Grass-valley iTX System v.2.6 Bedienungsanleitung

ITX INTEGRATED PLAYOUT System Administrator Guide iTX v2.6 2015-03-23

Import a Media Keep List ... 170 The Cache

Configuring a Media Watcher You should only select this option when it is needed (e.g. to search a folder on an iTX Media Store in a different system)

Configuring a Media Watcher Managing file stores Check the Media Watcher can access a file store 1. Do the following to check that the Media Watcher

Configuring a Media Watcher Note: • These settings affect all Media Watchers in your iTX system – changing the settings for any Media Watcher changes

Configuring a Media Watcher • The Media Watcher may use clip templates other than the default ones when registering files placed in sub-folders. It c

Configuring a Media Watcher You create the domain search list in the Selected Domains pane. Create a central domain search list 1. Do the following i

Configuring the Time Service Configuring the Time Service iTX calculates all playout times on the basis that the Time Service delivers time in the int

Configuring the Time Service Configure the Time Service 1. Select one of the following to identify the time source. • Time from local VITC card or P

Starting iTX Desktops Starting iTX Desktops Once the system services are running, you may start the iTX Desktops on the various workstations. When you

Starting iTX Desktops The title bar has these features: The layout selection bar has these features: By clicking the layout selection buttons, you c

Starting iTX Desktops About the iTX Desktop at an operator workstation When an operator starts the iTX Desktop at an operator workstation, the operato

About audio channels and tracks (and streams)... 202 Output-channel limit ...

Starting iTX Desktops About service status indicators The indicators in the iTX Desktop title bar show the operational status of key Database Server s

Setting up views for workstations and operators Setting up views for workstations and operators To enable operators to do their tasks, you need to giv

Setting up views for workstations and operators Registering of workstations and operators before the assigning of layout views Workstations and operat

Setting up views for workstations and operators As well as the main layouts, there are a number of pop-up layouts – layouts that appear in front of a

Setting up views for workstations and operators Layout name Layout purpose Media Transfers Viewing of details of file-copying processes handled by a M

Setting up views for workstations and operators Layout name Layout purpose Ingest Multi Manual recording of media from a video line feed, with no rout

Setting up views for workstations and operators Using cloned layouts If you run the iTX installer to upgrade the Media Watcher, the Media Watcher over

Setting up views for workstations and operators The Manage Views dialog enables you to modify your current workstation and user views. You choose a vi

Setting up views for workstations and operators The iTX Desktop updates your user view. It displays the first layout in the view and a set of layout s

Setting up views for workstations and operators Clicking Manage Layouts displays the Layout Management pop-up layout: Through the Desktop View Manage

Locator Service – Domain Info tab ... 234 Working with t

Setting up views for workstations and operators Display the View Management pop-up layout 1. On the Engineering layout, click Manage Layouts. The Vie

Setting up views for workstations and operators Remove a layout from a layout view 1. Select a workstation or user layout view in the Desktop View Ma

Setting up views for workstations and operators Channel access levels When you create a channel view, you specify access levels for each channel in th

Setting up views for workstations and operators Create a channel view 1. Click New View on the View Editor. The Enter View Name dialog appears. 2. I

Setting up views for workstations and operators Delete a channel view 1. Select a channel view in the View Editor. 2. Click Delete. 3. When a dialo

Setting up views for workstations and operators Assign channel views to a workstation 1. Select a workstation in the Workstation Editor. 2. Do the f

Modifying layouts Modifying layouts After installing the different iTX Desktop Client modules on the system-administrator and operator workstations, y

Modifying layouts About the layout-editing mode When a layout is in the layout-editing mode, you can modify it by moving, resizing, adding, and deleti

Modifying layouts In general, since the installed layouts already contain the required components, you do not need to use the Toolbox. There are possi

Modifying layouts You can use such a group for an iTX system in which primary and back-up Output Server machines are connected as sources to a matrix

Search order of domains in multi-domain caching ... 262 Setting up a system for multi-dom

Modifying layouts Attaching an audio file to an Alert button The Engineering layout contains a set of Alert buttons: When building the layout, we con

Modifying layouts Add and configure an Auto Failover Control 1. On a suitable layout in the editing mode, expand the categories ITX and FAILOVER in t

Modifying layouts Change the properties of a Group component 1. Right-click the component and select Properties from the displayed menu. The Group Pr

Modifying layouts Configure the group of Asset Type buttons on the PinPoint panel 1. Right-click the PinPoint panel to display the component menu (yo

Modifying layouts The Settings button itself has properties that can restrict the amount of control an operator has in changing encoding settings and

Modifying layouts 1. Right-click a Destination Button Panel, close to its edge, to display the component menu. Select Properties. The Router Button

Modifying layouts To configure a panel, you need to associate source buttons with physical router sources. You do this through the Router Button Panel

Modifying layouts 1. Right-click the Destination Monitor, close to its edge, to display the component menu. Select Properties. The Router Monitor Con

Modifying layouts 3. In the Hold time (frames) box, enter a value for the amount of time that iTX displays the next event for on the preview monitor.

Modifying layouts Saving a layout Each time you make a change to a layout, you should save the layout. Doing so changes the global layout in the Syste

Delete installation zip files ... 281 Untag

Configuring channels Configuring channels When the iTX installer creates playout, edit and cache channels for an Output Server machine, it selects opt

Configuring channels To do so, you use the View Selector to select any view that includes the channel; you then select the channel in the Channel Sele

Configuring channels For a scheduled ingest channel, there are two extra sub-tabs: • Scheduled Booking Config • Ingest Config Below, we give details

Configuring channels In the track-configuration dialog, do the following to specify the default tracks. • In the Available Tracks list, select one o

Configuring channels When Fixed Availability Windows is selected, an operator specifies both the date and time for the start and end of the break wind

Configuring channels Channel Config 3 – for playout channels Type In the Type box, you select the channel type. • Transmission channel type is for

Configuring channels • PassThrough channel type is for a channel that inserts commercials into a live source. On a passthrough channel, the schedule

Configuring channels By selecting from available routers and crosspoints, you can enter these details: • In the Matrix box, the name of the matrix ro

Configuring channels The default live asset is defined in the Asset Layout like any other, but the audio tracks for the asset MUST match the type and

Configuring channels For each channel in a master-slave pair, details of router connections are required in the routing panel: Simulcast Setup (Outp

Configuring resilience modes ... 302 Checking th

Configuring channels any text file for the same day of a previous month. So at any time, it holds the logs for up to 31 days. iTX stores the text file

Configuring channels As Run Start This setting is only relevant for as-run logs in text files. By default, an as-run log records schedule events that

Configuring channels and television standard (PAL or NTSC) of a video clip. A television uses the stream to determine how it displays the video. This

Configuring channels The panel is similar to the one under the Domains tab of the Media Watcher user interface. It has an extra button: You use this

Configuring channels Clicking P opens a preview window displaying the off-air slide. Clicking C (to the right of the Off Air Slide entry) clears the s

Configuring channels By default, iTX displays black frames in a transition through black. From the Transition Matt button, you can open PinPoint (the

Configuring channels • You use the Tolerance % setting to allow variation in the duration of media items iTX can select to fill a gap. For example, w

Configuring channels Clips may already contain AFD data, so automatic insertion is not always necessary. Whether or not iTX should insert AFD data is

Configuring channels • In the Process Type selector select N2, NW or ‘both’. • In the SID box, enter the Nielsen channel ID number. • In the Che

Configuring channels An Encoding profile (created as normal) is assigned to the channel along with the ‘record mode’ required. Default Encode Profiles

Updating information from the Router Bridge ... 318 Copy all information from the R

Configuring channels General Output Server settings In the left half of the panel are general Output Server settings: Note: The available options dep

Configuring channels Restart on input resolution change With Restart on input resolution change selected, you can use the live input to the Output Ser

Configuring channels Note: • For iTX to work in this way, the operator must select the Allow External Takes option for the sequence in the Event Edit

Configuring channels Note: • It is not possible to have SCTE104 and Enhanced SCTE104 enabled at the same time. The table below describes the function

Configuring channels The table below describes how the configuration of national and local breaks affects the messages that are output: National break

Configuring channels For an AC-3 output that is generated from PCM sources, you can set the bit rate and other properties (dialog level and line/RF p

Configuring channels before it issues an alert. The severity level indicates how seriously the condition is likely to affect schedule playout and othe

Configuring channels This dialog displays the settings for a range of Advanced ARC operations; it also displays settings for the AFD (Active Format De

Configuring channels Use a default mapping configuration 1. Do one of the following to select a default mapping configuration. • Click Set to Defaul

Configuring channels Media Keep List – for playout channels The Media Cache Service on an Output Server machine maintains a cache of media files based

Restart the router-control service... 331 Enter crosspo

Configuring channels Manage the Media Keep List 1. Do the following for any media file you want to add to the Media Keep List. • Click Add to open t

Configuring channels The Cache Settings tab – cache channels Note: • If your playout server is operating v2.6 Output Server 2 or later, the Cache Set

Configuring channels The Scheduled Booking Config tab – scheduled-ingest channel This tab is relevant to systems that include Ingest Manager, an iTX a

Configuring channels Hold Time In the Hold Time box, you can set the length of time for which iTX continues to hold recording events in the Schedule G

Configuring channels Using a spreadsheet to set properties for a group of playout channels In an iTX system with multiple playout channels, you can ma

Configuring channel plug-ins Configuring channel plug-ins A channel plug-in is a software component that iTX uses to handle a particular type of sched

Configuring channel plug-ins Modifying the properties of channel plug-ins Select a channel for configuration You need to select a channel before you c

Configuring channel plug-ins The Schedule Event Configuration panel The Schedule Event Configuration panel has features that enable you to do the fol

Configuring channel plug-ins The External Subtitler Configuration panel You set up iTX to work with an external subtitler in the External Subtitler Co

Configuring channel plug-ins The GPI Configuration panel In the GPI Configuration panel, you set the actions that iTX performs when it receives GPI in

Cache-ahead time ... 351 Specif

Configuring channel plug-ins • In the Automation System Index box, you enter the number (0-255) for the iTX automation system index, if you are using

Configuring channel plug-ins To test the Clarity character generator configuration, you click Test. The test results are displayed in the Clarity Test

Configuring channel plug-ins • The Live Event Configuration panel In a live event, iTX receives a live feed from a router source and switches this in

Configuring channel plug-ins • To create the live-events list, you click the Add button to open the PinPoint dialog in the live-event searching mode.

