Grass Valley GV STRATUS Playout v.2.0 - Manual (Page 82)

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Monitoring and Controlling the Broadcast
Changing the scale of the timelines
Although the Channel Overview is primarily designed for monitoring, it does contain a
toolbar containing controls that allow you some control over the channels in the view. To
begin using the controls and controlling the playout, you must click the names of the
channels that you want to control. Once at least one channel is selected, the toolbar is
displayed at the bottom of the page. Any actions performed using the controls on the
toolbar affect all the channels you have selected in the view.
To open the Channel Overview:
1 In the top menu, click Channel Overview.
2 In the Select View list, click the view that you want displayed on the Channel Overview
page.
Changing the scale of the timelines
The Channel Overview contains timelines for each channel in the selected view. The View
Scale located at the top-right of the page controls the time period displayed in all the
timelines on the page. You can change the time period used by dragging the arrow left of
right to change the scale, and therefore the details, seen in the timelines.
To change scale in the timelines:
1 In the top menu, click Channel Overview.
2 In the Select View list, click the view that you want displayed on the Channel Overview
page.
3 Drag the slider on the View Scale left or right to select the scale displayed in all the
timelines in the view. The scale ranges from periods of 5 minutes to 24 hours.
Active channel
indicator The first column contains an indicator that identifies the active channel
when a channel is configured as a main and backup pair. For more
information on main and backup pairs, see
Setting up backup channels
for failover , on page 40.
Health status
indicator The column to the right of the channel name contains colored
indicators which display the health status of the device assigned to the
channel. The overall health status of the device is determined by
whether an alert is being raised on the device or not and its alarm level:
• Red: Indicates at least one critical or major alert is occurring and
immediate action is required
• Amber: Indicates at least one minor alert is occurring and action may
be required
• Grey: Indicates the channel health is normal and no action is required
For more information on alerts, see
Viewing active alerts in the service ,
on page 132.
Note: A clip may take up to 15 seconds to cue depending on the file size,
structure (indexing), and bit rate.
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