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Configuring List Types

About Play lists and the Traffic Translator

Play list files are created from the traffic department’s daily programming log by processing them through the Automation Traffic Translator software application (WinCMMS.exe). The rules that the Traffic Translator uses to parse the traffic log are customized to your specific requirements.

The traffic translator application is typically installed on the File Server, a seldom-used client

PC, or may be installed and run on a PC in the traffic department. The input and output folders for the Traffic Translator are specified in the command line for the application. There are several other options that may be specified there as well. The command line for the

Traffic Translator should be in the following format:

C:\WINCMMS\WinCMMS.exe <input directory/[input file]> or <input directory/[default extension]>

[-axy]

[<done directory>]

Where,

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<input directory>: Points to the default input directory (folder) where the traffic logs are located.

• This may be accompanied by a [input file] name. This is useful when calling the translator from another application. The translator closes itself after the file is converted.

• The input directory may also be accompanied by a [default extension] in “*.xxx” format.

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<output directory>: Points to the default output directory where the output play list file will be saved.

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[<done directory>]: Points to the directory where traffic logs will be moved after they have been translated. This option may be used in conjunction with the –a or –x switch.

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-a: Allows the application to run in Automatic Mode. The Traffic Translator will run minimized, converting all the files located in the <input directory>. After each log is translated, it is moved to the <done directory>. If there is no <done directory> specified, the traffic log will be moved to the <output directory>. The Traffic Translator will remain running in the background as a service (minimized in the Windows system tray) and

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-x: Allows the application to run in Batch Mode. The Traffic Translator will convert all the files located in the <input directory>. It closes itself after the last file is converted. This switch should not to be used in conjunction with the –a switch.

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-y: Allows the translator to run without a prompt. The Traffic Translator will overwrite the output file, if it exists. This switch may be used in conjunction with the –a or –x switch.

Examples:

C:\WINCMMS\WinCMMS.exe A:\ E:\Playlist

This example will translate traffic logs and place the translated play lists in the

“E:\Playlist” folder. This option will require manual selection of the traffic log to be translated.

C:\WINCMMS\WinCMMS.exe E:\Traffic\today.txt E:\Playlist –y

This example will translate a file named “today.txt” in the “E:\Traffic” folder and place the translated play list file in the “E:\Playlist” folder. It will overwrite any existing play lists without prompting the user.

C:\WINCMMS\WinCMMS.exe E:\Traffic\*.scd E:\Playlist –xy

This example will automatically translate any traffic logs with an “.scd” extension in the

“E:\Traffic” folder and place the translated play list files in the “E:\Playlist” folder. It will overwrite any existing play lists without prompting the user. The application will close after the lat file has been translated.

C:\WINCMMS\WinCMMS.exe E:\Traffic E:\Playlist -ay E:\Traffic\done

This example will automatically translate any files that appear in the “E:\Traffic” folder and place the translated play list files in the “E:\Playlist” folder. It will overwrite any existing play lists without prompting the user. It will also move the original traffic log from the

“E:\Traffic” folder to the “E:\Traffic\done” folder once it has been translated. The application will remain running (as a service, minimized in the Windows system tray) waiting for new traffic logs to appear in the “E:\Traffic” folder.

Depending on the custom features of your Traffic Translator, it may also be used to translate

AsRun logs back into traffic reconciliation logs, combine AsRun and traffic logs for reconciliation, translate multiple traffic logs simultaneously for different Transmission lists.

See your Automation project manager for more information about the Traffic Translator.

About List Configuration

The automation server creates lists in the following order:

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Transmission Lists (Playlists) and record lists .

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Media Lists

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GMT Lists

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Compile Lists

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In the Configuration program the List Assignments window displays the list type next to the list name.

When a new list is added to the server configuration this can change the order of the lists. If a server originally had two playlists (lists one and two) and two media lists (lists three and four), then when a new playlist is added then list three now becomes a playlist and list five is the new media list.

When this new server is started the configuration data in the INI file is read in based on the old configuration. This means that the configuration data for the first media list (list three) is now being used by the new list three, which is a playlist. This often created confusion for the users of the system as well as some on-air problems.

When installing a new version of the server with additional lists the user must always check the configuration. To ease the migration path and prevent some (but not all) configuration related issues:

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The lists when reading the configuration will make sure that what is read for the INI file is appropriate for the target list type being configured.

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Where possible the list will make sure setting options from the INI file that don’t apply to the list type will be corrected.

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Configuring Transmission List/Playlist

Options

About Transmission Lists / Playlists

Once a play list file has been translated from the traffic log, it may be loaded, pasted or appended into a Transmission window where it then becomes a Transmission List. A

Transmission List is the main sequential list used by the Device Server to control the playout of media.

Transmission Lists are composed of primary and secondary events. Primary events may play out media from a physical media device, or may switch a crosspoint on a router or switcher using a Switch-Only device. Secondary events are “attached to” or associated with primary events to perform additional activities on the Transmission List. For example, a primary event may be playing out a clip from a video server’s decoder port while an attached secondary event, at some point during the primary event, may recall a page on a downstream keyer and key a graphic over the primary playout stream. Each primary event on a

Transmission List plays out sequentially. When the full duration of a primary event has been reached, the next event will roll automatically. Operators may manually roll events before their full duration has been reached by using the Air Client’s control panel.

Event Registration

When events are placed within the lookahead (see below) of a Transmission list, they are registered with the media devices assigned to that list. The system will query the storage collections of the devices, in the order of their assignment to device channels, and the first device that responds that it has the ID in its storage will register that event. This is indicated on the Transmission list by the event turning blue. If there are media heads available, the event will be threaded and cued. If there are no media devices assigned to the list that have the ID in their storage collections, the event will remain red on the Transmission list. The event will remain unregistered until a media device informs the system that the ID has been added to its storage collection.

Media devices are checked for media availability only under certain circumstances. Events are checked only when:

• A new event is inserted into the lookahead

• A new event enters the lookahead because another event has been deleted

• A “done” event is cleared within the lookahead

• The lookahead value is increased, and new events enter the lookahead

• The list “packs” – done events are removed from the top of the list and new events enter the lookahead

• An unregistered event is modified and the media is now available

Events are unregistered from devices only when:

• An event is deleted from the Transmission list

• A registered event is modified and the media is no longer available

• An event is marked “done”

• The lookahead is shortened, and previously registered events are now outside the lookahead

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• An event is inserted into the lookahead, and previously registered events are now pushed outside the lookahead

Media devices inform the system when their storage collections have changed – when IDs have been either added or deleted. If a device informs the system that an ID has been added to its storage collection, lists that are assigned a media head of that device are rechecked to see if that ID is within the lookahead. If it is, then the event will be registered with that device.

Pending record events (if the Transmission list is being used as a record list) will be rechecked to see if they should now be unregistered.

If a device informs the system that an ID has been removed from its storage collection, events registered with media heads of that device are re-checked to determine if the events should be unregistered. Pending unregistered record events are also rechecked to determine if they may now be registered.

In short, playout events will register with a media device if the ID exists within the device’s storage collection. Record events will register with a record device if the ID does not exist within the record device’s storage collection.

The Lookahead

The lookahead value, which may be configured in the list options configuration GUI (see below), represents the number of events at the top of the Transmission list that are checked for media availability. The lookahead may be a fixed number of events (default 50), or it may be a fixed time value based on the durations of the events. Events on the Transmission list beyond the lookahead are not checked and are not registered with devices.

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After events have run, they become part of the done count. The done count is a fixed number of “done” events held at the top of the Transmission list. The done count is configurable and may be set to a value between 1 and the lookahead value minus 1.

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As the Transmission list runs, the list “packs”. Events at the top of the Transmission list’s done count are removed and all remaining events on the list move up. Events just beyond the lookahead move up into the lookahead and are registered if possible.

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A duration-based lookahead, instead of looking ahead a fixed number of events, looks ahead a specified time value. The system will sum all of the event durations and keep an equivalent number of events in the lookahead. The actual number of events in the lookahead will vary, depending on the durations of events on the list.

Record Lists and GMT Push Lists

Transmission lists may be used for purposes other than playing out to air. Transmission lists may be used as Record lists for automated recording. A Record list is simply a Transmission list with record devices assigned to it. Record events are placed on the Record list either by manually entering them, by translating a record list provided by traffic with the Traffic

Translator application (if so customized), or through the use of an automated recording client application like AutoSat.

Record events are timed events. They will roll at the time-of-day specified in the list’s Time column. Record lists have all the behaviors of a Transmission list with regard to event registration, A/V routing, threading, cueing and rolling events.

NOTE: For more information about creating and managing Record lists, reference the “Air

Client Installation and Operations Reference”.

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Transmission lists may also be used as GMT Push lists. A Push list’s purpose is to move media from wherever it exists within the system to where it needs to be to play out ahead of time. Events may be placed on a Push list to populate a playout video server with media needed for tomorrow’s play list.

NOTE: For more information about GMT Push Lists see

Global Media Transfer

To Configure Transmission List Options

A number of options may configured to control the behavior of Transmission Lists. These options are accessed from the Configuration Manager’s List Assignments window.

1. To access the Transmission List options configuration GUI, select a Transmission List

(PlayList) in the Lists pane.

