User Manual - Broadcast Pix
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1. This will render the bin to targa images in a Folder using alias 1 My Computer Se System C O BroadcastPix Documents and Settings 5 Graphics animations gt cayman27_inscriber_28_sep E cg O Elements O EZNewsTemplates E gt stills O Sample Content PA kavand eantank vw 9 9 5 5 9 6 Editor Panel The Editor Panel is the output of Rapid CG and is what the RapidCG A and RapidCG B files are outputting to Broadcast Pix Switcher It displays a larger image of the selected file from the Content panel and is an edit window to link the RTX tags assigned from TitleMotion with data sources To Modify Content Manually 1 Click on a file in the Content Panel This will open the file in the Editor Panel as shown on the right 2 To view the assigned RTX tags click on the Editor Menu and a drop down menu will appear NER Wist arm h eA Chelmsford High Lions 0 gt REL Newton North Tigers 0 3 Select the Show tag Names option as shown on the right This will show all the assigned RTX tags from TitleMotion GS Show Tag Names All assigned text fields will appear in yellow and all assigned logo fields will appear in blue as shown on the right Clone Page As Show Tag Grid This step provides a quick way to view all the tags Moving the mouse over each field will also pop up the data of each tag even with this option deselected In addition the TagName will a2. Tag Grid by selecting the Editor Menu and W Show Tag Grid selecting Show Tag Grid as shown on E RTO the right In the TagLink column of the grid right PAc Ae cee click and select the Set TagLink to PE headline Add Action Button option as shown on the right Set TagLink to Players_CHS Players_ 6 Repeat steps 2 amp 4 above to link other data fields Select other data sources by selecting the Data Panel and selecting another source l To add a TagLink to another template file select it in the Content Panel it will highlight blue and repeat steps 1 5 above 8 To remove a TagLink right click on the TagName either in the Editor Panel or in headline gt Clock2 the Tag Grid and select Remove TagLink Add Action Button as shown on the right Set TagLink to Clock2 Remove T agLink 9 Now that all the Tags have been linked with data sources all the files in the Content Panel will update RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 5 9 8 Action Buttons Panel The Action Buttons Panel is where custom shortcut buttons are saved and then triggered from Actions Buttons allow for quick automation entry of both text and logo tag fields for example scoring buttons for a sports game They may be customized with a label color and sorted for ease of use There are a total of 96 user Action Buttons plus up to 4 timer Action buttons to control the Timers configured in the Data Panel the Timer action buttons are automaticall
3. Countdown1 Stopwatch1 Timer is automatically added to the beginning of the Action Panel as shown on the right 11 00 0 00 2 Unlike the user Action Buttons the Timer Action Reset Buttons are multi functional To start running a Timer click on the Action Button is will illuminate green as shown on the right Stopwatch Runnimne To pause a Timer click on the Action button 0 02 again it will now illuminate orange as shown on Reset 3 To add or subtract seconds to the Timer click on the or buttons Stopwatch1 Psused 4 To reset the Timer to the start time assigned in the 1 05 Data Panel click on the Reset button and the Action button will illuminate blue 9 To modify the running Timer you may access the Data Panel by right clicking on the Action Button to automatically open the properties in the Data Panel RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 8 5 9 9 Project Files All the settings described may be saved into one project file which will remember the content data configuration and Action Button assignments This makes for easy switching between different productions with different content When quitting the application if changes have been made a pop up message will appear asking to save the Project To Save a Project 1 Click on the Fluent RapidCG menu and Te RapidCG 2 A New project a drop down menu will appear Project Menu 2 Click on Project followed by Save As New as shown
4. displayed but if not no text a egies a Contains Starts with 6 In the THEN value drop down menu select Use SS text or File Path or any of the available fields from the sports controller se text or File Path Use text or File Path GameClockTime lf a file path is desired then click on the Browse Eanna button to navigate to the image path EA HomeScore GuestScore In this example we will use the same field selected ae in the condition of ShotClock Time Bt value HomeTimeOutsLeftFull Result ao NA HomeTimeOutsLeftTotal T In the ELSE drop menu select Use text or File GuestTimeOutsLeftFull Path or any of the available fields from the sports EE cuestrimeoutsteftPartia GuestTimeOutsLeftTotal controller Period In this example we will use text and leave the value blank to not display any text RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 10 In the Value text box enter the desired text or leave blank to have not text appear If a file path is desired then click on the Browse button to navigate to the image path In the Test Value text box you may enter values to see if the correct image path is recalled In this example entering O produces a blank result which is exactly what is desired since the we programmed the ShotClock field to disappear at 0 To save the condition and allow it to be linked to a taglink click on the Save button as shown on the right To remove a condition 1 Once a
5. text field enter the desired zip code for a U S city as shown on the right US ASST ERENBIBo de 4 Click on the Get button to activate the weather feed 91222 Glendale CA Name Value The name of the city and state will appear in the an ESET ne display area plus list of weather conditions will State MA appear in a grid below the zip code entr ay pp g p y Description Cloudy Temperature 527 5 To receive multiple weathers feeds repeat steps Ax 3 amp 4 above Pressure 29 92R Visibility WindChill 6 To have the Weather feeds cycle through the Remarks entire list of zip codes enter an update rate between 5 60 seconds at the bottom of the Data Panel as shown on the right Auto Advance Zip c T To activate the advance select the Auto Auto Advance Zip Seconds Advance Zip button it will illuminate blue and begin to countdown and cycle through the zip codes The information in the feed will update using a cut transition RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 To Configure Weather Icons 1 Images for weather conditions are also provided using the ImageFile taglink Stock weather icons are provided however customer images may also be used North Billerica MA image Cloudy MA To select a new folder of images click on the Fluent RapidCG menu and a drop down menu will appear 2 Under the Menus section click on Settings and cas aa select the Set Weather Images Folder menu Project gt Output
