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Quick Guide Autocue Teleprompter

Dalet SiteóAutocue Integration

OCTOBER 2008

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Quick Guide Autocue Teleprompter

Revision History July 2007 Document version 1 for Dalet 1.5 Oct. 2008 General Revision

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STEP 1: INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE ..............................................5

STEP 2: DALET SIDE.........................................................................5

STEP 3: AUTOCUE SIDE .....................................................................7

ADDITIONAL SETTINGS IN SCREENSHOTS ...................................................10

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Step 1: Installation of the Software

In order to be able to create an instance of the Autocue device instance on the Dalet side, make sure that:

Exchange and Distribution setup has been run, with the option Integration Gateway checked, on the computer(s) which will host the MOS server. You have to end all Dalet applications, including Dalet

Service, as well as the name server in order to run this setup.

Install the Autocue software. The computer running the Autocue software has to be registered as a host in the Dalet site.

Step 2: Dalet Side

Open the MOS AdminðMOS Device branch of the Admin module

and create an instance of the Autocue teleprompter.

Fill in a name for the device instance (and a description ). Make sure you select the computer of the Autocue as a host. The port number has to match the settings on the Autocue-side (2001 by default). Enable the Incremental checkbox, otherwise the teleprompter, once loaded will not automatically update when changes are made to the rundown/story content.

Make sure you select ASCII, since Autocue does not support UTF 16.

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Open SchedulingðStudio1. Mark the target studio for which to use the teleprompter. Open the external devices tab. Assign the device instance to the Assigned devices list.

Open Site ConfigurationðInventoryðApplication Server tab. Create an instance of the MOS server2 and for this server, check the box next to the Autocue entry.

Dalet 1.4 sites go to Broadcast PlatformðStudio

If the MOS Server is not listed, you have to enable its use Site

ConfigurationðInventoryðRegistered Types [Application Servers]. You enable a server by selecting Use in Site from the contextual menu.

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Step 3: Autocue Side QMaster

After having installed the Autocue software QMaster, place the Nexus Download Profile file into the ADR profiles folder which is located in

\...\AutoCue\ Configuration.

Make sure that you have licensed your software for “Active Data Receiver”.

Run the application and disable in the File menu “Stop Receiving Downloads”.

Open the Autocue configuration and open News InterfacesðActive Data Receiver. In the General tab, enable Start Sequences Only.

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In the Port Configuration tab, click Add and in the pop-up window, fill in the info according to the screenshot: Name: Dalet, Protocol: TCP/IP, Port 2001, and Profile: Nexus Download Profile.

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