Page 1 Avid Technology, Inc. MOS Gateway Installation & Operations Manual Version 1.0...
Page 2 Copyright and Disclaimer © 2001, Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All Avid products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supersedes that in all previo1usly pub- lished material. Specifications and price change privileges reserved.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Introduction to MOS Gateway Overview of MOS Gateway ....... . . 1-2 MOS Control Workflow .
Page 4 Troubleshooting MOS Gateway Components ....... . . 6-2 Where to Look For Errors ........6-2...
Page 5 System Reference Files Sample Configuration File on MOS Gateway Servers ... . B-2 Sample Configuration File on iNEWS Servers ....B-7 The /etc/hosts File .
Page 7: Who Should Use This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of iNEWS MOS Gateway, the sys- tem that removes barriers between newsroom computing and broad- casting. MOS Gateway uses the MOS protocol as a standard for communications between newsroom computer systems and Media Object Servers (MOS), such as video servers, audio servers, still stores, and character generators.
Page 8: About This Manual
System configuration and maintenance Use this manual to prepare for and set up your system on the network, after you have purchased the MOS Gateway components according to iNews requirements and specifications. Before installing any equip- ment, the site must already have a configured network.
Page 9: Symbols And Conventions
Symbols and Conventions The MOS Gateway documentation uses the following special symbols and conventions: 1. Numbered lists, when the order of the primary items is important. a. Alphabetical lists, when the order of secondary items is important or in the case of optional procedures.
Page 10: Keyboard Conventions
In this example, information on work flows through a MOS Gateway See “About This Man- ual” on page ii for more system can be found on page 1-2 in Chapter 1 of this manual. Chap- information on what ters are numbered consecutively; page numbers restart at one in each chapters are in which chapter.
Page 11: Related Information
4. Check iNEWS’ Web Bulletin Board, at http://support.inewsroom.com/~avstar for information about product and user conferences. If you do not find the answer to your question, you can exchange information with other cus- tomers and Avid Broadcast Customer Support personnel. 5. Maintenance Agreement contract customers can contact Avid Broadcast Customer Support personnel at any of these 24-hour global telephone numbers: •...
Page 12: How To Order Documentation
Send your documentation comments by e-mail to: techpubs@inewsroom.com Include the title of the document, its part number, revision, and the specific section that you are commenting on in all correspondence. How To Order Documentation To order additional copies of this documentation from within the United States, call the Avid Sales department at 1-608-274-8686.
Page 13: Introduction To Mos Gateway
HAPTER Introduction to MOS Gateway This chapter contains the following major sections: • Overview of MOS Gateway MOS Control Workflow...
Page 14: Overview Of Mos Gateway
Overview of MOS Gateway The iNEWS MOS Gateway is an application that does the following: • receives information from the iNEWS newsroom computer system as control events are entered in production cues in scripts • converts the information into commands in version 2.5 of the MOS Protocol and directs it to specified MOS-compliant devices •...
Page 15: Loading A Show To Mos Gateway
Control Device Loading a Show to the MOS Gateway When your newsroom staff builds a show, they insert special key- words into scripts, referred to as machine control events. These items include at least a word to identify the specific machine or a machine type, such as CG or SS, and some information to indicate that they want that machine to display.
Page 16: Monitor Load
MOS Gateway is not yet involved. Playlists can be printed and distrib- uted to equipment operators. The devices can be controlled using tra- ditional methods. iNEWS monitor Monitor Commands (ON, LOAD, UNLOAD, OFF) iNEWS servers Clients ON: Watch for added,...
Page 17 Each MOS device sends MOS Gateway the status of the playlist, called a running order in the MOS Protocol. Each MOS device also sends the status of individual running order items, each one corresponding to a machine control event. MOS Gateway then forwards these status mes- sages to the monitor server.
Page 18 Introduction to MOS Gateway...
Page 19: Preparing For Installation
HAPTER Preparing for Installation This chapter describes the preliminary steps you must take before installing the MOS Gateway software, including: • Familiarizing yourself with this manual, release notes, and other iNEWS documentation. • Verifying required hardware and software components This chapter contains the following major sections: •...
