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Author Topic: Preparing Barco 32B for drive-in off-season Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-01-2013 05:45 PM                     It is, indeed, a judgment call. We have some operators that run 3-days a week. Fri-Sun...they shut down after Sunday. So far, no-ill has come from it and it makes sense there. If one runs one show/day...I'd be more inclined to leave em running. This is something that we keep re-evaluating but, thus far, leaving them running seems to win out. In our VPF/NOC systems, it is a requirement. With some IMB systems, one has to shut the server down BEFORE the IMB or risk data corruption. So we are forced into the experiment whether we like it or not. I definitely don't like running projectors all night...that just makes them dirt pumps.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-04-2013 02:53 PM                     Agreed Steve. GDC I believe does not have a 24/7 power on requirement like Cinedigm. All but two of my GDV VPF customers shut down at night. The TMS still grabs the play out list at some point in time irregardless...  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-05-2013 01:01 AM                     Mark, you can specify the time for GDC when to pull logs for VPF purposes. We like to pull at 3am, then firewall the TMS off during normal operating hours. I think if you don't specifically modify it that it keeps trying at whatever interval until it gets them, which is probably what your sites are doing that power off at night.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-05-2013 06:38 AM                     The GDC "Daily Reporter" does indeed retrieve the information when it can...it can be quite persistent. When we first put them on line...it took its time but it pulled logs all of the way back to 2009 (before we installed) and over the course of a day had grabbed them all up to current time.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-05-2013 02:03 PM                     Yea, it doesn't really matter if projectors are on or off for this. Just the TMS has to be on which they ALWAYS are. Daily Reporter is going to grab the play out list from the servers and store it on the OS drive no matter what time you request it from the TMS.  |  IP: Logged

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