Configuring channel plug-ins • For an audio recording, you set the file properties by selecting an encoding profile in the Audio Profile box. • Clic

Configuring channel plug-ins When iTX generates timecode, it uses the timecode of the in-point of the video-clip it is playing out as a reference for

Configuring channel plug-ins You perform the mapping for these various items on the Schedule Import Configuration panel: You set configuration option

Configuring channel plug-ins • Use PinPoint to select a logo. The logo appears in the Live Logo Setup dialog when you close PinPoint. 3. Set default

Configuring channel plug-ins 3. To adjust the logo transparency, click Options to display the Logo Options dialog. Adjust the Key Level slider. You m

Configuring channel plug-ins Map a CG template to a CG file In a schedule that is in the format defined by the iTX Import Protocol, CG events may feat

Edit the program configuration file ... 374 Using iTX Wor

Configuring channel plug-ins Then do one of the following to set the vision effect for the template in-point. • Click a transition-type selection but

Configuring channel plug-ins Set default playout properties for a graphics-script template You can assign default properties to a mapped graphics-scri

Configuring channel plug-ins Map a generic GPI output to an output on a GPI matrix In a schedule that is in the format defined by the iTX Import Proto

Configuring channel plug-ins Conditional Access Configuration panel When a channel has the Conditional Access plug-in, iTX can pass conditional acces

Configuring channel plug-ins Configure default entries for recording jobs 1. Do the following to set naming-rule defaults. • Select Use Name Service

Configuring channel plug-ins You configure iTX to work in this way through the External Logo panel: The panel displays a pane in which you can build

Configuring channel plug-ins In the panel you have to manually create a list of logos to be replaced and the logos that will replace them. Clicking A

Configuring channel plug-ins SCTE104 Configuration panel In addition to the current splice_request_data command offered by the VANC Configuratin pane

System Wide Config System Wide Config Unlike the Channel and Plug-ins configuration tabs, anything within the System Wide Config tab applies across al

System Wide Config Layout Component Locations Tab TV Channel Control Content Selector Schedule Grid Item Edit Control (Clip selected in Grid) Item Edi

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HDSDI/SDI Preview from an iTX Desktop ... 396 Video playout ...

System Wide Config temporarily stopping the Opus Service under Server Controller while the re-indexing shortcut is run. Note: Opus search will be offl

System Wide Config 3. Click Yes on the confirmation window. The Status for the Opus Service will change to Stopped. 4. Double-click on the updated O

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Source audio content may be presented to iTX in

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Output-channel limit An Output Server can play out multiple audio tracks in different formats. The

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Under this tab, you configure the audio output from sources in media files. Note: • To configure

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Different types require different numbers of channels. Audio Type Type No. Channels Description

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Compatibility of source tracks For iTX to be able to use a particular source track for playout, the

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Output audio type Compatible source track types PCM (Auto) Dolby D 2.0; Dolby D 5.1. Dolby E 5.1;

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel • The content of the first source channel to the left output channel; the content of the other sou

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel You may select any one of up to 16 groups (numbered 0 to 15) in the source media. See below, “Track

About this manual About this manual In this manual, we describe the steps you should follow to install and configure the software modules that provide

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel • If the output format is PCM stereo and there is only a PCM mono source track that is untagged an

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Track-group numbering for mono-track outputs Once two tracks are grouped together (i.e. have the sa

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Testing a channel-mapping configuration From the Audio Mapping panel, you can test the audio mappin

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel </XMLExtension> The Mapping XML section shows the channel is configured for the output of one

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel • Display a test report for any media file, giving details of the audio tracks in the file and how

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel • Select a tag in the Available Language Codes pane; click Add to add it to the Selected Language

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Modifying the list of available track tags in the Language Selection dialog A number of 3-letter la

Configuring the audio output for a playout channel Output Server settings for Dolby Digital and Dolby E audio The bit rate and a number of other prope

Running iTX services Running iTX services Once you start iTX services via their Server Controllers, they continue to run without you having to take fu

Running iTX services Common user-interface tabs Three main selection tabs are common to most service windows: • Service Details. • Trace Logs. • In

About the iTX system About the iTX system System architecture For those who are familiar with previous versions of iTX, we summarise below the main di

Running iTX services machine it is running on becomes low on disk space. This is particularly pertinent to Output Servers or Database Servers. The def

Running iTX services Two lines in a graphical display trace the variation over time of data sent and data received by the service. The Trace Logs tab

Running iTX services You can pause and resume logging by right-clicking inside the Categories or Log Lines pane and selecting Pause Logging or Resume

Running iTX services Using the Server Controller Configuration tool During the installation of services on a machine, the iTX installer configures t

Running iTX services Start-up parameter Description and comments -n name Specifies the name of the service. Example, for a channel called “Sports 1”:

Running iTX services Start-up parameter Description and comments -address IP address When used with -NTP external, specifies the IP address of an ext

Running iTX services Modify start-up parameters From the Services tab of the Server Controller Configuration tool, you can display the Service Details

Working with the services on the Database Server machine Working with the services on the Database Server machine As well as hosting the System Databa

Working with the services on the Database Server machine Service-window features of iTX services on the Database Server machine As well as the common

Working with the services on the Database Server machine Note: • You can view the list of active alerts on the Alerts layout at your system-administr

About the iTX system Merged services and new services Some individual Framework Services that iTX v1 uses have been combined into a single Framework S

Working with the services on the Database Server machine All iTX services generate log messages, which they send to the Logging Service to manage. Eac

Working with the services on the Database Server machine OPUS Service – Management, Configuration tab: Under the Management, Configuration tab, the s

Working with the services on the Database Server machine Routing Data Service – Matrix Details tab: Under the Matrix Details tab, you can view the cr

Working with the services on the Database Server machine The list under the Services tab provides details of iTX services and clients that are registe

Working with the services on the Database Server machine Locator Service – Domain Info tab Under the Domain Info tab, the Locator Service gives detai

Working with the Media Watcher Working with the Media Watcher An iTX system must have a Media Watcher to manage the Media Store. It may have additiona

Working with the Media Watcher In the Media folder, the Media Watcher creates different subfolders for different media types (AVI video clips, MPG vid

Working with the Media Watcher custom folder with the same name as the clip template in the Inbox. When a media file is placed in the custom folder, t