Page 20: Before You Begin The Installation Procedure
• Ensure the installation CD is available. Hardware Requirements To install and run MOS Gateway, your system must have the mini- mum base equipment described in Table 2-1. For a list of qualified PCs, contact Avid Broadcast Customer Support. Table 2-1...
Page 21: Software Requirements
• iNEWS newsroom computer system (version 1.4 or higher) • Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher with Virtual Machine All iNEWS workstations on a network using MOS Gateway must be running version 1.4 or higher of the client software. Software Requirements...
Page 22 Preparing for Installation...
Page 23: Overview Of The Setup
HAPTER Installing MOS Gateway Program Files This chapter describes the process of installing the MOS Gateway and contains the following major sections: • Overview of the Setup Adding IP Addresses on MOS Gateway Server Installing MOS Gateway Software...
Page 24: Overview Of The Setup
The monitor server communicates with the MOS Gateway software only if the MOS Gateway Server’s IP address is added to all of the iNEWS Servers’ /etc/hosts files. Procedures for configuring iNEWS Servers, including adding MOS Gateway IP addresses, are located in “Adding IP Addresses for the MOS Gateway”...
Page 25 4. Click OK. The hosts file opens in a Notepad window. 5. At the bottom of the file, add lines listing the IP addresses and computer names for iNEWS Servers, MOS Gateway Servers, and MOS devices. For example: 125.1.0.1 NRCS-A nrcs-a nrcs-a.yourdomain.com...
Page 26: Installing Mos Gateway Software
Installing MOS Gateway Software To install MOS Gateway, do the following: 1. Insert the iNEWS MOS Gateway CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Open Windows Explorer. To do this, click the Start button, and select Windows Explorer from the pop-up menu, or press the Windows key and E simultaneously.
Page 27 5. Click the Next button. The Choose Destination Location dialog box opens. 6. Click Next to accept the default setting for the Destination Folder or click Browse to set another drive and directory as the destina- tion. Overview of the Setup...
Page 28 7. After you click Next, the Setup Status dialog box appears with a progress bar, indicating the percentage of installation complete- ness. ® 8. The MOS Gateway requires the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, so it is automatically installed next. If Virtual Machine already exists on the computer, the installation program will detect it and skip steps 8 and 9.
Page 29 10. Setup then installs the Microsoft Installer and XML Parser. 11. MOS Gateway installs a license server that listens on an IP port for license requests. In the dialog box that appears, specify an IP port that is not used by any other application on the MOS Gateway Server.
Page 30 The default is 53211. 12. Click Next. The MOS Gateway License Server Key dialog box appears. Installing MOS Gateway Program Files...
Page 31 13. If you received a license key from Avid with your purchase, you may enter it. If not, contact Avid Broadcast Customer Support with your customer ID and MOS Gateway Server hostname to receive one. 14. After the License Server Key is entered, a dialog box appears indi- cating the successful completion of the installation.
Page 32 3-10 Installing MOS Gateway Program Files...
Page 33: Setting Up The Inews Server
HAPTER Setting up the iNEWS Server After MOS Gateway is installed, you must set up the iNEWS Server to use MOS Gateway. This chapter provides the procedures for setting up the servers. This chapter contains the following major sections: •...
Page 34: Configuring Inews Servers
If you have ControlAir (formerly known as iNEWS Broadcast Control System or BCS), much of this work may already be done. These tasks must be completed to download playlists and updates to MOS Gateway. This chapter assumes: •...
Page 35: Configuration Details
4. Assigning Forms to Queues (page 4-16) 5. Create an Entry in the SYSTEM.MAP Story (page 4-18) 6. Adding IP Addresses for the MOS Gateway (page 4-26) 7. Updating the iNews System Dictionaries (Optional) (page 4-27) Configuration Details The following steps do not include setting up external devices, such as character generators and still stores, which play broadcast events.
Page 36 The mailbox enables iNEWS to notify the monitor server of changes made to a rundown queue while a show is monitored. The monitor server then updates composite and event lists, as well as any playlists, if necessary. To create and configure a monitor server, do the following: 1.
Page 37 this is not required. However, the mailbox number you select must be assigned to the queue monitored by the server program. Multiple queues can share the same mailbox number. See “Assigning the Mailbox to the Rundown Queue” on page 4-9 for more information. 3.
