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1 a inews Newsroom Computer System Version ReadMe Revision History Date Revised Changes Made 15 Dec 2005 Initial Version (Final Edit 19 Dec) Important Information Avid recommends that you read all the information in this ReadMe file thoroughly before installing or using any new software release. Note: Search the Avid Knowledge Base ( for the most up-to-date ReadMe file, which contains the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published. This document describes compatibility issues with previous releases, hardware and software requirements, software installation instructions, and summary information on system and memory requirements, when applicable. This document also lists any hardware and/or software limitations.

2 Contents Compatibility Notes and Issues... 4 inews Client... 4 inews Server... 4 ControlAir... 4 MOS Gateway... 4 Console Multiplexer... 4 Data Receiver... 4 Fast Text Search... 4 NewsCutter... 4 Teleprompter... 4 Qualified Languages and IME s... 4 Installation Notes and Issues... 5 inews Client... 5 inews Server... 5 New Features in Release inews FTP Server supports the cd.. command to traverse to root directory... 6 Option to disable fast protocol for Txnet links... 6 Hardware and Software Changes... 6 User Interface... 6 ActiveX Plug-ins... 6 Local Printing... 6 Show Timing... 6 Story Timing... 7 System.Map Story... 7 Web Browser... 7 Server... 7 Action Servers... 7 Console Commands... 7 FTP Server... 7 System Options... 7 Miscellaneous

3 Known Limitations... 8 Not Supported in inews Queue Panel... 8 Story Body... 8 Local Printing... 8 Miscellaneous... 8 Technical Support Information... 9 Accessing Online Support... 9 Copyright and Disclaimer

4 Compatibility Notes and Issues inews Client The inews 2.5.x client software is qualified and supported for use only on the Windows XP Professional operating system (including Windows XP Service Pack 2). The inews 2.5.x software is not supported for use on any other Windows operating system. inews Server The inews Server 2.5.x is qualified and supported for use on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0. ControlAir The inews 2.5.x system is qualified and supported for use with ControlAir or higher. MOS Gateway The inews 2.5.x system is qualified and supported for use with MOS Gateway 2.6 or higher. Console Multiplexer The inews Server 2.5.x requires version 2.0 of the console multiplexer (MUX) software, which is on the inews 2.5.x installation CD. The console multiplexer cannot currently display Unicode characters. A terminal emulator that supports Unicode characters can be used if Unicode support is required. Data Receiver The inews 2.5.x system is qualified and supported for use with Data Receiver 1.5 or higher. Fast Text Search The inews 2.5.x system is qualified and supported for use with Fast Text Search 2.5. NewsCutter The inews 2.5.x system is qualified and supported for use with NewsCutter NRCS Tool or higher. Teleprompter The inews 2.5.x system supports the following teleprompter software: WinPlus BDL Unicode version Qualified Languages and IME s The following information is updated as of December 16, Chinese Simplified The following Chinese Simplified (PRC) IME (standard Windows IME s) is tested and qualified: o Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0 Chinese Traditional The following Chinese Traditional IME s (standard Windows IME s) are tested and qualified: o New ChangJie o New Phonetic o ChangJie 4

5 o Phonetic o DaYi The following Chinese Traditional IME s (3 rd party IME s) have had minimal testing done and are not yet qualified or supported: o Boshamy (WuXiaMi) o Natural Input Japanese The following Japanese IME (standard Windows IME) was tested and qualified: o Microsoft Standard IME 2002 version 8.1 Vietnamese The following Vietnamese IME s were tested and qualified: o Unikey NT 3.6 Input Method: Telex Character Set: Unicode o Vietkey 2000 Build Input Method: Telex Character Set: Unicode Pre-Compund Known Issue: Certain Vietnamese characters do not get inserted correctly via keyboard macro when Vietkey is set to Vietnamese input. Installation Notes and Issues inews Client When installing or upgrading inews on Windows XP, you must have adequate user rights to install the client software. Windows XP (1.5 and later versions only) Install as restricted user (will fail) - formerly called standard user on NT Install as standard user (Power User) (will work) Install as administrator (will work) This is not a restriction in the inews client install, but is a restriction of the Windows operating system in that it is upholding the security restrictions on the PC. inews Server Kernel version (and smp) is now the latest qualified version of the Linux kernel. This kernel version is included with RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 ES Update 6. 5

