WinCue Pro News AP ENPS Version 1.
About this guide The WinCue prompting solution has been designed for general production and prompting; its features include Runorder management, simultaneous prompt and edit, and script timings calculation. WinCue can also be used to connect to networked newsroom systems, by doing this WinCue is able to open scripts from the newsroom system and then prompt them. This user guide has been produced to explain to you how to set-up and use WinCue Pro News with the AP ENPS newsroom system.
Contents About this guide ........................................................................................................2 Audience ....................................................................................................................2 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 WinCue Pro News Requirements ...............................................................5 AP ENPS Requirements ................................................................................6 Network Settings .......................
1 Set-up WinCue Pro News AP ENPS User Guide Set-up • 4
1.1 WinCue Pro News Requirements The WinCue prompter machine should have the same hardware specifications as stated in the WinCue Pro News User Guide that was supplied with your WinCue package. The machine should also have a network card installed and your WinCue license should have the ENPS news interface enabled. A network protocol has to be installed on the PC; this will depend on what your ENPS network is using, e.g. – the TCP/IP protocol installed and the machine setup with an IP address.
Note: Windows NT4/2000 users will have to be logged on as administrators to make these changes and Windows NT4 users may have to re-apply the Windows NT4 Service Pack if you still cannot see these options. 1.2 AP ENPS Requirements The AP ENPS machine that will send Runorders to the WinCue must, obviously, have ENPS installed on it, if it does not consult your I.T. department. The enps.
and select Properties to view or change your network settings, if you have Windows 2000 then the network settings are accessed from the Systems Properties menu. Now you need the Physical Address of your network card, to find this information click on the windows START button and then select RUN.
Take note of the details displayed and give them to your ENPS I.T. Support department so they can have the WinCue machine registered on the ENPS network.
2 Configuration WinCue Pro News AP ENPS User Guide Configuration • 9
2.1 WinCue Configuration While in WinCue, click on the Tools menu and select Options, a WinCue Configuration window will open from here click on the News Interfaces option and then on the AP ENPS option. The settings for the AP ENPS interface will appear opposite; it is from here that you configure how WinCue and ENPS communicate.
Once all this server information has been entered, left-click on the OK button, the server name will now be listed under Configured Servers. Now click on the Other Settings tab, then click on the Font button, a font selection dialog will now be displayed, this is the font to be used for prompting, a font size of between 80 and 100 is advisable. Depending on the way that you want WinCue to work with ENPS, select the behavior you are going to allow, such as whether you want to 'Allow On-Air Item Deletes'.
Trashcan Control – Scripts that have been removed from the Runorder are placed in the WinCue trashcan. This sets the size of your trashcan and also sets whether replaced items are kept. Allow On Air Editing – WinCue can edit sent items If this is not ticked then sent items can only be edited in panic mode. Allow On Air Delete – Deleted items on ENPS will be deleted from WinCue. Allow On Air Updates – Updated items on ENPS will be updated on WinCue.
2.1.1.2 Presenter Settings This menu option is covered in the WinCue Pro News manual; the only difference is that these settings only apply when you are receiving scripts using the ENPS interface. 2.1.1.3 Presenters This option is covered in the WinCue Pro News manual; the only difference is that these settings only apply when you are receiving scripts using the ENPS interface. 2.1.1.
certain processes. The list of options can be checked and a log file will be created, with each option checked, in the Wincue\Logs folder. 2.2 AP ENPS Configuration On your ENPS machine, find and open the enps.
Once opened, scroll down to the section that contains the [Prompter] settings, then modify the path line to include the fully qualified network path of the shared folder on your WinCue machine. Save the file and now when ENPS is started you will have a Dump to WinCue menu option, use this option to select and send the ENPS Runorders that you wish to use in WinCue.
3 AP ENPS Scripts in WinCue WinCue Pro News AP ENPS User Guide AP ENPS Scripts in WinCue • 16
3.1 Opening AP ENPS scripts Once you have connected the WinCue machine to the ENPS machine, as discussed in the previous sections, you will be able to open Runorders and scripts from the ENPS newsroom system. This section will explain how to open these ENPS scripts in WinCue. In WinCue click on the red folder button on the toolbar: Or Left-click on the File menu and then select Open Queue from the drop-down menu. The 'Runorder/Queue Browser' will then be displayed.
If the Runorder that you wish to load (for prompting) is not listed in this box ensure that the Runorder has been dumped from the ENPS machine. To open an ENPS Runorder on WinCuePro ready for prompting, do either of the following: Double left-click on the Runorder that you want to open. Or Left-click (select) the Runorder you want to open and then click on the 'OK' button. The Runorder will then be opened and be set ready to start prompting. 3.1.
Note: Deleting old ENPS Runorders from the WinCuePro computer does not in anyway affect ENPS; it purely deletes files off of the actual WinCuePro computer. Ensure that the ENPS machine is not currently 'dumping' to the ENPS Runorder that you want to delete, i.e. the Runorder on the ENPS terminal must be closed or the 'Dump to WinCuePro' for the Runorder is not enabled. Close all open Runorders on WinCue so that the Queue Browser is displayed.
3.2.1 Enabling/Disabling Panic Mode Click on the Panic Mode icon on the tool bar at the top of the screen to toggle Panic Mode. When the button is shown as pressed in Panic Mode is enabled, otherwise it is disabled: Panic Mode disabled: Panic Mode enabled: While in Panic Mode: The Runorder can be changed on WinCue in the same way that it is changed on ENPS (i.e. Dragging and dropping stories with the mouse).
Updated - The story has been updated by ENPS. The following four messages will appear in red status boxes, as they are generally error messages. MISSING - The story file has not been received from the ENPS terminal. Likely cause: The story may not contain any text on the ENPS terminal. IMPORT FAILED - The story file has been sent but it has not been possible for WinCuePro to import the text. Likely cause: The file may have been corrupted in some way. Possible solution: Re-dump the ENPS Runorder.
4 Technical Support WinCue Pro News AP ENPS User Guide Technical Support • 22
4.1 Technical Support Technical Support is of prime importance to the management of Autocue, we therefore provide a 24-hour help line service to assist and advise. For more technical help or advice please call our 24-Hour Technical Support Help Line: +44 (0) 20-88700104 Or email us at info@autocue.co.