Working with the Media Watcher Additionally, with the Music MW Import plug-in: .aac; .aif; .aiff; bwf; .m1a; .m2a; .m4a; .mp1; .mp2; .mp3pro; .mpa; .m

Working with the Media Watcher • The Media Watcher can accept some video files (GXF, MPEG-2 and files encoded using an Omneon video server) with exte

About the iTX system Drivers for SDI video cards The installation folder includes a subfolder, called Drivers. This folder contains the required devic

Working with the Media Watcher number of loops, together with the full in- and out-sections, in a time that exactly matches the duration, it plays jus

Working with the Media Watcher Registering of recordings The Encode Server running on an Encode Server machine manages the recording of SDI video in

Working with the Media Watcher Note: • To be able to manage the copying of media files to an Output Server cache, the Media Watcher must have networ

Working with the Media Watcher Extra service-window features for the Media Watcher As well as the common service-window tabs that we describe in an ea

Working with the Media Watcher Media Watcher – Media tab The Media Watcher reads the directories of all the folders in the Media Folders list (under

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Alternative Workflow-driven media imports Alternative Workflow-driven media imports The Workflow service can be used as alternative method of media re

Media Import Configuration Tool Media Import Configuration Tool NOTE: Use of this tool can have a major impact on the functionality of your iTX system

Media Import Configuration Tool Useage Once run up, the Media Import Configuration Tool user interface looks like this: By default, the tool is set t

Media Import Configuration Tool Local Overrides You can also change the settings ‘locally’ for individual applications that use the OPUS.Import librar

About the iTX system Media Store – one or more per system Required operating system: For a standalone Media Store: Any version of Microsoft Windows t

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine The Output Server machine runs a number of

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine TXPlay and TXEdit – service-window headers The TXPlay and TXEdit windows display the channel nam

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine Output Server 1 – Engineering tab Under the Engineering tab are a number of controls for perfor

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine Remove all logos Where an operator has a problem in trying to remove a logo from the screen, you

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine When iTX is not playing out a schedule event or displaying the off-air slide, and there is no vi

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine Select the check box for the option, Reset when graph stops instead of Alert, in the ‘Alerts’ b

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine When this synchronisation occurs, the SDI video card drops or repeats frames from the video inpu

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine Device Number This window indicates the device number of the Output Server AJA Card if the Outpu

Working with iTX services on an Output Server machine The iTX Player window The iTX Player displays its own window, which is different from the standa

The Media Cache Service The Media Cache Service The job of the Media Cache Service is to manage the cache – a shared folder called Cache – on an Outp

About the iTX system License dongle The Output Server machine must have a hardware License key, or "dongle", inserted in one of its USB slot

The Media Cache Service The Media Cache Service responds to TXPlay cache requests in one of two ways, depending on whether or not there is already a c

The Media Cache Service Skipping of missing media files In progressing through a schedule, TXPlay skips any event for which the required media file is

The Media Cache Service If the location is one that iTX can play out the media file from, the event status in the Schedule Grid changes to Ready; the

The Media Cache Service Setting up a system for multi-domain caching There are a number of ways in which you can set up a system to handle the copying

The Media Cache Service The cache-channel sub-tab shows the name of the cache channel and its operating status (a green light indicates normal operati

The Media Cache Service Column Description Domain The domain in which the media item is stored. The entry is blank when this is the local domain. The

The Media Cache Service • Max Transfer Rate (MB/s) - allows users to set the maximum caching speed, up to 1024MB/s (or 8.192 Gbit/sec). This option d

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Working with iTX services on an Encode Server machine Working with iTX services on an Encode Server machine The Encode Server machine runs the followi

Working with iTX services on an Encode Server machine Encode Server control of a VTR An Encode Server may control a VTR (videotape machine) during ing

About the iTX system Desktop Client workstation – one per operating position. Required operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Servi

Working with iTX services on an Encode Server machine Under the Settings tab are a number of features for performing system-administration tasks in th

Working with iTX services on an Encode Server machine Set the in-point timecode flag for recordings For the in-point of the recorded media, the iTX En

Working with iTX services on an Encode Server machine 5. After proving the connection is working, prepare the machine for a recording. • Ensure the

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration There are a number of iTX Desktop layouts that

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration Monitoring iTX services Once you have configured the Engineering layout for your system, you can q

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration View the Media Store Gauge The Media Store Gauge gives you a visual indication of the amount of fr

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration • Either, the iTX system cancels the alert. It does so if it detects that the condition that caus

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration This layout contains a larger version of the Active Alerts list with filter boxes above it. By sel

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration The Logging pop-up layout The Logging pop-up layout has three components: • The Logging Service

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration You use the Logging Filter dialog to define a filter: 1. On the Logging Service Monitor, click F

About the iTX system License dongle The Encode Server machine must have a hardware License key, or "dongle", inserted in one of its USB slot

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration 3. Click Send. iTX enters your log in the Logging Service log file. It clears the Manual Log Entr

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration You can edit the access path and you can add details for other ways of accessing the file store (e

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration In a recording job, Ingest Manager creates a video clip for the media file it records onto an iTX

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration The OPUS 2 Service can generate a name containing text entered by an operator when the name is gen

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration 4. If you want the generated name to include a number that increments with each new name, do the

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration 1. Click New on the sequence-management panel to display the New Sequence dialog. 2. Do the fol

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration Change the colour of a schedule event type For each type of schedule event, you select: the text c

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration The Warning dialog appears. 2. Click OK to close the Warning dialog. The Colour Selector tool dis

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration The Server Manager layout The Server Manager layout contains a single component – the Server Manag

