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Monitor Servers
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To update your iNEWS dictionaries:
1. From the PuTTYCS application, select the PuTTY Filter created for sending server
commands to all servers, such as iNEWS Consoles.
2. Enter superuser mode, using the current password.
3. At the specified time, select one server and type
list s to check who is still logged in and
which server programs are still running.
A message similar to the following appears:
S264 2Af4 B
R801 stevens A
The list s command displays the device controlling the session, the user account used for the
session, and the server servicing the session. In the example, the first line starts with an S,
indicating a server (utility program), such as a monitor server. The number after the S is the
device number. If you are unsure whether the device number is that of a monitor server,
check the iNEWS configuration file (/site/config) for monitor servers and their assigned
device numbers. You can do this by using the list c command at the console, in the following
format:
list c <device number> .
c
Server programs are only listed as a result of the list s command if they are actually
running, so they may be in use. Do not stop them without first checking with production
staff to ensure you are not stopping a monitor server that is monitoring a show that is
on-air.
4. After checking with production staff, type list s a
gain to confirm whether all monitor servers
are off.
5. Use the stop command followed by the device number(s) of monitor servers. This further
ensures they are stopped. For instance, type:
stop 264
6. Type makemontab -i to translate dictionaries used by monitor servers.
7. Log off the iNEWS console.
Unlike other utility programs, monitor servers do not have to be restarted from the iNEWS
console. They are turned on and off from the iNEWS Workstation.
Creating Styles
Some sites use the monitor server alone—without any direct connection to devices, Command,
or ControlAir—to check machine control events within scripts for errors and produce playlists
that personnel can print out or refer to during broadcasts.
Whether the monitor server in iNEWS is used alone or with ControlAir to create a list of CG
events, it must have a defined set of styles to work properly.