Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.6.3 - Manual (Page 96)

96 Aurora Playout User Guide September 2007
Chapter 7 Playing Clips to Air
This symbol indicates that an Aurora Playout channel is no longer connected to its
corresponding channel on the media server. Check the following possible problems;
you cannot remotely control the media server while this symbol is present:
• If you are using RS-422, there is no physical serial/network cable connection
between Aurora Playout and the media server used for playout.
• If you are using Ethernet channel connections, the entries for media server or
Server Channel Name are not set correctly in the Aurora Playout Channel
Configuration; see
“Setting Channel Configuration” on page 45 .
• COM ports are set incorrectly in the Aurora Playout Channel Configuration; see
“Setting Channel Configuration” on page 45 .
• Playout channels on the media server are not set to use remote AMP protocol.
Rundowns
The rundown area displays the open rundowns and their status, a list of available
rundowns, server status, and the following controls:
Sets a Mark Out point to end trimming the clip.
Clears both the Mark In and Mark Out points from the clip.
Previews the last few seconds of the clip and immediately recues. (The number
of seconds that previews is set under Options and determined by your studio’s
needs.)
Icon Function
Opens the selected rundown and creates a playlist.
Appends the selected rundown to the end of the current playlist.
Icon Function