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration Register and connect to a Server Controller Before you can access a Server Controller from within

About the iTX system • Regional channels that can play out their own media content (such as commercial breaks) across multiple regions. You can inclu

Using iTX Desktop layouts for system administration 4. Click the name of any service in the list to view its properties: To view the information un

Upgrading or uninstalling iTX software modules on single machines Upgrading or uninstalling iTX software modules on single machines When you upgrade a

Upgrading or uninstalling iTX software modules on single machines Upgrading an iTX software module You can upgrade any machine in your iTX system by r

Upgrading or uninstalling iTX software modules on single machines • Click OK to close the dialog and return to the iTX Installer dialog. 7. Check th

Upgrading or uninstalling iTX software modules on single machines The installer marks the components for the action "Uninstall". Uninstall c

Upgrading or uninstalling iTX software modules on single machines 3. Do the following to specify the replacement details in the Select Software to In

Upgrading a batch of iTX server machines Upgrading a batch of iTX server machines For the first installations of iTX software modules on server machin

Upgrading a batch of iTX server machines To be included in this list, an iTX installation folder must be registered in the System Database. Registrati

Upgrading a batch of iTX server machines Register a new iTX installation folder 1. Copy the Zip file that contains the iTX installation folder to the

Upgrading a batch of iTX server machines Note: • In the Software Distributor window, you can cancel your selections by clicking Clear Pending Update

Contents About this manual ... 21 Software v

Preparing a system for iTX software Preparing a system for iTX software Before you install the iTX software modules on their machines, you should ensu

Closing down your iTX system Closing down your iTX system Closing down an iTX Desktop When you close the iTX Desktop at a workstation, the services co

System resilience System resilience An iTX system supports various levels of back-up protection, to ensure a schedule continues to play out, or clips

System resilience Configuring resilience modes Services that are designed to run in load-balanced mode do so automatically; no configuration is needed

System resilience • Have a standby Output Server, ready to replace any main Output Server that fails. The standby machine runs the playout services b

System resilience 3. The command prompt will then confirm the name of the chosen channel and ask the question ‘Activate config for (channel name) on

System resilience Running a back-up Database Server On a back-up Database Server machine, you run both a back-up System Database and a set of iTX serv

System resilience Configuring the System Service to use the back-up Database Server When you use Microsoft SQL Server mirroring functionality to keep

System resilience When an operator creates or loads a schedule in a master channel, iTX loads a copy of the schedule in the associated slave channel.

System resilience Add a back-up Output Server 1 to an iTX system 1. On the back-up Output Server machine, run the iTX installer to install the Output

System resilience Add a standby Output Server to an iTX system 1. On the standby Output Server machine, run the iTX installer to install the Output S

Preparing a system for iTX software General machine requirements Hard-disk size We recommend you install the iTX software modules onto machine C-drive

System resilience Running a back-up Encode Server A back-up Encode Server runs in parallel with the main Encode Server, as shown by this diagram: The

System resilience Duplicating a live source The live source (usually from a satellite) is duplicated to produce two independent signals, as shown by t

System resilience 1. Do the following to add live sources to the available-sources list in the Live Event Configuration panel. • Click Add/Remove t

System resilience The Schedule Grid shows the live alias for a live event in the main playout channel: It shows the same live alias for the live even

Using iTX with a matrix router Using iTX with a matrix router Setting up an iTX system for routing iTX router-control services An iTX system may inclu

Using iTX with a matrix router Routing Data Service The passing of routing information to and from the System Database is done by an iTX service calle

Using iTX with a matrix router Install the Router Bridge 1. Double-click Setup.exe in the installation folder, iTX Suite, to start the installer. The

Using iTX with a matrix router 2. Enter a new name for the service by changing the value for the Matrix Name key in the appSettings section. For exam

Using iTX with a matrix router • From the Destination dropdown list, select a destination. • From the Source dropdown list, select a source that is

Using iTX with a matrix router • Select the Router Bridge window. • Select the Conflict Resolution tab. • Click Refresh the crosspoints Name and Al

Preparing a system for iTX software Windows Indexing Windows Indexing and the Indexing Service can adversely affect system performance. You should dis

Using iTX with a matrix router 3. Working with the upper list, do the following for the crosspoints whose details you want to update in the System Da

Using iTX with a matrix router Configuring an iTX system after the installation of a GVG Acappella Router Server You need to configure the router-cont

Using iTX with a matrix router Enter crosspoint details in the System Database 1. Select the GVG Acappella Router Server window. 2. Select the Matri

Using iTX with a matrix router Running the NVision NV9000 Router Service The Server Controller on the same machine automatically starts the NVision NV

Using iTX with a matrix router 4. To modify the types of log messages the router-control service generates, do the following. • Select the log messa

Using iTX with a matrix router Installig the Evertz 7700 Router Server To enable iTX to operate an Evertz 7700 router, you install the Evertz7700 Rout

Using iTX with a matrix router Note: If the Toolbox does not contain the Evertz 7700 Router configuration panel, you need to install the "Custom

Using iTX with a matrix router Perform test routes On the Routing Configuration pop-up layout, use the Routing Configuration Tool to make test routes.

Using iTX with a matrix router 2. In the Toolbox, expand the categories ROUTING and BASIC. Select Quartz Service Configuration and drag it to a clear

Using iTX with a matrix router Perform test routes On the Routing Configuration pop-up layout, use the Routing Configuration Tool to make test routes.

Preparing a system for iTX software Response to Windows system failure You should configure the Windows system on each machine to provide information

Using iTX with a matrix router 2. Right-click the Hardwired Matrix entry in the controlled services list; click Stop Service from the displayed menu.

