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Make sure that Just Connect is not started automatically using the “Login Items” “Login Items” functionality of the system preference pane “Users & Groups”“Users & Groups” or “General → Login Items”. Instead, use “Stay Alive Alive” to start the application automatically after a restart of the mac Mac or a crash. |
Just Connect acts like a database by holding channel manager, receiving and processing all the information related to a channel and . At the same time, it connects all Just Out engine(s) and Just Control user interface(s) which are related to a particular channel administrated by Just Connect.
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Channel Repository: Just Connect holds all the information about a channel, like such as Format, related User Interface, used video hardware, and so onmore.
Centralized Schedule: For each Channel, a single copy of the schedule is held by Just Connect, which is sent to the clients automatically.
Rights Management: Controls Control of who may connect to a Channel and what rights a user has to alter a schedule.
Redundancy: Optionally, a second Just Out engine can be defined for each Layer to act as a redundant Playout node. In this case, every change made in just:live/just:play will be automatically sent to the Primary and the Redundant engine.
Automatic Channel Backup: There is a backup feature that allows you to automatically back up all of your Channels Channel configurations to a second destination.
Interface
Just Connect comes with a very basic interface, which shows important information about the status of a channel Channel.
Before activation and without a connected Just Out Engine
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All Channels: TRIAL MODE - – there is no licensed channel Channel yet and therefore the channels are in Trial Mode.
Memory: Shows the amount of RAM used by Just Connect
Channel: Shows the Channel name of the channel, and if the Master or the Redundant engine is on air, the IP address, Port, and the output device used.
Status: Is in this example, “Waiting for engines because ” means that there is no connectconnection to the Just Out engine assigned to this channel Channel.
Scheduling: Shows the user interface defined for this channel Channel.
Video Mode: Shows the video mode defined for this channel Channel.
Port: Shows the Port defined for this channel Channel.
Buffer: Shows the buffer status of the Just Out engine currently on air. This is empty for a channel which Channel that is not playing out.
After activation and with
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a connected Just Out Engine
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All Channels: x channel licensed - there are # channel(s) licensed which number of Channels licensed that can be used for production playout.
Memory: Shows the amount of RAM used by Just Connect.
Channel: Shows the Channel name of the channel, and if the Master or the Redundant engine is on air, the IP address, Port, and the output device used.
Status: Is Playing because in this example, “Playing” means that there is a Just Out engine assigned to this channel Channel which is started and connected.
Scheduling: Shows the user interface defined for this channel Channel.
Video Mode: Shows the video mode defined for this channel Channel.
Port: Shows the Port defined for this channel Channel.
Buffer: Shows the buffer status of the Just Out engine currently on air.
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While Just Connect does all those things, the setup and administration of the channels is done in Just Control, which provides a centralized user interface to define the attributes of all Channels. |
The following chapters describe how to create a Channel for the first time, but also how to add a new Offline or Online Channel to the existing list of Channels using Just Control. In addition to the basic setup, we will describe how to add further functions to a Channel using the Expert User mode.
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