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Viz Pilot User Guide

Version 8.8 | Published September 25, 2023 ©

Viz Pilot System Installation

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Viz Pilot Setup Wizard

The Viz Pilot Setup Wizard installs the necessary Viz Pilot components on your machine.

Note: The installer migrates any configuration settings from older versions of Viz Pilot, such as Database information. This applies to the installer for Viz Pilot 7.1 and newer and only migrates from versions 6.0 and up. Settings from the most recent version of Viz Pilot will be migrated in the event that multiple versions are installed on your machine. For example, settings from Viz Pilot 7.0 will migrate but not from version 6.1, if both are installed.

Installing Viz Pilot

Note: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 is required in order to run the Viz Pilot installer.

  1. Click the Viz Pilot installer (*.msi) file to start the Viz Pilot Setup Wizard.

  2. In the Welcome panel, click Next.

  3. In the Destination Folder panel, define the location of the Viz Pilot program files, and then click Next.

    Note: The default location is %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Vizrt\Viz Pilot x.y.

  4. In the Product Features panel, select one or more relevant Viz Pilot Components to install, and then click Install.
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    Tip: Different components are needed for different setups. For example, on a Template Wizard work station or newsroom work station, only some Viz Pilot Components are needed. For more details, see Newsroom Integration Installation, Control Room Client Installation, and Template Design Client Installation.

  5. Once Viz Pilot Setup Wizard has finished installing all relevant features, continue the installation process by configuring your setup in the Changing Settings.

Installing Preview Server

Preview Server is required in situations where the Viz Engine must provide frames for snapshot or thumbnail generation. Preview Server is used by Viz Pilot News to fetch previews of overlay graphics for the Timeline Editor.

See Also

Installing Pilot DBA

Pilot Database Administrators (DBA) is used to install, maintain and upgrade the Viz Pilot database. There is no installer. The DBA can be downloaded from Vizrt’s FTP as a ZIP archive, and is located in the same directory as the Viz Pilot installer. Pilot DBA and all script files are bundled into a ZIP file. Please unzip all files into one folder, for example, C:\temp\PilotDBA. Then:

  1. Extract the ZIP archive to a preferred directory.

  2. Create a desktop and/or start menu shortcut.

Viz Pilot Configuration

When all the relevant Viz Pilot Components have been installed using the Viz Pilot Setup Wizard, the Changing Settings will open automatically.

In the Viz Pilot Configuration Tool, you can define the relevant settings for your Viz Pilot setup, for example: