Grass Valley Xnews Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 91)

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Embedded Pages: Creating, editing and previewing
Previewing the on-air look of a page
While editing or creating of a page, Xnews allows you to preview the on-air playout
appearance and behavior of the page on a designated device (e.g. Software CG).
Figure 5-14. The playout of a page can be previewed on a device during creation
For the preview page functionality to be used, you must enable the P LAYOUT settings in the
Xnews.ini
file and the device must be exclusively available for Xnews connectivity. See
“Enabling the Playout Preview setting” on page 2-5 for instructions on how to enable the
Playout preview mode.
Once these conditions are met, each time a page or template is opened in the Xnews Home
Area, the P
REVIEW PAGE button appears in the toolbar allowing you to preview the page
on the device.
To preview a page on a device:
With a page/template open in the Xnews Home Area, look to see if the Xnews toolbar
contains the P
REVIEW P AGE button.
If so, click the P REVIEW P AGE button and the page is quickly published to the device and
then played out on the device identified in the xnews.ini file.
If the Preview Page button does not appear in the toolbar, the Preview Page functionality
has not been properly enabled. Return to
page 2-5 and follow the instructions for enabling
the Preview Page feature.
If the Preview Page icon appears in the toolbar but it has a red X over it , this indicates
that the device is currently disconnected or not available to Xnews. For example, the device
might be closed, or currently be used by or connected to another Vertigo Suite application.
Click the Preview Page button to try to connect to the device. If the connection is re-
established then the Preview Page icon returns to its normal appearance and the page
playouts on the device. If the Preview Page remains with the X over it, you must verify the
availability of the device.