GRASS VALLEY AURORA PLAYOUT - RELEASE NOTES AND UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS V7.1, Aurora Playout 7.1 Upgrade Instructions

Aurora Playout Version 7.1 Release

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Notes and Upgrade Instructions

These release notes contain the most recent information and supersede previous
publications, as of October 18, 2010. Check the Grass Valley website at

www.grassvalley.com/docs for an updated version th at contains additional important

information.

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Contents

Grass Valley Product Support.....................................................................................................3

Release note revisions for this release.......................................................................................5

Release Summary......................................................................................................................6

What's new in version 7.1.0.....................................................................................................6

Version 7.1...........................................................................................................................6

Feature limitations in this release........................................................................................6

Changes and features in previous releases............................................................................6

Version compatibility...................................................................................................................9

System specifications..............................................................................................................9

Compatible Grass Valley products...........................................................................................9

Compatible third party products............................................................................................10

Upgrading Aurora Playout systems...........................................................................................11

Upgrading Aurora Playout devices with SiteConfig...............................................................11

About upgrading Aurora Playout devices with SiteConfig..................................................11

Prepare for upgrade...........................................................................................................12

Prepare SiteConfig for software deployment.....................................................................12

Install prerequisite files on the control point PC.................................................................12

Upgrade K2 systems.........................................................................................................13

Distribute devices into deployment groups........................................................................13

Install High Priority Windows updates (recommended).....................................................14

Check all currently installed software on Aurora Playout devices......................................14

Add software package to deployment group for Aurora Playout devices...........................15

Upgrade software on Aurora Playout devices....................................................................15

Upgrade NAS systems......................................................................................................18

Upgrade Browse and MediaFrame systems......................................................................18

Licensing Grass Valley products...............................................................................................19

About software licensing.......................................................................................................19

Requesting a license.............................................................................................................19

Adding a license....................................................................................................................21

Deleting licenses...................................................................................................................21

Archiving licenses..................................................................................................................22

Aurora Playout licenses.........................................................................................................22

New topics................................................................................................................................23

Disabling User Account Control on Windows 7 clients..........................................................23

Searching for MOS Objects within ENPS..............................................................................23

Inserting graphics into ENPS story.......................................................................................25

Playing clips with Orad graphics............................................................................................26

Use configured web proxy settings........................................................................................27

User setting to disallow trimming within ALP.........................................................................27

Additional notes........................................................................................................................29

Setting up AMP control on a K2 Client..................................................................................29

Installing Aurora Playout software manually..........................................................................29

Installing ALP using a Configuration File...............................................................................30

Installing ALP using a Batch File...........................................................................................32

Setting up ENPS ..................................................................................................................32

Known Issues............................................................................................................................35

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Grass Valley Product Support

To get technical assistance, check on the status of a question, or to report a new issue,
contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax.

Web Technical Support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the
Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to problems.

World Wide Web: http://www.grassvalley.com/support/

Technical Support E-mail Address: [e-mail]

Telephone Support

Use the following information to contact Product Support by phone.

International Support Centers

Our international support centers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Authorized Local Support Representative

A local support representative may be available in your country. To locate a support
center during normal local business hours, refer to the following list. This list is
regularly updated on the website for Grass Valley Product Support

(http://www.grassvalley.com/support/contact/phone/)

After–hours local phone support is also available for warranty and contract customers.

Macau

In countryToll freeSupport Center

[phone][phone]France

[phone][phone]United States

TelephoneCountryRegion

[phone]ChinaAsia

[phone]Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea,

[phone]Japan

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[phone]Southeast Asia - Malaysia

[phone]Southeast Asia - Singapore

Grass Valley Product Support

South America

TelephoneCountryRegion

[phone]India

1 300 721 495AustraliaPacific

0800 846 676New Zealand

[phone]For callers outside Australia

or New Zealand

[phone]AllCentral America,

North America

Africa

North America, Mexico,
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France

Eastern Europe

Tadzhikistan, Ukraine,
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Near East and Africa

[phone];
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[phone]Benelux – Netherlands

[phone]Benelux – Belgium

[phone];
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[phone]Germany, Austria,

[phone]Belarus, Russia,

[phone]Northern Europe

[phone]Southern Europe – Italy

[phone]Southern Europe – Spain

[phone]Middle EastMiddle East, Near East,

[phone];
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Release note revisions for this release

This release of software has multiple versions of release notes, as follows:

DescriptionPart

number

Initial release notes for Aurora Playout 7.1 software071-8549-10

Topics added/modified, with the following changes:071-8549-11

• Check the Compatible Grass Valley products section to determine
the latest software version compatible with your system.

