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Getting Started with iControl
Configuring Client Workstations for Better Streaming Performance
Configuring Client Workstations for Better Streaming Performance
Any Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7 workstation with access to an Application
Server can be used to operate iControl, without the need for special client-side software.
Application Servers use the Darwin Streaming Server to stream video thumbnails from
some network devices to iControl applets running on client PCs. For example, when you
open a video card’s control panel from iC Navigator, the control panel displays a thumbnail
representation of the current video signal. For such streaming to work properly, a client PC
must be able to resolve the host name (and reverse resolve the IP address) of the
Application Server from which the applet was launched. For better streaming performance,
you should make sure that every client PC has all available Application Servers and
Allégro-1 systems listed in its hosts file.
To add mappings to a client workstation’s hosts file
1 On the client PC, open the hosts file (no extension) in a text editor.
In Windows, the hosts file is located in
C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc
.
2 For each Application Server and Allégro-1 that the PC will be accessing, add a line of
the form:
AAA.BB.CC.DD HostName.yourDomain.com
where
AAA.BBB.CC.DD
is the IP address of the Application Server or Allégro-1.
3 Save, and close the hosts file.
Step 5: Documentation
Grass Valley makes its iControl documentation suite available to clients in two different
formats—PDF and online help (HTML)—, depending on the document in question. All
documents are available locally, on the iControl Application Server. You can also obtain the
latest version of the documentation from the
Documentation Library
section of Grass
Valley’s website.
A subset of the documentation suite is available in HTML format:
• iControl User Guide
• iRouter User Guide
• iControl Solo User Guide
Since all online help is sourced directly from the Grass Valley website, it always displays the
latest information. The
HTML
links visible on the iControl Documentation page and the
Help
(or
?
) buttons/menus available from the iControl Navigator, iControl Router Control,
and iControl Solo client applications all link to online help on the website. When clicking
these links, you will need to log in to the website
only once every 24-hour period
using your
Grass Valley Support account profile.
To access documentation from iControl’s Startup page
• Click
Release Notes
if you wish to read the Release Notes.
The Release Notes page appears.
• Click
Documentation
if you wish to access any other iControl documentation.
The Documentation page appears.
• Click any of the links (circled, here, in yellow) to open a PDF version of a document.
