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Chapter 10 - Automation Logs

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1. City Utilities Graytown Livestock Commis Ehrig Bros Ag Products American National Bank Gray Valley Electric Coop Reichmans Davis 4nd Logan Insurance American National Bank Walley s Lumber Company Graytown County Hospital Bommer Ford Spot 0019 002 02 Spot 0053 002 02 Spot 0044 001 02 Spot 0002 004 02 Spot 0123 002 02 Spot 0095 001 02 Spot 0157 001 02 Spot 0002 004 02 Sponsorship 0115 002 01 Spot 0052 001 01 Sponsorship 0012 002 01 Items RUN by BSI WaAveStation NOT FOUND on stats Log GRAY VALLEY ELECTRIC LIFELINE PRODUCTIONS GRAY VALLEY ELECTRIC LIFELINE PRODUCTIONS GRAY VALLEY ELECTRIC LIFELINE PRODUCTIONS LUCADO BIBLE ESTEEM LIFELINE PRODUCTIONS LIFELINE PRODUCTIONS AIRSHOW LUCADO BIBLE ESTEEM 7 23 Gray Valley Electric Coop 0111 Storey Jewelers 0123 Gray Valley Electric Coop 0111 Storey Jewelers 0123 Gray Valley Electric Coop 0026 Dewitt Poth amp Son 001 Caraway Ford Mercury 0026 Dewitt Poth amp Son 0118 Southern Auto 0122 Farmer s Insurance 001 Caraway Ford Mercury See section 6 04 of this manual for a complete description of this reconciliation process and what it does and does not do to your commercial logs Page 10 4 Natural Log User Manual 10 03 Arrakis Digilink Automation NL8 converts to the native Digilink log format so the Generic Text output log format is not used for these automation system logs Be sure to select the proper v
2. Page 10 56 Natural Log User Manual 10 17 Enco DADPro32 ascii Fiat File cont Special Enco DADPro32 Commands Sometimes you may need to send other commands to DADPro32 This is accomplished using the Event Name column of the NL8 Log Templates These items are defined in the Enco DADPro32 manual so they are not redefined here Be must put one space between the right bracket and the required text description Transition Codes S Segue A AutoPlay L AutoLoad N Normal Enco Permitted Command Transition Codes NM5 Clock Text replace with Transition Code Hard Branch AorL amp T Hard Branch Hard Branch Fwd AorL amp T Hard Branch Fwd Only Soft Branch AorL amp T Soft Branch Soft Branch Fwd AorL amp T Soft Branch Fwd Only Backtime Branch Start A amp T Btime Branch Start Backtime Branch End A amp T Btime Branch End Chain A Lors amp H Name of Playlist SmartChain 1 Day A Lors amp H 1 SmartChain Playlist name SmartChain 2 Days A Lors amp H 2 SmartChain Playlist name Execute Event AorL amp E DCL Command Delay Event AorL amp D HH seconds Rotate Event A Lors amp R Auxiliary PlayList Name Playlist Event A Lors amp L PlayList Name TAMS Event A LorS amp A TAMS Style Timed Event AorL amp T Timed Event Backtime Marker amp B Backtime Marker AutoFill Start Event Length amp F AutoFill Start seconds AutoFill Start Event to Time amp F Aut
3. 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break Must Fill amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 4M amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 94 Natural Log User Manual 10 36 Matco Automation This NL8 log interface exports a log in the format as specified by Matco for the Matco Playback Event List This creates a CSV file Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type en Automation Log FileName i Temp 083006 csv Browse x Help Convert Cancel Matco Video Cut ID s The Matco system can use any cut ID s up to 8 characters Enter the Matco ID into the NL8 CopylD field during order line entry In all cases NL8 assumes the digital server event is an Element ID unless you enter the following prefix in before the CopylD E precedes an element ID assumed if E is not included in copylD B precedes a Sequence ID V preceeds a Virtual Element ID CopylD Examples 1234 is video element ID 1234 E 1234 is video element ID 1234 B 1234 is Sequence ID 1234 V 1234 is Virtual Element ID 1234 The Harris system can use any cut ID s up to 32 characters Enter the Harris ID including any leading O s into the NL8 CopylD field during order line ent
4. Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0010 shown above You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 from source 6 you could make the entry shown below at event 0010 above This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 6 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Natural Log User Manual Page 10 77 10 28 Wide Orbit Google Scott SS32 These instructions apply to Wide Orbit Google GRA Scott Studios SS16 SS32 DSS and AXS 3 systems The log file created for Wide Orbit Google Scott Studios automation by NL8 is intended to be imported and merged by the Scott Studios LogMerge or Merge32 program Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type ide Orbit Radio Automation Automation Log FileName i Temp 100506 log a x Convert Cancel Wide Orbit Google Scott SS32 Cut Numbers The Wide Orbit Google SS32 systems can use cart numbers from DA0001 to DA9999 but they also use Categories There can be duplicated DA H s in different categories which means that cut DA0034 from ca
5. 001 through 150 There are 2 uses for this 1 SpotNumber is often used to designate a CustomerID Then the CutNumber is used to identify a specific cut belonging to that customer It is not necessary that you use this numbering system but if you do in NL8 use copylD s formatted exactly as follows SSSSSS CCC where ssssss is the NL8 Customer number ccc is the CutNumber Dash is required 2 Any SpotNumber with a CutNumber of 000 is used to designate a Prophet Rotator ssssss 000 where ssssss is the Prophet Rotator number Dash is required It is not recommended you use the Prophet internal rotators instead let NL8 control the rotation of your copy so the proper copylD s can be shown on your affidavits If you let Prophet rotate your copy NL8 cannot print accurate affidavits showing actual CopylD s Log Reconciliation is Supported for Prophet NexGen Verify logs must be generated by NexGen so Natural log can read exact runtimes for log reconciliation Here are the settings you need to use when configuring the Verify log in Prophet NexGen Date 1 8 Time 9 8 Description 17 32 Event Status 69 2 SpotNumber 72 6 CutNumber 79 3 Page 10 70 Natural Log User Manual 10 23 NexGen Automation cont Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LO0G is Send Log 11 02 95 for station Output send log file for the NexGen AutoLoad version mmddyr t
6. 1 17 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 Local Local Local Local amp WX 9001 Overnite Weather Page 10 36 Natural Log User Manual 10 11 CartWorks Pristine CDS32 Automation NL8 converts to a specific CartWorks log format so the Generic Text output log format is not used for these automation system logs This interface is the same whether you are using CartWorks or Pristine CDS32 Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Cart works Automation Log FileName 0 7 emp 100203 ntl Browse x Convert Cancel Automation Log Type Pristine CDS32 ki 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log FileName C Temp5100203 ntl Browse i Convert Cancel CartWorks Cut Numbers CartWorks can use any numeric or alphanumeric cut up to 8 characters to identify its audio cuts NL8 can handle any valid CartWorks audio cut identifier so all you need to do is enter the CartWorks cut identifier for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen Log Reconciliation is supported For CartWorks Natural Log will filter it and read the exact spot runtimes for your affidavits Copy the unfiltered audi
7. Commercial Break xA 5 20 00 AM amp Satellite 5 28 00 4M amp 0053 5 28 00 AM Commercial Break x x x x Natural Log User Manual Page 10 15 10 07 AudioVault AV Air Automation NOTE Users of early versions of AudioVault such as BE CORE and AV Satellite who need the AudiuoVault native pipe delimited log must use the BE CORE AudioVault Pipe Delimited output log described in section 10 04 of this manual Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Audio ault AV Air Automation Log FileName i Temp 120503 nl2 Browse Station Number j2 R x Help Convert Cancel Warning Regarding Avails in AudioVault AV Air This warning does not apply to recent versions of AV Scheduler AV Air which load fine without empty avail markers when you select NL8 s standard AV Air automation type Some early versions of AV Air s AV Scheduler commercial loading systems don t use the scheduled spot times to load the spots They are sequential loaders that is the first spot is loaded into the first avail you have in the AudioVault AV Air system the 2nd spot goes into the 2nd avail and so on As you can see it is vitally important that the avails you
8. D D amp g xy New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 7 02 00 AM x 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 x 3 3 ae 2 3 x amp 0009 Overnight weather 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 62 Natural Log User Manual 10 19 01 Generic Text Automation Log File Format Generic Text Automation Log Format The file is straight ASCII with no page breaks no formfeeds no headers and no graphics NL DOS format lines are 78 characters long plus a Carriage Return Line Feed total 80 characters per record NL8 Windows format lines are 90 characters long plus a Carriage Return Line Feed total 92 characters per record Both formats are provided in NL8 because some automation systems can only import the NL DOS format limited to CopylD s 8 characters or less Please call Natural Software with any questions about these file formats The file name is mmddyrT LOG where mm Month 05 for May dd Day 01 for the first yr Year 95 for 1995 01 for 2001 T traffic schedule M is for Music schedule station number usually 1 may be 1 or 2 if AM FM station Example 0501951T1 LOG is Traffic log for 05 01 95 for station 1 Generic Text NL8 Windows Format Newer format for full 20 character CopylD s COLUMN
9. Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Sample AM 7 Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 7 01 00 AM 01 53 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 x ga x amp C Audio W eather MP3 amp stop Page 10 98 Natural Log User Manual 10 38 Synergy Automation Log File This Natural Log interface exports and reconciles a log in the format as specified by the Synergy Broadcast Centre developers Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Synergy Broadcast Centre Automation Log FileName aT Dome Station Number 2 x Convert Cancel Synergy Cut Numbers The Synergy Broadcast Centre can use any cut alphanumeric cut numbers names up to 20 characters All you need to do is enter the Synergy cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the Order Line entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in NL8 matches the number in Synergy Log Reconciliation is supported for Synergy The Natural Log does read exact run times from the Synergy Traffic Reconciliation Log Copy this file onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN an
10. Logging in chapter 8 of the Digilink Xtreme manual Natural Log User Manual Page 10 103 10 40 Arrakis Digilink XTReme ony Digilink Xtreme Commands Text commands can be sent to the Digilink Such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Template simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description You may also enter more than one command per line just enter a space between each command and start each command with amp There are certain commands that can or must be sent to Digilink Xtreme from NL8 These are entered in the Event Description column of the NL8 log templates These must be entered exactly as shown below amp TIMED The next event in the NL8 log is and event that starts play at a given time amp DROP The next event is a Drop event amp BREAK or amp BRK This begins a manual break that is scheduled at the end of the porevious event amp TBREAK or amp TBRK This begins a timed break that is triggered at the start time of the break If used in satellite mode amp TBREAKS need a runtime length amp FBREAK or amp FBRK This begins a manual floating break that may be triggered by a satellite nerwork closure If used in satellite mode amp FBREAKS need a runtime length amp NOTE This is some text you want to display
11. File Name E locke Che m Length 4 Length Format mmss Category 5 Description 6 Description 2 7 7 Add Auto Step Cue to all events lt Back Block Marker Set OPX_BREAK as the Block Marker In Change to Comment put LIVE and Category In Field All other entries leave as default Page 10 124 Natural Log User Manual 10 49 03 Sending Commands from NL8 Templates to OpX Background Timed Events which do not affect the log such as recording network audio network switching etc can be pre scheduled using OpX Scheduled Events There should be little need to send timed event commands from Natural Log BSI provides technical support for programming their OpX product Please call them 1 500 677 TECH for specifics regarding the macro commands such as network switching to be executed by OpX We are unable to provide assistance regarding the specific commands needed by OpX but once BSI provides the OpX command settings we will help you translate the commands into text to be placed on the Natural Log format The following samples and the explanation for each should show how any OpX Macro command can be entered in Natural Log Telling OpX to play a specific non commercial audio cut Commercials should always be scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 You may need to run other items such as weather promos jingles etc for which you don t want to enter a broadcast order These can be pl
12. New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM he Normal Daily Log hd Monday be 02 00 4M 2 17 00 4M amp BREAK1 2 17 00 4M Commercial Break d If Used Fill x 2 28 00 AM amp BREAK2 2 28 00 4M Commercial Break 00 Must Fill Natural Log User Manual Page 10 59 10 18 Spartamation Automation cont formerly EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 Automation Spartamation EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as source switching if available in the automation On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name number to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0220 shown below
13. Record Paths Import Forma Traffic O Music Alternate Position Dependent Delimited Type item beginning position and length of field Example If CUE begins with the second charactor in the line and is one charactor long enter 2 inthe START box and 1 in the START box next to CUE Test Set Test File Put AutoStep marks on all events 1X Automatically save import log as a Program Log Start Length Cue bB ni Time E js Name fio ja Length fes 5 Category 5e je Desc 20 j5 Status Cue Scheduled Actual Name Length Category Description Comi Save Changes Cancel Done Click Position Dependent file format Item Start Length 7 Cue 9 1 Time 1 8 7 Name 10 8 Length 65 5 7 Category 56 8 Description 20 35 Simian will not read any Q codes from Natural Log Q Click Save Changes then Done Enter each item as described below and click Save before exiting the screen Q Be sure you uncheck the Put Autostep on all events box in Simian If you do not uncheck this box Natural Log User Manual Page 10 21 10 08 02 Configure Pipe Delimited Simian Import Filter Note This Pipe Delimited output log is now the standard way NL8 talks to Simian so it can handle filenames longer than 8 characters There is another NL8 export which matches the format used in the NL DOS version to talk to WaveStation Simian but that format is limited to no more than
14. You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0220 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description ea Log Templates of x File Edit Tools Help O gt x D amp x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM aa Normal Daily Log x Monday x 02 00 AM x 2 28 00 AM amp BREAK2 2 28 00 4M Commercial Break A Must Fill amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 4M amp BREAKS 2 40 00 4M amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 60 Natural Log User Manual 10 19 Generic Text Automation Log Generic Text NL DOS format used by Dalet Audisk Pristine RapidFire NOTE Most of these systems require a custom import filter that you must obtain usually purchase from the automation vendor Natural Log can generate such a file as described on page 11 23 Use the file format information contained on the following pages to tell those reader modules where the data is located in our output file With this information you or the automation
15. in the Music Log Within the stopsets defined in your Music Log Opx will insert the commercials from the Traffic log created by Natural Log In the Traffic log all stopsets must be preceded with a marker entered EXACTLY as amp OPX_BREAK You may if desired put a Q Code immediately after the last bracket to be applied to first item in the commercial break Otherwise the Q Code for the commercial break will be As long as the number of traffic placeholders OPX_BREAK in traffic does not exceed the number of commercial break placeholders in the music log for a given hour the hour will merge correctly Break times do not have to match between music amp traffic for a given hour Configuring the OpX Import Filter Before you an import the first NL8 log into OpX you must configure the OpX Log Import Filter in section 10 49 01 OpX Cut Numbers All you need to do is enter the OpX cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the cut ID in NL8 system matches the number in OpX Page 10 122 Natural Log User Manual 10 49 BSI OpX Automation ion Log Reconciliation is supported for OpX Natural Log reads the RunLog created by OpX not the reconcilation report RunLogs is usually stored in the OpX machine in the C Program Files Broadcast Software International oOpX Runlogs folder Then use NL8 Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with
16. 0 amp a D x vA New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log Monday 7 02 00 AM 7 Scheduled Time Event Desorption FilProny Fea Sours ID Restriction 2 17 004M amp CUE KLFTINSERT NETWORK TRIGGER Local Break 2 17 00 AM Commercial Break x ok a s a amp DUR DECODE1 123456 Weather Forecast 2 20 00 AM DUR KLFTNET001 NETWORK SWITCH Return to Network NOTE KLFTINSERT and KLFTNETO001 above should be replaced by your specific INSERT or NETWORK designations Play a Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Assume you may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named 123456 you could make the entry shown above at event 0211 in the Natural Log Templates This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the event type DUR for autosegue device DECODE1 and the cut 123456 We inserted description Weather Forecast only to make it easier to read for humans Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders Natural Log User Manual Page 10 117 10 47 Dinesat Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log m
17. 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description Log Templates of x File Edit Tools Help O x D D amp g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM 7 Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 02 00 Am 7 3 0212 28 2 30 0213 3 0214 3 0215 x 3 5 a 0216 0217 0218 amp 0009 Overnight Weather 0219 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10 75 10 27 Salsa Systemation Automation NL8 converts to the native Salsa Systemation log format so the Generic Text output log format is not used for these automation system logs Salsa amp Systemation use the same interface so we will refer to salsa here but everything applies equally to Systemation as well Special Note All spots that run within one commercial break on Salsa must have the same scheduled time If Natural Log sees a time change from one event to the next on the log template it assumes that a new break has begun Example A 3 minute spot break may run at 1 20 but ALL spots within that break must be shown to run at 1 20 NOT 1 20 1 21 1 22 etc even though they cannot all run at the same minute Also the break time must EXACTLY match the spot break time set up in Salsa Keep this
18. 1 8 Scheduled time hh mm ss military time 10 8 Cart number filename to play left justified 20 24 Event description Sponsor name Title etc 45 5 Length in mm ss format 51 24 Reserved for artist name in Natural Log 76 4 Natural Log event pointer for reconciliation 81 4 BTSG Category 86 1 BTSG Sync Code H S or blank Page 10 34 Natural Log User Manual 10 10 BTSG Gen IV Automation cont Gen IV Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as source switching playing liners etc from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the category and command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the category and command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description You must put the BTSG Category followed by a dash and then the cut identifier See examples on the following page Gen lV Play Non Commercial Audio Example Event 0025 shown below Assume you want to play a cut named 1002 from category WX before a commercial break You would enter this as amp WX 1002 in the event description column in the NL8 log templates This will work with any of the automation commands just use the amp when entering the event description on the Natural Log Template followed by the BTSG category a dash then the cut ID then at least one space and an optional description Do not use this to schedule billable sp
19. 108 Natural Log User Manual 10 42 Format Sentry Automation cont Format Sentry Commands Cut numbers can be sent embedded in the NL8 log templates to send commands or to play audio cuts On the Natural Log Template simply enter amp and then the 4 digit command cut number in the Event description These are to be used for non billable items only such as liners jingles etc Enter any billable items through broadcast orders Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description ea Log Templates File Edit Tools Help
20. 111 10 44 StationPlaylist Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type StationPlaylist Automation Log FileName B ATEMP OS1 206t2 log Browse Station Number 2 x Convert Dina Cut Numbers The Natural Log generic automation log export can use any cut numbers names up to 20 digits of numeric and alphanumeric characters however some automation systems are further limited Log Reconciliation is Supported for StationPlaylist The Natural Log system can reconcile with the aired log as created by StationPlaylist Contact StationPlaylist tech support for specifics on creating and locating this aired log file Important Warning For reconciliation to work properly the NL8 CopylD must appear in the 10th column of the aired log To accomplish this 1 StationPlaylist Studio must use the default output when creating the as aired log and 2 StationPlaylist Spot Files need to have the NL8 CopylD entered in the CLIENT box of the StationPlaylist file tag This can be done using the StationPlaylist Track Tool Copy the aired log file created by StationPlaylist onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Pl
21. 2309 below in the Natural Log Templates Log Templates File Edit Tools Help D amp oo x g New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM 7 Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 7 11 00 PM x 11 58 55 PM amp LOG mmddyy T1 NEXT This assumes you are using the Natural Log naming convention which is MMDDY followed by T for traffic M for Music or C for Combined log followed by the station In the above example Natural Log will automatically substitute the next day s date formatted as MMDDYY instead of the mmddyy NEXT when the log is converted to Simian If you do not use the MMDDYY log naming convention you will have to manually enter the load log command make the Load log command a timed event do not put its Q as or or Also see Auto inserting date time items into log templates in Chapter 5 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 25 10 08 05 Sending Non Audio Commands amp Categories from NL8 Broadcast Orders to Simian Normally NL8 sends Audio as the Simian Category for any item scheduled from a Broadcast Order Note this default Category value can be changed on the NL8 Automation Conversion screen To send a Category on an individual logged item other than the default Category from a Broadcast Order enter the Category using amp Category in the Label field of t
22. Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log x Monday x 03 00 AM x 3 17 00 AM amp 0053 180 second cluster marker 3 17 00 AM Commercial Break en x x amp 2056 Overnite Weather 3 30 00 AM amp 0059 30 00 Cluster Marker 3 30 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 13 10 06 AXS 1 2 amp Digital DJ Automation cont AXS Systems End of Break The older Digital DJ system used segmarkers and blank lines Digital DJ AXS code 0011 to determine whether to stop after playing a spot on the log For example at the end of a commercial break Natural Log normally sends the Digital DJ a code 0011 blank line to tell the Digital DJ that the commercial break is over At that point the DJ stops playing spots and returns to satellite With the AXS system this is still the standard case with Natural Log sending code 0011 at the end of each commercial break But if you do not want AXS to stop and return to satellite Natural Log must send code 0030 instead You d an AXS Digital DJ command as described on the previous page and enter amp 0030 as the event description on the Natural Log Template on the line immediately after the end of the spot break and the Natural Log would send 0030 instead of the normal 0011 This will cause the AXS system to
23. Browse Station Number EH x Help Convert Cancel AutoPlus Cut Numbers All you need to do is enter the cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in NL8 matches the number in the AutoPlus System Log Reconciliation is supported for AutoPlus Copy the AutoPlus audit log file for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year is optional station 110295T1 LO0G is Send Log 11 02 95 for station Input reconcile log file Commercialsddmmyycccc CSV where ddmmyy is day month year amp cccc is station name Commercials081209CoolIFM LOG is Play Log for Dec 8 2009 for CoolFM Continued on next page Page 10 114 Natural Log User Manual 10 45 AutoPlus Automation cont Automation Commands On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play
