Gateway Administrator Guide

Version 5.0 | Published January 08, 2018 ©

Pilot and Trio Gateway Configuration

All content control applications use the same settings to connect to the database.

To access these settings use the following menu options:

  • Viz Pilot: from the main menu select Tools > External Interfaces, and the Viz Pilot Database and MOS tabs.

  • Viz Trio: from the main menu select Config > Connectivity > MOS

Gateway Configuration Pilot

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Gateway Configuration Trio

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Database Settings

For Viz Pilot and Viz Trio these settings are available under the VCP Database tab.

  • Connection string- Sets the connection to the database.

    Note:

    Use the following string format: user-name/password@database.

  • Schema- Shows the name of the Oracle schema.

    Note:

    The Schema name is case-sensitive, typically given in uppercase.

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Gateway Connection

For Viz Pilot and Viz Trio, these buttons are available under the MOS tab.

  • Start - Starts a connection to Gateway server.

  • Stop - Close a connection to Gateway server.

  • Restart - Restarts a connection to Gateway server.

Gateway Connection Configuration

For Viz Pilot and Viz Trio, these settings are available under the MOS tab.

  • Automatic reconnect - Starts the Gateway connection automatically when starting or resetting the Media Sequencer.

  • Reconnect interval (sec) - Specifies the number of seconds that the Media Sequencer should wait, when the connection is lost, before trying to reconnect to Gateway.

  • Gateway Host - Shows the IP address of the Gateway host.

  • Gateway Port - Shows the port number on the Gateway host.

    Note:

    MOS ID and NCS ID should be left empty for Gateway version 2.0 or newer.

  • Send item stat - Sends feedback to the NCS via MOS, for example information about the transfer status of elements.