Grass Valley PROFILE FAMILY v.2.5 - Manual (Page 110)

Chapter 3 Using Media Manager
110 Profile Family
Connecting to a Remote Machine
You can connect from your local Profile machine to any remote Profile
machine. You can also connect remotely from any PC running Windows NT
4.0. A local Profile machine refers to a Profile system to which you are directly
attached. A remote Profile machine refers to a Profile system that is connected
to your local system via an Ethernet local area network (LAN).
The Hardware Communication Monitor makes calls to the disk recorder,
manages the contents of the Profile host file (profile.hst), owns connections to
the machines listed in the host file, and passes on change notifications received
from each of these machines when other applications—such as other instances
of Media Manager—are running simultaneously.
While Hardware Communication is initializing, Media Manager shows the
Hardware Communication Monitor message box. If you click the
OK button,
this message box is minimized.
To connect to a remote Profile machine on your Profile network:
1. Choose Add/Remove Machine from the File menu or from the shortcut
menu with a right-click on a machine, volume, or network icon in the tree
pane. You can also click the
Add/Remove Machine button on the toolbar.
The Add/Remove Machine dialog box appears (see Figure 47). The label
Local appears after the name of the local Profile machine.
Figure 47. Add/Remove Machine dialog box