DNF Controls 4000CL-N - Manual (Page 14)

14 4000CL-N, NATIVE Protocol
16. VIDEO SERVER SETUP
Configuring the Profile for operation with Grass Valley Group Native Protocol
You MUST (1) Configure the PDR AND (2) Open a Prolink session BEFORE the DNF System
can be used.
a. CONFIGURING THE PROFILE FOR NATIVE MODE
The ST300 Controller with NATIVE protocol communicates with the PROFILE through
the PROLINK program, on the PROFILE. Prolink uses Configuration Files found in the
PROFILE/CONFIGS Directory. These files are called: VTR1.CFG, VTR2.CFG,
VTR3.CFG and VTR4.CFG. These files do not affect the operation of VDR Panel.
Prolink and VDR Panel share resources so that the total number of PROLINK channels
used and VDR Panels opened cannot exceed the available number of resources (typically
4 channels).
If CFGEDLIN.EXE is in the Profile directory, use CFGEDLIN.EXE to configure the
.CFG files.
If you do not have CFG.EXE, install PDRCFG.EXE. Instructions for installing
PDRCFG.EXE accompany the disk.
b. OVERVIEW OF PROFILE CONNECTIONS
Physical access to the Profile is made through its RS-422 breakout box.
A Profile session activated with Prolink establishes which port(s) Profile will use for
serial communications.
The communications link is complete when a connection is made from a connector on the
ST300 to an open session\port on the Profile.
A correctly configured connection consists of a connector and a channel.
Connections for the ST300 are called CN1, CN2, CN3 and CN4 and refer to the 9-pin
ports on the back of the ST300 labeled VTR1, VTR2, VTR3 and VTR4.
Channels for the ST300, CH A, CH B, CH C and CH D refer to the Profile’s Channel 1,
Channel 2, Channel 3 and Channel 4.
The numeric\alpha translation is made in the ST300 in order to comply with the VDR
Panel Software which refers to the numbered channels as Panel A, Panel B, Panel C and
Panel D.