Grass Valley GV STRATUS User Manual v.2.0
GV STRATUS PLAYOUT
CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR AUTOMATION
AND MONITORING
Operator Guide
M3021-9900-200
15 May 2015
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Title GV STRATUS Playout Operator Guide
Part Number M3021-9900-200
Revision 15 May 2015
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introducing GV STRATUS Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Getting Started as the designated system administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Getting Started as a transmission operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Opening and logging into the GV STRATUS Playout web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Overview of the web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
GV STRATUS Playout system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
2 Configuring your account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Synchronizing time between GV STRATUS Playout and the SSP-3801 cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Configuring user groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Creating a user group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Modifying the user group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Configuring user profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Adding new users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Modifying the user details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Deleting a user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Creating a new channel type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Changing the channel type settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Editing media locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Deleting media locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Editing media credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Deleting media credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Configuring channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
About channel hierarchies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Creating a new channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Modifying channel details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Creating a channel hierarchy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Implementing high availability for channels (channel failover) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Setting up backup channels for failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
About off air behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Grouping channels into a view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Creating a new channel view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Deleting a view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Setting up devices in GV STRATUS Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Creating a device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Viewing and updating device details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Viewing the status of a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Configuring the router for source events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Opening a device’s web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
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Configuring the system administration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Updating the News tab on the Home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Configuring the Home page banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Configuring the default date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Configuring the default time zone offset for the channel types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Configuring the contact details for the designated system administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
3 Registering and Managing Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Managing assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Editing an asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Viewing in which schedule the asset appears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Searching for assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Deleting an asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Registering media and importing schedules using the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Installing the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Configuring the watch folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Registering multiple media locations in the asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Importing media files manually into the watch folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Synchronizing the registered media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Synchronizing the file pre-processing jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Removing a file pre-processing job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Importing media files manually into the file pre-processing job folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Performing a failover to the backup (Standby) account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Exporting the As Run logs using the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Converting media using the File Processing Node application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Supported Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Installing the File Processing Node application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Setting up a job to convert a media file to compatible format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Performing a failover to the backup (Standby) deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Monitoring and managing media processing jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Setting job priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Canceling a job and send it back to the processing queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Deleting a job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Reviewing missing material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Printing the list of missing assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
About Evergreen Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
4 Monitoring and Controlling the Broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Monitoring channels using the Monitor Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Monitoring channels using the Channel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Changing the scale of the timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Controlling the playout of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Monitoring a channel using Channel Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Viewing a channel in the Channel Control page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Appending a schedule to the playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Appending events from a schedule to the playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Emptying the channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Editing the playlist on a specific channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
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Showing and hiding secondary events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Viewing the history of the channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Controlling the playout of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Breaking away to a live event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Using Join in Progress to compensate for a time delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Viewing the count down to a specific event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Manually enabling or disabling secondary events in the playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Resynchronizing a backup channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Performing a manual failover to a backup channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
About Event Status and Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
5 Working with Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Editing schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Adding a primary event to a schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Inserting a clip in the schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Editing Event Details for primary events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
About the behavior of automatic and fixed primary events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adding secondary events to the schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Editing Event Details for secondary events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Showing or hiding the secondary events in the schedule grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Deleting an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Dropping or un-dropping an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Rearranging events in the schedule grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Exporting the schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Creating a new schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Copying a schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Appending a schedule to a schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Appending the events from a schedule to another schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Displaying a different timezone in the schedule grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Emptying a schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Deleting a schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
6 Administrating the Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
About the Home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
About the News tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Viewing the status and response time for the service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Viewing active alerts in the service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Viewing the statistics for the service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Downloading the end user documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Reading about changes in the service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Downloading the latest SSP-3801 software updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Viewing technical logs for the service (System Logs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Viewing user operations (User Logs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Viewing transmission error logs (TX Error Logs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Exporting a log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Requesting a diagnostics report from a device registered to a card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Renewing a device’s security certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Testing response time for the web client, the service, and the SSP-3801 cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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Appendix A Contact Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Related documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Customer service and sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Corporate headquarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
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Introduction
This chapter contains the following sections:
Introducing GV STRATUS Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Opening and logging into the GV STRATUS Playout web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview of the web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
GV STRATUS Playout system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Introducing GV STRATUS Playout
GV STRATUS Playout is a cloud-based, Software as a Service (SaaS) that relies on true cloudcomputing technology coupled with SSP-3801 HD/SD solid state playout cards.
The GV STRATUS Playout service provides the distribution network for media management,
metadata, and schedules from the cloud. The GV STRATUS Playout solution moves the IT
infrastructure, platform, and software into the cloud while the media storage and playout
cards remain on premise allowing you to retain full control of the location and movement
of your media and devices.
