About gpi devices and simulcast setups – Grass Valley iTX Output Server 2 v.2.6 User Manual
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iTX Output Server 2
Channel Configuration Guide
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iTX System Administration Guide.
Configuring Event Substitution Rules for Simulcast Channels
IMPORTANT
The required assets must be prepared with the appropriate suffixes prior
to being scheduled.
To define an event substitution rule:
1 Open the iTX Desktop and click the Engineering layout.
2 Click Channel Config.
The Channel Config pop-up layout appears.
3 From the View list, select the view containing the channels to be configured. The
channels associated with that view appear.
4 Click the name of the channel to be configured.
5 Click the Simulcast Channel Config tab.
6 In the Original Suffix field, enter the characters used to identify HD events (e.g.
_HD
).
7 In the Substitution field, enter the characters used to identify the SD events that will be
used in the substitution (e.g.
_SD
).
8 As you type in the Original Suffix or Substitution fields, the For Example text updates
to demonstrate how the rules will be applied. For example:
Original Suffix
text
Substitution
text
For example text
(None)
(None)
AssetName Keep as AssetName
(None)
_SD
AssetName Append to Make AssetName_SD
_HD
(None)
AssetName_HD Remove to Make AssetName
_HD
_HD
AssetName_HD Replace with AssetName_SD
9 From the Available Plugins list, select which event types you want to substitute, then
click >> to add them to the Selected Plugins list.
10 Click Save.
About GPI Devices and Simulcast Setups
As simulcast channels follow the main channel and cannot, in a leader/follower network,
become leader channels, there is no requirement to configure GPI devices for simulcast or
simulcast backup channels.