Opening the sdb server utility, Adding rundowns – Grass Valley NewsQ Pro v.1.1 User Manual

Page 84

Advertising
background image

Appendix

Using the SDB Server Utility

84

Digital News Production

Opening the SDB Server Utility

To check the status of ENPS rundowns, you need to start the SDB Server Utility:

• Double-click

SDB Server

on the desktop or open click the

Start

menu and

choose

Programs | NewsQ Pro | SDB Server

.

Adding Rundowns

Before using the SDB Server Utility to monitor rundown status, you need to add
all of your ENPS rundowns on each computer hosting a NewsQ Pro database.

To add rundowns to the SDB Server:

1. Select

Tools | Options

.

The Options window appears:

2. Enter the rundown name in the Rundown Profile Map section.

You must enter the name of the rundown exactly as it is used in ENPS, with
no spaces. The name is case-sensitive.

3. Select the Main and Backup Profiles from the drop-down lists.

4. Click

Add

.

The information appears in the Rundown section of the window.

5. Continue to add rundowns and then click

OK

.

Repeat this procedure on the backup SDB server you use with NewsQ Pro.

Advertising