GV STRATUS Playout is based upon the Microsoft Azure platform and will be hosted in a
number of different data centers (US, Europe and Asia) allowing you to connect to the one
closest for the fastest user experience. The web client provides easy access to the GV
STRATUS Playout service through a standard Google Chrome browser from any computer.
Through the web interface, you can monitor and control live channels, edit and create
schedules, preview and manage media assets, and configure your account settings.
The Densité SSP-3801 is a solid state HD/SD playout server card that is housed in the
Densité 3RU frame. It is essentially a “channel on a card”. The card pulls a copy of the playlist
from the GV STRATUS Playout service, caches the required media from defined media
storage locations, and then plays the media events on air according to the scheduled times
or the manual control commands sent to the GV STRATUS Playout service through the GV
STRATUS Playout web client.
Fig. 1-1: HD/SD Solid-State Playout card (SSP-3801) and GV STRATUS Playout web client
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For more information about the SSP-3801 card, refer to its documentation:
• SSP-3801 Installation and Configuration Guide (M931-9905-110)
• SSP-3801 User Guide (M931-9900-110)
Getting Started
Although the documentation is organized loosely around four typical roles (designated
system administrator, system engineer, transmission operator, and ingest operator), this
may not reflect the practices of your organization. Roles may be defined differently or
assigned to multiple people. The following process is a general description of the steps for
getting started.
The first step is a customer account is created for your organization on Master and Standby
deployments and configured with the necessary security measures. An initial system
administrator user profile is created and login instructions are provided to the person
designated as the point of contact for the role of system administrator. For more
information on the role of designated system administrator, see
designated system administrator, on page 10.
Before going live, you will go through four phases: Installation, Configuration, and
Preparation, Pre-production.
Fig. 1-2: GV STRATUS Playout components
Getting Started as the
Phase 1: Installation and configuration of on-premise components
A system engineer must set up the on-premise components:
1 Install and configure the SSP-3801 cards as required. For more information, see SSP-
3801 Installation and Configuration Guide. To register the cards as devices in your GV
STRATUS Playout account, see
2 Install and configure the traffic system and any other devices as required.
step 6 under Phase 2: Configuration.
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3 Synchronize the clocks with a time source so the SSP-3801 cards and GV STRATUS
Playout web clients are in sync with each other and with the GV STRATUS Playout
service. For more information, see
and the SSP-3801 cards, on page 18.
Phase 2: Configuration of your GV STRATUS Playout account
The designated system administrator must configure the settings for the account:
1 Define the user groups. The user groups determine what functionality a user is allowed
to view in the interface and use. For more information, see
page 18.
2 Create the user profiles. User profiles are the accounts for individual users. For more
information, see
3 Create the channel types. A channel type is a collection of settings applied as a group
to a number of channels with common characteristics. For more information, see
Creating a new channel type, on page 25.
4 Configure the channels. For more information, see Configuring channels, on page 35.
5 Create views. A view is a collection of channels that are viewed as a group. For more
information, see
6 Register each SSP-3801 card as a device and assign it a channel, see Setting up devices
in GV STRATUS Playout, on page 43.
Configuring user profiles, on page 23.
Grouping channels into a view, on page 41.
Synchronizing time between GV STRATUS Playout
Configuring user groups, on
Phase 3: Preparation of assets and schedules
The designated system administrator or ingest operator must make sure that all the
elements for building a playlist are ready:
1 Prepare the media files for broadcast and register them as assets. For more information,
Registering and Managing Assets, on page 51 and Registering media and
see
importing schedules using the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway, on page 59.
2 Prepare and import the schedules. For more information, see Working with Schedules,
on page 101 and the BXF API specification.
Phase 4: Pre-production
The designated system administrator or system engineer must test the implementation to
ensure that the broadcast will run smoothly:
1 Add schedules to channels. For more information, see Appending a schedule to the
playlist, on page 87.
2 Monitor and control the channels. For more information, see Monitoring and
Controlling the Broadcast, on page 79.
Getting Started as the designated system administrator
When your customer account is created and the initial administrator user profile is created,
one person from your organization must be designated as the system administrator. This
person is responsible for the following:
• Creating user groups to provide the appropriate level of access to the functionality
available in the GV STRATUS Playout service and managing the user groups so they
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continue to meet your organization’s needs. For more information on user groups, see
Configuring user groups, on page 18.
• Creating and managing the user profiles required for the members of your organization
granted access to the GV STRATUS Playout service, and ensuring that they are assigned
to the appropriate user group. For more information on user profiles, see
user profiles, on page 23.
• Configuring the GV STRATUS Playout account and ensuring that the required onpremise components are installed and configured. For more information, see
Installation and configuration of on-premise components, on page 9 and Phase 2:
Configuration of your GV STRATUS Playout account, on page 10.
