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he VistaMax Control Center (VMCC) is
the software program station engineers use to cre-
ate and maintain the configuration files needed
by all VistaMax community devices—including
RMX
digital consoles. Sessions and macros are
command files to route signals and to set up con-
soles for specific applications.
Chapter 4 covered console configuration, basic
VMCC operations and standard commands for
session and macro files. This appendix presents
addition details on using VMCC, session files and
macro files to set up and control signal routing in
the RMX
digital console. A VMCC errata section
covers program use notes and applications.
The revision D release of the Harris # 99-5000
CD-ROM first introduced two major changes to
the VistaMax operating system. The first is that
all VistaMax devices (racks, BMX
digital consoles,
RMX
digital consoles) can run using the same Vis-
taMax Server code. The second is that two Har-
ris-proprietary software programs: VistaMax Com-
munity Monitor (CM) and VistaMax Control Cen-
ter (VMCC) were used to create, maintain and
properly distribute configuration files to all Vis-
taMax community devices. Previously, configura-
tion files were created manually using a text-only
editor like Notepad and were distributed to all
the community members by hand. Now, only ses-
sion and macro files are edited using Notepad.
VMCC, Sessions
and Macros
VMCC FILE MAINTENANCE
The VMCC application (icon:
) not only
simplifies device configuration, it also allows one-
stop file maintenance for every VistaMax commu-
nity member—any console, cardframe or VistaMax
edge device.
After VMCC distributes the setup and config files
to each community device, a
PROVISIONED.HASH
file is written into the storage card folder. The next
time Normal Download is selected to distribute
updated files, VMCC reads the hash file to identify
which files match the newly provisioned files so
they are not re-downloaded and so only those files
with changes are downloaded.
If a hash file is not found (as in the first time
VMCC downloads files), then VMCC will down-
load all files, which is equivalent to selecting Force
Download. This always causes consoles and card-
frames to restart since the
nqx.ini
file is replaced.
COMMUNITY MONITOR (CM)
CM (tray icon:
) is not only a valuable tool
for setting up a VistaMax system, it’s also helpful
for troubleshooting and analyzing a VistaMax sys-
tem since it sees all VistaMax devices connected
to the network—even those with IP addresses fall-
ing outside the network’s assigned subnet.
IP addressing problems can occur if a new con-
sole is added to a system that’s not using the de-
fault IP addressing scheme (as presented on page
4-10). A factory-fresh console has an IP address
of 192.168.100.22 but, if the system is set for IP
addresses using another subnet (say 137.237.
207.xxx) then the new console will not be seen by
the admin computer. Another way this might hap-
pen is if the IP address entered into VMCC had a
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