Grass Valley Maestro Master Control v.2.4.0 - Manual (Page 270)

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System Workflow
Content Gateway
The Content Gateway protects the Maestro system from unauthorized
external LAN users, and transfers the branding elements to the Channel
Branding system.
The Content Gateway may be installed on the Maestro Deployment PC
Computer. If this is the case the Content Gateway’s branding element
transfer folders must also be located on the Deployment PC.
Note Installation of the Content Gateway requires hardware not provided by Grass
Valley. See Content Gateway and LAN Architecture
on page 272 for more
information.
Ingest of Branding Elements
Ingest is used to describes the process of format conversion and moving the
elements to their associated storage location.
Once an element or file is placed in the defined folder (each folder is named
for the type of file that it will store), it will be converted to the internal
Channel Branding data format for that type of branding element.
The file is then transferred to the associated Channel Branding’s storage
location. This transfer can automatically happen or it can be done manually
by an operator depending on how the Channel Branding option is config-
ured.
The exceptions to this process are Text Crawls and CGText, which are
created using the Channel Branding Visual tool and are then posted to the
storage location.
Content Management
Content Management describes the activities that are associated with con-
figuration of Playout parameters, automation association, and Branding
Element content linkage. This configuration identifies which Branding
Element attributes that do not require dynamic modification or update.
The Branding Elements attributes are defined in the Maestro Configuration
Editor’s Content Definition table and are associated with the source names
in the Maestro Configuration Editor’s Input Set table.
Two general types of branding element configurations are supported:
• Manual
• Automatic
These branding element types are explained in detail below.