Grass Valley Xplorer Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 16)

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5. Xmedia Server Viewer - Identifies the Xmedia Server (hostname or IP address) and its
current connection status to Xplorer (see
page 2-3 ). When you select the XMS icon, the
contents of the Xmedia Server are displayed in the Asset Browser and Asset Gallery.
6. Device Viewer - Displays an icon for each of the devices that are managed by the
Xmedia Server, as well as their current connection status to Xplorer (see
page 2-12 ).
When the View>Show Device Details menu command is enabled, some of the
devices’ statistics are displayed (i.e. the percentage of free space on their disk, as well
as the number of items left in the publish queue.) See
page 4-17 for more information.
When you select a device’s icon, the contents of that device are displayed in the Asset
Browser and Asset Gallery.
Figure
2-4 demonstrates that right-clicking on the device’s icon exposes commands
that you can use to launch various functions associated with the device (e.g. ping the
device, launch the device’s Publish Queue Monitor, launch the device’s Dashboard or
display the device’s properties).
Figure 2-4. Right-clicking on the device exposes commands associated with the device