Avid iNEWS ControlAir v1.7.7 ReadMe
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1. Now the default color of a failed action is red The EVENT_ERROR status has been added to color rules as Error Now the default color of an event error is purple Known Limitations This section provides information on known limitations that were not addressed in this release A ny available workaround procedures are also documented when possible Note For limitations related to compatibility of this release with previous versions other products see the section of this document entitled Compatibility Notes and Issues CAWS Initialization Error for Standard Users When ControlA ir is installed using the Workstation Only option any user who logs in to Windows with a Standard user non Power User and non Admin account will receive a CAWS initialization error while a user logging in with a Power User or Administrator user account does not receive the error message 10 Version 1 7 7 ReadMe Workaround In order for CAW S to work for a Standard user you must install more than just the Workstation Only option During the installation process choose the Custom option and select ControlAir Server also This will allow Standard users to use CAWS Installation of Measurement Computing Software GPI Maney Panel The CDIOObject dll which is needed for GPI M aney Panel use displays its registration error if M easurement Computing software is not installed prior to the installation of ControlA ir To avoid the issue click the OK button2. ControlAir even though the media on the video server continued to play The problem occurred because the LouthDM was capable of checking playability and reporting the channel s status faster than the video server s response time To resolve this issue a new keyword has been added to the Louth DM P file that enables you to set a pre roll time for the LouthDM The default is 100 milliseconds The keyword is e PlayTimeoutInMilliseconds The keyword which appears in the Communications section of the DM P file when set to the default value e PlayTimeoutInMilliseconds 100 If you experience this issue ensure that the numerical value for this keyword is set to a time greater than the response time for your video server Changes for v1 7 5 Support for RoHS compliant Sealevel GPI Card Beginning with ControlA ir v1 7 5 Avid supports the following RoHS compliant GPI card from Sealevel for use with the M aney Panel PIO 24 LPCI RoHS Compliant Low Profile PCI 24 Channel TTL Digital Interface For more information on Sealevel visit http www sealevel com product_detail asp product_id 1056 amp R oH S 5F Compliant 5F Low 5F Profile 5FPCI 5F 24 5F Channel 5FTTL 5F Digital 5F I nterface 5F Note You can order the card with both standard and low profile mounting brackets For the new Sealevel GPI card to work with the ControlA ir Device M anagers specifically the Airspeed Louth and GV G Device M anagers are sup
3. Device M anager with the ControlAir system The GV G Device M anager Guide for Avid iNEWS ControlAir is to advise you of certain technical requirements and considerations that affect your use of the GV G Device M anager with the ControlAir system Note For more documentation on Avid NEWS ControlAir visit the Avid Knowledge Base at www avid com onlineSupport Technical Support Information M ost products feature a number of coverage options Avid A ssurance service offerings are designed to facilitate your use of A vid solutions Service options include extended telephone coverage automatic software maintenance extended hardware warranty and preferred pricing on replacement parts Offerings and options may vary by product and are not available for all products For more information regarding A vid s service offerings visit www avid com support or call Avid Sales at 800 949 A VID 800 949 2843 Program availability and details might vary depending on geographic location and are subject to change without notice Contact your local A vid office or your local A vid Reseller for complete program information and pricing However if you need help locating an A vid office or A vid Reseller near you 11 Version 1 7 7 ReadMe please visit www avid com or call in North America 800 949 A V ID 800 949 2843 International users call 978 275 2480 Accessing Online Support Avid Online Support is available 24 hours per day 7 days
4. on the error message dialog box It does not affect the ControlA ir functionality Documentation The ControlAir ReadM e files or Release Notes provide installation administration and user level information that may not have been available at the time the other documentation was printed The NEWS ControlAir Installation and Operations M anual describes installation procedures and system operation techniques including NEWS integration for system administrators The iNEWS ControlAir U ser M anual and its Addendum describe the basic functionality of the system s user interface plus iNEWS integration information The AirSPACE Device M anager Guide for Avid NEWS ControlAir is to advise you of certain technical requirements and considerations that will affect your use of the AirSPA CE Device M anager with the ControlA ir system The AirSpeed Device M anager Guide for Avid NEWS ControlAir is to advise you of certain technical requirements and considerations that will affect your use of the AirSpeed Device M anager with the ControlA ir system The Louth Device M anager Guide for Avid iNEWS ControlAir is to advise you of certain technical requirements and considerations that will affect your use of the Louth Device M anager with the ControlAir system The Chyron Device M anager Guide for Avid NEWS ControlAir is to advise you of certain technical requirements and considerations that affect your use of the Chryon
