Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 - Manual (Page 30)

Introduction to iControl
iControl Integration with Other Miranda Products
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iControl Integration with Other Miranda Products
Miranda products are, naturally, tightly integrated with iControl, and are often found in
networks where iControl has been installed. Some of the more popular Miranda products are
described below.
Control Windows and Device Parameters
To control device parameters, double-click the device in the navigation pane to display the
control window for that device. Or right-click the device and select Show Control window
from the pop-up menu.
The device name is listed along the top of each control window along with the “status icon” for
the device. Icons in the upper left corner of the control window (again depending on the
device type) provide a quick status indicator of key parameters such as the Operational or Test
Mode, Input Status, or Reference Status. This is called the “status dashboard”.
On each control window, there are different selector tabs that correspond to different groups
of parameters for each device. When working with control windows, you begin by selecting
the tab to display the parameters for a particular group. See
"Control window parameters" , on
page 20.
When one or more Control windows are open, the View menu item Close All Control
windows becomes available, and the menu lists the device names of open control windows
for selection.
Each device in the system is controlled via a control window. The control window is an
operational window for the selected device, which you display to control the device.
Parameters vary according to the type of device, although the Info parameters are common to
all devices.
To access the control window for a device, double-click the device in the iControl Navigator
display, or right click and select Show Control window from the pop-up menu.
Control window parameters
Control windows are specific to the device type. Following are examples of control window
selector tabs and their associated parameters:
Note: Miranda devices that provide IP connectivity at the frame—such as Densité
and Kaleido—offer direct SNMP support, allowing third party SNMP Manager
applications to get status information using an SNMP
GET command.
Note: If you try to display the control window for a device and you get the message
Control window
Not Available , this means that this device type has not been
implemented as a controllable device by iControl. Therefore, you can only see the
status of this device but cannot configure any control parameters.