EVS IPDirector Version 4.3 - October 2007 Part 4 User's Manual - Manual (Page 25)

Issue 4.3.C IP Director Version 4.3 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting
EVS Broadcast Equipment
O
NE
XT
SERVER APPEARS WITH A GREY FONT IN
THE
C
HANNEL
E
XPLORER AND
I
CANNOT
CONTROL ITS CHANNELS
This means that there are no direct serial connections to that XT
Server, you cannot control the channels of that XT Server.
2.3 CHANNEL CONTROL
T
HE USER CANNOT CONTROL A CHANNEL
If a channel cannot be controlled, check if:
• The control panel interface has not been locked (check the
padlock icon in the control panel interface)
• The channel has not been locked on another IP Director
workstation. Check if there is a red padlock in front of the
name of the channel in the channel explorer application.
On your XT server, check if your channel can be controlled by
the IP Director workstations. If the channel has been configured
into parallel mode, make sure the IP Director is the main or the
secondary controller.
If the IP Director has been defined as a secondary controller of
the channel in exclusive mode, make sure the control of the
channel has been passed to the IP Director from the main device
(typically an LSM remote device).
If the IP Director has been defined as primary controller of the
channel in exclusive mode, make sure the control of the channel
has not been passed to the secondary controller from the IP
Director Control Panel interface (Check the state of the 2
N D
button)
Do not forget that you need a serial link to one XT if you wish to
control its channels. Check if the channel you would like to
control is available in the channel explorer application.
T
HE CHANNEL OUTPUT IS BLACK
This means your channel is in IDLE state. Load a clip or a clip-
list on that channel OR press the E/E button on the panel.
If an XT Server is configured in XT Server IPDP mode the
recorders are not automatically started. It is then possible that
when you click on E/E the channel displays a frozen picture (the
last one recorded on the corresponding recorder channel). At
this point, you must open a recorder panel to start the recorder
for that channel.
A channel can be set to IDLE state when operated as a fill
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