24. Log to create the Automation Log lt a Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Digicenter h i Automation Log FileName C Temp 100203t1 sch Browse x Convert Cancel DigiCenter Cut Numbers The Digicenter can use any cut alphanumeric cut numbers names up to 8 characters All you need to do is enter the Digicenter cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the Order Line entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in NL8 matches the number in Digicenter Station Number i Log Reconciliation is supported for DigiCenter The Natural Log does read exact run times from the Digicenter Log Reconciliation File Copy this file onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file yrmmddT SCH yr year mm month dd day station 951102T SCH is Send Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input reconcile log file yrmmddT LOG yr year mm month dd day station 951102T1 LOG is Play Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 45 10 13 ITC DigiCenter Autom
25. Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyy m3u where mm month dd day yy year 110295 m3u is the Log for 11 02 95 Continued on next page Page 10 64 Natural Log User Manual 10 20 m3u List Automation Log File icon Automation Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as source switching playing liners etc from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the full pathname filename including extension in the Event description NL8 system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters after the amp Play Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Assume you want to play a cut named C Audio Weather mp3 You would enter this in the NL log templates as shown on event 0129 below Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help O x D amp New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 7 01 00AM 1 53 00 AM Commercial Break x x x 1 55 00 AM C Audio Weather mp3 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 65 10 21 MediaTouch iMediaTouch Automation MediaTouch and iMediaTouch are the same as far as log interfacing The Natural
26. Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input reconcile log file mmddyr ltx mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 Itx Aired log for 11 02 95 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 17 10 07 AudioVault AV Air Automation on AudioVault AV Air Commands AudioVault AV Air systems accept certain commands such as load the next day s log See the AudioVault AV Air manual These can be entered on your Natural Log Templates as command lines of text More usefully you can also use this amp to play an audio cut from the Log Format Just enter amp followed immediately no spaces by the audio cut number as the event description in the Natural Log Template Setup amp H This is useful for scheduling weather jingles ID s etc Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Play Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Event 1004 shown below Assume cut number 0023 your overnight weather You can tell the automation to play this cut at the end of the commercial break or anywhere you want it to play Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Note The Commercial Break length was reduced to 2 30 to account for the 30 seconds of weather which automation does count as part of the cluster but NL8 does not count as part of the commercial break Command Sequence Example Event 0113 shown bel
27. Log interface for MediaTouch systems exports a log in the Scott Studios generic format You must purchase the Log Tools module from MediaTouch to import this log into MediaTouch automation systems Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 244 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type MediaTouch Me Automation Log FileName C T emp 031002 log Browse x Convert Cancel MediaTouch Audio Cut Numbering The MediaTouch system can use any cart numbers from ZM0001 to ZM9999 but it also uses Categories There can be duplicated ZMH Hs in different categories which means that cut ZM0034 from category COM is not the same as cut ZM0034 from category PSA This conflicts with NL8 s need to see a unique CopylD for each audio cut Therefore when creating CopylD s for NL8 use CAT ZM as the CopylD In place of CAT put the 3 letter MediaTouch category a dash then the ZM 4 If you fail to put a dash in the CopylD NL8 will use whatever you put in the LogType box on the order line as the MediaTouch category as did NL for DOS Log Reconciliation is supported for MediaTouch You must connect NL8 to the OUT log created by MediaTouch Contact MediaTouch for the location of this file Use the Convert Log Reconcile Sched
28. Manual Page 10 125 10 49 03 Sending Commands from NL8 Templates to OpX cont Tell OpX Automation to Execute Non Audio OpX Categories OpX uses several different categories for things that can be scheduled on its log Non Audio categories do things other than play an audio file These can be placed directly in the Event Description column of the NL8 log templates as follows Q Start with amp Q Follow Immediately with the Category within brackets Q Follow immedtaiely by the Q Code is assumed if Q not entered Q Atleast 1 blank space Q The name of the command or command parameters to be used by OpX To save space on the log event line you may insert just the first character within brackets of certain standard categories These standard categories with abbreviations in Natural Log are Natural Log OpX Abbreviation Category Meaning amp R REC Record no longer used amp T TEXT Display Text amp M MACRO Execute a Macro amp LOG LOG Load a Day s Log amp A APP Run an Application amp L LIST Execute a List amp C COMMENT Comment Line Back Time Macro Example Event 2301 shown below In the example below event 2302 is a Back Time Macro due to the Q Code to switch relay 1 on at 11 00 PM for 100 milliseconds Event 2304 is a Time Immediate Macro due to the Q Code to switch relay 2 on at 11 05 PM for 100 milliseconds This might be used to join and leave a network Your commands will
29. Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the RunLog Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report NL will remember where the RunLogs are stored Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyT LOG mm is month dd is day yy is year station T means Traffic station ID 100212T1 LO0G is Traffic Log for Oct 02 2012 for station 1 Input Reconcile log file yymmdd log mm is month dd is day yy is year 121002 log is run log for Oct 02 2012 Note If for some reason you do not have direct access to the folder containing the RunLogs you can also reconcile NL with the Automation Spots Report in OpX Generate and save the report and then use NL to reconcile but select OpX Spots Report rather than OpX RunLog from the reconciliation file type drowdown box in NL8 The report is expected to be in the OpX PIPE delimited format with all report fields entered sequentially as 1 8 Details of using the NL8 to OpX Interface Natural Log has many abilities to cause OpX to perform different activities These are covered in detail in the following topics You must configure the OpX import filter in OpX before attempting to import a log from NL8 Q Configure OpX Pipe Delimited Import Filter Section 10 49 01 Q Sending commands from NL8 Templates to OpX Section 10 49 02 Q Load next day
30. Prophet Systems See section 10 23 RadioOne See section 10 32 Raduga See section 10 37 RCS Log See section 10 25 RDS Phantom See section 10 26 Rivendell Automation See section 10 41 RushWorks MasterPlay See section 10 39 Salsa amp Systemation Scott Studios SS32 DSS AXS3 systems Smartcaster Smarts Skylla SoundBox Spartamation Automation Synergy StationPlayList TuneTracker Waitt Radio Network STORQ Wide Orbit Radio Automation WireReady Natural Log User Manual See section 10 27 See section 10 28 See section 10 29 See section 10 29 See section 10 35 See section 10 18 See section 10 38 See section 10 44 See section 10 30 See section 10 32 See section 10 28 See section 10 21 10 01 Sending a Log to Automation To send the commercial log to automation the Natural Log system daily log must have been generated and edited if necessary The log is converted using the Convert Log Convert Log Automation Log menu in the Log Editor to the proper format on a floppy disc or across a LAN to the automation system lt 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type 8S WaveStation Simian Automation Log FileName C T emp 100203t1 log Browse Convert Cancel Note There are some data values such as Station Number above that are required for certain automation systems Also some restrictions apply to certain automation systems so you must check
31. Simian Background Timed Events which do not affect the log such as recording network audio network switching etc can now be pre scheduled using Simian Scheduled Events There should be little need to send timed event commands from Natural Log BSI provides technical support for programming their Simian product Please call them 1 500 677 TECH for specifics regarding the macro commands such as network switching to be executed by Simian We are unable to provide assistance regarding the specific commands needed by Simian but once BSI provides the Simian command settings we will help you translate the commands into text to be placed on the Natural Log format The following samples and the explanation for each should show how any Simian Macro command can be entered in Natural Log Telling Simian to play a specific non commercial audio cut Commercials should always be scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 You may need to run other items such as weather promos jingles etc for which you don t want to enter a broadcast order These can be placed directly in the Event Description column of the NL8 log templates as follows Q Start with amp Q Follow immediately no spaces with the name of the audio cut to play Q Optionally follow immediately by the Q Code is assumed if Q not entered Q Atleast 1 blank space Q An optional description Example 1 Shown below at event 0101 A command to play a legal ID
32. SmartCaster BreakLogs The SmartCaster Automation system uses a BreakLog into which both music and traffic can be merged You must choose to CLEAR or MERGE NL8 into the BreakLog CLEAR If you are not using a music scheduler we recommend you select CLEAR in the NL8 log conversion window This will create a new completely blank BreakLog into which the NL8 log data will be inserted MERGE If you are using a music scheduler we recommend you select MERGE in the NL8 log conversion window This will only replace those breaks into which NL8 puts commercial content and NOT clear those breaks that have music loaded from a separate music scheduler Log Reconciliation is Supported for SmartCaster You will need to obtain a Verification log from Smartcaster named LOG ddd where ddd is the day of week abbreviation Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file BREAKLOG dayday Day of week Mon Tue etc BREAKLOG MON is send Log for Monday Input reconciliation verification file LOG ddd where ddd is the day of week abbreviation LOG MON is reconciliation verification log for Monday Continued on next page Page 10 80 Natural Log User Manual 10 29 Smartcaster Automation ont Smartcaster Break Numbers The SmartCaster works with 12 breaks per hour into which you can insert spots Natural Log allows you to set up only those breaks you want to use in the Natural Log Templates You need a way to identify the Smartcaster Break num
33. To send a Category on an individual logged item other than the default Category from a Broadcast Order enter the Category using amp Category in the Label field of the Copy Manager and schedule the CopyID to run on an order Live Copy Example You want OpX to pop open a TEXT file so an announcer can read some live copy Assume you use CopylD ABCCOPY In Natural Log Copy Manager you d enter the label for Spot ABCDEF as amp TEXT ABCCOPY1 Be sure to put the space between the amp TEXT and the ABCCOPY 1 Text file named ABCCOPY 1 will be displayed by OpX whenever CopyID ABCCOPY is scheduled by a Natural Log broadcast Order 444 Copy ABCCopy amp TEXT ABCCopy File Print Tools Help lt en z MA Previous Copy Next Copy Listen Help Cancel Close Copy Infomation Copy IDJABCCopy Copy belongs to 0000 Shaed aks Label sTEXT ABCCopy Length H Co Op fof sOOOSSSSCSsS Voice H Customer s ScriptID sts i SS lt lt lt CS lt S S C Status 0k Usable Datesfjan 30 2004 F though TFN Natural Log User Manual Page 10 127 10 49 06 BSI OpX Q Codes OpX automation uses codes designated as Q in OpX to determine how an event starts or is triggered Natural Log will insert these in the Log file The is always sent as the Q unless you send another Q Code as shown on the next page Segues after prior event or cut ends
34. W 1 Overnite Weather 1 30 00 AM amp 2001 amp So002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 6 Natural Log User Manual 10 04 BE CORE AudioVault Automation NL8 converts to a native BE CORE early version of AudioVault log format so the Generic Text output log format is not used for these automation system logs Any references in this section of this manual referring to AudioVault refer to the earlier BE CORE AudioVault not the current AudioVault AV Air Users of AudioVault AV Air MUST use the AudioVault AV Air output log format as described in section 10 07 of this manual Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type BE Core Audioault Pipe Delimited Automation Log FileName F Temp 120503 nl2 Browse Station Number 2 R x Help Convert Cancel BE CORE AudioVault Cut Numbers BE CORE AudioVault can use any numeric or alphanumeric cut up to 8 characters to identify its audio cuts NL8 can handle any valid AudioVault audio cut identifier so all you need to do is enter the AudioVault cut identifier for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen Log Reconciliation is supported For BE CORE AudioVault Copy
35. are inserted For example if you set a commercial avails slot at event 1210 any spot scheduled into that slot will be placed in the Format Sentry event log at event 1210 Event 10 in the 12 noon hour Keep in mind if you are using a music scheduler the events used in the NL8 log template must be blank in the music log At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Format Sentry Automation Log FileName P EMP Format Sentry 0912 EV R x Help Convert Cancel Format Sentry Cut Numbers Format Sentry and NL8 both accept any cart cut number from 1 to 9999 Enter the cut number into the NL8 CopylD field during order entry Log Reconciliation is not supported for Format sent Copy the Audit Log onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmdd EV mm is month dd is day 1102 EV is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile Audit Log file Not supported Page 10
36. as this may make the report unusable Copy this file onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Page 10 40 Natural Log User Manual 10 12 Computer Concepts DCS amp Maestro Automation cont Output amp Input Log FileNames The Natural Log system creates an output file named as the date followed by S followed by the station number a period and LOG For example the converted log output for 06 28 94 for station 1 in natural Log would be named Output send log filename mmddyrS log mm month dd day yr year station 110295S1 LOG Send Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input reconcile log filename mmddyrS rpt mm month dd day yr year station 110295S1 RPT Read Log for 11 02 95 station 1 The Input reconcile log file is created using DCS s or Maestro s report module to create an audit or dump report named mmddyyS RPT on a floppy disc for the day s play log Natural Log reads this RPT file DCS Maestro Commands DCS Maestro accepts certain commands also called directives in DCS An example might be to load a spotset See your DCS manual These can be entered on your Natural Log system Log Templates as comm
37. audio cut named 0002 with a Q of to designate Time Next is shown on event 0101 Example 2 Shown below at event 0110 Assume you want to run weather at the end of a 2 00 Commercial Break If your weather is named WX 1 you could make the entry shown on event 0110 below The break starting at event 0103 plays 2 30 of commercials and segues into event 0110 which plays audio cut named WX 1 If there are no spots the weather will play by itself Note the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help D gt x Car D st amp P New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log j Monday x 01 00 AM x 00 1 00 00 4M amp 0002 Legal ID 1 17 00 4M Commercial Break 2 30 amp W lt 1 Overnite Weather Natural Log User Manual Page 10 23 10 08 03 Sending Commands from NL8 Templates to Simian cont Tell Simian Automation to Execute Non Audio Simian Categories Simian uses several different categories for things that can be scheduled on its log Non Audio categories do things other than play an audio file These can be placed directly in the Event Description column of the NL8
38. between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description 44 Log Templates Jof x File Edit Tools Help O x Pza D s New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM a ER E Monday x om J 2 28 00 AM s Commercial Break x amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 88 Natural Log User Manual 10 33 Classic Hollywood TV Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log NL8 converts to a native log format for this automation so the Generic Text output log format is not used for this automation system log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Classic Hollywood TY Automation Log FileName C My Documents 1 2110301 log Browse Station Number m x Convert Cancel Cut Numbers The Classic Hollywood Television Automation system CHTV can use any cut numbers names up to 8 digits of numeric and alphanumeric characters Enter the CHTV cut ID including any leading 0 s into the NL8 CopylD field during order line entry Log Reconciliation is NOT supported for Class Hollwood A
39. by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description lt a Log Templates File Edit Tools Help k amp a D D x x New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Demo AM 7 i Daily Log a Monday ax I Commercial Break x ms 0220 amp 001009 Overnight Weather 0221 0222 230 00AM amp 000201 amp 000202 amp 000203 Myway Play a Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Assume you may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named 001009 you could make the entry shown above at event 0220 in the Natural Log Templates This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the 001009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read for humans Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders Command Sequence Example You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 000201 then play a program cut 000202 then play a closer cut 000203 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown at event 0223 above in the Natural Log Templates Note that a singl
40. code entry Once the start code is set Natural Log continues to send the start code on all subsequent events until enter another start code in the NL8 Log Templates Manual Start Example Events 0101 and 0103 shown below You need to load a spot break but wait for a live announcer to start it This will LOAD the first spot and wait for the announcer or satellite network to start it Because the amp SEGUE is after the first spot in the break it will then segue through the break until it hits the End StopSet marker 4 Log Templates OF Xx File Edit Tools Help O al x ar D amp R xs New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM 7 Normal Daily Log Monday 7 01 00 AM x 1 17 00 4M amp LOAD 1 17 00 4M Commercial Break amp SEGUE x x A amp End Stopset Natural Log User Manual Page 10 53 10 16 Enco DAD Automation Custom Filter cont NOTE The Enco DAD system have its own filter merger module which reads an ASCII file containing the commercial log into the Enco system This import filter must be purchased from Enco The Log sent by NL8 to Enco s filter merger uses a version of the Generic Text NL DOS format log output file See Enco DAD Automation Log Format for a description of the file Use this File Format to have Enco personnel configure their fi
41. file for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file day TPR where day is Mon Tue etc MON TPR is Send Log for Monday Input reconcile log file day LOG where day is Mon Tue etc MON LOG is Play Log for Monday Auto Mate Break Markers Each and every Local Break contact closure received from the Satellite network must be marked in Auto Mate s play log even if the break is empty so that the Satellite network and Auto Mate stay in sync Each time a Local Commercial Break contact closure is received from the satellite network Auto Mate goes to the next Local Break marker in its play log and plays the spots which follow the break marker if any If no spots are listed the Auto Mate immediately returns to satellite These Local Break Markers are entered on the Natural Log Template as shown in the example below Note that these must be entered in the NL8 Log Templates Event Description column as amp LOCAL BREAK There must be a space between amp LOCAL and BREAK See example on next page Page 10 10 Natural Log User Manual 10 05 Auto Mat
42. first event in each NL8 log template amp AutoStart OFF All events sent as described above this is the default setting NOTE Commands in which you specify a particular start code in the second column as described below will always carry the command s start code entry regardless of the AutoStart setting in effect Play non commercial cuts from NL8 Log Templates You can also use the amp to play an audio cut from the Log Template Just enter amp followed immediately no spaces by the audio cut name or number as the event description in the Natural Log Templates This is useful for scheduling weather jingles ID s etc Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual AudioVault Commands AudioVault accepts certain commands such as load the next day s log See the AudioVault manual These can be entered on your Natural Log Templates as command lines of text Natural Log will treat these as command lines if you begin the event description with amp X followed immediately by the command name Explanation of second column codes amp X means time triggered amp X means triggered at the end of the prior event amp IXI the blank between the lines means triggered from your network or automation system Explanation of 3rd column codes amp X X means an AudioVault Command follows on this line amp L L means an announcer stack Loa
43. hard sync A soft sync means BTSG moves to that event at that time but does not start playing it until whatever is currently playing finishes A hard sync means BTSG moves to that event at that time fades whatever is playing and immediately plays the event Soft Sync Example Event 0101 shown below Assume you want to make sure you do an ID near the top of the hour but you don t want to stop what is playing at the top of the hour This is a soft sync in BSTG Gen IV This would sync to the Legal ID at the top of the hour and play it immediately after whatever is playing finishes Note the forces a soft sync in BTSG To make it a hard sync use the and whatever is playing will be faded and this event will begin Sync Example for Breaks Event 0103 shown below Assume you want to make sure your breaks don t run to late if long Items are scheduled You can force NL to give a soft sync command for a break as follows in the NL Log Format Note the forces a soft sync in BTSG At 1010 BTSG will soft sync to the first spot in the break and wait until whatever is playing finishes and then start the break lt a Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help D x D D amp g v New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM 7 Normal Daily Log x Monday x 01 00 AM x 10 1 00 00 4M ID LEGALID 1 17 00 AM amp SYNC
44. have set up in Natural Log Templates match EXACTLY the avails you have in AudioVault AV Air How Natural Log Complies To comply with this empty avail requirement NL8 has a separate automation type AV Air w avails which when selected causes NL8 to send either a valid spot number or a blank avail marker 0000 to AudioVault AV Air for each avail slot you have set up on the Natural Log Template A Natural Log avail slot is designated by at the left column of the event description on the Natural Log Template Natural Log will also send a spot number for any use of amp HH on the Natural Log Template see AudioVault AV Air Commands below so these need to be counted as avails and must be provided an avail slot in AudioVault AV Air If the number if the scheduled SPOTS plus UNUSED AVAILS on a log doesn t match the number of avail slots in AudioVault AV Air the spots and blank avails will load into AudioVault AV Air in sequence but may NOT run at the scheduled time When you get ready to convert a finished log from the Natural Log editor for loading into AV Air the number of lines containing spots plus the number of lines containing avail markers amp 0000 plus the number of command lines amp H MUST equal the number of avail slots in AV Air Avails Example for AudioVault AV Air Assume you have 10 avails in Natural Log in the 12 Midnight hour but AudioVault AV Air only has 8 avails in that hour The first 8 spots an
45. humans Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual lt a Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help D x D st New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log x Monday x 01 00 AM x 1 14 00 AM ALIGN 1 17 00 AM l TIBREAK 1 17 00 4M Commercial Break amp 0023 Overnite Weather Natural Log User Manual Page 10 9 10 05 Auto Mate Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type AutoMate bal Automation Log FileName C Temp Thu tpd Browse 1 Hep i Convert Cancel Auto Mate Cut Numbers The Auto Mate system can use any cut numbers from S0001 to S9999 All you need to do is enter the cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in NL8 matches the number in the Auto Mate System including the S Log Reconciliation is supported for Auto Mate Copy the Auto Mate play log
