79.7.4 Nunzio Playout Master/Clone functionality

You can set a Master Nunzio Playout and a Clone Nunzio Playout. The Clone will replicate all the actions on the rundown performed by the user on the Master.

The purpose is to have two emission lines equal to each other, in order to use one if the other has problems.

Setup

Install one Etere Nunzio Playout on a machine, and another Etere Nunzio Playout on another machine, starting them on same Station.

Set one of them as Master, specifying the address of the Clone.
Set the other one as Clone, specifying the port where it will receive connection by the Master.

[Master nunzio player]

[Clone nunzio player]

Parameters

Master/clone mode: If set to None, Nunzio Playout will run as the main airing module. If set to Master/Clone, the following parameters will be enabled, allowing to set a clone (or master) Nunzio Playout to connect to. Additionally, on Playout section, the button [Switch Master/Clone] will become visible.

Start as: Select if the current Nunzio Playout instance should start as Master or Clone.

Automatic switching: In case Nunzio Playout clone gets disconnected from master, it switches automatically to master, enabling the buttons to control the rundown in order to be fully functional for airing. If a manual switch is needed, simply click the button [Switch Master/Clone] on Playout section.
When it starts as Master, but it detects a Master already running on Remote Host (parameter "Clone remote host address"), then it switches to Clone;
When it is running as Clone and does not find a Master on Remote Host, then it switches to Master.

Clone mode: When it is in Clone mode, this is the Local Port used to receive commands from Master (connection is from Master side).

Master mode: When it is in Master mode, this is the Remote Host Address and Port where to find and connect to the Clone.

Remarks

- Obviously the players configurations (ABC) have to be the same on both Master and Clone, otherwise the Clone will not work, showing the error message “Players preset is not the same of the Master”.

[nunzio players]

- If players have got NDI outputs (NDI Renderer), the NDI signal will have the property ‘ndi_backup’ set as the corresponding NDI name of the other Nunzio Playout.