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Viz Pilot User Guide

Version 8.8 | Published September 25, 2023 ©

Categories and Channels

The Categories and Channels option on the Tools menu opens an editor window for adding template category and channel assignments for those categories.

Categories and Channels Editor

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The channel name must correspond to the output channel configured in Director. In some situations a user might want certain types of graphics to be played out on a specific output channel, for instance lower thirds on one channel and full screens on another. By adding a template to a specific category, the category’s channel is set as the default output channel when the template’s data elements are added to a playlist in Director.

IMPORTANT! Legacy templates that do not use Control Object are unable to assign themselves to the correct program channel. These templates will therefore always default to the default program channel in the profile configuration, and disregard information in the Categories and Channels setup.

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  • Custom channel: Sets the default channel for each of the defined categories.

  • Categories: Adds and renames categories.

  • Channels: Adds and renames output channels. Note that the channel name must correspond with the channels configured in Director.

For more information on how to set categories for templates, see the Template Manager’s Variants editor.

Info: To pass a default channel to a newsroom system, the parameter ax_add_itemchannel in Pilot Data Server's VCP Parameters must be enabled.

To Delete a Category or Channel

Select a category/channel and press Delete.