User`s guide

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3: System Configuration

# Signal ports

# Each signal (video) port is mapped from a port number to port name

# with a line of this form:

# signal <port number> <port name>

# port number: Disk port number (> 0)

# port name: Video server port name (e.g., MFCODEC_3)

signal 1 MFCODEC_4

signal 2 MFCODEC_3

signal 3 MFCODEC_2

signal 4 MFCODEC_1

Conﬁguring the SGI Media Server to Control Other Devices

To conﬁgure the SGI Media Server server so that it can control other VTR-like devices,

use the /usr/vtr/config/control-out.conf ﬁle.

Use this ﬁle also to specify basic connection parameters between the SGI Media Server

and the VTRs to be controlled. Connection parameters include such information as

which serial port controls which VTR and how. For each VTR controlled by the

SGI Media Server using the Sony protocol, add a line in the

/usr/vtr/config/control-out.conf ﬁle that uses the following format:

protocol connection serial_port speed parity

The following line shows a sample conﬁguration:

sony rs422 4 38400 1

The line has the same meaning when p2 is substituted for sony.

The following sections describe each variable in this conﬁguration line.

protocol

Use the value that corresponds to the device you are conﬁguring to work with the server.

The valid values of protocol are sony and p2, which are equivalent.