6. to guarantee proper connectivity Only one instance of Rapid CG can update data from a Daktronics feed however multiple pages may be linked to the same feed For any operational or sales questions regarding Daktronics equipment please contact Daktronics directly at 1 800 325 8766 To Setup the Daktronics Controllers D PATRONS oe amar aelel peaa Daktronics All Sport CG Rear 1 4 TRS Male to DB 9 Pin Female use any J Port Scoreboard Output Broadcast Pix Server Rear Straight RS 232 DB 9 Pin Female Male use any port on the Edgeport 9 7 14 TRS DB 9 Male Female USB A B Cable use any USB 2 0 port Te f e Ring J9 Power must be applied to all 3 devices RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 To Add a Daktronics Feed Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop down menu will appear Select the Daktronics option as shown on the right Under the Sports drop down menu select the desired sport either Basketball Basketball Pre 2012 Baseball Football Football Pre 2007 Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Soccer Pre 2011 or Volleyball as shown on the right Under the COM drop down menu select the desired communication port normally COM1 or COM2 as shown on the right Note If using an Edgeport USB to Serial extender more com ports will appear Ensure to select the correct com port depending on which port the serial cable is connected to and that the Edg
7. Auto Advance is activated RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 10 In the Auto Edit section there are settings to assist in the editing and formatting of Tweets without having to modify each Tweet individually As an option quotation marks may be added to the beginning and end of a Tweet to do so place a check mark next to Add Quotes as shown on Auto Edit 7 Add Quotes the right Hide Images Similar to how each individual Tweet may not have the user image displayed all Tweets may have only the Twitter logo displayed To do so place a check mark next to Hide Images A popular way to Tweet is to include hashtags a followed by a word Hashtags provide a means of grouping such messages since one can search for the hashtag and get the set of messages that contain it As on option the hashtag can be hidden from the Tweet so it is not displayed on air To do so place a check mark next to Remove Hashtag as shown on the right Remove Url Links As mentioned before some Tweets may consist of a web page address although this may be useful in preproduction to find more content for on air graphics a URL may not be necessary and clutter the graphics To hide the web address completely place a check mark next to Remove Url Links as shown on the right 11 As users are blocked from the Edit Section there are listed in the Blockers Users section as shown on the right Blocked Users To allow Tweets from a blocked user ag
8. Edit window enter the desired tag name in the Tags text field Every tag field must have its own unique name with a 43 character limit Click on the Add button or enter on the keyboard to apply the RTX tag Continue to enter other tag fields by selecting other text fields or logos with the mouse on the canvas window and repeating this step 4 Once all the RTX tags have been entered click on the Red X button in the News Edit window to close the window 5 To view all the enabled RTX tags click on the Display Options button monitor with a checkmark on the top of the canvas window and a drop down menu will appear as shown on the right Select the News Tags option All the RTX tags will now appear in a small black box on the bottom center of the text field or logo object on the canvas as shown on the next page To modify the color and location of the tags click on the Edit News Tags option and modify the settings in the News Tag Editor window as shown on the right Click on the Done button to apply the changes 6 Export your CG layout as a Scribe file saving it in the graphics folder on the C drive with the rest the CG graphics for Broadcast Pix q News Edit Select a text box and give it a tag name to quickly change content ags 4omeTeamh oc AwayScore Away TeamName HomeLogo HomeScore HomeTeamName vo ATR i L _ Content Source Content Waltham Hawks O O Sort Sour
9. N R ER Broadcast Pix S e CO n d S lt P STUDIO TO HOST BROADCAST PIX JVC DEMO WITH ADVANCE BROADCAST a Center Mi SOLUTIONS ABS Willamette Falls Media Cent T To view more of the Tweet or to edit it navigate over the Tweet and 3 pop up buttons will appear as shown on the right Click on the Edit button and the Editor pane will appear on the button of the window Edit Selected Input Item Created 19hr User Name Broadcast Pix User BroadcastPix Broadcast Pix training today in Madrid Block User Move to Output RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 10 In the text box of the Edit Section modify the Tweet Edit Selected Input Item This step is helpful as it can used to format Tweets User Name Broadcast Pix BREAKING NEWS Broadcast Pix now availabl as well as screen for improper language In addition there is an option to hide the user image ee and display the Twitter logo in case the image is not appropriate To hide a user s image deselect the Image checkbox as shown on the right In this example the Broadcast Pix logo is replaced Move to Output l with the Twitter logo Once a Tweet is to your liking with or with out editing it click on the Move to Output button in the Edit pane or click amp drag the Tweet from the Input n9 GOR Section to the Output Section Block User To move all the Tweets from the Input Section click on the Move All button and all the search
