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Configuring the Command Server
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To configure the Avid Video device services for slugs and thumbnails:
1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Service Framework > Avid Service
Configuration.
2. On the Hosts tab, navigate to and select the Avid Video Device Service.
3. In the XMP Path field, add the UNC path to the location where the .xml files are stored.
A UNC path must start with a double backslash. For FTP, use the normal syntax - ftp://
username:password@hostname:port/path.
4. Click in a different field, and then click Apply.
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The Video Device Service only needs read access to the directory.
5. When the restart dialog appears, click Yes to restart.
Once this is complete, editors should create the .xml file and save it in the specified location. It is
not necessary to create the video file first – files can be added or edited in any order. Command
will monitor the location for changes to any files, and update its slug and thumbnail as necessary.
Configuring Redundancy for VDCP
Command supports full redundancy with VDCP control via the Perle IOLAN TCP/serial port server.
Avid recommends this method for VDCP redundancy. See
“Configuring the Perle IOLAN Server” on
page 178 for more information.
For sites still using serial cards, you can use mirrored playback to achieve redundant functionality for
devices with VDCP control.
To configure VDCP devices for redundant mirrored playback:
1. Install and configure the VDS that controls the primary device channels of the primary
Command Server.
2. Install and configure the VDS that controls the mirrored device channels on the backup server.
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The mirror VDS should use a different device name, such as device2, from the primary VDS. The
mirror VDS will run as an active primary service, even though it’s running on the backup server.
3. In the event of a primary server failure, users should switch to mirror-only playback.
Transfer Status Icon
Command can show the transfer status of items that are sent to playback from Interplay. Command
displays the transfer status icon—an orange arrow—in the Inventory panel to denote that the item is
transferring.