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DED-8420 User Manual (Iss. 01) Control and Monitoring
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Control and Monitoring
In This Chapter
This chapter provides a detailed explanation of controlling and monitoring your DED-8420. The
following topics are discussed:
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DashBoard Control System
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The Menu System
DashBoard Control System
The DashBoard Control System™ enables you to monitor and control openGear frames and controller
cards from a computer. DashBoard communicates with other cards in the DFR-8310 series frame
through the MFC-8310-N Network controller card. This card is required in order to use the DashBoard
Control System to configure the DED-8420.
The DashBoard Control System and user manual can be downloaded from the Ross Video website.
Using the DashBoard Menus
You must first install the DashBoard Control System software on your computer. Refer to the
DashBoard User Manual for software installation procedures and using DashBoard.
The Menu System
The following sections and tables describe the Configuration and Status menus, with items, and
parameters available on the DED-8420, accessed from the DashBoard Control System.
Note You must click
Save
on the DashBoard menus to save any changes made to the
DED-8420 settings in DashBoard.