10. Resolution as shown on the ri ht aaa SP Auto refresh Rss Feed J Settings gt Auto refresh Weather US Help b i i v Use Default Weather Images 3 A Windows browse menu will appear navigate EEA een E E to the desired location and select a folder eae Match Alias When Loading All weather images must live within a folder For images to be recognized by Rapid CG they must have proper file names Browse Folder Please browse to the folder with Weather Images The default names of images are paeas AMClouds Blank BlowingSnow lt a BlowingSnowAndFog Clear Cloudy Drizzle ee Fair Flurries Fog Haze HeavyRain LightRain fae MostlyCloudy MostlySunny PartlyCloudy J Output PartlySunny Rain RainAndFog Showers 7 Snow SnowAndFog p SnowBlowingSnowAndFog Sunny BB sofipanei Thunderstorms UnknownPrecipatation Ensure that your images have these exact names as they are case sensitive with either a gif jJog omp or png extension 4 Once a folder has been selected click on the OK button to close the window Now Rapid CG will be looking into the selected directory for images 5 To restore back to the default images repeat steps 1 above and select Use Default Weather Images RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 Custom data sources may also be used to link data from external databases This is ideal for sports productions to update statistics and scoring information during a game Rapid CG sup
11. Text on End text box enter the extension of the files either TGA BMP JPG eer T or PNG as shown on the right Result C Graphics Elements Timeouts T 01 tga 6 In the Test Value text box you may enter values to see if the correct image path is recalled T To save the condition and allow it to be linked to a taglink click on the Save button as shown on the right RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 In addition to converting data to a more useful element like previously described the conditions could also have if then else statements for more advanced programming For example not showing a shot clock penalty clock when not running or when at 0 1 Repeat steps 1 4 above to create a condition 2 Click on the If then else tab as shown on the ee Displays Shot Clock Time 3 Place a checkmark next to Enable if then else dil 4 In the If field drop down menu select the desired IF fiel Is greater than jo if statement either Is equal to Is not equal to Is ee EE great than Is less than Is greater than or equal O meem to Is less than or equal to Contains Starts with vale B or Ends with as shown on the right Test value In this example Is greater than is selected 5 In the text field next to the drop down menu enter the desired value Is not equal to In this example we will enter 0 because we a ca iess than want any value greater than 0 to be 1s preater than or equal to
12. The Date Title and Text field will all update to that could charad EHNEN the current information The Display tab will i show the full RSS feed as a preview The Taglinks tab is used to link the sources but may not show all the text in the RSS feed 5 To select a specific title from the RSS feed either click on the Titles drop down menu or the Previous or Next navigation buttons as shown on the right IGH Hospital may release most of v Ties 6 To have the RSS Feeds cycle through the entire list of titles enter an update rate between 5 60 seconds at the bottom of the Data Panel as EE o shown on the right 7 To activate the advance select the Auto Advance button it will illuminate blue and begin to countdown and cycle through the titles as shown on the right The information in the RSS Feed will update using a cut transition Auto Advance Seconds RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 Twitter is a popular free social media tool that many broadcasters are integrating into their productions A tweet consists of an 140 character message in addition a person s name account name and image can also be linked in Rapid CG A built in editor provides a powerful yet simple interface to manage edit and sort tweets as they come in prior to sending them out to air Multiple Twitter feeds may flow in however only one tweet per channel may be displayed A Twitter account is necessary to use this feature and if no Internet co
13. enter button The first file with a positive match to the search term will be selected in blue in the Content panel 5 To find the next file with a similar search term click in the Search text field and press enter on the keyboard 6 To enter a new search term repeat steps 1 5 To Remove Files from the Content Panel 1 Select the desired file to be removed and it will highlight blue 2 Right click on the thumbnail and a drop down ETRE menu will appear as shown on the right TET Export Image 3 Select the Remove From Bin option and the file will Move to Previous be removed Move to Next Remove From Bin To Clear all Files from the Content Panel 1 Click on the Content Menu and a drop down menu will appear as shown on the right Files Add Content 2 Select the Files option Render Add Content from Folder f Thumbnail Size Remove Selected Content 3 Select Remove All Content The bin will now be empty Remove All Content To Change the Thumbnail Size 1 Click on the Content Menu and a drop down menu will appear as shown on the right Files 2 select the Thumbnail Size option Render Thumbnail Size 9 Select either Small Medium or Large A checkmark will appear on the selected size and The thumbnails will resize within the Content Panel RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 5 To modify the alias name The alias name is the name that appears on the bottom of the thumbnail in the Content pa
14. right dia Edit Button Move to Previous The Action Button window will appear with the same Move to Next options described in the steps above Modify your TEE TEA settings When complete click on the Save button as shown on the right Remove Save Cancel To Sort Action Buttons 1 In the Action Buttons Panel right click on an Action Button A pop up menu will appear as shown on the right To move the Action Button one space to the right select the Move to Next option AwayScore Aw Edit Button Move to Previous To move the Action Button one space to the left select the Move to Previous option Move to Next Remove Button To hide the Action Buttons Panel click on the Show hide button on the bottom of the Content Panel as shown on the right To show the Action Buttons Panel repeat this step To Remove Action Buttons 1 In the Action Button edit window click on the Remove button or right click on the Action Button and select the Remove Button option as shown on the right Once removed there is no undo Move to Previous Move to Next Edit Button To remove all Action Buttons to clear the panel click Remove Button on the Action Buttons menu and select Clear User Action Buttons as shown on the right Clear User Action Buttons RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 8 Using Timer Action Buttons 1 When a Timer Countdown or Stopwatch is E assigned to a TagName Action Buttons for each
