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Setting Up Your NCS for Aurora Playout

With Aurora Playout, you can use your Newsroom Computer System (NCS) to create
rundowns and link clips to rundown scripts. The MOS-compatible NCS needs to be
configured for use with Aurora Playout.

ENPS

iNEWS

Octopus

Setting up ENPS

To set up ENPS for use with Aurora Playout, you need to modify your ENPS
configuration.

1. On the ENPS servers, find the nom.ini file and add the following section:

[MOS]
Inport=10540
Outport=10541
LogIn=1
LogOut=1
Version=2.6
NumberROConstruction=0

2. Close the News Object Manager (NOM); it should restart automatically.

3. On an ENPS client, log in as the administrator and start up ENPS.

4. From the NEWS folder (e.g. KXYZ NEWS), select

System Maintenance | Groups

| New

and create a new group with these parameters:

KXYZGVG

ID

GV Clips

Description

Select the name of your ENPS server from the dropdown list

Server

5. Click

Save

and close ENPS on the workstation.

6. At both ENPS Servers, choose

Resync

(if using an ENPS Buddy Server).

7. Close the News Object Manager and it should restart automatically. After the NOM

has started, restart the ENPS client.

8. From the NEWS folder (e.g. KXYZ NEWS), select

System Maintenance | MOS

Configuration | New

and create a new MOS entry with these parameters:

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Aurora Playout User Guide

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Setting up your NCS for Aurora Playout