Specifications

Configuring iNEWS Servers

Table 1 iNEWS Form Fields for MOS Gateway

Field Type Description

MOS-ACTIVE This field is required on the story form so a queue can display whether a

MOS item, such as a Media Browse video event, is attached to a script; this

is typically done by dragging and dropping the MOS item into the story form

from an ActiveX plugin. The read-only field holds a short code representing

certain attributes of a MOS item. If empty, no MOS item is attached.

MOS-TITLE This read-only field is used to display a brief description—or title—of the

MOS item inserted from a plugin as a primary machine control event in the

story form. It is optional.

MOS-SUBEVENT This field is used to display additional descriptive information only if the

MOS item is inserted as a primary machine control event in the story form. It

is optional.

MOS-DURATION This field is used by iNEWS to display the duration time of a MOS item

attached to a script through the story form. Whether any time appears in the

field depends on configuration settings in the SYSTEM.MOS-MAP story

created and stored in iNEWS. The field is optional and its contents are only

used in calculations if the RUNS-TIME field is also present in the story

form. See “Calculating Duration in Time Fields” on page 50 for more

information.

EVENT-STATUS This read-only field displays, in the rundown, the availability and play status

of a machine control event or any MOS item, as reported by the production

device involved. For instance, a video event could be reported as N/L (not

loaded) or OFFLINE, CUED,PLAYING, or STOPPED, among other things.

In forms for rundown and event list queues, only the status of a video event

can be displayed. In Machine Control Terminal (MCT) and ControlAir

Workstation forms, this field can also contain the status of CG and still store

events. It is optional.

ITEM-CHANNEL This read-only field is necessary only if a separate field is used to assign

channels—via the Assign Channel dialog (Shift+Alt+C) in iNEWS—for

playback of MOS items. It is optional.

RUNS-TIME This field displays the sum of time in the MOS-DURATION field and all

Runs times within the story, including those from MOS items inserted in the

story body. It is optional, but recommended when the MOS-DURATION

field is also present in the Story Form panel. See “Calculating Duration in

Time Fields” on page 50 for more information.