15. set to Ignore as an end action the end time field will be disabled To configure other Timers repeat steps 3 7 RAPID CG V3 0 Data Watch Files lata Watch Files Clocks Daktronics Dates OES Scoreboards RSS Feeds Timers Twitter Timers down 1 00 Countdown 1 00 Stopwatch 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 1 1 AoE m55 soc vs MEET ERE zE crc umus IEMET IEMET EE Action At End a Stop Stop amp Hide Stop amp Reset To Configure Dates 1 Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop down menu will appear as shown on the right Select the Dates option and the Data Panel will change to view the Dates properties Click on the Date1 radio button as shown on the right Up to 3 different dates may be configured and linked to files To change the display format click on the Format drop down menu A list of available display formats will appear as shown on the right Select the desired format The Date display will update showing the new format In addition each date may be configured with different separators based off the selected format Click the Separator drop down menu and select the desired separator The Date display will update showing the new separator As an option dates may be configured to convert numbers to ordinal numbers to display 15 29 3rd etc Place a check mark next to the Use ordinal days 1st 2nd etc as shown on the right
16. update showing the new offset Offset h m s o eo i 6 To configure Clock2 and or Clock3 repeat steps 3 5 T To start running the clocks click on the Run Clocks button on the bottom of the Rapid CG window it will Data Listen Run Clocks illuminate blue as shown on the right RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 To Configure Timers 1 Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop down menu will appear as shown on the right Select the Timers option and the Data Panel will change to view the Timers properties There are up to 6 timers that may be configured and linked to files and any 6 may be either a Countdown or a Stopwatch timer Stopwatches count up and have the option to not have an end time Click on the Timer 1 radio button as shown on the right In the Timer 1 drop down menu select either Countdown or Stopwatch for the type of timer to be used To change the display format click on the Format drop down menu A list of available display formats will appear as shown on the right Select the desired format The display will update showing the new format Each timer can be set with a start time and an end time To modify the start and end time enter the desired time in the Start h m s and or End h m s In addition each timer has an end action which can be triggered Click on the Action At End drop down menu and select either Ignore Loop Stop Stop amp Hide or Stop amp Reset If a stopwatch is
17. will appear as shown on the right 12 Inthe Pre string text field enter NAME amp esc 13 Inthe Post string text field enter amp esc amp esc gt 14 Check all five of the available inclusion options then click on the OK button 15 Inthe Field section set Field Type drop down menu to Text as shown on the right 16 Click on the OK button to close the Static Text properties sheet RAPID CG V3 0 Metafile Options Pre string NAME amp esc f Post string amp esc amp esc gt Display Options WV Send To Screen I Send To Protes Send To Promoter Include on Previous Line Metafile Options V Send To Metafile IY Include Prestring iV Include Prestring if Field is Blank i Include Poststring Iv Include Poststring if Field is Blank Include on Previous Line Cancel Automaton Field Type Text 9 9 10 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 On the Instruction Format 1 screen click the E instruction Formati Edit button to create fields and move them can adat met 9 around in the dialog box to provide i comfortable working room Instruction Formatt Click the Edit button once for each RTX Tag assign to the Scribe template For a simple 2 line name graphic which has 2 RTX tags click the Edit button 2 times For each Edit field double click the box to open the Text Properties window Pre strina amp esc lt NAME amp esc gt a Post s
18. Fluent Rapid CG Fluent Rapid CG LT Operators Manual Broadcast Pix Software Version 3 0 Pe cee Fluent Rapidos HD Tye futo Play Sacs _Pitcher l WWT TT A y Left Score Downs PlayerQB Height i Search Filenames v TagName Name Stopwatch AvayScore AwayScore AvayScore AwayScore AweyScore HomeScore HomeScore HomeScore HomeScore HomeScore ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL 6 3 2 1 3 2 5i 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1 Homelogo Homelogo Homelogo HomeLogo Homelogo Fi am Possession Possession Possession Awaylogo Awaylogo AvrayLogo m m ALL a A ALL ALL ALL ALL ALI z5 _ Al Al xA ED 1st QTR 2nd QTR rer mn OT y iG Pan 4 Away Home None a tinja Sit one fillig U Datalisten Run Clocks Professional Live Production with End to End Integration 5 9 Optional Fluent Rapid CG Software Fluent Rapid CG provides an interface for linking TitleMotion GS with external data sources It inserts text and images into Inscriber SCRIBE template files and then updates and displays them on the Broadcast Pix Switcher Text and images can be updated manually or automatically from XML Microsoft Access database MDB ACCDB or Excel XLS XLSX XLSM XLSB files Note that certain Excel sheets with grouped tables may not appear link correctly in Rapid CG Clocks timers dates RSS feeds Twiiter feeds and US Weather services may also be added to any template file In addition Daktronics cont
19. To configure Date2 and or Date3 repeat steps 3 6 RAPID CG V3 0 Data Watch Files lata Watch Files Clocks Daktronics Dates OES Scoreboards RSS Feeds Timers Twitter U S Weather Dates Dat MMM drd yyyy Date2 M d yy Dates M d yy Date 1 Format Mar6 2013 sw 2013 i Use ordinal days 1st 2nd etc MM dd yyyy o M d yy M d pyyy MM dd yy MM dd yyyy Sunday Sunday March 16 Sun Mar 16 2010 Sunday March 16 2010 Y TEE Cga fash j pumara s Use ordinal days 1st 2nd etc ARSS Feed includes 3 data fields the Date Title and Text Most websites including news sites that have information that changes on a regular basis can be subscribed to through a RSS reader in this case Rapid CG Only 1 RSS Feed may be subscribed to per project Look for the orange RSS icon on most websites as shown on the right If no Internet connection is detected this feature is not available To Configure RSS Feeds 1 Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop down menu will appear as shown on the right 2 Select the RSS Feeds option and the Data Panel will change to view the RSS Feeds properties 3 In the Feed text field enter the URL webpage address of the RSS field For example http rss cnn con rss cnn_topstories rss 4 Click on the Refresh button to activate the RSS Thurs beaeze 2013 feed Teen invents 20 sec phone charger Teenager Eesha Khare invented a device
