MMS ProntoVideo

You can control the MMS ProntoVideo directly via a SCSI connection.

Syntax

If you have multiple ProntoVideo's on your network, you may want to create a configuration entry for each one. The syntax is:

device video controller name
          server_name server
          server_id socket
          server_host host
          buffer buffer
          display display
          defn
                    name device_name
                    format format
          enddefn
enddevice
device video controller name

The name is the name you want to assign to this device.

server_name server

The server is the name of the executable that controls the ProntoVideo. It resides in the product_bin. The server should be vtcpronto for the ProntoVideo.

server_id socket

The socket is the socket number through which your application communicates with the ProntoVideo server process. This number must be unique to your UNIX system for each defined device and (Alias|Wavefront and non-Alias|Wavefront) server process. If you are defining multiple ProntoVideo configurations, you must use a different socket number for each ProntoVideo.

server_host host

The host is the name of the workstation on which the server executes. In SCSI mode, it is the name of the workstation to which the ProntoVideo is connected. The host name is typically the workstation on which you are running your application.

If a different workstation is being used as the server, you must ensure that your application has been installed on that server workstation as well. If you are accessing a ProntoVideo from many workstations, you must ensure that each workstation's configuration file defines the same host (and not localhost) for that ProntoVideo server process.

buffer buffer

The buffer is optionally used to set the frame buffer to open when the ProntoVideo is opened. This buffer should be the name of the corresponding ProntoVideo frame buffer device. Do not use the exclusive keywords

display display

The display entry is optionally used to specify how you want the disk location to be displayed. The default, timecode, displays disk locations using time code. To display disk locations as frame numbers, specify frame.

Device-specific statements

name device_name

The device_name is the filename used to specify the SCSI device. The format of the SCSI filename is: /dev/rmt/tpsSCSI_busdSCSI_addrns

SCSI_bus can be:

0 for SCSI Bus 0 (for Indy's and Indigo's)

1 for SCSI Bus 1 (for Indigo²'s and Impact's)

SCSI_addr is the SCSI address of your device. The possible values are 1-7.

For example, /dev/rmt/tps0d6ns is the SCSI filename for a device with SCSI bus 0 and SCSI addr 6.

Consult the ProntoVideo user manual for details about the SCSI installation.

format format

The format indicates whether your ProntoVideo recognizes NTSC or PAL video. If this line is omitted, PAL is used by default.

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