• Ensuring that all the schedules and assets that are required are available. For more
information, see
• Reporting issues to technical support. Although multiple individuals may be assigned
an Administrator-level user profile, the designated system administrator is sole point of
contact for all communications with technical support.
Registering and Managing Assets, on page 51.
Getting Started as a transmission operator
Once the designated system administrator has configured the settings for the account,
registered the assets, and imported the schedules, the transmission operators can begin
putting channels on air. Transmission operators are responsible for the following:
• Controlling the channel’s playlist. For more information, see Monitoring a channel
using Channel Control, on page 84.
• Monitoring the playout. For more information, see Monitoring channels using the
Monitor Wall, on page 80 and Monitoring channels using the Channel Overview, on
page 80.
• Editing the schedules. For more information, see Working with Schedules, on page 101.
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Configuring
Phase 1:
Opening and logging into the GV STRATUS Playout web interface
The designated system administrator creates the user profiles that determine your login
information, the permissions that you have been granted in the service, and what pages
and functionality you will be able to use. The login information you need is the email
address that will serve as your user name and the password associated with that email
address.
Google Chrome is the recommended browser for accessing the GV STRATUS Playout web
client. Once you enter the web address of the GV STRATUS Playout portal provided to you
by the designated system administrator, you will be prompted to provide your login
information.
IMPORTANT
To access the GV STRATUS Playout web interface, a display with a minimum
screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and the latest version of Google
Chrome at 100% zoom in full-screen (F11) mode is recommended.
The pages and functionality made available to you might differ from that described in the
user documentation since the interface is affected by the permissions granted to your user
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top menu
web client clock
service header
Overview of the web interface
profile through the user group to which you belong. In most cases, the first page you will
see is the Home page. For more information about the pages in GV STRATUS Playout, see
Overview of the web interface, on page 12.
To open the web interface:
1 Open a web browser.
2 In the address bar, type: http://www.cloud.grassvalley.com.
3 Click the name of the deployment provided to you by the designated system
administrator. The checkmarks indicate the location of each deployment.
• To select a master deployment, click the Master tab and click the name of your
• To select a standby deployment (to which the production master fails over to), click
4 If you have more than one GV STRATUS Playout account (email address), then a page
listing your accounts is displayed. Click the one you wish to use to login to the GV
STRATUS Playout service. If you do not have more than one account, skip this step.
5 In the Google sign in page, type the password associated to the account and click Sign
In.
production master.
the Warm Standby tab and click the name of your production warm standby
deployment.
Overview of the web interface
The GV STRATUS Playout cloud services are accessed through the Google Chrome web
browser. Once you have logged in to the service, you can navigate to the various pages
using the top menu.
GV STRATUS Playout always uses UTC time internally. The web client’s internal time is
displayed in the clock in the service header. This clock should always match actual UTC
time. For convenience, however, some pages include the ability to display time using a
different time zone.
Fig. 1-3: Home page
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Since the service may manage a large number of channels, the designated system
administrator may divide the channels into logical groups, which are referred to as views.
Each view contains a limited number of channels which can be seen as a group on the
Monitor Wall, Channel Overview, and Channel Control pages. A view provides a quick way
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to see a targeted subset of channels so an operator does not have to repeatedly scroll
through all the channels to locate the ones of interest.
Colored callouts may appear in several areas on the web interface to call your attention to
important information such as notifications and alerts in the service. For example, a callout
will appear on the Missing Materials page to display the number of assets which are
scheduled or calculated to go on air as a primary or secondary event, but whose media files
have not been registered yet.
Since the web interface can be customized by the designated system administrator, some
pages or other functionality may be hidden from view. The following describes the main
pages that are available in the top menu by default:
Page Description
Home The Home page contains the following tabs:
• News: provides a message board for designated system administrator
to communicate with all users. For more information, see
News tab, on page 130.
• Support Dashboard: displays the service status, known issues, and
cloud response time for the cloud services. For more information, see
Viewing the status and response time for the service, on page 132.
•Active Alerts: lists the current alerts occurring on the devices in your
account. F
on page 132.
• Statistics: provides performance information for the channels in
your account.
service, on page 133.
• Documentation: contains links to the manuals available for GV
STRATUS Playout and the
Downloading the end user documentation, on page 133.
• Change History: provides a frequently updated list of the changes
made to the services.
changes in the service, on page 134.
Monitor Wall The Monitor Wall is a page from which you can monitor a collection of
up to 17 channels. For more information, see
or more information, see Viewing active alerts in the service,
For more information, see Viewing the statistics for the
SSP-3801 card. For more information, see
For more information, see Reading about
Monitoring channels
About the
using the Monitor Wall, on page 80.
Channel Overview The Channel Overview is a page from which you can monitor the
playout of a collection of channels. For more information, see
Monitoring channels using the Channel Overview, on page 80.
