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Master Control (ITX-MC)
User Guide
playout automation by an Ethernet connection. The router is controlled by the Imagestore
750 via a NVISION 9000 controller.
The iMC master control panel provides operators with the manual control of the
Imagestore 750’s PGM bus, which permits them to insert or override scheduled
programming with live incoming video.
Operators can also manually control the iTX schedule using the iMC panel’s Automation
Assist buttons (
Take Next, Hold Next, Cue Next, Skip Next
).
Optional downstream graphics insertion:
The Intuition XG co-processor is an optional
piece of equipment that can be used to insert rich branding graphics to the Imagestore
750’s keyer layers.
Operational Modes
iTX-MC has four modes of operation, which offer operators various levels of control over the
playout of scheduled and non-schedule content. The following section provide a brief
overview of each mode, while further chapters provide usage instructions:
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Manual Insert & Manual Override Modes
Fully Automated Mode
The iTX-MC’s
Fully Automated mode
allows the iTX automation system to fully control the
playout of iTX schedules, which may contain a combination of pre-recorded video clip
events from iTX and live content events from multiple video sources.
Fully Automated mode is ideal for situations where the exact timing of primary video
events is known in advance and the live video content is originating from different sources.
Since the timing of all of these primary events is known, a schedule containing these events
can be created and automation can run the schedule automatically by taking each event at
a precise time regardless of where the video content is coming from. When building the
schedule, live video source events are added to the schedule as master control primary
events.
See
more information related to Fully Automation mode.
Automation Assist Mode
The iTX-MC’s
Automation Assist mode
allows operators to have full manual control of
scheduled events, even during the playout of a live broadcast. Using the iMC panel’s
Automation Assist buttons (
Cue Next, Take Next, Hold Next
and
Skip Next
) or the iTX
Desktop’s Manual Control panel, operators can manually intervene and control the
channel’s scheduled primary events, including extending or truncating a scheduled live
playout event, which results in the advancement or bumping out of the next schedule
primary and secondary events.
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