Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 - Manual (Page 246)

Configuring Devices & Services
Communicators
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installed on the Application Server as build-to-order options. The table below describes some
common iControl services:
Communicators
Communicators are software components that implement a specific protocol for controlling a
family of devices. Communicators in iControl are responsible for the process of discovery
whereby an Application Server detects Miranda devices connected to its serial ports or on the
LAN, and initiates services to control these devices.
iControl’s communicators are applications that handle the communications between an
Application Server and Densité or Imaging series frames on the network. The two types of
communicators (Imaging and Densité) are configurable services in iControl Navigator.
Service Name Availability Description
Densité Default Densité Manager service responsible for communications with Miranda
Densité frames over TCP/IP. The Densité Manager starts and stops Densité
communicators. It supports multiple instances for load balancing (up to 150
streams per Densité Manager).
General Status Manager
(GSM) Default Service responsible for coordinating the distribution of alarm messages and
events on an iControl network.
Global Caché GC100 IR
service Optional Custom service responsible for communications with the Global Caché
GC100 IR Network Adapter.
IRD Service Starter Optional Service responsible for communications with Integrated Receiver/Decoder
(IRD) devices.
Imagestore Optional Imagestore Manager service responsible for communications with Miranda
(Oxtel) Imagestore frames over TCP/IP.
Imaging Connection
Manager ttyR0 Optional Service responsible for serial communications with Miranda Imaging series
frames. The Imaging Connection Manager starts and stops Imaging
Communicators associated with specific serial ports (ttyR0 in the example at
left).
RMI daemon Default Remote Method Invocation daemon responsible for establishing
client/server connections.
Router Manager Service Default Router Manager Service responsible serial communications with all routers
connected to an Application Server
VTR Control Module
ttyR4 Optional Service responsible for serial communications with a VTR connected to an
Application Server. Each VTR Control Module is associated with a specific
serial port (ttyR4 in the example at left).
Virtual Service Default Virtual Service Manager for building virtual panels such as proc amps
iControl Services
Gateway Default iControl Services Gateway service for enabling third-party devices and/or
monitoring software to interface with an iControl Application Server and
devices under its control. Also required for Miranda’s RCP-100 and RCP-200
clients, and to change line scope from iControl Web player.
Daemon Health Monitor Default Process that monitors and restarts daemons (processes)