Channel Control The Channel Control page is intended for transmission operators to
control live channels. For more information, see
Monitoring a
channel using Channel Control, on page 84.
Schedule Edit The Schedule Edit page allows operators to create or modify schedules.
For more information, see
Asset Management The Asset Management page provides an interface for searching for
registered assets, editing their details, and previewing the available
proxy media files. For more information, see
page 52.
Missing Material The Missing Material page lists the assets for which the media file is
either missing or has not yet been registered. For more information, see
Reviewing missing material, on page 76.
Working with Schedules, on page 101.
Managing assets, on
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Page Description
Media Processing The Media Processing page lists the media files being processed by the
File Processing Nodes. For more information, see
managing media processing jobs, on page 73.
Settings The Settings page contains a menu of tabs containing configurable
settings for the service. For more information, see
account, on page 17.
Logging The Logging page provides a collection of logs and reports. For more
information, see
page 134, Viewing user operations (User Logs), on page 135 and
Viewing transmission error logs (TX Error Logs), on page 136.
Viewing technical logs for the service (System Logs), on
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Browser requirements
• The latest version of Google Chrome is recommended and supported.
• Other HTML5-compliant browsers are available and can be used, but are not officially
supported.
• Internet Explorer is currently not supported.
• JavaScript must be enabled.
• Cookies must be enabled.
• Plugins, such as Java, Flash or Silverlight, are not required.
Monitoring and
Configuring your
Client Requirements
Computer:
• A desktop with a wired Internet connection is recommended.
• Laptops, tablets, and other wireless devices may be used, if required. Mobile devices
that support Google Chrome may be used and are subject to the same system
requirements.
• An operating system supported by Google Chrome is required, which currently
includes Windows, Mac OS and Linux. GV STRATUS Playout is browser dependent, but
not platform dependent. For Windows-based systems, minimum recommended
system requirements are Windows 7 with an Intel Core-based processor and 4GB RAM.
Screen:
• A display with a minimum screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels is recommended to
use Chrome at 100% zoom in full-screen (F11) mode. A screen resolution of 1920 x 1200
is recommended for non-full screen mode.
• Smaller resolution screens can be used with Chrome at a reduced zoom.
Clock:
For more information about synchronizing time, see Synchronizing time between GV
STRATUS Playout and the SSP-3801 cards, on page 18.
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• The system clock on the computer from which the GV STRATUS Playout web client is
accessed should be set to synchronize with a time source such as an NTP server or the
station master clock acting as an NTP server.
• If the system clock on the web client’s computer is set to local time, it must be set
correctly using the appropriate time zone settings.
• The SSP-3801 cards and the system clock on the computer from which the GV STRATUS
Playout web client is accessed should also be in sync with each other.
The system clock requirements do not apply to applications or systems
interacting with GV STRATUS Playout through the API such as for systems
running the GV STRATUS Playout Gateway, the
traffic (BXF) systems.
File Processing Node or
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This chapter contains the following sections:
Synchronizing time between GV STRATUS Playout and the SSP-3801 cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring user groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring user profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Creating a new channel type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Implementing high availability for channels (channel failover) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
About off air behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Grouping channels into a view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting up devices in GV STRATUS Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Opening a device’s web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configuring the system administration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Synchronizing time between GV STRATUS Playout and the SSP3801 cards
It is important that the time sources for the GV STRATUS Playout web client and the SSP3801 cards are synchronized. If the clocks are not in sync, then some features may not
behave as expected.
SSP-3801 card uses and displays time in UTC. It obtains the date from an NTP server and
time from a choice of time sources. For more information, see SSP-3801 Installation and
Configuration Guide. Its date and time are displayed at the top left of its web interface.
Both the GV STRATUS Playout cloud service and the web clients use UTC internally. Time
management for the cloud service is not required, but each web client relies on the system
clock on the computer from which the web interface is accessed to calculate the UTC date
and time. The date and time calculated by the web client is displayed at the top right of the
web interface beside the Log Out button.
To ensure that the time is accurate, the system clock on the computer should be set to
synchronize with a time source such as an NTP server or the station master clock acting as
an NTP server. The system clock on the computer can be set to UTC or local time. If it is set
to local time, it must be set correctly using the appropriate time zone settings. The time
displayed at the top of both the GV STRATUS Playout and SSP-3801 card web interfaces
should always match actual UTC time.
Since GV STRATUS Playout uses the system clock as a time reference for its functionality, it is
important that the SSP-3801 cards and the system clock on the computer from which the
GV STRATUS Playout web interface is accessed are also in sync with each other. If they are
not, then some features that rely on timing such as Count To and Manual Take Delay may
not give the expected results.
For both the card and the web client’s system clock to be in sync, one of the following must
be implemented:
• If the SSP-3801 cards are not synchronized to a station master clock, then the web
client’s system clock and the SSP-3801 cards should be configured to use the same NTP
server as their time source, if possible.
