User`s guide

Handles several shows at the same time, enabling shows to be produced back-to-
back
Windows-based GUI clients allow technical directors to control events on the
Broadcast Control Server.
Avstar NRCS
The Avstar NRCS product set is constructed on a modular, open architecture,
enabling its components to work efficiently not only with other Avstar products,
but also with third-party hardware and software. Avstar NRCS operates on
industry-standard technologies, including Windows
®
95 and Windows NT,
Intel
®
-based PCs, Intel and Silicon Graphics
®
(SGI) servers, and TCP/IP Internet
networking protocols.
Avstar Systems is publishing open Applications Programming Interfaces (APIs)
for the Broadcast Control System that will enable integration with third-party
software and hardware.
Overview of Broadcast Control
After the news staff has scripted stories and entered production cues in the
scripts, the producer can download rundowns to BCS using the monitor server in
Avstar NRCS.
From the BCWS, the technical director can access the playlists for downloaded
rundowns and control associated production devices to play production cues
requested.
Figure 1-1 depicts how data flows from Avstar NRCS, through the Avstar
Machine Control Protocol (AMCP), to the Broadcast Control Server (BCServer),
and then to the devices and BCWS.