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TSS MINI Operations Manual
Remote Workstation Interface
The Remote Workstation Interface is a software application that provides control of the
server from PC workstations located within a facility. A remote workstation can access one or
more video channels of the server to perform ingest, playback, trimming, playlisting, traffic
operations or monitoring of server activities.
Applications include—
Control of a server located in a machine room
Ingest station for loading commercials and other content from tape
Edit station for trimming content
Building, editing and running playlists
Remote control of a server located at a transmitter site (“evergreen” backup)
Access to file content and operations by engineering or management
Control of more than one server from a single workstation
On a wireless network, a server can be controlled by a secure
Wi-Fi enabled laptop computer
Remote control in a conference room, or during auditorium presentations
Servers may be securely controlled from a remote location, even across public Internet
connections, with inexpensive VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology.
A single server may be controlled from more than one different location on the network. See
Figure 33
.
Similarly, a single computer can run multiple Remote Workstations to control multiple
servers.
Remote Workstation software provides the same functionality as the local GUI with the
following exceptions: It cannot access the server’s network configuration screen, shutdown
the server, access the RAID status display, or display the server’s time-of-day clock.
As of this writing, the current version of Remote Workstation is 3.05.22; this is required to
work with server software version 1.08.561.