Devices and Devices Events
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In this section Devices and Devices Events are described.
This is the first essential step in configuring the MCS. In this section, you can add two or more MCM9000 devices per your needs. Please refer to Adding MCM9000 devices to MCS to add MCM9000 devices. After the devices are added, the devices are displayed under Device Management as shown below. If you click on the edit icon Device Information are displayed.
Fields | Description |
Label | MCM Device name. |
URL | MCM IP address. |
Username | MCM username. |
Password | MCM password. |
Color | Assign a gradient color to a device for easy tracking during system configuration. Click on the Device Color icon and then click on the left or right color selector to adjust the color configuration. Click on the submit button to save the configuration. |
License Sharing | When License Sharing is enabled, all shared devices use the same license and split channels between them. For a stack configured, devices on the stack share license regardless of this flag. Click on the submit button to save the configuration. |
Management Multicast | A multicast protocol is used to communicate between the other servers in the stack. The IP address for the multicast communication is configured in this field. |
Management Port | The port address for the multicast communication is configured in this field. |
Cloud License Hash | When the license on the Dongle is not used, a license from the cloud server is used. A HASH key is used to fetch the appropriate license. |
License Server Host Override System Default License Server Host (From MCS Version 1.1.1 onwards compitabile with MCM 6.3 onwards) | Contains the address of the licensing host. On receiving the HASH key, it provides the appropriate licenses. Please note this field is not required to be enabled by default but is needed when pointing the MCM9000 to another license server other than the default license. |
Nielsen License Hash | Specify the license for Nielsen Monitoring. ** Available from MCM version 6.2 onwards. Please refer to How to enable Nielsen Monitoring to configure Nielsen Monitoring. |
Disable HTTP Access | Click on the “Disable HTTP Access“ button to disable HTTP access. Disabling the HTTP access enables only HTTPS access. When the “Disable HTTP Access“ button is disabled, both HTTP and HTTPS access are possible. |
Disable FTP Access | Click on the “Disable FTP Access“ button to disable FTP access. Disabling FTP access enables only FTPS access. When the “Disable FTP Access“ button is disabled, both FTP and FTPS access are possible. |
Disable FTPS Access | Click on the “Disable FTPS Access“ to disable FTPS access. Disabling FTPS access enables only FTP access. When the “Disable FTPS Access“ button is disabled, both FTP and FTPS access are possible. |
Resources Groups | MCS provides the Adhoc Monitoring through Resource Groups. Please refer to Adhoc Monitoring Workflow (Resource Grouping) to configure monitoring through Resource Groups. |
Global NMOS Settings - For NMOS configuration please refer to How to configure NMOS on MCS. | |
Registry Server Host | Specify the registry in the format: registry=<ip_address>:<port>,. For example, registry=1.1.1.1:1111, Registry can also be specified as reg=<ip_address>:<port>. |
Query API Host | Specify the query in the format: query=<query port>, For example: query=2222. |
Verify Entry After Set | Enabled for No verify. |
NDI Settings | |
NDI Discovery Servers | Specify the NDI Discovery Servers IP address. ** Please refer to How to configure NDI and NDI Discovery Services to configure NDI. ** Available from MCS version 1.2.0 onwards compatible with MCM 6.3.14 and above. |
Device Information and Statistics
If you click on the three dots highlighted in red, you can see the Device Information and Statistics of the selected MCM9000 Device.
The Device Information page consists of,
Info - Provides the details about the Device name, Licenses, etc. The device info is same as the MCM9000 Device Information.
Hardware - Hardware information for physical and cloud devices can be found here. It is same as the MCM9000 Hardware Information.
Memory Utilization - Displays the allocated and used memory os the MCM9000 device.
CPU Utilization - Displays the CPU used, frequency and CPU temperature.
The Statistics provides a graphic representation of the current system load, CPU, and memory usage. Maximum 5 source channels or modules could be selected from the list on the right side of the GUI to the graphs simultaneously, as shown below. It is same as the MCM9000 Device Statistics.
Devices Events
The Device Events are same as the MCM9000 System Log. In MCS, the system logs for all the MCM9000 devices configured are displayed. There is a free text filter option through which you can filter by Type, Source, Decsription, Device, and Severity.