Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 - Manual (Page 450)

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Appendix G - External Controls
Serial tab
Use the Serial tab to map commands from Serial, TCP/IP and III external control systems
to Xstudio commands.
To map commands from Serial external control systems to Xstudio commands:
1.
From the T OOLS menu select E XTERNAL C ONTROL . This displays the E XTERNAL
C ONTROL M APPING M ANAGER dialog box.
2. On the S ERIAL tab, enter your external control command in the C OMMANDS column.
3. Click in the F UNCTIONS row to display a drop-down list of Xstudio commands.
Most functions do not require any parameters.
The exceptions are:
• R
UN S CRIPT - Prompts you to select from the list of user-defined scripts.
• S END E VENT T O P ANEL - Prompts you to select an event from a drop-down list
that will be sent to the panel. If you opt for U SER D EFINED E VENT , a dialog box
will display. Use it to enter the name of the event.
4. Select the Xstudio command that you would like triggered when your external control
command is performed.
Figure 19-2. Serial tab on the External Control dialog box
5. Click the OK button.
6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 until all external control commands have been mapped to
equivalent Xstudio commands, then click the C
LOSE button.