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Enabling master control on the itx channel config – Grass Valley iTX Master Control v.2.6 User Manual

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Master Control (ITX-MC)

User Guide

Fig. 2-2: The Master Control Plugin’s configuration settings

Field

Description

Device Type

Defines the type of hardware that the Master Control plugin
will connect to for this channel. Choose IS750Device.

iTX XPT

Specifies the crosspoint on the Imagestore device that is
selected when the next item in the schedule is not a master
control event. Normally, you should specify the crosspoint
that has the iTX Pandora video for that channel. It is used
only to put Pandora back in circuit when a primary master
control event ends. The default is 0.

Delay

Specify the number of frames (positive or negative) by which
to delay commands sent to the IS-750. This compensates for
latency in the system and ensures that transitions on the
mixer are frame accurate. The default is 0.

Manual Insert Default
Duration (secs)

Specify the number of seconds to use as the default duration
of an iTX-MC manual insert. The default is 60.

Manual Insert Cue Back
Time (sec)

Specify the number of seconds by which to cue back an
event interrupted by an iTX-MC manual insert. The default is
0.

4 Click the

Save

button.

Enabling Master Control on the iTX Channel Config

For each of the iTX channels associated with an Imagestore 750 (master control enabled),
you must specify the Imagestore 750’s IP address in the

Master Control

property on

channel’s iTX Channel Config. The Master Control property allows the iTX Desktop’s Mixer
Mapper component to communicate directly with the Imagestore 750 associated with the
iTX channel.

To enable master control on the iTX Channel Config:

1 Open the iTX Desktop’s

Engineering

View and select the

Channel Config

tab.

2 Select the channel that is associated with the Imagestore 750 and then the

Channel

tab.

3 Select the

Channel Config 4

tab and specify the IP address of the Imagestore 750 in the

Master Control

setting’s

IP address

field.