Pinnacle Systems iNews - 2.0 User Manual

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Setup and Configuration Manual

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Avid® iNEWS™ Newsroom Computer System Setup and Configuration Manual

Part # 0130-06339-01 Rev B • 25 October 2004

Contents

Using This Guide

Who Should Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

...With the Syntax of Console Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

How to Order Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 1 Introduction

What is Avid Unity for NEWS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

iNEWS NRCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Third-Party Connectivity and Open Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

System Administrator Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Basic Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

User Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Database Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Security Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Customizing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Storage Maintenance Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Device Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Reviewing Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 2 The iNEWS Console

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

The Console Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Standard Console Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Starting the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The System Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The Console Superuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Entering Superuser Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Exiting Superuser Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Changing System Administration Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Exiting the Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Troubleshooting a Frozen Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Types of Console Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Server Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Console Control Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Console Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Assigning a Command to a Function Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Changing the Assignment of a Function Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Deleting the Definition of a Function Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Displaying Function Key Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Selecting Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Selecting One or More Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Zooming in on One Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Console History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing Recent Console History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Viewing Logged Console History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Dialing in to the Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Executing Commands Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Logging out from a Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Logging out a Remote User from the Main Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

The Console Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Viewing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Sample Console Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Editing the Console Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Console Configuration Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Chapter 3 Getting Started

Starting the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Shutting Down the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Starting a System in Single-Server Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 4 Users

Viewing User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Modifying User Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

User Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Changing a User’s Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Simplified Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Creating New Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating a New User Area in the News Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Adding a New User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Enabling a New User to Receive Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Searching for User Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Removing User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

User ID and User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Edit Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Read Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Session/Configuration/Queue Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

User Preferences... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Get from Template... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Session Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Confirmations Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Backup Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Refresh Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Layout Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Search Results Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Workspaces Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Application Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Copying User Traits to Another User Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Creating a New User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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The User Manager Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

The Database Manager Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Logging Out All Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Chapter 5 Stories Queues, and Directories

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Adding a Directory or Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

A Few Restrictions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Creating a New Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Creating a New Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Setting up the Outgoing Mail Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Setting up the Dead Letter Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Creating a New Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Removing a Directory or Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Renaming a Directory or Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Viewing Database Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

From the iNEWS Workstation... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

From the iNEWS Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Sending Output from the List Command to a Printer . . . . . . . . 112

Getting Information about Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Finding out Who Moved, Duplicated, or Killed a Story. . . . . . . 114

Recovering a Killed Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Changing Database Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Database Traits Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Directory/Queue Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Forms Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Groups Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Abstract Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Maintain Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

User Interface Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Locks Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Locking and Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Identifying Locked Queues and Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

From the iNEWS Workstation... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

From the Console... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Types of Locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Unbusy Stories and Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Chapter 6 Groups

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Viewing Group Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

From the Console... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

From a Workstation.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Creating a New Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Step 1 - Choosing a Group Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Step 2 - Create New Group at Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Step 3 - Specifying Members of a New Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Group Checker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Group Checker Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Renaming a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Step 1 - Change Group Name in System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Step 2 - Change Group Name in SYSTEM.GROUPS . . . . . . . . . . 164

Deleting a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Creating or Modifying Multiple Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Adding Members to an Existing Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Users as Members of a Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Groups as Members of Other Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Workstations as Members of Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Group Access and Usage Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Access and Usage Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Group Traits for the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Read Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Write Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Edit Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

User Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Order Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Production Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Avoiding Recursion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Combining Permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Setting an Automatic Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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Notification Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Restricted Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Restricting Both Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Transferring Group Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Hiding Queues and Directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Mail Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Creating a Mail Alias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Mail Aliases for Other Machines or the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Chapter 7 Keyboards and Macros

Understanding Macros and Keyboards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Customizing Workstation Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Creating a New Keyboard Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Creating a Macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Adding Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Assigning Macros to Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Predefined System Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

State Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Using Plain Text in Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Repeating Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Notes of Caution for Creating Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Keyboard Checker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Assigning a Default Keyboard to a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Chapter 8 Forms