20. action button is selected Only a number value may be entered when Minus is selected as an action RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 8 To have a custom caption appear on the Action Button select the Use Custom Caption rv UseCastom Gaption a checkbox In the text field enter the desired caption as shown on the right This is useful to help distinguish between multiple action buttons with the same values i e a home and an away score If this option is not selected the Action Button will show the value entered If multiple pages use the exact same TagName the Action Button may be applied to all the template files in the Content Panel This is useful for updating a score to multiple score pages in a sports production Select the Use on all pages with matching Tag Name checkbox as shown on the right v Use on all pages with matching Tag Name The word All will appear in the upper left corner of the action button signifying that all TagNames will be updated In some cases multiple tags need to be updated with one button push For example in Baseball at Multi Tags the end of an at bat setting the pitch count all to O ae or in Australian Rules Football having the score DimGrav and behinds update with the total score d inana other Tars Action Button Tags v AwayScore In the Primary Tag tab enter the desired value for O a Action Equals Plus Minus the main tag as described in the previous steps Gia The
21. adcast Pix 114 Graphic Test 4 Broadcast Pix Test_20110929_101639 My Recent Broadcast Pix Test_20111004_084719 Documents Broadcast_Pix_Test20110106105352 DefaultTemplatesTest 3 I RapidCG Test_20110929_093105 Desktop 3 RapidcG Test_20 110929_094629 My Document ts My Computer a File name WexCurrents v gt a My Network Files of type EZNews Projects ezn lw
22. ain Bane User ID Broadcast Pix BroadcastPix 87754105 click on the desired username it will highlight blue then click on the Remove button To allow Tweets from all blocked users click on the Clear button and OK on the pop up message RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 Activating amp Changing Twitter Accounts 1 To use the Twitter data source an active Twitter account is necessary and must be authorized to use Rapid CG Although any number of accounts may be authorized only one account may be active at a time in Rapid CG Read My Feed Click on the My Feed drop down menu and select the Open New Acct as shown on the right Open New Acct 2 A pop up message will appear to authorize Twitter Clicking on the OK button and a web Authorize Twitter browser will open E Press OK to clear current access and proceed to authorize a Twitter account This will open a browser to twitter com for permission 3 If you are logged into your Twitter account an authorization page from Twitter will automatically edocs a i ps api twitter com oauth authorize oauth_token VLcEYcy open if not log into your Twitter account and then the page will appear as shown on the right Authorize RapidCG to use your account m gt 4 In the web browser click on the Authorize app This application will be able to e Read Tweets from your timeline RapidCG button e See who you follow kiena aes www broadcastpix com Creat
23. ake a few minutes as it searches for an Internet RapidCG connection 2 Ensure that the RapidCG_A and or RapidCG B files are added to your show in PixMaster Show Editor on the Broadcast Pix Switcher as described in section 3 G To turn off rendering of the output files click on ine the Content Panel Menu select Output and Export All Images deselect Live Buffer as shown on the right Output v Live Buffer The Status Bar will display Live buffer output seer aves OFF This is useful when the selected file in Rapid CG is on air with Broadcast Pix but modifications need to be made to other files in Live buffer output OFF Rapid CG 5 9 3 Adding the RTX Tags Rapid CG updates text fields and logo objects in the CG layout these text fields and logo objects must be assigned a RTX tag within TitleMotion GS A RTX tag serves as a label for identifying the text fields and logo objects in Rapid CG to be updated Only the fields that will be updated in Rapid CG must be tagged all other images and fields that are not tagged will not be editable with Rapid CG To add RTX Tags 1 Create your CG template in TitleMotion GS as described earlier in this section 2 Click on the text field or logo object to highlight it LT amp then click the News Edit button at the bottom of Canvas window as shown on the right This will open the News Edit window as shown on the next page RAPID CG V3 0 9 9 3 3 In the News
24. al Port 1 Select sports name and seria g I above to match OES fi COM6 EdgePort 162956559 0 Serial Port 1 Then open the connected port below OES Scoreboards HomeName edit GuestName edit GameTime GameTimeStopped Period HomeScore GuestScore HomeShotsPeriod GuestShotsPeriod HomeShotstTotal GuestShotstTotal HomePenl HomePentiTime HomePen2 HomePen2Time GuestPenl GuestPenlTime GuestPen2 GuestPen2Time Condition1 Port COM6 Close Port 5 9 7 To Add a Daktronics or OES Scoreboard Condition le A condition converts the data coming from the Daktronics or OES controller into a better formatted element either text or an image There are several reasons for using conditions for example using images for time outs remaining or displaying a clock depending on its status Below describes some of them Ensure that the port is closed by clicking on the Close Port button as shown on the right 2 Any tag name can have a condition applied to it and there is no limit on the amount of conditions however a Taglink can only be set to one condition Right click on the desired tagname and a menu will appear as shown on the right 3 Click on the Add Condition menu 4 The Condition Editor will open as shown on the right On the top of the menu enter the Name and or a Description This is optional however becomes very useful when linking and later editing the condition The name of a condition may no