2. Right-click on the entry and then from the pop-up menu select Properties. The

Configuration window opens with multiple tab selections. The options configured on these tabs apply to this list only. Configuration options for other lists must be configured separately.

3. Select the Parameters tab. This tab contains general configuration options for

Transmission Lists. Some options are commonly used and enabled by default.

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Configure the following options as required:

• Name: Enter a name for this Transmission List. List names are limited to 16 characters.

• Options:

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Rewind Spots: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option causes single-spot tapes played out from a VTR or cart machine to rewind to the head of the spot when finished. The tape is rewound to the SOM minus the preroll (on a multi-spot tape, the tape is rewound to the SOM minus the preroll of the last spot played).

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Rewind to First Program Segment: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option causes multi-segment programs played out from a VTR or cart machine to rewind to the head of the first program segment when finished. The tape is rewound to the SOM of the first segment minus the preroll.

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Rewind Compile Material: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option causes compile tapes to rewind to the head of the first spot when finished. The tape is rewound to the first commercial break (or “pod”) minus the preroll.

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Recue On Media Changes: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option causes events to automatically recue if the event’s SOM (start-of-message time) is changed.

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Update Cued Event on Media Change: When this parameter is enabled

(checked), all of the database derived metadata for any cued events is updated.

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If ‘Recue on Media Changes’ parameter is enabled, then this parameter is also enabled.

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If this parameter is enabled, but the ‘Recue on Media Change’ parameter is disabled, then although the event is updated, the device is not recued or otherwise updated.

Caution: This configuration scenario can cause unanticipated or

invalid behaviors, such as the device and device driver’s head data to

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get out of sync. To avoid this ensure ‘Recue on Media Changes is also

set.

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If this parameter is disabled, ‘Recue on Media Changes’ must also be disabled and no updates will be applied to cued events.

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If Auto Ripple is enabled, the start time of the event following the an updated event is also updated.

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Manual Subtitler Mode Enabled: As required enable (check) / disable

(uncheck) Manual Subtitler Mode Enabled.

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When disabled (default), the Subtitler (e.g. Screen, Cavena, etc.) works in automatic mode.

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When enabled, the Subtitler (e.g. Screen, Cavena, etc.) works in manual mode.

Following each change in operational mode, subtitler devices have to be unassigned and then reassigned to the playlist. It is important to note that the same operational mode selection applies to all subtitling devices assigned to a given playlist.

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Block Recue Following an Upcount: Enable (check) this option for the recue behavior to never allow recue following an upcount event. (See also ‘Always

Allow Recue Following an Upcount’.)

Important: While the configuration options Always Allow Recue Following an

Upcount and Block Recue Following an Upcount are currently shown as available for Media List, GMT List, and Compile List types, they are not

recommended for use with these lists.

Note: If both ‘Block Recue Following an Upcount’ or ‘Always Allow Recue

Following an Upcount’ are DISABLED (unchecked), the recue behavior uses the

upcount event’s reported duration to determine the downcount threshold after

which the recue command will not be sent. This is illustrated in the following graphic:

AU EVENT

Downcount

Upcount

Recue Sent Recue Not Sent

PLAY

Downcount

Threshold

Upcount

Threshold

Requirements for the setting of both options disabled: The following List

Option Parameter tab settings must also be set for this configuration setting:

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Enable Recue On Media Changes: Check to enable.

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“Update Cue Event on Media Change: Check to enable.

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The AO Event Thread Time must also be set and this parameter is used to determine the threshold mentioned above. (Note: The total time calculated = AO Event Thread Time: Cue Seconds + AO Event

Thread Time: Cue Frames + Time Parameters: Preroll Seconds +

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Time Parameters: Preroll Frames + Time Parameters: Postroll

Seconds + Time Parameters: Postroll Frames)

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Extended Time To Next: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option enhances the functionality of the time-to-next feature of the Transmission List.

Time-to-next values are calculated correctly regardless of whether there is an intervening upcount event.

Enhanced Functionality includes:

When the termination event is an O (hard start) event the Time To

Next display includes the running short value.

Zero duration up counters do not stop the rippling.

When in an up counter, if an O event exists as the termination event, the Time To ext computation computes without any long or short value.

It displays exactly how long until the hard timed start begins.

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Thread Limited: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option changes the cueing behavior of the Transmission List. Events are cued within the specified

“thread time”, taking into account the duration of events registered with the same media device that cannot be threaded due to a lack of available media heads.

This means non-threaded but blue (registered) events count toward the total thread time as if they were threaded.

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Auto Restart When Cued: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option causes events to automatically restart, without manual intervention, if the media has been recued.

When this option is disabled, the automation system marks the event as missing and does not automatically cue the event when located.

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Release Tension On Record: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option, if

VTRs or cart machines are assigned to this list as record devices, causes the

VTR or cart machine to release tension on the tape when the record event has cued. The tape is re-tensioned at the “standby on” time (see below).

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Update Playing Event on Media Change: When this parameter is enabled

(checked), the system partially updates the metadata of an event that is playing at the time of an update. The device cannot be recued and the SOM of the event is not updated.

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If this parameter is enabled, then ‘Update Cued Event on Media

Change’ must also be enabled.

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If this parameter is enabled, the remaining duration of the event is recalculated on an update. Since the duration of an event decrements while it is playing, the duration is changed by an amount equal to the difference between the original duration and the updated duration.

Warning: If the device is not updated- as in the case of a cued event because

Recue on Media Changes is disabled, or in all cases for playing events- and the updated duration is longer than the duration used to initially cue the device, the device may cease playout at the end of the original duration, even if the event is updated. This typically causes a TapeEnd error and the list skips forward to the

next event.

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Always Allow Recue Following an Upcount: Enable (check) this option for the recue behavior to always allow recue following an upcount event. (See also

‘Block Recue Following an Upcount’.)

Important: While the configuration options Always Allow Recue Following an

Upcount and Block Recue Following an Upcount are currently shown as

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available for Media List, GMT List, and Compile List types, they are not

recommended for use with these lists.

Requirements for this Setting: The following List Option Parameter tab settings must also be set for this configuration setting:

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Enable Recue On Media Changes: Check to enable.

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“Update Cue Event on Media Change: Check to enable.

Note: If both ‘Block Recue Following an Upcount’ or ‘Always Allow Recue

Following an Upcount’ are DISABLED (unchecked), the recue behavior uses the

upcount event’s reported duration to determine the downcount threshold after

which the recue command will not be sent. This is illustrated in the following graphic:

AU EVENT

Downcount

Upcount

Recue Sent Recue Not Sent

PLAY

Downcount

Threshold

Upcount

Threshold

Requirements for this Setting (i.e. both options disabled): The following List

Option Parameter tab settings must also be set for this configuration setting:

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Enable Recue On Media Changes: Check to enable.

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“Update Cue Event on Media Change: Check to enable.

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The AO Event Thread Time must also be set and this parameter is used to determine the threshold mentioned above. (Note: The total time calculated = AO Event Thread Time: Cue Seconds + AO Event

Thread Time: Cue Frames + Time Parameters: Preroll Seconds +

Time Parameters: Preroll Frames + Time Parameters: Postroll

Seconds + Time Parameters: Postroll Frames)

• Time Parameters: These options specify time values for this list.

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Preroll Seconds: Define the number of preroll seconds to be used for the selected list. The valid range is 0-59 seconds. Default is 3 seconds.

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Preroll Frames: Define the number of preroll frames to be used for the selected list. The valid range is 0-29 frames. Default is 0.

All events on this list will preroll for the time (Seconds/Frames) specified here before switching. The list preroll should equal the preroll time required by the slowest device assigned to the list. For example, if a VTR assigned to this list takes 4 seconds to lock up, the list preroll should be no less than 4 seconds.

NOTE: If a list preroll of less than 3 seconds is used, VTRs assigned to this list will not perform a tape speed override (TSO) when they roll.

Frame-accurate playout from tape cannot be guaranteed if a list preroll of less than 3 seconds is configured. Operators may manually override the list preroll by using the Roll Now button on the control panel. Only events registered with

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Switch-Only devices or video server decoder ports (if they are configured to support “instant prerolls”) may be rolled using the Roll Now button.

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Postroll Seconds: Define a length of time, in seconds, the automation system plays the current event beyond its duration if it has not yet switched to the next event. The valid range is 0-59 seconds. Default is 1 second.

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Postroll Frames: Define a length of time, in frames, the automation system plays the current event beyond its duration if it has not yet switched to the next event. The valid range is 0-29 frames. Default is 0.

All events on this list will postroll for the time (Seconds/Frames) specified here after their duration has expired. Events registered with video server decoder ports, if the port has been configured to support a “device postroll”, may allow shorter postrolls that the list postroll.

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StandbyOn Seconds: This value determines when “standby on” commands are sent to VTRs by specifying the amount of time the automation system keeps the

VTR in tension after cueing an event. The valid range is 10-59 seconds. Default is 30 seconds

If a VTR assigned to this list is configured to perform a “standby off” when a tape has cued - spinning down the video heads and releasing tension on the tape - the tape will be re-tensioned and recued at the “standby on” time.

• AO Event: Hard start event (AO)

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AO Event Thread Time: Specify the following thread times:

Cue Seconds: Specify cue time seconds for the AO event.

Cue Frames: Specify cue time frames for the AO event.

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Thrd AO evnt at last moment: Check to enable threading of the AO event at the last moment.

