User`s guide

Avstar (formerly AvidNews) Broadcast Control System Release Notes provides
installation, administration, and user-level information that may not have
been available at the time the other documentation was printed.
MCS Release Notes describe administration and user-level information on how to
use the NetStation Machine Control System with the Avstar NRCS.
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Installing the Louth VDCP
This chapter contains:
An overview of the Avstar Broadcast Control System (BCS)
An overview of the Device Manager (DM) installation process
An Overview of BCS
Avstar BCS
Avstar BCS is a machine control system for on-air operations. BCS can be
integrated into the Avstar Newsroom Computer System (NRCS), or into another
newsroom computer system. It can also operate in a standalone environment if
the NRCS connection is lost.
BCS consists of a server, one or more Broadcast Control Workstations (BCWS),
and several device managers. BCS:
Directly controls production devices
Receives information from the Avstar Workstation as control events are entered
into scripts