Grass Valley Media Conversion - Manual (Page 147)

Media Conversion Software Configuring TCP/IP Networks
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identifying IP address. The allocation of IP addresses to particular Miranda
Technologies Ltd. units is typically made at the factory.
Since IP addresses are not particularly user-friendly (hard to read and
remember, easy to mistype), there is a text file used by Windows NT and the
TCP/IP software which contains lists of IP address numbers with
corresponding textual names. These names may be specified by the user - to
better reflect the kinds of units used on the MDS network - by editing the
‘hosts’ file. (The file is called hosts, since a host is synonymous with
computer in TCP/IP terminology).
Example of a ‘hosts’ file entry:
176.1.1.23 CHAN9_STILLS # C9’s Still Store
where:
1. 176.1.1.23 is the IP address
2. CHAN9_STILLS is the unit name (in this case based on the chassis
number) and
3. # C9’s Still Store is a comment, since it starts with the hash (#) symbol.
The hosts file is located in the drivers\etc subdirectory under the Windows
NT system directory. The full path is typically:
c:\winnt4\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
There should be an individual entry for each Imagestore on the network.
MCS System Configuration
Introduction
The environment for the MDS system is determined by the contents of three
files
1. The hosts file
2. The units.txt file
3. The Miranda Technologies Ltd.ini file