Post-installation

Perform these steps after installing the MOS Repeater software in Install the MOS Repeater.

Edit the NOM.ini file

Close NOM Watcher, then close all ENPS processes:

  • News Object Manager (NOM)

  • News Wire Profiler (NWP)

  • NOM Maintenance

  • NOM Buddy Maintenance

Open the F:\NOM\NOM.ini file and make the following additions or changes to each section.

[NOM] settings

Add or change the following setting to the [NOM] section:

  • MOSRepeater=1

  • CentralServer=<NetbiosIDOfYourExistingCentralServer>

  • ContinueIfSOLRDown=1

[Watch] settings

Add or change the following settings to the [Watch] section:

  • NOM=1

  • NWP=0

  • Maint=1

  • Extract=0

  • Buddy=0

[Maint] settings

Add or change the following settings to [Maint] section:

  • Delete=0

  • Sync=1

The NOM.ini file should now look like this:

[NOM]
; Buddy active (1=True, 0=False)
Buddy=0
; Record caching (1=enabled, 0=disabled, default=0)
EnableCache=1
XMLStorage=1
CentralServer=NAME OF CENTRAL SERVER
ContinueIfSOLRDown=1
MOSRepeater=1

[Watch]
NOM=1
NWP=0
Maint=1
Extract=0
Buddy=0

[TCPIP]
PacketVersion=2

[Reflectors]


[Maint]
RemovePriorVersions=0
DeleteLog=1
Delete=0
Sync=1

[MOS]
Version=2.6

Restart NOM Watcher.

The NOM, NOM Watcher, and the maintenance process should now be the only programs running.

Create new entries in the Servers table

  1. Open System Maintenance > Servers on the server or a workstation that has the System Maintenance tool installed.

  2. Click Add to create a new entry with the following parameters, then click Save to apply the changes.

    Setting

    Value

    ID

    MOS Repeater's NetBIOS name.

    Description

    Description for the MOS Repeater.

    MOS

    Re-enter the MOS Repeater's NetBIOS name.

    IP

    MOS Repeater's IP address.

    MOS Repeater

    MOS Server

    Primary Server name from which the MOS repeater will receive its MOS StorySend messages

  3. Close the System Maintenance tool.

  4. Open the NOM.

  5. Select File > Reload Global Tables.

Select MOS Repeater Targets

Open the System Maintenance > MOS Repeater Targets table.

In the table, create an entry for each MOS Repeater target.

MOS Repeater Sync with NOM

To ensure that the MOS Repeater stays in sync with the NOM, MOS StorySend messages will be numbered coming out of the parent. If the Repeater target receives a message out of the expected order it can request a re-sync for the affected Rundown.

To enable this:

  1. Open the News Object Manager (NOM) (NOM) on the Primary Server and select Windows > MOS.

  2. Check the Number roConstruction Messages box on the Primary Server NOM.

  3. In the MOS Repeater's NOM, you can set the number of minutes to purge the MOS Repeater's message queue after an editing site logs off.

If the Primary Server you are working on is not your organization's Central Server:

  1. Open NOM Maintenance (Maint) and select Window > Synchronization.

  2. Click Sync Now.

  3. Open the NOM and select File > Reload Global tables.

Finally, restart the NOM on both the MOS Repeater and the ENPS Primary Server.