Configuring settings: Render Engine
If you received your system pre-configured from Grass Valley, your Engines settings are already configured so you can skip these tasks. Otherwise, work through this section to configure your Engines settings.
To locate these settings, click Core | Engines
Depending on the workflow and bandwidth requirements of your system, Grass Valley may provide a system design in which multiple engines of the same type run on one or more servers. Configure engines as specified by your system design.
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In the Control Panel application, open Engines
settings.
Settings are described as follows:
- Click Refresh to make sure the list has the latest information from SiteConfig.
- Verify that GV STRATUS servers with role of Render Engine are listed, and that those servers are set to Engine Type Render Engine.
- In the Configured column, select each server with role of Render Engine, with Engine Type Render Engine. You must save settings at initial install/config and any time a GV STRATUS server with an Engine Type role is added, removed, or modified in SiteConfig.
- Click Save. Settings are saved to the selected GV STRATUS servers.
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Select the Render Engine and click
Modify.
The Render Engine configuration page displays.
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Configure settings as follows:
Use these settings to balance resource load on the GV STRATUS server hosting the engine.
Note: The total number of maximum concurrent jobs is limited by the number of available simultaneous connections with K2 Summits. If set to zero, the Render Engine does not process jobs of that type. - Click Save. Render Engine settings are saved to the selected server.