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Summary

This document provides information about the GrassValley iControl protocol implementation for VSM.

Status of Driver	APPROVED
Component for Driver	GADGETSERVER
Release (Build) of Component	vsmGadgetserver 5.4.0.220
Revision of Implementation	1.0.7

Name/Type of 3rd Party API
Version of 3rd Party API
Additional 3rd Party information

Connection

Connection Type	TCP/ IP, Volatile
Default Port	5955 (default), 5953, 5951

Supported Features

IGP-3901:
- IGMPv3 Sources(Redundant)
- Stream Address(Redundant)
- Gateway Direction
- Gateway Status
- Gateway Enable/Disable
- User Preset
- TICO Enable/Disable
- TICO Conversion Mode
- Transport Mode
- Video Format
- Ip Stream/SDI Status
- Audio Gateway Enable/Disable
- Audio Gateway Stream Address(Redundant)
- Audio Gateway IGMPv3 Address(Redundant)

IFM-2T:
- IGMPv3 Sources (144)
- Stream Sources (144)
- Stream Destinations (144)
- User Preset
- Each 10GbE Lane: IP Address, Gateway and Subnet Mask

Supported Commands

Get cards	This method is used to otain the list of all cards that are accesible.
Get one parameter	This method is used to obtain the current value of a specific parameter on a specific card.
Get many parameters	This method is used to obtain the current value of many parameters on a specific card.
Set many parameters	This method is used to set the value of many parameters on a specific card.
Connect	This method is used to create a new session.
Disconnect	This method is used to terminate a session.
Get session data	This method is used to retrieve the session output buffer.
Register card notification	This method is used to register a card to be notified whe one of it's parameter changes.

Configuration Details

The procotol itself communicates with an iControl appserver. So use the appserver IP Address in the driver configuration. To use the internal matrix of a GV Node please configure a nVision connection via vsmStudio directly to the GV Node frame on TCP port 5194. Please keep in mind GV Node supports only Level 2, this will switch the video and the audio.

Tico Compression Parameters

4 TICO gateways(11-14) are available on IPG-3901 cards only. 3 TICO modes can be set for each card:

TICO 1 - ENC & TICO 2 - DEC
TICO 1 - ENC & TICO 2 - ENC
TICO 1 - DEC & TICO 2 - DEC

Modes can only be changes via iControl application and is a read only values in vsmGadgetServer. Each TICO encoder or decoder can be enabled or disabled via vsmGadgetServer according the 3 TICO modes.

For further information about the TICO compression please refer to TICO Alliance.

Known Issues

There are currently no known issues with the implementation.