GRASS VALLEY AURORA PLAYOUT - S AND UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS V7.1, Upgrade Instructions

Page 1: ...use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Grass Valley Inc Grass Valley Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this publication Grass Valley K2 Aurora Summit Solo Dyno Turbo Profile Profile XP NetCentral NewsBrowse NewsEdit NewsQ NewsShare NewsQ Pro and Media Manager are either registered tradem...

Page 2: ...are on Aurora Playout devices 14 Add software package to deployment group for Aurora Playout devices 15 Upgrade software on Aurora Playout devices 15 Upgrade NAS systems 18 Upgrade Browse and MediaFrame systems 18 Licensing Grass Valley products 19 About software licensing 19 Requesting a license 19 Adding a license 21 Deleting licenses 21 Archiving licenses 22 Aurora Playout licenses 22 New topic...

Page 3: ...vailable 24 hours a day 7 days a week In country Toll free Support Center 33 1 48 25 20 20 800 80 80 20 20 France 1 530 478 4148 1 800 547 8949 United States Authorized Local Support Representative A local support representative may be available in your country To locate a support center during normal local business hours refer to the following list This list is regularly updated on the website fo...

Page 4: ...38 421 Benelux Netherlands 32 0 2 334 90 30 Benelux Belgium 800 80 80 20 20 33 1 48 25 20 20 France 49 6150 104 444 Germany Austria Eastern Europe 7 495 258 09 20 Belarus Russia Tadzhikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan 45 404 72 237 Northern Europe 39 06 87 20 35 28 Southern Europe Italy 34 91 512 03 50 Southern Europe Spain 971 4 299 64 40 Middle East Middle East Near East Africa 800 80 80 20 20 33 1 48 2...

Page 5: ...ded modified with the following changes 071 8549 11 Check the Compatible Grass Valley products section to determine the latest software version compatible with your system AddMOSObjDuration is an optional setting for the ENPS global configuration table Check Setting up ENPS on page 32 for more information in these release notes 18 October 2010 Aurora Playout Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade...

Page 6: ...e Refer to Disabling User Account Control on Windows 7 clients on page 23 for more information in these release notes Windows 2000 that was supported in previous versions ofAurora Playout software is no longer supported Changes and features in previous releases The following sections describe changes and features in past releases Version 7 0 0 New Look The look and feel of the Aurora Playout has b...

Page 7: ...in your web browser to communicate with MediaFrame services For example the proxy configured in Internet Explorer under Tools Options Connections LAN Settings Proxy Server Refer to Use configured web proxy settings on page 27 for more information in these release notes User Setting to Disallow Trimming within ALP When launched under Administrator control the operator has the option of disabling tr...

Page 8: ...main than the MediaFrame server there must be a defined one way trust relationship between these systems and the MediaFrame Server System Information Utility The Help About box now includes a System Information Utility Recue Option Change There is now an option to prevent auto recue above the last played item in the rundown Cue All with X Keys X Keys configuration now has an option to set Cue All ...

Page 9: ...IMUM Spec Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2 3 GHz Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2 3 GHz Processor 2 GB 1 GB Memory Discrete graphics with 128 MB of dedicated memory Integrated or discrete graphics with 128 MB of Graphics and support for Direct3D 9 and Shader Model 3 0 memory and support for Direct3D 9 and Shader Model 3 0 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA System Drive CD DVD CD DVD Optical Drive Gigabit Eth...

Page 10: ...e 2 0 13 567 M Series system software 1 4 0 451 SiteConfig application The prerequisite file must be installed on the SiteConfig control point PC 1 0 0 Grass Valley prerequisite files Compatible third party products Products by manufacturers other than Grass Valley are compatible with this release of software as follows Comments Version Product 6 00 0042 ENPS 3 1 1 2 iNEWS Client 3 1 1 2 iNEWS Ser...

Page 11: ...ftware using SiteConfig each of your Aurora product devices must be migrated to become a SiteConfig managed device This includes installing SiteConfig support on the device manually uninstalling any and allAurora components and qualifying the device for communication with SiteConfig These instructions are in the SiteConfig Migration Instructions Also refer to the SiteConfig User Manual or SiteConf...