25. as described in Step 9 Removing Clearing Blocking Tweets 1 As you search for Tweets and then use them on air the need to remove clear or even block a user may be necessary To remove a signal Tweet from either the Input or Output Section navigate to the desired Tweet and a group of pop up buttons will appear click on the Remove button as shown of the right On in the Edit Section click on the Remove button The Tweet will be completely removed from the Twitter Editor NOTE If you re search that Tweet may reappear in your Input Section To clear the entire list of Tweets in either the Input out Output Sections click on the Clear button as shown on the right rot Sa The entire list will be cleared of all the Tweets lf no Tweets are in the Output Section then no Tweets will be available to go on air The Clear button in the Input Section may be useful after each search since researching items will add to the list and not clear the existing items The Block button is designed to block any new Tweets from coming in from a specific user This is useful if users are not posting appropriate messages Once blocked no new Tweets will ever come in from the user until the block is removed Block User Once a Tweet is selected to be edited in the Edit pane click on the Block User button as shown on the right RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 Twitter Editor Settings 1 In the tab section click on th
26. ce is Configure External Data Source Jnow All Guides Snap to Guides Screen Grid Snap to Grid Edit Screen Grid v Text Baseline News Tags Edit News Tags v Show 16 9 Safe Title Area v Show 4 3 Safe Title Area Snap to Safe Title Area Edit Video Safe Area Modify Tab Stops News Tag Editor Define the tab attributes of the news tags Text Color v Background Color w v Transparency zel Text Size Small Bottom Centre a Location 7 File Edit Tools Help New h Open Save Template Manager Import Export Preferences Utilities Exit Ctrl N Ctrl O Ctrl 5 Export SCRIBE File Export Image NOTE It is important to create your CG Layouts in the way you would like them to appear on air The only content that Rapid CG will change are the RTX Tag values No color font or sizing attributes will be affected RAPID CG V3 0 9 9 3 TitleMotion GS Canvas Window an HomeLogo aide way Score aide HomeScore aide Home TeamName aide Oway TeamName aide OTR A QTR Label lt CHSTv Chelmsford Lions Y B TETE poston x ezasi e v ee Teg _ T Bh Bw Sin At oT H Attributes Face RTX Tags on Text Logo Fields News Edit Display Options RAPID CG V3 0 9 9 3 5 9 4 Rapid CG Overview Rapid CG consists of 4 main panels as shown below The entire Rapid CG window is scalable Content A bin where Scribe template fi
27. condition had been created it is available for that sport in all projects even if the project has not been saved To remove a condition right click on the condition field and a menu will appear select the Remove Condition option as shown on the right The condition will be removed please note there is no undo Result Period lt Period gt Add Condition Edit Condition Remove Condition NOTE Conditions can not be edited while the Com Port is opened running and the name amp description can not be edited once created RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 After any all of the data sources have been configured as described in the steps above it is now time to link each data field to a tag field for each template file in the Editor Panel One data field may be linked to any number of tags and any number or template files This is ideal for updating multiple template all at once for example for a game score When linking to custom XML Access Excel databases with multiple tables more linking options will appearing depending on the type of database you are using To Automatically Update Content 1 Select the desired data source from the Data Source Menu In this example a XML file will be used but all Data Sources link the same way 2 Find the desired field in this example FirstName And single click to highlight the field name as shown on the right 3 In the Editor Panel mouse over the desired tag
28. ctivate the advance select the Auto Advance button it will illuminate blue and begin to countdown and cycle through the data The information in the feed will update using a cut transition To have the database file automatically update when the file changes select the Data Listen button on the bottom of the Rapid CG window It ete CEE will illuminate blue as shown on the right RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 Daktronics controllers like the All Sport 3000 5000 amp 5500 can be connected to RapidCG to have the TV Feed information from the 1 scoreboard link to your on air graphics The TV Feed of Daktronics supports basic scoring and timing information for the following sports DAKTRONICS Basketball Baseball Football Hockey Lacrosse Soccer and Volleyball The Daktronics feed is connected using a RS 232 serial connection from a Daktronics All Sport CG interface box which must be purchased through Daktronics to the Broadcast Pix Server Since the Flint system does not have any serial connections an Edgeport Serial extender will be necessary ensure that the Port Flags are set to RS 232C as described in section 6 5 2 The All Sport CG automatically receives the data feed from the connected Daktronics controller using a 4 TRS Stereo to DBY pin cable a wireless option is also available through Daktronics Note the All Sport CG should be set to the Automatic Mode refer to the All Sport CG manual for more information
29. e Settings tab as shown on the right e Twitter Editor 2 In the top general settings section there are aa I Settings several options that will impact how Tweets are handled on a global level To localize your searches to a specific language click on the Language drop down menu and se select the desired language Once selected only Tweets from that country region will appear The default is English 3 The Search Style drop down menu determines how Tweets are searched either by how recently there were posted how popular they are in Twitter or a combination of both Select with Mixed Popular or Recent as shown on the right The default is Mixed 4 The Retrieve option allows you to specify how many Tweets are gathered at each search The higher the number the longer it may take for all the Tweets to populate in the Input Section select a number 1 100 as shown on the right NOTE No matter what value is entered the maximum number of Tweets possible in the Input Section is 100 5 To keep the list of Tweets manageable for on air use the Output Section can be set with a maximum amount select a number 5 200 as shown on the right 6 Some Tweets consist of a web page that links to story or image if desired the link can be selectable opening a web browser to copy text or 2 Allow Url Selection images for use in another graphic gt Avoid Retweets To allow selection place a check mark ne