Checked: (Recommended): If another event occupies the same disk head, thread the disk hard start event when the current time is closer to its On Air time than AO Event Thread Time. Checking this box give the maximum tolerance for the list events that in front of the AO events to do playout, and also allows the AO event to successfully register to a disk head to play on time.

Unchecked: Thread disk hard start event based on thread time. If the disk head is occupied by another event, that event will be ejected.

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Only Thread Next AO Event: Enable / Disable threading of the next event. If multiple Hard-Start (AO) events are within the transmission list lookahead

Window:

Checked: Only thread the next Hard Start event without continuously rippling down to reach next AO event on the same list. Since playlist events often are without On-Air date information, this prevents the next day’s AO event (showing later in sequence on the playlist, but with an on-air time earlier than the today’s) being Cued first.

Unchecked: if there are more than one AO event in the future, list will find the earliest timed one as the next AO event to start regardless its position in the list.

Recommendation: Uncheck only when there is a necessary for set AO event out of order.

4. Select the Options tab. This tab contains optional configuration settings for Transmission lists.

NOTE: All of the options on this tab may also be configured in the Air Client application.

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Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) and configure the following as required:

• Options:

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Switch To Black: When enabled this option causes the master control switcher to take the Black source if the list stops. The Black source must be configured in the master control switcher’s configuration GUI for this to occur.

When disabled (or the Black source not configured), the switcher will remain on the last source taken if the list stops.

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Play Hard Hits: Enabling this option allows an operator to manually override the start time of “hard start” or “hard hit time” events (timed events).

When disabled, “hard start” events only roll at the time specified in the

Transmission list’s Time column.

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Contact Start: Enabling this option allows this list to be rolled via an external GPI contact-closure trigger. The GPI trigger duplicates the function of the Play button on the control panel.

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Auto A-B Routing: Enabling this option causes devices to alternate between their primary and secondary audio/video routing paths as configured in this list’s

A/V routing table (see below).

When enabled this setting overrides an event’s channel settings (displayed in

Transmission window's CH column in Air Client). During transmission, successive primary events are routed alternatively through switching channels A and B. This function is useful to ensure that two successive events are not played through the same channel (which is needed when transition effects such as mixes are defined between events). Make sure both A and B channel A/V parameters are configured in all devices that are used.

Note: When changing this configuration, existing events on the list, and in

particular previously executed events recovered with 'Clear Done Events', may

exhibit the previously configured switching behavior.

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Play ID Title Mismatches: This option only applies to systems that include a

Sony LMS cart machine. The LMS will not register events if the ID and title on the tapes’ barcode labels do not match the ID and title of the events as they appear on the Transmission list. Enabling this option allows the LMS to register mismatched events.

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Skip Bad Events: When enabled this option the Transmission list to ignore and skip a single unregistered (bad) event. The list will continue playing out and mark the bad event as “missed”.

When disabled, the Transmission list stops upon encountering any unregistered event and must be restarted manually.

NOTE: The Transmission list always stops upon encountering two or more consecutive bad events, whether this option is enabled or not.

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Station ID On Skip: Enabling this option causes the switcher to switch to the

Station ID source (configured in the master control switcher’s configuration GUI) for the duration of the list preroll when an operator has manually skipped an event using the Skip button on the control panel.

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Release Tension When Cued: Enabling this option causes the system to send a

“standby off” command to any VTRs when they have cued a tape. The tape is re-tensioned at the standby on time.

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Timed List: (Default: enabled) When enabled this option allows the list to roll timed events – hard start or record events – at the time of day specified in the

Transmission list’s Time column.

When disabled, timed events will not roll.

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Update On Air Time: Enabling this option causes the on-air time for events to update to the actual time the event rolled. AsRun logs for the list are updated as well.

When disabled, the AsRun logs reflect the time-of-day that appeared on the

Transmission list, rather than the actual time the event rolled.

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Auto Ripple Times: Enabling this option causes the time-of-day for events to update automatically, reflecting any changes to event durations made manually.

The time “rippling” ends at hard start events. The calculation assumes that the

Duration field for up-counting events is accurately set.

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Tension After Up Counter: Enabling this option causes tape events following an upcount event to remain tensioned. Since the duration of upcount events is, by definition, indeterminate, there may not be time to re-tension a tape if an upcount event ends abruptly. This option allows events from tape to remain ready to roll immediately.

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Thread After Break: When enabled this option keeps the list threaded while the list has stopped due to encountering a Break event on the list. Break events are secondary events inserted in the list to cause the list to stop temporarily and wait for a Play command from either the control panel or an external GPI trigger.

When disabled, the list must be threaded manually before it can execute a Play command.

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Keep List Threaded: Enabling this option causes the Transmission list to thread and cue as many events as possible within the lookahead. If an event is inserted into the list to be played, the event is immediately cued and subsequent events unthreaded as necessary.

When enabled, thread time is not used. This option supersedes the Thread Time.

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When disabled, the list only keeps events threaded within the Thread Time window (see below).

Logomotion Note: To ensure all available heads thread normally, enable ‘Keep

List Threaded’.

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Only Swap One Event in A-P: Enable / disable air protect switching for an event.

In an Air/Protect configuration, the playlist will play out an event simultaneously from both Air an Protect servers. If the Air Server has a failure or malfunction, the playout server switches event playout to the Protect server and stays there. In many situations, event interruption is only caused by one media, not the entire playout server or port. In this situation, some customers want the playlist to switch back to the previous Air server instead of keeping playout with the Protect server. Checking this option box will

Checked: Tells the playlist to switch back to the Air Server for normal playout, on conclusion of this trouble event.

Unchecked: Treat Air and Protect disk equally, assign air or protect disk port to

Air column whichever is ready first.

Recommendation: Uncheck when the disk port is the additional port of another video disk.

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Update Final Upcount Durations: Check to enable update of the final upcount event duration. This gives an actual duration of how long an event ran.

An upcount event type(U) is used for an event of unknown duration, such as a sporting event or any other live broadcast. During playout, the event’s duration will count down to 00:00:00.00 and then will count back up.

This repeats until terminated by either pressing Play or Skip on the control panel or a contact start is reached. The next event will play normally. Up counters only work on events played from Switch Only devices.

• Done Count: This value sets the number of “done” events that will be displayed at the top of the Transmission list. The Done Count may be set to any value between 1 and the lookahead value minus 1. Default is 4 events.

NOTE: Never set the Done Count to a value equal to or greater than the lookahead value. Doing so causes the list to eventually run out of valid, registered events and

stop.

• Thread Time: This time value determines the time “window” following the on-air event in which events will be threaded. The valid range is from 0 to 23:59:59:29 (23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds, and 29 frames). Default is 2 minutes.

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Any events within the Thread Time are threaded and cued.

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If the list option “Keep List Threaded” is enabled, this value is ignored.

• Match Primary Duration PT=EOM offset. This option provides the ability to define an offset time (HH:MM:SS:FF) for the end point of a secondary event PT=, which should end with respect to the primary event. (i.e. The value of EOM offset is used for all PT= secondary events attached to the primary.)

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This parameter affects the timing of every secondary event that uses the "=" modifier.

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When defined the offset should be less than list preroll time.

5. Select the Lookahead tab. This tab contains the configuration options for this

Transmission list’s lookahead.

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Configure the following options as required:

• Duration Based Lookahead: Enabling this option causes the Transmission list to keep a varying number of events in the lookahead, based on the sum of the durations of events on the list. A duration-based lookahead ignores the on-air event and Done Count, and calculates the lookahead from the sum of the durations of events following the on-air event.

The time values immediately below the checkbox (Hours, Minutes) specify the amount of time for the list to look ahead.

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Hours: (Default: 4 hours) (Range: 0 to 23 hours) Specify a time duration, in hours, for the lookahead window to check. This option has no effect unless the

Duration Based Lookahead box is enabled.

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Minutes: (Default: 0) (Range: 0 to 59 minutes) Specify a time duration, in minutes, for the lookahead window to check. This option has no effect unless the

Duration Based Lookahead box is enabled.

• Count Lookahead: (Default: 50 events.) If the Duration Based Lookahead checkbox is unchecked, the Transmission list will use a count-based (or event-based) lookahead. The list looks ahead a fixed number of events from the top of the list.

This lookahead value includes the on-air event and the Done Count.

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This value may be configured in the Air Client application also.

• Duration Based Lookahead Toggle: Enabling a duration-based lookahead allows an operator to toggle the lookahead value to either an alternate time value, or to include the all events on the Transmission list in the lookahead. An operator can select Toggle Lookahead from the Air Client’s popup menu (or hitting F8) to toggle the lookahead to its alternate value.

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Enable Toggle Lookahead checkbox: (Default: disabled) Check to enable the duration-based lookahead toggle. This setting has no effect unless the Duration

Based Lookahead box is enabled (above).

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Toggle To Full List: Select to include all events in the Transmission list within the lookahead. Selecting this option causes the F8 key to toggle between the

Duration Based Lookahead setting and the full list.

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Toggle To Alternate Time: Select to enable the alternate time value configured here (Toggle Hours, Toggle Minutes). Selecting this option to causes the F8 key to toggle between the Duration Based Lookahead setting and the alternate time set in the Toggle Hours and Toggle Minutes box to the right.

