Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 27)

Xpanel User Manual 3-3
Creating and loading a station configuration
3. Complete the following fields on the Device Properties’ General tab:
• N
AME : The name of the device.
• A LIAS : An optional field that provides an alternative name for the device on your network.
• D ESCRIPTION : An optional field that lets you identify the device using a meaningful label. This
is helpful for distinguishing similar devices at your facility.
• C ONTROL IP: The network location (IP address) or hostname of the selected device. The host
must be available on the network.
• C ONTROL P ORT : The networking port that serves as a channel for sending commands to and
from the device.
4. Select the Publishing tab and complete the following fields:
• P
UBLISH IP: The network location (IP address) or hostname of the of the machine to which
assets are published when publishing to the selected device. This is usually set to the
same address as the Control IP. Note that the host must be available on the network.
• P UBLISH P ORT : The networking port that serves as a channel for publishing assets.
Typically, this value is set to 5001.
5. Click S AVE .
The device is added to the device list in the Station Manager.
N
OTE
Notice that the image on the N EW D EVICE button has changed and now displays the icon
representing the device type of the last device added (e.g. for Imagestore devices).
This provides a shortcut to add a new device of that same type. If you want to add a new
device that is a different type, click the drop-down list arrow portion of the N
EW D EVICE
button and select the new device type.
Another method for quickly adding a new device is to select an existing device and use the
C
OPY D EVICE and P ASTE D EVICE buttons in the Device List’s toolbar to create a copy
of the device. Select the copy of the device and click the D EVICE P ROPERTIES button .
Edit the device’s properties in the D EVICE P ROPERTIES window and click S AVE .