46. in the Digilink log but plays nothing amp SO or amp SOURCE This switches to a source Replace with a 2 digit source number amp BSAT Begins Satellite mode You must enter this formatted as follows in the NL8 Event Description in the log template amp BSAT SS JJ S VVV SS is the 2 digit source JJ is the 2 digit Jock number VVV is the 3 digit variance as defined in Digilink Xtreme Put exactly 1 space between each entry amp ESAT End Satellite mode Digilink BREAKS Digilink Xtreme requires Break Markers in NL8 log templates before each break so it knows where to load the items for that break These are the amp 8FBREAKS amp TBREAKS and amp BREAKS as described above See example below Digilink Play Cut Example Event 0107 shown below Assume you may need to run the non commercial weather audio named WX 1 at certain times each day as part of a 3 00 commercial break The entry starting at 0103 through 0106 would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather on event 0107 Note that the length of the commercial break listed was reduced by the length of the weather Once again DigiLink only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read for humans Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Page 10 104 Natural Log User Manual 10 40 Arrakis Digilink XTReme won Digilink Command Example Event 01
47. inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then a non billable program cut 2002 then a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could enter them as shown at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates One space is inserted between cut My Way Program is an optional description lt a Log Templates L oy lt File Edit Tools Help O x os oS D amp lt New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log z Monday z 02 00 Am z Scheduled Time Event Description Length Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source 2 28 00 AM amp BLOCK 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break 3 Must Fill Local sake Local Local Local Local amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 4M amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10 71 10 25 RCS Automation Log This automation log is in RCS standard format and can be imported in RCS Selector Linker We cannot assist you in configuring the Selector Linker program to read this file please contact RCS for Linker support Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Lo
48. line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0220 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description s Log Templates File Edit Tools Help D x Ss D amp g New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log 7 Monday aa 02 00 AM x 2 28 00 AM amp BREAK2 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break Must Fill x pA e amp 40023 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 4M amp BREAKS 2 40 00 AM amp 20001 amp 20002 amp 20003 My Way Program Page 10 82 Natural Log User Manual 10 30 TuneTracker Automation This NL8 log interface exports a log in the format as specified in the Default log import settings in TuneTracker Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Automation Log FileName C Temp 100203t1 log Browse Station Number E R x Help Convert Cancel Tune Tracker Cut Numbers The TuneTracker system uses audio cut ID s from 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters Enter the TuneTracker cut ID including any lea
49. s OpX Log Section 10 49 03 Q Sending Non Audio Commands from NL8 Broadcast Orders to OpX Section 10 49 04 Q OpX Q Codes Section 10 49 05 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 123 10 49 01 Configure Pipe Delimited OpX Import Filter To use the OpX import merge function you need to use the OpX Edit Settings function and select the appropriate station On the Import Formats tab select the Traffic button and enter the following items Input Folder amp File Specify the folder from which the files are imported This can be any folder you want to use but must match with the folder you select in Natural Log You should also specify the File Template NI8 uses mm dd yyT1 LOG Note the 1 after the T can be any alphanumeric value to designate the station This will be same as that entered in Natural Log during log export for Station Number Log Type Click DELIMITED and set the delimiter to Filter Setup xi General Import Formats Station WOPX The Best ae Music Traffic EY Test Input Folder amp File Input Start and Length for position dependent format or Log Type Position for Delimited Click Next when complete Filter Setup Block Marker Position Replace Text mm Enter delimiting character or tab Cue then enter a position number Example If CUE ts the third item in a line separated Scheduled 2 by commas enter a comma in the above Scheduled hhmm ss box and 3 in the Cue box Format
50. tells Natural Log that this break must be filled to exact length If Used that is if at least one spot is placed in this break Log Templates File Edit Tools Help k x ow D D amp v New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log Monday 12 00AM m Scheduled Time Avail Restriction Fill Priority FillCode Source 12 00 00 AM amp D LW99 Set Voice 04 12 15 004M amp D LR Load Required StopSet 12 17 00 AM Commercial Break Must Fill x x x amp C3001 Overnight Weather 12 25 00 4M amp D LS Load Optional StopSet 12 28 00 AM Commercial Break If Used Fill x 1230 00 AM amp D xF11 Execute Function 11 Page 10 42 Natural Log User Manual 10 12 Computer Concepts DCS amp Maestro Automation cont DCS Maestro Command Examples cont Example of Play non commercial audio cut with DCS Maestro Event 0009 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 9001 you could make the entry shown below at event 0009 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs the amp C9001 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as describe
51. the Play Log onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log filename mmddyr NL mm month dd day yr year station 110295 NL1 Send Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input reconcile log filename mmmdd LOG mmm is 3 letter month dd is day station NOV021 LOG Read Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 7 10 04 BE CORE AudioVault Automation Specifying AV SAT StartCodes for Commercials Normally NL8 will sent the Start Command for commercial events not commands as blank manual or closure start for the first commercial event at a given log time then autostart segue for all events that occur at exactly the same log time as the first event This can be overridden to force first in break events and events that occur at different times to also have the start code by placing the following text as a line by itself in the NL8 log template amp AutoStart ON All following events are sent with segue start code until NL8 sees an AutoStart OFF entry If you want AutoStart sent for all commercial items in the entire log just put this command as the
52. the automation log files to BTSG so they can configure the reader BSTG AutoMax uses a modified version of the Generic Text NL DOS format log output file as Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 444 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type BTSG AutoMax Automation Log FileName 9 C Temp 10022003 loq Browse x Convert Cancel BSTG AutoMax Cut Numbers Any alphanumeric CutID from 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters is acceptable All you need to do is enter the BTSG cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the number in NL8 exactly matches the number in the AutoMAx including leading O s if used Log Reconciliation not supported for BTSG AutoMax If the vendor will provide play log specs we will support reconciliation Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyyy LOG mm month dd day yyyy year 11021995 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station1 NL8 output log format for BTSG AutoMax only Column Length Field Description 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 8 Cart number filename to play left justified 19 1 Start Code Segue Load Autoplay Nor
53. 01 shown below The command to switch to source 3 may be code So3 in the Digilink You would enter this as amp So3 in the event description column in the NL8 Log Templates This will work with any of the Digilink commands just use the amp when entering the event description on the Natural Log Template In this example we included Source3 ON only to make it readable to humans Digilink only needs amp So3 Digilink Command Sequence Example Event 0110 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then switch to Source 2 then play a closer cut 2002 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Templates lt 4 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help 0 amp E D x R vA New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Sample AM x Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 01 00 AM x 1 00 00 M amp S003 Source 3 ON Air 1 17 00 AM amp FBREAK 1 17 00 4M Commercial Break x x amp WX 1 Overnite Weather 1 30 00 AM amp 2001 amp So02 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10 105 10 41 Rivendell Automation NOTE Rivendell users will need to configure the Traffic Data Import settings in Rivendell as shown
54. 0107 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0023 you could make the entry shown below at event 0107 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0023 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0116 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0116 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description aj Log Templates ioj x File Edit Tools Help D x va D amp g New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM 7 Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 7 TE J Event ID Scheduled Time Event Description 1 17 00 4M amp BREAK 1 17 00 AM Commercial Break A a a amp 0023 Overnite Weather 1 28 00 AM amp BREAK 1 28 00 AM Commercial Break x 1 30 00 4M amp BREAK 1 30 00 4M amp 2001 amp 2002
55. 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the 001009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read for humans Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders Command Sequence Example You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 000201 then play a program cut 000202 then play a closer cut 000203 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown at event 0223 above in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and MyWay is an optional description Natural Log User Manual Page 10 121 10 49 BSI OpX Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log Special Considerations Unless running satellite programming OpX uses the Music schedule to establish the stopset locations and log framework The breaks are defined in the music log with an entry called stopset that appears in the description 1 column See your Music scheduler help to determine how to place the stopset markers
56. 307 through 0310 lt a Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O gt x D amp g New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log x Monday x 03 00 AM x 3 17 00 4M Commercial Break x x 3 28 00 M AOH 3 28 00 AM Commercial Break Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 29 10 08 06 BSI Simian Q Codes cont Commercial Break Q Codes cont Manual Commercial Start Example Event 0312 shown below In live assist mode suppose you want a commercial break to run at 03 37 00 AM However you want Simian to pause to allow your live announcer to talk before the spots start The amp Q tells the NL8 to send a blank as the Q start code to Simian for the first spot in the break This Blank Q code tells Simian to finish playing the last event before the spots and then to wait for the announcer to issue a Manual Start before starting the spots that follow if any Commercial Break Start at EXACT Time Example Event 0317 shown below Suppose you need to have a commercial break run exactly at 03 45 00 AM You want Simian to skip any unplayed music or other cuts cut off the currently playing cut and start the timed event The Q tells the NL8 to send as Q start code to Simian for the first spot in the break starting at event 0319 Simi
57. 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Rsdugs Automation Log FileName i Temp 20060830 INI Browse Path to AudioCuts Jo Audio R x Help Convert Cancel Cut Numbers Copy ID The Natural Log system can only use any cut numbers up to 20 alphanumeric characters including any extension such as mp3 wav Be sure to include the mp3 wav or other extensions when entering the CopylD in NL8 during order line entry If the complete path filename and extension is 20 characters or less you can enter the entire path and filename with extension for the audio cut in the NL8 CopyID field during order line entry If your audio cut path filename plus extensions are greater than 20 characters you must not enter the path in the CopylD field in NL8 leave off the path and just enter the filename and extension Then when the Log Conversion is done in the NL8 Log Editor you can specify the path to be added in front of the filenames As an example assume you keep your audio cuts in a folder named Audio on your C drive and they all have mp3 extensions If you enter C Audio as the path to your audio cuts NL8 s log converter will add this as the path to all your audio files names CopylD s When using this option all your audio files must reside in the same folder Log Reconciliation is supported for Raduga It is the user s responsibility to obtain a LOG file from Raduga using the Raduga Tools menu NL8 can then reconcile pla
58. 8 characters in the audio cut filenames See WaveStation Simian Import Filter in section 10 08 04 To use the new Simian Pipe Delimited format within Simian you need to use the Simian Setup Program Setup Log Import function WaveStation Options Playbeck __Intemet SevialComm General Record Pathe Log Import Import Format Traffic Music Alternate Position Dependent Position Delimited oe fi Delimiting Character fi Time 2 Name 3 Enter delimiting character or tab then enter a position number L h Example If CUE is the third item in a line separated by commas enter a engt 4 comma in the above box and 3 in the Cue box Category 5 Desc fe Test Set Test File Jl Status Cue_ Scheduled Actual Name Length Categor Description Comi Put AutoStep marks on all events s Ch X Automatically save import log as a Program Log _Saye Changes ae Cancel Done Click Delimited file format Enter as the delimiter Enter each item as described below and click Save before exiting the screen Item Col z Cue 1 Time 2 Name 3 7 Length 4 Category 5 z Description 6 Q Be sure you uncheck the Put Autostep on all events box in Simian If you do not uncheck this box Simian will not read any Q codes from Natural Log Click Save Changes then Done Page 10 22 Natural Log User Manual 10 08 03 Sending Commands from NL8 Templates to
59. 8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Page 10 76 Natural Log User Manual 10 27 Salsa Systemation Automation cont Output amp Input Filenames Output send log file ISPOT DAT Input reconcile log file EPLOG DAT SpotBreaks All items in Salsa must fall within a SpotBreak Note that there must be breaks set up in Salsa at the exact same time as the breaks on Natural Log or the automation will not properly load the log NL8 sees every avail as part of a single break until it sees a new time in the Scheduled Time column ea Log Templates Iof x File Edit Tools Help Db gt x o gt D amp g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log 7 Tuesday x 12 00AM x 2 12 17 00 4M Commercial Break 2 30 gA x 2 2 5 2 amp 6 0009 Overnight Weather 12 28 00 4M Commercial Break Salsa Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as to play certain audio cuts from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp followed by the Source or Deck number a dash and then the command or cut number as the Event description The system will read the source and command or cut by reading all characters between amp and the first space in the event description
60. Chapter 10 Automation Logs Natural Log can convert its commercial log into a format usable by many automation systems Several automation systems have their own file formats in which case Natural Log converts logs to the automation vendor s formats Otherwise Natural Log uses the output file format described in the Generic Automation Text Log Format see section 10 19 01 Go to your automation type listed below and on the next page to determine if your automation system uses this Generic Text Format or another proprietary format If you system is not listed you can try to use the Generic format or send us specs on interfacing with your automation system and we will attempt to write an interface module for your specific system Also see Auto Inserting Date Time in Text amp Automation Commands in Log templates in section 5 05 of this manual if your automation uses date or time specific automation commands or audio cut names in your log templates Automation Systems Supported OOOOOODOOOOOCOOCOOOCOODOOCOOOOCOOCOOOOCOOCOOOCOOD Arrakis Digilink Arrakis Digilink XTreme AudioVault AV Air AuDisk Auto Mate Systems AXS 1 2 Digital DJ tm BE CORE AudioVault Pipe Delimited BSI Simian or WaveStation Bsi OpX BTSG Automax BTSG Generation IV CartReady CartWorks Classic Hollywood automation log output file Computer Concepts DCS ControlReady Dalet Deyan Di
61. Commercial Break Must Fill x amp C9001 Overnight Weather 12 25 00 AM amp D L5 Load Optional StopSet 12 28 00 AM Commercial Break If Used Fill A x 12 30 00 AM amp D xF1 1 Execute Function 11 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 43 10 12 Computer Concepts DCS amp Maestro Automation woni Return to Music Markers Only if you are running a music format non satellite based you will need to place Return to Music markers at the end of each commercial break in the Natural Log template See your DCS Maestro LogMerge program help for information on the function of the RTM marker Placement of the RTM marker is done with a program title Be sure to put a single blank space between the and the RTM 444 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help 0 amp E D D x v New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEM0 AM Normal Daily Log gt Monday 1200 AM 1215 00 AM amp D LA Load Required StopSet 12 17 00 AM Commercial Break x x 12 17 00 amp P RTM Page 10 44 Natural Log User Manual 10 13 ITC DigiCenter Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation
62. D y x oo D g V New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 7 02 00 AM 7 3 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 x amp 0009 Overnight Weather 3 3 3 3 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10 109 10 43 Dalet Automation NOTE Dalet has a user defined import filter from the automation vendor Natural Log 8 has 2 export filters for Dalet Dalet This can handle up to 20 charcter cut ID s See Natural Log Generic Text Automation Log Format for a description of the generic automation log output file Use the Generic Text NL8 Windows Format import filter in Dalet Dalet NL DOS format This is limited to 8 character cut ID s See Natural Log Generic Text Automation Log Format for a description of the generic automation log output file Use the Generic Text NL DOS format import filter in Dalet Use the file format information specified above to tell the Dalet importer where the data is located in our output file With this information you or the automation vendor should be able to configure the automation reader module to read and import our log file At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Conv
63. E bare Default Simian Category me 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type 85 Simian WaveStation Automation Log FileName i My Documents 121103t1 log Browse Station Number x Default Simian Category mi Convert Cancel Configuring the Simian Import Filter Before you an import the first NL8 log into Simian you must configure the Simian Log Import Filter There are 2 types of output logs that can be sent from NL8 to Simian Q Simian Pipe Delimited This Pipe Delimited output log is now the standard way NL8 talks to Simian so it can handle filenames longer than 8 characters See Configuring Simian for Simian Pipe Delimited NL8 log in section 10 08 02 of this manual Q WaveStation Simian This export log matches the format used in the NL DOS version to talk to WaveStation Simian but is limited to no more than 8 characters in the audio cut filenames See Configuring WaveStation Simian_for NL DOS WaveStation Simian_log in section 10 08 02 of this manual For backward compatibility with Natural Log for DOS if NL8 sees an existing Natural Music log it will merge with it and create a combined log for import into Simian even though Simian can now merge the logs itself if you desire Simian Cut FileNames NL8 CopyID Simian can use any valid Windows cut ID s Natural Log 8 can also handle these long file ID s only if you use the Simian Pipe Delimited NL8 log All you need to do is enter the Simian cut number f
64. EAR or MERGE NL8 into the EZ event log CLEAR If you are not using a music scheduler we recommend you select CLEAR in the NL8 log conversion window This will create a new completely blank event log into which the NL8 log data will be inserted MERGE If you are using a music scheduler we recommend you select MERGE in the NL8 log conversion window This will only replace those breaks into which NL8 puts commercial content and NOT clear those breaks that have music loaded from a separate music scheduler Log Reconciliation is supported for Spartamation EZ amp EZ 2000 Copy the play log file for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Page 10 58 Natural Log User Manual 10 18 Spartamation Automation cont formerly EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 Automation Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file for EZ Broadcaster ddd SPT ddd Day of week MON TUE WED MON SPT is Send Log spots for Monday Output send log file for Spartmation and EZ 2000 ddd EVT ddd Day of week MON TUE WED MON EVT is Send Log spots for Monday Input reconcile log file for Spartmation EZ Broa
65. Google Radio Automation to merge a music and commercial log the commercial log items will only be merged into the music log where there are Merge Markers in the music log These merge markers must be of the appropriate length and start time to accept the spot breaks from NL8 To create these please consult your music software vendor The following information must be included in the merge marker on the music log Start Time must match the start time of the commercial break in NL8 Google Sync F a single dot Google Category COM Google Cut DALIVE Page 10 78 Natural Log User Manual 10 28 Wide Orbit Google Scott SS32 Wide Orbit Google Scott Studios SS32 Commands When using automation it is sometimes necessary to send command codes to the automation such as source switching playing jingles legal ID s etc This is done in Natural Log by entering TEXT on the Natural Log Templates at whatever point you need the command to occur You indicate to Natural Log that this is a command to be sent to the automation by preceding it with amp When sending commands a Be sure to start with the amp If you want to send a sync code such as or place it immediately after the amp otherwise sync will be assumed to be blank If the sync code were to be then you could enter amp JIN DA1234 Q When sending automation commands to these automation systems always separate the Category and DA number with a dash If no category s
66. LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 20 Cut number filename to be played left justified 32 24 Event description sponsor name etc 57 4 Length in seconds left padded with zeroes 62 8 Played Time hh mm ss not used by NL8 71 16 Reserved 87 4 Natural Log event number 91 2 Carriage Return Line Feed Generic Text NL DOS Format used by Dalet NL DOS format Audisk Pristine RapidFire Older format limited to 8 character CopylD s COLUMN LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 8 Cut number filename to be played left justified 20 24 Event description sponsor name etc 45 4 Length in seconds left padded with zeroes 50 8 Played Time hh mm ss not used by NL8 59 16 Reserved 75 4 Natural Log event number 79 2 Carriage Return Line Feed Natural Log User Manual Page 10 63 10 20 m3u List Automation Log File NL8 can create a standard m3u list of audio cuts to be played by some of the audio players available We cannot help you Troubleshoot problems with these audio players All NL does is send them a list of audio cuts to play and their developers are responsible for their support Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor c
67. Log User Manual 10 06 AXS 1 2 amp Digital DJ Automation cont AXS Systems Mode Commands Instead of sending explicit end of break markers as described on the previous page there are several commands you can enter in the NL8 log template to automatically control what NL8 does regarding the End of Break markers m Fil amp Automated This causes NL8 to not send code 0011 blank lines at the end of each break until a different mode is encountered on the NL8 log See example event 0503 below This mode will be in effect until NL8 sees another mode command amp LiveAssist This causes NL8 to not send code 0011 blank lines at the end of each break until a different mode is encountered on the NL8 log amp Satellite Code 0011 blank line to Return to Satellite is sent after each break See example event 0514 below This mode will be in effect until NL8 sees another mode command amp Log Update This causes AXS to skip any unplayed events and move to the next event at this time See example event 0501 below This mode will be in effect until NL8 sees another mode command 4 Log Templates e Edit Tools Help 0 x D D amp New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 05 00 AM 7 5 00 00 4M amp Log Update 5 00 00 4M amp 4utomation 5 28 00 4M amp 0053 5 17 00 AM
