Grass Valley Vertigo XG Integration v.2.6 - Manual (Page 18)

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Installing and Configuring XG Inside
Configuring Xplay to use automation to control the Vertigo XG
Configuring Xplay to use automation to control the Vertigo XG
TX Play controls the channel’s schedule playout. So when TX Play encounters an XG event
(graphics event) in the schedule, it communicates with the Vertigo XG device’s Xplay using
the Oxtel automation protocol to instruct Xplay to cue and take the page or scene. To
ensure proper communication between TX Play and Xplay, you must set Xplay’s
Automation settings and configure Xplay to use the Oxtel protocol over TCP/IP.
To configure Xplay’s Automation settings:
1 Select the Tools>Settings>Xplay>Automation to display Xplay’s Automation settings.
2 Enable the Automation (No Message boxes) setting, which overrides the behavior of
the four settings below it and prevents message boxes from appearing during Xplay
operations.
3 Leave the Deadband setting set to its default value.
4 Select from the TV Format setting’s drop-down list the target TV format for the
execution of automation commands and page creation. This is used to determine the
number of frames per second and to display timecode values. This TV Format should
match the TV Format of the templates that you build and the Rendering Resolution
setting of the Vertigo XG device (see
Configuring the Vertigo XG’s Dashboard settings
for automation , on page 14.
5 Click OK.
To configure Xplay to communicate with TX Play using the Oxtel protocol over TCP/IP:
1 Open Xplay’s Automation Configuration window and create an instance of the Oxtel
protocol for the Vertigo XG’s local device (XG_CHA) that is to be controlled by TX Play.
a Select Tools>Configure Automation.
The Xplay Automation Configuration window appears.
b In the Device to protocol mappings section, click the Add Protocol button next to
the XG_CHA device.
c Select Oxtel over TCP/IP from the drop-down list that appears and press Enter.
Leave the Properties settings in their default state.
2 Click OK and restart Xplay.
3 Verify that the automation configuration has been applied to the Xplay device(s).
Once Xplay has been restarted, the keyers that have been configured for automation
should now display the automation indicator
in the keyer’s toolbar. If there is no
communication between the automation system and Xplay, the automation indicator
remains grey. However, when communication between the TX Play and Xplay is
established, the automation indicator is displayed in blue.
Configuring the Vertigo XG’s Dashboard settings for automation
There are a few settings in the Vertigo XG’s Dashboard that must be configured to
synchronize the Vertigo XG’s rendering services with the video coming from the iTX Output
Server, as well as to allow iTX automation to control the Vertigo XG.
The following procedure instructs you how to set the Vertigo XG’s Automation settings: