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Index
1. Introduction
2. Configuration
2.1. Audio Volumes
2.2. WorkStation
2.3. Audio Servers
2.4. Broadcast Stations
2.5. Users
2.6. Audio Editors Configuration
2.7. Network main disk
2.8. Main Server Connection Button
2.9. RS232 Satellite Control Properties
3. Menu/ Controls/ Actions Buttons Description
3.1. Menu Button. Description.
3.2. Menu Button. Options
3.2.1. Audio
3.2.2. Background Color.
3.2.3. Fonts.
3.3. Title Selection
3.4. Title Management using Drag&Drop/Cut, Copy and Paste
3.5. Title Transfer
3.6. Title Movement
4. Category Creation/ Audio Recording
4.1. Suggestions before you start recording.
4.2. Category Creation
4.2.1. Text Category Applications
4.3. Compression Formats.
4.3.1. Recording Format Table.
4.4. Audio Recording
4.5. Options in Production Window.
4.6. Audio Markers
4.6.1. Markers Setting
4.6.2. Markers Deletion
4.6.3. Go to Markers
4.6.4. Display Marker Positions
4.6.5. Operating with markers in Titles
4.7. Title Card. Description
4.8. Song ANNOUNCES Recording.
4.9. Logger.
4.9.1. Logger Data
4.9.2. Logger Search
4.9.3. Command Creation
5. Commercial Programming
5.1. Programming Window
5.2. Commercial Schedule programming
5.3. Commercial Schedule Programming without Dinesat Radio
5.4. Commercial schedule modification
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6. Music programming
6.1. Music Schedule Programming
6.2. Formats
6.3. Random Programming.
6.4. Automatic Programming Properties
6.5. Music Programming using Commands
6.6. Operative Description of the FMT Command
6.7. Music or Commercial Schedule Playout
7. Active Windows. Description
7.1. Audio Transport
7.2. Most frequently used windows
7.3. AIR Windows
7.3.1. RDS Configuration
7.4. Title Windows
7.4.1. Quick Audio Search
7.4.2. Audio Import
7.4.3. Record Audio
7.4.4. Ripper
7.4.5. Ripper Settings
7.4.6. Audio Import Keeping Code
7.5. Instant Play Window
7.5.1. Playback from Instant Play
7.5.2. Instant Play Window Properties
8. Autoplay Playback Mode
8.1. General Description of
8.1.1.1.1. Automatic Mode (AUTOPLAY)
8.1.2. Basic AUTOPLAY mode
8.2. AIR 2 Mode
8.3. AIR 2 Mode + FADE
8.4. AUXILIARY INPUT Mode
8.5. SATELLITE Mode + Control Center
8.6. SATELLITE Mode + RS232
9. Manual Mode Playback
9.1. Identification (Marker) on Song INTRO
9.2. Manual Mode on INTRO
10. TTH Features
10.1. TTH Module Configuration
10.2. New features recording for TTH module.
10.3. TTH Commands Creation Audio and TTH command Configuration
10.4. TTH commands usage
10.5. Weather Watcher Installation
11. Accesories
11.1. Vote Machine
11.2. Answering Machine
11.3. Ranking Machine
11.4. Browser (database display)
11.5. Backup
11.6. RDS Manager
11.6.1. Configuration
11.6.2. Application
11.7. Live Encoder
11.7.1. Configuration
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12. Control Center
12.1. Input Control
12.2. Output Control
13. Pins Scheme
14. Control by levels/ Control by edges
14.1. Control by level
14.2. Control by Edge
15. Connection to Hardata hdxServer
15.1. Hardata hdxServer and Dinesat Radio Interaction
15.2. Hardata hdxServer and Dinesat Radio Setup
16. ShortCuts
17. Technical Support
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1. Introduction
Thank you very much for having chosen Dinesat Radio as PC automation and operative
assistance product for your radio station.
We are sure that Dinesat Radio will provide you nothing but satisfaction and it will become your
unmatched allied offering all your radio station needs in a single product.
Dinesat Radio is designed to easily adapt to different operative backgrounds: from a simple
single-user terminal, or the management of a network comprising several stations, to the whole
control of satellite radio networks. Likewise, it fits various scenarios: from the classic
configuration having an announcer in the studio and the operator in the booth, to the
announcer-operator pattern, not to mention a typical AM newscast structure with journalists,
producers, mobile units and operators.
Dinesat Radio saves each users working environment based on a multiple active windows
concept. Just by logging his password on any PC of the network, the user is identified and his
usual working environment is loaded, including the distribution of open windows, favorite fonts
and colors, fade time, fade out, categories and stations that can be accessed, etc.
In this way, a journalist can use a completely different Dinesat Radio environment from the one
an air operator uses. It is possible to automatically operate one or several stations and another
one in manual mode in the same PC; it is also possible to simultaneously record while playing
out, and even a satellite network can be controlled with the powerful SNC Technology satellite
telecommand included in NET model of Dinesat Radio series.
Dinesat Radio features three versions: XP (it allows to manage a single radio station), PRO (it
allows to control up to two stations and downlinks), NET (it allows to manage more than three
radio stations and it controls both uplinks and downlinks).
Dinesat Radio includes telephone modules that allow you to perform your radio ranking, to carry
out polls and surveys and to receive messages interacting with the audience on an automatized
way. With Traffic Xpress, commercial schedules can be easily created and air sheets are
automatically produced.
TrafficSat Xpress system is software that allows producing radio stations playout sheets
(schedules). It is a smaller product of TrafficSat products line and it is aimed to satisfying
stations that need simple schedule requirements. It generates flawless, masterfully distributed
schedules within seconds, that otherwise would take hours to do manually. Please refer to the
comparative chart between the different TrafficSat product versions in the appendix.
TrafficSat Software is not supported under Windows Vista environments.
Our system includes the Logger feature that will allow you to record the broadcast logger setting
with any compression and quality you want.
Weve created a new module called Browser especially designed to surf inside the whole
Dinesat Radio database.
In this way, you will be able to look up for a wide range of actions: from titles stored in each
category created within the volumes to the actions carried out by each of the stations operators.
Dinesat Radio has included the innovative RDS feature (Radio Data System) that besides
transmitting the conventional music and voice contribution it transmits data in encoded signals
that are decoded by any automobile stereo compatible with this system (or a domestic radio
receiver to a lesser degree). The radio station operator or programmer will also watch these
data in the Playout or Programming Windows. In the board where timers and volume indicators
are placed, he will see a scroll constantly displaying dynamic and/ or static data as follows:
station data such as static and programming being played out at the moment, as well as
dynamic data.
To update weather forecasts you need software to monitor the weather bureau and produce a
file containing all the necessary settings so that Dinesat Radio can check them and use them in
its applications.