Page 38 host definitions for your iNEWS Servers. This ensures it can run on the sur- viving computer should one of your iNEWS Servers stop functioning. A sam- ple configuration file is provided in Appendix B; it includes pointers indicating where in the file information is added, as described in this proce- dure.
Page 39 Comments appearing The following are sample configuration lines for various server after the semicolons (;) programs: are optional. server action actphon ;action svr server distribution 257 devname1 ;dist server server parallel devname2 server keyword key1 ;keyword server server seek seek ;seek server server ftsseek - ;fts searches...
Page 40: Reconfigure The System
Before the monitor server can be used, two more tasks must be com- pleted: • Reconfiguring the system to incorporate the new device (monitor server) into your system’s operation. • Adding the monitor server’s mailbox to the rundown queue it will be monitoring.
Page 41: Assigning The Mailbox To The Rundown Queue
Assigning the Mailbox to the Rundown Queue Mailboxes are assigned After you choose the monitor server’s mailbox number and verify that to queues in the same it is not used by another device, you must also assign it to the show’s way other database rundown queue, being monitored by the monitor server.
Page 42: Using The List Command To View Assigned Mailboxes
4-10 4. Click on the Maintain tab. 5. Select the Standard radio button located in the Mailbox section. 6. Type in the mailbox number, such as 267. 7. Click OK to save changes. Using the list Command to View Assigned Mailboxes Variations of the list command can be used at the console to deter- mine mailbox assignments for specific devices, queues, and so forth.
Page 43 Gateway. You may want to create only composite and/or event lists for certain production devices, such as MOS Gateway. If you do not create list queues for some devices, the monitor server will not create lists. For these lists to exist, queues for them must be created—if they do not already exist—and they must be “mapped”...
Page 44 4-12 A new queue appears under the folder you selected. The New-Queue appears at the end of the list of existing queues. The title, New-Queue, is highlighted, so you can rename it. 4. Type the name of the new queue, such as COMPOSITE or CG1. The pathname of each device’s event list queue is a combination of the event list directory and the device manager’s name.
Page 45 4-13 on it. For more information about queues and their database traits, see Chapter 5 in the iNEWS Newsroom Computer System Operations Manual. 6. To have monitor server display information in these lists properly, each queue must have a 1-line display and be assigned the proper queue form.
Page 46 “Create an Entry in the SYSTEM.MAP Story” on page 4-18. Step 3: Set Up Queue and Story Forms Add MOS Gateway fields to existing rundown queue and story forms in iNEWS. These three fields are explained in Table 4-1. Setting up the iNEWS Server...
Page 47: System.mos-Map Story
4-15 Table 4-1 iNEWS Form Fields for MOS Gateway Field Type Description MOS-ACTIVE This field holds a short code representing certain attributes of a MOS item. It is required on the story form so a queue can display whether a MOS item is attached to a script.
Page 48 Step 4: Assigning Forms to Queues After you create queues to hold the composite and event lists, you must assign forms containing MOS Gateway fields to each queue. For instance: • Assign a form designed to display composite list information to SHOWS.6PM.COMPOSITE...
Page 49 4-17 To assign a form to a queue, do the following at an iNEWS worksta- tion: 1. Navigate to the queue you want in the Directory panel. 2. Right-click on it. A pop-up menu will appear. 3. Select Properties from the pop-up menu. The Directory/Queue Properties dialog box will appear.
Page 50 4-18 5. If you made changes to an existing form, you must select the Update existing stories to use story form. When this check box is selected, iNEWS changes the story form assignment for previously existing stories with the queue. 6.
Page 51 To add an entry for the show in the map story, do the following: ControlAir is another 1. Open the SYSTEM.MAP story, which contains a separate entry for Avid product that each show that will be produced using MOS Gateway or works with the iNEWS ControlAir. newsroom computer...
Page 52 4-20 Figure 4-1 shows three sample entries in a SYSTEM.MAP story. Each show’s map story entry must begin with a line called an entry header. The entry header must be followed by a device list. ; RUNDOWN EVENT DIR COMP DIR GROUP (OFF TIME) ;DEVICE...
