Grass Valley iControl XML - Manual (Page 12)

iControl XML Gateway for Control of Miranda Modular Interface Functional Highlights
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5.1 Using the XML Gateway to Identify the Population of Cards in a System
A specific set of commands is available to define the quantity, type and characteristics of a population of
modules.
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The XML commands described in this section interface with the iControl Directory Services,
using TCP-IP connection through socket port 10001.
To retrieve the entire info on all cards in the system, the listNodes command can be used
Function
Command/XML Command XML Gateway Response
Open a telnet
session with the
iControl Directory
Services telnet 10.10.30.10 10001 ACKTCP
Request the list of
devices Returns information on all
devices (nodes) registered to the
Directory Service, and individual
device parameters.