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2. Configuration
It is very important to read these concepts and explanations on how to configure your new
Dinesat Radio carefully. Please keep in mind that Dinesat Radio has a default setting that might
not satisfy your operative and the systems global performance requirements.
Main Menu
The Main Menu will open immediately when clicking the Dinesat Radio icon in the Windows
desktop and it will remain open- on desktop mode- as long as you keep running the system. If
you close it, you will end the Dinesat Radio working session.
All the access buttons to the systems main functions and active windows (Air, Title, InstantPlay,
Production, etc.) are displayed in this window, as well as the access to all Dinesat Radio
configurations (Stations, Volumes, Servers, etc.). To be able to access all of them press the
User button and type the word Superman. This logging password is assigned by default and it
will authorize you as Supervisor user to have full access to the different systems options.
In the Main Menu window, you will find the Configuration button that will allow you to change a
series of options. These options will authorize you to define the Volumes (hard discs), the
assigned workstations within your audio network, the Audio Servers (set of volumes), the radio
stations to be controlled from the network, the users and the access status each of them will
have, the different audio editors that could be called from the system and the Setup Wizard!
The latter will let you run the smart installer whenever you might need to reconfigure the
program without having to reinstall it completely.
Note: We recommend replacing the Supervisor password by an easy-to-remember new one.
This will prevent any operator from having access to make changes that might alter or even
damage the systems correct performance. We also suggest creating passwords especially for
each operator authorizing access levels according to their duties in the station.
2.1. Audio Volumes
Dinesat Radio uses a single name, called Volume, to identify each terminals (PC) hard disc
within the network. Dinesat Radio uses Volume to unquestionably identify the network disks in
all its databases.
During the installation process, Dinesat Radio automatically assigns Volume names to each
local disk on a terminal name basis. For instance, if during installation in a terminal with 2 hard
discs and 1 CD-ROM drive, and PROD is assigned as the terminal name, Dinesat Radio will
automatically assign Volume names PROD*1 to disk C, PROD*2 to disk D and PROD*3
to the CD-ROM DRIVE E.
To have access to disk PROD*1 from another terminal, the letter that has been assigned to
that terminal when connecting to a network unit will have to be identified. It is also possible to
leave the blank space and assign the UNC address of the folder intended to be shared.
In this way, Dinesat Radio saves a Volume database in each terminal that works as a dictionary
allowing translating the Volume name into the respective disk letter in that Terminal or the UNC
address to access it.
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2.2. Workstation
Define the workstation name in which you work clearly. You can give any name you want to that
terminal. We suggest to use easy-to-identify names, such as: FM AIR or PRODUCTION, etc.
Then define the main network Volume because it is there where all Users, InstantPlay and Audit
data will be centralized in. When you click inside this field, you will be able to see all the
volumes published in the previous step. (Audio Volumes in item 3.2). In the following field,
define the local Volume, that is to say, the hard disc that Dinesat Radio will use to backup the
data stored in the Network Main Volume, and which will allow you to continue operating even
when not connected to the network.
Important Note: When entering the Workstation name, DO NOT LEAVE SPACES between the
words used.
2.3. Audio Servers
Dinesat Radio also features the new Audio Server concept for peer to peer also P2P-
architecture. An Audio Server consists of a Volume -hard discs- array grouped together and
managed as a whole. You could have only one audio server for the whole network or define
several audio servers, even inside the same PC.
For example, when installing Dinesat Radio in the Production terminal, an Audio Server will
automatically be assigned to the first local hard disc and to the the first local CD-ROM drive. In
this case, an Audio Server called PROD/SV1 addressed to disk C and an Audio Server
called PROD/CD1 assigned to CD-ROM drive E will be created. Thus, when disk C gets
full, all you have to do is to install a new hard disc (D:), then edit PROD/SV1 Audio Server
properties and finally add the respective Volume to hard disc D, so that Dinesat Radio begins
using this new Volume for all new recordings.
The Audio Server name can not be longer than 20 characters.
If the Audio Server is defined as Removable, then Dinesat Radio forces the choice of a single
audio volume that matches the selected one as Location. Thus, it is ensured that data and
audio are stored in the same location and that, when removing the volume, the whole
information is available.
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Finally, if the Audio Server is defined as Protected, only authorized users with special access
rights on Protected Servers can make changes to it.
2.4. Broadcast stations
From this window (CONFIGURATION > Stations), you can define which and how many stations
will be controlled by Dinesat Radio from the network. If enough hardware is available, this action
can be performed even from the same PC.
Dinesat Radio keeps a stations database that allows you to access each of their programming
schedule in a clear-cut way from any network terminal. In case that the company needs to
manage more than one station, once the installation is over it is necessary to define the names
of the other radio stations to be controlled.
To begin with, a name must be assigned to the first station to be controlled.
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Then, the Location where the stations programming files will be stored have to be defined. It is
advisable that the Location is a Volume defined in the local PC placed in the studio from which
that radio station is played out.
Finally, define whether it is a Local or Remote station. That is to say, if it is a station
broadcasting as satellite head, or if it is a station defined as a radio station network receiver. For
instance, if you had 2 radio stations defined, you would have an Air 1 Window and an Air 2
Window for each of the stations.
2.5. Users
To be able to assign new users to the system, press the User button and type the word
SUPERMAN. This access password is set by default and it will authorize you as
Supervisor user to have full access to enter the different system options. Then press
Configuration > Users button: a new window where all new users can be added will
open.
In this window, you can define the kind of options and services of the system to which each
operator of the radio station will have access. In the first place, it is important to make clear that
this type of access applies only to each user, not to terminals. This means that when an
operator logs in a terminal (any of the network), it will fit the operative environment defined by
the user: the windows he uses, color, font, size, servers, audio configuration, etc.
The configuration process is very simple, you only have to add new users to the system by
pressing the Add button and then check the items to which the operators will be authorized to
access. Thus, when an operator types his personal password the system will start keeping
records of all his activity in the network, which- in turn- will be registered in the users audit so
that you can monitor each users actions: what he did, where, when and what kind of action he
carried out.
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Note: We strongly recommend to use this option because it will prevent UNAUTHORIZED
operators to delete audio files, to change programming settings or change complex
configurations such as those related to Audio Volumes or Network Servers.
Moreover, keep in mind that, for instance, you can restrict access to the audio categories to be
used and to the radio stations to be controlled. Thus, you can define, for example, to which
audio categories or to which audio server one operator or another can have access. Similarly,
you can define which station each of them has permission to control.
Once again, we recommend using this system feature to avoid future headaches.
2.6. Audio editors configuration.
To add audio editors to the system, press the Configuration button Audio Editors (if you are
authorized to change the configuration). A new window will open where you will be able to add
all the audio editors for Windows that you have installed.
Press the ADD button.
In the editors configuration window you will find the following fields:
Name: enter the editor name to be used. For example: Sound Forge 4.5.
Exefile path: here you must write the path to indicate Dinesat Radio where the audio editor to
be used is installed. For example: C:\Forge30\Forge.exe.
2.7. Network Main Disk.
During the installation process Dinesat Radio will ask you to identify the Network Main Disk. In
this drive- to which all network terminals must have access- the Users data, InstantPlay, Audio
Servers, Formats, Stations, etc. will be stored.
Normally, the Network Main Disk is disk C of the Air PC. During installation several settings
that had been assigned when installing Dinesat Radio can be configured again, such as
terminal Name, network main disk, detection of new installed volumes, etc.
This option will not affect at all the material and data already stored in the system. It will simply
allow you to assign new values to the ones configured before.
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2.8. Main Server Connection Button.
This button of the Main Menu shows a padlock that can be close or open in a network terminal.
It indicates whether there is permanent connection or not- to the Network Main Disk in which
Dinesat Radio stores databases. If the padlock is open, it means that the system is working
locally- without connection to the Network Main Server- and that all changes in the system or
User configuration will be saved locally (inside that terminal) until the network connection is
resumed.
By pressing the button, the connection to the Network Main Server is checked, and it is
resumed in case it would have been interrupted. If it is not possible to reconnect, a message
window opens explaining the reason why it could not resume the network connection with the
network main server.
Note: In the case that the padlock button is pressed and the connection is not yet resumed we
recommend to check the network physical connections as well as the network cards involved, to
verify their proper operation.
2.9. RS232 Satellite Control Properties.
In Configuration, you will find the RS232 Satellite Control option. When accepting this option, a
window called RS232 Satellite Control Properties opens. This window is for exclusive use and
configuration of those affiliate stations of a radio network using Dinesat Radio in its head. This
values must NOT be changed by a user not having this radio station profile, and changes must
be strictly supervised by Hardata S.A. Modifying these values without Hardata S.A.s
supervision can cause AUTOPLAY mode malfunctioning. For further details on this subject
please contact us: info@hardata.com
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3. Menu/ Controls/ Actions Buttons. Description.
This chapter intends to provide a general description of the different menu, audio controls and
actions options most commonly used during the regular operation of Dinesat Radio.
3.1. Menu Button. Description
Please note that in most active windows there is a button called Menu. This button allows
accessing each windows particular configuration and functions, or the diverse options they
offer. These features vary according to the type of window chosen, but there is a series of
options common to all windows. That is the case when configuring the font size and background
color of the window and the audio configuration; they are all inside the Properties line.
Bear in mind that the configurations set in this window will NOT influence the behavior of other
ones. Menu is sensitive to context. That is, the options that appear in Menu depend on whether
there is a single item -such as audio, a block start time, a command, etc.-, several or no item at
all selected in such window or if the item selected is the beginning of a block, or if it a song, etc.
For example, if an audio file is selected inside a Titles window and Menu is pressed or the
mouse right button is clicked on the window desktop- you will note that one of the options
available is Delete. However, if you do the same inside an Air window, the only options to be
seen are Cut, Copy or View Card, but not Delete because this last feature Delete- does not
reach Air windows.
3.2. Menu Button. Options.
When pressing the Menu button inside any active audio window, a line- common to all of them-
will be seen at the bottom. Properties when selecting it you will see- according to the active
window- Audio, Background Color, and Font
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3.2.1. Audio.
When selecting this option, a small window opens displaying from top to bottom the following
options:
Play Device 1 and 2
Once filled in, these options define the audio device of the card installed through which
scheduled audio files will be played back inside that window. The audio play- or recording-
devices that can be chosen will depend on the type of sound card installed and previously
recognized by Windows.
For example, if a playback card with double stereo channel (Dual Device) is installed (Antex SX-
34, 36 or similar), you will see that, when clicking once, the options to configure Playback, Cue
and Recording devices appear in the small window associated to the line. Thus, the possibility
for Dinesat Radio to simultaneously crossfade 2 audio items inside that window will be enabled.
If you DO NOT WANT that audio files inside a window be crossfade, choose device 0 for each
Play Device so that audio files will be spliced without crossfades or silence between them.
Note: Keep in mind that this possiblity will be available only is you use a card supporting 2- or
more- simultaneous play devices.
For most multimedia cards Sound Blaster type, the recognized device will be 0- a single stereo
channel-. In this case, the crossfade is made using software; consequently, the same device for
Play 1 and 2 is selected.
Crossfade with Sound Blaster cards.
If you have this card installed, you will work on Direct Show mode.
Crossfade with Professional Cards.
These cards work on Wave mode.
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CUE Device: this option is foreseen to perform pre-listenings independently of what is being
played out. This feature will be available only to those users having 2- or more- audio cards
installed in the same PC who want to use the second card as a CUE device. This property can
be used with professional audio cards connecting them to the audio crossfader independently of
card 1- or main card- obviously. Like in the previous case, the small associated window will
open. Besides devices 0 and 1, devices 2 and 3 will also be displayed or just device 2, if the
additional card supports only one stereo device.
Note: Keep in mind that CUE only allows to listen 30 or 50% of the audio file chosen, thus
preventing the checked audio file to enter Air Audit. Remember as well that it is NOT advisable
to combine sound cards from different brands or having different or uncompatible drivers.
Under this last field you will find:
FadeOut Duration (Sec): FadeOut duration acts directly on Fade button of the window being
configured (only displayed in Air and InstantPlay windows). That is, this is the time (in seconds)
it takes audio being played out to fade out after this button has been pressed. The
recommended value is 2 to 2.5 secs.
FadeOut Level (dB): it allows defining the audio being played out dB (decibel) number. This
value will affect directly the behavior of 2 important Dinesat Radio features. The first one is the
TALK button (only displayed on Air windows). Supposing that you press this button while audio
is being played back, the latter will turn down as many dB as you have specified. This- for
instance- will let you talk over the audio without having to turn down its level from the
crossfader. As a second important feature, you may want to play back a song and insert a
marker o else announce it with a pre-recorded voice-over saying the name of the song and the
performer on the Intro. This cut must be assembled (see item 10.1) on the song Intro (not
recorded over it) and it will be played out- by the second audio device- a few seconds before
Intro ends. Thus, Dinesat Radio will turn down the main audio- the song- as much dB as you
have defined (in the FadeOut Level window) and it will begin to play back the marker or the
song voice-over at 0 dB- or maximum level. After the identification or marker ends, the main
audio will resume 0 db- maximum level. Choosing the right value is crucial to achieve a real live
sound. The recommended value is 9 to 12- dB, but we suggest to try several times with
different fadeout values until you get the effect you want. Keep in mind that these values must
be assigned specifically to each active window because they are not global.
