Grass Valley iTX Master Control v.2.3 - Manual (Page 42)

iTX-MC User Guides 4-5
Using Automation Assist mode to manually control the iTX schedule
Figure 4-1 demonstrates that the primary and secondary master control events (IN-072 and
N07) are cued, but placed on hold. The clip that is currently on air (BITC PAL SD) keep playing
and the schedule will keep bumping out until the operator executes a Take Next operation.
Figure 4-1. Delaying the start of the next live source event using the iMC’s Hold Next operation
Delaying the ending of a live source event
When a live source event is currently on air, it might be scheduled but in reality its exact
ending time might be unknown. For example, the coverage of a sport event which includes
the playout of commercials only when the play allows for a pause or break. In such a case,
the operator presses the iMC panel’s Cue Next and then Hold Next buttons to ready and
delay the playout of the next scheduled event (commercial clip). The live source event
keeps playing and delays the remaining scheduled events until the operator presses the
iMC panel’s Take Next button. The iTX automation system resumes control of running the
schedule by playing out the subsequent events.
Figure 4-2 demonstrates that items IN-072 and N072 are master control primary and
secondary events that are currently on air and scheduled to playout from 04:40:19:00 to
4:40:43:00, followed immediately by the video clip, BITC PAL SD. Pressing the iMC panel’s
Hold Next button delays the playout of the next item and updates the schedule’s
progressive timing until a Take Next operation is executed.
Figure 4-2. Delaying the end of the live source event by holding the next scheduled item