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Grass Valley Cobalt User Manual

Cobalt User Manual
Document version: 3.0- 5-15-2012
Grass Valley Product Support .......................................................................................................... 3
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2.Workstation system requirements for Cobalt ................................................................................... 3
3.Cobalt introduction ........................................................................................................................... 4
4.Cobalt Manager ................................................................................................................................ 5
4.1 Starting the Cobalt Manager ..................................................................................................... 5
5.Playout Control (POC) ...................................................................................................................... 6
5.1 Starting POC ............................................................................................................................. 7
5.2 Displaying Channels in the horizontal view .............................................................................. 7
5.3 Opening off-air and on-air Playlists in the vertical view ............................................................ 8
5.4 The Active Playlist ..................................................................................................................... 8
5.5 Actions on the vertical View for active Playlists ...................................................................... 12
5.6 Asset Search ........................................................................................................................... 13
5.7 Fixed, Follow On and Manual Events ..................................................................................... 13
5.8 Actions on the vertical View for off-air Playlists ...................................................................... 13
5.9 Creating a new Playlist ........................................................................................................... 14
5.10 Replacing, removing or adding a Format for an Event ........................................................ 14
5.11 Editing an Event .................................................................................................................. 15
5.12 Adding Assets from TX/MAM to POC to create Events ...................................................... 15
5.13 Defining Channel Views ...................................................................................................... 16
5.14 Activating a Playlist.............................................................................................................. 17
5.15 Schedule Import .................................................................................................................. 18
6.The Operator Panel ........................................................................................................................ 19
7.Asset Manager: defining and editing Channels ............................................................................. 20
7.1 Starting Asset Manager .......................................................................................................... 20
7.2 Defining and editing Channels ................................................................................................ 20
7.3 CHANNEL Base Type ............................................................................................................. 21
7.4 User Management ................................................................................................................... 22
8.Asset Importer ................................................................................................................................ 23
8.1 Asset Importer How to............................................................................................................. 23
9.Format Control ............................................................................................................................... 26
9.1 Starting Format Control ........................................................................................................... 26
9.2 Decisions ................................................................................................................................. 26
9.3 Actions .................................................................................................................................... 27
9.4 Creating new Rules ................................................................................................................. 27
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1. Grass Valley Product Support
Contact information: http://www.grassvalley.com/support/contact U.S Technical Support: +1 800-547-4989 or +1 530 478 4148 or E-mail: Please use our online form All other countries Technical Support: +800 80 80 20 20 or +33 1 48 25 20 20 or E-mail: callcentre@grassvalley.com FAQ: http://grassvalley.novosolutions.net/ Training: https://grassvalley.csod.com/LMS/catalog/Main.aspx?tab_page_id=-67&tab_id=6
2. Workstation system requirements for Cobalt
Any Windows PC will suffice for the Cobalt GUI. Following guidelines can be followed:
Memory : 2GB or better  Graphics card: 128 MB or better  Hard disk: 250 GB or better  Network: 1 Gbit or better  OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7  Monitor: WXGA (1280x800) or better (depending on the number of Channels in the vertical
POC-view)
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3. Cobalt introduction
The Cobalt application runs on a (Windows) PC and consists of four components:
Cobalt Manager: launches the Cobalt components.  Playout Control (POC): real-time monitoring and control of on-air Channels; create and modify
playlists off-air.
Asset Manager: replaced by TX/MAM. Only used for Channel configuration.  Week Planner: replaced by TX/MAM.
The Cobalt applications run on a (Windows) PC. The Cobalt processes run on the TX/MAM, Playout and Storage servers.
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4. Cobalt Manager
Status information displayed (manual ingest only):
ingest distribution: progress (percentage) attempt number x out of 10 - asset ID transfer status MB's ingested
number of files in ingest queues
Keep in mind not to exit the Cobalt Manager while ingest or any other Cobalt process is active. Exiting Cobalt Manager will stop file transfer.
4.1 Starting the Cobalt Manager
To open the Cobalt Manager, double-click the Cobalt manager icon on your desktop.
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5. Playout Control (POC)
Playlist(s) can be monitored and edited in POC. Features include:
real-time monitoring and control of on-air Channels  create and modify playlists off-air  single or multi-channel monitoring  last minute changes  Schedule import  Operator panel
The example POC-interface above shows:
A) The horizontal view shows Channels in a timeline format. B) This vertical view shows an active, on-air Playlist. The ON AIR sign indicates that this Playlist
is active. C) The Operator Panel, used to trigger actions for a Channel. D) This vertical view shows an off-air Playlist.
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5.3 Opening off-air and on-air Playlists in the vertical view
To specify the number of vertical views you want to display, click the icon.
The selector opens.
Use the cursor to select the number of views you want to display, and then click again to select.
Example 3 vertical Playlists selected.
To open or create an off-air Playlist:
On the main menu, click View > Playlists. Select the Playlist you want to open and drag into the vertical view, on the Playlist’s top bar.  Select the <New Playlist> option to create a new Playlist.
To open an on-air, active Playlist:
On the main menu, click View > Channels.
Select the Channel you want to open and drag into the vertical view, on the Playlist’s top bar.
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Example active Playlist icons and columns.
5.4.1 Playout System Date and Time
The clock in the upper right corner of active Playlists shows the playout system's date and time.
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If an active Playlist's clock is displayed in red, the dataserver service is not available and needs to be restarted by Engineering.
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