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Toggle Hours: (Default: 4 hours) (Range: 0 to 23 hours) Set an alternate time for toggling back and forth from the default setting chosen above.

An operator can use the F8 key to toggle back and forth between the default time setting and the alternate time chosen here.

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Toggle Minutes: (Default: 0) (Range: 0 to 59 minutes) Set an alternate time for toggling back and forth from the default setting chosen above.

An operator can use the F8 key to toggle back and forth between the default time setting and the alternate time chosen here.

• Report Missing Media:

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Report Missing Media Within LookAhead: Enable (check) this option to allow sending missing media error message out on Automation LAN. If there an ADC

SNMP-Agent client is running on the Automation LAN, it will detect these error messages, and forward them to remote SNMP Manager program for remote monitoring of playlist missing media alerts.

Report GMT Requested Media: (Active when ‘Report Missing Media Within

LookAhead’ is selected.) If the Missing media is currently requested through ADC

GMT system, enable (check) this box to allow the missing media error message to be correctly reported to the remote SNMP Manager program through ADC

SNMP-Agent program.

6. Select the Events to Log tab. This tab contains configuration options for the AsRun logs created by the Air Client application.

• By default, not all secondary event types are logged to the AsRun log. Checking the appropriate checkbox on this tab will enable logging of that secondary event type.

• If this Transmission list is to be used as a record list and you require a log of what has been recorded, an AsRun log may be created that includes primary record events. Check the Log Record Events checkbox to enable this.

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• Secondary Events to Log:

Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) the secondary events to log in the AsRun log.

When all check-boxes are selected (checked), all secondary events associated with a primary are included in the AsRun log.

For Example: BREAK is disabled and others are enabled – all secondary events except BREAK secondary event are included in the AsRun log.

For descriptions of all listed Secondary Events see, Appendix C: Secondary Events .

• Log Record Events: (Default: disabled) Check to enable logging of record events on normal completion.

7. Select the Mix/Wipe tab. This tab contains configuration options to play mix/wipes early.

This allows dissolves (mixes) or wipes to be done between the source that is currently on-air and the next source. Events that include a mix or wipe transition are required to roll several frames early to allow the events to overlap.

Typical uses are to dissolve between VTRs inside an LMS, or when going from a station promo to a station ID. These promos and Station IDs always have extended vision on the videotape, i.e. the actual vision on the videotape have a longer duration, than what is shown in the Database.

About Extended Play Mix/Wipes Early:

These options allow playlist timing to be maintained by playing an event with a transition for an extended duration, so that it finishes at its scheduled time, leaving the list timing unchanged. The event is played early to provide overlap for the transition, but compensates for the changed playlist time by playing the event for an extended time, which is equal to the mix or wipe transition duration.

The Extended Modes are only available when “Play Mix/wipes early” is enabled and

“Enable Mode Selection” is checked.

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NOTE: “Auto-Ripple List” must be enabled to maintain the playlist’s timing.

Configure the following options as required:

CAUTION: It must be understood that when an operator activates these features, recorded video beyond the database EOM exists for the material affected. This is an

issue of Media Preparation.

• Enable Mix/Wipe Support.

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Play Mixes/Wipes Early: (Default: disabled) Check to enable the system to roll overlapping events early. It causes the list to pull back any events with the effect type of Mix, Wipe, or Mixed Transition.

NOTE: A Wipe effect requires a Wipe number. Each brand of Master Control

Switcher may have it own set of Wipes. Each event can have its own wipe number. These are displayed and edited in Effect Number # field in the playlist editors of the windows client. When the event is played the Wipe number in the event is passed to the switcher when the Wipe transition is started. The Wipe number is solely dependent on the Master Control Switcher being used and is not interpreted by the automation as anything but a number.

• Effect durations in frames: Set the frame values for slow, medium, and fast effect durations. Effect durations are the amount of overlap time between the end of one spot and the beginning of the next spot.

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Slow: Valid numbers are 0 to 999 frames. Default is 60 frames.

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Medium: Valid numbers are 0 to 999 frames. Default is 30 frames.

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Fast: Valid numbers are 0 to 999 frames. Default is 15 frames.

IMPORTANT: These parameters must match the effects durations configured in your

master control switcher. Failure to do so will result in mistimed effects.

• Enable Mode Selection: Check to enable Extended mode selection.

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• Mode Selection: These options become available when Enable Mode Selection is checked. Select one of the following:

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Extend Old: When this option is checked, the On-Air event is extended to provide overlap material for the transition (e.g. Dissolve or Mix). The list timing is maintained.

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Extend New: When this option is checked, the Next event is played early and for an extended duration. The list timing is maintained.

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Extend Both: When this option is checked, the On-Air event is extended by ½ the effect duration, the incoming event is played early by ½ the effect duration, and the new event is extended by ½ the effect duration.

NOTE: Extend both is not fully implemented as described above, because currently the playlist always plays early by the full transition duration.

8. Select the Linking tab. List linking is an option that may be purchased separately for your

Automation system. List linking allows one Transmission list to act as a master list for linked lists. The linked lists roll events simultaneously with the master list. The options on this tab enable list linking.

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Configure the following options to enable list linking as required:

• List is Master: (Default: disabled) For linked lists where the sectional lists must be complete (i.e., have all spots that are on the primary list, with the exceptions).

• List is Keyed Master: (Default: disabled) Use this option when the sectional lists are sparse and the exceptions have keys to control them when they run.

• To link a list, select a list from the Available column, then click the Add to <– button to move it to the Linked column. List is Master and List is Keyed Master have no effect if no list is selected as a linked list.

Reference NOTE: Reference the LinkList user notes for more information.

9. Select the Compiler tab. The Compiler function is an option that may be purchased separately for your Automation system.

IMPORTANT: This option is only available if the optional compiler function has been

purchased.

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Configure the following options as required:

• Skip Missing Material: (Default: disabled) The compiler leaves space for events in a pod that are not currently available to be compiled. It then continues to compile the pod around the missing material. If you enable this option and then later change the duration of any of the missing items of material you will have to recompile the remainder of the pod after the event whose duration changed.

• Log Errors: (Default: disabled) Check this box to cause all compile errors to be recorded into a logfile.

• Time Parameters:

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SOM: (Default: 00:01:00:00) Specify a Start Of Message (SOM) value for the compile tape.

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Tape Length: (Default: 01:30:00:00) This is the duration of the compile tape.

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Break Gap: (Default: 00:30:00:00) The distance between the end of black on one pod and the start of black on the next pod.

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Black In: (Default: 00:00:00:00) The amount of pre-black to record on the tape before recording the first compiled event.

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Black Out: (Default: 00:00:00:00) The amount of post-black to record on the tape after recording the last event in a compiled pod.

10. Select the Device Owned tab. Use this tab to define the relationship between the list and the specific switcher.

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Configure the following options as required:

• Channel Number: Select from the drop down the channel number /switcher device the list will be using. This should be configured for normal operation of Manual

Intervention.

11. Select the Manual Intervention Options tab. Use this tab to select the “list behavior” in case of manual intervention.

Configure the following options as required:

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• List Behavior: From the available options, choose the “list behavior” to use in case of manual intervention.

12. Select the Skip Secondary tab.

Configure the following options to enable list linking as required:

• Skip Secondary Event after Primary Event is Skipped: Check to enable skip.

• Secondary Events To Skip: From the list, enable (check) the secondary events to skip. Uncheck to deselect.

13. Select the List Redundancy tab.

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Configure the following options to enable list linking as required:

• Enable Auto Resync Function: Enable/Disable Auto Resync.

Checked: (Recommended) Enable auto re-sync function of List Redundancy.

Unchecked: Disable auto re-sync function of List Redundancy.

About the current Re-Sync mechanism of List Redundancy:

Users should send Mirror and Sync command manually from LRCC to start the Sync.

When the Master List receives both the Mirror and Sync commands, the Auto Re-

Sync mechanism is turned on, and users can disable Auto Re-Sync by sending one of the commands of Disable LR, Stop Sync, or Stop Mirror.

The Master List and Slave List exchanges the current playing event and frame every second.

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If the Events are different or the frames from two lists differ more than 3 frames, out of sync is considered to have happened once.

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If out of sync happens continuously, i.e. more than 20 times, the Auto Re-Sync function is triggered.

The auto re-sync function makes it possible to synchronize with all short events.

When the Master List receives a ‘Sync in 10 seconds’ command from LRCC, it calculates the current event’s duration. If it is shorter than 10 seconds, it adds the next events duration, until there is enough time to put an AO flag (Audio Over) to an event in the Slave List.

If for any reason, the Sync operation fails, the Auto Re-Sync is triggered. So users only need to send the first Sync command from LRCC. The Auto Re-Sync mechanism will handle the rest until successfully Synchronized.

• Enable Auto Swap Function: Enable/Disable Auto Swap.

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Configuring List Types

Unchecked: (Recommended) Disable Auto Swap Function.

If the master list is stopped and the slave list is still running, the Auto swap function automatically swaps the role of the master list with the slave list.

NOTE: Currently, the Auto Swap Function cannot operate swap, so even if the master and slave list swap roles, the output stream will be still from the former master

list’s device.

• Enable Sync on Next Event During Upcounting: Check to permit the system to partially synchronize lists on the current upcounting event.

