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Configuring the iNEWS Command Server
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If the playback catalog is not already configured, it must be set up correctly via the Tranfer
Engine Configuration application, which runs on the Transfer Engine Server. The procedure
for this is provided next.
9. Click OK.
10. Click Apply. You can then close the Avid Service Configuration application.
To configure the playback catalog on the Transfer Engine Server:
1. Start the Transfer Engine Configuration application.
2. In the Playback section, click Add. The Playback Device dialog box appears.
3. Select the Enable Playback Catalog Name check box and, in the text field below that,
enter the same destination folder used to configure the Interplay Agent device service,
such as omneoncat/1A.
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The device name in the Playback Device dialog box is not the same as the Interplay Agent
device name. This one is specific to Transfer Manager.
4. Click OK.
Configuring the Avid UMD Device Service
The Avid iNEWS Command user interface lets you control Under Monitor Display (UMD)
or In Monitor Display (IMD) devices via the TSL UMD protocol, developed by Television
Systems Limited, so that the clip’s title, the countdown timecode—the one showing the
remaining duration—and the tally light for playing video can be displayed on or near the
video monitor in the control room. Without the Avid UMD device service and Avid’s TSL
plug-in, the timecodes for playing video appear only on the Command Workstation.
In general, the device service communicates through a third-party intermediate device, such
as TallyMan manufactured by Television Systems Limited. With the TallyMan, one cable is
run to the TallyMan and other cables run from it to each UMD.