Grass Valley XG Vertigo Configuration Guide v.5.0 - Manual (Page 61)

5-6 Vertigo XG Configuration Guide
Dashboard - Vertigo XG’s Local Configuration Software
Dashboard’s menus and buttons
The following tables describe the actions that are performed by Dashboard’s menu
commands and buttons:
F ILE MENU • L OAD D EVICE L IST : Clears the Device List and repopulates it using
the saved list of devices stored on disk from a previous session.
When Dashboard starts up, it automatically performs a load to populate
the device list. If the saved device list is empty, Dashboard performs a
scan to detect any new devices. Note that this is the same type of scan
action as clicking the refresh button.
• S AVE D EVICE L IST : Saves all the devices already in the Device List
to a file on the disk, so that Dashboard avoids having to detect devices
every time it is run. See also the E
XIT command and “A UTO -S AVE
D EVICE L IST ON E XIT ” on page 5-12 .
• E XIT : Closes the Dashboard application.
The first time you exit Dashboard, the A UTO -S AVE ON E XIT dialog box
appears before the application closes and asks you if you want to
automatically save the device list. Click Y
ES to save the device list and
close Dashboard, or N O to simply close Dashboard.
During subsequent exits the Auto-Save on Exit dialog box will not
appear. If you would like to save the device list, however, you can use
the File menu’s “S
AVE D EVICE L IST ” command, or select “S AVE L IST ON
E XIT ” on the Device Discovery Tool .
D EVICE MENU • R EFRESH D EVICE L IST : Updates the Device List by launching a
search for available Vertigo devices using the Device Discovery
settings specified in the
Device Discovery Tool dialog box.
• R ESTART D EVICE : Restarts the Vertigo device that is selected in the
Device List . The device may need to be restarted to have certain
settings take effect when you are configuring the device. When these
settings are changed, Dashboard automatically prompts you with a
dialog box asking if you want to restart the device immediately when the
settings are changed. If you would rather restart the device at a later
time, refuse Dashboard’s request and use the Restart Device command
later when you are ready to restart the device.
• M ONITOR D EVICE S TATUS : When selected, it will query all the devices in
the Device List to see if the status has changed. For example, active
devices have become inactive, or inactive devices have become active.
Note that the interval between polling can be changed using the
R
EFRESH R ATE parameter on Device Discovery Tool .
• I DENTIFY D EVICE O UTPUT : When enabled, the machine name, IP
address and command port are displayed on the Vertigo XG’s output.
Since the identity information appears on the output, even if on-air, it
should only be used for diagnostics and troubleshooting tasks.