Usually, to sync on the next event, an AO must be put on the next event in both

Master and Slave lists. But for an upcounting event, the start time of next event is unknown, so an AO cannot be put on the next event. This means we can never sync on an event next to an AO event.

Partially synchronizing on the event overcomes this problem (i.e. On the current upcounting event, when operator skips to next event, both Master and Slave list roll together and keep synchronized on the next event.

• Enable Copy Lookahead Value from Master List to Slave: When using List

Redundancy, enabling this option makes the Lookahead on the SLAVE list follow the value of the lookahead that is set on the MASTER list.

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Check to enable this feature and copy the Lookahead Value from the Master List to the Slave List. The value of this option will be saved in INI-file.

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Uncheck (Default) to disable this feature.

Note: To reduce the chance of errors, this option can only be enabled/disabled

on a Master list. This option is grayed out on a Slave list.

This option only works if option “Enable Copy Lookahead Value from Master List to

Slave” is enabled, a pair of lists (channel) is created in LRCC and their behavior is specified (Master/Slave). If the value of Lookahead is changed on the Master list, it is automatically copied to the Slave list. And on a Slave list the Lookahead spin-edit is grayed out.

Note: This enhancement involves only the value of Lookahead in events, which can

be specified both in the Config Tool and Air Client, but not invoked duration-based

Lookahead.

Copy Lookahead Enabling Rules:

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If option “Enable Copy Lookahead Value from Master List to Slave” is enabled/disabled on a Master list, it is automatically enabled/disabled on a Slave list (but on the Slave list it is always grayed-out).

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If the value of Lookahead on Master and Slave list is different and the user turns on option “Enable Copy Lookahead Value from Master List to Slave”, the

Lookahead value is automatically copied from the Master to Slave at this moment.

• Meaning of the diagnostic information items:

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Redundant Server: The name of the server, which the redundant list of this list is in.

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Redundant Handle: The server handle and list handle of the redundant list of this list.

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Redundant Latency: When the master list receives a command, it sends the command to the slave list and executes the command on both sides after this latency time

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Behavior: Master or Slave or not decided

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Status: LR link status

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RAN IP: This is the server’s RAN network IP address.

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RAN Port: This server’s RAN IP port

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RAN Latency: If Master and Slave cannot get connected after this latency

(default 20 seconds), they will give up and run separately.

14. When finished click OK, and then Apply.

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Configuring Media List Options

Configuring List Types

Media lists are modified Transmission lists used exclusively by the Media Client application.

They are not designed for use as Transmission lists. The Media Client application uses the media devices assigned to the Media lists for automated recording and copying activities.

The Media Client application will place events on the Media list, run them and then remove them from the list. Media lists do not require any operator intervention and events generally should not be inserted into them or deleted from them. The A/V routing tables for devices assigned to Media lists may be configured as they are for Transmission lists to allow automatic routing of A/V streams.

NOTE: For more information about Media lists reference the “Media Client Operator’s Guide”.

To Configure Media List Options

A number of options may configured to control the behavior of Media Lists. These options are accessed from the Configuration Manager’s List Assignments window.

1. To access the Media List options configuration GUI, select a Media List in the Lists pane.

2. Right-click on the entry and then from the pop-up menu select Properties. The

Configuration window opens with multiple tab selections. The options configured on these tabs apply to this list only. Configuration options for other lists must be configured separately.

3. Select the Parameters tab. This tab contains general configuration options for Media

Lists. Some options are commonly used and enabled by default.

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Configure the following options as required:

Important: While the configuration options Always Allow Recue Following an Upcount and Block Recue Following an Upcount are currently shown as available for Media

List, GMT List, and Compile List types, they are not recommended for use with these

lists.

• Name: Enter a name for this Transmission List. List names are limited to 16 characters.

• Options:

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Recue On Media Changes: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option causes events to automatically recue if the event’s SOM (start-of-message time) is changed.

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Update Cued Event on Media Change: When this parameter is enabled

(checked), all of the database derived metadata for any cued events is updated.

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If ‘Recue on Media Changes’ parameter is enabled, then this parameter is also enabled.

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If this parameter is enabled, but the ‘Recue on Media Change’ parameter is disabled, then although the event is updated, the device is not recued or otherwise updated.

Caution: This configuration scenario can cause unanticipated or

invalid behaviors, such as the device and device driver’s head data to get out of sync. To avoid this ensure ‘Recue on Media Changes is also

set.

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If this parameter is disabled, ‘Recue on Media Changes’ must also be disabled and no updates will be applied to cued events.

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If Auto Ripple is enabled, the start time of the event following the an updated event is also updated.

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Manual Subtitler Mode Enabled: As required enable (check) / disable

(uncheck) Manual Subtitler Mode Enabled.

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When disabled (default), the Subtitler (e.g. Screen, Cavena, etc.) works in automatic mode.

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When enabled, the Subtitler (e.g. Screen, Cavena, etc.) works in manual mode.

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Block Recue Following an Upcount: <<IMPORTANT: While this configuration

option is currently shown as available for Media List types, it should not be

used.>> Enable (check) this option for the recue behavior to never allow recue following an upcount event. (See also ‘Always Allow Recue Following an

Upcount’.)

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Extended Time To Next: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option enhances the functionality of the time-to-next feature of the Transmission List.

Time-to-next values are calculated correctly regardless of whether there is an intervening upcount event.

Enhanced Functionality includes:

When the termination event is an O (hard start) event the Time To

Next display includes the running short value.

Zero duration up counters do not stop the rippling.

When in an up counter, if an O event exists as the termination event, the Time To ext computation computes without any long or short value.

It displays exactly how long until the hard timed start begins.

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Thread Limited: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option changes the cueing behavior of the Transmission List. Events are cued within the specified

“thread time”, taking into account the duration of events registered with the same media device that cannot be threaded due to a lack of available media heads.

This means non-threaded but blue (registered) events count toward the total thread time as if they were threaded.

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Auto Restart When Cued: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option causes events to automatically restart, without manual intervention, if the media has been recued.

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When this option is disabled, the automation system marks the event as missing and does not automatically cue the event when located.

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Release Tension On Record: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option, if

VTRs or cart machines are assigned to this list as record devices, causes the

VTR or cart machine to release tension on the tape when the record event has cued. The tape is re-tensioned at the “standby on” time (see below).

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Update Playing Event on Media Change: When this parameter is enabled

(checked), the system partially updates the metadata of an event that is playing at the time of an update. The device cannot be recued and the SOM of the event is not updated.

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If this parameter is enabled, then ‘Update Cued Event on Media

Change’ must also be enabled.

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Warning: If the device is not updated- as in the case of a cued event because

next event.

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Always Allow Recue Following an Upcount: <<IMPORTANT: While this

configuration option is currently shown as available for Media List types, it should

not be used.>> Enable (check) this option for the recue behavior to always allow recue following an upcount event. (See also ‘Block Recue Following an

Upcount’.)

• Time Parameters: These options specify time values for this list.

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Preroll Seconds: Define the number of preroll seconds to be used for the selected list. The valid range is 0-59 seconds. Default is 3 seconds.

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Preroll Frames: Define the number of preroll frames to be used for the selected list. The valid range is 0-29 frames. Default is 0.

NOTE: If a list preroll of less than 3 seconds is used, VTRs assigned to this list will not perform a tape speed override (TSO) when they roll.

Switch-Only devices or video server decoder ports (if they are configured to support “instant prerolls”) may be rolled using the Roll Now button.

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StandbyOn Seconds: This value determines when “standby on” commands are sent to VTRs by specifying the amount of time the automation system keeps the

VTR in tension after cueing an event. The valid range is 10-59 seconds. Default is 30 seconds

• AO Event: Hard start event (AO)

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AO Event Thread Time: Specify the following thread times:

Cue Seconds: Specify cue time seconds for the AO event.

Cue Frames: Specify cue time frames for the AO event.

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Thrd AO evnt at last moment: Check to enable threading of the AO event at the last moment.

Unchecked: Thread disk hard start event based on thread time. If the disk head is occupied by another event, that event will be ejected.

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Only Thread Next AO Event: Enable / Disable threading of the next event. If multiple Hard-Start (AO) events are within the transmission list lookahead

Window:

Unchecked: if there are more than one AO event in the future, list will find the earliest timed one as the next AO event to start regardless its position in the list.

Recommendation: Uncheck only when there is a necessary for set AO event out of order.

4. Select the Options tab. This tab contains optional configuration settings for Media lists.

NOTE: All of the options on this tab may be configured in the Air Client application also.

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Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) and configure the following as required:

• Options:

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When disabled (or the Black source not configured), the switcher will remain on the last source taken if the list stops.

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Play Hard Hits: Enabling this option allows an operator to manually override the start time of “hard start” or “hard hit time” events (timed events).

When disabled, “hard start” events only roll at the time specified in the

Transmission list’s Time column.

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Contact Start: Enabling this option allows this list to be rolled via an external GPI contact-closure trigger. The GPI trigger duplicates the function of the Play button on the control panel.

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Auto A-B Routing: Enabling this option causes devices to alternate between their primary and secondary audio/video routing paths as configured in this list’s

A/V routing table (see below).

When enabled this setting overrides an event’s channel settings (displayed in

Note: When changing this configuration, existing events on the list, and in

particular previously executed events recovered with 'Clear Done Events', may

exhibit the previously configured switching behavior.