30. ed Tweets will move to the Output Section In addition the pop up buttons in the Input Section can be used to move a Tweet to the Output Section click on the Move button as shown on the right Once any Tweets are in the Output Section they are available to be linked in Rapid CG and ready to be advanced updated on air Since the Output Section is used as a playlist for i Broadcast Pix 23 May Tweets when they are linked to a template in Rapid ER We are looking forward to this exciting event Hope to see you May 31st in Dedham CG the Output Section can also be used as a play A mani out selector To jump to a certain Tweet on the output click on the Live button it will illuminate blue and now select any Tweet in the Output Section The selected file highlight in yellow will be outputted to the tag link in Rapid CG as shown on the right Auto Advance 5 bad Secs NOTE if Auto Advance is turned on this selection will be overwritten once the duration of the advance passes RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 11 12 To have Tweets automatically advance in the displayed order in the Status Bar enter the desired advance rate in seconds 5 60 and click on the Auto Advance button it will illuminate blue as shown on the right Auto Advance If a Tweet is no longer needed in the Output Section it can be moved back to the Input Section either by dragging the Tweet to the Input Section or using the Move button
31. enu to Text as shown on the right F Static text 24 Click on the OK button to close the Static Text properties sheet No Automation 25 Repeat steps 17 24 above for the other Edit Field Type fields ensuring there is one for each RTX tag Tex with the exact tag name 26 Create a label for each Edit field so the user knows which field is used for which purpose by select the Label button in the toolbar as shown on the right Resize and reposition these controls as desired 2 Double click on an Label control open a Label window allowing you to name the label in this case Name and Title 28 On the Instruction Format 1 screen click on the Save button on the menu bar as shown instruction Formati on the right 29 A Save Format window will appear enter the Instruction Format desired name you wish to save the Instruction as in EZNews in this example NameSuper All Instruction Dialog Format Names must mare FOFTnan consist of only UPPER lower case letters and Name NameSuper or numbers or a combination thereof 30 Click on the OK button 31 For creating an EZNews script and exporting an EZN file please refer to the EZNews documentation RAPID CG V3 0 9 9 10 To import an EZNews Project file 1 Ensure that the Scribe file are created and saved in the C graphics EZNews Templates folder as shown on the right 2 In Rapid CG click on the Fluent RapidCG menu and a drop down men
32. eport is set to RS 232 under the Port Flags Click on the Open Port button as shown on the right If all the Daktronics equipment is properly connected and functioning the data grid will automatically start populating Depending on which sport is selected different data will appear Communication is working properly if the sport name is yellow and if the colon Starts blinking every second at the bottom of the Data panel as shown on the right To stop updating the feed click on the Close Port button RAPID CG V3 0 Data Watch Files jata Watch Files Clocks Daktronics Dates OES Scoreboards RSS Feeds Timers Twitter U S Weather Daktronics Stem none s FCOM1 none Basketball Basketball Pre 2012 Baseball Football Football Pre 2007 Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Soccer Pre 2011 Volleyball Daktronics GameClockTime GameClockStatus ShotClockTime HomeScore GuestScore HomeFouls GuestFouls HomeTimeOutsLeftFull Open Port Daktronics GameClockTime GameClockStatus ShotClockTime HomeScore GuestScore HomeFouls GuestFouls HomeTimeOutsLeftFull HometTimeOutsLeftPartial HometTimeOutsLeftTotal GuestTimeOutsLeftFull GuestTimeOutsLeftPartial GuestTimeOutsLeftTotal Period Port COM1 Value Pe MN WwW MN WwW Oo Close Port 5 9 7 OES Scoreboard controllers like the ISC 9000 PR can be connected to _ a RapidCG to
33. es graphics for Authorize app Cancel Broadcast Pix video switchers from various data sources This application will not be able to e Follow new people e Update your profile e Post Tweets for you e Access your direct messages e See your Twitter password 5 A unique digit authorization code will appear as shown on the right Copy that number as it Youve granied abcess to RaphicGl needs to be entered in the Rapid CG application Next return to RapidCG and enter this PIN to complete the authorization process 6 In the Twitter Editor of Rapid CG enter the O E 7 digit code in the Verification Pin text box and click on the red Verify button as shown on the right T To switch accounts repeat the steps above ensuring that you log into the new Twitter account in the web browser in step 3 Auto Search aiiz Input 0 BE OTTA Output 0 RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 An additional service that is bundled within the Data Panel is access to weather for a United States city based off a zip code Weather for international cities is not provided Multiple weather feeds may be subscribed to and advanced per project If no Internet connection is detected this feature is not available To Configure US Weather 1 Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop Jata Watch Files down menu will appear as shown on the right 2 Select the U S Weather option and the Data Panel will change to view the US Weather properties 3 In the Zip
34. f available databases click on the Data Sources Menu then select the Data Watch Files option and select the the desired data file and select the Remove button at the bottom of the Data Panel To remove all the listed files select the Clear All button RAPID CG V3 0 Data Watch Files lata Watch Files Clocks Daktronics Dates OES Scoreboards RSS Feeds Timers Twitter U S Weather URLLoader Xml links can be added as data watch files A 4 gt Refresh Home Search Clear Data Watch Files baseball Z BUILDS Builds RapidCG Content Data Files baseball xml Score C Graphics stored content Score xml Go Add URL Remove Clear All There are several ways to sort view the data in lie ae ayers s Season v the Data Panel If the database has multiple tables with different names click on the Tables drop down menu and select the desired table a Fields If the database has multiple tables with the same name then the Search field may be used to search by a data field For example searching by a player number to quickly recall statistics for an individual player as shown on the right N oO p In addition when there are multiple tables with the same name there is an option to auto advance through all the Search fields Enter an update rate between 5 60 seconds in the middle of the Data Panel as shown on the right he o coc coc cio nn co fF fh O To a