Form Names, Locations and Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Guidelines for Designing Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Creating Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Customizing Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Label Borders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Assigning a Form as a Queue or Story Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Form Field Types and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

iNEWS MCS/ControlAir Fields and Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

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Standard iNEWS Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Account Queue Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Mail Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Print Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Find All Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Wire Story Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Chapter 9 Character Generator Title Entry

Overview of CG Title Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Title Entry Setup and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Understanding CG Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

CG Template Backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Required Bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Hardware Requirements for Capture Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Installation of Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Using the Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

CG Template Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Edit Title Entry Template Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Creating a New Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Using Font PreSets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Title Entry Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Access to CG Template Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Access to CG Title Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Chapter 10 System Configuration Files

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Making a Backup File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Viewing System Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Printing a Copy of a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Licensing of iNEWS Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Viewing Information About Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

List C Message Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

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Changing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Testing the Site Configuration File After Changing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Incorporating Configuration Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Hosts File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

System Profiles Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Changing the System Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Listing Parameter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

System Profile Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Adding Devices to Your iNEWS System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Adding a PCU or PC-PCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

PCU Device Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Adding a Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Adding a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Adding a Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Alternative Editing of the Site Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Intersystem Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Sending Intersystem Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Receiving Intersystem Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Database Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

iNEWS Workstation Session Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

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Chapter 11 Printers

System Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

The Printer Profile Files in /site/printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Customizing Print Effects (Fonts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Defining a Font. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Combining Print Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Defining Print Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Defining a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Combining Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Font and Form Space Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Printer Profile Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Profile-Only Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Profile and Style Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Standard Header and Footer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

User-Selected Headers and Footers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Profile Option Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Using Special Characters in a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Using Nonprinting Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Avoiding Characters Used by the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Creating and Using Print Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Creating a Style Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Changing System Profile Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Selecting Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Identifying and Selecting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Local Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Local Printing Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Local Print Style Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Banner Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Example Style Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Managing Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Removing a Pending Print Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Restarting the Current Print Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Reordering a Pending Print Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Cancelling a Runaway Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Responding to a “Printer Offline” Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Chapter 12 Wires

Adding a Wire – Avid Data Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Phase 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Phase 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Phase 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Phase 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Adding a Wire – PCU Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Phase 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Phase 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Phase 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Phase 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Wire Profile Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Wire Profile Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

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Using Special Characters in a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Entering Nonprinting Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Entering Characters by Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Entering Characters by Decimal Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Avoiding Characters Used by the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Converting Text with Accents and Diacritical Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Distributing Stories from the Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Defining Distribution of Wire Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Creating a Distribution Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Identifying a Destination Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Changing Notification Priority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Setting the Transmit or Always Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Adding a Distribution Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Avoiding Hidden Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Using the WIRES.ALL Notification Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Distributing Unknown Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Maximum Number of Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Purge Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Internationalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Operating Wire Keyword Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Setting up Keyword Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Additional Information about Search Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Suppressing a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Default Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Keyword Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Keyword Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Using Parentheses in Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Tips on Building Search Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

User Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Removing a Rule Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Sending a Story to More Than One Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Default Directory Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

The Keyword Mailbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Keyword Checker Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

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Chapter 13 Servers

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Adding a Server Program to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Job Lists: Queues, Stories, and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Defining Tasks for Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Defining Mailbox Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Defining Timed-Interval Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Action Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Adding an Action Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Assigning Field Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Mirroring Rundowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Distribution Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Assigning Distribution Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Adding a Distribution Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Parallel Wire Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Adding a Parallel Wire Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Keyword Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Adding a Keyword Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

System Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Adding a Scan Line in a Job List Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Defining a Server Command Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Using Mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Assigning a Mailbox to a Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Background and Possible Uses of Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Using Validation with Action Servers or Tx Links . . . . . . . . . . 431

Using the Validation Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Validation Job List Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Polling for Action Servers/Tx Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Configuring Rundown Mirroring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Using Wildcards and the Destination Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

From the Command Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Using an Action Server or Tx Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Instructions in the Wire Distribution Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Matching and Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Matching and Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

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Seek Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Installing a Seek Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Fast Text Search (FTS) Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

FTS Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Installing FTS Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

