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Table Of Contents
- Avid iNEWS Command Installation and Configuration Guide
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Installing and Configuring the Command Server
- System Architecture
- Checklist: Before you Begin
- Checklist: Command Server Installation
- Copying Install CD to Local Directory
- Installing Avid Service Framework
- Installing the License Service
- Installing Avid iNEWS Command on the Server
- Configuring the iNEWS Command Server
- Configuring a Second Command System
- Installing and Configuring the AirSpeed Video Servers
- Checklist: Installing the AirSpeed Video Server
- Installing Avid Service Framework
- Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Services
- Checklist: Configuring the AirSpeed Video Server
- Configuring Properties for Interplay Workgroup
- Configuring the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service
- Configuring Properties for Command Workgroup
- Working with Play While Record
- AirSpeed Multi Stream Los-Res Proxy Viewer
- Installing and Configuring the Deko
- System Architecture
- Checklist: Installing the Deko
- Installing Avid Service Framework
- Installing Avid Deko Device Service
- Installing the DekoMOS Gateway
- Installing the DekoMOS Macro Server
- Checklist: Configuring the Deko
- Configuring the DekoMOS Gateway
- Configuring the DekoMOS Macro Server
- Configuring Avid Workgroup Properties
- Configuring the Deko Device Service
- Configuring the Avid Deko Renderer Service
- Creating Graphic Styles in Command
- Installing and Configuring the Graphic Device Service
- Installing Avid Service Framework
- Installing Avid Graphic Device Service
- Installing Third-Party Plug-ins for the Graphic Device Service
- CII Integration
- Installing and Configuring the Thunder
- Installing the Command Workstation
- Installing and Configuring the Tablet Application
- Configuring Playout Control
- Controling Playout via the Keyboard
- Disabling a Command Workstation’s Keyboard
- Checklist: Setting up an X-keys USB Keypad
- Installing an X-keys USB Keypad
- Mapping Indices to Channel Names
- Programming the X-keys
- Setting up the Playout Panel for Touch Screens
- Checklist: Setting up the GPI Panel
- Configuring the GPI Card
- Restarting the GPI Device Service
- Confirming Successful Setup of a GPI Panel
- Mapping Events to Actions for a GPI Panel
- Enabling the GPI Panel
- Configuring GPI Out
- Integrating with Avid iNEWS
- Integrating with ENPS
- Configuring the Perle IOLAN Server
- Confirming Functionality
- Index
5 Installing and Configuring the Thunder
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Creating the ThunderMOS.cfg File
If you intend to use the Thunder Select plug-in at your newsroom workstations, you must
create the
ThunderMOS.cfg
file and configure it for each Thunder server. The
ThunderMOS.cfg
file contains information that allows workstations with Thunder Select
plug-ins to find your various Thunder servers and browse their respective MOS databases.
This information is set up in one line per Thunder server.
To configure the ThunderMOS.cfg file:
1. On the Thunder’s C drive create a folder called ThunderCFG, if one doesn’t already
exist, and ensure it is shared across the network for read access.
Only one cfg file is necessary per iNEWS newsroom computer system.
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The cfg file can reside in any shared network folder, as long as every workstation with the
Thunder Select plug-in can access that folder. However, Avid recommends that it reside on
the Thunder for easy maintenance reasons.
2. Ensure that the E drive is also shared across the network. This is because the cfg file will
point the Thunder Select plug-in to the E drive for access to clips and the clip database.
3. Create a file called:
ThunderMOS.cfg
in the
C:\ThunderCFG
folder.
4. Open it with Notepad.
5. Add a line in the
ThunderMOS.cfg
with the following information:
- An arbitrary name for the Thunder that the journalists will easily recognize. This
part is seen in the drop-down list of the Thunder Select plug-in on the iNEWS
Workstation (shown below). It can be any name, such as: 5PM, Control Room A,
Sports, and so forth.
-The MOS ID, such as
MOSIDTHDR_A
. This must be added to the MOS-Map story in
the
SYSTEM.MOS-MAP
directory in iNEWS.
- The full UNC path to the Thunder database specified when you set up the MOS
protocol. This part appears next to the drop-down list in the plug-in (shown below).
Make sure it corresponds to the Thunder specified by the MOS ID.
Each of these values must be separated by a semi-colon and appear all on one line. For
example:
5PM;MOSIDTHDR_A;\\ThxlxxA\E\5PM\5PM.pff
The following graphic shows the Thunder’s arbitrary name and the full UNC path to the
Thunder database as they might appear in the Thunder Select plug-in: