then any change which is taken, in either PRESET or TAKE mode, is automatically locked on all levels...

Operating Interface

Detailed Directions

Note: Locking occurs immediately; the TAKE/PRESET rules do not apply.

Detailed Directions

Opening the Matrix View

See also

For more information about the Matrix View, see page 3.

Opening a New Matrix View from iControl

Perform this procedure if you would like to open a new Matrix View from iControl.

REQUIREMENT

Before beginning this procedure, make sure you have opened iControl.

To open a new Matrix View from iControl

1. On the

The iControl Launch Pad executable file is downloaded to your local file system.

2. Double-click the executable file.

iControl Launch Pad appears.

3. On iControl Launch Pad, either type in the IP address of your Application Server or select from the list of available IP addresses.

iControl—Startup page, click the massive i icon.

4. Click the iC Router Control icon.

iControl Router

User Guide

The iC Router Control window appears.

5. In the iC Router Control window, in the Matrix view area, select the router you wish to view.

6. Click Open.

Operating Interface

Opening a New Matrix View from Another Operational Window

The Matrix View window for the selected router appears.

Opening a New Matrix View from Another Operational Window

Perform this procedure to open a new Matrix View from a Single Bus window.

REQUIREMENT

Before beginning this procedure, make sure you have open either a Single Bus window or a Router Status window, each associated with the desired router (see page 24).

To open a new Matrix View

•In the Single Bus window, on the New menu, click Matrix view.

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