Manus Administrator is the intelligent element of Viz Mosart, monitoring the rundown in the connected NRCS, parsing the content into Viz Mosart functionality that is presented in the Viz Mosart GUI.

Manus Administrator is a console application and must be kept running at all times on your Mosart server.

NRCS Software Compatibility

There are three versions of the Manus Administrator, corresponding to the flavor of newsroom system that it connects to.

The version choice is offered at initial Viz Mosart (server) installation:

• (Default) Vizrt.Mosart.ManusAdministrator.exe. A combined iNEWS/MOS program.
• MMConsoleAdmin_2007.exe. Only for iNEWS (with ftp) workflow.
• MMConsoleAdmin_MOS.exe. Only for newsroom systems with MOS workflow.
  Use for all systems except iNEWS with ftp workflow, including iNEWS with MOS workflow.

Only one Manus Administrator can be active at any given time.

See also Avid iNews Web Service for Status Feedback in the appendix. 

Configuration Utilities

Centralized Settings Menu

A significant Viz Mosart ease-of-use improvement was introduced with the combined Manus, from version 5.3.

• All settings, including NRCS connectivity, are now presented in a single Settings menu. See section Viz Mosart Settings and Configurations.

To open the Settings menu

From the Manus Administrator console you can open a configuration editor in a new menu:

• Type settings in the Manus Administrator console, then ENTER.

For details see:

• • Viz Mosart Settings and Configurations (combined)
  • Settings Editor iNews or
  • Settings Editor MOS 
    according to your Manus selection at initial installation.

Newsroom Settings

• To open the Newsroom Settings XML Editor, type ns in the console window followed by ENTER. For details see: 
  • Newsroom Settings Editor.
    

The rest of this section covers these topics:

• Settings Editor MOS
• Configuring the MSE Playlist Panel
• Field Mapping
• Manus Admin Commands
• Newsroom Settings Editor
• Settings Editor iNews