Grass Valley iControlEdge v.1.20 Installation - Manual (Page 63)

Downloading the iControl Edge Configuration Spreadsheets
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5. Click Connect to connect the device to the PC application.
6. Use the set-top box remote control unit to point to the GC-IRL device, and the press one of the buttons
on the remote (e.g. press 1).
The IR signal from the remote is converted to a string of characters placed on the clipboard.
7. Paste the content of the clipboard into the template file on the line whose header corresponds to the
button your pressed (e.g. “ BUTTON_1 ”).
The result will be something like the following:
BUTTON_1 sendir,2:1,17,38000,1,1,341,171,21,63...
8. Repeat the same operation for every button on the remote control unit.
9. Save the text file, and name it after the set-top box model, with a .conf extension.
10. Close the text editor.
When you are done with editing configuration files and spreadsheets, you will need to upload them to the
appropriate location on the server (see “Uploading and Applying the iControl Edge Configuration Files” on
page 77).
Downloading the iControl Edge Configuration Spreadsheets
The iControl Edge configuration spreadsheets reside on the Application Server. They can be downloaded for
editing to a client PC or laptop with the Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet software installed. You can use any
suitable file transfer application (WinSCP, for instance) to download the spreadsheets.
Option Value
End Timeout 100 ms
GC-100 Output Selected
Repeat count 1
Module 2
Connector 1
Note: The file name must not include spaces.