User`s guide

Chapter 2: Installation and Setup
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An Important Word about Fonts
Any fonts used in templates intended for use with DekoMOS must be installed on all computers,
including Deko playout systems and NCS clients that access and display the templates. To install
fonts, refer to the appropriate Windows documentation.
About Using DekoMOS in a Non-Latin Language Environment
English and other Latin based languages use a certain character set. Other languages use other
characters. The language or languages that you can display depend upon system settings. For
more information, refer to the appendix beginning on page 177, or to the appropriate Windows
documentation.
DekoMOS currently uses single byte characters to recall the appropriate glyph to display a
character. When a byte is sent to Deko, Deko converts it to Unicode according to the current code
page. The information is then maintained internally in Deko in Unicode. Most Truetype fonts
have more than one lookup table. If they have more than 256 glyphs, then they must be able to
find those glyphs, usually with a Unicode lookup table. Before Unicode, many non-English
applications supplied their own fonts where all the glyphs are in the first 256 positions. The
applications had their own tables to know where the glyphs were stored. These fonts, possibly
found in older graphics, do not work properly with more modern applications such as DekoMOS.
The DekoMOS Playback Controller may be set to display fonts appropriate for languages other
than English. Refer to page 119.
Compatibility with components of previous versions of DekoMOS
Components of different versions of DekoMOS are compatible as indicated below. Naturally,
many of the new features may not be available when connecting 3.0 to older components. The
DekoMOS Playback Controller version must always match that of the DekoMOS Macro Server.
3.0 Gateway
2.1 Client, no 3.0 Client features
2.1 Macro Server
2.1 Playback Controller
2.1 Gateway
3.0 Client, no global default graphic duration
3.0 Macro Server
3.0 Playback Controller, does not support status callbacks
Before Installing on an iNEWS NCS
If you are using iNews, complete this process before installing any DekoMOS components.
Update the information on the iNEWS MOS Gateway and Server as described in the Avid iNEWS
MOS Gateway Installation & Operations Manual.