Mediaframe stage – Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.6.5 Installation User Manual

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Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide

November 1, 2008

Chapter 3 Configuring the system

MediaFrame components make up the core platform on which Aurora Browse runs.
The primary MediaFrame components that you need to configure are as follows:

• ASK — The ASK software component runs on the MediaFrame server. It is the

central registry for all the software components of the system. As software
components carry out tasks in a functioning system they regularly refer to the ASK
component to establish communication and exchange commands and data. The
configuration pages also refer to the ASK component to populate fields and lists
and to validate the values you enter as you configure the system.

• MDIs — Devices have Managed Device Interfaces (MDIs) which represents the

device’s assets in a way that is understandable by the other components of the
system. This allows the MediaFrame server to coordinate the activity of the system.

In this configuration stage you add an MDI server and then set up logical names for
software components that manage devices. This brings the machines of your system
on-line as managed devices. (The MediaFrame server can function as an MDI server,
unless your system is very large.)

To do the basic configuration and testing of the MediaFrame software components,
do the following, as appropriate for the devices in your system:

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“Configure Media Frame ASK: Register components” on page 51

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“Prepare MDI server” on page 54

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“Configuring transfer targets” on page 55

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“Configure ASK Location: MDI server” on page 56

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“Configure Generic FTP MDI” on page 57

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