TÉCNICAS E INSTRUMENTOS DE RECOLECCIÓN DE DATOS

The WebBrowser feature enables you to add, remove, or edit installed web browser applications for your computer running DashBoard. Ross Video recommends leaving the options for this feature at the default states (where the Use internal Web browser is selected and the External Web Browser is set to the default web browser application for your computer).

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DataSafe™

In This Chapter

This chapter provides instructions for configuring and using the DataSafe™ feature in DashBoard. Refer to the MFC-8300 Series User Manual for details on setting up your MFC-8300 series Network Controller Card.

The following topics are discussed: • DataSafe Overview • DataSafe Basics

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DataSafe Overview

DataSafe enables you to save openGear card parameters to a file, and later restore those parameters to one or more cards of the same type. Multiple configuration sets can be stored if required. This gives you the flexibility of configuring a large number of cards identically from a single stored configuration. This feature is enabled or disabled on a slot-by-slot basis and currently defaults to OFF.

This feature is available for frames using the MFC-8310-N and MFC-8320-N series cards only. Refer to your openGear card manual for more information on using DataSafe with your card.

Figure 5.1 DataSafe Tab Overview

1. DataSafe Tab

The DataSafe tab is available in the Device Editor of a MFC-8310-N series or MFC-8320-N series Network Controller Card. The tab lists the cards installed in the frame in slot ascending order. The following items are displayed in the tab:

• Slot Name — The slot name is set in the Card Slots Names field of the Setup tab. The physical slot that the card is installed in is indicated by the number in brackets after the Slot Name. For more information on re-naming slots, refer to the section “Re-naming an openGear Slot in the Tree View” on page 6-2.

• Card Type and Software Rev fields — This area indicates the card installed in the slot and the software version. The information is displayed in the form of xxxx :: #### :: y

where xxxx represents the card type, #### represents the software revision, and y

represents the card status. If the field is blank, there is no saved data for this slot. For example, in Slot 3 of Figure 5.1, the QSP-8229 is running with software version 3.0 build 615 while Slot 2 does not have a card installed (therefore the field is blank). • Correct Mismatch fields — This area includes the UpdateSlot button. Clicking this

button automatically updates the slot with the new card information indicated in the

Conflict field.

• Conflict fields — This field is blank if the card currently in the slot has the same card type and software version as the saved DataSafe data. When the software version or the card type do not match the saved data for the slot, the Conflict field for that slot is populated with the new information, alerting the user that a new configuration is

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available for that slot. The information is displayed in the form of xxxx :: #### :: y where

xxxx represents the card type, #### represents the software revision, and y represents the card status. If the field is blank, there is no saved data for this slot.

• Disable check box — This option disables the DataSafe feature for that slot.

• Force button — If any slots have a software version mismatch, the Force button allows the user to load the current DataSafe data to the cards and overwrites the frame-stored data with the card’s current settings. This button is enabled only if a software version incompatibility exists. For more information on forcing DashBoard to update cards with software incompatibilities, refer to the section “Forcing DataSafe Updates” on page 5-7.

• Mask Warning check box — The MFC-8300 series Network Controller card displays a warning in the Data Safe State field of the Hardware tab if any of the card slots have an error. For example, if a card is installed that does not match the last saved data for that slot. If the check box is selected, no warnings are displayed in DashBoard. The default setting is to display warnings and errors.

2. Save/Restore Device Parameters in the Basic Tree View

The following DataSafe options may be available when you right-click a device in the Tree View: • Open — Selecting this option enables you to display a Device Editor tab for the

selected device.

• Save Configuration to File — Selecting this option displays the Export Slot to file dialog from which you can save a DataSafe file for the specific card on your DashBoard host machine. For more information on saving DataSafe files, refer to the section “Saving a DataSafe File” on page 5-4.

• Restore Configuration — Selecting this option displays the Restore

Configuration Wizard from which you can restore from a DataSafe file for the specific card(s) on your DashBoard host machine. For more information on recalling

configurations from a file, refer to the section “Restoring Configurations to Devices” on page 5-4.

3. Save/Restore Configurations for Devices in the Advanced Tree View

With the Advanced Tree View feature, the following options are available in the Custom Folder toolbar:

• Save Configuration to File — Selecting this option displays the Export to file

dialog from which you can save the configuration of all the devices in the Custom Folder View to a single DataSafe file.

• Restore Configuration — Selecting this option displays the Configuration Wizard from which you can recall all configurations for all devices in the Custom Folder View from a *.tvc file.

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DataSafe Basics

This section provides instructions for saving and recalling DataSafe files. DashBoard saves all card parameter values to the file which is stored locally on the DashBoard client host machine.