Placing devices in Racks or Desks

The first step in Green Book is to place a device in a rack. Say for instance you want to place an AJA FS1 frame sync on rack RK-27.

You need to navigate the GUI to RK-27. The easiest way of doing that is via the Find box located in the Tool Bar: type "rack 27" in the box and press Enter (or click the [Go] button). You will be taken directly to the rack view of RK-27.

Now you have a list of all devices present at that rack. To add yours, press the [Add Device] button located at the bottom of the list.

In the next window, press the [Browse] button. This will take you to the Device Library where device definitions reside. Remember that you create devices by placing "instances" (copies) of device definitions on racks or desks.

Now you navigate the Library to find your device definition (AJA FS1 frame sync in this case). Click in the "Dev Type" list box, select "FS" (for "Frame Sync"). You will get a list of existing frame sync definitions. Select "AJA FS1".

You will notice that a new white banner appears on top, just below the Tool Bar, prompting you to "Add this Device to: RK-27". Hit the [Proceed] button to make it so.

Now you are taken back to RK-27. You will see your new AJA FS1 added to the list.

Notice the second column, "Designation", it is empty for your new devices. Thought no mandatory, it is highly recommended to fill this field for easy identification. Hit the "Edit" link in the last column ("Do") and enter something relevant in the "Designation" field (for example, "test").

This completes the placement (and creation) of a new device on a Location.