Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.5 - Manual (Page 3)

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Grass Valley Product Support...................................................................9
Web Technical Support.............................................................................................9
Telephone Support....................................................................................................9
International Support Centers........................................................................9
Authorized Local Support Representative......................................................9
Chapter 1: Introducing Aurora Playout.................................11
About Aurora Playout..............................................................................................12
Terms You Should Know.........................................................................................12
Overview of Aurora Playout.....................................................................................13
Using Aurora Playout..............................................................................................14
Linking to a Newsroom Computer System (NCS) .......................................15
Creating playlists manually ..........................................................................16
Overview of the Assignment List Plug-in................................................................17
Overview of the Assignment List Manager.............................................................17
Overview of the Housekeeper.................................................................................18
Overview of the Simple Database (SDB) Server ...................................................19
Overview of the Thumbnail Server .........................................................................20
Overview of the XMOS Server ...............................................................................21
Chapter 2: Setting up your NCS for Aurora Playout............23
Setting Up Your NCS for Aurora Playout.................................................................24
Setting up ENPS ....................................................................................................24
Sending scripts with ENPS..........................................................................25
Setting ENPS MOS ready to air ..................................................................26
Setting up iNEWS ..................................................................................................26
Configuring status translations for iNEWS...................................................26
Setting up Octopus ................................................................................................27
Registering the MOSWrapper file for Octopus.............................................27
Creating an ActiveX Device for Octopus......................................................28
Configuring the MOS Device for Octopus....................................................28
Chapter 3: Installing Aurora Playout.....................................31
Installing Aurora Playout.........................................................................................32
Cabling the Aurora Playout computer ....................................................................32
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