Using iTX with a matrix router Restart the router-control service 1. Select the Controlled Services Information tab in the Server Controller window.

Using iTX with a matrix router • A Routing Configuration Tool, for setting or viewing crosspoint information for a selected router. • A Log Monitor,

Using iTX with a matrix router The Routing Configuration Tool displays the information stored in the System Database for the selected crosspoint. • C

Using iTX with a matrix router The user can create and delete categories, or select existing ones and add or remove sources and destinations. They ca

Using iTX with a matrix router Configuring the Router Control layout In configuring the Router Control layout, you need to separately configure all dy

Using iTX with a matrix router By default, the source button displays a green light. It may display a red light if its source is connected to an on-ai

Using iTX with a GPI device Using iTX with a GPI device An iTX system may use GPI (General Purpose Interface) devices for two types of process: • iTX

Using iTX with a GPI device Installing the GPI Devices module 1. Double-click Setup.exe in the installation folder, iTX Suite, to start the installer

Using iTX with a GPI device Add a driver for a GPI device You need to add a device driver for each GPI device that the service is to control. 1. Clic

Preparing a system for iTX software To display the dialog, open the Network Connections folder from the Windows Start menu; select Advanced Settings

Using iTX with a GPI device Configuration settings for a GPI Service driver Below is a list of the settings that may appear in the Device Configuratio

Using iTX with a GPI device Setting Description Outputs: Check Mirror to send outputs to both VNodes. Check Master/Slave to use the second VNode as a

Using iTX with a GPI device Restart the GPI Service After adding, deleting or modifying the settings for a driver, you need to update the GPI Service

Using iTX with a GPI device Note: • You can fire a test GPI from an iTX Desktop layout and check that the associated box under the Status tab is high

Using Missing Materials Manager Using Missing Materials Manager About Missing Materials Manager Missing Materials Manager is an optional iTX service f

Using Missing Materials Manager Reports Missing Materials Manager can produce XML reports of missing media files. You can configure the service to do

Using Missing Materials Manager 7. For any additional service instance you want to run on the same machine, add an entry to the list of controlled se

Using Missing Materials Manager • Work with specified Media Watchers. • Select schedules that are stored in the System Database and search them for

Using Missing Materials Manager You use the panel features to: • Switch auto-purging on or off. • Specify whether or not Missing Materials Manager s

Using Missing Materials Manager Selecting Media Watchers for Missing Materials Manager to work with The Media Sources list under the Engineering, Gene

Preparing a system for iTX software • On the Server Configuration page, under the Service Accounts tab, select: Use the same account for all SQL Serv

Using Missing Materials Manager that are temporarily removed from a live schedule (e.g. in a cut-and-paste operation) and then restored; this depends

Using Missing Materials Manager Look-ahead time When searching a schedule for events with missing media, Missing Materials Manager "looks ahead&q

Using Missing Materials Manager By enabling the channel-selection option, you instruct Missing Materials Manager to search schedules in just selecte

Using Missing Materials Manager Reports can be converted into any XML format to be compatible with third party traffic or media management systems. Th

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard pane

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel Component-input mapping You can map inputs while the displayed layout is i

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel The Assign Input dialog opens: 3. Ensure Selected Input is selected. 4.

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel 5. In the Selected Context pane of the Assign Input dialog, select an opt

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel Editing data for an input mapping Some special input mappings carry a valu

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel Components that support input mapping Component Component action Playout C

Preparing a system for iTX software Preparing Output Server machines On each Output Server machine, create a volume (disk partition) called Cache to a

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel Component Component action Stop Fast forward Rewind Reverse Jog forward (1

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel Component Component action Media Viewer Play Stop Fast forward Rewind Reve

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel Macro mapping An iTX Desktop macro belongs to one of two categories: • A

Configuring an iTX Desktop to accept commands from a keyboard or hard panel • Operate a control on the hard panel. The Selected Device box shows the

Using iTX with the XML Adaptor Using iTX with the XML Adaptor About the XML Adaptor The XML Adaptor is an optional iTX service. It sends XML messages

Using iTX with the XML Adaptor Configuring the XML Adaptor Starting the Server Controller on the same machine automatically starts the XML Adaptor. Th

Using iTX with the XML Adaptor Configuration settings Below, we list the possible configuration settings. For many of these, we recommend you do not c

Using iTX with the XML Adaptor Setting Description/comments SendUnsupportedFields Usually, this is set to "false". You may set it to "t

Using iTX with the Alerts Forwarding Service Using iTX with the Alerts Forwarding Service About the Alerts Forwarding Service The Alerts Forwarding Se

Using iTX with the Alerts Forwarding Service Stop the Alerts Forwarding Service You should stop the Alerts Forwarding Service before you configure it.

Preparing a system for iTX software Windows sound scheme A Microsoft Windows sound scheme, which you use to assign sounds to system events, can disrup

Using iTX with the Alerts Forwarding Service Testing the Alerts Forwarding Service Once the Alerts Forwarding Service is running, you can test the ope

Using iTX with the RSS Streamer Using iTX with the RSS Streamer The RSS Streamer is an optional iTX service. It enables iTX to capture an RSS feed (co

Using iTX with the RSS Streamer Configuring the RSS Streamer To configure the RSS Streamer, you use the features under the Configure RSS Feeds tab of

Using iTX with the RSS Streamer Delete an RSS feed 1. Select a feed in the RSS Feed list. You can select multiple feeds by pressing Shift or Control

Using iTX with the RSS Streamer Edit the program configuration file The program configuration file contains a list of the RSS feeds, and their output

Using iTX Workflow Using iTX Workflow A number of tasks that can be performed in an iTX system are handled by a group of services and associated compo

Using iTX Workflow Job services include the following: • The Proxy Generation Service. • The Keyframe Generation Service. • The File Copy Service.