FadeOut Time (Sec): this value defines the audio speed to turn up and down in the examples mentioned
before. For instance, if a 5 secs value is set and the TALK button is pressed, it will take the audio 5 secs
to turn down and, after pressing TALK again, it will take the audio another 5 secs to resume the maximum
audio level. We suggest trying many times with different values to find the most effective value or
combination that suits your work style. Keep in mind that these configurations must be set in each active
audio window used.
These values are saved by user.
3.2.2. Background Color
This option allows selecting- exclusively- the background color of the active window being
configured. Thus, you can assign different colors to each audio window to be able to distinguish
and identify them quickly and safely.
These values are saved by user.
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3.2.3. Font
The option Font allows changing the type of font (character) to be used and increase or
reduce its size. Thus, all titles programmed in the configured window will be read better.
Note: We recommend not using bright colors for windows backgrounds or eccentric fonts, too
small or difficult to read to identify active windows such as Air, Titles or InstantPlay. This might
cause eye discomfort or even headache.
These values are saved by user.
3.3. Title selection
Titles (audio files) listed in different windows are selected by clicking on them. Just like in
Windows, to select more than a title keep CTRL key pressed while clicking on each chosen title.
To select several titles successively, click on the first chosen title and then, while keeping
SHIFT key pressed, click on the last title to select. You will see that all of them are highlighted.
Note: when managing titles, it is crucial to keep in mind the Audio Server concept because you
must clearly know the titles origin. Thus, when opening a Titles window, the first thing to do is to
indicate in which Audio Server the titles you want to manage are stored. When programming,
remember you can access (depending on your users permissions) all the network servers
(terminals) and make the schedule with titles from all those terminals. When it is time to play
them out Dinesat Radio will have to search them through the network to be able to play them
back in the terminal where they were programmed. However, it is likely to have programmed
titles located in a terminal that is turned off or out of service. In those cases, Dinesat Radio will
skip those files, and your programming schedule length will change.
3.4. Title Management using Drag&Drop/ Cut, Copy y Paste
All Dinesat Radio windows support Drag&Drop among them. Drag&drop is used to move titles
inside the same window, to move titles from one window to another and to remove titles of a
window. All you have to do is to click on a selected title, then, while keeping the button pressed,
move the mouse, and place the cursor in the position where the chosen title will be set, and
then release the button.
To remove a title from a window (except from a Titles or Production window) simply Drag&Drop
the title to a place in which the cursor shows the operation is invalid (this is represented by a
black circle crossed by an oblique line).
Another alternative to move titles is using Cut, Copy and Paste. These options are available in
each window Menu. They can be also executed by pressing the customary Windows key
combinations:
Cut: CTRL+X
Copy: CTRL+C
Paste: CTRL+V
In this way, you can select one or more titles, and then press CTRL+C, place the cursor on the
chosen destination position and press CTRL+V. All the selected titles will have been copied to
that position. This action can be done within the same window o among several other ones.
Another way to access these options is by an inverse click (with the mouse right button) on the
title to select.
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When dragging a title on another existing one in an air window - and while keeping the Shift key
pressed- the new title is inserted as intro in the previously existing one.
3.5. Title transfer
To transfer titles from an Audio Server to another, two Titles windows must be kept open.
Proceed as follows:
Go to Main Menu and click on Titles. A Titles 1 window will open.
In this window, select the Audio Server and Category of the titles to be transferred. This will be
the source window. Remember that you might be using a management terminal and direct that
window (Titles 1) to the production audio server, for instance.
Repeat the steps and open a Titles 2 window.
Now, select final destination Audio Server and Category in this new window. Bear in mind that
selecting de destination category is not really important because, if it does not exist, Dinesat
Radio will created it automatically, but if it already existed, it will place all transferred files in a
category matching that of the source.
To move (or transfer) the titles simply select them in the Titles 1 window and Drag&Drop them
on the Titles 2 window.
Note: It is very important to remember the following concept: transferring titles between a
terminal and another of a network means that you are COPYING the selected audio files (and
updating the database) to another terminal. In other words, after the transfer is done, all audio
files will be present in both terminals involved. It is up to you to Delete the source files so as
not to use excesive hard memory.
We strongly recommend to keep a copy of ALL commercial ads and artistic (Tips) in use within
the Production audio server.
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3.6. Title Movement.
To move a category title proceed according to the previous item explanation, but instead of
directing Titles 1 and 2 windows to different servers, direct them to the same server. Direct one
window to the source category and the other to the destination category. Then Drag&Drop the
selected files.
Note: Moving files means removing from a location to place them in another. Thus, within a
same terminal you can move audio files stored in a volume to a category stored in another
volume (hard disc). Or else back them up in a removable server installed in that terminal.
For instance, if you wanted to backup certain data, you can direct a Titles 1 window to a music
category stored in a given audio server and the other window (Titles 2) to an audio server
consisting of a removable type volume such as Iomega Jaz. Thus, just by dragging and
dropping the chosen titles between both windows you will be carrying out an audio backup (and
data because databases move along with wavs).
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4. Category Creation/ Audio recording.
4.1. Suggestions before you start recording.
We presume that you are sitting at a terminal with Dinesat Radio properly installed as a single-
user or in a network.
First, load Dinesat Radio with all the audio material that will be used for later playout. To begin
that task it is necessary to be organized. With time, you are going to record hundred or perhaps
thousand of audio files in Dinesat Radio, therefore you must do so in the most organized way to
be able to find them later within the same terminal easily or in any network position. Keep in
mind that you will record all kind of material for which categories to save them will have to be
created as well as codes to distinguish one from another. Again, we suggest being organized to
save up time as well as money.
Before you start recording we suggest the following:
Take a piece of paper and a pencil and make a list of all the categories to create and define
each of them type (Music/ Announces/ Text/ etc.).
Define the prefix for each of them. For instance, if you will record modern salsa, SMO could be
a prefix or SCL if it were classic. Remember that there will be a large number of files soon. Be
tidy.
Define the compression format that will be used to record each category.
Choose the local audio server.
Define the trimming threshold to be used when recording. See item 6.5 for further details.
Check audio connections to avoid buzzing, noise, RF or distortions.
Make tests with the chosen compression format. If you are not satisfied with it try another
format.
4.2. Category Creation.
Dinesat Radio allows creating all categories you need and give each recorded title an
alphanumeric code (letters and numbers) of up to 8 digits, title name, performer, author for the
same case and many other items you will see in the title to be recorded card.
To create a Category
Go to the main menu and press Production or Titles, then press the Menu button (or click with
the mouse right button) go and click on the Categories line. In the new window press Add.