Page 53 4-21 The composite list queue The directory where you want to hold the The time you want the The show’s event list queues monitor to turn itself off Groups rundown queue ; RUNDOWN EVENT DIR COMP DIR GROUP (OFF TIME) ;DEVICE DEVNAME UPDATE MCT TEMPLATE (MSG DIR)
Page 54 4-22 Table 4-2 Entry Header Parameters Parameter Definition Rundown Queue The full pathname of the show’s rundown queue. Event List Directory (Optional) The directory in which event lists are stored. The monitor server combines information you put here with the device name. For instance, if you specify SHOWS.6PM here and you have a still store machine called “ss1,”...
Page 55 4-23 3. List the devices used by the show. You must follow the entry header with a device list that identifies production devices for which you want the show’s monitor server to process event requests. See Figure 4-3. The type of The name of Whether the monitor The ControlAir Worksta-...
Page 56 4-24 The last parameter of a device list line—Drive, Directory/User#, and so forth—is defined in Table 4-3. Table 4-3 Device List Line Parameters Parameter Definition Parameters for Character Generators: Drive Select the disk drive you want the machine to use. If you leave this field empty, the machine uses its default drive.
Page 57 4-25 Table 4-3 Device List Line Parameters (Continued) Parameter Definition Parameters for Video Machines: Channel Assignment This parameter specifies whether the iNEWS system, the ControlAir Workstation, the device manager, or the video (cart) device assigns channels. Use these codes: 0 to have channels assigned by device 1 to have channel assigned by iNEWS 2 to have channels assigned by device manager 3 to have channels assigned by ControlAir Worksta-...
Page 58 Step 6: Adding IP Addresses for the MOS Gateway To enable monitor server to communicate with MOS Gateway, the IP address of the MOS Gateway Server must be added to all iNEWS Serv- ers’ /etc/hosts files. Ideally, all MOS Gateway Servers and iNEWS Servers would have each other’s addresses and computer names.
Page 59 Enter IP addresses, computer names, and comments, such as: 125.1.10.50 MOSGWY mosgwy #MOS Gateway machine c. Type a period (.) to stop appending information to the file. d. (Optional) Type p to print the appended file and verify your changes.
Page 60: Editing The /Site/Dict/Mcs Dictionary File
4-28 Editing the /site/dict/mcs Dictionary File In the following procedure, as an example, the term “Play” is changed to “OnAir” in the dictionary. To edit the dictionary file, do the following: 1. Select all servers at the console, so changes you make are made to each server’s copy of the file.
Page 61 4-29 Do not use an uppercase 5. When you finish making changes to the dictionary file, save your (W) in step 5. See Chap- changes by typing: ter 10 in the iNEWS Newsroom Computer Sys- tem Operations Manual 6. When you press enter, a number will appear, such as 1279, indi- for more information.
Page 62 4-30 The offline command prevents users from logging in. b. Type broadcast followed by the message warning users already logged in that processes will be stopped. Include the time the system will be shut down. Here is an example: NRCS-A: broadcast WARNING!Log out in 5 Min. The broadcast command broadcasts a message to all users logged in at present.
Page 63 4-31 If any users are still logged in, notify them of the shutdown by some other means, such as by telephone. If a user is in a connect session when you shut down the system, the user’s workstation stops, the session is disconnected, and any unsaved work is lost.
Page 64 4-32 Setting up the iNEWS Server...
Page 65: Configuring Mos Gateway
HAPTER Configuring MOS Gateway MOS Gateway must be configured to communicate with various MOS devices. This requires changes to be made in both the iNEWS Server and MOS Gateway. This chapter contains the following major sections: • MOS Gateway Configuration File...
Page 66: Mos Gateway Configuration File
MOS Gateway Configuration File MOS Gateway must be configured with information about each MOS device that will connect to it. This is done by editing the MOS Gateway configuration file, which is installed on the MOS Gateway Server. During installation, the configuration file, which is named mosconfig.xml, is placed, by default, is the following location:...
Page 67: Stopping And Starting Mos Gateway
Save. Stopping and Starting MOS Gateway After editing the MOS Gateway configuration file, you must stop and restart all MOS Gateway services that are running on the MOS Gate- way Server. Those services are: • The MOS Gateway License Server •...
