Administrator Help

General Operation
- Select an item to operate on or inspect in the navigation
pane, using folder turners to open and close folders.
- Click a tab in the admin pane to show properties or other
information pertaining to the selected item.
- Click the Configure tab to inspect or change an item's
property values.
- Click the Status tab (not shown in the figure above) to see an
item's status.
- Click the Add/Remove Device tab (not shown in the figure
above) to create or delete an item.
- If you change a value, click Apply to make the change
effective.
To View or Change a Property Value
- Select the item in the navigation pane, and click
Configure.
- Click the down arror to the right of the property's current
value.
- Either choose a value from the menu, type a new value, or
click Default to choose the default value.
- Click Apply.
Note: Changes to VideoBeans property values do not take effect
until a user selects the bean in a client, such as the Player or
Recorder.
To Constrain a Property's Values
Note: Constraints are not enforced in Release 1.
- Select the item in the navigation pane and click
Configure.
- Click the property twirl to the left of the property's
name.
- Change the values in the constraint editor that appears:
- To add a value, type the value, and then click Add
Entry.
- To delete a value, choose the value from the drop-down
menu, and then click Delete.
- To permit any numeric value that is in range, select Range
Constraint.
- To provide a list of numeric values the user must choose
from, select List Constraint.
- To force a user to choose from the offered values, select
Hard Constraint.
- To permit a user to choose an offered value or enter one,
select Suggested Value.
- Click Apply.
To View Events
- To view all events, select the video server and click Event
Log.
- To view one VideoBeans component's events, select the
component and click Event Log.
To Create a VTR VideoBeans Component
- Select the video server to which the VTR is connected.
- Click Add/Remove Device.
- Enter the new VTR's name. The form of the name is
/dev/ttyx/nodey,
where:
- x is the ID of the serial port to which the V-LAN
controller is connected.
- y is 1, 2, 3, etc., corresponding to the V-LAN port
to which the VTR is connected.
- Click New Instance.
To Delete a VTR VideoBeans Component
- Select the video server to which the VTR is connected.
- Click Add/Remove Device.
- Click the Delete Instance Button adjacent to the VTR's
name.