Viz Pilot User Guide

The table below shows default registry settings and other settings that might be useful for Director and Viz Pilot News. It is recommended to consult a local Vizrt representative or support person before altering registry settings. It is also recommended to test changes before applying them to a production system.

Registry settings that are not covered are either legacy settings and no longer supported, or are settings that must not to be changed. The table below covers settings that can be changed during installation or manually using the Registry Editor.

Start Windows’ registry editor (regedit.exe) and open the following path to edit your parameters:

Windows 64-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node[vizrt]

Registry Settings

Key	Name	Description
ActiveX\ DataBroker	DatabaseName	Sets the database name for Viz Pilot News. Supported values are TNS name alias, connection string or a full TNS connection string.
	Password	Sets the database username
	UserName	Sets the database username
ActiveX\ TemplateFiller	BCSDeviceName	Sets the name for the device that is connected to the Avid iNEWS Control Air (formerly known as iNEWS Broadcast Control System (BCS)). Default device name is cg.
	BCSTemplateName	Sets the template name. Default is pilotdata. This must be configured in Avid iNEWS. See also BCSDeviceName.
	insertBCSTag	Set this to 1 to insert the BCS values in the iNEWS production cue. If using MOS, set this to 0. See also BCSDeviceName.
	mosID	MOS IDs are created by Newsroom Computer System administrators.
	NODB	Disables (1) the database connection. Default is enabled (0). See Working Without a Database Connection.
	PreviewDisabled	Enables (0) or disables (1) both local and remote preview for Viz Pilot News. Default is enabled (0).
	PreviewHost	The preview host is set during installation. This setting will override the database settings, and can be hostname or IP address. For failover, PreviewHost can have more than one host and port number defined.<host> defines the Viz Engine hostname for remote preview. If <host> is set without a trailing <port> then the PreviewPort number must be set. Parameter:<host><host>,<host>,<host> ...<host>:<port>, <host>:<port> ...
	PreviewPort	By default set in the database. This setting will override the database settings. Default ports are 50008 (multiple connections) and 6100 (single connection).<port> defines the Viz Engine port number for remote preview.
	PreviewSizeX	By default set by Viz Engine. This setting overrides the aspect ratio set by Viz Engine.
	PreviewSizeY	By default set by Viz Engine. This setting overrides the aspect ratio set by Viz Engine.
	PreviewSocketTimeOut	Viz Pilot News will wait for a socket connection to the local Viz Engine before continuing. By default the “activex_preview_socket_timeout" setting (see Database Parameters) would be set in the database if needed; however, the same setting can also be set in the registry to override the database setting. Recommended default value is 10000 ms.
	PreviewTimeOut	By default set in the database. This setting overrides the database parameter setting for “activex_preview_socket_timeout" (see Database Parameters). Default value is 10000 ms.
	StartBlank	Enables (1) Viz Pilot News to start without fetching the data elements for each template; hence, this setting can be used to load and start Viz Pilot News more quickly. Default is disabled (0).
	use_utf8	Enables (1) or disables (0) the use of UTF-8 when writing to the database. It is NOT recommended to disable UTF-8 if the database configured to use UTF-8. Default is enabled (1).
	UseVCPDM	Enables (1) Viz Pilot News to be used with the Viz Device Manager. Default is disabled (0). See also BCSDeviceName.
Preview Engine	ShowConsole	Enables (1) the Viz Engine console to always be visible when using local preview. This setting will override the user preference. Default is disabled (0).
Viz Pilot	ORACLEHOST	Oracle database hostname. Note that INI file settings will override registry settings.
	ORACLESID	Oracle database SID. Note that INI file settings will override registry settings.
	TNS_ADMIN	Alternative to a full connection string. If a TNS name file is configured, setting the path may be used to set a different location than Oracle’s default location, and to avoid conflicts with similar database connections defined as a local environment variable.