Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.8.1 - Manual (Page 89)

4. Toggle the MOS Control Active to ON to make the rundown available to Aurora Playout.
5. Configure the XMOS Server to write scripts.
Aurora Edit systems will then be able to use the "Link to Story" and "Story View" features.
Setting ENPS MOS ready to air
If you want producers to have the ability to indicate to the Aurora Playout operation when a rundown
is ready, use the ENPS MOS Ready to Air feature.
To set the feature:
• Set the ENPS rundown property “Ready to air” to ON.
A corresponding READY flag is set to ON in the Aurora Playout rundown window Status column.
Setting up iNEWS
To set up iNEWS for use with Aurora Playout, you need to add a new MOS device to the iNEWS
configuration file:
1. On the MOS gateway machine, open the file C:\Program Files\Avid\MOSGateway\mosconfig.xml.
2. Modify the following lines of the file, adding values for your location:
Description Value
Your Newsroom Computer System name; this value is case sensitive and must
match the NCS ID configuration in the XMOS Server options. ncs id
The hostname of the iNEWS server. host
Your MOS ID; this value is case sensitive and must match the MOS ID
configuration in the XMOS Server options. mos
The tag displayed in iNEWS scripts for placeholders embedded in scripts. This
value should match the device name that appears in the iNEWS SYSTEM.MAP
file. amcp
The hostname of the machine running the XMOS Server. network
NOTE: With iNEWS, default setting could cause stories
to drop to the bottom of the playlist when they are newly inserted, or when their channel
assignment is changed. Therefore, value should be set to
NO in the mosconfig.xml file.
Related Topics
Setting Up Your NCS for Aurora Playout on page 87
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