From top to botom, you will see the following lines:
Name. It refers to the name you will assign to the category you are creating. We suggest using
short and easy-to-identify names.
Audio Type: Dinesat Radio will display 8 different types of audio types. Choose the one that
best suits the one you will record. For example, if you are going to record a commercial choose
Ads, if it is a song, choose MUSIC.
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Categories Type: there are 9 category types from which you can choose when creating yours:
Ads: this category is for advertising.
Artistic: these are audio files or effects played out between songs or over the one on the air. For
example, in the middle of a song it says Station name or between ads a station artistic is
played out saying Hardata Station always with you.
Music: songs or recordings that user wants to categorize as music.
Announce: voice-over announcing a song. For instance: the voice plays out over the song being
played back and says youre listening to Diego Torres in Color Esperanza.
Texts: it is a category type representing a title in which text in the notepad will be stored
(comments).
News: titles playing out newsbriefs or issues related to them.
Commands: this category is detailed from chapter 8.6.
TTH: Time, temperature and humidity command.
Telephony: Aswering Machine, Ranking Machine and Vote Machine only recognize these
formats to save telephone messages.
Recording quality. Here again, there is a drop-down menu. You must choose a suitable quality
for the material to be recorded and keepi in mind the hardware type installed- audio card-. For
further details read item 5.4.
Stereo/ Mono. The recording mode must be defined here- for example, stereo for FM or mono
for AM.
Prefix. The 3 letters that will preceed the title code must be defined. If you do not write
anything, Dinesat Radio will take the first 3 letters of the category name and use them as Prefix.
Next number. These numbers follow the prefix. You can enter up to 4 numbers. For instance, if
prefix is AVI and you wrote 0, the first title of that new category will encode as AVI00000 and
then AVI00001, etc.
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Note 1: it is very important to define the right audio type to record because you will see that
each card differs according to the Type chosen. Thus, a Music Type card will have different
fields to fill in from those of an Announce Type card. However, most cards contain, in general,
some of the fields of the MUSIC type card. Moreover, Dinesat Radio will behave differently with
each category. For instance, Dinesat Radio will crossfade between music category type files,
but it will not do that between announce category type files. If you want to have audio
crossfades between commercial break files, create a music type category and store
commercial breaks there.
Note 2: suppose that you have a Latin Music category that starts in code MUL00001 and the
last code now is MUL00879. However, you have already deleted many previous titles, that is,
there are less than 879 songs. In this case, we suggest to edit this category (or any other)
periodically and in the Next Number field write 00000 again. In this way, when Dinesat Radio
records the next audio in this category, it will go directly to look for the first empty code from
MUL 00000 and it will complete it with the new audio to be recorded. Therefore, double
encoding will be avoided.
4.2.1. Text category Applications.
By creating a title in this category, you will be able to schedule programming consisting not only
of music, but also of these titles containing text information visible in the notepad. Text titles can
be inserted between music files.
To create a text category title- once the category is created- open the Titles Window and go
inside the text category and press Rec button. A new title will be created and a card in
which the description can be modified to be meaningful will open. The text necessary
information can also be changed, assigning an announcer, customer and date in
which this title will be valid.
In order to display the text when programming is being played out, the notepad will have to be
open so that when that title is played out its text will be shown.
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Play out window displaying the active text category title and the notepad.
4.3. Compression format.
Dinesat Radio is specially designed to work normally with almost any plug&play audio card for
Windows.
Dear user, before starting recording hundred of audio files hurriedly and without any defined
criteria we beg you to read this chapter carefully. It will save you up much time- and money.
The audio compression format type that you will be able to use depends on the audio card type
and of the recording codecs installed in your operative system- in the case of Sound Blaster
cards-.
These can be IMA-ADPCM, MPeg Layer II and MPeg Layer III. In all cases, you will be able to
record in PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) mode, that is to say, with no audio compression at all.
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IMA-ADPCM is the new Microsoft audio compression included in Dinesat Radio. In addition to
being compatible with any audio card, it is easy-to-edit with most audio editors for Windows.
Dinesat Radio allows recording in this format in real time with no need to carry out any post-
recording procedure.
Mpeg Layer ll: Audio compression format (6,5:1). To record in this quality using Sound Blaster
cards it is required to install a recording codec capable of compressing to such quality.
MPeg Layer III: this format combines a larger compression level (from 8:1 to 12,6:1) than that
of Layer II mantaining the recorded audio quality reasonably commercial. Moreover, you have
the chance of using compatible Sound Blaster type cards to record and play back, and edit with
Windows audio editors, previously installing a recording code matching your operative system.
It is possible to work combining any of these formats and Dinesat Radio will adapt automatically
to any of them when playing back. However, we recommend NOT TO MIX different formats.
Note: we say with almost all audio cards because there are some sound cards that, even
though they allow recording and playing back perfectly, do not provide VU meter reading within
Dinesat Radio and this is really annoying when operating the system.
For better organization, we suggest to create a folder in disk C:\ with the name Editions, for
instance. It will be useful when using the option Save asChoose this folder to easily find it
later to import that audio to Dinesat Radio.
About Antex cards: if you are Antex SX-34, SX-36 audio cards user remember that if you want
to crossfade between stored titles, these MUST be recorded only in MPEG-32K because when
crossfading recorded files with 44.1KHz or 48KHz sampling such cards generate a sound
distotion impossible to solve. If you want to work in these samplings you must use superior
model cards.
About MPeg Layer III format: if you do not have audio cards allowing real time recording in
Mped Layer III format or if your PC resources do not allow it, to be able to use this audio
compression you have to record first in an audio editor for Windows such as Sound Forge 4.5 in
PCM format. Then save the recorded file as Mpeg Layer III 32Khz format for later import from
the Dinesat Radio Titles window.
Importante ACM driver that manages Mpeg Layer lll compression format DO NOT ALLOW
opening two audio files simultaneously. That is, 2 audio files cannot be crossfaded at the same
time in such format.
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4.3.1. Recording Formats Table.
The different audio qualities in which it is possible to record with Dinesat Radio can be seen in
the following table. Remember that the use of some of them is restricted by the sound card type
you are using. If you have any doubt, we suggest contacting Hardata at tech@hardata.com
Quality
Sampling/ Freq.