68. N and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Air Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyy evt where mm month dd day yy year 110295 evt is the Log for 11 02 95 or ddd evt where ddd is 3 letter day of week WED evt is the log for Wednesday Reconcile read log file ssyymmdd H where ss station yy year mm month dd day 02951102 201 11 02 95 for station 2 from computer201 Digital Universe Break Markers The Digital Universe log import merge program needs a marker to know where each new break begins This is done in the NL log formats as follows and is mandatory Assume you want to have a break at 17 after and 28 after the hour You would make this entry in the Natural Log Templates Natural Log User Manual Page 10 49 10 15 Digital Universe Automation cont Digital Universe Break Markers The Digital Universe log import merge program needs a marker to Know where each new break begins This is done in the NL log formats as follows and is mandatory Assume you want to have a break at 17 after and 28 after the hour You would make this entry in the Natural Log Templates Digital Universe Commands Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event
69. New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO 4M x Normal Daily Log x Monday x 02 00 AM x 2 00 004M SOME PROGRAM TITLE 00 28 30 2 00 004M WINDO W LOB 00 28 30 2 10 004M amp BREAK1 2 10 00 AM Commercial Break 2 20 004M amp BREAK2 2 20 00 AM Commercial Break 000001 23401 Overnight Weather 2 28 304M WINDOW LOI 00 01 30 2 28 304M amp BREAK1 1 30 2 10 00 4M Commercial Break 1 20 amp 000001 5567 StationID 10 Note You must enter the length of the Window in the length column in the format HH MM SS For example 00 28 30 Then before each Commercial Break on the Natural Log Template you need to tell it a MasterPlay Break Number within the defined Window This can be amp BREAK1 through amp BREAK999 The Some Program Title on line 0201 isn t needed but Window LOB command on line 0202 is required to define a window LOB tells Masterplay that the Window break events start by network trigger The event description amp BREAK 1 tells Natural Log to insert any spots in the following avails into break 1 of the currently defined window in the 2AM hour in MasterPlay Windows is defined on event 0202 amp BREAK2 would send them to break 2 and so on If Natural Log has an if used break which is not needed it won t fill the break with
70. Other traffic type to read the file created by NL8 Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type ASD Phantom na Automation Log FileName C Temp 4M100203 log Browse Convert Cancel RDS Phantom Cut Numbers The Phantom can use any cart ID s from 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters All you need to do is enter the Phantom cut ID for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the number in NL8 matches the number in Phantom Station AM or FH JAM Log Reconciliation is supported for RDS Phantom Copy the play log file for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file 2 Mmmddyr LOG 2M is AM FM mm month dd day yr yr FM110295 LOG is FM Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile log file Mmmddyr LOG mm is month dd is day y
71. This is the default value used by Natural Music Plays at a specific time without waiting for previous event to end Plays at a specific time but waits for a playing cut or event to end This is useful to skip any unplayed items at the end of an hour and reposition the OpX to begin a new hour at the appropriate log position to keep it on schedule Wait for BackTimed Start This causes OpX to change the pitch of the playing audio to backtime to a specific event See OpX Manual for more information Wait for Manual Start Converted to Q Blank when sent to OpX Used only with OpX version 3 and later Converted to N when sent to OpX for non sequential timed start of recording switching etc Automatic Segue Between Events The easiest way to send a Q Code start code is send no Q code and let Natural Log assume that the start code is Segue Automatic Segue Example You want to play a cut named WEATHER then a cut named JINGLE1 after a Commercial Break In the Natural Log Template Log Templates Iof x File Edit Tools Help k amp D D x g x New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DemoAM x Normal Daily Log 7 Monday x 01 00 AM x 1 45 00 AM amp OP_BREAK 1 45 00 4M Commercial Break amp Weather iJingle The amp WEATHER on event 0119 tells OpX to automatically seg
72. User Manual Page 10 27 10 08 06 BSI Simian Q Codes cont Specifying Q Codes on Simian Commands Sent From NL8 If you need to send one of the other Q Codes on a text command sent from NL8 to Simian the easiest way is to simply put the code at the end of the command or cut to be played on the Natural Log Template This will tell Simian how that event should be triggered Specifying the Q on a Text Command Line Example You have a legal ID you always want to run at the top of the hour without interrupting the currently running audio In the Natural Log Templates 444 Log Templates OF x File Edit Tools Help 0 x S D D New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log x Monday 01 00 AM x 01 01 i 0 0 00 AM 1 0 Lo c al 0102 0103 1 17 00 AM 0104 The amp on event line 0101 indicates a command or cut to start at time 1 00 00 AM The tells Natural Log to send the as the Q start code to Simian for the cut named 0002 The Q code causes Simian to move to that event at 1 00 00 AM then after whatever is currently playing ends it will play cut named 0002 Q It will then segue to the next logged item after event 0101 Page 10 28 Natural Log User Manual 10 08 06 BSI Simian Q Codes cont Commercial Break Q Codes Natural Log s default command to Simia
73. aced directly in the Event Description column of the NL8 log templates as follows Q Start with amp Q Follow immediately no spaces with the name of the audio cut to play Q Optionally follow immediately by the Q Code is assumed if Q not entered Q Atleast 1 blank space Q An optional description Example 1 Shown below at event 0102 A command to play a legal ID audio cut named 0002 with a Q of to designate Time Next is shown on event 0101 Example 2 Shown below at event 0109 Assume you want to run weather at the end of a 3 00 Commercial Break If your weather is named WX 1 you could make the entry shown on event 0109 below The break starting at event 0103 plays 2 30 of commercials and segues into event 0109 which plays audio cut named WX 1 If there are no spots the weather will play by itself Note the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Log Templates Iof x File Edit Tools Help k amp D D x x New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DemoAM x Normal Daily Log x Monday x 01 00 AM aa 10 1 00 00 4M amp 0002 LegallD 1 00 00 4M amp OP_BREAK 1 15 00 4M Commercial Break x x Natural Log User
74. ain screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Dinesat ba Automation Log FileName peas 2034 txt R x Help Convert Cancel Dinesat Cut Numbers All you need to do is enter the cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in NL8 matches the number in the Dinesat System Log Reconciliation is not supported for Dinesat Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file P DD MM YY L TXT DD is day MM is month YY is year L is A commercials B Music P021195A TXT is commercial send Log 11 02 95 Continued on next page Page 10 118 Natural Log User Manual 10 47 Dinesat Automation cont Automation Commands On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description BLOCK markers Dinesat loads audio items into BLOCKS which have to be defined in Natural Log templates as shown on events 0217 and 0222 below Just insert the amp followed by BLOCK Be sure to enter the time to match the BLOCK time
75. amp 2002 My Way Program Note amp BREAK must occur on the line immediately before each commercial break to indicate to Digital Universe that a new break starts there Page 10 50 Natural Log User Manual 10 16 Enco DAD Automation Custom Filter NOTE The Enco DAD system have its own filter merger module which reads an ASCII file containing the commercial log into the Enco system This import filter must be purchased from Enco The Log sent by NL8 to Enco s filter merger uses a version of the Generic Text NL DOS format log output file See Enco DAD Automation Log Format for a description of the file Use this File Format to have Enco personnel configure their filter module to read this file Alternatively you may send one of the automation log files to Enco so they configure the reader Users of Enco DADPro32 released after January 2003 can use the built in Enco DADPro32 ASCII Flat File importer and not have to buy an Enco Custom Filter Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Enco DAD Custom Filter z Automation Log FileName C Temp5100203t1 log Browse i Convert Cancel Enco DAD Cut Numbers The Enco DAD system uses 1 to 5 di
76. ample of Required Stopset with DCS Maestro Event 0003 shown below Event 0003 amp D LR tells DCS to load the upcoming 12 17 AM Required stopset at 12 15 AM This stopset is 3 00 which includes the 2 30 of commercials plus 30 of weather We inserted the Load Required StopSet in the Natural Log Template to make it more readable but this is not required Natural Log uses the information on events numbered 0004 through 0008 as commercial avails in which it may log a total of 2 30 of commercials Note that for DCS this 30 weather is part of the break total of 3 00 but we have told Natural Log that only 2 30 of commercial matter may be loaded This 2 30 plus the 30 of weather equals the 3 00 break for DCS Mandatory in the FillCode column of the NL log template tells Natural Log that this break must be filled to exact length Example Optional Stopset with DCS Maestro Event 0011 shown below Event 0011 tells DCS to load the upcoming 12 28 AM optional stopset at 12 25 AM If it finds no spots logged in events 0012 through 0015 it would skip the spotset since it is optional amp D LS tells DCS to load the next optional spotset We inserted the text Load Optional StopSet in the Natural Log Template to make it readable by humans this is not required Natural Log uses the information on events numbered 0012 through 0015 as commercial avails in which it may log a total of 2 00 of commercials IF Used Fill in FillCode column of the NL log template
77. an be imported into SoundBox it MUST be merged with a music log created by Natural Music or another music scheduler which then creates the actual merged log in the SoundBox log format Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log NL8 converts to a native JockeyPro log format so the Generic Text output log format is not used for this automation system log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type SoundBox Automation Log FileName k My Documents 1112034D5 log Browse x Convert Cancel SoundBox Cut Numbers The SoundBox system can use any cut numbers names NL8 is limited to cut names of up to 20 characters and or numbers Enter the SoundBox cut ID including any leading O s into the NL8 CopylD field during order line entry This output file is described in section 10 19 01 Generic Text NL8 Windows format Log Reconciliation is Not Supported for SoundBox Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file ddmmyr ADS dd is day mm is month yr is year 021195 ADS is Send Log Nov 02 1995 for xxBC Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event descript
78. an will skip ahead at 03 45 00 AM and cut off whatever is currently playing Then it will play the play the following break spots if any that are inserted by Natural Log on lines 0319 through 0323 Commercial BackTime Start Example Event 0322 shown below Suppose you need to have a commercial break start exactly at 03 55 00 AM but you don t want to interrupt whatever is playing You want to force Simian to skip any unplayed music or other cuts and stretch or shrink the current playing item to make it end exactly at 03 55 00 AM This would most often be done to join a network at an exact time without cutting off something in the middle The amp Q tells NL8 to send the as Q start code to Simian for the first spot in the break if any Simian will shrink or stretch whatever is currently playing so that it ends exactly at 03 55 00 Then it will play the play the following spots if any that are inserted by NL8 on lines 0323 through 0324 444 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help 0 x D D amp New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log Monday 3 37 00 AM amp O 3 37 00 AM Commercial Break x x 3 45 00 AM t0 3 45 00 AM Commercial Break xA x 3 55 00 AM amp Q 3 55 00 4M Commercial Break x Page 10 30 Natural Log User Manual 10 08 06 BSI Sim
79. and lines of text Natural Log will treat these as command lines if you begin the event description with amp where is your command letter as described below Q amp D D is a Directive the means a valid Directive Type Q amp D LR Load Required stopset Q amp D LS Load Optional stopset Q amp D LP Load Play stopset next when in satellite mode Q amp D LW Load Window Q amp D CR Close Relay a amp D XF Execute Function m amp P This indicates that there is a Program Title on this line of the log template Skip one space after the and type in the Program Title on the log format a 8 L This indicates that there is a Log Note on this line of the log format Skip one space after the and type in the Log Note text Q amp ICHHH This tells the DCS to play cart number at this spot on the log This is useful for playing things whose location doesn t change on the log like weather ID s etc as part of a stopset NOTE To use XF Execute Function or CR close relay or LW load window functions use the appropriate code Remember to include amp to indicate to NL8 that this is a command entry and then close the brackets after the command entry then you may add a description Examples are shown on the following pages Natural Log User Manual Page 10 41 10 12 Computer Concepts DCS amp Maestro Automation cont DCS Maestro Command Examples cont Ex
80. anything If no spots get logged into the avails immediately following the break number line the break is skipped in MasterPlay In this way optional breaks can be set up in the log formats but skipped when not needed MasterPlay Commands Automation commands can be sent to the MasterPlay such as to play a specific audio cut or source switching from Natural Log On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 00000123401 you could make the entry shown above at event 0211 above This would play 1 00 of commercials followed by the weather all part of a 1 30 break from the network and it would be triggered by network since LOB is event type for this window as shown on event 0202 NL8 only needs amp 00000123401 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders Page 10 102 Natural Log User Manual 10 40 Arrakis Digilink XTreme NL8 converts to the native Digilink Xtreme log format so the Generic Text output log format is not used for this automation system logs Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Edito
81. ast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual 44 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O x D amp g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x In Monday x aa d amp WEA ZM0009 Overnight Weather Natural Log User Manual Page 10 67 10 22 ControlReady MusicReady CartReady WireReady Automation This log uses the Generic Automation Log Format see section 10 19 01 for a description You will need a log import filter from the MusicReady developer to import this log The information below applies to all Wiready automation systems ControlReady both versions of MusicReady DOS and Windows versions and a previous product named CartReady Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 24 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type MusicReady CartReady DOS bi Automation Log FileName C Temp 100203t1 log __Browse E Ea AF EnA Automation Log Type ControlReady MusicReady Windows Automation Log FileName f Temp 121 70311 log Browse Station Number iE R x Help Convert Cancel Cut Numbers The Natural Log system can use any cut numbers names up to 8
82. ast orders as described in chapter 3 Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description lt a Log Templates OO x File Edit Tools Help 0 ai x D D g v New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM z Normal Daily Log x Monday x 02 00 AM x Exe nt Scheduled Time Event Description Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source 3 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 x pA x amp 0009 Overnight Weather 3 3 3 3 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 100 Natural Log User Manual 10 39 RushWorks MasterPlay Automation This Log interface exports and reconciles a log in the format as specified by the RushWorks MasterPlay developers Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor cl
83. ation cons DigiCenter Commands Automation Commands can be sent to the Digicenter such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Play Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Event 0107 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0023 you could make the entry shown below at event 0107 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0023 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0109 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and Program is an optional description 4 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O a x as D amp g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail P
84. ay Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the aired log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyT LOG mm is month dd is day yy is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log Nov 02 1995 for station1 Input reconcile log file Sspot yymmdd csv yy is year mm is month dd is day Sspot 951102 csv is aired log for Nov 02 1995 Page 10 112 Natural Log User Manual 10 44 StationPlaylist Automation con Automation Commands You can use Natural Log to hard code audio cuts and commands into your Natural Log templates On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description This is NOT to be used for any billable item only use this for jingles liners etc that never move on the log and are not billable Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier t
85. ay a closer cut 000203 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown at event 0223 above in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and MyWay is an optional description Natural Log User Manual Page 10 119 10 49 Deyan Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Deyan Automation Automation Log FileName i Temp 042903t1 log Browse Station Number E x Convert Cancel STATIONID is an optional number to distinguish this log from other logs for other stations in your Natural Log system This is optional and may be left blank NOTE The Natural Log Generic Text NL8 Windows Format is used to send the scheduled log to Deyan Deyan will need to configure their importer to read this text file as described in Section 10 19 Cut Numbers All you need to do is enter the cut number or cut name for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the cut number or cut name in NL8 matches the number in the Deyan System Log Reconciliation is Supported for Deyan You will need to
86. be based on your actual OpX hardware setup but all OpX macros and categories may be placed in an NL8 log template in this manner using the categories enclosed within brackets Comment Example Event 2303 shown below Event 2303 is a comment which is simply a line of text that will be displayed on the OpX log screen but is not executed by the automation It is just skipped Note that event 2305 below will not be sent to OpX as a comment since it does not start with amp C Comments you want to show be shown on screen is OpX must begin with amp C in your NL8 log templates The amp C is stripped out before the comment is sent to OpX Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O amp i D D x New Template Print EditLine Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Demo AM x Normal Daily Log 7 Monday x 11 00 PM x Th1700PM amp 0PX_BREAK 11 15 00PM amp M Relay 1 100 11 17 00PM_ amp C ABC News 11 15 00PM amp M Relay 2 100 This text will NOT be sent to OP amp C This text WILL be sent to OP lt Page 10 126 Natural Log User Manual 10 49 05 Sending Non Audio Commands amp Categories from NL8 Broadcast Orders to OpX Normally NL8 sends Audio as the OpX Category for any item scheduled from a Broadcast Order Note this default Category value can be changed on the NL8 Automation Conversion screen
87. bers into which the spots are to be inserted when the log conversion is done Therefore immediately before each Commercial Break on the Natural Log Template you need to tell it a SmartCaster Break number 44 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help D x S D amp g y New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM 7 Normal Daily Log Monday 7 02 00 AM x 2 17 00 4M amp BREAK1 2 17 00 AM Commercial Break If Used Fill x a 2 28 00 AM amp BREAK2 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break Must Fill x x x The event description amp BREAK1 tells Natural Log to insert any spots in the following avails into break 1 of the 2AM hour in Smartcaster amp BREAK2 would send them to break 2 and so on If Natural Log has an if used break which is not needed it won t fill the break with anything If no spots get logged into the avails immediately following the break number line the break is skipped in SmartCaster In this way optional breaks can be set up in the log formats but skipped when not needed SmartCaster Break Numbers and Music Scheduling Within each hour you can have breaks numbered from 1 to 12 If you are using Smartcaster to play music as well as commercials the music must be inserted into breaks as well If this is the case you might want to use odd break
88. ble spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description 444 Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help O x D D amp v New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log x Monday x 02 00 AM x Ea Scheduled Time Event Description Fill Priority Fill Code Source 3 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 x 3 3 ial 3 3 p amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10 107 10 42 Format Sentry Automation NL8 converts to the native Format Sentry EV file format In this event file here are 2400 slots 100 per hour exactly the same as NL8 has in each hour of its log templates When creating the NL8 log templates the event ID s DO control into which slots the spots
89. ce is in the cut numbering system and log filenames as described below All other references herein to Spartamation also apply to EZ Broadcaster and EZ 2000 unless otherwise noted You must select the correct type in NL8 because the log files are not interchangeable between these 3 systems Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Spartamation Automation Log FileName f BSI Wednesda evt Browse R x Help Convert Cancel Spartamation Cut Numbers Spartmataion and EZ 2000 use 7 alphanumeric characters to identify audio cuts All you need to do is enter the Spartamation or EZ 2000 cut ID for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the number in our system matches the number in EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 system NOTE The EZ Broadcaster Automation system uses 4 digit cart numbers from 1 to 9998 which can be entered directly into Natural Log orders Spot 9999 is used as an empty spot marker Merge or Clear Event Log Clear Merging NL8 log into Spartamation or_EZ Automation Event Logs The EZ Broadcaster Automation system uses an event log into which both music and traffic can be merged You must choose to CL
90. continue to the next event instead of stopping This is useful during periods of total automation without satellite Remember code 0011 is automatically sent at the end of each break unless you tell Natural Log to send code 0030 Code 0011 tells AXS to stop playing spots and return to satellite Code 0030 tells AXS to continue to the next event 0011 End of Break Example Events 0301 through 0306 shown below Standard entry in the Natural Log Template which sends 0011 at end of break to Stop play and Return to Satellite Note that no code is entered so NL8 assumes you want 0011 0030 End of Break Example Event 0313 shown below Entry in the Natural Log Template which sends 0030 at end of break to Continue to next event The next event may be music other spots etc Log Templates OF x File Edit Tools Help O a x D amp g s New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Lag x Monday 7 03 00 AM 7 a Scheduled Time Event Description Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Souce fe 3 17 004M amp 0053 180 second cluster marker 3 00 Local 3 17 00 4M Commercial Break 2 30 Local si Local Local Local Local 3 28 00 AM amp 0053 3 28 00 AM Commercial Break Local a Local Local Local x x amp 0030 Continue Page 10 14 Natural
91. d follows on this line amp d J means Jump to a new playlist follows on this line amp means an Audiovault label follows on this line amp indicates a COMMENT line The actual command would immediately follow the last in the log format event description in Natural Log See your AudioVault manual for explanations of these commands and codes Continued on next page Page 10 8 Natural Log User Manual 10 04 BE CORE AudioVault Aligning BE CORE AudioVault for Satellite Network Contact Closures When using a satellite network which sends contact closures you need to be sure that AudioVault stays aligned with the satellite service so that it is at the proper point in the log when the next contact closure occurs even if the break to be triggered is empty In the example below the station is running a satellite service so they are concerned with proper alignment with contact closures There are 2 commands required on the Natural Log Templates Q amp ALIGN The tells AudioVault that this is a timed event to be executed at at the specified time 1018 in this example The time you enter must be before the earliest time the contact closure may occur The tells AudioVault that this is a line label ALIGN tells AudioVault to move to this line at the time specified and wait for the next contact closure which will come about 1021 but may float When it receives the contact closure AudioVault will play the followin
