Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 329)

Using iTX with a matrix router
Perform test routes
On the Routing Configuration pop-up layout, use the Routing Configuration Tool to make test
routes. More details , page 333.
Installing the Hardwired Router (for a dummy router)
iTX may require routing-status information, even when it is not set up to operate a router; for
instance, to work with Ingest Manager; or, after an Output Server failover. For such situations,
you install the Hard Wired Router component and set up a dummy router. We recommend you
install the component on the Database Server machine.
Install the Hard Wired Router
1. Double-click Setup.exe in the installation folder, iTX Suite, to start the installer.
The installer displays the iTX Installer dialog.
2. Click Select Software to open the Select Software to Install dialog.
3. Expand the Routing category and then the Routers sub-category.
Select the check box for the Hard Wired Router component; select the Server Base if you
are installing the component on a machine that does not already have a Server Controller
installed. Ensure the other components in the Routers module are not selected.
Click OK to close the Select Software to Install dialog.
4. The iTX Installer dialog shows the components that you selected.
5. Click Continue.
The installer performs the installation. In doing so, it places a configuration file in the folder
with the program executable. The default path of the folder is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\iTX 2.0\Services\ITX Hardwired Router
The program configuration file is called "defaultconfig.txt". To set up the dummy router for
use with back-up Output Servers, you enter crosspoint details in this file.
6. When the installer completes the installation, click Finish to close the iTX Installer dialog.
Running the Hard Wired Router
The Server Controller on the same machine automatically starts the Hardwired Router.
When the Hardwired Router starts for the first time, it registers the details of the router in
the System Database.
Configuring an iTX system after the installation of a Hardwired Router
Stop the router-control service
Before you enter the crosspoint details for the dummy router, you should stop the Hardwired
Router.
1.
Select the Controlled Services information tab in the Server Controller window.
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