Grass Valley iControl XML - Manual (Page 12)

iControl XML Gateway for Control of Miranda Modular Interface Functional Highlights
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5.1 Using the XML Gateway to Identify the Population of Cards in a System
A specific set of commands is available to define the quantity, type and characteristics of a population of
modules.
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The XML commands described in this section interface with the iControl Directory Services,
using TCP-IP connection through socket port 10001.
To retrieve the entire info on all cards in the system, the listNodes command can be used
Function
Command/XML Command XML Gateway Response
Open a telnet
session with the
iControl Directory
Services telnet 10.10.30.10 10001 ACKTCP
Request the list of
devices <listNodes/> Returns information on all
devices (nodes) registered to the
Directory Service, and individual
device parameters.