...On the Windows-based Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

...On iNEWS Servers (Linux) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Batch Indexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Archival and Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Print Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Adding a Print Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Mail Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Disabling Mail to All Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Using Network Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Using 8-Bit Characters in Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Character Conversion Table for Underscore-Prefix Format. . . 490

Monitor Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Configuring Monitor Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Configuration Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Creating Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Using the Monitor Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Network iNEWS Systems Using Rx/Tx Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Sending Story Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Setting Automatic Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Updating Queue Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Changing Queue Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Adding Rx/Tx Links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Adding Network Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

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Chapter 14 Web Publishing and Access

Web Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Setting Up Txnet to Send HTML. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Default HTML Export Template and Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Creating an HTML Export Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Adding Story Entity References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

NSML to HTML Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Using Optional Format Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

A Sample HTML Export Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

The Web Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Web Access Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Web Access Story Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Web Access Directory and Queue Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Template Entities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Web Access Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Appendix A Command References

Programs Invoked by iNEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Commands Used by Avid Personnel Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Linux Commands Used in iNEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Console Control Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Console Server Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Job List Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627

Dialog Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Appendix B System Files

/etc/dhcpd.conf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642

/etc/hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642

/site/config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643

/site/printers/hplaser1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

/site/system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

/site/wires/anpa7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648

console.cfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649

SYSTEM.CLIENT.WINDOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650

SYSTEM.CONFIGURE.301-ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

SYSTEM.MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652

SYSTEM.RESOURCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654

SYSTEM.WIRES.DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656

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SYSTEM.WIRES.KEYWORDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

SYSTEM.WIRES.KEYWORDS-AP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

SYSTEM.WIRES.KEYWORDS-AP2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658

Appendix C Standard Dictionaries

Using Dictionaries to Define Messages and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 660

Customizing Dictionaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662

Changing Default Dictionary Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662

Restoring Dictionary Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

Utility Messages Dictionary (/site/dict/messages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667

DBServer Program Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669

Disconnect Program Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669

Category and Keyword Check Program Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 670

Keyboard Check Program Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671

Keyboard Check Program Messages for Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671

Grpcheck Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

Wire Program Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675

Mail Server Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Validation (Action) Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Seek Server Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Last Login Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Messages for Print Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Message for the Sony Barcode Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

dbtraits Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

ccumsgs Dictionary (/site/dict/ccumsgs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

PCU Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679

Commands Dictionary (/site/dict/ccucmds). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Job List Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687

Queues Dictionary (/site/dict/queues) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

Words Dictionary (/site/dict/words) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

Connect Dictionary (/site/dict/doac) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

Telex Dictionary (/site/dict/telex) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Dial Dictionary (/site/dict/dial) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

Keyboard Macros Dictionary (/site/dict/keymacros) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Printer Messages Dictionary (/site/dict/printmsgs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

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Case-shifting Dictionary (/site/dict/shift) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

MCS Dictionary (/site/dict/mcs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

Device Types Used by Monitor Servers and Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 707

Special Strings Recognized by the Monitor Server . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Error Messages for the Monitor Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Error Messages Shared by Monitor Servers and Drivers . . . . . . . 711

Driver Errors Sent to MCT Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Driver Errors Sent to MCT and Possibly to Console & Mon User . 711

Driver Errors Sent to User Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Status Reported in Device Status Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Appendix D PCU Reference

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

PCUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

Resetting a PCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

PCU LED Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

Connecting Devices to a PCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

Locating Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

Connecting a PCU to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

Appendix E Character Maps

ASCII (7-bit) Character Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

IBM Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

dbrestore Character Map (Arabic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732

Sample Arabic Wire Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

Appendix F Environment Variables

Registry Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Environment Variables (Registry Values). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

CCColor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

DestinationOrder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

MailLookup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

MsgMailAlert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

PIColor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

RGB Hexadecimal Color Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

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ShowTimingBar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

SyncToServer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752

Delete_Notify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754

Environmental Variables for Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755

Appendix G Managing Traits at the Console

Viewing User Traits from the Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

Modifying User Traits from the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

Changing a Users’ Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

Listing Users Who Do Not Have Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764

User Traits Console Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768

Managing Database Traits from the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

