Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 - Manual (Page 74)

Getting Started with iControl
Configuring Client Workstations
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3. Disconnect the client PC that was used to configure the Application Server. Remember to
restore the previous network settings on the PC (see "Preparing a PC for Configuring the
Application Server" , on page 45).
4. Connect the Application Server to its designated network. Use a standard Ethernet cable
plugged into the Application Server’s eth0 port (see "Installing the iControl Application
Server" , on page 44).
Task 4: Configuring Client Workstations
Any Linux or Windows workstation with access to an Application Server can be used to
operate iControl, without the need for special client-side software. There are, however, two
considerations in preparing them to work with iControl: the version of Java installed on the
workstation, and its local DNS settings.
Installing Java
In the course of using iControl, certain software modules (e.g. iC Navigator) may be
downloaded from the Application Server to your client workstation. To run any of these
iControl applications, you must have the Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on
your PC. The installer is available from the Application Server itself.
To install the Java 2 Runtime Environment on your PC
1. Click Useful downloads on the iControl Startup page.
2. Click JRE for Windows. When prompted, save the download.The filename should be similar
to jre‐1_5_07‐windows‐i586‐p.exe .
3. Open the downloaded EXE file. The installation process takes several seconds. Once
completed, a confirmation message appears.
Configuring DNS Settings
Application Servers use the Darwin Streaming Server to stream video thumbnails from some
network devices to iControl applets running on client PCs. For example, when you open a
video card’s control panel from iC Navigator, the control panel displays a thumbnail
representation of the current video signal.
In order for such streaming to work properly, a client PC’s internal Domain Name Service (DNS)
must be able to resolve the host name (and reverse resolve the IP address) of the Application
Server from which the applet was launched.
In order to avoid slower streaming performance, you should make sure that each client PC has
all available Application Servers and Allégro-1 systems listed in its DNS configuration file.
IMPORTANT: Ethernet Port Labels on the R210 and R310 Application Servers
If your Application Server is a Dell PowerEdge R210 or R310, please read the
section regarding Ethernet port labels (see
page 53 ).
Note: If the Java Web Start application reports errors regarding the inability to find
files, it is important to clear the Internet Explorer cache.