Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 123)

Xpanel User Manual 7-5
Operating panels in Production mode
Selecting channels using a Channel Selector
In Production mode, a Channel Selector object allows you to choose the channel(s) that an
object’s operations will be applied to. You can select and execute on one channel at a time
or gang the channels (select two or more channels) so that operations carried out on the
panel are sent simultaneously to all of the ganged channels.
While the appearance and style of the Channel Selector may be different depending upon the
object’s properties settings, the basic operation of the Channel Selector is very similar in most
cases. Figure
7-3 demonstrates that regardless of the V IEW T YPE setting, the main operational
features are the channel buttons, which are mapped to specific channels and devices. See
“Creating a Channel Selector” on page 4-34 for more information about configuring a Channel
Selector object in Design mode.
Figure 7-3. Click the channel buttons in the Channel Selector to activate a channel assignment
To select a channel operators simply have to click a channel button. Once selected,
operations carried out by objects associated with the Channel Selector will be executed on
that channel. Figure
7-4 demonstrates that in Production mode, the color of the Channel
Selector’s channel buttons change depending upon its current state.
Figure 7-4. States of the channel buttons
View Type = Standard
View Type = Grouped
Grey = Not selected/active
Red = Selected/active
Red with alert symbol = Selected, but a device is disconnected
Ganged channels = Red is the master channel,
while white are the slave channels