5. per week Search the K nowledge B ase to find answers to view error messages to access troubleshooting tips to download updates and to read join online message board discussions To access Avid Online Support gt Goto www avid com onlineSupport Note Supplemental documentation for this release if available is provided on the Knowledge Base For the latest up to date information browse the Knowledge Base at Avid Online Support 12 Version 1 7 7 ReadMe Copyright and Disclaimer Productspecifications are subject to change without notice and do not represent a commitment on the part of Avid Technology Inc The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement You can obtain a copy of that license by visiting Avid s Web site at www avid com The terms of that license are also available in the product in the same directory as the software The software may not be reverse assembled and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of Avid Technology Inc Copyright 2010 Avid Technology Inc and its licensors All rights reserved Attn Government
6. 84 01 Rev D 5 October 2010 e This document is distributed by Avid in online electronic form only and is not available for purchase in printed form 13
7. AV i gt Avid iNEWS ControlAir Version 1 7 7 ReadMe Date Revised Changes Made 05 October 2010 Added Known Limitation and workaround for basic user initialization error with CAWS 2 March 2010 Added new feature changes for v1 7 7 6 08 April 2009 Added change for v1 7 6 15 September 2008 Added Changes for v1 7 5 03 March 2008 Added fix to Louth Device Manager 05 September 2007 Added Windows Vista Support for ControlAir Workstation only Important Information Avid recommends that you read all the information in this ReadM e file thoroughly before installing or using any new software release Note Search the Avid Knowledge Base http www avid com onlinesupport for the most up to date ReadMe file which contains the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published This document describes compatibility issues with previous releases hardware and software requirements software installation instructions and summary information on system and memory requirements when applicable This document also lists any hardware and or software limitations Version 1 7 7 ReadMe Contents A NN 2 Compatibility Notes nissan id ida 4 ControlAir ULLOA AAA tds 4 ControlA ir v1 7 7 Workstation n nn nnnnnnsnssnnsnnnsnnnnsnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsiana 4 A np Seed h Bukak aR aa 4 A rSpesdDM i un unan unan hatanata a tdi hae aqha umaq die laa tai 4 AMSPA
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9. User s Restricted Rights Legend U S GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS This Software and its documentation are commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation In the event that such Software or documentation is acquired by or on behalf of a unit or agency of the U S Government all rights with respect to this Software and documentation are subject to the terms of the License Agreement pursuant to FAR 12 212 a and or DFARS 227 7202 1 a as applicable Trademarks Adrenaline AirSpeed ALEX Alienbrain Archive Archive Il Assistant Avid Avid Unity Avid Unity ISIS Avid VideoRAID CaptureManager CountDown Deko DekoCast FastBreak Flexevent FXDeko iNEWS NEWS Assign NEWS ControlAir Instinct IntelliR ender Intelli S at Intelli sat Broadcasting Recording Manager Interplay ISIS IsoSync LaunchP ad Leader lus ListS ync MachineControl make manage move media Media Composer NewsCutter NewsView OMF OMF Interchange Open Media Framework Open Media Management SIDON SimulP lay SimulR ecord SPACE SPACEShift Sundance Digital Sundance Symphony Thunder Titansync Titan UnityRAID Video the Web Way VideoRAID VideoS PACE VideoS pin and Xdeck are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid Technology Inc in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners Avid iNEWS ControlAir v1 7 7 ReadMe 0130 300
10. de on the Airspeed The AirspeedDM now supports the U nrestricted V DCP mode on the Airspeed for playback control Network In previous versions the AirspeedDM would exit when an Airspeed is disconnected from a network This is fixed LouthDM In previous versions the LouthDM was occasionally aborting with the following runtime error BCM sgPerformer Unknown runtime error x0 The operation completed successfully This is fixed Version 1 7 7 ReadMe ControlAir Workstation Channel changes In previous versions ControlA ir Workstation CA WS did not properly recognize invalid channel changes made in the iNEWS client This is fixed If an invalid channel change occurs within A Z but outside of the defined channel range a message is sent to the NEWS user and CA WS corrects the channel CAWS screen In previous versions the ControlAir Workstation CAW S could jump to the bottom of the playlist This issue could occur if there were two playlists had been loaded but the user unloaded one of them This is fixed PictureboxDM and StillFileDM In ControlAir v1 7 3 the Picturebox Device M anager Quantel Picturebox and the StillFile Device M anager Leitch Still File have been added into the ControlA ir installer however neither of these DM s are officially supported yet They are only in beta testing with ControlAir v1 7 3 GPI Configuration In previous versions the A bort5 and A bort9 sections of the GPI configuration in t