6 New Features in Release This section provides information on any previously undocumented enhancements or new features added to this release. inews FTP Server supports the cd.. command to traverse to root directory In previous versions of inews, if users did not have read permission to the parent of a directory they were in, they could not use the cd.. command to traverse back up to the root directory. Beginning with this version, any user can traverse up the directory tree using cd.., even if he does not have read permission to that directory. To preserve security, the user will be unable to list contents in any directory for which he does not have read permission. Option to disable fast protocol for Txnet links Beginning with version 2.5.2, a new joblist option has been added. The fast [yes no] joblist command allows the fast protocol to be turned off. The default is fast yes if no option is specified. By setting fast no the user can force txnet to use a separate socket connection for all data transfers. Normally, when txnet connects to an rxnet they agree to use the command socket connection for data transfers in addition to command exchanges. This option can help to resolve problems when connections have a router or firewall between them. An environment variable was introduced for rxnet; RXNOFAST=1 causes rxnet to refuse attempts to use a fast connection. This can be set in the /site/env/rxnet file. Hardware and Software Changes The following changes were made to inews version User Interface ActiveX Plug-ins Local Printing Plug-in state not preserved from PC to PC. In previous versions of inews, if a user would close the inews client with an ActiveX plug-in open, he or she would get an error message when inews attempts to automatically open that plug-in when logging in on a different computer (even though the plug-in is installed on that PC). This problem has been fixed. Plug-ins do not show up in Chinese Simplified and Traditional clients. In previous versions of 2.5, ActiveX plug-ins were not always showing up in the plug-ins menu. This problem has been fixed. Printing queue view with All Lines box checked for story preview only prints one line. In previous versions of inews, if the All Lines box was checked to preview all lines in a story when printing the queue view, only the first line of the story would be printed. This problem has been fixed and all lines of the story are correctly printed now. Show Timing Timing bar not updating correctly when Air-Date field not present. In previous versions of inews, the show timing bar was not updating correctly if the Air-Date field was not present in the rundown. This problem has been fixed. 6

7 Story Timing System.Map Story Web Browser Unable to enter audio time using :00 in the Queue panel. In previous versions of inews, :00 would not be accepted for audio times in the queue panel. This has been fixed. Server incorrectly required a group to be entered in SYSTEM.MAP for users allowed to load monitor. The inews Server was incorrectly requiring a group name to be entered in System.Map and only users in that group would be allowed to load monitor. This problem has been fixed and the - is once again valid, meaning anyone can load monitor. Web browser workspace steals focus when webpage is updated. In previous versions of inews, the integrated Web browser would steal focus whenever a Web page was auto-updated. This problem has been fixed. Server Action Servers Console Commands FTP Server System Options Polling server fails to order destination queue. In previous versions of inews, it was possible to get the destination queue out of order from the source queue when using a polling action server. This problem has been fixed. Incorrect error message from keycheck program. The keycheck program was incorrectly reporting that the Discard Changes key had been redefined when using Ctrl+F5 for a macro. This problem has been fixed. Utraits clone option doesn t get custom toolbars. In previous versions of inews the clone option for the utraits command would not copy custom toolbars to the cloned user. This has been fixed. Default list size for FTP clients changed to 500 stories. The inews FTP Server will now default to listing 500 stories instead of 300. The list size now lines up with the number of stories the monitor program can handle in a rundown. Incorrect syntax for excludedvideo example in /site/system. The excludedvideo option in /site/system was incorrectly shown as excluded_video in the example included in /site/system. The example has been fixed. Miscellaneous RedHat updates break inews commands. In previous versions of inews 2.5, updating RedHat with patches could cause inews commands to stop working. This was caused by the installation of RedHat packages running the ldconfig command. This problem has been fixed. 7

