Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.3 - Manual (Page 23)

September 2007 Aurora Playout User Guide 23
Chapter
2
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.
This chapter discusses how to configure the following newsroom computer systems:
• ENPS
• iNEWS
• Octopus
This chapter also describes how to add breaks to your rundown.
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:
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
ID KXYZGVG
Description GV Clips
Server Select the name of your ENPS server from the dropdown list