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iControl Services

iControl Services are software components that support (or make additional functionality available to) iControl. These services are described in the table below:
 
iControl services  
Service
Description
Imaging Communicators
Software components used to configure and control Grass Valley Imaging-series frames
Densité Communicators
Software components used to configure and control Grass Valley Densité frames
Kaleido/Oxtel Communicators
Software components used to configure and control Grass Valley Kaleido and Oxtel devices
Gateway
Software component that enables third party applications to monitor and control Grass Valley devices. It is also used to connect an RCP‑100 or RCP‑200 Remote Control Panel to iControl and to provide line selection from the iC Web player Densité-series cards scope option
GSM (General Status Manager)
Software component used for central management of all alarm conditions and error logging
Virtual Service Managers
Software components used for configuring and controlling Grass Valley proc amp devices and composite panels
Router Manager
Software component used for configuring and controlling routing switchers
In addition, services providing interfaces to third party devices are available as options. These services include VTR and IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder) devices.