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Issued for the first time: June 14, 2000
SmartBins
Digital News Production
Instruction Guide
SOFTWARE VERSION 5.0
07183700
OCTOBER 2004
Copyright
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Nevada City, California 95959-7900
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and/or other countries. Other trademarks used in this document are either
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Rev Date Description
October 18, 2004 Initial release of part number 071-8370-00
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 1 Introducing SmartBins
SmartBins on an Open SAN System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SmartBin Folder Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Updating the Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Updates to the Profile Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Updates to the NewsEdit Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Limitations of Open SAN SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SmartBins on a NAS System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2 Installing the Software
Installing the Profile Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing the SmartBin Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Obtaining a Software License Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 3 Configuring SmartBin Service on a NAS System. . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 4 Creating SmartBins in NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Digital News Production
Grass Valley Product Support
To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems, 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 by searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.
Grass Valley Product Support
World Wide Web:
Technical Support E-mail Address:
http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/
gvgtechsupport@thomson.net.
Phone Support
Use the following information to contact product support by phone during
business hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract
customers.
United States (800) 547-8949 (Toll Free) France +33 (1) 34 20 77 77
Latin America (800) 547-8949 (Toll Free) Germany +49 6155 870 606
Eastern Europe +49 6155 870 606 Greece +33 (1) 34 20 77 77
Southern Europe +33 (1) 34 20 77 77 Hong Kong +852 2531 3058
Middle East +33 (1) 34 20 77 77 Italy +39 06 8720351
Australia +61 3 9721 3737 Netherlands +31 35 6238421
Belgium +32 2 3349031 Poland +49 6155 870 606
Brazil +55 11 5509 3440 Russia +49 6155 870 606
Canada (800) 547-8949 (Toll Free) Singapore +656379 1390
China +86 106615 9450 Spain + 34 91 512 03 50
Denmark +45 45968800 Sweden +46 87680705
Dubai + 971 4 299 64 40 Switzerland +41 (1) 487 80 02
Finland +35 9 68284600 UK +44 870 903 2022
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