Grass Valley Xplay Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 107)

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Controlling Xplay devices using automation protocols
c. Select O XTEL OVER TCP/IP from the drop-down list that appears and press E NTER .
The Properties section of the X PLAY A UTOMATION C ONFIGURATION window now
displays the TCP SETTING and D EVICE F ORWARDING settings (figure 5-14 ).
Figure 5-14. Xplay’s Properties for configuring Oxtel over TCP/IP
4. In the TCP P ORT setting, specify the port number that you want the Oxtel server to run
on. The default value is 5006.
5. Set the P ROTOCOL Settings:
6. Optional: Select the E NABLE A DVANCED L OGGING setting to activate the Oxtel protocol
logging, which tracks and records the operation and interaction between the Oxtel
protocol, Xplay, and the output devices.
A maximum of twenty-five 5 MB Oxtel driver logs files is maintained with the oldest
ones being deleted when necessary. The log file can be found in the standard log path:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VertigoXmedia\Logs
Oxtel driver log files names have the following format:
Oxtel---.log
For example, Oxtel-1896-11292007-100834.log
P RELOAD XMS A SSETS
( FULL R4/R5 COMMAND
SUPPORT )
Builds a cache in memory of all the assets in the Xmedia Server. Since the
R4/R5 commands query the device for the assets, enabling this preload
setting caches the assets, which makes the query response faster, but it
also takes up memory. Disabling this preload setting results in the assets
not being cached and therefore the query is slower.
I NITIAL K EYER S TATE Sets the state of a keyer when you first connect to a Vertigo XG, Intuition XG
or Software CG device.