Viz Pilot Edge User Guide

Version 2.4 | Published March 31, 2023 ©

Configuration

Use the settings below to modify the setup to suit your requirements.

Database Settings

Pilot Data Server Setting

Description

ax_disable_overlay_saving

Disables saving of overlay timelines for clip assets that have an overlay_timeline link.

ax_dont_fetch_thumbnails

No thumbnails are shown in the element list.

ax_hide_dataelements

Hides the data element list if set to true.

ax_disable_data_overwrite

Hides the overwrite button if set to true.

preview_server_uri

Base URI of the Preview Server to be used when requesting preview images for the graphics.

shared_curious_server

Viz World Server IP or hostname for the maps workflow. If you add multiple hostnames, Pilot Edge will utilize the first one on the list.

video_mode

Video mode for channel. PAL or NTSC.


URL Parameters

URL Parameter

Description

autorefreshpreview= [true/false]

Disables auto-refresh of graphic preview if set to false.

candeletepilotelements=[true/false]

Lets you delete data elements from the database if set to true.

maps=[hostname]

Overrides the setting shared_curious_server defined in the Pilot Data Server.

preview=[hostname]

Overrides the setting preview_server_uri defined in the Pilot Data Server.

showpilotelements=[true/false]

Hides the data element list if set to false. Overrides the setting ax_hide_dataelements defined in the Pilot Data Server.

mosid

Defines which mos installation the object is to be used in (for example, mosid=PILOT).

licensehost

Configures which license server is used.

disablepilotelementoverwrite=true

Hides the overwrite button if true.

override-initial-concept=<concept id>

Overrides the initial concept selection in the find graphics "tab" in Pilot Edge. It overrides the local storage setting and re-selects the specified concept each time Pilot Edge is loaded.

The list of concepts and their id can be found in the service document for PDS , host:8177/concepts, and it is the numeric part of the id that it is used.

Note: This feature is only applied when Pilot Edge is loaded the first time. If a newsroom system only hides Pilot Edge and shows the previously loaded version, this will not be applied.