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Play ID Title Mismatches: This option only applies to systems that include a

Sony LMS cart machine. The LMS will not register events if the ID and title on

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Skip Bad Events: When enabled this option the Transmission list to ignore and skip a single unregistered (bad) event. The list will continue playing out and mark the bad event as “missed”.

When disabled, the Transmission list stops upon encountering any unregistered event and must be restarted manually.

NOTE: The Transmission list always stops upon encountering two or more consecutive bad events, whether this option is enabled or not.

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Station ID On Skip: Enabling this option causes the switcher to switch to the

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Release Tension When Cued: Enabling this option causes the system to send a

“standby off” command to any VTRs when they have cued a tape. The tape is re-tensioned at the standby on time.

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Timed List: When enabled this option allows the list to roll timed events – hard start or record events – at the time of day specified in the Transmission list’s

Time column.

When disabled, timed events will not roll.

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Update On Air Time: Enabling this option causes the on-air time for events to update to the actual time the event rolled. AsRun logs for the list are updated as well.

When disabled, the AsRun logs reflect the time-of-day that appeared on the

Transmission list, rather than the actual time the event rolled.

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Auto Ripple Times: Enabling this option causes the time-of-day for events to update automatically, reflecting any changes to event durations made manually.

The time “rippling” ends at hard start events. The calculation assumes that the

Duration field for up-counting events is accurately set.

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When disabled, the list must be threaded manually before it can execute a Play command.

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When enabled, thread time is not used. This option supersedes the Thread Time.

When disabled, the list only keeps events threaded within the Thread Time window (see below).

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Logomotion Note: To ensure all available heads thread normally, enable ‘Keep

List Threaded’.

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Only Swap One Event in A-P: Enable / disable air protect switching for an event.

Checked: Tells the playlist to switch back to the Air Server for normal playout, on conclusion of this trouble event.

Unchecked: Treat Air and Protect disk equally, assign air or protect disk port to

Air column whichever is ready first.

Recommendation: Uncheck when the disk port is the additional port of another video disk.

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Update Final Upcount Durations: Check to enable update of the final upcount event duration. This gives an actual duration of how long an event ran.

NOTE: Never set the Done Count to a value equal to or greater than the lookahead value. Doing so causes the list to eventually run out of valid, registered events and

stop.

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Any events within the Thread Time are threaded and cued.

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If the list option “Keep List Threaded” is enabled, this value is ignored.

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This parameter affects the timing of every secondary event that uses the "=" modifier.

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When defined the offset should be less than list preroll time.

5. Select the Events to Log tab. This tab contains configuration options for the AsRun logs created by the Air Client application.

• By default, not all secondary event types are logged to the AsRun log. Checking the appropriate checkbox on this tab will enable logging of that secondary event type.

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Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) the following as required:

• Secondary Events to Log:

Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) the secondary events to log in the AsRun log.

When all check-boxes are selected (checked), all secondary events associated with a primary are included in the AsRun log.

For Example: BREAK is disabled and others are enabled – all secondary events except BREAK secondary event are included in the AsRun log.

For descriptions of all listed Secondary Events see, Appendix C: Secondary Events .

• Log Record Events: (Default: disabled) Check to enable logging of record events on normal completion.

6. Select the Skip Secondary tab.

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Configure the following options to enable list linking as required:

• Skip Secondary Event after Primary Event is Skipped: Check to enable skip.

• Secondary Events To Skip: From the list, enable (check) the secondary events to skip.

7. When finished click OK, and then Apply.

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Configuring GMT List Options

Configuring List Types

GMT lists are modified Transmission lists used exclusively by the Global Media Transfer technology. They are not designed for use as Transmission lists. GMT uses the media devices assigned to the GMT lists for automated transfer of media from wherever it exists within the system to where it needs to be to play out. Generally, only GMT Distributors and certain baseband media devices are assigned to a GMT list. GMT lists do not require operator intervention, although events on a GMT list may be dragged and dropped to a new position to alter its transfer priority. The A/V routing tables for baseband devices assigned to

GMT lists may be configured as they are for Transmission lists to allow automatic routing of

A/V streams.

NOTE: For more information about GMT lists see

Global Media Transfer

To Configure GMT List Options

A number of options may configured to control the behavior of Transmission Lists. These options are accessed from the Configuration Manager’s List Assignments window.

1. To access the GMT List options configuration GUI, select a GMT List in the Lists pane.

2. Right-click on the entry and then from the pop-up menu select Properties. The

Configuration window opens with multiple tab selections. The options configured on these tabs apply to this list only. Configuration options for other lists must be configured separately.

3. Select the Parameters tab. This tab contains general configuration options for GMT

Lists. Some options are commonly used and enabled by default.

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Configure the following options as required:

Important: While the configuration options Always Allow Recue Following an Upcount and Block Recue Following an Upcount are currently shown as available for Media

List, GMT List, and Compile List types, they are not recommended for use with these

lists.

• Name: Enter a name for this Transmission List. List names are limited to 16 characters.

• Options:



Recue On Media Changes: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option causes events to automatically recue if the event’s SOM (start-of-message time) is changed.



Update Cued Event on Media Change: When this parameter is enabled

(checked), all of the database derived metadata for any cued events is updated.

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If ‘Recue on Media Changes’ parameter is enabled, then this parameter is also enabled.

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If this parameter is enabled, but the ‘Recue on Media Change’ parameter is disabled, then although the event is updated, the device is not recued or otherwise updated.

Caution: This configuration scenario can cause unanticipated or

invalid behaviors, such as the device and device driver’s head data to get out of sync. To avoid this ensure ‘Recue on Media Changes is also

set.



If this parameter is disabled, ‘Recue on Media Changes’ must also be disabled and no updates will be applied to cued events.



If Auto Ripple is enabled, the start time of the event following the an updated event is also updated.



Manual Subtitler Mode Enabled: As required enable (check) / disable

(uncheck) Manual Subtitler Mode Enabled.



When disabled (default), the Subtitler (e.g. Screen, Cavena, etc.) works in automatic mode.



When enabled, the Subtitler (e.g. Screen, Cavena, etc.) works in manual mode.



Block Recue Following an Upcount: <<IMPORTANT: While this configuration

option is currently shown as available for GMT List types, it should not be

used.>> Enable (check) this option for the recue behavior to never allow recue following an upcount event. (See also ‘Always Allow Recue Following an

Upcount’.)



Extended Time To Next: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option enhances the functionality of the time-to-next feature of the Transmission List.

Time-to-next values are calculated correctly regardless of whether there is an intervening upcount event.

Enhanced Functionality includes:

When the termination event is an O (hard start) event the Time To

Next display includes the running short value.

Zero duration up counters do not stop the rippling.

When in an up counter, if an O event exists as the termination event, the Time To ext computation computes without any long or short value.

It displays exactly how long until the hard timed start begins.

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Thread Limited: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option changes the cueing behavior of the Transmission List. Events are cued within the specified

“thread time”, taking into account the duration of events registered with the same media device that cannot be threaded due to a lack of available media heads.

This means non-threaded but blue (registered) events count toward the total thread time as if they were threaded.

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Auto Restart When Cued: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option causes events to automatically restart, without manual intervention, if the media has been recued.

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When this option is disabled, the automation system marks the event as missing and does not automatically cue the event when located.



Release Tension On Record: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option, if

VTRs or cart machines are assigned to this list as record devices, causes the

VTR or cart machine to release tension on the tape when the record event has cued. The tape is re-tensioned at the “standby on” time (see below).



Update Playing Event on Media Change: When this parameter is enabled

(checked), the system partially updates the metadata of an event that is playing at the time of an update. The device cannot be recued and the SOM of the event is not updated.



If this parameter is enabled, then ‘Update Cued Event on Media

Change’ must also be enabled.



Warning: If the device is not updated- as in the case of a cued event because



Always Allow Recue Following an Upcount: <<IMPORTANT: While this

configuration option is currently shown as available for GMT List types, it should

not be used.>> Enable (check) this option for the recue behavior to always allow recue following an upcount event. (See also ‘Block Recue Following an

Upcount’.)

• Time Parameters: These options specify time values for this list.



Preroll Seconds: Define the number of preroll seconds to be used for the selected list. The valid range is 0-59 seconds. Default is 3 seconds.



Preroll Frames: Define the number of preroll frames to be used for the selected list. The valid range is 0-29 frames. Default is 0.

NOTE: If a list preroll of less than 3 seconds is used, VTRs assigned to this list will not perform a tape speed override (TSO) when they roll.

Switch-Only devices or video server decoder ports (if they are configured to support “instant prerolls”) may be rolled using the Roll Now button.

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StandbyOn Seconds: This value determines when “standby on” commands are sent to VTRs by specifying the amount of time the automation system keeps the

VTR in tension after cueing an event. The valid range is 10-59 seconds. Default is 30 seconds

• AO Event: Hard start event (AO)



AO Event Thread Time: Specify the following thread times:

Cue Seconds: Specify cue time seconds for the AO event.

Cue Frames: Specify cue time frames for the AO event.



Thrd AO evnt at last moment: Check to enable threading of the AO event at the last moment.

Unchecked: Thread disk hard start event based on thread time. If the disk head is occupied by another event, that event will be ejected.



