Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.7.0 - Manual (Page 106)

Setting ENPS MOS ready to air
If you want producers to have the ability to indicate to the Aurora Playout operation
when a rundown is ready, use the ENPS MOS Ready to Air feature.
To set the feature:
• Set the ENPS rundown property “Ready to air” to ON.
A corresponding READY flag is set to ON in the Aurora Playout rundown window
Status column.
Setting up iNEWS
To set up iNEWS for use with Aurora Playout, you need to add a new MOS device
to the iNEWS configuration file:
1. On the MOS gateway machine, open the file C:\Program
Files\Avid\MOSGateway\mosconfig.xml.
2. Modify the following lines of the file, adding values for your location:
Description Value
Your Newsroom Computer System name; this value is case sensitive
and must match the NCS ID configuration in the XMOS Server
options. ncs id
The hostname of the iNEWS server. host
Your MOS ID; this value is case sensitive and must match the MOS
ID configuration in the XMOS Server options. mos
The tag displayed in iNEWS scripts for placeholders embedded in
scripts. This value should match the device name that appears in the
iNEWS SYSTEM.MAP file. amcp
The hostname of the machine running the XMOS Server. network
NOTE: With iNEWS, default setting could
cause stories to drop to the bottom of the playlist when they are newly inserted,
or when their channel assignment is changed. Therefore,
value should be set to NO in the
mosconfig.xml file.
Configuring status translations for iNEWS
To ensure correct status reporting between Aurora Playout and iNEWS server, you
need to edit the status translation table in the iNEWS configuration file.
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Setting up your NCS for Aurora Playout