• If the time source used by the SSP-3801 card can also function as an NTP server, then
the web client system clocks should be configured to use the same time source as the
card.
Although GV STRATUS Playout always uses UTC internally, some pages such as Channel
Control, Schedule Edit, and Asset Management can display time in other timezones
according to the channel type settings. For more information on channel types, see
Configuring channels, on page 35 and Creating a new channel type, on page 25.
Configuring user groups
A user group defines what functionality is available to a group of users. By creating user
groups, you can consistently apply the same settings to a number of user profiles rather
than configuring each of them separately.
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The service contains two pre-configured user groups:
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• Administrators: the Administrators user group is configured with access to all
functionality.
• Users: the Users user group is configured with access to all functionality, except the
Settings page which is only accessible to Administrator-level user profiles.
Fig. 2-1: Example of the User Administration page
User profiles configured as part of the Administrators user group are granted access to all
the available functionality in the account, including making configuration changes on the
tabs available from the Settings page. Although multiple individuals may be assigned an
Administrator-level user profile, the designated system administrator is sole point of
contact for all communications with technical support.
User profiles configured as part of the Users user group are granted access to all
functionality, except the Settings page. The Settings page is restricted to the Administrators
user group only. When you create a new user group, it is based on the functionality
available in the Users user group, but you determine what the users are able to access by
selecting what you want to hide or disable from their view.
The functionality in the account is divided into the pages available in the web interface and
operations (groups of related functionality). To make pages or operations inaccessible from
the user’s view, you select what you want to disallow and add it to one of the Disallowed
panes.
The Tabs list contains the pages and tabs that you can add to the Disallowed Tabs pane. The
pages or tabs that you place in the Disallowed Tabs pane will be hidden from the users of
that user group when they log in to the service.
The Operations list contains the operations that you can add to the Disallowed Operations
pane. The group that you place in the Disallowed Operations pane will result with those
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operations being hidden or disabled from the users of that user group when they log in to
the service.
The Operations list contains the following groups:
Group Functionality included in group
Asset Controls Delete From the Asset Management page:
Asset Controls Edit From the Asset Management page:
Asset Controls Update Status From the Asset Management page:
Channel Control From the Channel Control page:
• Delete Asset
•Save As
• Update Asset
• Status (list is disabled)
• Append Schedule
•Append Events
• Empty Channel
•Cue Next
•Recue
•Take Next
•Hold Next
•Drop Next
Channel Control Backup From Channel Control page:
•Resync
•Failover
Channel Control Edit From the Channel Control page:
•Edit Playlist
Channel Control JIP From Channel Control page:
•JIP
•Cancel JIP
Channel Manual Controls From Manual Controls on the Channel Control page:
•Logo 1 On
•Logo 1 Set/ Unset
•Logo 2 On
•Logo 2 Set/ Unset
•Graphic on
•Graphic Set/Unset
•External Keyer On
•Audio 4 On
•Audio 4 Set/Unset
• Suppress Keyers
• Suppress VANC
Channel Manual Controls
VCHIP
From Manual Controls on the Channel Control page:
•VCHIP On
•VCHIP Set
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Channel Overview Controls From the Channel Overview page:
• Breakaway Selected
•Return Selected
•Cue Selected
• Take Selected
•Hold Selected
•Drop Next Selected
Live Controls From the Live Controls toolbar on the Channel Control page:
•Return Take
•Return
Live Controls Breakaway From the Live Controls toolbar on the Channel Control page:
• Breakaway-A
• Breakaway-B
Live Controls Breakaway Hold From the Live Controls toolbar on the Channel Control page:
• Breakaway Hold-A
• Breakaway Hold-B
Logging System Logs From the Logging page:
•System Logs tab
Logging TX Error Logs From the Logging page:
•TX Error Logs tab
Logging User Logs From the Logging page:
•User Logs tab
Media Job Delete From the Media Processing page:
• Delete Job
Media Job Edit From the Media Processing page:
•Back to Queue
•Set Priority
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Group Functionality included in group
Schedule Controls Delete From the Schedule Edit page:
Schedule Controls Edit From the Schedule Edit page:
• Delete Schedule
• Empty Schedule
• Delete Event
•Edit > Cut
•New Schedule
• Copy Schedule
• Delete Schedule
• Append Schedule
•Append Events
• Add Secondary
• Insert Event
•Append Event
• Edit > Copy, Paste, Drop, Un-Drop, Print List, and Export to
CSV
• Update Event
•Insert
• replacing events using the ID button (ID button is disabled)
Creating a user group
A user group defines what features are available to a group of users. When you create a new
user group, it is based on the functionality available in the Users user group, but you can
restrict that access by selecting which pages or operations are visible and available to the
user profiles assigned to the new user group when they log in to the service. For example,
you can create a user group for transmission operators with monitoring capabilities only by
hiding the Schedule Edit page.