Kbits /sec Format Autonomy
PCM-8K 8 KHz PCM 8.8 Hour/Gbyte
AC2-48K 48 KHz DOLBY
AC2-44.1K 44.1 KHz DOLBY
AC2-32K 32 KHz DOLBY
IMA ADPCM-32K 32 KHz IMA ADPCM 8.6 Hour/Gbyte
IMA ADPCM-22K 22 KHz IMA ADPCM 12.5 Hour/Gbyte
IMA ADPCM-11K 11 KHz IMA ADPCM 24.8 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-48K 48 KHz 192 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 11.6 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-48K/256 48 KHz 256 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 9.3 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-48K/384 48 KHz 384 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 6.2 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-44.1K 44.1 KHz 192 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 11.6 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-44.1K/256 44.1 KHz 256 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 9.3 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-44.1K/384 44.1 KHz 384 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 6.2 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-32K AM 32 KHz 64 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 69.4 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-32K/96 32 KHz 96 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 24.8 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-32K 32 KHz 192 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 11.6 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-22K 22 KHz 96 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 24.8 Hour/Gbyte
MPEG-16K TEL 16 KHz 32 Kb/s MPEG LAYER II 138.9 Hour/Gbyte
LAYER3-44K/128 44.1 KHz 128 Kb/s MPEG LAYER III 17.4 Hour/Gbyte
LAYER3-44K/112 44.1 KHz 112 Kb/s MPEG LAYER III 19.8 Hour/Gbyte
LAYER3-44K/96 44.1 KHz 96 Kb/s MPEG LAYER III 23.1 Hour/Gbyte
Autonomy is given for stereo mode. In mono, autonomy in Hour/Gb will double.
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4.4. Audio recording.
Another method to import new audio material is by using the active window called Production
that is featured as an audio editor. We remind you to connect the audio source in the most
direct possible way to the sound card input line. This will help so as NOT to add possible
distortions to final recording. Remember that sound must enter Dinesat Radio in the most
pure manner and with the highest quality.
Dinesat Radio DOES NOT ADD any equalization type to recording or improve its quality at all.
Audio will be always saved with the default options displayed at the bottom of the window,
which can be modified by going to Menu Options Audio.
To start recording, and having read carefully item 6.1, follow these steps:
In the Main Menu press the Production button to open the window bearing the same
name.
Press REC button. If the incoming audio level needs some correction, it can be done from the
fader in your audio panel or else go to Main Menu and press the MIXER key. A panel format
window will open- that varies according to the audio card type installed- where a fader for Play
and another one for Rec (Line in) can normally be found. Make all necessary adjustments. We
suggest verifying that the maximum recording level of VU meter in the Production window being
used is set at 4 dB. (That is, the entire green row turned on and the second yellow led
flickering. We suggest not allowing the red leds to turn on because it might break down the
recorded audio).
To finish recording press STOP button. We recommend pressing Dinesat Radio Pause button
first and then release the audio playback pause not worrying for the silence time there might be
left at the beginning. Likewise, wait until the song finishes to press the playback unit STOP
button and then stop recording from Dinesat Radio. Trimming will handle the rest. (See item
5.5).
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When you choose the option Save As the file will be saved as an audio file in the disk with the
quality used by the default editor. If the option is Save as a New Title the file will be saved in
the selected server and category. At the same time, the properties card will open to fill in the
title data. As we already mentioned, card types depend on the category type chosen. (See item
6.6 for further details).
4.5. Production window Options.
Menu File
Options New, Open and Save- common to other file management applications- can be found in
this Menu.
Open Files:
There are 3 ways to carry out this operation:
Using Drag&Drop from Windows Explorer to Dinesat Radio Editor.
Using Drag&Drop from Titles Window to Dinesat Radio Editor.
From Dinesat Radio Editor: Menu Open.
Note: when a new audio file is placed in Dinesat Radio Editor, the latter will search the
database to verify if this file exists among titles, and any change made will be updated.
Open Titles
From Titles Window by pressing the Mouse secondary button and then audio Edit.
Using Drag&Drop from Titles Window to Dinesat Radio Editor.
Save As allows changing the audio editor default recording format.
Save as New Title It is a special Dinesat Radio feature that allows saving as a new title, if a
title of your own is being edited choosing the server, the category to which it will be saved, and
indicating if you want to normilize or trim over the file.
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Menu Edit
Undo, Redo, Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete, Select All, are common to other applications.
Paste From File: it pastes from another audio file in the specified location.
Insert Silence: it inserts silence in the specified location.
Menu View
Zoom In: it expands the selected wave view.
Zoom Out: it compresses the selected wave view.
Zoom Full: it displays the entire file wave.
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Menu Tools
Batch Importer: for an individual or mass import audio files. Look Chapter: 7.4.2.
Importacin Masiva: Permite la importacin por unidad o masivamente de archivos de audio.
Ver Captulo: 7.4.2.
Menu Transport
Play: it plays back material.
Play End: it plays back from the marker to the end.
Play Loop: it constantly plays back from the beginning to the end of the file.
Record: it records audio.
Pause: it stops playback or recording transitorily and keeps the cursor in its place until the
action is resumed or canceled.
Stop: it stop the action being performed.
Go To Start: it takes the cursor to the file beginning.
Go To End: it takes the cursor to the file end.
Menu Process
Amplify +: it amplifies wave amplitude by 10%.
Amplify -: it reduces wave amplitude by 10%.
Fade In: it increases sound softly from utter silence to the selected fragment audio level.
Fade Out: it fades sound out in the selected fragment.
Strech +: it amplifies wavelength by 10%.
Strech -: it reduces wavelength by 10%.
Trim: it trims audio.
Normalize: it takes wave amplitude to a normal value.
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Menu Options
Audio: it allows configuring the play and recording devices as well as the default quality that the
editor will use to work.
4.6.Audio Markers.
Three marker types can be set in audio:
INTRO: it is the marker that indicates the audio introduction ending, a period used for fading
and crossfading with the title immediately before it in playback, thus crossfading the
previous ones OUTRO with the current ones INTRO. This marker will also be used to start
the comercial, in case the INSERT OVER marker has not been inserted.
OUTRO: it indicates the final period beginning of the audio used for fading and crossfading
with the introduction of the following song.
INSERT OVER: this maker indicates the time when the commercial will take place.
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These markers can be done in any order and position, it does not matter if you set an Intro
marker at the end or an Outro marker at the beginning, the application will accept both as valid
all the same. For this reason we suggest being very careful when setting them because if you
want an Intro marker at the audio beginning, but you set an Outro marker instead, you will not
achieve the expected results.
4.6.1. Markers Settings.
The procedure for setting up markers is the same for any of them. Place the cursor-
represented by a yellow line- in the chosen audio position and go to Menu Markers Intro
Set (it varies if it is Outro or Insert Over). A pink line will be displayed in the place where the
marker has been inserted.
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Cursor Marker and Cursor
4.6.2. Markers Deletion.
To delete markers go to Menu Markers Intro Delete (Outro or Insert Over, in case one
of them are to be deleted).
4.6.3. Go to markers.
To go to markers proceed as follows:
Menu Markers Intro Go to (Outro or Insert Over, in case you want to go to one of them).
Place the mouse over the marker and when the arrow cursor becomes a hand cursor click with
the primary mouse button.
