Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 - Manual (Page 258)

Configuring Devices & Services
Working with Densité Communicators
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Densité frames are connected to an Application Server over a standard Ethernet network. In
order to establish communications between the Densité frame and the Application Server, a
Communicator service must be configured and activated for each frame. If the service is not
configured, you will not be able to monitor or control the Densité frame, even if it is
connected.
The Densité Manager is an iControl service that allows you to manage multiple Densité
Communicators. If there are Densité frames on your network, you will automatically see the
Densité Manager service displayed in the iC Navigator window.
For the Densité Manager to be able to begin controlling services, you must specify the
IP address(es) of the Densité frame(s) that it will manage. For each frame specified in this way,
the Densité Manager opens a Densité Communicator.
To configure a Densité Communicator
1. Open the iControl Services Monitoring and Configuration page in Webmin (see "Starting &
Stopping iControl Services" , on page 697).
Figure 5-10
In a network with multiple Densité frames, it may be necessary to run more than one
Densité Manager service, and to balance the load between them (Miranda recommends a
maximum of 150 streams per Densité Manager).
To add more Densité Managers, scroll to the bottom of the iControl Services Monitoring and
Configuration page.
Figure 5-11
Choose a number from the drop-down menu, and then click Apply.
2. Open iC Navigator (see page 719 ).
3. Click Logical view. Make sure that the Densité Manager service is visible, and that its status
is green.
Note: Because of the one-to-one correspondence between Densité frames and
Densité Communicators, the terms are used interchangeably.
Note: Make sure at least one Densité Manager is active (green).
Densité
Manager
service active