Here you can define the configuration of the single channel included in the Profile resource.
The first part is merely descriptive and shows data previously assigned:
•Code: the path of the resource you are editing is displayed
•Type: shows the resource type
•Number: indicates the ordinal number that identifies that resource in case others of the same type coexist
•Name: description of the resource you are editing (in this case the suffix CH-no. of the channel is added)
The second part allows you to set and modify the connections and the use of the channel starting from the selection of:
Driver, the communication drivers available for the Profile resource are:
•Prolink (Etere preferred connection)
✓Prolink, by selecting this driver you can communicate with the videoserver via serial port
✓Config: Enter the name without extension (e.g.: 'J0') of the Profile's configuration file that you intend to use and that is located in 'c:\profile\configs'.
✓Profiles are previously prepared by Grass Valley technicians, for a description of how to write a .cfg file for prolink, refer to the technical manual of the profile.
•Imagine
✓Imagine, selecting this driver you can communicate with the videoserver via Imagine protocol
✓Channels (Video In , Video Out), The first channel is 1. 0=port not used.
•Pronet
✓Selecting this protocol you can communicate between a transmitting workstation and a videoserver via network connection.
✓The Pronet protocol is the only one that allows Etere to make the most of all Profile potentials.
✓ATTENTION: the Pronet driver can be used only by Etere Ingest to record, but cannot be used by Etere Automation for playout.
Compression type
❖JPEG this compression is available on all PDR 100- PDR200 PDR300 models
❖MPEG this is available for PDR300 only, or as optional on PDR200
❖DVCPRO25 This is only available for the PDR400.
You will be asked to set a number of parameters for each compression; if you don't use the resource, set -1, otherwise put the corresponding number.
Keep in mind that the resources numbering starts from 0, that is the first Codec is number 0 and not number 1.
Besides, you can set the E\E for each channel. This allows you to simulate, while recording, an E\E via software with the router, which means to send the source exit (VTR) to the monitor during the recording phase and to put back the videoserver exit to the monitor during the play phase.
Proxy address Card
If you have a proxy video acquisition card directly connected to the Profile channel, set the IP address relative to the PC where the card is (e.g.: 195.122.231.145).
The value of the local port must be included between 6501 and 6509
In case you do not have such a card, or if the card is not fixed to the channel, leave the two boxes blank.
Profile PDR100/200/300/XP resource editor - Channel User
After indicating which user and which software the resource has to be installed for, you have to set other data:
Com Port Setting Indicate the number of com the Profile is connected to.
(WARNING: the com appears only with PROLINK driver)
Video router
✓Input- Indicate the router output channel the resource input is connected to (-1=not installed)
✓Output- Indicate the router input channel the resource output is connected to (-1=not installed)
✓Monitor- Indicate the router output channel the prospective monitor is connected to. (-1=not installed)
422
✓Device (out)- Indicate the no. of device to be installed when you open the resource.(-1=not installed)
✓Controller (in)- Indicate the no. of controller to be installed when you open the resource.(-1=not installed)
(Only in the special case where you have a centralized video router which allows one to also commute serial ports, set the data referred to above to 422)
File system
Select the file system you want to activate for the user and the software.