To create a user group:
1 In the top menu, click Settings.
2Click the User Administration tab.
3Click New Group.
4In the Enter group name box, type an identifying name for the group.
5Click Create.
6In the Group Management pane, you configure the user group. Click the name of the
user group you created.
7The Disallowed Tabs pane contains the names of the pages that are hidden from the
user’s view. In the list at the bottom of the Disallowed Tab pane, click the name of a
page that you want to hide and click Add to add a page to the list of hidden pages.
• To remove a page from the list so it is available again, click the page in the
Disallowed Tabs pane and click Remove Tab.
• To clear the list, click Remove All.
8The Disallowed Operations pane contains the names of the groups of operations that
are hidden or disabled from the user’s view. In the list at the bottom of the Disallowed
Operations pane, click the name of the group that you want to disallow and click Add
to add the group to the list of inaccessible operations.
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• To remove a group from the list so its operations are available again, click the name
of the group in the Disallowed Operations pane and click Remove Operation.
• To clear the list, click Remove All.
9Click Update Group.
Modifying the user group
The Disallowed Tabs and Disallowed Operations panes determine what is accessible to the
user profile assigned to the user group. Entries in those panes will result with that
functionality being hidden or disabled from the users of that user group when they log in
to the service.
To modify a user group:
1 In the top menu, click Settings.
2Click the User Administration tab.
3In the Group Management pane, click the name of the user group you want to modify.
4The Disallowed Tabs pane contains the pages that are hidden from the user’s view.
Change as required:
• To add a page to the pane: In the list below the pane, click the name of the page
you want to hide and click Add.
• To remove a page from the pane: In the Disallowed Tabs pane, click the page you
want to remove and click Remove Tab.
• To clear the pane: Click Remove All.
5The Disallowed Operations pane contains the names of the groups of operations that
are hidden or disabled in the user’s view. Change as required:
• To add a group to the pane: In the list below the pane, click the name of the group
you want to disallow and click Add.
• To remove a group from the pane so its operations are available again, click the
name of the group in the Disallowed Operations pane and click Remove
Operation.
• To clear the pane: Click Remove All.
6Click Update Group.
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Configuring user profiles
A user profile is a record for a user in GV STRATUS Playout. It contains information such as
the log on email, name, and contact information for the specific user. Each user profile is
assigned to a user group which defines what functionality the user is allowed to view in the
interface and use. The service contains two pre-configured user groups:
• Administrators: the Administrators user group is configured with access to all
functionality.
• Guests: the Guests user group is configured with access to all functionality, except the
Settings page which is only accessible to Administrators.
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User Administration tab Settings page
User profile
Adding new users
Fig. 2-2: Example of the Settings> User Administration page
Adding new users
New users are identified by the email they use to log in to the GV STRATUS Playout. By
default a new user is assigned to the Guest user group, which restricts their access to many
pages and buttons.
To add a ne w user :
1 In the top menu, click Settings.
2Click the User Administration tab.
3Click New User.
4In the Enter user email address field, type the email address for the user.
5Click Create. The new user is highlighted in the Users list.
6In the User Details section, enter the following:
•In the Name field, type the name of the user.
•In the Contact Number field, type a phone number where the user can be reached.
•In the Member of Group list, click the user group to which you want the user to be
assigned. The Guest group is assigned by default, but it can be changed to any
available user group.
7Click Update User.
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To modify the user profile:
1 In the top menu, click Settings.
2Click the User Administration tab.
3In the Users list, click the email address of the profile that you want to update.
4In the User Details section, enter the following:
•In the Name field, type the name of the user.
•In the Contact Number field, type a phone number where the user can be reached.
•In the Member of Group list, click the user group to which you want the user to be
assigned.
5Click Update User.
Deleting a user
To delete a user profile:
1 In the top menu, click Settings.
2Click the User Administration tab.
3In the Users list, click the email address of the profile that you want to delete.
4Click Delete User.
5 In the dialog box, type the code from the left box into the right box to confirm that you
want to delete the user profile. The code changes to green when it is written correctly.
6Click Ye s .
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Creating a new channel type
A channel type is a collection of defined settings that can be applied consistently across
multiple channels. For example, you can define a channel type called East Coast which you
can use for all the channels in that region rather than configuring each channel separately.
A channel type can also be used to affect how time is displayed in some pages. Although
GV STRATUS Playout always uses UTC internally, some pages such as Channel Control and
Schedule Edit display time according to their assigned channel type so operators can view
time in the grids in their assigned timezone.
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Channel Types tab tabs of settings for
Channel Types
Settings page
Changing the channel type settings
Fig. 2-3: Example of the Settings > Channel Types page
To create a new channel type:
1 In the top menu, click Settings.
2Click the Channel Types tab.
