Autocue ADR 2006 User Manual

WinCue Pro News

Active Data Receiver

Version 1.3

User Guide

 Autocue Ltd 2006– All Rights Reserved

About this guide

The WinCue Pro News prompting solution has been designed for general

production and prompting; its features include Runorder management,

simultaneous prompt, edit, and script timings calculation. WinCue Pro News

can also be used to connect to networked newsroom systems; by doing this

WinCue Pro News is able to open scripts, sent from a third party newsroom

system, and then prompt them. This user guide has been produced to explain

to you how to set-up and use WinCue Pro News with Active Data Receiver.

Audience

This guide is for all users of the WinCue Pro News Active Data Receiver

prompting software. From complete WinCue novices to experts, this guide

should be useful to all, providing a quick reference for experts and systematic

help for novices. The pre-requisites to using this guide are that you are familiar

with the Microsoft Windows environment, in particular that of Microsoft

Word.

Contents

About this guide ........................................................................................................2

Audience ....................................................................................................................2

1

Set-Up 4

1.1

ADR Set-Up.....................................................................................................5

2

Configuration 6

2.1

WinCue Configuration.................................................................................7

2.1.1 General Settings ....................................................................................7

2.1.2 Port Configurations ...............................................................................9

2.1.3 Profiles ...................................................................................................10

2.1.3.1 General ....................................................................................11

2.1.3.2 On-line Editing ..........................................................................12

2.1.3.3 Order List .................................................................................13

2.1.3.4 Story (Type 1)...........................................................................15

2.1.3.5 Story (Type 2)...........................................................................17

2.1.3.6 Rundown (Type 2) .....................................................................19

2.1.3.7 Return On-Prompt Item (Unique ID) ............................................21

2.1.3.8 Goto Prompt .............................................................................22

2.1.3.9 Formatted Text Conversion .........................................................22

2.1.3.10 Code Page...............................................................................25

2.1.3.11 Presenter Settings....................................................................25

2.1.3.12 Banner ...................................................................................27

2.1.4 Logging .................................................................................................27

2.2

Quick Configuration...................................................................................28

3

Opening ADR Scripts in WinCue 30

3.1

Opening ADR scripts ..................................................................................31

3.1.1 The Queue Browser.............................................................................31

3.2

Panic Mode .................................................................................................32

3.2.1 Enabling/Disabling Panic Mode ......................................................33

4

Technical Support 34

4.1

Technical Support.......................................................................................35

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1 Set-Up

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1.1 ADR Set-Up

The Active Data Receiver Interface has been produced for clients that have

developed their own newsroom system and need to connect to a WinCue

prompter.

WinCue can communicate with the third-party newsroom via Serial, TCP/IP, or

SPX connection.

As the newsroom system that WinCue will be connecting to is specific to the

client site the Active Data Receiver (ADR) interface set-up is completely reliant

on the settings of the newsroom system, WinCue is configured to match its

settings.

Before moving onto the next section of this User Guide make sure that you take

note of the configuration settings of your newsroom system.

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2 Configuration

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2.1 WinCue Configuration

In WinCue, click on the Tools menu and select Options, a WinCue

Configuration window will open, from here click on the News Interfaces option

and then on the Active Data Receiver option. The settings for the Active Data

Receiver interface will appear opposite; it is here that you configure how

WinCue and ADR communicate.

2.1.1 General Settings

This is the first window you will see upon opening the Active Data Receiver

menu.

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Auto Save – If this is checked, when WinCue receives an updated script, the

script will automatically be saved to its hard drive.

File Name – This specifies how your files will be saved if you have selected auto

save.

Keep Old Auto Saves – This specifies how long your old scripts will be kept for.

Preview Mode – This is used to monitor the data that is being sent to the

WinCue machine, when this option is selected, you will see the following

window when “Start Receiving Downloads“ is activated.

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2.1.2 Port Configurations

The next tab after General Settings is the Port Configurations tab, this is where

you set-up how your WinCue machine is going to communicate with your

newsroom system.

Firstly, you need to create a new port connection, to do this click on the Add

button.

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An ADR Port Configuration window will appear, give the new connection a

name, and then select the port type that you will be using for the connection.

If using a Serial connection enter the port details in the Serial port settings

section, if using a TCP/IP or SPX connection enter the network details in the

Network details.

Once you have entered your port details click on the Profile drop-down box

and select the Profile that you want to use, see the Profile section below to find

out how to create a Profile.

2.1.3 Profiles

The next tab after Port Configuration is the Profiles tab; this is the most important

part of the ADR system as is the used to determine how received scripts are

treated in WinCue.

Firstly, you need to create a new profile, to do this click on the Add button.

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An Add Profile box will appear, enter a name for the Profile and then click on

OK.

2.1.3.1 General

An ADR Profile Settings window will appear, it is from here that you will

configure how WinCue will handle the incoming scripts. The first Tab will contain

the settings for the font that is used to display the scripts, click on the Font

button to select the font and font size of the text.

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