User`s guide

Louth VDCP DM
Once BCS has been installed, you must set up the Avstar NRCS server before you
can use the system. There are setup tasks that must be performed on the Avstar
server at the console, and tasks that must be performed on the Avstar Newsroom
Computer System (NRCS) Workstation (the client).
For more information about any Avstar/AvidNews task, see the AvidNews
Newsroom Computer System Operations Manual and the AvidNews Newsroom
Computer System User’s Guide. For further information on installing and operating
BCS, refer to the AvidNews BCS Installation Guide, AvidNews BCS Operations
Manual, and the AvidNews BCS User Guide.
New Features of BCS Components
If channels are being assigned by BCWS and a new playlist is downloaded to the
DM, it will report a status of Available for each event available on a
channel.
If an event is not available on a channel, the status will be Unavailable. When
the playlist is reserved, BCWS will assign channels; at that point, the DM will
report the status of each event on its assigned channel.
However, if channels are assigned by NRCS or by the DM, the event is assigned
a channel at download time, and its status is reported relative to that channel.
BCWS New Channel Change Features:
The Broadcast Æ Channel Override menu entry has been renamed Cycle
Channels.
There is a new Broadcast submenu named Change Channel. It contains 10
channels with corresponding accelerator keys 1 through 0. The effect is to
change the channel of a selected event directly to a desired channel, rather
than cycling through channels to reach the desired channels.
There is a new option on the Channel Policy tab of the Broadcast Æ Options
dialog. It is a check box labeled “Enable Cycle Channels key;” by default it is
unchecked. This option allows the user to disable the Cycle Channels key in
favor of direct channel change.