3 Beside the Select Channel Type list, click New Type.
4In the Enter Type Name box, type a name for the new channel type.
5Click Create.
The channel type is created with default values. To change the values, see Changing the
channel type settings, on page 26.
Changing the channel type settings
When you change the settings in an existing channel type, all the channels configured with
the channel type are automatically updated with the new values.
1 In the top menu, click Settings.
2Click the Channel Types tab.
3In the Select Channel Type list, click the name of the channel type you want to change.
4 Click the tab that contains the settings that you want to change:
• Basic Settings: determines the basic settings such as Channel Timebase, Off Air
Behavior and time settings. To configure these settings, continue with
the basic settings for the channel type, on page 27.
• Media Locations: add and order the locations where the media is stored. To list the
media locations, continue with
type, on page 28.
Configuring the media locations for the channel
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• Credentials: add the credentials for the locations where the media files and
external data source files are stored, continue with
Configuring the location
credentials for the channel type, on page 29.
• Media Cache: manage the media downloads to the cache. To configure the
settings, continue with
Configuring the media cache for the channel type, on
page 29.
• Channel Defaults: configure the default transitions for logos and graphics and
select the Evergreen content list and media persist list. To configure these defaults,
continue with
Configuring the channel defaults for the channel type, on page 30.
• Live Defaults: configure the transitions for the manually controlled logo, graphic,
voiceover, or breakaway events. To configure these transitions, continue with
Configuring the live defaults for the channel type, on page 31.
• SCTE-104: select how SCTE-104 messages are handled. To configure these settings,
continue with
Configuring the SCTE-104 settings for the channel type, on page 33.
• Router Configuration: specify the router sources available for the source events. To
configure these settings, continue with
Specifying the router sources, on page 33.
• GPI: configure the two General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) connectors on the
SSP-3801cards. To configure the GPIO, continue with
Configuring the GPIO triggers
for the channel type, on page 34.
• Data Source Locations: add and order the full URLs to where the external data
source files for the Easytext templates are stored. To list the locations, continue
Configuring the locations for the external data source files for the channel
with
type, on page 35. To provide the server credentials, continue with Configuring the
location credentials for the channel type, on page 29.
5 When you have completed your changes, click Update Channel Type.
Configuring the basic settings for the channel type
To configure the basic settings:
1 If you are continuing to configure a selected channel type, skip to step 2. To open the
Channel Settings page:
• In the top menu, click Settings.
•Click the Channel Types tab.
•In the Select Channel Type list, click the name of the channel type you want to
change.
2Click the Basic Settings tab.
3In the Manual Take Delay (Frames) list, select the number of frames of delay it takes for
all the SSP-3801 cards associated to the channel type to receive data from GV STRATUS
Playout. This value is used to ensure changes are applied simultaneously to all the
cards.
4In the Hold time list, click the amount of time an event remains visible in the channel
grid after it has played out. As long as the event appears in the channel grid, it is not
visible in the Show History list of events.
5In the Channel Timebase list, click the frame rate in which the channel operates. The
selected frame rate determines how the timecode is represented in the GV STRATUS
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Playout interface. If you change the Channel Timebase, it immediately changes the
frame rate for all the channels (and their devices) configured with this channel type.
6Under Time Zone Offset, specify the time difference between local and UTC time so the
time display for the channel will reflect the local time rather than the UTC time used
internally.
7In the Start of Broadcast Day box, type the time in UTC that marks the beginning of the
broadcast day.
8In the On Initial Failure list, click one of the following actions to occur after the initial
three seconds of an off-air situation has expired and the off-air situation is not resolved
• Black: displays a black screen with no graphics.
• Off Air Slide: displays the full-screen graphic specified in the Off Air Slide field.
• Live A: displays the live feed incoming from the SDI A port on the SSP-3801 card.
• Live B: displays the live feed incoming from the SDI B port on the SSP-3801 card.
9In the Off Air Slide field (if you selected the Off Air Slide option in the On Initial Failure
list), click Select to locate the full-screen graphic to be broadcast if an off-air situation
occurs. The screen graphic used as the off-air slide should be full-screen, in the required
video standard for the channel, and be in OXT format.
10 In the If Recovery Is Not Possible list, select one of the following actions to occur 30
seconds after the On Initial Failure if the off-air situation is not resolved:
• Keep current off air state: continues the action selected in the On Initial Failure list.
• Go to Evergreen: places the Evergreen schedule on-air. For more information
about Evergreen, see
• Take Next: places the next scheduled event on-air.
11 Under Daylight Saving Time, specify the daylight saving time settings for the
configured time zone:
•In the Start Date field, click in the field to open the calendar and select the date
when Daylight Saving Time begins in the time zone. In the Start Time field, click in
the field to open the list of times and select the time when Daylight Saving Time
begins in the time zone.
