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Creating Layouts
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In this section, you will be able to answer the following questions:
• “What is a channel and when is it used?” on page 84
Checklist
XEdit User Guide Task List
Follow these steps to complete all the tasks required to get started using XEdit:
1. Creating and Configuring a Channel. Refer to “Creating and Configuring a Channel” on page 80.
2. Adding Levels. Refer to “Adding Levels” on page 82.
3. Configuring Global Alarms. Refer to “Configuring Global Alarms” on page 83
Key Concepts
Channel
A channel refers to a group of physical assignments. A channel is made up of n physical assignments. Each
assignment is associated to one level.
Level
A level is a specific instance of the level category. For example, a video level category may have five (5)
different levels. Each of these five different levels refers to a different type of video level within the video
level category. This concept is also known as Logical Sources in the router domain where a level of video
combined with multiple levels of audio and control ports becomes one entity.
Level Category
Level category refers to the type of level. A level category contains between 1 and n levels. Examples of
level categories are: video, audio, text, alarm, and time code.
What is a channel and when is it used?
What is a level?
What is level category and when is it used?
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