92. d in chapter 3 Example of Load Window Set Voice with DCS Maestro Event 0001 shown below You can do the DCS Set Voice function or any DCS function by entering the proper codes at the appropriate point on the Natural Log Template setup on shown at event 0001 below This would set the announce voice to voice 04 at 12 00 AM Note that the event description must be amp D LW99 followed by a space then Set Voice followed by a space then followed immediately by the 2 digit code of the voice to be used This format must be followed exactly for the DCS system to recognize it D LW99 tells the DCS system that this is a voice change directive 04 determines which voice to use Example of Execute Function with DCS Maestro Event 0017 shown below You can send the DCS Execute Function or any DCS function by entering the applicable code at the appropriate point on the Natural Log Template setup As shown on event 0017 below amp D XF11 tells the system to execute the function the Execute Function 11 text is to make this readable by humans lt a Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O aad x D amp g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log Monday 7 12 00 AM 12 00 00 AM amp D LW99 Set Voice 04 12 15 00 AM amp D LA Load Required StopSet 12 17 00 AM
93. d or unused avail slots scheduled by Natural Log in the 12 Midnight hour will load OK but the next 2 scheduled by Natural Log for the 12 Midnight hour will load into the 1AM hour on AudioVault AV Air Your entire broadcast day will be off When viewing a completed Natural Log in the Natural Log editor you will note all unused Natural Log avail slots in the Natural Log Template are converted to amp 0000 AVAIL which is the Unused Avail marker for AudioVault AV Air These lines are sent to AudioVault AV Air as cut 0000 Page 10 16 Natural Log User Manual 10 07 AudioVault AV Air Automation o Configure the AudioVault AV Air Traffic Loader Interface The AudioVault AV Air system interface in the AudioVault computer must be configured to read the Natural Log data in the following format ASCII file with Carriage Return Line Feed at the end of each line Note Originally the AV Air interface was designed to handle only 8 charcater CopylD s In NL8 Windows copylD s can be up to 20 characters while AV Air can handle up to 13 characters NI8 log export types AV Air Older DOS version handles up to 8 characters in CopylD COLUMN LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 8 Cut number filename to play left justified 20 24 Event description sponsor name etc 45 4 Length in SECONDS zero left padded 50 24 Reserved 75 4 Natural Log event pointer for reconci
94. d use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyT yy year mm month dd day station 110295T LOG is Send Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input reconcile log file mmddyyT LST yy year mm month dd day station 110295T1 LST is Play Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Synergy Commands Automation Commands can be sent to the Synergy from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 99 10 38 Synergy Automation Log cont Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadc
95. dcaster EZ 2000 mm dd yy TXT mm Month dd Day yy Year 02 22 03 TXT is the Aired log for Feb 22 2003 Spartamation EZ Broadcster EZ 2000 Break Numbers The Spartamation EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 systems all work with 10 breaks per hour into which you can insert up to 10 spots each Natural Log allows you to set up only those breaks you want to use in the Natural Log Templates You need a way to identify the Spartamation EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 Break numbers into which the spots are to be inserted when the log conversion is done Therefore immediately before each Commercial Break on the Natural Log Template you need to give it an Spartamation EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 Break number Within each hour you can have breaks numbered from 1 to 10 Spartamation EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 Break Number Example Events 0205 amp 0211 shown below The event description BREAK1 tells Natural Log to insert any spots in the following avails into break 1 of the 2AM hour in EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 BREAK2 would send them to break 2 and so on If Natural Log has an if used break which is not needed it won t fill the break with anything If no spots get logged into the avails immediately following the break number line the break is skipped in Spartamation EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 In this way optional breaks can be set up in the log formats but skipped when not needed lt a Log Templates Iof Xx File Edit Tools Help O x D D amp g x
96. der on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file ddd_TRAF LOG ddd Day of week MON TUE WED MON_TRAF LOG is Send Log spots for Monday Input reconcile log file History mmddyyyy TXT where mm Month dd Day yyyy Year History 11021995 TXT is play log for Nov 2 1995 Note Older DOS versions of Digital JukeBox used the following file NOT supported by NL8 Zmmddyy HIS where mm Month dd Day yy Year Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 47 10 14 Digital JukeBox Automation ony Digital JukeBox Break Numbers The Digital JukeBox works with individual breaks numbered beginning with BREAK1 in each hour in which you can insert spots Natural Log allows you to set up only those breaks you want to use in the Natural Log Templates You need a way to identify the Digital JukeBox Break numbers into which the spots are to be inserted when the log conversion is done Therefore immediately before each Commercial Break on the Natural Log Template you need to give it a Digital JukeBox Break number Within each hour you can have breaks numbered from 1 to 10 See event 0101 below The b
97. digits of numeric and alphanumeric characters when interfacing to the DOS version of MusicReady The Windows version of MusicReady handles long filenames but Natural Log s limit in this case is 20 characters Station Number i 4 Create Automation Log Log Reconciliation is Supported for ControlReady MusicRead The Natural Log system does reconcile with both versions of MusicReady but the PlayLog has different names depending on which MusicReady version it was created by Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyT LOG mm is month dd is day yy is year Input reconcile log file MusicReady DOS mm dd yy LOG mm is month dd is day yy is the year Input reconcile log file ControlReady MusicReady Windows _mm_dd_yyyy PlaylistLOG is the MusicReady Deck mm is month dd is day yyvy is the year PlayList is the playlist name usually CallSign Day Page 10 68 Natural Log User Manual 10 22 ControlReady MusicReady CartReady WireReady Automation won Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below You need to run weather at a c
98. ding O s into the NL8 CopylD field during order line entry Log Reconciliation is supported for TuneTracker You must obtain the TuneTracker As Run log Copy this log for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station Input reconcile log file ARmmddyy txt TuneTracker As Run Log AR110295 txt Natural Log User Manual Page 10 83 10 30 TuneTracker Automation con Automation Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0009 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0023 you could make the entry shown below at event 0009 below This would play 2 30 of comme
99. e Automation Break Marker Example The Local Break Marker must appear immediately before any spot avails It is necessary for all local breaks both mandatory and optional If Used FillCode in Natural Log This marker consists of a line immediately before the spot avails with the same time as the avails and an event description which must appear exactly as shown on event 0215 below the amp is a Natural Log command marker and is required lt a Log Templates File Edit Tools Help k x D amp g 4 New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Clos Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log x Monday x 02 00 AM 7 2 28 00 AM amp LOCAL BREAK 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break amp 50009 Overnight Weather 2 28 00 AM amp LOCAL BREAK 2 30 00 AM amp 2001 amp 52002 amp 52003 Program Auto Mate Commands Commands can be sent to the Auto Mate from the Natural Log templates You can also pre schedule non commercial audio cuts to be played directly from the NL8 log template Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual On the Natural Log Template simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the fir
100. e STORQ workstation address 060531F2 ABL As Played log for May 31 2006 for STORQ group F2 workstation AB Natural Log User Manual Page 10 87 10 32 Waitt Radio STORQ RadioOne Automation Log con Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted
101. e space is inserted between each command or cut and MyWay is an optional description Natural Log User Manual Page 10 115 10 46 Digital Broadcast MediaBank Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Digital Broadcast MediaBank Automation Log FileName Fr Temp 401K KKK db Browse Station ID KKKK x Station s MPEG2 Decoder DECODE1 Help Convert Cancel STATIONID is any 1 5 digit name or number to distinguish this log from other logs for other stations in your Natrual Log system This is optional and may be left blank STATION MPEG2 DECODER is the decoder assigned to this station in the MediaBank playback system to play spots scheduled by NL8 DECODE1 to DECODE 4 MediaBank Cut Numbers All you need to do is enter the cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in NL8 matches the number in the MediaBank System We believe the MediaBank may be limited to 8 characters in their cut identifiers but NL will allow up to 20 Log Reconciliation is supported for MediaBank Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log
102. e this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Cut Sequence Example Event 0110 shown above You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 02001 then play a program cut 02002 then play a closer cut 02003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown above at event 0110 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and MyWay Program is an optional description Command Example Event 0113 shown above Assume you want to do a Soft Branch This can be entered in NL log templates as shown on event 0113 above For all Enco commands just enter amp followed by a space then the command text Page 10 52 Natural Log User Manual 10 16 Enco DAD Automation Custom Filter cont Telling Enco How to Start an Event The Enco DAD system uses start codes to indicate how an event is to start These start codes are In Enco NL8 Log template Event Description Q SEGUE amp Segue Q AUTOLOAD amp Load OQ AUTOPLAY amp AutoPlay Q NORMAL amp Normal See the Enco DAD manual for descriptions The codes are set in the Natural Log Template Event Description column as amp SEGUE amp LOAD amp AUTOPLAY and amp NORMAL The default start code assumed by Natural Log is Segue in the absence of any other
103. ediately before the start of a spot break you need to enter an event at the approximate spot break start time and use event description BREAK Break Marker Example Event 0004 shown below If no spots are inserted by Natural Log the amp BREAK marker will serve to tell Cartworks that the break is empty so it should be skipped This is entered in the Natural Log Templates as shown below at event 0004 Event 0004 contains the amp BREAK marker which will be sent to CartWorks in the event no spots get logged into this commercial break by Natural Log This must be done before all breaks in Natural Log If the spot break is empty this amp BREAK will be transferred by Natural Log as an empty break and CartWorks will skip to the next break If spots are logged into the break the amp BREAK is ignored by the cartworks interface In this way the spot break loading sequence can be kept in sync between Natural Log and CartWorks z Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help O lt x D amp g s New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM 7 Normal Daily Log 7 Monday x 12 00 AM x Scheduled Time Length Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source 12 17 004M amp BREAK 12 17 00 AM Commercial Break If Used Fill amp 9001 Overnight Weather CartWorks Commands Commands can be sent to the CartWorks fro
104. end log file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 L0G Send Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input reconcile log filename Rivendell Play Report mmddyy txt mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 txt Read Log for 11 02 95 Page 10 106 Natural Log User Manual 10 41 Rivendell Automation ony Configure the Rivendell Traffic Data Import The Rivendell system interface must be configured to read the Natural Log data in the following format using RDAdmin gt ManageServices gt ServiceName gt Edit Services in Rivendell Field Offset Length Cart Number 9 8 Title 19 40 Start Time Hours 0 2 Start Time Minutes 3 2 Start Time Seconds 6 2 Length Hours 61 2 Length Minutes 64 2 Length Seconds 67 2 All Other Fields 0 0 Rivendell Commands You can also use amp to play an audio cut from the Log Format for non billable items Just enter amp followed immediately no spaces by the audio cut number as the event description in the Natural Log Template Setup amp H This is useful for scheduling weather jingles ID s etc Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billa
105. end Log 11 02 95 for station Input reconcile log file OAmmddyr DBF mm is month dd is day yr is year OA110295T1 DBF is Read Log for 11 02 95 Telling Enco How to Start an Event The Enco DAD system uses start codes to indicate how an event is to start These start codes are In Enco NL8 Log template Event Description Q SEGUE amp Segue Q AUTOLOAD amp Load OQ AUTOPLAY amp AutoPlay Q NORMAL amp Normal See the Enco DAD manual for descriptions The codes are set in the Natural Log Template Event Description column as amp SEGUE amp LOAD amp AUTOPLAY and amp NORMAL The default start code assumed by Natural Log is Segue in the absence of any other code entry Once the start code is set Natural Log continues to send the start code on all subsequent events until enter another start code in the NL8 Log Templates Manual Start Example Events 0101 and 0103 shown below You need to load a spot break but wait for a live announcer to start it This will LOAD the first spot and wait for the announcer or satellite network to start it Because the amp SEGUE is after the first spot in the break it will then segue through the break Log Templates ioj x File Edit Tools Help k x a D amp g New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x EEN Monday 7 E J 1 17 00 AM 1 17 00 AM
106. eneric Text NL DOS format used by Dalet Audisk Pristine RapidFire Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description Log Templates olx File Edit Tools Help D x
107. er template to read commercial logs With the information listed below under Configure the Prophet log import filter you can configure the log import filter template to read and import theNL8 log file You cannot use Prophet s predefined Natural Log import template because it is designed for NL DOS In NL8 There is an automation type in NL8 call Prophet NexGen NL Dos that uses this format for users updating form NL DOS so they won t have to reconfigure their Prophet log import filter New NL8 users should NOT use that format they should use the normal Prophet NexGen log export in NL8 NexGen AutoLoad automation type in NL8 is to be used only by those requiring a special filenaming scheme because they are using the NexGen AutoLoad functionalitv which we do not recommend all others shouid select Proohet NexGen Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Prophet NexGen Automation Log FileName f Temp 121603t1 log Browse Station Number R x Help Convert Cancel Cut Numbers The Natural Log automation export can use any cut numbers up to 6 digits of numeric characters However Prophet NexGen allows audio cuts with a 6 digit SpotNumber 000001 through 999999 and a 3 Digit CutNumber
108. ersion of the Digilink you are using when creating the automation log in NL8 Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 24 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Arrakis Digilink DL2 DL3 be Automation Log FileName C Temp T100203 dig Browse i ae A Tal Automation Log Type Arrakis Digilink DL4 E 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log FileName C Temp T100203 dig Browse i ae HE Eee Digilink Cart Numbers Digilink can use any numeric or alphanumeric cut up to 8 characters to identify its audio cuts NL8 can handle any valid Diglink audio cut identifier so all you need to do is enter the Digilink cut identifier for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen Log Reconciliation is supported for Digilink Copy the Play Log onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file Tmmddyr DIG mm is mo
109. ert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Dalet et Automation Log FileName pera 22006 l0g Browse Help Convert Automation Log Type Dslet NL DOS format X Automation Log FileName pere 22006 l0g Browse g Help Convert Cut Numbers The Natural Log Dalet NL DOS format export filter can use any cut numbers names up to 8 digits of numeric and alphanumeric characters 44 Create Automation Log The Natural Log Dalet export filter can use any cut numbers names up to 20 digits of numeric and alphanumeric characters Log Reconciliation is Supported for Dalet The Natural Log system does reconcile with Dalet s BCR log Page 10 110 Natural Log User Manual 10 43 Dalet Automation ony Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyyy LOG mm is month dd is day yyyy is year 11021995 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station1 Input reconcile log file yyyymmdd BCR yyyy is year mm is month dd is day Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need
110. ertain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description 4 Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help O x a D amp g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEM0 AM 7 Normal Daily Log Monday 02 00 4M Event ID Scheduled Time Event Description 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break x x amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 4M amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10 69 10 23 NexGen Prophet Automation NexGen requires an import filt
111. es The example assumes you are using a Satellite Relay switcher If running Network audio through the AUX input on your audio card contact BSI for the appropriate Macro commands to use amp M sends Blank as the Q start code to OpX so it will stop and wait to receive the network contact closure before executing the command to close RELAY 1 for 100 microseconds Network OFF If no spots are scheduled the RELAY 2 100 Network ON is immediately executed and network audio is NOT interrupted If there are spots they will be auto started and then RELAY 2 100 Network ON is executed after the last spot due to the Q code on line 0410 Either way OpX then goes to the next commercial break and waits for the next network contact closure Optional Break Alignment Start Example Event 0401 shown below In Satellite mode contact closures from the network start your commercial breaks Some users want to be sure OpxX is positioned at the correct break when the contact closure comes The optional entry shown on event 0401 below will cause OpX to align at event 0402 at 4 15 00 AM and wait for the contact closure for the following break This forces OpX to play the correct break even if an earlier closure was missed for some reason Log Templates Iof x File Edit Tools Help 0 amp nel D D x g v New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Temp
112. event If not needed do not include the dash or the segment number Type is the Harris event type SecType is the Harris secondary type Channel is the Harris channel A D Input is the Harris input 1 4 When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers in the cutID You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name You must enter commas even for those fields you aren t using such as SecType NL counts the commas to determine which field is being entered Harris Command Example 1 Assume you need to play a cut named ID1000 as you top of the hour ID as a timed event You could make entry shown below at event 1001 in the Natural Log Templates Harris Command Example 2 Assume you need to join a network at a particular time weather at a certain time each day You could make entry shown below at event 1002 in the Natural Log Templates Setting Types on NL Commercial Items There may be situations in which you need to tell the Harris system to wait for a network pulse before starting a commercial break Suppose you need to join a network and then set type AU on the first commercial in the break Then you need the 2nd and 3rd spots in the break to be type A You could make entries shown below at event 1004 and 1006 in the Natural Log Templates The only difference is the cutID i
113. f up to 20 characters and or numbers Enter the JockeyPro cut ID including any leading 0 s into the NL8 CopylD field during order line entry Log Reconciliation is Supported for JockeyPro The Natural Log system reconciles with a Jockey as played log JockeyPro support can assist you in creating this as played reconciliation log Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyr jps mm is month dd is day yr is year is the right 2 characters of the call sign This is entered in the StationID field on the automation conversion screen in NL8 110295BC JPS is Send Log Nov 02 1995 for xxBC Reconcilation read log file mmddyr log mm is month dd is day yr is year is the right 2 characters of the call sign This is entered in the StationID field on the automation conversion screen in NL8 110295BC LOG is reconcile log Nov 02 1995 for xxBC Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 91 10 34 JockeyPro Automation ony Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day I
114. f weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description ea Log Templates File Edit Tools Help D y x oo D g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM z Normal Daily Log Monday x 02 00 AM z 3 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 3 3 3 a 3 amp 0009 Overnight weather 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 92 Natural Log User Manual 10 35 SoundBox Automation NOTE This output log is in the Generic Text NL8 Windows Format see section 10 19 01 Before it c
115. file mddccccc DB m is month 1 9 Jan Sep A C Oct Dec dd is day ccccc is stationID or name BO2KKKK DB is Send Log Nov 02 1995 for station KKKK Input reconcile log file mddccccc VER m is month 1 9 Jan Sep A C Oct Dec dd is day ccccc is stationID or name BO2KKKK VER is Aired Log for Nov 02 1995 for station KKKK Page 10 116 Natural Log User Manual 10 46 MediaBank Automation cont MediaBank Commercial Breaks and Source Switching The MediaBank must be told to switch its MPEG2 decoder to air before each commercial break and off air at the end of each break This is done as shown below on event lines 0216 and 0222 Note the commercial break must ALWAYS start with a DUR or TOD event type See you MediaBank help guide for further description of the event type In NL8 these Switching commands are entered on the log templates as amp XXX YYYYYY Y HHHHHH Description where XXX Event Type DUR segue CUE triggered TOD time of day REM remark YYYYYYY Device Designator DECODE1 DECODE4 or INSERT or NETWORK commands FARAH Cut number or switch event title Description Any text description of event See examples below on lines 0204 and 0212 to start and end a commercial break Automation Commands To send source switching and other automation commands to MediaBank in the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then a sequence of values separated by commas as described below 4 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help
116. function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyr LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 LO0G is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile Audit Log file mmddyr ALG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 ALG is Audit Log for 11 02 95 Page 10 12 Natural Log User Manual 10 06 AXS 1 2 amp Digital DJ Automation cont AXS Digital DJ Commands amp Cluster Markers Cut numbers 1 to 999 are reserved by the Digital DJ for commands Cuts 1 to 1999 are reserved by AXS for commands These commands CAN be automatically sent to the Digital DJ or AXS from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Template simply enter amp and then the 4 digit command or audio cut number in the Event Description column Cluster Marker Example Event 0301 shown below Assume AXS cut number 0053 is a Cluster Marker for a 180 second spot set You define these in Digital DJ or AXS system The Digital DJ or AXS system must see a Cluster Marker command immediately before any spots so it knows how long the spot set is supposed to be On the Natural Log Templates you d enter an event descriptiond amp 0053 at the time the spot set is supposed to start in this case 3 17 00 AM Then on the next l
117. g but may be used by automation to return actual run times to Natural Log Page 10 54 Natural Log User Manual 10 17 Enco DADPro32 Automation ASCII Flat File Users of Enco DADPro32 released after January 2003 have the ability to import an ASCII Flat File from Natural Log that does not require the purchase of a custom filter from Enco NL8 creates a text file that can be imported using Enco s ASCII Flat File import as described in section 5 16 of the Enco DADPro32 manual Note Effective with version 8 0 198 of Natural Log the Multi Library version of Enco DADPro is supported There is a completely separate output log from Natural Log for this purpose labeled as Enco DAD MULTI LIBRARY Users of older versions of EncoDAD must buy the custom filter from Enco and see Interfacing to Enco DAD Automation Using Custom Filter Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Enco DADPr032 ASCII Flat File X Automation Log FileName C Temp5100203t1 log Browse x i Convert Cancel Enco DADPro32 Cut Numbers The Enco DADPro32 system uses 1 to 5 digit cut numbers from 1 to 99999 which can be entered directly into Natural Log orders All you need to do is enter the Enc