11. eak This is fixed Pinnacle Vortex The changes stated below were made to the LouthDM and the ControlA ir Workstation to address the Port Busy issues that occured with the Pinnacle V ortex The tests were done with a simulation of the problem but the actual problem has never been reproduced in the lab during testing Port Busy Status In ControlAir v1 7 0 a new configurable functionality checking for the Port B usy state to the LouthDM was added There are two new keywords in the DMP file The second keyword is present for diagnostic purposes only CheckF orB usyC hannelB eforeCueing Y ES or NO Y ES enables the new functionality NO is the default setting DebugPortB usyFrequency integer value A positive integer indicates how often LouthDM will simulate a Port Busy state For example the value of three causes the L outhD M to report that every third cue attempt will result the Port state turn Busy T he default is zero no Port B usy state manufactured Error Status Display A new status was added to cover errors that occur during playback actions T he new status is called EVENT_ACTION_FAILED The errors will not prevent retries of any of the following failed actions Cue Play Stop Pause The user can try to cue the item until the port becomes available and their cue commands are obeyed by the V ortex Action Failed Status Color TheEVENT_ACTION_FAILED status has been added to color rules as FailedA ction
12. he example DM P files and the DM guides were incorrect The Example DM Ps and DM guides have been fixed but if you need to correct an existing DM P file follow these instructions To enable Abort5 gt Change its setting from A bort5 1500 1F00 to Abort5 1100 1F00 To enable A bort9 gt Change its setting from A bort9 150000 1F 0000 to A bort9 110000 1F 0000 Changes for v1 7 2 AMCPApp In previous versions of ControlAir the AM CPA pp exe file could crash in certain conditions Now this is fixed LouthDM LouthDM clip status In ControlAir v1 7 1 when a clip finished playing out in the LouthDM clips could change the status to Cued This is fixed Working with clips In ControlAir v1 7 1 if you stopped a playing clip in the LouthDM the clip s status could change to Unavailable The user had to toggle the channel to make it available again This is fixed Changes for v1 7 1 AirSpeedDM In previous versions of ControlAir if a clip was trimmed with Pilot the changed duration was not updated correctly and the clip played out the original time in CAWS This is fixed ChyronDM In previous versions of ControlAir there could be implementation issues with V commands This is fixed Version 1 7 7 ReadMe Changes for v1 7 0 ControlAir Workstation In previous versions of ControlAir if you had the channel change stop at break set and changed the last element before the break the elements would ripple to the next br
13. ified for use with the Windows Vista operating system ControlAir v1 7 7 Workstation The ControlA ir v1 7 7 Workstation is qualified for use only on the Windows Vista Windows X P Professional and Windows Server 2003 operating systems This version of ControlAir is not supported for use on any other Windows operating system iNEWS ControlAir v1 7 7 is qualified for use with iNEWS v1 5 x v2 x and 3 x AirSpeedDM ControlAir v1 7 7 AirspeedDM is qualified for use with all AirSpeed v2 x versions AirSPACEDM ControlAir v1 7 7 AirSPACEDM is qualified for use with AirSPACE v2 9 5 GVGDM ControlAir v1 7 7 GVGDM is qualified for use with the following Grass V alley Profile versions 5 4 14 4 d 5 4 6 21 5 4 8 1248 Note Avid strongly recommends that you do not use the ControlAir GVGDM on Windows Server 2003 as it may cause cuing issues The best practice is to use Windows XP Professional with the ControlAir GVGDM Installation Notes Adequate User Rights Required Y ou must have adequate user rights to install the ControlA ir Client software If you install the software as a restricted user or a standard user on NT the installation will not be completed successfully If you install the software as a standard user or as Power User the installation will be completed successfully If you install the software as an administrator the installation will be completed successfully Note Before you install ControlAir fo
14. ir Server to operate properly Consult your hardware vendor for instructions on disabling or removing the additional processors Hyper Threading Hyper Threading is not supported with the ControlA ir Server If Hyper T hreading is present on the CPU it must be disabled and turned off in order for the ControlA ir Server to operate properly Consult your hardware vendor for instructions on disabling Hyper T hreading Dual Core processors Computers with Dual Core processors are supported with the ControlA ir Server as long as the boot ini file is modified to direct Windows to use only one of the cores If the boot ini file is not modified correctly the ControlAir server will not operate properly Note For details on how to modify the boot ini file see the following Microsoft knowledge base article http support microsoft com kb 170756 en us Hardware and Software Changes The following changes were made to iNEW S ControlAir Changes for v1 7 7 Operating the playlist In previous versions of ControlAir if the user manually swapped the channel of a video event above a paused video event it would cause the channel of the paused event to be changed which could cause problems in ControlA ir This issue is now fixed Paused video events channels are now protected Version 1 7 7 ReadMe Changes for v1 7 6 LouthDM In previous versions the LouthDM was occasionally reporting a Play status that immediately changed to Available in