Page 68 -OR- b. For Windows NT, open Services. The Services dialog box will appear, as shown. 5. Select the MOS Gateway Logger and do one of the following: a. For Windows 2000, click the Action drop-down menu and select Stop. -OR- b.
Page 69: Configuration File Components Explained
Stop. -OR- b. For Windows NT, click the Start button. This will start all three MOS Gateway services in the proper order. 7. Click Close. Configuration File Components Explained In this section, lines of the MOS Gateway configuration file are shown in groups;...
Page 70: The Group
MOS Gateway will send and receive media object meta- data MOS commands. The recommended value is 10540. The port settings apply to MOS devices intended for use with MOS Gateway. All MOS devices must use these same ports to connect to MOS Gateway.
Page 71: The Group
MOS device should be sent to the iNEWS workstation as a system message. Otherwise, STATSEND_YESNO should be changed to NO; if set to NO, MOS Gateway will accept and reply to the roStat MOS command without any notification sent to iNEWS users.
Page 72: The Group
NO. If the configuration file is altered, the MOS Gateway services must be stopped and restarted. If the <roStatSend> parameter is absent from the file, the system defaults to YES. The <handlesEmptyStories> Group <handlesEmptyStories>YESNO</handlesEmptyStories> The YESNO should be changed to YES if the MOS device manages sto- ries with no items the same way it handles stories that do have items.
Page 73 For instance, Table 5-2 gives the standard settings for two MOS devices. Table 5-2 handlesRoStorySwap MOS Device handlesRoStorySwap Setting ® Sony MAV Server ™ OmniBus Columbus If the <handlesroStorySwap> parameter is absent from the file, the system defaults to YES. MOS Gateway Configuration File...
Page 74: The Group
MOS device, so refer to the manufacturer’s documenta- tion provided with the device for more configuration details. The UNKNOWN_STR should be changed to the string the MOS device reports if it is unable to determine the presence or absence of the MOS item media. Configuring MOS Gateway...
Page 75 The PAUSED_STR should be changed to the string the MOS device reports when the MOS item media is paused. The STOP_STR should be changed to the string the MOS device reports when the play of the MOS item media has been halted. MOS Gateway Configuration File...
Page 76: The Group
MOS devices. So, it is possible that channel names will vary accordingly. For this reason, there is a group of lines in the MOS Gateway configuration file that maps the iNEWS channel name to the channel name accepted by the MOS device.
Page 77: The Group
If the entire group is missing or a particular .. for a rundown is miss- ing, MOS Gateway will send to the MOS device a default running order name, consisting of the iNEWS Server name followed by a for- ward slash (/) and the iNEWS rundown’s full queue name.
Page 78 The table contains at least two columns of names separated by white space. The first column is the MOS ID of a MOS device; this must match the name that appears for that device in the MOS Gateway con- figuration file between the <mos> and </mos> tags.
Page 79: Moving The Configuration File
5-15 Moving the Configuration File MOS Gateway is configured by filling in values in the MOS Gateway configuration file. A default copy of this file is installed in the same directory as MOS Gateway executable files. A sample copy of the MOS Gateway configuration file appears in Appendix B.
Page 80 9. Right-click on the ConfigFile value in the right side of the Registry Editor window (under the Name column). 10. Select Modify from the pop-up menu. 11. Replace the existing file path with the one for the new MOS Gate- way configuration file. Configuring MOS Gateway...
Page 81: Troubleshooting
HAPTER Troubleshooting This chapter contains information to help you recover from various types of system failures. This chapter contains the following major sec- tions: • MOS Gateway Components • Where to Look For Errors Error Categories...
Page 82: Mos Gateway Components
MOS Gateway was installed. The MosLogMonitor utility dis- plays the most recent log file, updating the display as the file changes. When MOS Gateway starts a new log file because it filled up the old one, MosLogMonitor starts displaying the new file.
Page 83 To view the Application log, do the following: Windows 2000 1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar. 2. Select Settings. 3. Select Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears. 4. Click on Administrative Tools to open. 5. Click on Event Viewer to open. The Event Viewer window appears.