•In the End Date field, click in the field to open the calendar and select the date
when Daylight Saving Time ends in the time zone. In the End Time field, click in the
field to open the list of times and select the time when Daylight Saving time ends
in the time zone.
12 Continue configuring other settings on the other tabs or click Update Channel Type.
About Evergreen Content, on page 78.
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Configuring the media locations for the channel type
For the service to access the locations where the folders containing the media files are
stored, you must specify which servers contain the media.
To define the media locations:
1 If you are continuing to configure a selected channel type, skip to step 2. To open the
Channel Settings page:
• In the top menu, click Settings.
•Click the Channel Types tab.
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•In the Select Channel Type list, click the name of the channel type you want to
change.
2Click the Media Locations tab.
3In the Media Locations section, click Add to add new locations where media files are
stored.
4In the New Media Location dialog box, type the URI for the media location and click
Create. The format of the URI should be http://[URI], https://[URI], or smb://[URI].
5 Define the sequence that the card should follow to download the media. In the Media
Locations section, select the URI and use the arrow buttons to change its position up or
down the list. Order the media locations closest to the card’s location at the top of the
list and the furthest to the bottom. To edit a URI, click the URI, click Edit, and type a new
URI. To delete a URI, click the URI and click Delete.
6 To provide the server credentials for the media locations, continue with Configuring
the location credentials for the channel type, on page 29.
7 Continue configuring other settings on the other tabs or click Update Channel Type.
Configuring the location credentials for the channel type
Since the servers on which the media file folders or external data source files are stored
most likely have security, the service must be configured with the login credentials for
those servers so that the SSP-3801 card can access them.
To define the server login parameters:
1 If you are continuing to configure a selected channel type, skip to step 2. To open the
Channel Settings page:
• In the top menu, click Settings.
•Click the Channel Types tab.
•In the Select Channel Type list, click the name of the channel type you want to
change.
2Click the Credentials tab.
3In the Credentials section, click Add to add the login credentials for the server.
4In the New Credentials dialog box, type the required information in the following fields
to enable access to the server that contains the files and click Save changes:
• URI: type the full URL where the media file folders or external data source files
reside.
• Domain: type the name of the domain.
• Username: type the login name for the specified domain.
• Password: type the password assigned to this username.
To edit a credential, click the credential, click Edit, and enter new information in the
fields. To delete a credential, click the credential and click Delete.
5 Continue configuring other settings on the other tabs or click Update Channel Type.
Configuring the media cache for the channel type
Each channel is associated to a device to which an SSP-3801 card is registered. The SSP3801 card features onboard storage space that allows you to store and preload media
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content locally so that it can be retrieved and broadcast smoothly and quickly. You can
define how all the cards associated to the channel type manage their media caches and
what actions they should take if the servers timeout and the media files cannot be
accessed.
Note: Some basic validation is provided on the Media Cache tab to verify if
the values provided fall within the range of acceptable values for the SSP3801 card. A colored callout appears on the tab to call your attention to the
number of validation errors detected on the tab. Each field that contains a
validation error is identified with a warning icon. Hover over the warning
icon to view the range of acceptable values for the field.
To configure the Media Cache settings:
1 If you are continuing to configure a selected channel type, skip to step 2. To open the
Channel Settings page:
• In the top menu, click Settings.
•Click the Channel Types tab.
•In the Select Channel Type list, click the name of the channel type you want to
change.
2Click the Media Cache tab.
3In the Missing Media Time Window box, type the amount of time before broadcast to
trigger the Missing Media alert if the media file cannot be found.
4In the Inaccessible Media Time Window box, type the amount of time before
broadcast to trigger the Inaccessible Media alert if the media file was found, but cannot
be downloaded to the SSP-3801 card’s storage space.
5In the Minimal Download Speed box, type the minimum acceptable download speed
for the media. An alert is triggered if the download speed falls below the specified
threshold.
6In the Speed Test Period box, type the number of seconds defining the length of the
test period used to verify the actual download speed. The download speeds are tested
throughout the specified duration and are averaged. The resulting value is compared
to the Minimal Download Speed threshold to verify its performance.
7In the Max segments per download box, type the maximum number of blocks you can
download per server at a time.
8In the Max (Overall) Parallel Downloads box, type the maximum number of
downloads that can take place simultaneously.
9In the Max SMB Parallel Downloads box, type the maximum number (up to 4) of
downloads that use the Common Internet File System protocol (CIFS) and MS Windows
file sharing protocol (SMB).
10 In the Max HTTP/HTTPS Parallel Downloads box, type the maximum number of
downloads that can take place simultaneously using the HTTP/HTTPS protocol.
11 Continue configuring other settings on the other tabs or click Update Channel Type.
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Configuring the channel defaults for the channel type
The Channel Defaults tab contains the defaults transition durations for logos and graphics
added to the schedule using the Add Secondary button on the Schedule Edit page.
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