Panel test sub-menu – Grass Valley iMC-Panel-100 v.7.2.9.0 User Manual
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iMC-Panel-100
Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)
The ‘Panel Status’ sub-menu allows you to restart the panel, adjust the LCD brightness, update
the panel configuration, and perform tests.
Five function buttons are available:
Panel Test Sub-Menu
From the ‘Panel Status’ menu, press the ‘Test Panel’ button to display the ‘Panel Test’ sub-menu:
Button
Function
Shut Down
Panel
Performs a “clean” shutdown. The internal software halts, the screen becomes dark, and
buttons and knobs become inoperable. The power supplies shut down.
Warning: never just shut off power. You risk damage to the panel’s flash memory.
To start the
panel
after a shutdown, you must cycle power at the power cord.
The front row of buttons on the panel give a ‘Shutdown Complete’ message when it is
safe to cycle power.
Restart Panel
Performs a “hard” start
—
restarting the control panel completely. The process takes
about a minute. After restart, the menu system resumes at the main menu.
Test Panel
Press the ‘Test Panel’ button to view the
Update Con-
fig
Performs a “soft” start
—
restarting the control panel software only (with the current con-
figuration).
(“Update” means that the panel’s configuration is copied from local non-volatile storage
to local memory.)
The “Update Config” process takes only a few seconds. During this time the panel will
cycle off and back on again. Use this soft start function to restart the control panel soft-
ware when you have written a configuration to the panel.
Purge
Thumbs
Cache
Pressing ‘Purge Thumbs Cache’ causes the panel to empty its cache of Intuition XG
thumbnail images.