Only Thread Next AO Event: Enable / Disable threading of the next event. If multiple Hard-Start (AO) events are within the transmission list lookahead

Window:

Unchecked: if there are more than one AO event in the future, list will find the earliest timed one as the next AO event to start regardless its position in the list.

Recommendation: Uncheck only when there is a necessary for set AO event out of order.

4. Select the Options tab. This tab contains optional configuration settings for GMT lists.

NOTE: All of the options on this tab may be configured in the Air Client application also.

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Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) and configure the following as required:

• Options:



When disabled (or the Black source not configured), the switcher will remain on the last source taken if the list stops.



Play Hard Hits: Enabling this option allows an operator to manually override the start time of “hard start” or “hard hit time” events (timed events).

When disabled, “hard start” events only roll at the time specified in the

Transmission list’s Time column.



Contact Start: Enabling this option allows this list to be rolled via an external GPI contact-closure trigger. The GPI trigger duplicates the function of the Play button on the control panel.



Auto A-B Routing: Enabling this option causes devices to alternate between their primary and secondary audio/video routing paths as configured in this list’s

A/V routing table (see below).

When enabled this setting overrides an event’s channel settings (displayed in

Note: When changing this configuration, existing events on the list, and in

particular previously executed events recovered with 'Clear Done Events', may

exhibit the previously configured switching behavior.



Play ID Title Mismatches: This option only applies to systems that include a

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Skip Bad Events: When enabled this option the Transmission list to ignore and skip a single unregistered (bad) event. The list will continue playing out and mark the bad event as “missed”.

When disabled, the Transmission list stops upon encountering any unregistered event and must be restarted manually.

Note: The Transmission list always stops upon encountering two or more

consecutive bad events, whether this option is enabled or not.



Station ID On Skip: Enabling this option causes the switcher to switch to the



Release Tension When Cued: Enabling this option causes the system to send a

“standby off” command to any VTRs when they have cued a tape. The tape is re-tensioned at the standby on time.



Timed List: When enabled this option allows the list to roll timed events – hard start or record events – at the time of day specified in the Transmission list’s

Time column.

When disabled, timed events will not roll.



Update On Air Time: Enabling this option causes the on-air time for events to update to the actual time the event rolled. AsRun logs for the list are updated as well.

When disabled, the AsRun logs reflect the time-of-day that appeared on the

Transmission list, rather than the actual time the event rolled.



Auto Ripple Times: Enabling this option causes the time-of-day for events to update automatically, reflecting any changes to event durations made manually.

The time “rippling” ends at hard start events. The calculation assumes that the

Duration field for up-counting events is accurately set.



When disabled, the list must be threaded manually before it can execute a Play command.



When enabled, thread time is not used. This option supersedes the Thread Time.

When disabled, the list only keeps events threaded within the Thread Time window (see below).

Logomotion Note: To ensure all available heads thread normally, enable ‘Keep

List Threaded’.



Only Swap One Event in A-P: Enable / disable air protect switching for an event.

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Checked: Tells the playlist to switch back to the Air Server for normal playout, on conclusion of this trouble event.

Unchecked: Treat Air and Protect disk equally, assign air or protect disk port to

Air column whichever is ready first.

Recommendation: Uncheck when the disk port is the additional port of another video disk.



Update Final Upcount Durations: Check to enable update of the final upcount event duration. This gives an actual duration of how long an event ran.

Note: Never set the Done Count to a value equal to or greater than the lookahead

value. Doing so causes the list to eventually run out of valid, registered events and

stop.



Any events within the Thread Time are threaded and cued.



If the list option “Keep List Threaded” is enabled, this value is ignored.



This parameter affects the timing of every secondary event that uses the "=" modifier.



When defined the offset should be less than list preroll time.

5. Select the Events to Log tab. This tab contains configuration options for the AsRun logs created by the Air Client application.

• By default, not all secondary event types are logged to the AsRun log. Checking the appropriate checkbox on this tab will enable logging of that secondary event type.

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Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) the following as required:

• Secondary Events to Log:

Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) the secondary events to log in the AsRun log.

When all check-boxes are selected (checked), all secondary events associated with a primary are included in the AsRun log.

For Example: BREAK is disabled and others are enabled – all secondary events except BREAK secondary event are included in the AsRun log.

For descriptions of all listed Secondary Events see, Appendix C: Secondary Events .

• Log Record Events: (Default: disabled) Check to enable logging of record events on normal completion.

6. Select the GMT tab.

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Configure the following options to enable list linking as required:

• Skip Events Not Cued: This option is used for baseband transfer. When selected if the source event does not cue then the source and destination events are automatically marked missed and eventually removed from the GMT list. If the option is not selected then the events remain on the list allowing the operator to intervene in the GMT list and correct the source event so that it can be re-cued.

• Allow Event Paste From Another GMT List: Enable (check) / Disable (uncheck) pasting from another GMT list. (Default: Disabled (unchecked)).



Enabling (checking) this parameter allows the user to share GMT List load as described below.

In some situations, the user may want a GMT List to share the work of baseband transfers of another GMT List of the same device server.

For example: A Cart Machine port can be shared between two GMT Lists. Each

GMT list has its own encoders on the same video disk. Event build on one GMT

List may not get Cued for transfer because all encoders of this particular GMT

List are busy. If the other GMT list has a spare encoder port that can share the baseband media transfer, the user may Cut-and-Paste these events from one busy GMT List to the GMT List that has an available encoder port. The waiting events immediately Cue and start transfer.



CAUTION: Event build on a GMT List is done by distributors owned by the GMT

List. The transfer of an event on a GMT List often has hidden fields that do not show in the GMT list display window used for editing. Attempting to edit an event on a GMT List can be dangerous. It is not recommended, unless the user really

knows what they are doing.

7. Select the Skip Secondary tab.

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Configure the following options to enable list linking as required:

• Skip Secondary Event after Primary Event is Skipped: Check to enable skip.

• Secondary Events To Skip: From the list, enable (check) the secondary events to skip. Uncheck to deselect.

8. When finished click OK, and then Apply.

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Configuring List Types

Compile lists are used by the optional compiler function. The compiler allows operators to create compile reels or “spot reels” from play list files. Play list files, after some modification, may be loaded into the Compiler window and run in a similar way to a Transmission list. Only the source and destination devices for the compiler need be assigned to the Compile list.

NOTE: For more information about using the Compiler reference the “Auto Compile

Configuration and Operations Guide”.

To Configure Compile List Options

A number of options may configured to control the behavior of Compile Lists. These options are accessed from the Configuration Manager’s List Assignments window.

1. To access the Compile List options configuration GUI, select a Compile List in the Lists pane.

2. Right-click on the entry and then from the pop-up menu select Properties. The

Configuration window opens with multiple tab selections. The options configured on these tabs apply to this list only. Configuration options for other lists must be configured separately.

3. Select the Parameters tab. This tab contains general configuration options for Compile

Lists. Some options are commonly used and enabled by default.

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Configure the following options as required:

Important: While the configuration options Always Allow Recue Following an Upcount and Block Recue Following an Upcount are currently shown as available for Media

List, GMT List, and Compile List types, they are not recommended for use with these

lists.

• Name: Enter a name for this Transmission List. List names are limited to 16 characters.

• Options:



Recue On Media Changes: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option causes events to automatically recue if the event’s SOM (start-of-message time) is changed.



Update Cued Event on Media Change: When this parameter is enabled

(checked), all of the database derived metadata for any cued events is updated.

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If ‘Recue on Media Changes’ parameter is enabled, then this parameter is also enabled.



If this parameter is enabled, but the ‘Recue on Media Change’ parameter is disabled, then although the event is updated, the device is not recued or otherwise updated.

Caution: This configuration scenario can cause unanticipated or

invalid behaviors, such as the device and device driver’s head data to get out of sync. To avoid this ensure ‘Recue on Media Changes is also

set.



If this parameter is disabled, ‘Recue on Media Changes’ must also be disabled and no updates will be applied to cued events.



If Auto Ripple is enabled, the start time of the event following the an updated event is also updated.



Manual Subtitler Mode Enabled: As required enable (check) / disable

(uncheck) Manual Subtitler Mode Enabled.



When disabled (default), the Subtitler (e.g. Screen, Cavena, etc.) works in automatic mode.



When enabled, the Subtitler (e.g. Screen, Cavena, etc.) works in manual mode.



Block Recue Following an Upcount: <<IMPORTANT: While this configuration

option is currently shown as available for Compile List types, it should not be

used.>> Enable (check) this option for the recue behavior to never allow recue following an upcount event. (See also ‘Always Allow Recue Following an

Upcount’.)



Extended Time To Next: (Default: enabled) When enabled, this option enhances the functionality of the time-to-next feature of the Transmission List.

Time-to-next values are calculated correctly regardless of whether there is an intervening upcount event.

Enhanced Functionality includes:

When the termination event is an O (hard start) event the Time To

Next display includes the running short value.

Zero duration up counters do not stop the rippling.

When in an up counter, if an O event exists as the termination event, the Time To ext computation computes without any long or short value.

It displays exactly how long until the hard timed start begins.



Thread Limited: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option changes the cueing behavior of the Transmission List. Events are cued within the specified

“thread time”, taking into account the duration of events registered with the same media device that cannot be threaded due to a lack of available media heads.

This means non-threaded but blue (registered) events count toward the total thread time as if they were threaded.

