Workflow for uncompressed HD captured to ProRes (after capture)?

I've got an Intensity card coming in today for use with a Canon HV20.
There is an Apple tech note on 1080p24 HDV workflow for the HV20 (using Compressor to deinterlace and remote pulldown):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306389
What is the workflow going to look like with a 'live' capture from uncompressed HD to ProRes 422?.

Well, I connected the HDMI cable to the Intensity card and the HV20 and brought up FCP6.
I set FCP6 to "Intensity HDTV 1080i 59.94 - Apple ProRes (HQ). Made no changes on the HV20.
I opened the 'Log and Capture' window and could immediately see the camera's video.
I captured and it created a ProRes file that I could double click and open in Quicktime. Looked incredible!
Looking at the clip's info inside of FCP6 I see 1920 x 1080, 29.97 fps, Apple ProRes HQ, 26.5 MB/s, square, upper (odd).
Next steps are to remove interlace and pulldown (I presume I'll use Compressor for this)?
If I am successful at de-interlacing and removing the pulldown, how can I except to verify this using FCP6? Will the field dominance change from uppper(odd) to something else?
How can I tell, by looking at some settings, that I have completed my task?
Any comments on techniques/tips for reverse telecining will be welcome, as I'm very much of a newbie with FCP.
Also, is there a keyboard shortcut, or a way to create a keyboard shortcut for the 'capture now' button?
BTW - as my RAID has yet to arrive, I'm writing directly to a 2nd Western Digital RE2 drive, with no visible dropouts for the few seconds I've recorded thru a 10 meter cable.

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