Introduction to iControl > Overview
 
Overview
 
Multi-Channel Monitoring and Control
Multi-Site Monitoring and Control
Incoming Feed Quality Control
Router Control
Video Element Management
Monitoring and Control of Grass Valley Devices and Systems
Features and Benefits
Operational Overview
User Interface
Grass Valley’s iControl is a coordinated suite of software applications and hardware designed for the interactive control and monitoring of distributed broadcasting networks.
iControl allows operators to control and monitor the status of Grass Valley and third-party video and audio modules (converters, distribution amplifiers, probes, etc.), routing switchers, and other network equipment, all from any convenient point with IP access.
Features of the iControl system include:
• Fully integrated desktop: iControl brings together equipment, signal and facility monitoring and control for highly efficient operations.
• Visual customization: Highly customized graphical representations of one or more facilities can be created to offer a highly intuitive control environment.
• Third party application control: Multiple third party applications can be hosted in the iControl interface, and these can be selected manually or presented automatically for effective device control.
• SNMP support: iControl combines IP monitoring with SNMP to allow the collection of third party equipment status and offer multi-vendor interoperability.
• Media streaming: High quality streaming provides effective visual monitoring feedback.
• Modularity & scalability: iControl is fully scalable and can be used to control just part of a television system or for complete management of multiple sites.
• Automated responses: A scripted macros feature can provide automated reactions to alarm conditions and guide operators through complex diagnostics.
iControl represents video networks with rich, interactive graphics that are immediately understandable and easy to operate. The system is geared towards simplifying operations so that a single user can control more channels, or a broader range of monitoring and control tasks.
With iControl, customized views of a network can be created, complete with full motion, high quality streaming video and audio. The highly graphical nature of iControl allows operators to quickly identify and respond to alarm conditions, thereby reducing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
iControl leverages industry-standard SNMP protocols and integrates other third party control applications to provide a complete facility monitoring environment.