Grass Valley iMC-Panel-100 v.7.0.9.0 - Manual (Page 70)

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5. Menus
Channel Select Menu
Sharing Channels
Your panel can be configured to share or not to share channels with other panels.
If your panel is not configured to share, an attempt to acquire the channel at an other panel can pre-
empt your use of the channel. If the other panel has a higher priority than yours has, it will preempt
you and take over the channel, and you will be notified of the fact.
Conversely, if you wish to preempt another panel, and have a higher priority than that panel, you
can preempt the other panel.
If your panel is configured for sharing, it is possible for you to share a channel with other panels,
unless some other channel that is not configured for sharing controls that channel.
Preemption
When your panel is not configured for sharing, if the channel (or one of the ganged channels) you
want to control is in use, you will see either a permission message or a denial of access message:
If you see a permission message, and you wish to preempt the other panel, press ‘OK’. Otherwise
press ‘Cancel’.
If you see a denial of access message, press ‘OK’. You may not acquire the channel. You can try
again later, choose another channel, or negotiate with the other panel operator.
S If someone preempts you, your panel will immediately appear to “go dead.” What actually hap-
pens is the same thing that would happen if you pressed a ‘No Channel’ button. You will have
to wait for the channel to become available again or switch to another channel.
S A panel can preempt another panel if it has been configured with a higher priority or in some
cases, with the same or higher priority.
Sharing
When your panel is configured for sharing, if the channel (or one of the ganged channels) you want
to control is in exclusive use (at a panel that does not share), you will see a failure message: