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Title

iControl Quick Start Guide

Part Number

M226-0700-353

Revision

2016-11-21, 20:28

Summary of Contents for grass valley ICONTROL IC-BASE-EDITION-ENT-V3

Page 1: ...Quick Start Guide M226 0700 353 2016 11 21 ICONTROL IC BASE EDITION V3 IC BASE EDITION ENT V3...

Page 2: ...rs of iControl application servers to use their product manuals for their own internal business use Manuals for Grass Valley products may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means e...

Page 3: ...em for television service providers content originators and broadcasters used to perform wide ranging video and audio signal device and facility monitoring and control over a TCP IP network The centra...

Page 4: ...nents important for system administration and the smooth integrated operation of iControl as a whole You can access pages dedicated to their functions from the Startup page These other components are...

Page 5: ...on s security standards Software Component Compatibility The Dell PowerEdge R330 application server supports iControl versions 5 00 and later Should you wish to install or reinstall a version of iCont...

Page 6: ...our server s front panel and note the service tag number The information tag is a slide out label panel located on the front of your server toward the center 2 In your browser s address bar enter www...

Page 7: ...t PCI card into the Application Server by following the procedure for installing an expansion card in the Dell PowerEdge R330 Owner s Manual available from dell com poweredgemanuals To connect the 8 p...

Page 8: ...ysical Ethernet ports on the back of the Dell PowerEdge R330 are labeled Gb1 and Gb2 The physical cabling port called Gb1 corresponds to logical port eth0 Likewise the physical port called Gb2 corresp...

Page 9: ...The Network interfaces page appears 5 Under System perform the following a Type the host name by which you would like this Application Server to be known on your network b If required add DNS servers...

Page 10: ...e 7 Opening iControl admin To open iControl admin 1 On your client PC open a browser window and then type your Application Server s IP address in the address bar The iControl Startup page appears Note...

Page 11: ...t will allow it to communicate with an iControl Application Server in its default state To configure the TCP IP settings of a client PC or laptop 1 Press the Windows key on your keyboard type control...

Page 12: ...Networking Setup Once the Application Server is plugged into and available on your network you may need to configure additional settings to permit it to operate in that environment Disable superfluous...

Page 13: ...ou should disable superfluous lookup services To turn an Application Server s lookup service off 1 Open the iControl admin page see Opening iControl admin on page 8 2 In iControl admin under iControl...

Page 14: ...et other than the one used by the iControl Application Server you must add the IP address of an Application Server running a lookup service To add a lookup location for service and alarm discovery 1 O...

Page 15: ...to accommodate eight RS 422 serial ports The built in RS 232 serial ports are designated as follows The RS 422 serial ports on the optional RocketPort 8 port serial breakout box are designated as fol...

Page 16: ...n None Configures the port to communicate with standard RS 422 devices e g routers Imaging Connection Manager Configures the port to communicate with Grass Valley s Symphonie or Quartet frames and the...

Page 17: ...ivate new serial port services Auto must be selected Activating the iControl Services Gateway The iControl Services Gateway is software that enables external devices to access resources via XML on an...

Page 18: ...l To activate the iControl Services Gateway 1 Open the iControl admin page see Opening iControl admin on page 8 2 In iControl admin under iControl services click Services management The Services manag...

Page 19: ...System settings click Date and time The Date and Time page appears 3 In the Time zone area select the desired time zone from the list and then click Save 4 In the Time settings area If you wish to syn...

Page 20: ...AAA BB CC DD HostName yourDomain com where AAA BBB CC DD is the IP address of the Application Server or All gro 1 3 Save and close the hosts file Step 5 Documentation Grass Valley makes its iControl d...

Page 21: ...cument in the desired format Notes Refer to the iControl User Guide for information on opening online help from iC Navigator or from Router Manager Configurator All iControl documentation PDF and HTML...

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Page 23: ...n a local phone number for the support center nearest you please consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley s website www grassvalley com An online form for e mail contact is also available from t...

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