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3 Installing and Configuring the Deko
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System Architecture
Understanding the relationship of Avid iNEWS Command to other aspects of the newsroom
environment, such as Avid Deko systems, is helpful.
Your newsroom computer system such as Avid iNEWS (or ENPS) organizes the newsroom.
There is two-way communication between the iNEWS Server and other workstations
running the iNEWS and iNEWS Command client software in regard to production and
management of playlists. Each iNEWS Workstation can have the Deko Select plug-in,
functioning as part of the user interface that enables a journalist to drag and drop any Deko
graphics template into a news story and alter replaceable text or graphics in the selected
template. The Deko Select plug-in communicates with the DekoMOS Gateway.
The DekoMOS Gateway is the essential interface for integration of the newsroom computer
system and Command with various Deko components in regard to the creation,
modification, and playout of graphic elements in newsroom playlists. The DekoMOS
Gateway manages configuration information and presents logs of DekoMOS activity and
connections. The DekoMOS Macro Server, installed on all Deko devices used for playout,
allows Command to communicate with the Dekos. The DekoMOS Macro Server receives
and processes macro commands. It also acts as a client to the DekoMOS Gateway to retrieve
a list of defined styles.
Through this integration, Command can control playback of graphics on Deko systems and
drive up to nine channels of Deko across multiple systems from a single user interface.
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In this explanation, the term Deko refers to any one of these products: Deko 3000, Deko
3000 Hybrid, Deko 3000 HD, FXDeko II, Deko 2200, Deko 1000, Deko 1000 Hybrid, Deko
1000 HD, and Deko 550.