• AddMOSObjDuration is an optional setting for the ENPS global
configuration table. Check Setting up ENPS on page 32 for more
information in these release notes.

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Release Summary

Release Summary

What's new in version 7.1.0

This version of software includes several improvements, in addition to correcting
some problems that were present in earlier releases.

Version 7.1

• Windows 7 support — Aurora Playout supports the Windows 7 operating system
for 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

• Documentation for this release — In addition to these release notes, use the
following document for this release of Aurora Playout software:

• Aurora Playout User Guide v7.0 — 071-8516-05 — April, 2010

The document is on Aurora Playout 7.0 Software CD with part number 063-8267-10
or you can also search for the document at http://www.grassvalley.com/docs.

Feature limitations in this release

• For Aurora Playout to work with Windows 7, you need to disable the User Account
Control in your machine. Refer to Disabling User Account Control on Windows 7

clients on page 23 for more information in these release notes.

• Windows 2000 that was supported in previous versions of Aurora Playout software
is no longer supported.

Changes and features in previous releases

The following sections describe changes and features in past releases.

Version 7.0.0

• New Look — The look and feel of the Aurora Playout has been changed to match
the rest of the Grass Valley product lines.

• New terminology — The MediaFrame server will now be referred to as K2
BaseCamp. (The scaled-down version of the Aurora Browse/MediaFrame system
is still referred to as K2 BaseCamp Express.)

• Enhanced MOS Workflow — With this workflow, assets will be embedded with
MOS Object IDs and seen as MOS objects throughout ENPS. Therefore, a search
in ENPS can easily get the script, rundown and video assets. In addition to the

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Release Summary

ability to attach these video elements to scripts on ENPS, users can also display a
list of current MOS Object IDs for raw feeds in the Assignment List Plug-in. So,
journalists and editors now have a direct search link between wire information
within ENPS and video assets within Grass Valley. Refer to Searching for MOS

Objects within ENPS on page 23 for more information in these release notes.

• Graphics Trigger Workflow — Aurora Playout has graphics workflow through
an interface to the Orad graphics playout engine, Maestro. With this workflow,
graphics can be inserted as MOS objects into ENPS stories via the Orad plug-in.
Then, editors can place MOS-driven graphic elements on the Aurora Edit timeline
and transfer graphic timing information directly to Aurora Playout. As the story is
played to air, Aurora Playout can frame-accurately trigger the Orad graphics server
for direct play-to-air as well. Refer to Inserting graphics into ENPS story on page
25 for more information in these release notes.

• Multi-Tiered Bins in K2 Summit — Aurora Playout supports the ability to
configure playout destinations into K2 Summit's multi-level bin hierarchy feature.
The configuration needs to be set up within the SDB Server component.

• Use Configured Web Proxy Settings — You can set MediaFrame to use proxy
settings configured in your web browser to communicate with MediaFrame services.
For example, the proxy configured in Internet Explorer under Tools > Options >
Connections > LAN Settings > Proxy Server. Refer to Use configured web proxy

settings on page 27 for more information in these release notes.

• User Setting to Disallow Trimming within ALP — When launched under
Administrator control, the operator has the option of disabling trim capabilities.
Refer to User setting to disallow trimming within ALP on page 27 for more
information in these release notes.

Version 6.5.2

• SiteConfig support — Network configuration and software deployment across
all Aurora products is supported by SiteConfig, Grass Valley's system management
tool.

• Script Preview in Final Cut Pro — Scripts created through GV supported NCS
systems are now available for preview within a FireFox web browser on Final Cut
Pro.

• Copy Clip ID in ALP — A new item within the right click menu of ALP, allows
the copying of the Clip ID and can then be pasted into alternative locations for use
in file names and metadata entry.

• Administrator password – The default administrator account on Aurora devices
has credentials as follows:

• Username: administrator

• Password: adminGV!

