Viz Pilot Edge User Guide

Version 3.1 | Published June 26, 2024 ©

Configuration

Use the settings below to modify the setup to suit your requirements.

Database Settings

Pilot Data Server Setting

Description

ax_disable_overlay_saving

Disables saving of overlay timelines for clip assets that have an overlay_timeline link.

ax_dont_fetch_thumbnails

No thumbnails are shown in the element list.

ax_hide_data_elements

Hides the data element list if set to true.

ax_disable_data_overwrite

Hides the overwrite button if set to true.

ax_mosid

Overrides <MOSID> in the generated MOS XML for data elements. Default is PILOT.

preview_server_uri

Base URI of the Preview Server to be used when requesting preview images for the graphics.

crop_service_uri

The URL of the service used to crop images.

graphic_hub_url

The URL of the Graphic Hub REST service used to import Viz Artist scenes.

shared_curious_server

Viz World Server IP or hostname for the maps workflow. If you add multiple hostnames, Pilot Edge will utilize the first one on the list.

video_mode

Video mode for channel. PAL or NTSC.


URL Parameters

URL Parameter

Description

autorefreshpreview=[true/false]

Disables auto-refresh of graphic preview if set to false.

candeletepilotelements=[true/false]

Lets you delete data elements from the database if set to true.

maps=[hostname]

Overrides the setting shared_curious_server defined in the Pilot Data Server.

preview=[hostname]

Overrides the setting preview_server_uri defined in the Pilot Data Server.

showpilotelements=[true/false]

Hides the data element list if set to false. Overrides the setting ax_hide_data_elements defined in the Pilot Data Server.

mosid=[mosid]

Overrides <MOSID> in the generated MOS XML for data elements. Default is PILOT. The URL parameter also overrides the ax_mosid database parameter.

disablepilotelementoverwrite=true

Hides the overwrite button if true.

override-initial-concept=<concept id>

Overrides the initial concept selection in the find graphics "tab" in Pilot Edge. It overrides the local storage setting and re-selects the specified concept each time Pilot Edge is loaded.

The list of concepts and their id can be found in the service document for PDS , host:8177/concepts, and it is the numeric part of the id that it is used.

Note: This feature is only applied when Pilot Edge is loaded the first time. If a newsroom system only hides Pilot Edge and shows the previously loaded version, this will not be applied.

sendbutton

Force the Send to Newsroom system button to appear.

origin=[URL]

When hosted in an iframe, Viz Pilot Edge uses window.PostMessage to communicate with the host window. The origin parameter is a safety measure to ensure that only the window with the given origin gets the message. If not present, Viz Pilot Edge will fall back to using *, which makes the browser skip this check.