Getting Basic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

Getting Detailed Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

Changing Database Traits from the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

Changing a Parent Directory Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

Database Traits Console Command Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776

Sortfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785

Purge Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787

Abstract Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788

Mailbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790

The dis Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791

Managing Group Traits at the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793

Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793

Restricting Access Using Read and Write Limitations . . . . . . . . . . 795

Removing Directory or Queue Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796

Appendix H The Line Editor, ed

Launching ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798

Editing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801

Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804

Quitting ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805

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Specifying Lines to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798

Searching the File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid iNEWS newsroom computer
system. It is a vital part of the Avid Unity for News system solution that
integrates with other Avid systems and third-party equipment to provide an
ideal nonlinear workflow and optimize the news production process.

This manual provides information on how to manage the iNEWS
newsroom computer system, consisting of:

•A console

• One or more servers

• Various clients, such as iNEWS Workstations and printers

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The documentation describes software features and hardware related to
the iNEWS newsroom computer system, which is extremely customizable.
Your system may not contain certain features and/or parts that are
mentioned in the documentation.

Who Should Use This Manual

This manual is written for system administrators who are managing the
iNEWS newsroom computer system (NRCS). It is strongly recommended
that system administrators have prior experience in or classroom
knowledge of Red Hat Linux system administration. All iNEWS system
administrators need to:

• Manage user accounts, security and permissions

• Start up and shut down iNEWS NRCS

• Perform file system maintenance, backup, and recovery

Using This Guide

• Maintain disks

• Monitor processes

• Configure and monitor the network

About This Manual

This manual is part of a two-book set designed to keep pace with current
advances in the Avid system’s news production capabilities. The
set—made up of this book and the Avid iNEWS Operations and
Troubleshooting Manual—is a comprehensive resource of all the
information you will need to take advantage of the many options available
to you. This manual will lead you through even the most complex
procedures with task-oriented instructions. The information provided here
builds on basic news production procedures described in the help system
and other user-based guides, while adding a complete explanation of all the
tools and techniques required to manage the newsroom computer system,
including useful tips, shortcuts, and custom options.

The Contents lists all topics included in this guide. They are presented with
the following overall structure:

• The Introduction helps you get oriented with beginning concepts and
general workflow and provides valuable pointers to keep in mind as
you proceed.

• The main body of this guide follows the natural flow of your work,
with clear and comprehensive step-by-step procedures.

• Finally, a detailed Index helps you quickly locate specific topics.

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Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Symbols and Conventions

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w

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and

t

Margin tips In the margin, you will find tips that help you

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to

A note provides important related information,
reminders, recommendations, and strong
suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could
cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose
data.

A warning describes an action that could cause you
physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this
document or on the unit itself when handling
electrical equipment.

subcommands) in the order you select them. For
example, File > Import means to open the File menu
and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure.
Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform
one of the actions listed.

perform tasks more easily and efficiently.

indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type, such
as commands entered at the console multiplexor.
Output displayed on the console screen will appear
in regular Courier font.

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Using This Guide

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Lengthy console displays may be edited to emphasize only the most

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important information in this manual. An ellipsis (...) represents portions of
the console display not shown in the text. The console can display each
server’s prompt based on the system ID (typically a station’s call letters)
and the server’s name. Examples in this manual use NRCS as the fictional
station and system ID. For instance, the following is the console prompt for
server A on the NRCS system: NRCS-A$

Click Quickly click and release the left mouse button.

Double-click Click the left mouse button twice rapidly.

Right-click Quickly click and release the right mouse button.

Drag Click and hold the left mouse button while you move

the mouse.

Ctrl+key Press and hold the first key, such as Ctrl, Alt, or

Shift, while you press the second key.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using iNEWS:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check for the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published in one of two locations:

- If release notes are available, they ship with your application CD,

- If ReadMe files are available, they are supplied in your Avid

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Release notes and ReadMe files are also available on the Avid Knowledge
Center.

are in PDF format, and may be viewed from the CD using Adobe
Reader, a program freely available on the Internet.

application folder. ReadMe files are also available from Help.

