Field Descriptions

Field Descriptions – Server Section

• Server – shows the name and/or model number of the server.
• Server Serial No. – displays this server’s serial number.
• Status– shows the state of the real-time media server. Possible states include:
• Online – the media server is running normally.
• Resetting – the media server was manually or automatically reset and is still coming online.
• Offline – the media server is not currently running.
• Uptime– how long the media server has been running.
• Free Space – how much of the media partition’s total capacity is currently available for more files. Also expressed as the available percentage of the partition’s total capacity.

Field Descriptions – Channel Section

• Channel – information about each playout channel. If this installation supports more                    than one channel, each channel is listed in its own section. Channel information                         includes:
  • Channel Name – quick link to the Edit Channel page, which is described in the Config section on page 79.
  • Next Programming Gap – the amount of time remaining until the next unprogrammed slot in the schedule, up to 24 hours from now. If the server is currently in a programming gap, the application displays this. If you have enabled continuity, it plays during programming gaps.
  • Schedule – quick link to the Programming page for the channel, which is described beginning on page 49.
  • External Schedule – quick link to the searchable, per-day schedule for this channel.  The external schedule can be linked or frame-viewed on your webpage.  See Making the Program Guide Available on Your Website on page 126.
  • RSS Schedule – quick link to the programming schedule for this channel for the coming week in an RSS-like format.  The listing depends on your browser, but typically includes the program name and description from the content metadata.  For example, this browser displays:

Program names or filenames.

Date and time the content is scheduled for broadcast.

A brief description of the content, if one is available in the content metadata.

In some browsers you can sort and filter the programming by:

• Date – the date the content is scheduled for broadcast.  If you click on Date again, the order is reversed.
• Title – sorts the list alphabetically.  If you click on Title again, the order is reversed.  This is one way to see if a certain title has been scheduled.
• Filter by Category – displays only the titles in a particular category.  For example, if you are supposed to air five community events today, click on the Community category to see if at least five are displayed.
• All – To see everything on the schedule again, click on All at the top of the box.

Click your browser’s Back button to return to the Dashboard. Your organization can optionally use the RSS feed as an API to customize the integration programming information on your website or in other applications.

• Now Playing – the name and thumbnail of the program currently being played on the server. The time the program was scheduled to start and end are displayed below the thumbnail. Both the start time and runtime are shown in hours, minutes, and seconds (HH:MM:SS).

Stop – to stop playing the current program immediately, click the Stop button. A confirmation dialog will pop up.  If the current program is a zero-duration switch event, there will be no Stop button.

RSS Now – quick link to a basic RSS 2.0-like feed that describes what is currently playing on the channel.  The listing depends on your browser, but typically includes the program name, date and time of broadcast, and a description from the content metadata as in this example.

Click your browser’s Back button to return to the Dashboard.

• Next Up – the name, thumbnail, start time, and end time of the next program scheduled to run in the next 24 hours.

RSS Next – quick link to a basic RSS 2.0-like feed that describes what is next playing on the channel. The listing depends on your browser, but typically includes the program name, date and time of scheduled broadcast, and a description from the content metadata as in this example.

Click your browser’s Back button to return to the Dashboard.

Field Descriptions – Encoder Section

• Feed – information about encoder feed. If this installation supports more than one feed, each feed is listed in its own section. Feed information includes the name of the encoder as used on your system.
• Now Capturing – the name and thumbnail of the content currently being encoded. The time the capture was scheduled to start and its runtime are displayed below the thumbnail. Both the start time and runtime are shown in hours, minutes, and seconds (HH:MM:SS).
• Stop – to stop the current capture immediately, click the Stop button. A confirmation dialog will pop up.
• RSS Now – quick link to the page with information on the current capture. The listing includes the program name and description from the placeholder metadata. Click your browser’s Back button to return to the Dashboard.
• Next Up – the name, thumbnail, start time, and runtime of the next program scheduled to run in the next 24 hours.
• RSS Next – quick link to the scheduling information for the next program.The listing includes the program name and description from the placeholder metadata for the next capture. Click your browser’s Back button to return to the Dashboard.

Field Descriptions – Switch Section

Switch information is displayed only in systems configured with the TelVue^® video switch control module.  A switch connected to a TelVue^® server controls the path of data from a feed, through the server, to an output.

The table of switch audio/video inputs and outputs is displayed at the bottom of the Dashboard.  If the switch has more than 8 inputs and outputs, a table shows the input route for each output.

• Switch–The switch output ports are listed down the left side.  Their default names are OUT1, OUT2, etc. You can rename them via Switch Configuration on page 102.
• Port Locked – The Port Locked column shows whether a switch port is locked or unlocked.  If you lock a switch port it will hold that switch route until you unlock it manually.  Although the switch ignores switch events while it is locked, it keeps track of any scheduled switch events. When you unlock the switch, it restores the switch route it would be using if you had not locked the switch.

Note: When manual switch detection has been set to Off in Switch Configuration on page 103, the server ignores faceplate (front panel) switch changes.

• Input Columns – The switch input columns are headed with IN1, IN2, etc. You can rename them via Switch Configuration on page 102.

If breakaway is enabled, the letter A is shown in the audio input columns and the letter V is shown in the (video) input columns.  If breakaway is disabled, there is one column per input with the letters AV showing the input-output route.

Switch Operation

The switch input/output configuration you set in Switch Configuration is known as the home path. The input for each switch output is called the home port. During everyday operation, programming comes from an input feed, passes through the switch, and goes to an output channel. If you have switched off the home port and want to keep that path, go to theSwitch section of the Dashboard and click on Lock for the output port you want to lock.

Switch Continuity

Some installations use the switch for continuity programming.  For example when nothing is scheduled for a channel they might switch to IN8, which is that user’s bulletin board feed.  This changes the pattern on the display of switch inputs and outputs.