Grass Valley GV STRATUS Playout v.2.0 - Manual (Page 28)

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Configuring your account
Changing the channel type settings
Playout interface. If you change the Channel Timebase, it immediately changes the
frame rate for all the channels (and their devices) configured with this channel type.
6 Under Time Zone Offset, specify the time difference between local and UTC time so the
time display for the channel will reflect the local time rather than the UTC time used
internally.
7 In the Start of Broadcast Day box, type the time in UTC that marks the beginning of the
broadcast day.
8 In the On Initial Failure list, click one of the following actions to occur after the initial
three seconds of an off-air situation has expired and the off-air situation is not resolved
• Black: displays a black screen with no graphics.
• Off Air Slide: displays the full-screen graphic specified in the Off Air Slide field.
• Live A: displays the live feed incoming from the SDI A port on the SSP-3801 card.
• Live B: displays the live feed incoming from the SDI B port on the SSP-3801 card.
9 In the Off Air Slide field (if you selected the Off Air Slide option in the On Initial Failure
list), click Select to locate the full-screen graphic to be broadcast if an off-air situation
occurs. The screen graphic used as the off-air slide should be full-screen, in the required
video standard for the channel, and be in OXT format.
10 In the If Recovery Is Not Possible list, select one of the following actions to occur 30
seconds after the On Initial Failure if the off-air situation is not resolved:
• Keep current off air state: continues the action selected in the On Initial Failure list.
• Go to Evergreen: places the Evergreen schedule on-air. For more information
about Evergreen, see About Evergreen Content , on page 78.
• Take Next: places the next scheduled event on-air.
11 Under Daylight Saving Time, specify the daylight saving time settings for the
configured time zone:
• In the Start Date field, click in the field to open the calendar and select the date
when Daylight Saving Time begins in the time zone. In the Start Time field, click in
the field to open the list of times and select the time when Daylight Saving Time
begins in the time zone.
• In the End Date field, click in the field to open the calendar and select the date
when Daylight Saving Time ends in the time zone. In the End Time field, click in the
field to open the list of times and select the time when Daylight Saving time ends
in the time zone.
12 Continue configuring other settings on the other tabs or click Update Channel Type.
Configuring the media locations for the channel type
For the service to access the locations where the folders containing the media files are
stored, you must specify which servers contain the media.
To define the media locations:
1 If you are continuing to configure a selected channel type, skip to step 2. To open the
Channel Settings page:
• In the top menu, click Settings.
• Click the Channel Types tab.