Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 330)

Using iTX with a matrix router
2. Right-click the Hardwired Matrix entry in the controlled services list; click Stop Service
from the displayed menu.
The Server Controller stops the router-control service.
Enter crosspoint details for the dummy router in the program configuration
file
To set up the dummy router to simulate the actions of a real router when there is a failover of
an Output Server, you need to specify sources and destinations for the master and slave
channels that are running on the Output Servers.
This configuration is not necessary if you are only using the dummy router for Ingest Manager.
1.
Open the configuration file, "defaultconfig.txt".
The configuration file lists sources and destinations on the dummy router. The entries in
the file are comma-separated and have the following format.
For a source:
s,name,alias,router address
For a destination:
d,name,alias,router address
2. Edit the configuration file so that it includes the entries for your Output Server channels.
See below, " Example of a dummy-router configuration file ", page 330.
3. Save the configuration file.
Note:
• When you start the Hardwired Router for the first time, the information in the
configuration file "defaultconfig.txt" is copied into another file, "config.txt". If you
upgrade the Hardwired Router, the installer does not overwrite the "config.txt"
program configuration file.
Example of a dummy-router configuration file
A configuration file for an iTX system with two playout channels, "iTX1" and "iTX2", and their
back-up channels, may contain these entries:
s,Hardwired,,0
s,iTX1,,1
s,iTX1-Backup,,2
s,iTX2,,3
s,iTX2-Backup,,4
d,Hardwired,,0
d,iTX1,,1
d,iTX2,,2
Note that the address value increases for each source: no two sources can have the same
address. The same rule applies to the destinations.
The selection buttons for sources and destinations on iTX Desktop layouts show the channel
names in this example. If you include an alias in any source or destination entry, the
corresponding selection button shows the alias instead.
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