Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 177)

Configuring channel plug-ins
The Schedule Event Configuration panel
The Schedule Event Configuration panel has features that enable you to do the following.
• Set a schedule look-ahead time for nested schedules in a live schedule.
• Specify a back-up schedule for iTX to use in place of a missing schedule.
• Set up iTX to automatically load specially labelled schedules on specified dates.
When an operator adds a saved schedule to an existing schedule, by using the Content Selector
on the Channel Control layout, the schedule becomes nested inside the main schedule. iTX first
displays a single entry for the nested schedule in the Schedule Grid.
As the start time for the nested schedule approaches, iTX adds the schedule contents to the
entry and displays a plus sign in front of it. Clicking the plus sign expands the entry to show the
events in the nested schedule.
The entry becomes expandable at a time that is a specified interval before the start of the
nested schedule. You specify the length of the interval – known as the look-ahead time – in the
Schedule Lookahead box.
If the nested schedule is updated and re-imported through the Inbox after it becomes
expandable, iTX can automatically update the schedule entry in the Schedule Grid. On doing so,
it re-loads all schedule events that come after the on-air event; or all schedule events that
come after the schedule lockout period, if you set one. More details , page 146.
If you want iTX to perform this automatic updating, you should select Auto Update On-Air
Schedules. If you do not want iTX to do this, you should ensure the option is not selected.
If a schedule is not available for playout within an hour of the schedule start time, iTX can
replace the schedule entry in the Schedule Grid with a back-up schedule.
To specify a back-up schedule, click Backup Schedule to open PinPoint (the iTX search tool); use
PinPoint to select a replacement schedule. Clicking C (to the right of the Backup Schedule entry)
clears the selected schedule. If you do not want iTX to perform automatic schedule
replacement, you need to ensure there is no entry in the Backup Schedule box.
In the Schedule Manager on the Channel Control layout, an operator can save a schedule in a
format with date and channel labels (for example, 2009-7-31 - iTX1). For any given channel, one
schedule for each day can be saved in this way. When there is a schedule saved in this format
for the current day, iTX can automatically add the events from the schedule to the Schedule
Grid.
If you want iTX to automatically load a schedule into a channel, you need to select Auto Load
Schedules (the button indicator displays a green light). If you do not want iTX to do this, you
need to ensure the option is not selected.
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