8 Known Limitations This section provides information on known limitations that were not addressed in this release. Any available workaround procedures are also documented, when possible. Note: For limitations related to compatibility of this release with previous versions/other products, see the section of this document entitled, Compatibility Issues. Not Supported in inews 2.5 Queue Panel Story Body Local Printing Miscellaneous PCUs are not supported. This includes support for System Printing and the MCT. Wire ingest must be configured through an Avid Data Receiver. MCS PCs are not supported. The SEP format is not supported for txnet. A sendpassword directive was added to replace the SEP format password element. See the inews Server enhancements below for more information. Right-to-left text support (Arabic and Hebrew) is not yet supported. inews Web Client is not yet supported. Microsoft Sans Serif is not a recommended font for use in the Queue panel on a Chinese Simplified system Certain English fonts will not display Chinese characters correctly In a mixed English/Chinese system, certain English fonts will not display Chinese characters correctly. Workaround: You can do what is called font linking to correct this problem. Go to the following Web site for details on how to link fonts. Changing the Story Body font might not take effect in all stories This is only a temporary display problem. When you change the font in the story body, it is possible that not all stories will immediately start using that font. Workaround: Log out of inews and re-login and all stories will begin using the correct font. Font limitation specific to Chinese Windows XP When using a Chinese Windows XP operating system, the Local Printing style must use a font that supports the Chinese character set. For example, the WinBodyFontFace style option must use a Chinese font in order to display Chinese and/or English characters. Selecting Tahoma or Arial, for example, will not work. Sentence and Title Casing o Users must put a space in between when transitioning between two languages. For example, a space must be placed after the last English character before transitioning to a Chinese character for casing to work correctly. o When transitioning from Chinese to English, a period and a space must be between the last Chinese character and the first English character for sentence casing to work correctly. 8

9 Technical Support Information Most products feature a number of coverage options. Avid Assurance service offerings are designed to facilitate your use of Avid solutions. Service options include extended telephone coverage, automatic software maintenance, extended hardware warranty, and preferred pricing on replacement parts. Offerings and options may vary by product and are not available for all products. For more information regarding Avid s service offerings, visit or call Avid Sales at AVID ( ). Program availability and details might vary depending on geographic location and are subject to change without notice. Contact your local Avid office or your local Avid Reseller for complete program information and pricing. However, if you need help locating an Avid office or Avid Reseller near you, please visit or call in North America AVID ( ). International users call Accessing Online Support Avid Online Support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search the Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read/join online message-board discussions. To access Avid Online Support: Go to Note: Supplemental documentation for this release, if available, is provided on the Knowledge Base. For the latest up-to-date information, browse the Knowledge Base at Avid Online Support. 9

10 Copyright and Disclaimer Product specifications are subject to change without notice and do not represent a commitment on the part of Avid Technology, Inc. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement. You can obtain a copy of that license by visiting Avid's Web site at The terms of that license are also available in the product in the same directory as the software. The software may not be reverse assembled and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the express written permission of Avid Technology, Inc. Copyright 2005 Avid Technology, Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Attn. Government User(s). Restricted Rights Legend U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. This Software and its documentation are commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation. In the event that such Software or documentation is acquired by or on behalf of a unit or agency of the U.S. Government, all rights with respect to this Software and documentation are subject to the terms of the License Agreement, pursuant to FAR (a) and/or DFARS (a), as applicable. Trademarks 888 I/O, Adrenaline, AirPlay, AirSPACE, AirSPACE HD, AirSpeed, AniMatte, AudioSuite, AudioVision, AutoSync, Avid, Avid DNA, Avid DNxcel, Avid DNxHD, AVIDdrive, AVIDdrive Towers, Avid Mojo, AvidNet, AvidNetwork, AVIDstripe, Avid Unity, Avid Xpress, AVoption, AVX, CamCutter, ChromaCurve, ChromaWheel, DAE, D-Fi, D-fx, Digidesign, Digidesign Audio Engine, Digidesign Intelligent Noise Reduction, DigiDrive, Digital Nonlinear Accelerator, DigiTranslator, DINR, DNxchange, D-Verb, Equinox, ExpertRender, FieldPak, Film Composer, FilmScribe, FluidMotion, HIIP, HyperSPACE, HyperSPACE HDCAM, IllusionFX, Image Independence, Intraframe, is9, is18, is23, is36, LaunchPad, Lo-Fi, Magic Mask, make manage move media, Marquee, Matador, Maxim, MCXpress, Media Composer, MediaDock, MediaDock Shuttle, Media Fusion, Media Illusion, MediaLog, Media Reader, Media Recorder, MEDIArray, MediaShare, Meridien, MetaSync, MissionControl, NaturalMatch, Nearchive, NetReview, NewsCutter, Nitris, OMF, OMF Interchange, OMM, Open Media Framework, Open Media Management, ProEncode, Pro Tools, QuietDrive, Recti-Fi, RetroLoop, rs9, rs18, Sci-Fi, Softimage, Sound Designer II, SPACE, SPACEShift, SpectraGraph, SpectraMatte, Symphony, Trilligent, UnityRAID, Vari- Fi, Video Slave Driver, VideoSPACE, and Xdeck are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. inews, inews ControlAir, and Media Browse are either registered trademarks or trademarks of inews, LLC. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. inews Read Me Rev. A 16 December