Using iTX Workflow The File Copy Service can run on a machine with other iTX services. Media Rules and MediaFlow Processes In the design of a workflow

Using iTX Workflow • The Keyframe Generation Server. • The Proxy Generation Server. To enable the Workflow Service to create jobs based on Media Rul

Using iTX Workflow Install a job service Both the Keyframe Generation Service and the Proxy Generation Service require their own machine to run on. Th

Preparing a system for iTX software Installing the drivers The SDI video card in an Output Server or Encode Server machine requires the correct devic

Using iTX Workflow 4. Click Continue. The installer installs the selected components. 5. Click Finish to close the iTX Installer dialog. Configuring

Using iTX Workflow • Specify the start and end of the period within which the Workflow Service is allowed to run the process. 5. Click Save. Configu

Using iTX Workflow Restart the Workflow Service After you configure workflow definitions, the Workflow Service needs to be restarted. 1. Close the Wo

Using iTX Workflow Configuring the Proxy Generation Service When selected as part of the Job Services install, the Proxy Generation Service Installati

Enabling iTX v2 to use the assets in an iTX v1 system Enabling iTX v2 to use the assets in an iTX v1 system For iTX v2 to be able to use assets in an

Enabling iTX v2 to use the assets in an iTX v1 system Installing the iTX software module The required services are contained in the Migration From iTX

Enabling iTX v2 to use the assets in an iTX v1 system • The IP address of the machine in the iTX v1.x system on which the Locator Service is running;

Enabling iTX v2 to use the assets in an iTX v1 system Set up the Media Watcher for multi-domain operation Do the following for the iTX v2 system. 1.

BXF Schedule Importing BXF Schedule Importing BXF format schedules can be imported into iTX by using two standard workflows that are run by the Workfl

BXF Schedule Importing 2. A dialog box will appear prompting you to choose which configuration you wish to load and edit. If this is the first time y

Preparing a system for iTX software Steps to follow when using the Hardware Update Wizard You may use the Windows Hardware Update Wizard to find the d

BXF Schedule Importing Configuring File Based Workflow The file based workflow is configured using this Workflow Application Service Configuration dia

BXF Schedule Importing 6. File Filter allows you to list the file types you wish the Workflow to process. Type *xml and the Workflow will process any

BXF Schedule Importing Configuring the Web Service Workflow The web service workflow is configured using this Workflow Application Service Configurati

BXF Schedule Importing 6. Transform File Location – this option is for use only with Dub and Purge Lists and is the URI to the xml style sheet file t

Importing of Harris ADC100 schedules Importing of Harris ADC100 schedules Harris ADC100 playout schedules (with filenames of the form schedule_name.ls

BXF As Run Support BXF As Run Support TX Play supports providing BXF based traffic systems with As Run data, via the iTX Metadata Database. TX Play n

HDSDI/SDI Preview from an iTX Desktop HDSDI/SDI Preview from an iTX Desktop An iTX Desktop workstation can output an HDSDI or SDI signal when playing

HDSDI/SDI Preview from an iTX Desktop When the card is not in use, iTX plays back the audio content of a media file through the workstation speakers,

HDSDI/SDI Preview from an iTX Desktop FPP installation The feature requires version 1.4 of the FPP. This is not available as an option in the automati

HDSDI/SDI Preview from an iTX Desktop Licensing The feature is available with the standard iTX Desktop: no extra licensing is required. Not supported

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Installing iTX software modules Installing iTX software modules In this section, following some general installation notes and a pre-installation chec

HDSDI/SDI Preview from an iTX Desktop Functionality under Media Viewer control Desktop without Corvid LP card (Standard FPP) Desktop with Corvid LP ca

Supporting Tools Supporting Tools OPUS Metadata import tool for Core Systems The iTX2 installer includes the OPUS Metadata tool, for importing metadat

Supporting Tools Updating Aspect Ratio information database location Note: • The following section is only applicable to customers who are upgrading

Supporting Tools 3. Click Perform Selected Fixes. A PinPoint search dialog appears. 4. Use PinPoint to select the clips you wish to update. Click O

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Installing iTX software modules Pre-installation check list Below, we list key tasks that need to be done before you install iTX software modules. Whe

Installing iTX software modules Running the iTX installer Start the iTX installer 1. Download the zip file from the Grass Valley website and copy it

Installing iTX software modules If the pre-requisites are installed, the installer displays the Select Software To Install dialog: The dialog display

Installing iTX software modules When you select a module, its entry expands to show a list of the components the module contains: Clicking or expa

Installing iTX software modules About the main iTX Installer dialog After you select a software module in the Select Software To Install dialog, the i

Installing iTX software modules Click: • Select Software to display the Select Software To Install dialog. • Delete Config to delete the configurati

Installing iTX software modules Through the same dialog, you may specify a Locator Service – or a group of load-balanced Locator Services – for the do

Installing iTX software modules Note: • The Advanced Options button on the iTX Domain Configuration dialog displays a range of settings that should o

Installing iTX software modules The Create Database dialog: • Check "ITX" appears in the Database Name box. This is the required name of t

About the DomainConfig.xml file ... 64 Create a Doma

Installing iTX software modules To use this option, enter the database details in the Create Database dialog as detailed below, but instead of enterin

Installing iTX software modules The Database Configuration dialog: Through this dialog you provide the information the System Service needs to connec

Installing iTX software modules Following the installation of the System Database, the OPUS2 Service Configuration dialog: • In the Path box, under

Installing iTX software modules The installed services are: • The Server Controller • The System Service • The Logging Service • The Time Service