118. g has many abilities to cause Simian to perform different activities These are covered in detail in the following topics You must configure the Simian import filter in Simian before attempting to import a log from NL8 Q Configure WaveStation Simian Import Filter Section 10 08 01 Q Configure Simian Pipe Delimited Import Filter Section 10 08 02 Q Sending commands from NL8 Templates to Simian Section 10 08 03 Q Load next day s Simian Log Section 10 08 04 Q Sending Non Audio Commands from NL8 Broadcast Orders to Simian Section 10 08 05 Q Simian Q Codes Section 10 08 06 Page 10 20 Natural Log User Manual 10 08 01 Configure Simian Import Filter Note The NL8 WaveStation Simian automation log is the standard log export used by Natural Log for DOS for both Simian and WaveStation and may continue to be used by those upgrading from NL for DOS This format can only handle filenames up to 8 characters NL8 also adds a specific Simian Pipe Delimited export type that uses the Simian standard Pipe Delimited format for handling filenames longer than 8 characters See Configuring WaveStation Simian for NL Dos WaveStation Simian log in section 10 08 05 if you are using the Simian Pipe Delimited NL8 automation type To use the normal NL DOS style WaveStation Simian format within WaveStation Simian you need to click Tools Program Options Log Import WaveStation Options Playback Intemet SerialComm General
119. g main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 444 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Generic Text Me Automation Log FileName C Temp 100203t1 log Browse i Convert Cancel Cut Numbers The Natural Log RCS automation log export can use any cut numbers names up to 8 digits of numeric and alphanumeric characters however some automation systems are further limited Log Reconciliation is Not Supported for RCS The Natural Log system does not reconcile RCS play logs at this time If the vendor will provide play log specs we will support reconciliation Station Number E Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file LGyymmdd mm is month dd is day yy is year is the automation station number LG110295T 001 is Send Log 11 02 95 for station1 Input reconcile log file Not supported Page 10 72 Natural Log User Manual 10 25 RCS Automation Log con Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below You
120. g spots if any and return to satellite OQ amp BREAK The tells the system that this is a Satellite Start event and must be blank The tells AudioVault that this is a Comment Line BREAK is just a text description This comment line serves to STOP the AudioVault ONLY if there are no commercials in the spotset which follows it The time on this event MUST be the same as the start time of the stopset This event is required for all commercial breaks as a safety device to prevent AudioVault from getting out of sequence with the Network If no spots follow this event Audiovault stays on satellite Example Aligning AudioVault with Satellite Contact Closures Event 0101 shown below Assume you may need to be sure the AudioVault is aligned to the correct when it receives the contact closure to play that break Event 0101 shows how this could be entered Note that the time as several minutes before the break is expected to be triggered Example Play a non commercial Audio Cut Event 0105 shown below Assume you may need to run the non commercial weather audio named 0023 at certain times each day as part of a 3 00 commercial break The entry starting at 0101 through 0105 would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break listed was reduced by the length of the weather Once again AudioVault only needs the amp 0023 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read for
121. gicenter Digital Broadcast Mediabank Digital JukeBox system Digital Universe system Dinesat system Enco DAD Custom Filter Enco DADPro32 ASCII Flat File EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 Automation Format Sentry Harris ADC100 Automation Google Radio Automation Generic Text automation log output file JockeyPro automation m3u List Maestro MasterPlay Matco MediaTouch MusicReady See section 10 03 See section 10 40 See section 10 07 See Generic section 10 19 See section 10 05 See section 10 06 See section 10 04 See section 10 08 See Section 10 49 See section 10 09 See section 10 10 See WireReady section 10 21 See section 10 11 See section 10 35 See section 10 12 See WireReady section 10 21 See section 10 43 See section 10 48 See section 10 13 See section 10 46 See section 10 14 See section 10 15 See section 10 47 See section 10 16 See section 10 17 See section 10 18 See section 10 12 See section 10 31 See section 10 28 See section 10 19 See section 10 34 See section 10 20 See section 10 12 See section 10 39 See section 10 36 See section 10 21 See WireReady section 10 21 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 1 Q NexGen See section 10 23 Automation Systems Supported cont OCOUOOOCOODOODOOOCOOOCOOCOOCOD Page 10 2 Pristine CDS32 See CartWorks section 10 11 Pristine RapidFire See Generic section 10 19
122. git cut numbers from 1 to 99999 which can be entered directly into Natural Log orders All you need to do is enter the Enco DAD cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the number in NL8 exactly matches the number in the Enco DAD including leading 0 s if used Station Number i Log Reconciliation is supported for Enco DAD You must obtain the Enco DAD PlayLog for Natural Log to read the exact spot run times Copy the play log file for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station1 Input reconcile log file OAmmddyr DBF mm is month dd is day yr is year OA110295T1 DBF is Read Log for 11 02 95 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 51 10 16 Enco DAD Automation Custom Filter cont End of Stopset Markers Required Every stopset in NL8 must have an End Stopset marker for proper importing into the Enco System and merging with a music log In the event descript
123. he Copy Manager and schedule the CopylD to run on an order Live Copy Example You want Simian to pop open a TEXT file so an announcer can read some live copy Assume you use CopylD ABCCOPY In Natural Log Copy Manager you d enter the label for Spot ABCDEF as amp TEXT ABCCOPY1 Be sure to put the space between the amp TEXT and the ABCCOPY1 Text file named ABCCOPY1 will be displayed by Simian whenever CopyID ABCCOPY is scheduled by a Natural Log broadcast Order lt a Copy ABCCopy amp TEXT ABCCopy File Print Tools Help E n Q a M Previous Copy Next Copy Listen Help Cancel Close Copy Infomation Copy belongs to 0000 Shared Copy ID gt Label TEXT ABCCopy Length Co Op E Ea Voice Customer s Script ID a en Status ok z Usable Dates Jan 20 2004 through TFN z Page 10 26 Natural Log User Manual 10 08 06 BSI Simian Q Codes Simian automation uses codes designated as Q in Simian to determine how an event starts or is triggered Natural Log will insert these in the Log file The is always sent as the Q unless you send another Q Code as shown on the next page Segues after prior event or cut ends This is the default value used by Natural Music Plays at a specific time without waiting for previous event to end Plays at a specific time but waits for a playing cut or event to end This is useful to skip any unplayed items at the end of an hour and
124. ian Q Codes cont Commercial Break Q Codes cont Commercial Break Satellite Trigger Contact Closure Start Example Event 0402 shown below In Satellite mode contact closures from the network start your commercial breaks There must be a break marker for each commercial break even if empty so the Simian stays in sync with the network With no break marker for an empty spot break Simian would be positioned at the wrong break when the next contact closure comes The example assumes you are using a Satellite Relay switcher If running Network audio through the AUX input on your audio card contact BSI for the appropriate Macro commands to use amp M sends Blank as the Q start code to Simian so it will stop and wait to receive the network contact closure before executing the command to close RELAY 1 for 100 microseconds Network OFF If no spots are scheduled the RELAY 2 100 Network ON is immediately executed and network audio is NOT interrupted If there are spots they will be auto started and then RELAY 2 100 Network ON is executed after the last spot due to the Q code on line 0410 Either way Simian then goes to the next commercial break and waits for the next network contact closure Optional Break Alignment Start Example Event 0401 shown below In Satellite mode contact closures from the network start your commercial breaks Some users want to be sure Simian is positioned at the correct break when the contact clo
125. ick Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Rushiworks MasterPlay Automation Log FileName i Temp 72001001 sch Browse Net Headend NNHHH 01001 x Help Convert Cancel MasterPlay Cut Numbers The MasterPlay system uses 11 digit cut numbers which complies with Natural Log s numbering system any alpha and or numeric characters can be included Therefore you simply enter the 11 digit MasterPlay Spot Identification number into the CopylD field when entering Order Lines in Natural Log Make sure the number in our system matches the number in MasterPlay Log Reconciliation is Supported for MasterPla You will need to obtain a Verification log in the Wide Orbit format from MasterPlay named in the format ccccc_YYYYMMDD ARL See your MasterPlay user manual to find this verification log Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file MDDccccc SCH M 10 A 11 B 12 C DD day of month ccccc is Station or Channel 902DT001 SCH is send Log for Sept 02 for net headend DT001 Input reconciliation verification file ccccc_YYYYMMDD ARLMM month DD day YYYY Year ccccc is Station or Channel DT001_20030902 ARL is verification log for Sept 02 2003 for net neadend DT001 MasterPlay Break Numbers The MasterPlay works with breaks within Windows Each break is numbered sequentially within a time Window in which it may play If you don t explicitl
126. in Dinesat into which the following audio items should be loaded Every Dinesat BLOCK must be defined by its start time in the scheduled time column lt a Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O amp al D x g New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM a Normal Daily Log Monday 02 00 AM x ea Scheduled Time Event Description Source 2 17 004M amp BLOCK 2 17 00 AM Commercial Break amp 010009 Overnight Weather 2 30 00 AM amp BLOCK amp 000201 amp 000202 amp 000203 MyWay Play a Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Assume you may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named 001009 you could make the entry shown above at event 0220 in the Natural Log Templates This would play 1 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break on the Commercial Break event length does not include length of the hard coded weather Once again the computer only needs the 001009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read for humans Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders Command Sequence Example You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 000201 then play a program cut 000202 then pl
127. in mind when setting up your log formats in Natural Log Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Salsa Systemation hd Automation Log FileName C Temp ISPOT DAT Browse x Convert Cancel Salsa Cut Numbers Salsa can use any cut numbers from 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the Salsa cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field during order entry in NL8 Make sure the number in NL8 matches the number in Salsa Salsa Deck i Salsa Deck or Source Numbers When Natural Log creates the Salsa log file it must tell the automation a source or deck number from which to play the spots When you select the Convert Log Convert Log Automation Log in the Natural Log editor Natural Log will display an extra enter box in which you should enter the Source or Deck number for the spots Log Reconciliation is supported for Salsa Extract the Historical Log from SALSA for a single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL
128. ine of the Natural Log Template you enter the avails for the commercial break This will work with any of the Digital DJ or AXS commands Just use the amp when entering the event description on the Natural Log Template The 180 second cluster marker is solely to make it easy to read for humans It is not needed for AXS which only needs the amp 0053 Tell AXS to play a non commercial audio cut Example Event 0307 shown below Assume AXS cut number 2056 is your overnight weather You can tell AXS to play this cut at the end of the commercial break or anywhere you want it to play Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Note The Commercial Break length was reduced to 2 30 to account for the 30 seconds of weather which AXS does count as part of the cluster but NL8 does not count as part of the commercial break Command Sequence Example Event 0310 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 To save space you can optionally enter all these on 1 line of the NL8 log template Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description ea Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O x D New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert
129. ion It is just skipped Note that event 2304 below will not be sent to Simian as a comment since it does not start with amp C Comments you want to show be shown on screen is Simian must begin with amp C in your NL8 log templates The amp C is stripped out before the comment is sent to Simian Log Templates File Edit Tools Help D amp oe D D x vA New Template Print EditLine Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Clos Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log Monday 7 11 00 PM 11 00 00 PM amp M Relay 1100 amp C ABC News 11 05 00 PM amp Macro Realy 2 100 This text will NOT be sent to Simian Page 10 24 Natural Log User Manual 10 08 04 Load Next Day s Simian Log Note This LOG command is now outdated Simian now has a means to internally schedule the loading of the next day s log and is more reliable Please use it This method is included for users of older versions of Simian and WaveStation that do not have the automatic log loading The command sequence to tell WaveStation Simian to Load Next Day s Log amp LOG A blank space MMDDYY A 2 digit Letter Number combination such as T1 T2 T3 etc to designate the station if used Ablank space NEXT Example To load the next day s log enter the following as the last event in each day s log format in enter the text shown on event
130. ion NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 93 10 35 SoundBox Automation con Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description 4 Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help D y x D amp g New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM z tonan Log Monday x
131. ion column of the NL8 log template place an amp followed by a single space then the word END another space and the word STOPSET This must appear last in each commercial break in Natural Log Templates as shown in event 0121 shown below Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help k x D amp g s New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO 4M Normal Daily Log x Monday x 01 00 AM x Event Scheduled Time Event Description Length Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source el 1 30 00 4M amp 02001 amp 02002 amp 02002 MyWay Program amp End StopSet 1 37 00 AM amp Soft Branch 1 37 00 AM Commercial Break amp 00023 Overnite Weather amp End StopSet Automation Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as to execute a command or play an audio cut from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command text letter numbers in the Event Description column Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0120 shown above You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 00023 you could make the entry shown below at event 0120 above This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 00023 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not us
132. irst spot in the break if any OpX will shrink or stretch whatever is currently playing so that it ends exactly at 03 55 00 Then it will sequentially play all following break spots if any that are inserted by Natural Log on lines 0322 through 0324 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help 0 amp D D x x New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Demo AM 7 EE Log Monday z Ean J Display Help 3 07 00 AM S OPX_ BREAK 3 07 00 4M Commercial Break x 3 17 00 AM amp OPX_BREAK 3 17 00 4M Commercial Break x 3 28 00 AM amp OPX_BREAK 3 28 00 4M Commercial Break xA x 3 37 00 AM amp OPX_BREAK 3 37 00 4M Commercial Break x 3 55 00 4M amp OP_BREAK 3 35 00 4M Commercial Break xA Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 131 10 49 06 BSI OpX Q Codes cont Commercial Break Q Codes cont Commercial Break Satellite Trigger Contact Closure Start Example Event 0402 shown below In Satellite mode contact closures from the network start your commercial breaks There must be a break marker for each commercial break even if empty so the OpX stays in sync with the network With no break marker for an empty spot break OpX would be positioned at the wrong break when the next contact closure com
133. l Command Sequence Example Event 0110 shown above You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown above at event 0110 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and Program is an optional description Page 10 48 Natural Log User Manual 10 15 Digital Universe Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Digital Universe ba Automation Log FileName C Temp 100203 evt Browse i Convert Cancel Digital Universe Cut Numbers The DU system uses audio cut numbers from 1 to 9999 which complies with the CopylD limits in NL8 Enter the Digital Universe cut number including any leading 0 s into the NL8 CopylD field during order line entry Log Reconciliation is supported for Digital Universe You must obtain the Digital Universe Air Log for CBSI for Natural Log to read the exact spot run times Copy the Air Log file for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LA
134. late Name Log Hour Demo AM Normal Daily Log x Monday x 04 00 AM x Scheduled Time Event Description Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code 4 15 00 4M amp M REM Align for 17 Break 4 17 00 4M amp M Relay 1 100 4 17 00 AM amp OP_BREAK 4 17 00 4M Commercial Break x 4 20 00 4M amp M Relay 2 100 This is an example only your Relay numbers will be different or you may use the built in audio mixer on your audio board in which case you will use MIXVOL macros to turn the network up and down instead of the RELAY macros in this example Page 10 132 Natural Log User Manual
135. liation 79 2 Carriage Return Line Feed AV Air Extended CopylD s Newer format for full 13 character CopylD s COLUMN LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 13 Cut number filename to be played left justified 32 24 Event description sponsor name etc 57 4 Length in seconds left padded with zeroes 62 8 Played Time hh mm ss not used by NL8 71 16 Reserved 87 4 Natural Log event number 91 2 Carriage Return Line Feed AudioVault AV Air Cut Numbers The AV Air system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 13 characters or 1 to 8 characters if using original NL8 AV Air interface All you need to do is enter the AV Air cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the number in NL8 matches the exactly number in the AudioVault AV Air system Log Reconciliation is supported for AudioVault AV Air Copy the Aired Log onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyr NL mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 NL1 Send
136. lick Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type m3u List hea Automation Log FileName C T emp 100203 m3u Browse Path to AudioCuts Audo x i Convert Cancel Cut Numbers Copy ID The Natural Log system can use any cut numbers up to 20 alphanumeric characters Be sure to include the mp3 wav or other extensions when entering the CopylD in NL8 during order line entry If the complete path filename and extension is 20 characters or less you can enter the entire path and filename with extension for the audio cut in the NL8 CopyID field during order line entry If your audio cut path filename plus extensions are greater than 20 characters you must not enter the path in the CopylD field in NL8 leave off the path and just enter the filename and extension Then when the Log Conversion is done in the NL8 Log Editor you can specify the path to be added in front of the filenames As an example assume you keep your audio cuts in a folder named Audio on your C drive and they all have mp3 extensions If you enter C Audio as the path to your audio cuts NL8 s log converter will add this as the path to all your audio files names CopylD s When using this option all your audio files must reside in the same folder Log Reconciliation not supported for m3u Logs If the vendor will provide play log specs we will support reconciliation Output amp Input
137. log templates as follows Q Start with amp Q Follow Immediately with the Category within brackets Q Follow immedtaiely by the Q Code is assumed if Q not entered Q Atleast 1 blank space Q The name of the command or command parameters to be used by Simian To save space on the log event line you may insert just the first character within brackets of certain standard categories These standard categories with abbreviations in Natural Log are Natural Log Simian Abbreviation Category Meaning amp R REC Record no longer used amp T TEXT Display Text amp M MACRO Execute a Macro amp LOG LOG Load a Day s Log amp A APP Run an Application amp L LIST Execute a List amp C COMMENT Comment Line Back Time Macro Example Event 2301 shown below In the example below event 2301 is a Back Time Macro due to the Q Code to switch relay 1 on at 11 00 PM for 100 milliseconds Event 2303 is a Time Immediate Macro due to the Q Code to switch relay 2 on at 11 05 PM for 100 milliseconds This might be used to join and leave a network Your commands will be based on your actual Simian hardware setup but all Simian macros and categories may be placed in an NL8 log template in this manner using the categories enclosed within brackets Comment Example Event 2302 shown below Event 2302 is a comment which is simply a line of text that will be displayed on the Simian log screen but is not executed by the automat
138. lter module to read this file Alternatively you may send one of the automation log files to Enco so they configure the reader Users of Enco DADPro32 released after January 2003 can use the built in Enco DADPro32 ASCII Flat File importer and not have to buy an Enco Custom Filter Enco DAD Custom Filter Automation Log File Format Please call Natural Software with any questions about this file format The file is straight ASCII with no page breaks no formfeeds no headers and no graphics Each line is 78 characters log plus a Carriage Return Line Feed total 80 characters per record The file name is mmddyrT LOG where mm Month 05 for May dd Day 01 for the first yr Year 95 for 1995 01 for 2001 T traffic schedule M is for Music schedule NL8 station number Example 050195T1 LOG is Traffic log for 05 01 95 for station 1 COLUMN LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 8 Cart number filename to play left justified 19 1 Start Code Segue Load Autoplay Normal 20 24 Event description sponsor name etc 45 4 Length in seconds left padded zeroes 50 3 Played Hour 53 3 Played Minute 56 2 Played Second 59 16 Reserved 75 4 Natural Log event pointer for reconciliation 79 2 Carriage Return Line Feed Note The fields labeled Played Hour Played Minute and Played Second are left blank by Natural Lo
139. m the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates in the Event Description column enter amp and then the command letter numbers NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Event 0010 shown above You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 9001 you could make the entry shown at event 0010 above This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs the amp 9001 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Page 10 38 Natural Log User Manual 10 11 CartWorks Pristine CDS32 cons Turning the Automation Conversion On amp Off The CartWorks system loads spots sequentially into spot breaks If you have some hours during which you are Live and not using CartWorks you need a way to tell the Natural Log not to send spots to CartWorks during that time period even though spots are logged for manual play If you don t do this the spot loading in CartWorks and Natural Log can be out of sequence CartWorks Automation On Off Example Show Below Assume you are automated from midnight to 6AM and live from 6 10AM Then you return to automation for the rest of the day Natural Log needs to know not to send spo
140. mal 20 24 Event description sponsor name etc 45 5 Length in mm ss 50 8 AUX commands 59 16 Reserved for Artist Name for Music 75 4 Natural Log event pointer for reconciliation 79 2 Carriage Return Line Feed Page 10 32 Natural Log User Manual 10 09 BTSG AutoMax Automation End of Break Markers and Skip Break Markers This applies only to stations using BTSG to run a satellite based format You must tell BTSG to stop at the end of a break by sending a blank line You also need to tell it to SKIP any unused breaks This is done as follows Put amp BREAK by itself on the line before each break and amp by itself on the line after each break This will cause a SKIP command to be sent to BTSG for any empty breaks and a blank line at the end of each break This only applies to satellite formats If you do this on a music format the BSTG will stop at the end of each break See example at events 0012 through 0017 shown below BTSG AutoMax Automation Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as source switching playing liners etc from the Natural Log system These can be entered on your Natural Log Templates as command lines of text More usefully you can also use this amp to play an audio cut from the Log Format Just enter amp followed immediately no spaces by the audio cut number as the event description in the Natural Log Template Setup amp This is useful for scheduling weather jingles ID s etc Do n
