You can control the Abekas A65, A66, and Diskus videodisks directly via an Ethernet connection. If multiple workstations are connected to your network, you can access the Abekas A65, A66, or Diskus from any workstation that has Ethernet access to the videodisk. Please refer to your workstation's network configuration manual for instructions.
If you have more than one A65, A66, or Diskus 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 ethernet_name
format format
input port
enddefn
enddevice
device video controller name
The name is the name you want to assign to this device. Since your Abekas also has an Ethernet name, you may want to use that same name here.
server_name server
The server is the name of the executable that controls the Abekas A65, A66, or Diskus. It resides in the product_bin. The server should be vtcA65 for the A65, A66, or Diskus. (If you relocate the server executable, or if the server is running on a different host than your application, you must specify the server as a full UNIX pathname.)
server_id socket
The socket is the socket number through which your application communicates with the Abekas 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 Abekas A65, A66, or Diskus configurations, you must use a different socket number for each videodisk.
server_host host
The host is the name of the workstation on which the server executes. This is different than the Ethernet name of the Abekas. This is typically the workstation on which you are running your application, but can be any workstation on your Ethernet network. If a different workstation is being used, you must ensure that your application has been installed on that server workstation as well. If you are accessing an Abekas from many workstations, you must ensure that each workstation's configuration file defines the same host (and not localhost) for that Abekas server process.
buffer buffer
The buffer is optionally used to specify the name of a frame buffer device that is related to the Abekas. If defined, this corresponding frame buffer is opened whenever the Abekas video controller is opened.
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. Note that this setting does not affect the display format on the Abekas console.
Device-specific statements name ethernet_name
The ethernet_name is the name of the Abekas on the Ethernet network.
format format
The format indicates whether your Abekas recognizes NTSC or PAL video. If this line is omitted, NTSC is used by default.
input port
The port specifies whether the input video is from D1 port 1, D1 port 2, or SCSI/Ethernet. The valid settings are:
1 
2
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