Creating a new channel – Grass Valley GV STRATUS Playout v.2.0 User Manual
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Fig. 2-5: Example of a channel hierarchy
Creating a new channel
Instead of configuring channels individually, GV STRATUS Playout uses channel types to
define settings across a number of channels with common characteristics. When a channel
is created, it is automatically assigned to the channel type called Default. You can change
the channel type when you configure the Channel Details for the new channel. For more
information about channel types, see
To create a new channel:
1 In the top menu, click Settings.
2 Click the Channel Settings tab.
3 Click New Channel.
4 In the Enter Channel Name box, type the name you want to give to the channel.
5 Click Create.
6 In the Channels list, click the name of the channel that you created.
7 In the Channel Details section, complete the basic information for the channel:
• In the Channel Location box, type a label which can be used to identify the
channel location or region, or any other useful label (optional).
• In the Channel Type list, select the channel type that you want to assign to the
channel. The channel type applies a set of defined settings to the channel. For
more information, see
• For Maintenance Mode, click Enable if you want to prevent SSP-3801 alarm
notifications from appearing in GV STRATUS Playout and on-air failures from
appearing in the daily statistics. When the button is blue, Maintenance Mode is
enabled. The alerts are still visible in the card’s web interface.
• In the Auto Fill Schedule section, click Load if you want to choose a schedule from
which approximately 200 events are added to the playlist. If the schedule contains
less than 200 events, the schedule is repeatedly appended to the playlist until it
contains at least 200 events. The Auto Fill Schedule feature is used mostly to
automatically fill the playlist with events to help you perform tests before
launching the channel.