Grass Valley RSE1 User Manual
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Stand-Alone Controller
RSE 1
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Rev. 1 / 02.2002
5.1.4.3
Simulcast Operation
In simulcast operation the control panel talks to two mainframes at the same time.
Setup
One of the mainframes is selected in the StartUp menu with the Connect softkey.
This mainframe is considered the main or ’Master’ mainframe.
The second mainframe (or ’Slave’) is identified in the menu Install-Panel-Global
by the setting ’SimulcastAddress’.
A value of 1 .. 254 indicates that there is a simulcast ’slave’ mainframe and the last
byte of its IP address.
If the address of the second mainframe is 192.168.0.80 (as suggested above) enter
80 here.
A value of ’0’ indicates that there is no simulcast ’slave’ mainframe.
Note:
The Simulcast Address can also be entered in the local panel setup under
”Install Panel –> SimulcastAdr”
Operation and breakaway
If there is a valid ’Simulcast Address’ entered, the control panel can send all com-
mands to both mainframes. Which effectively tells both mainframes to do the same.
There might be situations where it is necessary to send commands only to one
mainframe.
This is accomplished by the setting Simulcast in the panel setup (Install Panel).
It can be set to:
– MASTER = Master control only
– SLAVE
= Slave control only
– BOTH
= Simultaneous control
– DEF
= Default ( = Master only)
There is a new function Simulcast Master in the selection list for the User Pro-
grammable Keys (UPK). (GUI Version 3.1.2)
This allows to program actual buttons on the control panel with that function.
When programmed to a button that button operates in the following way:
– when button is held down the commands are sent to the Master only.
– when released the commands are sent to BOTH.
S-M (= Master only) and S-S (= Slave only) are in the selection list for the User
Programmable Keys (UPK) in the Local Panel Setup.
This allows to program actual buttons on the control panel with that function.
When the Master only button is held down commands are sent to the Master only.
And the same with Slave only. When Master only (or Slave only) button is released,
all commands are again sent to both mainframes.
Note:
After a reset (or power cycle) the control panel resets the Simulcast Mode to
’Master only’.