SiteConfig expects these credentials by default.

• Documentation for this release — The following manual is new:

• SiteConfig Migration Instructions 071-8705-00

The manual is on Aurora Playout Software CD part number 063-8267-09.

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Release Summary

Version 6.5.1.62

Version 6.5

• K2 Summit compatible – The Aurora suite of software, including Aurora Playout,
is compatible with the K2 Summit software.

• MediaFrame in the Assignment List Plug-in — A MediaFrame tab has been
added to the ALP in order to allow search, preview, and highlight capabilities.

• Preview Finished Stories in ALP, Playlist, and ALM — The Assignment List
Plug-in, Aurora Playout Playlist, and Assignment List Manager all have the ability
to preview low-resolution assets that have been published as finished stories through
the news workflow.

• MediaFrame in Housekeeper — MediaFrame in Housekeeper allows users to
search a K2 MDI, preview assets, and drag and drop assets to empty placeholders
within the clip import tab.

NOTE: For MediaFrame connectivity to function between the ALP, Housekeeper,
and the Aurora Playout applications that are on a different domain than the
MediaFrame server, there must be a defined one-way trust relationship between
these systems and the MediaFrame Server.

• System Information Utility — The Help->About box now includes a System
Information Utility.

• Recue Option Change — There is now an option to prevent auto recue above the
last played item in the rundown.

• Cue All with X-Keys — X-Keys configuration now has an option to set Cue All
to a button on the panel.

• Prevent Cue All from Ejecting Playing Items — The Cue and Chain tab of
Tools/Options now allows users to prevent cue all from ejecting playing items.

• Delete Button in ALP and ALM — Users can now delete placeholders from the
ALP and ALM.

• Assign Stories to Channels not in Rotation — Users can now assign stories to
channels that are not included in the regular channel rotation, even from NRCS.

Older versions

For information about older software versions not listed in these release notes, refer
to the release notes for those versions.

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Version compatibility

Versions qualified for compatibility with this release of software are summarized in
the following sections.

System specifications

This section describes the hardware requirements that customers should use when
purchasing equipment for this release. The minimum spec describes the bare minimum
requirement for running Aurora, which may reduce the quality of user experience,
depending on the task. The expected lifespan of minimum spec equipment is also less
than that of recommended spec equipment, since it lacks head room for future growth.

NOTE: Minimum specs for SD configurations are provided only for existing SD
customers upgrading to this release. New customers should use HD configurations.

Aurora Playout

RECOMMENDED SpecMINIMUM Spec

Processor

Graphics

OS

Notes

Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2.3
GHz

Integrated or discrete
graphics with 128 MB of
memory and support for
Direct3D 9 and Shader
Model 3.0

Windows XP Pro 32 SP2 or
Windows 2003 Server SP2
or Windows 7

It is the customer’s responsibility to ensure that the system
has sufficient number and type of expansion slots to meet
the intended use. Playout requires one free PCI slot for each
Comtrol 422 and Sealevel GPIO board.

Intel Core 2 Dual Core 2.3
GHz

2 GB1 GBMemory

Discrete graphics with 128
MB of dedicated memory
and support for Direct3D 9
and Shader Model 3.0

80 GB 7200 RPM SATA80 GB 7200 RPM SATASystem Drive

CD/DVDCD/DVDOptical Drive

Gigabit EthernetGigabit EthernetNetwork

Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or
Windows 7

Compatible Grass Valley products

Grass Valley products are compatible with this release of software as follows:

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Version compatibility

CommentsVersionProduct

—7.1.0.8Aurora Browse client

Server

K2 system software

files

7.1.0.18Aurora Browse MediaFrame

7.1.0.273Aurora Edit

7.1.0.68Aurora Ingest

3.3.2.1401 for K2 Media
Client

7.2.7.1397 for K2 Summit
Production Client

1.0.0Grass Valley prerequisite

With Windows Server 2003

SQL Server 2005 SP3

—7.1.0.15Aurora Proxy Encoder

With compatible version of
SQL

With compatible version of
SQL

—3.3.2.1401 or 7.2.7.1397Generic iSCSI Installer

—3.3.2.1401 or 7.2.7.1397GVG_MLib Installer

With compatible version of
SNFS

—2.0.13.567M-Series system software

—1.4.0.451SiteConfig application

The prerequisite file must be
installed on the SiteConfig
control point PC.

