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Broadcast Pix
V8.5
8.8 Dual Panels for Back-Up Redundancy
The proceeding parts of Section 8, discusses using two panels for two operators. Two
panels may also be used by one operator for redundancy/backup.
Physical Control Panel and SoftPanels
This capability is standard with every Broadcast Pix Switcher system. If the control panel
should fail, then press
Reconnect
on the SoftPanel’s web browser to connect it. If you
wish it to be always available, you need an optional additional panel license, see section
8.1. All Slate 5000G models come with 4 panel licenses. If one panel should fail, the other
one may be used without any interruption.
Dual Physical Control Panels
An optional second physical control panel may be added to any Slate system. The second
control panel may be a 1ME panel to control ME 2 or a secondary 2ME panel, although
each panel needs to have a different IP address than the main control panel. If a 1ME
panel and a 2ME panel are both connected, then no adjustment needs to be made, if two
2ME panels are connected, then one panel needs to have a different IP address, see
below.
The default IP address of a 2ME panel is: 192.168.53.252
The default IP address of a 1ME panel is: 192.168.53.251
To change the 2ME IP address:
1. Make sure the control is if
Offline
, by closing the BPswitcher application.
2. The 4 wildcard device buttons in Device Control-A will illuminate, select the
[Setup + Test]
button and it will illuminate orange, as shown below.
3.
The PixPad in Device Control-A will illuminate, as shown below, select the
[Panel IP]
PixButton. The PixPad will change to a numeric PixPad.
8.8
Turn off
Sleep
Setup +
Test
Failsafe
Join
the show
TEST
VFD
TEST
CTRLS
TEST
PIX
SHOW
KNOB
SHOW
BUTS
SHOW
JOYS
SHOW
DATE
PANEL
IP
SET
URL
LIGHT
SHOW
SET
MODE
SET
COLOR