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Auto Restart When Cued: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option causes events to automatically restart, without manual intervention, if the media has been recued.

When this option is disabled, the automation system marks the event as missing and does not automatically cue the event when located.



Release Tension On Record: (Default: disabled) When enabled, this option, if

VTRs or cart machines are assigned to this list as record devices, causes the

VTR or cart machine to release tension on the tape when the record event has cued. The tape is re-tensioned at the “standby on” time (see below).



Update Playing Event on Media Change: When this parameter is enabled

(checked), the system partially updates the metadata of an event that is playing at the time of an update. The device cannot be recued and the SOM of the event is not updated.



If this parameter is enabled, then ‘Update Cued Event on Media

Change’ must also be enabled.



Warning: If the device is not updated- as in the case of a cued event because



Always Allow Recue Following an Upcount: <<IMPORTANT: While this

configuration option is currently shown as available for Compile List types, it

should not be used.>> Enable (check) this option for the recue behavior to always allow recue following an upcount event. (See also ‘Block Recue Following an Upcount’.)

• Time Parameters: These options specify time values for this list.



Preroll Seconds: Define the number of preroll seconds to be used for the selected list. The valid range is 0-59 seconds. Default is 3 seconds.



Preroll Frames: Define the number of preroll frames to be used for the selected list. The valid range is 0-29 frames. Default is 0.

NOTE: If a list preroll of less than 3 seconds is used, VTRs assigned to this list will not perform a tape speed override (TSO) when they roll.

Switch-Only devices or video server decoder ports (if they are configured to support “instant prerolls”) may be rolled using the Roll Now button.

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StandbyOn Seconds: This value determines when “standby on” commands are sent to VTRs by specifying the amount of time the automation system keeps the

VTR in tension after cueing an event. The valid range is 10-59 seconds. Default is 30 seconds

• AO Event: Hard start event (AO)



AO Event Thread Time: Specify the following thread times:

Cue Seconds: Specify cue time seconds for the AO event.

Cue Frames: Specify cue time frames for the AO event.



Thrd AO evnt at last moment: Check to enable threading of the AO event at the last moment.

Unchecked: Thread disk hard start event based on thread time. If the disk head is occupied by another event, that event will be ejected.



Only Thread Next AO Event: Enable / Disable threading of the next event. If multiple Hard-Start (AO) events are within the transmission list lookahead

Window:

Unchecked: if there are more than one AO event in the future, list will find the earliest timed one as the next AO event to start regardless its position in the list.

Recommendation: Uncheck only when there is a necessary for set AO event out of order.

4. Select the Options tab. This tab contains optional configuration settings for Compile lists.

NOTE: All of the options on this tab may be configured in the Air Client application also.

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Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) and configure the following as required:

• Options:



When disabled (or the Black source not configured), the switcher will remain on the last source taken if the list stops.



Play Hard Hits: Enabling this option allows an operator to manually override the start time of “hard start” or “hard hit time” events (timed events).

When disabled, “hard start” events only roll at the time specified in the

Transmission list’s Time column.



Contact Start: Enabling this option allows this list to be rolled via an external GPI contact-closure trigger. The GPI trigger duplicates the function of the Play button on the control panel.



Auto A-B Routing: Enabling this option causes devices to alternate between their primary and secondary audio/video routing paths as configured in this list’s

A/V routing table (see below).

When enabled this setting overrides an event’s channel settings (displayed in

Note: When changing this configuration, existing events on the list, and in

particular previously executed events recovered with 'Clear Done Events', may

exhibit the previously configured switching behavior.



Play ID Title Mismatches: This option only applies to systems that include a

Sony LMS cart machine. The LMS will not register events if the ID and title on the tapes’ barcode labels do not match the ID and title of the events as they

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

Skip Bad Events: When enabled this option the Transmission list to ignore and skip a single unregistered (bad) event. The list will continue playing out and mark the bad event as “missed”.

When disabled, the Transmission list stops upon encountering any unregistered event and must be restarted manually.

NOTE: The Transmission list always stops upon encountering two or more consecutive bad events, whether this option is enabled or not.



Station ID On Skip: Enabling this option causes the switcher to switch to the



Release Tension When Cued: Enabling this option causes the system to send a

“standby off” command to any VTRs when they have cued a tape. The tape is re-tensioned at the standby on time.



Timed List: (Default: enabled) When enabled this option allows the list to roll timed events – hard start or record events – at the time of day specified in the

Transmission list’s Time column.

When disabled, timed events will not roll.



Update On Air Time: Enabling this option causes the on-air time for events to update to the actual time the event rolled. AsRun logs for the list are updated as well.

When disabled, the AsRun logs reflect the time-of-day that appeared on the

Transmission list, rather than the actual time the event rolled.



Auto Ripple Times: Enabling this option causes the time-of-day for events to update automatically, reflecting any changes to event durations made manually.

The time “rippling” ends at hard start events. The calculation assumes that the

Duration field for up-counting events is accurately set.



When disabled, the list must be threaded manually before it can execute a Play command.



When enabled, thread time is not used. This option supersedes the Thread Time.

When disabled, the list only keeps events threaded within the Thread Time window (see below).

Logomotion Note: To ensure all available heads thread normally, enable ‘Keep

List Threaded’.

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Only Swap One Event in A-P: Enable / disable air protect switching for an event.

Checked: Tells the playlist to switch back to the Air Server for normal playout, on conclusion of this trouble event.

Unchecked: Treat Air and Protect disk equally, assign air or protect disk port to

Air column whichever is ready first.

Recommendation: Uncheck when the disk port is the additional port of another video disk.



Update Final Upcount Durations: Check to enable update of the final upcount event duration. This gives an actual duration of how long an event ran.

• Done Count: (This option is grayed out.) This value sets the number of “done” events that will be displayed at the top of the Transmission list. The Done Count may be set to any value between 1 and the lookahead value minus 1. Default is 4 events.

NOTE: Never set the Done Count to a value equal to or greater than the lookahead value. Doing so causes the list to eventually run out of valid, registered events and

stop.



Any events within the Thread Time are threaded and cued.



If the list option “Keep List Threaded” is enabled, this value is ignored.



This parameter affects the timing of every secondary event that uses the "=" modifier.



When defined the offset should be less than list preroll time.

5. Select the Lookahead tab. This tab contains the configuration options for this

Transmission list’s lookahead.

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Configure the following options as required:

This lookahead value includes the on-air event and the Done Count.



This value may be configured in the Air Client application also.

• Report Missing Media:



Report Missing Media Within LookAhead: Enable (check) this option to allow sending missing media error message out on Automation LAN. If there an ADC

SNMP-Agent client is running on the Automation LAN, it will detect these error messages, and forward them to remote SNMP Manager program for remote monitoring of playlist missing media alerts.

Report GMT Requested Media: (Active when ‘Report Missing Media Within

LookAhead’ is selected.) If the Missing media is currently requested through ADC

GMT system, enable (check) this box to allow the missing media error message to be correctly reported to the remote SNMP Manager program through ADC

SNMP-Agent program.

6. Select the Events to Log tab. This tab contains configuration options for the AsRun logs created by the Air Client application.

• By default, not all secondary event types are logged to the AsRun log. Checking the appropriate checkbox on this tab will enable logging of that secondary event type.

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Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) the following as required:

• Secondary Events to Log:

Enable (check)/ Disable (uncheck) the secondary events to log in the AsRun log.

When all check-boxes are selected (checked), all secondary events associated with a primary are included in the AsRun log.

For Example: BREAK is disabled and others are enabled – all secondary events except BREAK secondary event are included in the AsRun log.

For descriptions of all listed Secondary Events see, Appendix C: Secondary Events .

• Log Record Events: (Default: disabled) Check to enable logging of record events on normal completion.

7. Select the Compiler tab. The Compiler function is an option that may be purchased separately for your Automation system.

IMPORTANT: This option is only available if the optional compiler function has been

purchased.

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Configure the following options as required:

• Log Errors: (Default: disabled) Check this box to cause all compile errors to be recorded into a logfile.

• Time Parameters:



SOM: Specify a Start Of Message (SOM) value for the compile tape. Default is

00:01:00:00.



Tape Length: This is the duration of the compile tape. Default is 01:30:00:00.

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Break Gap: The distance between the end of black on one pod and the start of black on the next pod. Default is 00:30:00:00.

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Black In: The amount of pre-black to record on the tape before recording the first compiled event. Default is 00:00:00:00.

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Black Out: The amount of post-black to record on the tape after recording the last event in a compiled pod. Default is 00:00:00:00.

8. Select the Skip Secondary tab.

ADC Device Server v11.61.4

Installation, Configuration, and Operations Reference Configuring List Types

Configure the following options to enable list linking as required:

• Skip Secondary Event after Primary Event is Skipped: Check to enable skip.

• Secondary Events To Skip: From the list, enable (check) the secondary events to skip. Uncheck to deselect.

9. When finished click OK, and then Apply.

Configuring List Types

About Play lists and the Traffic Translator

Examples:

About List Configuration

Configuring Transmission List/Playlist

Options

About Transmission Lists / Playlists

Record Lists and GMT Push Lists

To Configure Transmission List Options

Configuring Media List Options

To Configure Media List Options

Configuring GMT List Options

To Configure GMT List Options

Configuring Compile List Options

To Configure Compile List Options

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