Page 84 The Event Viewer shows a table of events, sorted from most to least recent. The Source column displays the application name that created the event. MOS Gateway services appear in this column. The name of the dialog Double-clicking on an event opens the Event Properties/Details dialog box varies depending box, containing a description of the event.
Page 85 Figure 6-1 shows how this dialog box appears on a computer running the Windows 2000 operating system. Figure 6-1 Event Properties Dialog Box for Windows 2000 Where to Look For Errors...
Page 86: Error Categories
Figure 6-2 Events Properties Dialog Box for Windows The Description section provides status information, including error messages. Error Categories MOS Gateway errors can be divided into the following categories: • Startup errors, which are reported when MOS Gateway cannot start •...
Page 87 Some resolutions require stopping and restarting any or all MOS Gateway services. For more information on how to do this, see “Stopping and Starting MOS Gateway” on page 5-3.
Page 88 Troubleshooting...
Page 89: Appendix A Error Messages
PPENDIX Error Messages This appendix contains MOS Gateway error messages in alphabetical order. Each message appears in a paragraph with the following for- mat: Error: Error message text. Location: Where message is found. Source: Which service. Category: Which type of error.
Page 90: Errors
Some error messages are warnings only; the MOS Gateway will continue to run with a default behavior. Warnings are marked below with the opening statement "This is a warning only," and a description of the default behavior. Errors Error: AMCP name devicename can be used for only one MOS device...
Page 91 Error: ERROR, Could not get host name from ip address(ip-address) Location: Log file Source: MOS Gateway Router Category: Startup Action: MOS Gateway cannot find the host name of a MOS device that connected to it. Ensure the MOS Gateway machine and the MOS Errors...
Page 92 Source: MOS Gateway Router Category: Miscellaneous Action: MOS Gateway received a MOS item containing errors from the iNEWS Server. Delete the MOS item from its story and add a new MOS item. If this still does not work, contact the vendor of the ActiveX control for assistance.
Page 93 Source: MOS Gateway Router Category: Startup Action: MOS Gateway cannot send an error status back to the iNEWS Server. There may be a network error, or the monitor server may have stopped running. Ensure the monitor server is on and loaded and the iNEWS Server and MOS Gateway can find each other over the net- work.
Page 94 Action: This is a warning only. The MOS Gateway configuration file does not have a roChannels map for the MOS device devicename. In this case, the MOS Gateway will send no channel information when it creates or replaces an entire running order. An iNEWS user will be unable to specify the channel on a MOS device a running order is loaded.
Page 95 Location: Log file Source: MOS Gateway Router Category: Startup Action: The MOS Gateway configuration file contains more than one <mosDevice> group of lines that contains a <names> group with device-id as the MOS device name. Find all such groups in the configu- ration file and change the MOS device names so that they are all unique.
Page 96 Action: Open the MOS Gateway configuration file. Edit the <upper> value in the <tcpPorts> group to insert a port number. Stop and restart the Router. Error: MOS Gateway config file error. Could not load the MOS config server. Location: Event Log...
Page 97 <tcpPorts> group to insert a port number. If there is no <lower> line, put one in the file. Stop and restart the Router. RO stands for Running Error: MOS Gateway config file error. Upper port(RO) did not exist in Order config file.
Page 98 MOS Gateway is installed. Type MOSConfigServer /regserver to register the MOSConfiguration class. Stop the Logger, which stops all MOS Gate- way services, then restart the Router, which restarts all MOS Gateway services. Error: MOS Gateway Logger cannot start: Cannot create MOSConfigu- ration object.
Page 99 Gateway configuration file. If the path is wrong, change it to contain the correct path. If the path is correct, open the Windows Explorer and see if the MOS Gateway configuration file is in that directory. If not, create one.
Page 100 Error: roChannel was not found in the RoInfo data(roInfoData) Location: Log file Source: MOS Gateway Router Category: Miscellaneous Action: There is a problem with the iNEWS Server software. Call Avid Broadcast customer support with the roInfoData for assistance.
Page 101 Source: MOS Gateway Router Category: Runtime configuration Action: MOS Gateway cannot connect to the MOS device devicename. Ensure that MOS Gateway and the MOS device can find each other on the network, and that all appropriate applications are running on the MOS device.
Page 102 A-14 Error Messages...