15. n which is C Program Files A vid ControlAir the log file at C Program Files A vid C ontrolA ir A M CPA ppL og001 txt Ability to Create New Logs without Stopping Applications To improve the logging capabilities of ControlAir anew logging capability was added to the ControlA ir applications Now it is possible to start new logs without closing and restarting the applications To start a new log on ControlAir Server AM C PA pp C ontrolAir W orkstation 1 From the application menu select Help gt Start new log file Version 1 7 7 ReadMe EJ Control ir Server CASvr Fie View Diagnostic Tools Help 02 25 10 22 04 03 DATA Start new log file i 02 25 10 22 04 03 170 1 J 02 25 10 22 04 03 WO About ControlAirserver _ To start a new log on device managers 1 From the Device M anager menu select Logging gt Start new log file ml AirSpeedDM_2 DAN dmp AirSpeedDM File Edit View Logging Help 02 25 10 22 04 5 Start new log file 02 25 10 22 04 5 el of eve 02 25 10 22 04 55 5185b72 02 25 10 22 04 55 status o 02 25 10 2204 54 _ Stop Logging Note After the Start new log file option is selected the application stops the current logging writes to a log file and starts a new log file Hardware Notes Multiple Processors Computers with multiple processors are not supported with the ControlAir Server The additional processors need to be disabled or removed for the ControlA
16. p in the CAWS to an invalid channel it would cause iN EW S to display a blank event status that would not correct itself until the user loaded or unloaded the story in iNEWS This is fixed Multiple CAWS connected to same ControlAir Server In previous versions of ControlAir if you had multiple CAWS connected to the same ControlA ir Server and each CA W S was controlling a different rundown it could cause one of the CA W S to crash This is fixed Support for more than 500 stories in a playlist ControlAir now supports up to 1000 stories in a single playlist This change was made improve the iNEW S v1 7 that increased the maximum number of stories that the monitor server can load from 500 to 1000 stories However to ensure the best performance in ControlA ir A vid recommends that you load a playlist with no more than 750 stories from iNEWS to ControlA ir LouthDM Clip latency cueing when a channel is offline In previous versions when using the LouthDM to control playout on multiple video server channels sites experienced a delay of 3 to 5 seconds in cueing clips on online channels whenever one of the channels was offline This latency issue is fixed Measurement Computing GPI Card CDIOObject dll In ControlAir v1 7 3 the CDIOObject dll setting which is used for controlling the M easurement Computing GPI card via the M aney Panel could not be properly installed This is fixed Changes for v 1 7 3 AirspeedDM Unrestricted VDCP mo
17. ported a new setting called GPIB oardN umber lt number gt must be added to the GPIs section of the DM P file for the appropriate device manager The specified number must match the card number that shows up in the Device M anager for the Sealevel GPI card The following dialog box represents the setting where the Seal O Device states Card 0 ioixi File Action View Window Help gt e Amae mA Computer Management Local H 5 Keyboards E i System Tools Mice and other pointing devices tl Event Viewer 2 Monitors Shared Folders EB Network adapters Fa Local Users and Groups Other devices 4 Performance Logs and Alert A Ports COM amp LPT 2 Device Manager A Processors E H A E A E E E Sy Storage E amp SCSI and RAID controllers E Removable Storage E Q Seal O Device Disk Defragmenter Seal O 8018 Card 0 Disk Management 1 6 Sound video and game controllers Services and Applications E z System devices E Universal Serial Bus controllers 4 gt By default the GPIBoardNumber setting is 1 therefore if the Sealevel GPI card has a value of 1 in the Device M anager there is no need to add the GP IBoardNumber setting into the DM P file Version 1 7 7 ReadMe Changes for v1 7 4 ControlAir Workstation CAWS Blank event status in NEWS In previous versions of ControlAir if you changed the video channel of a cli
18. r the first time please ensure that you are familiar with the contents of the ControlAir ReadMe files or Release Notes provided by Avid Technology Inc Version 1 7 7 ReadMe New Features in Release 1 7 7 This section provides information on any previously undocumented enhancements or new features added to this release Improved Logging Capabilities To enhance the logging capabilities of ControlA ir logging was added to the ControlA ir W orkstation CAWS and the AMCPApp application In addition the ability to write out logs and start new logs was added to all ControlA ir applications ControlAir Workstation CAWS CAWS can log the following user actions Cue Play Pause Stop Reserve Release Cycle Channels Change Channels The Cycle Channels and Change Channels actions can be logged only for the direct user action If CAWS has a rolling channel policy other channels may also change but they will not be logged The name of the log file is CAWSLogxxx txt The variable xxx is the numerical indicator of the log If you have not modified the default location of the ControlAir installation which is C Program Files A vid ControlA ir the log file is stored at C Program Files A vid C ontrolA ir CA W SL 09001 txt AMCPApp The AMCPApp log file is titled as AMCPAppLogxxx txt The variable xxx is the numerical indicator of the log If you have not modified the default location of the ControlAir installatio
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