Grass Valley iControl Solo v.6.00 - Manual (Page 7)

Getting Started with iControl Solo
Key Concepts
Communicators
Communicators are software components that implement a specific protocol for controlling a
family of devices.
Communicators in iControl Solo are responsible for the discovery process whereby a PC or
laptop detects Miranda devices connected to its serial ports or on the LAN, and initiates
services to control these devices.
A communicator is an application that handles the communications between your PC or
laptop and Densité or Imaging series frames on the network. The two types of communicators
(Imaging and Densité) are configurable services in iControl Solo.
Imaging Communicators allow you to control signal processing and distribution performance
modules housed in Miranda Imaging series (Symphonie, Quartet 2) frames. The Imaging series
frames are connected to your PC or laptop via RS-422 serial ports.
Densité Communicators allow you to control interfacing and distribution modules housed in
Miranda Densité frames. A Densité frame is connected to the network via its Densité
Controller Ethernet port.
To be able to use a communicator, the service must be configured. If the service is not
configured, you will not be able to control the devices even if they are connected. If the service
is configured, but there are no cards connected, only the service will be displayed in
iControl Solo.
Densité Manager
The Densité Manager is a service that allows you to manage multiple Densité frames (using
Densité Communicators).
For the Densité Manager to discover cards and begin controlling services, you need to specify
the IP addresses of the Densité frames that it will manage. Each frame may contain up to 20
devices. If you do not add any addresses, or if you add an incorrect address, the Densité
Manager will not discover any frames.
License Management
License management is the method by which iControl Solo administrators can request,
activate, and distribute licenses for options. The majority of tasks related to license
management have as a starting point the Miranda License Manager page.