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Using a configuration file – Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.3 User Manual

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Aurora Playout User Guide

September 2007

Chapter 3 Installing Aurora Playout

The Assignment List Plugin Configuration Dialog screen appears:

6. Enter the following information for your system and click

Next

:

7. Click

Next

.

8. Click

Finish

to complete the installation.

NOTE: After installing, you can view or change configuration settings by clicking the
Options button in the Assignment List Plug-in.

Using a Configuration File

If you want to install the Assignment List Plug-in on multiple computers with the
same configuration, you can create a network installer:

Name

Description

Database Server

Enter the name of the server hosting the Aurora Playout
database (the primary SDB Server).

Backup Database Server

If you are using a backup server, check the box and enter the
name of the server hosting the Hot Standby Database Server.

XMOS Server

Enter the name of the computer hosting the XMOS Server.

MOS ID

Enter your MOS ID; in ENPS, the MOS ID appears under

ENPS | System Maintenance | MOS Configuration

in the ID

column.

Thumbnail Path

Enter the full path to the shared thumbnail directory on the
computer where thumbnails are stored, in the format

\\server\foldername

; e.g., if you have a shared folder named

“thumbnails” on your playout system named “Playout1”, the
path would be \\Playout1\thumbnails.
This path needs to match the path set in Aurora Edit—Tools |
Options | Aurora Playout | Thumbnail Path.

Please choose Newsroom
computer system:

Select the type of Newsroom Computer System you are
using—

ENPS/Octopus

or

iNEWS

.

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