Grass Valley SSP-3801 User Guide v.1.3 - Manual (Page 32)

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Testing and Troubleshooting the Playout
Manually enabling or disabling secondary events in the playout
Manually enabling or disabling secondary events in the playout
The playlist is normally created and managed from GV STRATUS Playout. However, the
Playlist page contains a toolbar of controls, called Manual Controls, that allows you to
manually enable or disable secondary events in the playout. These manual events do not
appear in the timeline view or in the channel grid on the Playlist page when they are
triggered. They are user-driven events that operate in parallel with playlist events.
Breakaway &
Hold Switches the playout from the playlist to the
specified router source to stream the live feed
supplied via a router connected to both the SDI A
and SDI B inputs on the card's rear panel and places
the on-air event on hold. This feature is displayed
only when an external router is configured.
To stop broadcasting the live feed, you must click
Return & Take Next .
Return & Take Next
Return Resumes the playout of the playlist at the point it
would have been if the live feed had not interrupted
the playout. none
Return & Take
Next Starts the playout of the event from the moment it
was stopped to stream the live feed. It plays as if the
event was paused while the live feed was broadcast. none
Control Description Next action
Control Description
Logo
Graphic
Voiceover (VO)
The Logo, Graphic, and Voiceover (VO) buttons are each paired with a status
button which switches between Unset and Ready depending on its
availability. The event associated to the control must be available, and
therefore in a Ready state, before it can be placed on air. When the Logo,
Graphic or VO button is green, it is present in the playout.
External F&K The External F&K (Fill&Key) and External VO buttons place the media
available from their respective ports on air when enabled. When their
buttons are green, their corresponding events are present in the playout.
GPO The GPO buttons trigger the external hardware downstream connected to
the GPIO connectors when enabled. When their buttons are green, they are
being triggered.
VCHIP The VCHIP section contains two buttons. The Set button is used to select
the content advisory setting. The other button displays the currently set
rating system and rating. When the rating button is green, the rating is
present in the playout.