Document Outline

• Contents
• Preface
  • Grass Valley Product Support
• System Overview
  • Functional description
  • Two tier system diagram
  • NetTime system
  • Legacy systems
• Installing NewsBrowse
  • Rack-mount hardware components
  • Cable hardware components
    • NewsBrowse server instructions: Dell or Axiom platform
    • NewsBrowse server instructions: HAFT platform
    • Network Attached Storage (NAS) instructions - Fastora
    • NAS instructions: Serial ATA network platform
    • Single-channel encoder instructions
      • RS-422 Cable Pinouts
    • MDI Server instructions
    • Advanced Encoder instructions
    • Live monitor encoder instructions
    • Router Gateway instructions
  • Install NewsBrowse software
• Configuring the NewsBrowse System
  • Configuration overview
  • Establish conventions
    • Machine naming convention
    • Channel naming convention
    • MDI naming convention
    • Services naming convention
    • Ports and services convention
    • Site-specific configuration tables
  • Configure network: Two tier
    • Distribute host tables
    • Configure network settings on Production network machines
    • Configure HAFT platform
    • Configure network settings on Client network machines
    • Test: Verify two tier network settings
  • Prepare for core configuration stages
    • Prepare NetTime
      • Prepare NetTime servers
      • Prepare NetTime clients
    • Prepare Profile Media Servers
    • Prepare NAS - Windows Fastora
    • Prepare NAS - Serial ATA network platform
    • Verify NAS access
    • About Windows Domains and the nbadmin account
    • Accessing NewsBrowse services
    • Accessing NewsBrowse system configuration pages
  • Stop NewsBrowse services
  • ASK registration stage
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: Register components
    • Test: ASK registration stage
    • Checklist: ASK registration stage
  • Managed Device Interface (MDI) stage
    • Prepare MDI server
    • Configure ASK Location: MDI server
    • Configure Proxy MDI
    • Configure Profile MDIs
    • Test: MDI stage
    • Checklist: MDI stage
  • Encoder stand-alone stage
    • Configure ASK Location: Single-channel encoder
    • Configure Ingest Control: Single-channel encoder
    • Configure Proxy Asset (NAS): Single-channel encoder
    • Configure media server: Single-channel encoder
    • Configure MPEG encoder: Single-channel encoder
    • Test: Encoder stand-alone stage
    • Checklist: Encoder stand-alone stage
  • Encoder + Server stage
    • Configure ASK Location: NewsBrowse server
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: Single-channel encoder
    • Configure Ingest Scheduler: NewsBrowse server
    • Set up NewsBrowse client for configuration stage tests
    • Test: Encoder + Server stage
    • Checklist: Encoder + Server stage
  • Router Gateway stand-alone stage
    • Add Router Gateway
    • Configure ASK Location: Router Gateway
    • Configure Router Gateway
    • Test: Router Gateway stand-alone stage
    • Checklist: Router Gateway stand alone stage
  • Router Gateway + Server stage
    • Add Router Gateway to Ingest Scheduler
    • Test: Router Gateway + Server stage
    • Checklist: Router Gateway + Server stage
  • Advanced encoder stand-alone stage
    • Configure ASK Location: Advanced encoder
    • Configure Advanced Encoding Control
    • Configure Proxy Asset (NAS): Advanced encoder
    • Configure MPEG encoder: Advanced encoder
    • Configure Real Media Encoder: Advanced encoder
    • Test: Advanced encoder stand-alone stage - high-res source
    • Test: Advanced encoder stand-alone stage - MPEG proxy source
    • Checklist: Advanced encoder stand-alone stage
  • Advanced encoder + Server stage
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: Advanced encoder
    • Configure Rules Automation: Advanced encoder
      • Create Proxy MPEG Rules
      • Create Proxy Rules
    • Test: Advanced encoder + Server stage - high-res source
    • Test: Advanced encoder + Server stage - MPEG proxy source
    • Checklist: Advanced encoder + Server stage
  • EDL Export, Save, Conform stage
    • Configure Profile MDI: Conform to air settings
    • Configure NTFS MDI
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: NTFS
    • Configure Conform Services
    • Configure Export Services
    • Configure Save EDL settings
    • Test: EDL stage
    • Checklist: EDL stage
  • Archive stage
    • Add archive MDI
    • Verify archive preparations
      • Avalon archive preparations
      • FlashNet preparations
      • DIVA preparations
      • Network connectivity - all archive types
    • Configure ASK Location: Archive MDI host
    • Configure Media Frame Core ASK: Archive
    • Configure Avalon Archive MDI
    • Configure FlashNet MDI
    • Configure DIVA MDI
    • Configure Archive Services.
    • Test: Archive stage
    • Checklist: Archive stage
  • Deploy remaining machines for full system
  • Add live monitor encoders
  • Test system interactions with multiple machines
    • Multiple channel ingest test
    • Multiple scavenge test
    • Purge test
  • Add NewsBrowse Clients
    • Connect server and NAS to customer LAN
    • Set up client PCs
    • Configure NewsBrowse Licenses
  • Administering NewsBrowse user access
    • Configure NewsBrowse Groups
    • Configure NewsBrowse Users
    • Managing NewsBrowse User sessions
  • Adding custom fields
  • Testing NewsBrowse client operations
• Recovery Planning
  • Encoder failure considerations
  • Server failure considerations
  • Database maintenance and administration
    • Repairing a database that is unusable due to transaction log size
    • How to determine the size of the transaction log
    • Manually controlling transaction log growth
    • Setting up a database maintenance plan
    • Database Restoration
• Troubleshooting the NewsBrowse system
  • Troubleshooting tools
  • Troubleshooting tips
• Component Interaction Diagrams
  • Ingest 1
  • Ingest 2
  • Scavenge
  • EDL Export
  • EDL Save
  • EDL Conform
  • Archive
  • Purge
• Legacy systems
  • Three tier system diagram
  • Two tier system diagram version 2.0
  • Sequential encoder instructions
  • Image Support Server (ISS) instructions
  • Prepare NAS - Linux Fastora
• Index