141. n is to automatically segue to begin commercial sets so you do not need to send any Q code if you simply want to segue from the preceding music or other audio to the spots in the commercial set To control the start of Commercial Breaks which don t start by automatic seque you need to send one of the Q Codes which is the Simian start code These Q Codes sent immediately before a commercial set only apply to the commercial set which runs at the same time as the Q Code time Automatic Segue Into Commercial Breaks Example Event 0302 show below You want the break at 03 17 00 AM to begin playing automatically after the previous event ends In this example below no Q Code is entered so automatic segue is assumed See the example at log template event 0301 below The first item in that break will have a Q of since none specific Q is listed SKIP TO TIME and Start After Current event ends Example Event 0306 shown below Assume you need to have a commercial break about 03 28 00 AM and you want Simian to skip any unplayed music or other cuts and cue up the commercial break so it is the next to start after 03 28 00 AM See the example at log template event 0310 below The amp Q tells the Natural Log to send the as the Q start code to Simian for the next item only Simian will skip ahead at 03 28 00 AM and after whatever is currently playing ends will play the spots if any in the break that are inserted by Natural Log on lines 0
142. nd cue up the commercial break so it is the next to start after 03 17 00 AM See the example at log template event 0306 below The amp OPX_BREAK tells the Natural Log to send the as the Q start code to OpX for the next commercial break only OpX will skip ahead at 03 28 00 AM and after whatever is currently playing ends will play the spots if any in the break that are inserted by Natural Log on lines 0307 through 0309 Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help O amp oo D D x g x New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Demo AM 7 Normal Daily Log 7 Monday x 03 00 AM x 3 07 00 AM amp OP _BREAK 3 07 00 4M Commercial Break Display Help x 3 17 00 4M amp OPX_BREAK 3 17 00 4M Commercial Break ah 3 28 00 AM amp OPX_BREAK 3 28 00 4M Commercial Break y 3 37 00 AM amp OPX_BREAK 3 37 00 4M Commercial Break x 3 55 00 AM amp OPX_BREAK 3 35 00 4M Commercial Break x x Continued on next page Page 10 130 Natural Log User Manual 10 49 06 BSI OpX Q Codes cons Commercial Break Q Codes cont Commercial Break MANUAL Start Example Event 0311 shown below In live assist mode suppose you want a commercial break to run at 03 28 00 AM However you want OpX to pause to allow your live announcer to talk bef
143. need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description 44 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O x D v New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x EER Monday x a J 2 28 00 AM gt Commercial Break e E x amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 4M amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10 73 10 26 RDS Phantom Automation In RDS Phantom itself you must set RDS Phantom to import form
144. nth dd is day yr is year T110295 DIG is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile Play log file LmmddyrA DIG mm is month dd is day yr is year L110295A DIG is Play Log for 11 02 95 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 5 10 03 Arrakis Digilink Automation ony Digilink Commands Commands can be sent to the Digilink such as source switching from the Natural Log templates You can also pre schedule non commercial audio cuts to be played directly from the NL8 log template Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual On the Natural Log Template simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description You may also enter more than one command per line just enter a space between each command and start each command with amp Digilink Command Example Event 0101 shown below The command to switch to source 3 may be code So3 in the Digilink You would enter this as amp So3 in the event description column in the NL8 Log Templates This will work with any of the Digilink commands just use the amp when entering the event description on the Natural Log Template In this example we included Source3 ON only to make it readable to humans Digilink only needs amp So3 Digilink Play Cut Example E
145. o Command Example 2 Assume you need to join a network assigned to switcher input 3 after the legal ID for 29 minutes and 50 seconds You could make the entry shown below at event 1002 in the Natural Log Templates Matco Command Example 3 Assume you need to play VTR 4 at 10 30 00AM and the location on the VTR is 01 00 10 You could make entry shown below at event 1005 in the Natural Log Templates NOTE On commands Event Code is optional and can accept any text as described in the Matco specs Just put a comma after the description then any event code as described in the Matco log specifications ea Log Templates OF x File Edit Tools Help D amp g D D x R v New Template Print EditLine Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Sample AM 7 a Monday 7 ir ZI ro 10 00 00 AM amp D1000 Legal ID 1002 10 00 10 AM amp S 3 Family Network 1003 1004 1005 10 30 004M amp 4 01 00 10 The ABC Show 1006 1007 Page 10 96 Natural Log User Manual 10 37 Raduga Automation Log NL8 can create a standard INI file containing instructions for playing audio cuts in Raduga Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log
146. o DADPro32 cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the number in NL8 exactly matches the number in the Enco DADPro32 including leading 0 s if used Station Number E NOTE for users of EncoDADPro32 Multi Library option only For audio cuts scheduled from Natural Log you need to specify the Library Location and Name for each cut You do this by entering the NL8 CopylD as LibLocation LibName HHH For example if the cut comes from library on drive E named CUTS you d enter E CUTS followed by the 5 digit cut number This only applies if you are using Multiple Libraries in Enco DAD Log Reconciliation is supported for Enco DADPro32 You must obtain the Enco DADPro32 PlayLog for Natural Log to read the exact spot run times Copy the play log file for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Natural Log User Manual Page 10 55 10 17 Enco DADPro32 ascii Flat File cont Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 L0G is S
147. o read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description 44 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O x D v New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x EER Monday x a J 2 28 00 AM gt Commercial Break x amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 4M amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10 113 10 45 AutoPlus Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Autoplus Automation Log FileName i Temp 0401 03t log
148. oFill Start TARGET AutoFill End Event amp F AutoFill End Comment amp C Any comment text up to 35 characters To play a specific audio cut put the cut number in place of H below You may optionally put a single space after the cut number and then a description of the event to make it easier to read the NL8 Log Templates Do not use this to schedule billable spots with are scheduled from broadcast orders See chapter 3 NOTE EncoDADPro32 Multi Library option ONLY You must enter cuts as Drive LibraryName Example if cut HHHH is played from the CUTS library on Drive E enter it as E CUT S Command Transition Code Log Template Event Description replace with Transition Code Play Audio A L S or N amp P HHA Description a Log Templates Iof x File Edit Tools Help O x D D amp lt New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour JDEMO AM z Normal Daily Log z Monday z 01 00 AM z e nt Scheduled Time Event Description Lenath Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source L amp 1 37 00 4M amp T A Soft Branch 1 37 00 AM Commercial Break Natural Log User Manual Page 10 57 10 18 Spartamation Automation formerly EZ Broadcaster EZ 2000 Automation There are automation system versions covered by this section Spartamation EZ Broadcaster and EZ 2000 The only differen
149. obtain the As Run log from the Deyan System Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyT LOG where mm month dd day yy year is optional station 110295T1 L0G is commercial send Log 11 02 95 Input reconcile log file As Run mmmdd_yy txt where mmm month dd day yy year As Run Nov02_95 is aired log for Nov 02 1995 Page 10 120 Natural Log User Manual 10 48 Deyan Automation cont Automation Commands On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Log Templates OO x File Edit Tools Help O amp a D x v New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Demo AM x Normal Daily Log x Monday x Jo2 00 AM x Event Scheduled Time Event Description Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source 2 00 i 2 17 00 AM Commercial Break z x amp 001009 Overnight Weather 2 30 00 4M amp 000201 amp 000202 amp 000203 MyWay Play a Non Commercial Video Cut Example Assume you may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named 001009 you could make the entry shown above at event 0220 in the Natural Log Templates This would play
150. omation NL8 converts to a specific DCS Maestro log format so the Generic Text output log format is not used for these automation system logs Any references herein to DCS also apply to Maestro which uses the same type log interface file to send the log A different file format is used for reconciliation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Computer Concepts DCS Automation Log FileName a ATEMP OS1 206s2 log Browse Station Number x Convert Cancel 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Msestro Automation Log FileName ATEMPA091 206s2 log Browse Station Number DCS Maestro Cut Numbers Computer Concept s DCS amp the Maestro system can use cut numbers from 1 to 999 with a single letter in front to identify the type All you need to do is enter the DCS Maestro cut letter and or numbers into the CopylD field during order entry in NL8 Log Reconciliation is supported for DCS amp Maestro The Input read file is created using DCS s or Maestro s report module to create an audit DUMP report named mmddyyS RPT on a floppy disc for the day s play log Natural Log reads this RPT file Do not change the default report settings
151. on Log Automation Log Type y sitt Radio STORG or RadioOne Automation Log FileName f 053106t B log Tome Station Number 4p x Help Convert Cancel Cut Numbers The STORQ and RadioOne automation log export can use any cut numbers names up to 8 digits of numeric and alphanumeric characters Enter the STORQ cut ID including any leading O s into the NL8 CopylD field during order line entry Log Reconciliation is Supported for STORQ Lo The Natural Log system reconciles with the STORQ as played raw data unfiltered log STORQ automatically creates this log STORQ support personnel can assist you in finding this as played log in your STORQ system Once you initially point NL8 to this file thereafter NL8 will remember where it is located We recommend you tell NL8 to only consider commercials STORQ category 2 when it reconciles with the as played log generated by STORQ On the NL8 log reconciliation screen enter the STORQ category numbers to be included in the log scan as defined in STORQ separated by commas For example to include Commercials STORQ category 2 and PSA s STORQ category 9 you would enter 2 9 See your STORQ manual for category definitions Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyT LOG mm is month dd is day yy is year 053106T1 LOG is send log May 31 2006 for station Input reconcile log file yymmddxx YYL where yymmdd is date XX is the STORQ group YY is th
152. on the next page This Log interface exports and reconciles a log in the format as specified by the Rivendell developers Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type japanen Automation Log FileName f Temp 031 206t2 log Browse Station Number j2 x Help Convert Cancel Rivendell Cart Numbers NL8 can use any cart number used in Rivendell Be sure to check your Rivendell documentation for limits on valid Rivendell cart numbers Make sure the CopylID number entered on the Broadcast Order in NL8 system exactly matches the cart number in the Rivendell system exactly Log Reconciliation is Supported for Rivendell You will need to obtain an As Played Report from Rivendell named in the format MMDDYY TXT See your Rivendell user manual to find this verification log report Copy the Play Log onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output s
153. or the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the cut ID in NL8 system matches the number in Simian Natural Log User Manual Page 10 19 10 08 BSI Simian Automation cont Log Reconciliation is supported for Simian Log Reconciliation is supported for all versions of Simian and WaveStation version 2 71 and later If you do not have a network connection between NL and Simian use Simian s Log View Event Log Select the day s log and then File Save As from the NotePad window and save to any floppy disc or folder from which you want Natural log to read it This is not necessary if Natural log can access the Simian Logs folder across a networked connection Then use NL8 Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyrT1 LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year station T means Traffic Log 110295T1 L0G is Traffic Log for 11 02 95 for station 1 Input Reconcile log file yrmmdd LST mm is month dd is day yr is year 9511029 LST OR yrmmdd MDB mm is month dd is day yr is year 9511029 MDB Details of using the NL8 to Simian Interface Natural Lo
154. ore the spots start The amp Q tells the NL8 to send a blank as the Q start code to OpX for the first spot in the break This Blank Q code tells OpX to finish playing the last event before the spots and wait for the announcer to issue a Manual Start Then it will sequentially play all following break spots if any that are inserted by Natural Log on lines 0312 through 0314 Commercial Break Start at EXACT Time Example Event 0316 shown below Suppose you need to have a commercial break run exactly at 03 37 00 AM You want OpX to skip any unplayed music or other cuts cut off the currently playing cut and start the timed event The Q tells the NL8 to send as Q start code to OpX for the first spot in the break starting at event 0319 OpX will skip ahead at 03 37 00 AM and cut off whatever is currently playing Then it will sequentially play all following break spots if any that are inserted by Natural Log on lines 0317 through 0319 Commercial BackTime Start Example Event 0321 shown below Suppose you need to have a commercial break start exactly at 03 55 00 AM but you don t want to interrupt whatever is playing You want to force OpX to skip any unplayed music or other cuts and stretch or shrink the current playing item to make it end exactly at 03 55 00 AM This would most often be done to join a network at an exact time without cutting off something in the middle The amp Q tells NL8 to send the as Q start code to OpX for the f
155. os interface covered in section 10 28 AXS systems version 1 and 2 and the older Digital DJ systems use log file formats which are NOT 100 compatible with each other We have therefore included separate conversion systems for the older Digital DJ and for the AXS 1 2 systems NL8 converts to the native AXS and Digital DJ log formats so the Generic Text output log format is not used for these automation system logs Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type AS 1 2 bd Automation Log FileName C T emp 100203 log Browse x Convert Cancel AXS Digital DJ Cut Numbers The AXS system uses audio cut numbers from 2000 to 9999 plus cuts 1 to 1999 reserved for commands and rotators The Digital DJ system uses audio cut numbers 1000 to 2999 plus cuts 1 to 999 reserved for commands and rotators NL8 accepts any cart cut number from 1 to 9999 so NL8 can be used to send rotator or command information to the AXS or Digital DJ Enter the cut number into the NL8 CopylD field during order entry Log Reconciliation is supported for AXS Digital DJ Copy the Audit Log onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log
156. ot use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Play Aux Item Example Event 0004 shown below The command to play a liner may be an AUX event descriptiond LINER You would enter this as amp AUX LINER in the event description column when entering your log Templates for Natural Log This works with any automation commands just use the amp when entering the event description on the Natural Log Template If it is an audio event just enter the Cut Number after the amp If it is an AUX event enter AUX followed by the event to execute Play Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Event 0010 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 9001 you could make the entry shown below at event 0010 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs the amp 9001 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual 4 Log Templates OF Xx File Edit Tools Help O a x ar D amp g New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour JDEMO AM x Normal Daily Log x Monday a 12 00 AM x a Scheduled Time Event Description Length Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code So
157. ots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Gen IV Rotator Example Event 0019 shown below Assume you want to run a BTSG rotator named LINERS going into the break You could make the entry shown on event 0019 below in the Natural Log Templates This would a cut from the BTSG Gen IV LINER rotator immediately before the commercial break Note the use of ROT as the BSTG category Gen lV Network Join Example Event 0027 shown below Assume you want to join a network at the top of the hour for news for 5 minutes You could make this entry in the Natural Log templates Note the use of NET as the BSTG category and the cut ID is the network ID as specified in BSTG Note the forces a hard sync in BTSG To make it a soft sync use the as in NET XABC lt a Log Templates OF x File Edit Tools Help O x D amp x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log 7 Monday 7 12 00 AM 7 10 12 37 004M amp ROT LINER 10 12 37 00 4M Commercial Break 2 30 x 12 40 00 AM amp WwX 9001 Overnight Weather 1255 00AM_ amp NETXABC Natural Log User Manual Page 10 35 10 10 BTSG Gen IV Automation ion BTSG Gen IlV Sync Commands Sync Commands can be sent to BSTG Gen IV by NL NL reads as a soft sync and as a
158. ow You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0113 in the NL8 Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and Program is an optional description 44 Log Templates OF Xx File Edit Tools Help D gt x oo D D amp vA New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM z EE Log Monday x E Commercial Break amp 0023 Overnite Weather 1 30 00 AM amp 2001 amp 52002 amp 2003 Program Page 10 18 Natural Log User Manual 10 08 BSI Simian Automation The instructions for Simian automation also apply to BSI Wavestation versions 3 0 or later Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log BSI Simian Pipe Delimited is recommended with Simian 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type 65 Simian Pipe Delimited Automation Log FileName C My Documents 121103t1 log Browse Station Number i lr M
159. r At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Arakis Digilink XTreme Automation Log FileName i Temp T 072006 dig i x Convert Cancel Digilink Xtreme Cart Numbers Digilink can use any numeric or alphanumeric cut up to 8 characters to identify its audio cuts NL8 can handle any valid Diglink audio cut identifier so all you need to do is enter the Digilink cut identifier for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field on the NL8 Order Line entry screen Log Reconciliation is supported for Digilink XTReme Copy the Play Log onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file Tmmddyr DIG mm is month dd is day yr is year T110295 DIG is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile Play log file mmddyrA DIG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295A DIG is Play Log for 11 02 95 NOTE This Play Log must be exported from the Digilink Xtreme with only 1 day s play items See
160. r is currently playing ends it will play cut named 0002 Qs It will then segue to the next logged item after event 0102 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 129 10 49 06 BSI OpX Q Codes cont Commercial Break Q Codes Natural Log s default command to OpX is to automatically segue to begin commercial sets so you do not need to send any Q code if you simply want to segue from the preceding music or other audio to the spots in the commercial set To control the start of Commercial Breaks which don t start by automatic seque you need to send one of the Q Codes which is the OpX start code These Q Codes sent immediately before a commercial set only apply to the first event in the commercial break which runs at the same time as the Q Code time Automatic Segue Into Commercial Breaks Example Event 0302 show below You want the break at 03 07 00 AM to begin playing automatically after the previous event ends In this example below automatic segue is entered for clarity If you neglect to put a Q Code is always assumed See the example at log template event 0301 below The first item in the break that starts at event 0302 will have a Q of and will sequentially play the spots in the break after the prior event ends SKIP TO TIME and Start After Current event ends Example Event 0306 shown below Assume you need to have a commercial break about 03 17 00 AM and you want OpX to skip any unplayed music or other cuts a
161. r is year FM110295 LOG is FM Play Log for 11 02 95 Continued on next page Page 10 74 Natural Log User Manual 10 26 RDS Phantom Automation on RDS Phantom Commands Commands can be sent to the Phantom such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description You may also enter more than one command per line just enter a space between each command and start each command with amp Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event
162. rcials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0023 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Event 0010 plays a jingle cut 8128 after the weather Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0012 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0012 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description lt a Log Templates OF x File Edit Tools Help D x i D amp g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log Tuesday 7 12 00 aM x 2 12 17 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 x xA x amp 0023 Overnight Weather amp 8128 Jingle 12 40 00 M amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 84 Natural Log User Manual 10 31 Harris ADC100 Automation This NL8 log interface exports a log in the format as specified in the Harris Extended Flat ASCII format and require
163. reak number must precede every break in the NL8 log templates a Log Templates File Edit Tools Help k x D amp v New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM a Normal Daily Log Monday a 01 00 AM x 1 17 004M amp BREAKI 1 17 00 AM Commercial Break x x s x amp 0023 Overnite Weather 1 30 004M amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 Program Digital JukeBox Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as source switching if available in the automation On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers UNLESS Digital JukeBox has a restriction NL8 will pick up the command or cut name number to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0108 shown above You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0023 you could make the entry shown at event 0108 above This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0023 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manua
164. reposition the WaveStation Simian to begin a new hour at the appropriate log position to keep it on schedule Wait for BackTimed Start This causes Simian to change the pitch of the playing audio to backtime to a specific event See Simian Manual for more information Wait for Manual Start Converted to Q Blank when sent to WaveStation Simian Used only with WaveStation Simian version 3 and later Converted to N when sent to WaveStation Simian for non sequential timed start of recording switching etc Automatic Segue Between Events The easiest way to send a Q Code start code is send no Q code and let Natural Log assume that the start code is Segue Automatic Segue Example You want to play a cut named JINGLE1 after a Commercial Break In the Natural Log Template 444 Log Templates Fie Edit Tools Help O gt x D R New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log Monday x 03 00 AM x ae Scheduled Time Event Description Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Souce 0301 3 17 00 4M al Break 3 00 Local The amp JINGLE on event 0304 tells Simian to automatically segue since no Q Code is entered after JINGLE1 NL8 sends as the Q Code and play JINGLE1 after the spots in the commercial set if any play amp JINLGE1 would accomplish the same effect Natural Log
165. rf mm is month dd is day yr is year 1110295 trf is Send Log 11 02 95 for station Input reconcile log file T mmddyy ver is station number mm is month dd is day yr is year T1110295 ver is reconciliation Log 11 02 95 for station 1 Configure the NexGen log import filter Note NL Windows users cannot use the NexGen predefined log import template named Natural Log That import format will only work with Natural Log DOS All other position definitions should be set to position 0 Description 32 24 CutNumber 17 3 SpotNumber 10 6 Verify Sequence 87 4 LogTime Hour Pos 1 LogTime MinPos 4 NexGen Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates enter amp followed by the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Block Example Event 0211 shown below Block numbers for NexGen can be entered in the event description column of NL8 log templates by entering amp BLOCK space and as shown at event 0211 Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0211 shown below Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 in NL log templates This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we