4.6.4. Display Marker Positions
It displays the position value of inserted markers.
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4.6.5. Operating with markers in Titles
The markers can be made and deleted from Titles too, in the Markers option from menu button.
To set the markers proceed as follows:
Select the audio
Click in progress bar
Menu Markers Set Intro (Ctrl+F1) / Set Outro (Ctrl+F2) / Set Insert Over (Ctrl+F3)
To delete markers:
Select the audio
Menu Markers Delete Intro / Delete Outro / Delete Insert Over
4.7. Title cards. Description.
Each recorded title- and according to the category type- will have its exclusive ID card
containing all the necessary data for its later identification within the database.
Many cards share fields. We will take MUSIC type category card as example because it
contains most of the common fields. The following fields are seen from top to bottom:
Code: this field displays the unique alphanumeric code assigned to the title.
Title: the song name to be recorded must be filled in here (we suggest always using capital
letters because it is easy-to-read inside active windows).
Performer: it refers to the singer
Album: is it the album title to which the song belongs.
Author: it refers to the songwriter.
Intro: elapsed time between the song beginning (music) and the moment in which the
performer starts singing. This value can be entered from the Production window while listening
to the song and pressing the Pause button when the performer starts singing. Or without playing
back the audio; simply place the cursor in the position where you want to insert the marker and
then go to Menu Markers Set. The new value will be updated automatically in the Intro
field and the Intro timer will be displayed in red.
Outro: elapsed time between the moment in which the song audio level starts fading out until it
ends. To be able to enter it, proceed according to item 5 (Intro) in this section.
Start/ End: this field only accepts dates (Day/Month/Year). They will indicate Dinesat Radio
from and up to what dates a song can be schedule for programming. Before or after these dates
a song (or ad, artistic item, etc) cannot be played back. (This feature will only be available in
automatic mode with preset music formats). If you want a title to be scheduled again, select the
song, click with the mouse right button and choose View card. Once inside that card press Edit
and change the End date for a later one. Press Accept to save changes.
Priority: here you can assign values from 1 to 5. These values will be considered only when
Dinesat Radio is working automatically with preset music formats. (See item 6.1).
Genre: here you can create new genres according to the title classification.
Rhythm: here you can choose between five rythms: Very Slow/ Slow/ Medium/ Fast/ Very Fast.
These data are used when you operate in automatic mode. (See item 6.1).
Notes: in this field, you can type data about the title being recorded. These data could later be
displayed simply by opening the NOTES window and making an inverse click on any title of the
chosen list. The data will be loaded in the Notes window. To open the Notes window go to Main
menu and press Accessories button and then select Notes 1. If you want another Notes
window, press Accessories again and choose Notes 2.
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After these fields, there are others that CANNOT be changed. They display data such as:
Category where that audio file is recorded, title total Length, Quality (compression format used)
in which it was recorded, the operator who recorded it (if that operator entered his personal
access key before starting to record), and the audio Volume (hard disc) in which it is stored.
Remember that you CANNOT change these values.
Note: As you must have read in our catalogs, Dinesat Radio is equipped with Intellicross
exclusive crossfade system that automatically chooses the best crossfade times between songs
so that they sound as natural as possible. However, for this effect to work out IT IS ESSENTIAL
that you fill in the Intro and Outro values CORRECTLY in all recorded songs cards. Otherwise,
when crossfading, Dinesat Radio will assign a fixed time value to crossfades that might not
sound right when crossfading two songs in automatic playback mode.
Advise: if you want some songs to reach the end without having the next title played over, we
suggest assigning a value equal to 0 (zero) in the Outro field of the chosen titles cards. If you
want a minimum crossfade between songs set a 2 or 3 seconds OUTRO fix value.
Remember that this feature is exclusive for users having sound cards that manage 2 or more
stereo devices simultaneously.
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4.8. Song ANNOUNCES recording.
One of the features most valued by Dinesat Radio users is the possibility it provides of
announcing songs stored in the audio database either in manual or automatic mode.
To record a song ANNOUNCE or more proceed as follows:
Open the Production window.
Select the Server in which you will work.
Look for the ANNOUNCES category or whatever you have called it. If you have not created any
yet, do it now and remember that you must define it as Announces- type 4.
Press REC and then PAUSE to start recording the announce.
Fill in the open Title Card. Be especially careful when filling in the Song field because it will
indicate Dinesat Radio that the announce being recorded must be associated to that song.
If you want to record some other announces for the same song, repeat the whole procedure and
in the Song field write the same song code. Thus, Dinesat Radio will know that this song has 2
associated announces.
Advice: Whenever you record an announce avoid leaving silence at the end of it. If possible,
make it finish to break so that presentation effect is more exact. Remember that the announce
will end 2 seconds before INTRO time finishes, that is, if 2 or more silence seconds were left
after the announce, this action would prevent the performer from starting singing at maximum
audio level. Perhaps it is needless to say, but avoid making the announce LONGER than the
song INTRO.
4.9. Logger.
This module allows recording continuously all your station playout. Thus, a loyal witness of
absolutely everything played out by your station can be kept.
To achieve the maximum audio quality and recording autonomy we have created a new digital
sampling that will allow saving audio up to 31 days in Mpeg 32K AM recording quality.
Bearing in mind the sound card type, create a category with the compression you want. Then,
configure the title length: click on menu and go to audio properties. Once there, indicate the
minimum recording time.
To start-up locate the server and category where Logger will have to work, then click on the Rec
button and Logger will start recording. If you are recording and Rec button is pressed again, it
will continue recording in a new title.
Additionally, you can control Logger automatically. Clicking on Menu, Properties, Automatic
Recording and the following menu will drop down:
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And in this window, you will be able to define the recording different start and end schedules,
being also possible to indicate month, week, day and even start and end time.
It is also possible to export the selected titles in a single unified file. That is, Dinesat Radio
allows unifying 1 hour recording- for instance- and export it to a single file, allowing to choose
destination and recording quality.
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4.9.1. Logger Data.
With Logger Data module you will be able to add a file containing: Producer, Show, Date, Time,
Duration, Brief Description, Source, Protagonist, Key word and a General Description to your
titles recorded by means of Logger.
Producer: show producer.
Show: name of the show being carried out.
Date: date of the event.
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Time: time in which the show is carried out.
Duration: show length.
Brief Description: brief description of the event.
Source: the origin from which the data for the adio recording were taken must be indicated
here.
Protagonist: the name of the protagonist must be entered here, for example the name of the
show announcer.
Key word: in this field a key word- such as interview- must be entered. This field will be used
later to identify it in the search panel.
Description: a description of the event must be entered. In this way, additional data can be
associated to the Air witness titles for later search of these data by means of Logger Search
module.