Installing iTX software modules In the iTX Domain Configuration dialog, enter domain and Locator Service information. More details, page 46. The Media

Installing iTX software modules Install an Output Server module iTX offers two versions of the Output Server module. Output Server 1 (OS1) and Output

Installing iTX software modules A default name for the Media Cache Service appears in the Name box; this is formed from the machine name and the suffi

Installing iTX software modules The iTX Channel Config dialog (Output Server 1 only) The iTX Channel Config dialog appears towards the end of the Outp

Installing iTX software modules • Select Edit Channel if you want the installer to create an edit channel; the installer automatically enters a name

Installing iTX software modules • The iTX Software Updater Configuring services on the Output Server machine after installation Installation of the

Adding a file store of the store type to the File Stores list ... 90 Add a file store of the store

Installing iTX software modules down to, or up from, the start of an event. The counts happen at specified intervals; they correspond to the Now and N

Installing iTX software modules Install the Encode Server module You install the Encode Server module on each machine that is to provide a recording c

Installing iTX software modules • From the Device dropdown menu, select the type of video or audio card installed in the Encode Server machine. The i

Installing iTX software modules • The iTX Encoder Configuration tool (EncoderConfig.exe) to edit the recording-channel details. Creating a Locator d

Installing iTX software modules Note: • You do not use the Locator Service Configuration tool to set up load-balanced Locator Services. You usually c

Installing iTX software modules For example: <locatorService> <domain name="iTX1"> <primaryUri>tcp://omn-locator

Installing iTX software modules Note: • For most systems, you may leave the Domain Prefix box blank. • You may delete or edit a remote-domain entry

Starting the iTX system services Starting the iTX system services To make the iTX system fully operational, you ensure all the system services are run

Starting the iTX system services Checking the Server Controllers When a Server Controller starts, it displays a user interface. This takes the form of

Starting the iTX system services 2. Click the Controlled Services tab to display a list of all the services running under the control of the Server C

Layout views ... 111 Selecting

Starting the iTX system services Checking the iTX system services Each service, running under the control of a Server Controller, displays the same ty

Starting the iTX system services Adding users to the security system All operators of the iTX system must be registered with the security system of th

Security in an iTX system Security in an iTX system The security system of the iTX System Service The iTX System Service operates a security system fo

Security in an iTX system The security system keeps three permanent groups – Everyone, Users and Administrators. • All registered users and the guest

Security in an iTX system Attribute Rights System Manager Grants user the right to access various System Management features. Metadata Management Ind

Security in an iTX system The Security Tool simplifies the task of registering users and groups by enabling you to import the details from a Windows N

Security in an iTX system Users should carefully manage their passwords; they may change them if they want to. About the Security Tool Through the Se

Security in an iTX system The range of options depends on where in the table you click. If you click a blank line, the Security Tool displays a short

Security in an iTX system Options on the Groups menu: Option Action Manage Group Membership Opens the Manage Group Members dialog for the selected gr

Security in an iTX system Option Action Manage Group Membership Opens the Manage Groups dialog for the selected computer. You can then choose what gr

Configuring search buttons on the Asset layout ... 133 Set the PinPoint search criter

Security in an iTX system Options on the Attributes menu: Option Action Add New Attribute Opens the Add Attribute dialog. You can then create an attr

Security in an iTX system Using the Security Tool To change the configuration of the security system, you need to log onto the Security Tool as the bu

Security in an iTX system NOTE: Currently iTX CANNOT directly query Active Directory in order to generate lists of users. This feature will be introdu

Security in an iTX system Add a user Use this procedure to add users one at a time: 1. Select the Users tab. 2. Right-click the table under the tab,

Security in an iTX system 2. Right-click an entry in the table under the selected tab. Select Manage Group Membership from the displayed menu. The Ma

Configuring a Media Watcher Configuring a Media Watcher All iTX systems include a Media Watcher. This usually runs on an iTX Media Store (if that mach

Configuring a Media Watcher • Select templates for the Media Watcher to use when registering media files. Templates define default values for various

Configuring a Media Watcher File-store types File stores for playout are usually one of two types: • Store. This describes a folder, on a Windows-bas

Configuring a Media Watcher Monitor the Inbox folder The Media Watcher must monitor the Inbox folder if it is to register new media files and make the

Configuring a Media Watcher Note: • An operator can manually group mono tracks on the Asset layout. Extended Audio language tagging for grouping mono

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Configuring a Media Watcher In most iTX systems, the registration delay is set to zero. It is only necessary to set a delay for copying processes duri

Configuring a Media Watcher You can add other file stores of the store type to the File Stores list, and let the Media Watcher choose which one to use

Configuring a Media Watcher Adding a file store of the search type to the File Stores list A file store of the search type – or external file store –

Configuring a Media Watcher Plug-in Description the iTX asset. The video and audio (essence) files are stored in a subfolder of the reference file fol

Configuring a Media Watcher Plug-in Description DIVArchive For access to a Front Porch Digital DIVArchive You can configure the Media Watcher to use

Configuring a Media Watcher Plug-in Description External Domain For access to one or more remote iTX domains iTX can copy assets and media files from

Configuring a Media Watcher 4. Set options for the plug-in (see one of the following procedures). 5. Click OK to close the Search Location Options d

Configuring a Media Watcher • In the UNC Path box, enter path details of a sample folder, such as "\\Core\Plugin"; the path must include th

Configuring a Media Watcher You may enter up to 5 categories, separated by commas, for iTX to search when restoring files; it searches the categories

Configuring a Media Watcher 2. Ensure only the remote domains you want iTX to be able to search in appear in the Selected Domains pane. • To move a