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The mailbox enables iNEWS to notify the monitor server of changes made
to a rundown queue while a show is monitored. The monitor server then
updates composite and event lists, as well as any playlists, if necessary.
To create and configure a monitor server:
1. Check the iNEWS configuration file (
/site/config
) and choose
the next available device number for the monitor server, from the
range of 3-digit numbers reserved for use by your system’s server
programs, such as 201 to 300.
Valid standard mailbox
numbers are 1 through
4096. For more on
mailboxes, see “Using
Mailboxes” in Chapter
14 of the
iNEWS
Newsroom Computer
System Operations
Manual
.
2. Verify whether this same 3-digit number is available as a mailbox
number by doing the following:
a. Use the
list
console command to ensure no other device is using
the mailbox number you have chosen.
For instance, to check mailbox 266, type:
list mailbox=266 c
Information similar to the following appears:
n
For other
list
command options for determining mailbox assignments of
queues and servers, see “Using the list Command to View Assigned
Mailboxes” on page43 .
b. If you see the device configuration header (as shown in step 2a )
with no information below it, then no device has that mailbox and
you can use that number. However, if configuration information
for a device appears below the header, that device has the same
mailbox as the one you chose. Therefore, choose another mailbox
number and repeat step
2a .
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If the mailbox number is already being used, and you must choose another,
you may want to try another device number for the monitor server as well.
Typically, mailbox numbers match server program device numbers,
although this is not required. However, the mailbox number you select
must be assigned to the queue monitored by the server program. Multiple
queues can share the same mailbox number.
See “Assigning the Mailbox
to the Rundown Queue” on page 42 for more information.
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