WinCue Pro News Nexus Version 1.
About this guide The WinCue Pro News prompting solution has been designed for general production and prompting; its features include Runorder management, simultaneous prompt, edit, and script timings calculation. WinCue Pro News can also be used to connect to networked newsroom systems; by doing this WinCue Pro News is able to open scripts, sent from a third party newsroom system, and then prompt them.
Contents About this guide ..................................................................................................... 2 Audience ................................................................................................................. 2 1 Set-Up 1.1 2 4 NEXUS Set-Up .............................................................................................. 5 Configuration 6 2.1 WinCue Configuration ..............................................................................
1 Set-Up WinCue Pro News Nexus User Guide Set-Up • 4
1.1 NEXUS Set-Up WinCue can communicate with the NEXUS newsroom system via Serial, TCP/IP, or SPX connection. As the newsroom system that WinCue will be connecting to is specific to the client site the NEXUS interface set-up is completely reliant on the settings of the newsroom system, WinCue is configured to match its settings. Before moving onto the next section of this User Guide make sure that you take note of the configuration settings of your NEXUS newsroom system.
2 Configuration WinCue Pro News Nexus User Guide 0BConfiguration • 6
2.1 WinCue Configuration 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 NEXUS Download option. The settings for the NEXUS interface will appear opposite; it is here that you configure how WinCue and NEXUS communicate. 2.1.1 Port Settings The Port Configurations tab is where you set-up how your WinCue machine is going to communicate with the NEXUS newsroom system.
port details in the Serial port settings section, if using a TCP/IP or SPX connection enter the network details in the Network details. Once you have entered the relevant information in this section click on the General tab. 2.1.2 General A Profile Settings window will appear, it is from here that you will configure how WinCue will handle the incoming scripts.
Create/Delete Items – This allows the user to add or delete stories from the Runorder. Change Hold State – If this is checked then the user can put items on hold and they will then not be prompted. 2.1.4 Story (Type 1) As with the Order List settings, the Story (Type 1) settings are used to translate the newsroom system code into code that WinCue can understand. Note: Before editing the available settings it is necessary that you have the relevant information about your newsroom system's code.
Sequence Field name tag end – This is used to indicate where the current item script ends. Sequence field separator – This is used to indicate where a new item script begins. Sequence fields end – This indicates the end of an item script. End sequence – This indicates the end of a Runorder. If the Automatically create the link option is selected then items without scripts will not be displayed in the Runorder.
Enter the newsroom system code details for each of the options then click on the OK button and test them by sending a Runorder from the newsroom system to WinCue. 2.1.5 Order List The tab after On-Line Editing is the Order list tab; the settings here are related to how WinCue translates the code from the newsroom system into the downloaded scripts you see in the WinCue Script Editor.
Click on the option that you wish to edit and then click on the Edit button; this will open an Edit Control Code box, enter the relevant details from your newsroom system code, and then click OK. Enter the newsroom system code details for each of the options then click on the OK button and test them by sending a Runorder from the newsroom system to WinCue. 2.1.
This will open a Text Conversion Settings window, click on the Insert Control Code in Target String button and a list of WinCue elements will appear. Select the element you want to add and it will appear in the Convert To: box. Insert your newsroom systems equivalent code, for the WinCue element, in the Convert to: box. Then insert the equivalent code from your newsroom system into the Convert from: box.
Start Ignore: If this setting is checked then the control code used will be a signal for WinCue to ignore the subsequent transferred code. Stop Ignore: If this setting is checked then the control code used will be a signal for WinCue to stop ignoring and to start using the subsequent transferred code. Case Sensitive: If this setting is checked then the control code must be received in the case specified in the Text Conversion settings in order for it to be converted into a WinCue element.
2.1.9 Banner The Banner tab is used if you want to change the colour or font style used for the prompter banner. See your WinCue Pro News User Guide for more information about setting this up.
2.2 Troubleshooting To help identify any problems that could occur while trying to connect WinCue to your Nexus newsroom it is recommended that you configure the following settings. Click on the Tools menu, select News Interfaces and then select Active Data Receiver; the settings for the Active Data Receiver interface will appear opposite. This is the first window you will see upon opening the Active Data Receiver menu.
Auto Save – If this is checked, when WinCue receives an updated script, the script will automatically be saved to its hard drive. File Name – This specifies how your files will be saved if you have selected auto save. Keep Old Auto Saves – This specifies how long your old scripts will be kept for. Preview Mode – This is used to monitor the data that is being sent to the WinCue machine, when this option is selected, you will see the following window when “Start Receiving Downloads“ is activated.
Now click on the Logging Tab, it is from here that you are able to configure the settings for how WinCue will report any problems that it has while using the NEXUS interface. There are two options that can be enabled these are File Logging, reports are sent to a log file in the WinCue folder, and Display Logging, reports are displayed in a box on your screen.
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3 Opening Nexus Scripts in WinCue WinCue Pro News Nexus User Guide 1BOpening Nexus Scripts in WinCue • 20
3.1 Opening NEXUS scripts Once you have connected the WinCue machine to the NEXUS network, as discussed in the previous sections, you will be able to open Runorders and scripts from the NEXUS newsroom system. This section will explain how to open these NEXUS scripts in WinCue. Once you have connected the WinCue machine to the NEXUS network, as discussed in the previous sections, you will be able to open Runorders and scripts from the NEXUS newsroom system.
3.1.1 Receiving Scripts You will then see an empty window as WinCue waits for a Runorder to be sent over from the NEXUS system. Once the NEXUS file has been received a Runorder will open and the stories will appear within it.
Any files that are deleted from the Runorder on the NEXUS system will also be deleted from the Runorder in WinCue and sent to the Rundown Trashcan. To save a download NEXUS runorder, so that you are able to open it in WinCue while not connected to the NEXUS network, click on the File menu and select Save, give the file a name and select where you want the file to be kept.
If Panic Mode is enabled the WinCue machine will stop trying to receive updates from NEXUS, as soon as Panic Mode is disabled the WinCue machine will re-start trying to receive updates from NEXUS. Note: Any changes to the Runorder and stories on WinCuePro while in 'Panic Mode' will be lost as soon as 'Panic Mode' is disabled 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.
4 Technical Support WinCue Pro News Nexus User Guide 2BTechnical Support • 25
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) 20-8665 2992 Or email us at support@autocue.co.