Page 12: ...iteConfig on the control point PC 3 If not already present in the SiteConfig system description configure deployment groups as follows A deployment group that contains your Aurora Playout devices Install prerequisite files on the control point PC Some software components such as those for Aurora products share common prerequisite software You must install a prerequisite software package on the con...

Page 13: ...deployment group This allows you to deploy software to all the devices in the deployment group at the same time as part of the same deployment session Based on the roles you have assigned to the devices SiteConfig deploys the proper software to each device This increases the efficiency of your software deployment with SiteConfig If you have not already done so configure your deployment groups The ...

Page 14: ...ername password credentials assigned to the device The SiteConfig control point PC does not have a network drive mapped to an administrative share such as C on a device on which you are checking software If Aurora product software at a version lower than 6 5 2 is currently installed it must be manually uninstalled For more information refer to SiteConfig Migration Instructions Do the following ste...

Page 15: ...ab Grass Valley Windows Monitoring SNMP agent 1 In the Software Deployment Deployment Groups tree view select a deployment group 2 Click the Add button The Add Package s dialog box opens 3 Do one of the following to select the software package Select from the list of packages then click OK Click Browse browse to and select the package then click Open 4 If one or more EULAs are displayed accept the...

Page 16: ...low SiteConfig can do the uninstall install in a single deployment session 1 In the Software Deployment Deployment Groups tree view select the device or the group of devices to which you are deploying software The corresponding software deployment tasks are displayed in the Tasks list view 2 For the software you are deploying select the Deploy check box in the row for the uninstall task 3 For the ...

Page 17: ...teConfig is installed find the DiscoveryAgent_x x x x cab file add it to the deployment group and deploy the Discovery Agent software as well 5 Click the Start Deployment button Deployment tasks run and software is uninstalled Progress is reported and next steps are indicated in both the Status and Details columns If an error appears regarding prerequisite software install the prerequisite files o...

Page 18: ...atible versions of software Upgrade the MediaFrame Proxy NAS K2 Nearline SAN to the compatible version of K2 software Use SiteConfig and deploy software using steps similar to those for other systems a Check software on the Nearline SAN s K2 Media Servers b Add software cab file to the deployment group that contains the K2 Media Servers c Upgrade software on K2 Media Servers via a SiteConfig deplo...

Page 19: ...ou should back up the license text files to a separate drive or as part of a recovery image Licenses are based on your system s unique identifier which is partially derived from your system s Media Access Control MAC address If you change your system s MAC address by performing operations such as changing the System Processor card you must obtain a new license based on the new MAC address Requesti...

Page 20: ...f the write filter is currently enabled be aware that files on the desktop are lost on restart Therefore do one of the following Save the License Request text file s to a different location Keep the K2 system running do not restart until after you have requested the license s 8 Do one of the following Attach the License Request text file to an email Paste the text directly into an email message Yo...

Page 21: ...ens 2 Do one of the following Choose File Import License and navigate to the file location to open the text file Drag and drop the text file onto the License Manager You will now see the permanent license in SabreTooth as well as any other licenses permanent or temporary that have been installed on this machine Once you have added the permanent license you can delete the temporary license If the t...

Page 22: ...icense Manager select the license or licenses 2 Choose File Export License to open the Save As dialog box 3 Assign a meaningful name to the file and save it to the desired location Grass Valley recommends saving the license file to a USB drive or other external location Aurora Playout licenses The Grass Valley licenses available at the time of this writing that can be installed on Aurora Playout a...

Page 23: ...ick OK 5 Restart your computer for the change to take effect Searching for MOS Objects within ENPS Once a feed has been added to the system it immediately becomes a searchable MOS object within ENPS Grass Valley feeds will then be found within an ENPS search 1 Set the search filter in ENPS to include Grass Valley video elements 2 Enter keywords to be searched in the search box 3 Click Go and searc...

Page 24: ...tion to conducting a search through the ENPS user interface the Assignment List Plug in ALP may be configured to display a list of all of the current MOS Object IDs for raw feeds in the system A Raw category must reside within the SDB Server in order to allow journalists to see this in the ALP Video elements within the Raw category may then be previewed and inserted into scripts via drag and drop ...

