Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.7.0 - Manual (Page 6)

About SiteConfig support on Aurora Playout devices............................................................44
Discovering devices with SiteConfig......................................................................................45
Assigning discovered devices...............................................................................................45
Modifying Aurora Playout device managed network interfaces.............................................46
Making the host name the same as the device name...........................................................51
Pinging devices from the control point PC.............................................................................51
About hosts files and SiteConfig...........................................................................................52
Generating host tables for devices with SiteConfig...............................................................52
Chapter 5: Managing Software.................................................................................55
Software update checklist......................................................................................................56
Create record of software installed on devices......................................................................56
Adding a software role to a device........................................................................................57
Removing a software role from a device...............................................................................58
Configuring deployment groups.............................................................................................58
Distribute devices into deployment groups............................................................................59
About deploying software......................................................................................................60
Installing Aurora Playout software manually..........................................................................61
Installing the Assignment List Plug-in................................................................................62
Chapter 6: Configuring Aurora Playout...................................................................69
Configuring Aurora Playout...................................................................................................70
Configuring the Aurora Playout application...........................................................................70
Setting General options.....................................................................................................71
Setting Playback options....................................................................................................72
Setting channel configuration............................................................................................73
Configuring GPI Input and Output.....................................................................................75
Defining Function Keys......................................................................................................77
Defining status colors........................................................................................................82
Configuring the Remote Display Unit (RDU).....................................................................83
Setting Cue and Chain options..........................................................................................85
Configuring Archive Play....................................................................................................87
Configuring Graphics.........................................................................................................88
Configuring the Simple Database (SDB) Server...................................................................89
Setting General Options of SDB Server............................................................................89
Setting Media options of SDB Server................................................................................91
Setting up MediaFrame for SDB Server.............................................................................93
Reinitializing media monitor of SDB Server.......................................................................94
Repopulating rundown items from SDB Server.................................................................94
Restoring backup database of SDB Server.......................................................................95
Creating a Thumbnail folder...............................................................................................95
Configuring the XMOS Server...............................................................................................95
Refreshing rundowns in XMOS Server..............................................................................97
Configuring Housekeeper .....................................................................................................97
Setting General options of Housekeeper...........................................................................98
Setting Media options of Housekeeper..............................................................................98
Configuring the standalone Assignment List Manager........................................................100
Chapter 7: Setting up your NCS for Aurora Playout.............................................103
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