Page 103: Appendix B System Reference Files
PPENDIX System Reference Files This appendix contains various samples of system files, such as the /etc/hosts file for the iNEWS Server. • Sample Configuration File on MOS Gateway Servers • Sample Configuration File on iNEWS Servers • The /etc/hosts File...
Page 104: Sample Configuration File On Mos Gateway Servers
<directory>C:\mosgateway\1.0\bin</directory> <maxFileCount>100</maxFileCount> <maxFileBytes>1000000</maxFileBytes> </logging>  <tcpPorts> <upper>10541</upper> <lower>10540</lower> </tcpPorts> <!-- The listDevices group contains device-specific configurations.
Page 105 <amcp>omnimos</amcp> <network>omnimos.newsroom.com</network> </names>  <roChannels> <roChannel> <iNewsChannel>CBS1</iNewsChannel> <MosDevChannel>Columbus1</MosDevChannel> </roChannel> <roChannel> <iNewsChannel>CBS2</iNewsChannel> <MosDevChannel>Columbus2</MosDevChannel> </roChannel> <roChannel> <iNewsChannel>CBS3</iNewsChannel> <MosDevChannel>Columbus3</MosDevChannel> </roChannel> </roChannels> Sample Configuration File on MOS Gateway Servers...
Page 106 SHOW.10PM.RUNDOWN</iNewsRunningOrderName> <MOSroSlug>10PM</MOSroSlug> </roSlugMap> </roSlugMaps>  <roStatSend>NO</roStatSend> ...
Page 107 <statusUnknown/> <statusUnavailable>Bad Clip</statusUnavailable> <statusUnavailable>Unalloc.</statusUnavailable> <statusAvailable>Online</statusAvailable> <statusCueing>Cueing</statusCueing> <statusCued>Ready</statusCued> <statusPlayRequested/> <statusPlaying>ON AIR</statusPlaying> <statusPaused>PAUSED</statusPaused> <statusStopped/> </statusTranslations> </mosDevice> <mosDevice> <names> <mos>SONY</mos> <amcp>sonyamcp</amcp> <network>hostif</network> </names> <roChannels> <roChannel> <iNewsChannel>ch1</iNewsChannel> <MosDevChannel>sony1</MosDevChannel> </roChannel> <roChannel> <iNewsChannel>ch2</iNewsChannel> <MosDevChannel>sony2</MosDevChannel> </roChannel> </roChannels> <roStatSend>YES</roStatSend> <handlesEmptyStories>NO</handlesEmptyStories> <handlesRoStorySwap>NO</handlesRoStorySwap> Sample Configuration File on MOS Gateway Servers...
Page 108 <handlesRoStoryReplace>YES</handlesRoStoryReplace> <statusTranslations> <statusUnknown/> <statusUnavailable>NOT READY</statusUnavailable> <statusUnavailable>DELETED</statusUnavailable> <statusAvailable>READY</statusAvailable> <statusAvailable>STAND BY</statusAvailable> <statusCueing/> <statusCued>CUED</statusCued> <statusPlayRequested/> <statusPlaying>PLAY</statusPlaying> <statusPaused>PAUSED</statusPaused> <statusStopped>STOP</statusStopped> <statusStopped>END</statusStopped> </statusTranslations> </mosDevice> </listDevices> </mosGatewayConfiguration> System Reference Files...
Page 109: Sample Configuration File On Inews Servers
Sample Configuration File on iNEWS Servers After you choose a mailbox and a device number for your monitor server, you must add certain information to your system configuration file—/site/config on the iNEWS Servers. The procedures for this are found in Chapter 4 of this manual. However, Figure B-1 shows a sample configuration file with pointers indicating where in the file information is entered.
Page 110: The /Etc/Hosts File
172.101.6.8 CAWS-a CAWS-A #CA Workstation 172.101.6.9 CAWS-b CAWS-B #CA Workstation 172.101.6.10 CAWS-video CAWS-VIDEO 172.101.6.11 inews-web INEWS-WEB 172.101.6.12 MOSGWY mosgwy # MOS Gateway machine 172.101.6.13 MG1 # MOS Gateway Server 1 172.101.6.14 MG2 # MOS Gateway Server 2 System Reference Files...
