Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 66)

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Building and editing panels
Interactive channel control using a Channel Selector object
If you want the ability in Production mode to choose the channel(s) that an object’s actions
will be applied to, then we recommend that you add a Channel Selector object to the panel
and then associate the object’s C
HANNELS property to the C HANNEL S ELECTOR object, rather
than to specific channels.
Figure 4-9. Setting an object to be controlled by a channel selector
As explained in “Creating a Channel Selector” on page 4-34 , a Channel Selector object
maps individual channels from the Station Configuration to buttons in the Channel Selector.
In Production mode, operators can then choose which channel the objects’ action will be
carried out on. If the Channel Selector is configured with a H
OLD button, the operator can
gang channels, which means selecting two or more channels so that operations carried out
on the panel are sent simultaneously to all of the ganged channels (multiple channels). See
“Selecting channels using a Channel Selector” on page 7-5 for information and instructions
on using a Channel Selector.
Devices: Selecting which devices to control
An object’s D EVICES property is used to determine to which devices the object’s actions will
be applied. As figure 4-10 demonstrates, you need not specify the specific devices, rather
you select the device columns in which the devices were placed for each channel.
Note that the device list in the Devices property pull-down is automatically populated with the
device columns from the currently loaded station configuration. Therefore, you may want to
have the Station Manager view open to see exactly which devices are assigned to each
channel’s device columns.
Figure 4-10. Setting an object’s Devices property