Compatible third party products

Products by manufacturers other than Grass Valley are compatible with this release
of software as follows:

6.00.0042ENPS

3.1.1.2iNEWS Client

3.1.1.2iNEWS Server

3.0.0.47iNEWS MOS Gateway

Microsoft Windows

On-Air-Graphics System)

XP with Service Pack 3,
Windows 7

6.0.5.6054Octopus

5.0.0.1564Orad (Maestro

CommentsVersionProduct

Windows 7 supported on
Playout clients

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Upgrading Aurora Playout systems

This section contains the tasks necessary for the upgrade to this release of software.

Upgrading Aurora Playout devices with SiteConfig

This section contains the tasks for using SiteConfig to upgrade to this release of
software. Work through the tasks sequentially to complete the upgrade.

NOTE: These upgrade instructions assume that current software is at version 6.5.0
or higher. If you have a lower version of software, contact Grass Valley Support
before upgrading.

About upgrading Aurora Playout devices with SiteConfig

With the upgrade instructions in this document, you use SiteConfig from a network
connected control point PC and remotely upgrade software simultaneously on your
Aurora product devices. This is the recommended process for software upgrades.

NOTE: Do not use the upgrade instructions in this document if upgrading with
SiteConfig for the first time.

If SiteConfig was not used for your previous software upgrade, do not use the upgrade
instructions in these release notes. Instead, use the SiteConfig Migration Instructions.
Before you upgrade software using SiteConfig, each of your Aurora product devices
must be migrated to become a SiteConfig managed device. This includes installing
SiteConfig support on the device, manually uninstalling any and all Aurora components,
and qualifying the device for communication with SiteConfig. These instructions are
in the SiteConfig Migration Instructions. Also refer to the SiteConfig User Manual or
SiteConfig Help Topics.

The upgrade instructions in this document apply to the following device:

• Aurora Playout Platform

To upgrade software using SiteConfig, you must first have SiteConfig set up for system
management and software deployment in your facility. These upgrade instructions
assume that you have already done that for your K2 SAN. Then you add your Aurora
product devices to the SiteConfig system description that you are using for your K2
SAN.

NOTE: Do not attempt to upgrade software incrementally across the devices of a
K2 SAN while media access is underway. Online software upgrading is not supported.

The following installation tasks provide information specifically for the upgrade to
this version of software. Read the information in these sections carefully before
attempting any upgrade to software.

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Upgrading Aurora Playout systems

Prepare for upgrade

Before upgrading, do the following:

• Procure the software installation files for this release via the appropriate distibution
method, such as download, CD-ROM, network drive, or external drive.

• Start up the devices you are upgrading, if they are not already started.

• Stop all media access on the devices you are upgrading.

• Shut down all applications on the devices you are upgrading.

Prepare SiteConfig for software deployment

Do the following to prepare SiteConfig for the software upgrade.

1. Make the following files accessible to the SiteConfig control point PC:

• Aurora Playout software installation (*.cab) file

• PCmonitoring software installation (*.cab) file

2. If a newer version of SiteConfig is available for upgrade and you have not yet
upgraded SiteConfig, do the following:

a) From Windows Add/Remove programs, uninstall the current version of

SiteConfig from the control point PC.

b) Install the new version of SiteConfig on the control point PC.

3. If not already present in the SiteConfig system description, configure deployment
groups as follows:

• A deployment group that contains your Aurora Playout devices.

Install prerequisite files on the control point PC

Some software components, such as those for Aurora products, share common
prerequisite software. You must install a prerequisite software package on the control
point PC to make the prerequisite software available for software deployment to
devices.

1. Check release notes for the required version of prerequisite files, if any.

2. On the SiteConfig control point PC, open Windows Add/Remove programs and
look for Grass Valley Prerequisite Files, then proceed as follows:

• If the required version of prerequisite files is installed, do not proceed with this

task.

• If prerequisite files are not installed or are not at the required version, proceed

with this task.

3. Procure the required prerequisite software installation file. The file name is

Prerequisite Files.msi.

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