User`s guide

Chapter 7: Configuration 69

be pre-configured with an NCS ID and MOS ID. For connections to Viz Gateway

versions 2.0 and later, only the Viz Gateway host and port number is needed.

Note: MOS IDs are configured on the NCS server, and are usually case sensitive.

This section contains information on the following topics:

• Properties and Parameters

• To configure a Viz Gateway connection

Properties and Parameters

• Start: Starts a connection to Viz Gateway.

• Stop: Closes a connection to Viz Gateway.

• Restart: Restarts a connection to Viz Gateway.

• Automatic reconnect: Starts the Viz Gateway connection automatically when

starting or resetting the Media Sequencer.

• Messages per second limit (0=disabled): Sets the number of MOS messages

from a newsroom system that will be forwarded by Viz Gateway to the Media

Sequencer per second. 0 (zero) disables this throttling mechanism allowing

unlimited messages per second.

• Reconnect interval (sec.): Specifies the number of seconds that the Media

Sequencer should wait, when the connection is lost, before trying to reconnect

to Viz Gateway.

• Viz Gateway Host: Shows the IP address of the Viz Gateway host.

• Viz Gateway Port: Shows the port number on the Viz Gateway host.

• MOS ID: Shows the ID of the connecting MOS device.

• NCS ID: Shows the ID of the Newsroom Control System (NCS).

• Send item stat: Sends feedback to the NCS via MOS, for example information

about the availability of the elements/items in a MOS playlist (running order).

IMPORTANT! A database connection must be established in order for the MOS

integration to work. See how To apply the VCP Database settings for details.

To configure a Viz Gateway connection

1. Start VCP.

2. Select Profile Configuration from the Tools menu (see External Interfaces).

3. Click the MOS tab, and enter the appropriate settings collected from the

newsroom system and the Viz Gateway host.

4. Click OK and check that the status indicator (G) appears in the lower right of

VCP’s status bar.

5. Click the Playlists button in the Resource Panel, and check that MOS Playlists

are added to the list of available playlists.