Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 28)

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Creating and loading a station configuration
Creating and saving a new station configuration
The station configuration determines which channels and devices are available to be
controlled by the panels created in Xpanel.
The following procedures describes how to create a station configuration by assigning
devices from the Station Manager’s Device List to the channels and then saving the station
configuration to the Xmedia Server.
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Although station configurations are saved to the Xmedia Server, they can only be used on
instances of Xpanel that are connected to that server. The station configuration cannot be copied
or exported to another server.
To create and save new station configuration:
1.
Launch Xpanel’s Station Manager by selecting the V IEW >S TATION M ANAGER menu
command.
2. Click the N EW S TATION button from the Station Manager’s toolbar.
The channel configurator section of the Station Manager is empty.
3. Add a channel to the channel configurator section of the Station Manager and assign
devices to the channel. (see
“Adding a channel to the station configuration” on page 3-5 ).
4. Save the station configuration by clicking the S AVE S TATION button in the Station
Manager’s toolbar.
The S
AVE S TATION C ONFIGURATION window appears.
5. In the N AME field, specify a name for the Station Configuration.
6. The A UTHOR field is automatically filled in with the current login user’s name, but it can
be edited.
7. The D ESCRIPTION field is optional and lets you identify the station using a meaningful label.
8. Click S AVE .
Since the station is open, its name now appears in the Station Manager’s toolbar.
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An alternative to using the S AVE S TATION button is to click the S AVE AND L OAD S TATION button
in the Station Manager’s toolbar. See “Loading a station configuration” on page 3-8 for more
information.