Grass Valley iMC-Panel-100 v.7.0.9.0 - Manual (Page 43)

Master Control • iMC-Panel-100 Operator’s Guide 31
3. Control Panel
Definable Button Functions
Your panel will usually have a default channel which is the channel that is selected when the panel
powers up. Your panel might be configured so that its default channel is part of a channel gang. If
so, you panel is configured in what is called “automatic gang mode.” Whenever the default channel
is selected, all the channels in the automatic channel gang are selected
— as a channel gang.
There are 2 button types for channels:
• ‘Channel’ selection.
• ‘No Channels’.
Channel Select
A channel is equivalent to an Imagestore 750, an MCE, or an MCPM. Press a ‘Channel Select’ but-
ton to select a channel to control.
When you press a ‘Channel Select’ button, all status and configuration data for the newly selected
channel are downloaded to the panel. (It takes about one second.)
‘Channel Select’ buttons are mutually exclusive.
If “automatic gang mode” is in effect and the channel you select is the default channel, the ‘Chan-
nel Select’ button causes all channels in the automatic channel gang to be selected. If you have a
‘Channel Gang’ button, it becomes high-tally. The main channel in the gang (which is the default
channel, to which the button corresponds) tallies green and the follower channels in the gang tally
amber.
When “automatic gang mode” is not in effect or you are selecting a channel other than the default
channel, pressing the ‘Channel Select’ button does nothing more than acquire that channel. The
channel button tallies green unless there are problems.
‘Channel Select’ buttons use the following colors:
• Low-tally green. The associated channel is not selected.
• High-tally green. The associated channel is selected and communicating. The channel might or
might not be the main channel in a channel gang.
• High-tally amber. The associated channel is selected as a follower in a channel gang and is
communicating.
• High-tally red. The associated channel is selected, but the iMC-Panel-100 cannot establish
communication with it.
A channel selection button also displays a mnemonic for the associated Imagestore 750, MCE, or
MCPM.
An Imagestore 750 can accept up to 4 concurrent connections: any combination of up to 4 control
panels may acquire the same channel at the same time. If a fifth control panel attempts to connect to
an Imagestore 750 that already has four control panel connected to it, the fifth control panel’s
request for connection will be ignored.
S Note to configurers: only one channel selection button may be assigned to a channel.
No Channels
A ‘No Channel’ button quickly disconnects the panel from all channels. (To restore operation,
select any channel.) These are the ‘No Channel’ button colors:
• Green. The panel is connected to a channel.
• Red. The panel is not connected to any channel.