Page 25: ... previously finished story video to the editors Inserting graphics into ENPS story Graphics can be inserted as MOS objects into ENPS stories via the Orad plug in Within the plug in you can call up existing graphics modify templates preview graphics and insert graphic elements into stories 1 Create a new rundown or open an existing rundown in ENPS 2 Create a new story in the rundown and prepare the...

Page 26: ...a Playout supports graphics workflow through an interface to the Orad graphics playout engine Maestro Editors can place MOS driven graphic elements on anAurora Edit timeline and then transfer graphic timing information directly to Aurora Playout On the Aurora Playout playlist graphic ID can be seen in the Graphics column so operators can look at a glance to see which story includes graphics 26 Aur...

Page 27: ...moved at the out point of the timeline which has been specified by the editor Use configured web proxy settings A new setting to bypass the configured web proxy has been added to each application within theAurora Suite This checkbox pertains to environments that have MediaFrame enabled For Aurora Playout the checkbox is found in Tools Options MediaFrame of the SDB Server and will become active onl...

Page 28: ...et to view the proxy via the MediaFrame clip player The Asset Details window is displayed When this is done launching a clip from the ALP will only present the video window plus metadata view There will be no additional button for applying a mark in or out to a finished story 28 Aurora Playout Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 New topics ...

Page 29: ... Connecting to both applications at the same time will cause channel conflicts Installing Aurora Playout software manually If you don t have SiteConfig within your operation you can install Aurora Playout software using the Aurora Playout installation CD Because you must configure some components with the locations of other components you should plan your overall installation before you begin The ...

Page 30: ...se Server 1 Insert the Aurora Playout CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Navigate to the CD and double click SetupAuroraPlayout exe 3 Click Next until you reach the Select Features screen 4 At the Select Features screen select the component s that you want to install 5 Click Next to start the installation 6 Click Finish at the Installation Complete screen Installing ALP using a Configuration File If you w...

Page 31: ...amed thumbnails on your playout system named Playout1 the path would be Playout1 thumbnails This path needs to match the path set inAurora Edit Tools Options Aurora Playout Thumbnails Path The name of the computer hosting the XMOS Server XMOS Server Determines the display mode of the Assignment List Plug in 0 for Placeholder List only 1 for Rundown View only 2 for both Rundown View and Placeholder...

Page 32: ...ile named setupALP bat 2 In the file put this text AuroraPlayout FILEPATH1 DotNetInstall EXE AuroraPlayout FILEPATH2 AuroraIngestPlayoutPrereq EXE msiexec exe package AuroraPlayout msi QB ALP_INSTALL 1 3 Save the file into the same directory as the Aurora Playout installer and your setup ini file 4 From each computer on which you are installing the plug in double click setupALP bat The batch file ...

Page 33: ...ecommended ID format is family machine location enterprise mos Standard practice is to use station call letters for location and station group abbreviation for enterprise GV Assignment List Description The IP address or host name of the machine hosting the SDB Server and the XMOS Server IP GVG XMOSCtrl 1 ActiveX Leave blank These settings are configured when you install the Assignment List Plug in...

Page 34: ...t restart automatically 11 Restart the ENPS client application 12 Install the Assignment List Plug in on all ENPS clients where this functionality is needed 34 Aurora Playout Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 Additional notes ...

Page 35: ...per connections to a K2 can be configured at a time Problems with updating the Ready status of clips Description CR68611 More than oneAurora Playout system should not be configured to connect to the same channel on a K2 as this can cause problems with updating the Ready status of clips Workaround When installing Aurora on Windows 7 clients a pending SiteConfig dialog can be missed Description PR20...

Page 36: ...tor your rundowns through iNEWS before they will be available in Aurora Playout s dropdown list Workaround When connected to a Newsroom Computer System channel assignment or status changes that were made through the Description CR35932 Aurora Playout interface will be reset if the item s rundown position is changed on the NCS This is by design If you wish to keep manual channel assignments when re...

Page 37: ...sconfig xml on the Workaround iNEWS MOS Gateway system in order to make statuses operate correctly with Aurora Playout 1 Change statusCued CUED statusCued to statusCued STAND BY statusCued 2 Change statusStopped PLAYED statusStopped to statusStopped END statusStopped With iNEWS misconfigured settings can cause stories to drop to the bottom of the playlist when they are newly inserted or when their...