Hold time, Schedule lock out, Manual item updates – Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 User Manual
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Configuring channels
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PassThrough channel type is for a channel that inserts commercials into a live source.
On a passthrough channel, the schedule contains commercial breaks; when the
commercial breaks have played out, the channel automatically returns to the live
source.
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Semi-Auto News channel type is used to set all MOS stories intended for another
channel with a zero duration, so they do not interfere with the cuing of items for the
current channel.
IMPORTANT: If you need to downgrade your iTX to a version earlier than 2.5, you
must change the Type from Semi-Auto News to News before beginning the
downgrade.
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Insertion channel type is for future development and not yet in use.
Hold Time
In the Hold Time box, you can set the length of time for which iTX continues to hold events in
the Schedule Grid (on the Channel Control layout) after they have happened. An operator can
choose to show or hide these events, which we call history events.
Schedule Lock Out
The schedule-lockout setting applies when iTX is set up to automatically update nested
schedules in a playout channel. A nested schedule is one that is inserted in a main schedule.
The value in the Schedule Lock Out box defines the length of the schedule lockout period – a
period when the live schedule is protected from automatic changes. The period starts when iTX
receives an updated version of the nested schedule.
iTX re-loads all nested-schedule events that come after the lockout period, but leaves events
that fall within the lockout period unchanged.
Manual item updates
The setting of Manual item updates affects how iTX responds when the asset in a schedule
event is modified on the Asset layout:
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With the option not selected, iTX automatically updates the schedule event.
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With the option selected, the Schedule Grid (on the Channel Control layout) displays a
warning icon to alert the operator to the change. The operator may accept the
warning – and update the event – or ignore it.
Routing panel
Through the routing panel, you enter details of sources and destinations for iTX to use when it
is set up to operate a matrix router.
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System Administrator Guide
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