Grass Valley iMC-Panel-100 v.7.2.9.0 - Manual (Page 159)

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iMC-Panel-100
Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)
If the channel you select is the default channel under automatic gang mode, the panel selects
all the channels in the automatic channel gang. The multiple channel selection takes a few
seconds.
No Channel Selection
To disconnect your iMC-Panel-100 from all channels, press a ‘No Channel’ button (in one of the
configurable button sections). If you do not have a ‘No Channel’ button, you cannot do this.
The iMC-Panel-100 becomes partially “inert”— any button that controls a channel becomes
disabled. Other buttons remain active, in particular, any channel selection buttons you have.
The menus and menus also remains active.
To resume normal operations following a “no channel” period, select any channel.
Sharing Channels
Your panel can be configured to share — or not to share — channels with other panels.
If your panel is not configured to share, an attempt to acquire the channel at an other panel can
preempt your use of the channel. If the other panel has a higher priority than yours has, it will
preempt you and take over the channel, and you will be notified of the fact.
Conversely, if you wish to preempt another panel, and have a higher priority than that panel,
you can preempt the other panel.
If your panel is configured for sharing, it is possible for you to share a channel with other panels,
unless some other channel that is not configured for sharing controls that channel.
Preemption
When your panel is not configured for sharing, if the channel (or one of the ganged channels)
you want to control is in use, you will see either a permission message or a denial of access
message:
If you see a confirmation message, and you wish to preempt the other panel, press ‘OK’. Other-
wise press ‘Cancel’.
If you see a denial of access message, press ‘OK’. You may not acquire the channel. You can try
again later, choose another channel, or negotiate with the other panel operator.
S If someone preempts you, your panel will immediately appear to “go dead.” What actually
happens is the same thing that would happen if you pressed a ‘No Channel’ button. You will
have to wait for the channel to become available again or switch to another channel.