EVS IPDirector Version 4.4 - March 2008 Part 4 User's Manual - Manual (Page 25)

Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting
EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008
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NE
XT
SERVER APPEARS WITH A GREY FONT IN THE
C E
HANNEL XPLORER AND CANNOT CONTROL ITS CHANNELS
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This means that there are no direct serial connections to that XT Server, you
.
2.3
HE USER CANNOT CONTROL A CHANNEL
ked (check the padlock icon in the
control panel interface)
front of the name of the channel in the channel
evice).
mary controller of the channel in
been passed to the
ontrol its
channel
ip-list on that
channel OR press the E/E button on the panel.
If an XT Server is configured in XT Server IPDP mode the recorders are not
automatically started. It is then possible that when you click on E/E the channel
displays a frozen picture (the last one recorded on the corresponding recorder
channel). At this point, you must open a recorder panel to start the recorder for
that channel.
A channel can be set to IDLE state when operated as a fill channel when no key
element is loaded. In that case, the output of the channel can be black.
cannot control the channels of that XT Server
CHANNEL CONTROL
T
If a channel cannot be controlled, check if:
• The control panel interface has not been loc
• The channel has not been locked on another IP Director workstation. Check if
there is a red padlock in
explorer application.
On your XT server, check if your channel can be controlled by the IP Director
workstations. If the channel has been configured into parallel mode, make sure the
IP Director is the main or the secondary controller.
If the IP Director has been defined as a secondary controller of the channel in
exclusive mode, make sure the control of the channel has been passed to the IP
Director from the main device (typically an LSM remote d
If the IP Director has been defined as pri
exclusive mode, make sure the control of the channel has not
secondary controller from the IP Director Control Panel interface (Check the state
of the 2
N D button)
Do not forget that you need a serial link to one XT if you wish to c
channels. Check if the channel you would like to control is available in the
explorer application.
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HE CHANNEL OUTPUT IS BLACK
This means your channel is in IDLE state. Load a clip or a cl