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4.9.2. Logger Search.
With LoggerMDatSearch module you will be able to search the additional data added to your
aire witness titles by means of Logger Search module. This module allows you to choose which
field you want to search through, so that access to this additional data is quicker and more
effective. All you have to do is entering the text to be searched, choose the fields and thats it!
4.9.3. Commands Creation.
The commands are instructions that may be inserted in the programming of Air 1, and tells
Dinesat Radio to do something. For example, there are commands to broadcast the time,
temperature and humidity, commands to modify the automatic mode, commands to select a
musical format, so on. In section 6.5 and 10.2 you will find further details about the two most
used commands: FMT and TTH, respectively.
In Dinesat Radios database, commands are titles in a Commands category with a certain
description. This description identifies each command. When Dinesat Radio finds a command in
the programming, it reads its description to know what action to take. Thats why its so
important to be very careful to type the command description exactly as follows:
Making a Command
To create a temporary command proceed as follows:
From the main window, open a new Title window.
If you dont have a Commands category yet, press Menu > Categories > Add. Make a new
category called Commands and configure it as type 7 Commands. Dont worry about the
recording quality or the prefix. Press Accept.
Close and return to the Titles window. Choose the Commands category and press Record.
The command properties window will appear. Press Edit and type the desired command in the
Description box. For example, type FMT SALSA. This command will load the format SALSA in
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the Air 2 programming. Dont forget the space between the command and the format name, and
be sure not to make any misspelling.
Dinesat Radio Command Table
Command
type
Description Details
TTH HORA
TIME
Plays the actual time automatically.
TTH TEMPERATURA
TEMPERATURE
Plays the actual temperature automatically.
TTH HUMEDAD
HUMIDITY
Plays the actual humidity automatically.
TTH TERMICA
TERMIC SENSATION
Plays the actual thermal sensation automatically.
Automatic
Mode
AUTO AIRE2 Sets the automatic mode to Air 2.
Automatic
Mode
AUTO AIRE2+FADE Sets the automatic mode to Air 2 + Fade.
Automatic
Mode
AUTO AUX Sets the automatic mode to Auxiliary Input.
Automatic
Mode
AUX FROM AUX Configures the Auxiliary Input with the AUX input
of the sound card.
Automatic
Mode
AUX FROM LINE Configures the Auxiliary Input with the LINE
input of the sound card.
Automatic
Mode
AUTO SAT+TONOS Sets the automatic mode to Satellite + Control
Center.
Automatic
Mode
AUTO SAT+RS232 Sets the automatic mode to Satellite + RS232.
Automatic
Mode
SUSPEND Sets the automatic mode to Air 2 and then
suspends the emission until the next
programmed block in Air 1.
Automatic
Mode
FMT xxxx Select a new format for the Air 2 window. Xxxx is
the format name, which must be in uppercase.
Satellite PLAY LOCAL Tells the remote stations to suspend the satellite
broadcast and Stara their own local
programming. Only for satellite heads.
Satellite STOP LOCAL Tells the remote stations to suspend their own
local programming and reconnect to the satellite
broadcast. Only for satellite heads.
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Satellite SYNC Tells the remote stations to synchronize their
date and time with the satellite head.
Satellite REC
REC XXX
Starts the recording on the remote stations. REC
ALL for every station, or REC XXX (station
name) for a specific station.
Satellite PGM1 Sends Air 1 programming to the remote stations.
Satellite PGM2 Sends Air 2 programming to the remote stations.
AEQ Console SWITCH OFF For managing the audio switch AEQ
Switch Off"
AEQ Console SWITCH1 For managing the audio switch AEQ
Switch 1"
AEQ Console SWITCH2 For managing the audio switch AEQ
Switch 2"
AEQ Console SWITCH3 For managing the audio switch AEQ
Switch 3"
AEQ Console SWITCH4 For managing the audio switch AEQ
Switch 4"
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5. Commercial Programming.
5.1. Programming Window.
This is the button that allows opening commercial programming windows (Air 1) for
each station defined to control from that terminal. The Programming window has a
specially designed functionality for commercial schedule programmers and this
functionality is based on Drag&Drop. The Programming window or PGM has an audio transport
feature specially designed to check programming, two timers, a VU meter, Cue bar and- of
course- the Menu button. We are going to describe Menu and audio controls functionality.
Audio transport consists of these three controls:
CUE: allows checking audio without recording it in Air Audit.
STOP: It is used to stop playback or to pause it.
X-FADE: this button allows listening to how crossfades between titles will sound. Simply select
an audio file from the list (double-click on it) and then press X-FADE. Each title will begin to play
back at its end and it will stop a few seconds after the following song begins. Thus, you will be
given the chance- in advance- to listen to how automatic crossfades between scheduled songs
will sound.
When pressing the Menu button, a drop-down menu appears with several options from top to
bottom in case you have a minimum programming loaded in that window and selecting a block
beginning. (Refer to item 7.2 to make a small schedule).
The options are:
Load Programming it allows loading past or future programming to make all necessary
changes. When choosing this option a window displaying all programming scheduled until today
sorted by date. Click on the selected one and then Accept.
Save Programming after scheduling some blocks press Menu and choose this option to
save the work. By enabling this option, the current date will be displayed by default.
Nevertheless, it can be changed if necessary. Programming can be saved for a single day or for
Monday through Friday or Saturday and Sunday scheduling.
New Programming. Once a day programming is finished and saved, use this option to continue
creating blocks for later dates.
Import Programming. It allows importing a programming done in a terminal not using Dinesat
Radio. For further details refer to item 5.3.
Random Programming. It is the kind of programming that runs taking titles randomly among a
series of preset categories. For further details, see items 8.0 and 8.1. This programming can
only be performed in Air 2 Programming window.
Formats. They are groups of categories with a preset order. Please see item 8.1. Available
only for Air 2 Programming window.
New Block. When you finish scheduling a block, choose this option from the menu button or
making an inverse click on window desktop in use. A window requiring the block name and
playout time will open. Fill in all necessary data and press Accept.
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Edit Block. If you need changing a block time or name, make an inverse click on the block
index you want to change and choose Edit Block.
Delete Block. Repeat the previous step, but choose Delete this time if you want to definitely
delete that block.
Duplicate Block. It is likely that you want to repeat the same block at different times during the
day. Instead of creating it each time, make it once and then make an inverse click on the index,
choose the option duplicate and fill in the next repetition time. Remember you must do that
block by block.
Cut. This option allows cutting a title and pasting it within the same block or another one. This
option does not work on block indexes.
Copy. Idem to the previous feature, but it leaves the copied title in its original location and
allows duplicating or pasting it in another block.
Note: to select, cut or copy more than one title at the same time, please reread item 5.5.