166. rint Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEM0 AM 7 Normal Daily Log 7 Monday x 07 00 AM x 2 1 17 00 4M Commercial Break 2 30 x xA a s amp 0023 Overnite Weather 1 30 00 AM amp 2001 amp 52002 amp 2003 Program Page 10 46 Natural Log User Manual 10 14 Digital JukeBox Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Digital JukeBox z Automation Log FileName C Temp Thu_TRAF LOG Browse x Convert Cancel Digital JukeBox Cut Numbers The Digital JukeBox system uses 4 digit cart numbers from 1 to 9999 which can be entered directly into Natural Log orders All you need to do is enter the Digital JukeBox cut number 1 to 9999 for the particular commercial spot into the CopyID field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the number in NL8 exactly matches the number in the Digital JukeBox including leading O s if used Log Reconciliation is supported for Digital JukeBox You must obtain the Digital JukeBox history file for Natural Log to read the exact spot run times Copy the play log file for the selected single date onto a floppy disc or to a fol
167. ry Log Reconciliation is NOT supported for Matco Video Servers Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyr csv mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 csv is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile log file Not Supported Natural Log User Manual Page 10 95 10 36 Matco Automation con Automation Commands Commands can be sent to the automation can be sent to the automation such as type codes secondary type codes channel and input from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates enter the text shown below in the Event Description column Be sure to put 1 space between the cut number and the other description To play a video file from the Matco server amp CutNum Description CutNum can include the E B or V as described above under Matco Digital Server Cut ID s If you exclude the E B or V NL8 assumes this is an Element ID and will insert the required E during log conversion To execute a Matco Switcher command amp S Description Where is the switcher input source To execute a Matco VTR command amp S hh mm ss Description Where is the switcher input source hh mm ss is the VTR location You may optionally include frames as hh mm ss ff Matco Command Example 1 Assume you need to play a cut named ID1000 as your top of the hour ID as a timed event at 10 00 00AM You could make the entry shown below at event 1001 in the Natural Log Templates Matc
168. ry with no Cutnum at least one space and then the text memo as shown below on event 0012 P Penprare ETET ES Fie Edit Tools Help 0 g D D x P NI Create a NEW Template EditLine Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Demo AM Normal Daily Log 7 Thursday x 1200 4M Sib Eea Aval Reticon 12 17 00 4M Commercial Break amp COM DA0023 Overnight Weather amp JIN DA8128 DEMO AM Jingle 12 20 00 4M amp Here is some text to show on 5532 screen 12 20 00 4M amp LDR Here is some text to show on Wide Orbit screen Natural Log User Manual Page 10 79 10 29 Smartcaster Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type SmartCaster z Automation Log FileName C Temp BREAKLOG Thu Browse i Convert Cancel SmartCaster Cut Numbers The Smartcaster uses 5 digit cart numbers which complies with Natural Log s numbering system Therefore you simply enter the 5 digit SmartCaster number or letters if used into the CopylD field when entering Order Lines in Natural Log Make sure the number in our system matches the number in SmartCaster Merging NL8 log into
169. s 1 3 5 7 9 11 as spot breaks and even breaks 2 4 6 8 10 12 as music breaks However you may use the break numbers in any way you like as long as they are compatible with Smartcaster Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 81 10 29 Smartcaster Automation ont SmartCaster Commands Automation commands can be sent to the Smartcaster such as to play a specific audio cut or source switching from Natural Log On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 40023 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 40023 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0220 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate
170. s SET This tells NL8 to apply the field values set on the SET line to the following commercial items until it sees another SET command 44 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help O al x D amp g x New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM a Normal Daily Log x Monday x 10 00 AM x sen Scheduled Time Event Description Length Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source 10 10 00 004M amp D1000 0 4 1 Legal ID 10 10 00 00 4M amp NET 0 4 1 Family Network 60 00 10 30 004M amp SET AULA 10 17 00 4M Commercial Break 10 30 004M amp SET 4 41 x Page 10 86 Natural Log User Manual 10 32 Waitt Radio STORQ RadioOne Automation NOTE This system requires a custom import filter that you must obtain usually purchase from the automation vendor Natural Log creates a file in its Generic format as described in section 10 19 01 of this manual Waitt Radio Network s STORQ and RadioOne use the same interface file format The discussion below regarding Waitt Radio Network STORQ also applies to RadioOne Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automati
171. s the Harris log reader to be properly configured by Harris Automation Solutions Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Haris ADC100 bi Automation Log FileName 9 C Temp 090103 asc Browse x a Convert Cancel Harris ADC100 Cut Numbers The Harris system can use any cut ID s up to 32 characters Enter the Harris ID including any leading O s into the NL8 CopylD field during order line entry Log Reconciliation is NOT supported for Harris ADC100 Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyr asc mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 asc is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile log file Not Supported Natural Log User Manual Page 10 85 10 31 Harris ADC100 Automation conv Automation Commands Commands can be sent to the automation can be sent to the automation such as type codes secondary type codes channel and input from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates enter the text shown below in the Event Description column Be sure to put 1 space between the cc and the type amp ccHHH ss Type SecType Channel Input Title ccHHHH is the cutID ss is the segment number only if needed with this
172. st space in the event description You may also enter more than one command per line just enter a space between each command and start each command with amp Play a Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Event 0221 shown above Assume you may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named S0009 you could make the entry shown at event 0221 Natural Log Templates This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the S0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read for humans Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0224 shown above You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown at event 0224 above in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and Program is an optional description Natural Log User Manual Page 10 11 10 06 AXS 1 2 and Digital DJ Automation NOTICE This section applies only to AXS version 1 and 2 Scott Studios new AXS 3 system uses the regular Scott Studi
173. sure comes The optional entry shown on event 0401 below will cause Simian to align at event 0402 at 4 15 00 AM and wait for the contact closure for the following break This forces Simian to play the correct break even if an earlier closure was missed for some reason s Log Templates OF Xx File Edit Tools Help O x D New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log Monday x 04 00 AM x 4 15 00 4M amp M REM Align for 17 break 4 17 00 AM amp M Relay 1 100 4 17 00 AM Commercial Break x x y p 4 20 00AM_ 8 MJ Relay 2100 This is an example only your Relay numbers will be different or you may use the built in audio mixer on your audio board in which case you will use MIXVOL macros to turn the network up and down instead of the RELAY macros in this example Natural Log User Manual Page 10 31 10 09 BTSG AutoMax Automation BTSG Generation IV users must use the BTSG Gen IV automation log Do NOT use this section NOTE The BTSG systems have their own reader module which reads an ASCII file containing the commercial log Natural Log can generate such a file as described on page 11 71 Use this File Format to have BTSG personnel configure their Reader module to read this file Alternatively you may send one of
174. t data to CartWorks from 6 10AM If CartWorks doesn t have spot breaks set up for 6 10AM CartWorks will load the next spot sent from Natural Log e g 6 05AM into the next spot break it finds in the CartWorks format setup which may be 10 05AM Your spots will be out of sequence This can be prevented in Natural Log by using AUTO OFF and AUTO ON commands This is done in Natural Log s Templates section In this example your first event in the 6AM hour of the log format would look like this 444 Log Templates File Edit Tools Help 0 x a D New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour JDEMO AM a Normal Daily Log x Monday 06 00 AM x 6 00 00 AM amp AUTO OFF 6 00 00 4M LOCAL NEWS 6 05 00 AM g No data is sent to CartWorks until the system hits an amp AUTO ON command Log Templates iof x File Edit Tools Help 0 x D D New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM Normal Daily Log x Monday x 10 00 AM x 10 00 00 AM amp 4UTO ON 10 01 00 AM COUNTRY MUSIC 10 17 00 4M Commercial Break xA These events must appear exactly as shown including amp followed immediately by AUTO ON or AUTO OFF Natural Log User Manual Page 10 39 10 12 Computer Concepts DCS amp Maestro Aut
175. t log from the CartWorks onto a floppy disc or to a folder on your LAN and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Ouput amp Input Log FileNames Output send file mmddyr NTL mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 NTL is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile log file mult LOG where is day 1 Mon 7 Sun Natural Log User Manual Page 10 37 10 11 CartWorks Pristine CDS32 Automation con Break Markers Required The Natural Log system allows you to set up if used spot breaks as well as Mandatory spot breaks Because the spot loading into CartWorks is sequential something must be sent to CartWorks for each and every spot break setup in CartWorks If a break in NL8 is completely empty something must be sent to CartWorks to tell it that the break is empty If not CartWorks will wait for the next spots to be sent from Natural Log when Natural Log hits the next spot break and the spots will be played by CartWorks in place of the empty break not used by Natural Log The CartWorks will get out of sync with Natural Log This is prevented by entering the BREAK command immediately before each spot break in Natural Log In the Natural Log Templates on the line imm
176. tegory COM is not the same as cut DA0034 from category PSA This conflicts with NL8 s need to see a unique CopylD for each audio cut Therefore when creating CopylD s for NL8 use CAT DA HH as the CopylD In place of CAT put the 3 letter SS32 category a dash then the DA If you fail to put a dash in the CopylD NL8 will use the LogType box on the order line as the Google SS32 category Log Reconciliation is supported for Wide Orbit Google SS32 Use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor to read the Aired Log from automation You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the Play Log Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Normally you enter ALL in the Aired Log Category s box in NL8 log reconciliation but if you have duplicated cut numbers in different categories you may want to limit the categories included You can remove ALL and put in the audio cut category s to be included separated by commas Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file yrmmdd LOG yr year mm month dd day 951102 LO0G is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile log file yrmmdd AlR yr year mm month dd day 951102 AIR is Air Log for 11 02 95 Wide Orbit Google Radio Automation Special Merge Requirements This does NOT apply to Scott Studios SS32 If you are using Wide Orbit or
177. the section of this manual that applies to your automation system before entering any orders into Natural Log Station Number i Natural Log User Manual Page 10 3 10 02 Reconcile Scheduled Log with Automation Play Log NL8 can read exact Air Times from some not all automation play logs If reconciled these Aired times are shown on the Invoice Affidavits If not reconciled the scheduled times are shown on the NL8 Invoice Affidavits This reconciliation is not supported for some automation systems Please see the appropriate subsection of this chapter to determine if the system supports reconciliation from your automation system To reconcile a log have it open in the NL8 Log Editor and use the Convert Log Reconcile Schedule Log with Play Log menu choice You will need to point NL8 to the automation system s Play Log using the Browse button See Automation Log Reconciliation w Reconcile Natural Log with BSI WAveStation Play Log for Thu 10 2 03 Ed Play Log FileName C 85132 Logs 031002 LST Browse BSI Event List File Type fasci yyrmdd LST x as no Bae Items Scheduled by Natural log NOT RUN by BSI WAveStation Lenatt Note OrderLinelD 12 17 00 4M 1 17 00 4M 1 17 00 4M 2 17 00 AM 3 17 00 AM 4 17 00 4M 4 17 00 4M 5 17 00 4M 6 00 00 4M 6 13 00 AM 6 20 00 AM 12 15 34 AM 12 16 34 AM 1 10 10 4M 1 11 10 4M 2 11 12 AM 2 12 12 4M 2 09 10 AM 2 10 10 4M 4 15 35 AM 4 16 36 AM 5 10 13 AM
178. to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown below at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description s Log Templates OF Xx File Edit Tools Help O x D amp v New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log Monday x 02 00 AM x sel Scheduled Time Length Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 3 x x x amp 0009 Overnight Weather 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Natural Log User Manual Page 10
179. uch as with commands do not include the dash and just put the command identifier Q After at least 1 blank space to designate the end of the cut you can put a description in the format Title Artist Trivia Intro EndType separated by commas If you do not want to use all fields just put commas with no entry for the unused fields up to the fields s you do want to use Q You may include a cut length by placing it after the Description using the format mm ss Example amp JIN DA1243 Jingle 00 07 Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0009 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named DA0023 from category COM you could make the entry shown below at event 0008 below This would play 2 00 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp COM DA0023 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Event 0009 calls for a jingle from category JIN cut DA8128 to be played next Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 Display Line of Text on Automation Screen Example Event 0012 shown below Assume you want to put a line of text on screen in the automation system without causing anything to play In the event description column of NL8 log templates put amp followed by two periods then a space then the text such as shown below on event 0011 Alternatively in Wide Orbit you can enter a memo as a Catego
180. ue to start that event due to the at the end of the name The amp JINGLE1 shows an alternate way of accomplishing the same automatic segue with no Q Code at all With no Q Code entered NL always assumes automatic segue Page 10 128 Natural Log User Manual 10 49 06 BSI OpX Q Codes cont Specifying Q Codes on OpX Commands Sent From NL8 If you need to send one of the other Q Codes on a text command sent from NL8 to OpX the easiest way is to simply put the code at the end of the command or cut to be played on the Natural Log Template This will tell OpX how that event should be triggered Specifying the Q on a Text Command Line Example You have a legal ID you always want to run at the top of the hour without interrupting the currently running audio In the Natural Log Templates Log Templates OF x File Edit Tools Help O amp al D D x g x New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour Demo AM 7 baza Daily Log Monday x i 1 1 00 00 AM amp 0002 LegallD 1 00 00 AM A OPX_BREAK 1 15 00 AM Commercial Break x a The amp on event line 0102 indicates a command or cut to start at time 1 00 00 AM The tells Natural Log to send the as the Q start code to OpX for the cut named 0002 The Q code causes OpX to move to that event at 1 00 00 AM then after whateve
181. ule Log with Play Log function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the NL8 Log Editor You will need to use the Browse button to point NL8 to the OUT log file Natural Log will read the run times and print a discrepancy report Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file yrmmdd LOG yr year mm month dd day 951102 LOG is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input reconcile log file yrmmdd OUT yr year mm month dd day 950211 0UT is Play Log for 11 02 95 Page 10 66 Natural Log User Manual 10 21 MediaTouch iMediaTouch Automation cons MediaTouch System Commands Commands can be sent to the MediaTouch system such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp followed by the MediaTouch Category then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown below You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named ZM0009 from category WEA you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp WEA ZM0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadc
182. urce 12 17 00 4M amp 4UX LINER Play a liner 12 17 00 4M Commercial Break x x x amp 9001 Overnight Weather 12 28 004M amp BREAK 12 28 00 M Commercial Break Natural Log User Manual Page 10 33 10 10 BTSG Gen IV Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type 81SG Generation ha Automation Log FileName C Temp510022003 nl1 Browse x Convert Cancel Station Number i BSTG Gen IV Cut Numbers Any alphanumeric CutID from 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters is acceptable All you need to do is enter the Gen lV cut number for the particular commercial spot into the CopylD field in the Natural Log system when entering the order lines Make sure the number in NL8 exactly matches the number in the Gen IV including leading O s if used Log Reconciliation not supported for BTSG Gen lV If the vendor will provide play log specs we will support reconciliation Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyyyy NL mm month dd day yyyy year NL station 11021995 NL1 is Send Log 11 02 95 for station NL8 output log format for BTSG Gen lV only Column Length Field Description
183. utomation Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log Nov 02 1995 for station Automation Commands Natural Log can send commands to the automation such as source switching On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event description NL8 will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event description Play Non Commercial AudioCut Example Event 0217 shown on next page Assume you need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 0009 you could make the entry shown below at event 0217 below This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather NL8 only needs amp 0009 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 10 89 10 33 Classic Hollywood TV Automation cont Command Sequence Example Event 0219 shown on below Assume you may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then play a program cut 2002 then play a closer cut 2003 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the entry shown belo
184. vendor should be able to configure the automation reader module to read and import our log file You can try the Generic Text NL8 Windows format file output for any automation system not specifically supported by Natural Log if the automation system has its own configurable reader module Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log 4 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Genetic Text v Automation Log FileName C Temp5100203t1 log Browse x i Convert Cancel Cut Numbers The Natural Log generic automation log export can use any cut numbers names up to 8 digits of numeric and alphanumeric characters however some automation systems are further limited Station Number i Log Reconciliation is Not Supported for Generic Lo The Natural Log system does not reconcile with any system that use the NL Generic automation log at this time If the vendor will provide play log specs we will support reconciliation Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year is the optional station 110295T1 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station1 Input reconcile log file Not supported Natural Log User Manual Page 10 61 10 19 Generic Text Automation Log ont G
185. vent 0107 shown below Assume you may need to run the non commercial weather audio named WX 1 at certain times each day as part of a 3 00 commercial break The entry starting at 0103 through 0106 would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather on event 0107 Note that the length of the commercial break listed was reduced by the length of the weather Once again DigiLink only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted Overnight Weather only to make it easier to read for humans Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders as described in chapter 3 of this manual Digilink Command Sequence Example Event 0109 shown below You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then switch to Source 2 then play a closer cut 2002 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Templates s Log Templates OF x File Edit Tools Help D amp Ss D x v New Template Print EditLine Insert Blank s Insert Break Insert 1 Avail Delete Line s Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Insert a stand alone avail slot Sample AM a Normal Daily Log x Monday TUTAM Enn nt Scheduled Time Event Description Length Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source 1 00 00 AM amp 5003 Source 3 ON Air 1 17 00 4M Commercial Break en x amp
186. w at event 0219 in the Natural Log Templates Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut and My Way Program is an optional description lt a Log Templates Jof x File Edit Tools Help O x D D amp g s New Template Insert Line Delete Line Edit Line Insert Break Single Avail Print Help Close Station Log Template Type Log Template Name Log Hour DEMO AM x Normal Daily Log Monday x 02 00 AM x Event Scheduled Time Event Description Length Avail Restriction Fill Priority Fill Code Source 3 2 28 00 AM Commercial Break 2 30 Must Fill x x z amp 0009 Overnight Weather 3 3 3 3 2 40 00 AM amp 2001 amp 2002 amp 2003 My Way Program Page 10 90 Natural Log User Manual 10 34 JockeyPro Automation Automation Logs are created in the NL8 Log Editor At the Natural Log main screen select Logs Select an existing commercial log and then click Open In the NL8 log Editor click Convert Log Automation Log to create the Automation Log NL8 converts to a native JockeyPro log format so the Generic Text output log format is not used for this automation system log 44 Create Automation Log Automation Log Type Jockey Pro Automation Log FileName i My Documents 4121103BC jps Browse StationID BC P x Help Convert Cancel JockeyPro Cut Numbers The JockeyPro system can use any cut numbers names NL8 is limited to cut names o
187. y set a break number break 000 is assumed The time Window usually corresponds to a program You can if you desire set up one Window for the full day length as 23 59 00 but this is not recommended It is best to set a new Window for each program to make sure the spots for that program run within that program Also you MUST enter the EventType for that Window This tells Masterplay how each item is to start within that Window We are aware of 3 standard EvetTypes which can be mapped within Masterplay though you can map new ones within Masterplay and NL will recognize them Just place them after the WINDOW followed by a colon then the EventType within brackets example WINDOW LOB no BLANK SPACES LOI Just play after prior event such as a long program or sequence of events to ne played LOB Part of a network triggered local break LOC Part of e time triggered local break Natural Log User Manual Page 10 101 10 39 RushWorks MasterPlay cont Continued from previous page Natural Log allows you to set up only those breaks you want to use in the Natural Log Templates You need a way to identify the MasterPlay Windows and Break numbers into which the spots are to be inserted when the log conversion is done Therefore at the beginning of each new Window or program you must enter the line of text in NL8 log templates as shown on the next page lt a Log Templates OF x File Edit Tools Help D amp A D D x g lt
188. yed items against scheduled items and record actual runtimes for affidavits Output amp Input Log FileNames Output send log file yyyymmdd INI where yyyy year mm month dd day 19951102 INI is the schedule for 11 02 95 Input reconcile log file yyyy mm dd LOG where yyyy year mm month dd day 1995 1 1 02 LO0G is the playback log for 11 02 95 Natural Log User Manual Page 10 97 10 37 Raduga Automation Log ony Automation Commands Commands can be sent to the automation such as source switching playing liners etc from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log Templates simply enter amp and then the full pathname filename including extension in the Event description NL8 system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters after the amp Play Non Commercial Audio Cut Example Assume you want to play a cut named C Audio Weather mp3 You would enter this in the NL log templates as shown on event 0129 below Do not use this to schedule billable spots Those are scheduled from broadcast orders Execute a Raduga Command Assume you want to stop playback This is done by inserting stop as the filename in Raduga This can be done in NL8 log templates as shown below on event 0130 Note there are no spaces between amp and the command This will work with any Raduga commands lt i Log Templates File Edit Tools Help k amp A D D x x New Template Print Edit Line Insert Blank s

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