Configure a MOS Gateway for OverDrive NRCS Rundowns

To enable OverDrive to access NRCS rundowns you need to configure a MOS Gateway for the NRCS in your OverDrive system. The MOS Gateway also communicates with the NRCS and routes MOS messages from the NRCS to OverDrive clients.

MOS Gateway settings are case sensitive and must be entered correctly to enable OverDrive to communicate with the NRCS.

To configure MOS Gateway settings for an NRCS:

1.In the NRCS Configuration section of the MOS Gateway Configurations page, click Edit to the right of the Default MOS Gateway.

The Edit NRCS section opens.

2.Use the Newsroom System list to select the NRCS used in your production environment.

3.Select the Enable MOS command control in gateway check box to add the Command section to the Rundown Info tab. Clear this check box to hide the Command section in the Rundown Info tab. This check box is cleared by default.

You can use the Command section to monitor MOS Messages and troubleshoot communications between the NRCS and OverDrive.

4.Verify that the Send MOS Heartbeats to NCS check box is selected to send heartbeat data to the NRCS selected from the Newsroom System list. The NRCS uses heartbeat information to verify network and gateway continuity.

You should only clear the Send MOS Heartbeats to NCS check box under the direction of Ross Video Technical Support when troubleshooting connectivity issues between your NRCS and OverDrive.

5.Select the Log Heartbeats check box to capture heartbeat data in the MOS IN and MOS OUT logs. By default, this check box is cleared to save resources on the OverDrive system.

6.Configure QNews v1.5 or QNews specific settings. The following setting is only available when you select QNews v1.5 or QNews from the Newsroom System list:

•Remove Rundown when MOS server stops exporting — select this check box to make the MOS Gateway remove the NRCS rundown when it receives a remove message from the MOS Server. This option is selected by default.

7.In the NRCS Timeout box, enter the amount of time in milliseconds used by the MOS Gateway to verify that the selected NRCS is connected to the MOS Gateway.

The set time length cannot be less than 1,000 milliseconds (1 second) or greater than 60,000 milliseconds (60 seconds).

8.When the time zone set on the NRCS server computer differs from the time zone set on OverDrive Client computers, use the NRCS Timezone list to select the time zone that matches the time zone set on the NRCS server computer.

Setting the NRCS Timezone enables users to view and enter times in the time zone set for their computer. When you select Not Specified from the NRCS Timezone list, users view and enter times on their computers in the time zone set for the NRCS server computer.

9.In the Primary section, enter the ID that OverDrive uses to access the NRCS in the NRCS ID box. Refer to the NRCS client for the correct NRCS ID.

10.In the NRCS MOS Server Host Address box, enter the hostname or IP address of the NRCS server computer.

The NewStar NRCS does not require this setting.

11.In the OD GW Host Address box, enter the host name or IP address of the computer running the primary MOS Gateway.

12.In the OD MOS ID box, enter the MOS ID assigned to the OverDrive Primary system by the NRCS.

13.In the MOS Low Port box, confirm the default value of 10540.

Changing the port number of the MOS Low Port setting stops all running services and disconnects all clients from the MOS Gateway. Ross Video recommends using the default port number unless otherwise specified.

14.In the MOS High Port box, confirm the default value of 10541.

Changing the port number of the MOS High Port setting stops all running services and disconnects all clients from the MOS Gateway. Ross Video recommends using the default port number unless otherwise specified.

15.When your OverDrive system contains a Redundant MOS Gateway, use the Redundant section, Redundant/Buddy for ENPS, to configure the following settings for the Redundant MOS Gateway:

a.For the ENPS NRCS, enter the NRCS ID for the ENPS Buddy MOS Server in the NRCS ID box.

b.In the NRCS MOS Server Host Address box, enter the hostname or IP address of the Redundant NRCS server computer. For the ENPS NRCS, enter in this box the hostname or IP address of the ENPS Buddy Server.

The NewStar NRCS does not require this setting.

c.In the OD GW Host Address box, enter the host name or IP address of the computer running the Redundant MOS Gateway.

d.In the OD MOS ID box, enter the MOS ID assigned to the OverDrive Redundant system by the NRCS.

e.In the MOS Low Port box, confirm the default value of 10540.

Changing the port number of the MOS Low Port setting stops all running services and disconnects all clients from the Redundant MOS Gateway. Ross Video recommends using the default port number unless otherwise specified.

f.In the MOS High Port box, confirm the default value of 10541.

Changing the port number of the MOS High Port setting stops all running services and disconnects all clients from the Redundant MOS Gateway. Ross Video recommends using the default port number unless otherwise specified.

16.Click Save.

OverDrive saves the MOS Gateway settings and the Edit NRCS section closes.

For More Information on...

•configuring a MOS Gateway to work with the extended XPression work flow, refer to the section Enable the Extended XPression Work Flow.

•enabling RundownControl to work with NRCS rundowns that contain shots coded from multiple OverDrive Servers, refer to the section MOS Redirection.