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3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the Knowledge Center at www.avid.com/support. Online support
services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this
online Knowledge Center to find answers, to view error messages, to
access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read/join
online message-board discussions.

5. For Technical Support, please call 800-800-AVID (800-800-2843). For Broadcast On-Air Sites and Call Letter Stations, call

800-NEWSDNG (800-639-7364).

...With the Syntax of Console Commands

If you are at the console, and are unsure about the function of a console
command, use the help command.

To view instructions about using a command, type help followed by the
name of the command. For instance, type help dbvisit for an
explanation of the dbvisit command. The following data appears:

dbvisit -<d or v or i> -{r or m name] -[s] [block# ...]
‘r’ for read only
‘s’ for
‘m’ for machine name to disconnect
‘i’ to just validate isam files

“

slow” to eliminate cache usage

If You Need Help

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Because of the margin limitations of this manual, console command lines
may appear wrapped to multiple lines. This does not necessarily indicate
the need to press an Enter key. Unless otherwise indicated, console
commands should be typed on a single line, allowing the computer to wrap
the text whenever the command line stretches beyond the screen margin.

See “Types of Console Commands” on page 28 for more information.

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Related Information

The following documents provide more information about the iNEWS
newsroom computer system:

• iNEWS NRCS Prep, Installation, and Upgrade Manual

• iNEWS NRCS Training Guide

• iNEWS NRCS Release Notes

The following documents provide more information about some of the
other Avid products that integrate with the iNEWS newsroom computer
system:

• iNEWS ControlAir Installation and Operations Manual

• iNEWS ControlAir User Manual

• iNEWS ControlAir Release Notes

• Avid Data Receiver Installlation and Operations Manual

• MOS Gateway Installation and Operations Manual

• MOS Gateway Release Notes

• Media Browse Installation and Operations Manual

• Media Browse Training Manual

• Media Browse Release Notes

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For the latest information on all Avid products and documentation on other
Unity for News products, such as the Avid AirSPACE video server, Avid
Active ContentManager, or the Avid NewsCutter nonlinear editing system,
see the Avid Knowledge Center: http://support01.avid.com.

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Chapter 1

Introduction

As part of the Avid Unity for News broadcast solution, the iNEWS
newsroom computer system is an integrated, digital news creation, and
production system. It provides journalists, producers, directors, writers,
and technical personnel in a newsroom with an array of tools to make their
jobs easier.

This chapter contains the following main sections:

• What is Avid Unity for NEWS?

• System Administrator Tasks

Chapter 1 Introduction

What is Avid Unity for NEWS?

The Avid Unity for News system is a nonlinear shared storage media
network that enables the immediate and simultaneous availability of
footage upon acquisition to both journalists and editors; the sharing of
footage among teams for shot selection, script writing, and production; the
parallel editing of news packages and promotions; and on-air playout,
without dubbing back to tape, within moments of story completion. It is a
truly integrated broadcasting solution that minimizes lag between
processes, where even activities such as asset management and Web
updating become concurrent tasks that facilitate production, without
interfering with the primary objective of putting the news on the air.

In the Avid Unity for News workflow, the Avid iNEWS newsroom
computer system provides up-to-date news data throughout the newsroom
and seamlessly links all tasks in the production process, such as wire
service, assignment desk, script writing, browse, editing, rundown,
playout, and device control tasks.

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The Avid Unity for News environment consists of integration between
several Avid products, such as:

• The Avid iNEWS newsroom computer system

• The Avid Media Browse system, including Avid Capture Manager

• The Avid iNEWS ControlAir system

• The Avid NewsCutter nonlinear editing system

• Avid Active ContentManager

• Avid AirSPACE video server(s)

Your newsroom may have any one or all of these products and others not
mentioned in this brief summary.