Setup guide

Installation and Setup
Services Worksheet
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CH NUMBER The channel number associated with the service.
Used by the GC-100 service and in the remote control area for tuning set-top boxes to this
channel.
SHORT NAME The short name of the service (e.g. call letters). Will be displayed as a heading above the
thumbnail showing video from this service in the Multi-Channel Monitoring view, on Channel
Selector buttons, and in logs of DVR recordings (see “Channel Selector” in the “Web Monitoring”
chapter of the iControl Edge Operator’s Overview.
Optional.
On a typical system, the Channel Selector buttons can fit approximately 8 characters. Longer
names may appear truncated.
LONG NAME The full name of the service.
Will be displayed as a title, in the Detailed Signal Analysis view, and as a tooltip when the
pointer is over a Channel Selector button. The long name also appears along with the channel
number in the DVR recording area.
Optional.
DESCRIPTION Description of the service that appears in the message box at the top left of the Detailed Signal
Analysis view. Format the text by enclosing it between valid HTML tags.
Optional
LOGO FILE NAME The name of the file containing the logo associated with this service. If present, this logo will
appear at the top of the corresponding player in the Multi-Channel Monitoring area or
Detailed Signal Analysis view.
LOGICAL GROUP Organize the Channel Selector area, by creating logical groups of related services identified by
a meaningful name. The logical group name is displayed at the bottom of the Channel Selector
area, under the associated service buttons.
The current version of iControl Edge support a maximum of 25 groups.
ALTERNATE GROUP ID Define another set of logical groups to organize the Channel Selector area to suit your
monitoring purposes. A meaningful name for the alternative grouping can be specified in the
Config worksheet (see "Config Worksheet", on page 103).
The current version of iControl Edge support a maximum of 25 groups.
OFFLINE Type
YES to designate a service as offline. The service will appear on the monitoring application
Web pages, but will not contribute to overall alarms.
RECORDABLE Type
YES to designate a service you wish to record for a certain amount of time when an error
condition is detected. The recording duration (60 seconds by default) is a configurable attribute
of the DVR device specified in the manual path for this service (see "Devices Worksheet", on
page 86).
EMAIL NOTIFICATION Type
YES to enable overall alarm e-mail notification on a per service basis. Type NO to disable it.
CYCLING PATH ID ID of the cycling path associated with a service. This ID determines which cycling set-top box (or
DVR) and which Densité probe (or pair of probes) process signals for this service.
MANUAL PATH D ID of the manual path associated with a service. This ID determines which manual set-top box or
DVR, and which streamer (if any) process signals for this service.
1. Rows you wish to leave empty must include the two asterisks in this column.
IMPORTANT: Do not change the default value for TYPE (STB), ENABLED (YES), or OFFLINE (NO).
Table 3-5: Services worksheet contents ( Continued )
Column Description