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Creating an external device definition – Grass Valley Karrera Video Production Center Installation v.4.1 User Manual

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Section 6 — External Interfaces

Type

– Chooses a control protocol for the currently selected device.

For Ethernet devices, and IP address field is available for entering the
IP address of the External Device (

Figure 154

).

For serial control devices, touching a Port button on the right assigns
the selected device to that port (

Figure 154

).

Unassign Ext. Device

– Clears the definition of the selected item.

Creating an External Device Definition

1.

Touch

Eng Setup

,

Ports & Devices

,

External Devices

to go to the External

Device Definition menu.

2.

Scroll through the list of devices on the left and select an available
device.

3.

Touch

Device Name

and enter a descriptive name for the External Device.

4.

Choose the control protocol for that device from the

Type

list.

If an Ethernet protocol was selected, enter the IP address for the
External Device.

If a serial protocol was selected, choose the port the device will use.