Page 111: Glossary
Glossary 10Base-T Low-cost point-to-point 10Mb/sec Ethernet using four unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) of wire (only two pairs are actually used) with RJ-45 connectors. 100Base-T Low-cost point-to-point 100Mb/sec Ethernet using four UTP (only two pairs are actually used) with RJ-45 connectors. The time assigned to a clip when it was encoded.
Page 112 Glossary-2 American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The standard ASCII that governs the recording of characters by a sequence of binary digits, as in a computerized timecode or video editing system. auto-backup A function in iNEWS newsroom computer system that writes a backup copy of an open story to a user’s local disk at specified time intervals.
Page 113 Glossary-3 A product, formerly known as Broadcast Control System or BCS, that ControlAir works with the iNEWS newsroom computer system to run a show’s production devices, such as character generators, still-stores, and videotape devices. See production cue. cume (cumulative) The amount of airtime required from the beginning of the show up to time a certain point in the show in order for the show to remain on-sched- ule.
Page 114 Glossary-4 A menu that is displayed from a menu bar—the bar of words, such as drop-down menu File or Edit, located at the top of a window. The menu can appear as a result of a mouse click on the menu bar or a keystroke combination of ALT plus the underlined letter of a word in the menu bar.
Page 115 Glossary-5 machine control. Floating is used when you are not sure whether or where to put a story in a rundown. See directory. folder form A preformatted layout (template) containing the fields and the field positions (such as presenter and writer) required for a story. The form serves as a copy master when creating a new story.
Page 116 Glossary-6 Industry Standard Architecture. A bus standard used in personal com- puters. A special alphanumeric code that a user assigns to a queue or story to lock it. To open, or unlock, a queue or story, a user must have the key. See also lock, easy lock, key lock.
Page 117 Glossary-7 provided. Also known as machine control commands or machine con- trol instructions. 1. The indicator in a Story Text panel that links a script to production marker information. Also called: grommet or anchor. 2. A mark added to a selected frame to qualify a particular location within a video sequence.
Page 118 Glossary-8 A network number that uniquely identifies a network cable segment. network address It is also referred to as the IPX external network number. An acronym for Newsroom Computer System. NRCS order lock A temporary lock that the iNEWS system places on a queue when a user changes a sequence of stories in that queue.
Page 119 Glossary-9 A menu that appears at the mouse pointer location when a user exe- pop-up menu cutes a right-click on a selected object. It contains commands contextu- ally relevant to the selection. Also known as context menu. See also drop-down menu. The person presenting a newscast on-air to a television audience.
Page 120 Glossary-10 The area used to display the contents, size, and labels of a Queue queue form panel. An area in the iNEWS Workspace that contains a list of the stories in a Queue panel queue. Users can add, delete, and sequence stories in the Queue panel. queue property A trait that controls the characteristics of a queue in the iNEWS data- base.
Page 121 Glossary-11 The Electronic Industries Association standard for medium-range RS-422 serial control. A lineup or timed-out list of stories indicating the order in which they rundown will be aired during a news program. A rundown is viewed in the Queue panel of the iNEWS Workspace. The rundown queue typically uses a form with BACK-TIME or CUME-TIME fields to display the timing of the newscast.
Page 122 Glossary-12 2. Computer hardware (or file servers) with the iNEWS database and running the iNEWS application software. These computers also ® run other operating systems, such as UNIX or Windows NT . For instance, the FTS server and the iNEWS Servers (also called server A, server B, or NRCS-A, NRCS-B, and so forth).
Page 123 Glossary-13 A person responsible for maintaining the iNEWS system and keeping system administrator all functions operating properly. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is a platform-inde- TCP/IP pendent protocol for intercomputer communication. time bar A graphical representation of the duration of a clip, including an indi- cation of the current position and the In and Out marks.
Page 124 Glossary-14 ® Microsoft Windows New Technology operating system that imple- Windows NT ments protected process multitasking, security, and other features of traditional operating systems, while maintaining a high level of com- patibility with other Windows operating systems. See bulletin. wire bulletin workstation A personal computer (PC) that, when running the iNEWS client soft- ware, is called an iNEWS Workstation.
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Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation

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Chapter 4 Setting up the Inews Server

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