User`s guide

Chapter 1: Welcome to DekoMOS
12 Pinnacle Systems DekoMOS User’s Guide
DekoMOS and the Newsroom Environment
DekoMOS consists of several components working together, installed on different computers.
DekoMOS gathers information from other applications and distributes information to other
applications. Therefore, understanding the relationship of DekoMOS to other aspects of the
newsroom environment is helpful.
Your newsroom computer system (NCS), or server, organizes the newsroom. There is two-way
communication between the server and other computers with the NCS client software. Each NCS
client has the DekoMOS Browser as a plug-in, functioning as part of the client software. The
DekoMOS Browser communicates with the DekoMOS Gateway.
The DekoMOS Gateway manages configuration information. It also is the communication link
between the NCS and the DekoMOS Playback Controller to create and modify news rundowns.
The DekoMOS Playback Controller, as the name suggests, controls playback of graphics on Deko
systems. The DekoMOS Playback Controller can drive up to nine channels of Deko, across
multiple systems, from a single user interface.
The DekoMOS Macro Server, installed on all Dekos used for playout, allows the DekoMOS
Playback Controller to communicate with the Dekos.
All DekoMOS components should be installed and configured as specified in this User Guide,
starting on page 21, and in relevant NCS documentation.
Note: In this explanation, the term Deko refers to any one of these products: Deko3000, Deko 3000/Hybrid,
Deko 3000HD, FXDeko II, Deko 2200, Deko 1000, Deko 1000/Hybrid, Deko 1000HD, and Deko 550.
Older versions of DekoMOS may not be compatible with all Deko models listed here. Refer to Appendix A,
page 155, for minimum system requirements.
NCS stands for Newsroom Computer System and may refer to iNEWS from Avid Technology or ENPS
from Associated Press.