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Set up client pcs, Configure newsbrowse licenses, Set up client pcs configure newsbrowse licenses – Grass Valley NewsBrowse Desktop Browsing System Installation v.2.7 User Manual

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NewsBrowse Installation and Configuration Guide

December 16, 2004

Chapter 3 Configuring the NewsBrowse System

Set up client PCs

The requirements for a NewsBrowse client PC are as follows:

• Network access to the NewsBrowse server

• Network access to NewsBrowse NAS machines. Refer to

“Prepare NAS -

Windows Fastora” on page 40

for test procedures.

• DirectX 9.0c or higher

• Flash Player

• Live Filter

• NetTime

To set up a PC to satisfy these requirements, do the following:

1. From a client PC, open Internet Explorer 6 and browse to the following URL to

open the NewsBrowse launch page:

http://

root-nb-srv/nbui

.

2. From the NewsBrowse Launch page, click

Client Setup

. Follow the Client Setup

on-screen instruction for Flash Player, for Live Filter, and (if you have not already
done so) for NetTime. Also refer to

“Prepare NetTime” on page 38

.

After installation be sure to clear the browser cache on client machines to insure
updated components are downloaded. To clear the browser cache in Internet Explorer
go to

Tools | Internet Options

, from the

General

tab select the

Delete Files

button, check

Delete all offline content

, and click

OK

.

Continue with the next procedure

“Configure NewsBrowse Licenses”

.

Configure NewsBrowse Licenses

You must configure the NewsBrowse server as per your NewsBrowse license to allow
user access to NewsBrowse application features.

To configure for NewsBrowse licenses, do the following:

1. From the NewsBrowse Launch page, click

License & User Management

. This

requires that you log in as NewsBrowse administrator.

• Login:

root-nb-srv\nbadmin

• Password:

*****

The License Manager page opens.

***** Contact Grass Valley
Support for password.