Grass Valley Soft Panels v.3.1 - Manual (Page 22)

22 Soft Panels — Instruction Manual
Section 4 — Prelude System Soft Panel Configuration
6. Repeat Step 1 through Step 5 above on all the PCs you will use to run
Soft Panels.
7. Contact Grass Valley Customer Support, confirm the number of
licenses purchased, and give them the Device ID(s). You will be given
license key numbers for each purchased Soft Panel.
8. On each PC, return to the Prelude system Soft Panel License Key Menu
and enter the supplied key, including the dashes, and select
Submit .
9. A confirmation prompt reports entry of a valid key. Click OK .
Prelude Soft Panels Configuration Overview
Background Information
Soft Panels used with Prelude systems are configured and managed similar
to hardware panels. The Soft Panel application needs to receive a copy of
the Router configuration, to know what Levels, Sources, and Destinations
are present. Each Soft Panel instance must also receive a panel configura-
tion to define that panel’s capabilities. These configurations are sent to the
Soft Panel application and individual panel instances with the Prelude user
interface incorporated into the NetConfig application.
A Soft Panel instance must be detected on the network before it can be sent
configurations. When the PC running Soft Panels is on the same network
as the Prelude system, the NetConfig application within which Prelude
runs will be able to detect the Soft Panel application, provided a Soft Panel
is connected. Clicking the
Connect to Matrices button of a newly installed Soft
Panel announces the presence of that Soft Panel on the network, making it
accessible to NetConfig, and so able to receive configurations.
After the Soft Panel receives its configurations, clicking the Connect to
Matrices button uses the IP information in its loaded router configuration to
connect to the Prelude system matrices that the Soft Panel will control.
Prelude Soft Panel Names
Each Soft Panel instance has a name. A configuration for a Prelude Soft
Panel instance name can be sent to the PC where Soft Panels is running.
This allows different settings for the same type of Soft Panel. Renaming a
Soft Panel’s name draws that named panel configuration from the PC.
The default Soft Panel instance name consists of the panel type and the last
four hexidecimal digits of the MAC address of the PC running Soft Panels.
The helps ensure every panel instance is unique.