35. field and a yellow tag name will appear Right click on the tag name A pop up menu will Fields Values FirstName Matt i amine ieron non res WA 4 Depending on how the file is created and how the file is updated there are different ways to link Bee aes a field In a database to a TagName Set TagLink to Score BasketballScore H_Score Set TagLink to LAST Score BasketballScore L4ST H_Score Set TagLink to LOCK Score BasketballScore 1 H_Score Set TagLink to Sets the TagName to the selected field without linking to any search field As the Search field changes so too will the value for this tag field For many databases this will be the default selection Set to TEXT 15 Set TagLink to LAST Sets the TagName to the last entry in the data table In some files new entries are automatically added to the end of the database using the same field name i e Sports play by play Set TagLink to LOCK Sets the TagName to the specific field regardless of the Search selection Often this is used in sports or election results where the field is indentified generically with a letter or number like H or V for Home or Visitor As the Search field changes the value of the tag field will not change Set to Text Sets the TagName with the current text from a data table without marinating a link RAPID CG V3 0 9 The Tag Grid may also be used for quicker access to all the TagNames Enable the Show Tag Names
36. ght blue Right click on the thumbnail and a drop down menu will appear Select the Export Image option as shown on the right A Windows Saves As window will appear enter the desired file name and navigate to the desired file path Click on the Save button as shown on the right A single TGA file has been created To export all the files in the Content panel click on the Content panel menu bar In the drop down menu that appears select Export All images as shown on the right In the Browse For Folder window that pops up navigate to a desired folder path or create a new folder as shown on the right All the images will be saved to this one folder using the assigned alias name when exported Click on the OK button All the Scribe files in the Content panel will now be converted to a 32 bit TGA file in the order in which they appear in the Content panel This process may take several minutes depending on how many files are in the Content panel RAPID CG V3 0 Edit Alias Name Refresh from File Export Image Move to Previous Move to Next Remove From Bin Save As Save in EE x O 2 em L Rapid CG Demo Graphics h 2 IO Sample Content My Recent CQVox Documents 3 Desktop My Documents 43 My Computer a File name NameSuper v 3 My Network Save as type Targa Image tga Ba Fluent RapidCG HD Files Export All Images Render Thumbnail Size
37. have Edit Selected Input Item Created 19hr _ Allows Tweets to be been pulled into om 0 se SSeS in Madrid E modified prior to the Input Section gt going to the Output amp other status info imase Section appear with Move fe Suir Edit is selected RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 4 Click on the Main tab in the tab section 5 In the Search for text field enter a desired search term either a trend hash tag or user name as shown on the right Search for broadcast pix NOTE Depending on how you type in your search different results will be visible as spaces in words impact the search results Click on the Search button or click Enter on the keyboard Auto Search To have the system research the same search words automatically enter how frequently it will search in minutes from 1 60 and click on the Auto Search button it will illuminate blue as shown on the right and the status will display how long until the next search To pull in tweets from the active Twitter account click on the My Feed button and select Read My ReadMyFeed Feed as shown on the right All the various tweets from various followers will appear as listed on your Open New Acct Twitter page 6 In the Input Section Tweets will be displayed in the input 9 order they were posted as shown on the right Fea is 190kn forvard to this xing event Hope to see you May sistin Depending on your search terms this may take a few
38. have the TV Feed information from the scoreboard link to oS your on air graphics The TV Feed supports basic scoring and timing information for the following sports Basketball Baseball Football Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Tennis Track Volleyball and Wrestling The OES feed is connected using a RS 232 serial connection from the Game Out 2 port on the controller controller to the Broadcast Pix Server with a DP 9 pin Female to Female cable since the Flint system does not have any serial connections an Edgeport Serial extender will be necessary ensure that the Port Flags are set to RS 232C as described in section 6 5 2 Ensure that COM 3 GAME is set to ON in the Configuration Option 8 ISC Comm Ports menu of the controller Only one instance of Rapid CG can update data from an OES feed however multiple pages may be linked to the same feed For any operational or sales questions regarding OES Scoreboard equipment please contact them directly at 1 877 652 5833 To Setup the OES Controller Cx cet as OES ISC9000 PR Controller Rear 110 230VAaC ar yet ecm cr DB 9 Pin Female Female use any port on the Edgeport Broadcast Pix Server Rear USB A B Cable use any USB 2 0 port Power must be applied to all 3 devices RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 To Add an OES Feed 1 Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop down menu will appear 2 Select the OES Sco
39. indow select a Scribe file Auto Play Secs and drag it into the Fluent Rapid CG Content panel Or Select the Content Menu and a drop down menu as eens shown on the right Click on Add Content to add Scribe files Click on Add Content from Folder to clear the bank and to add a folder of files Search Filenames The newly added files will appear in the bank showing its thumbnail and file name Files Add Content Render R Add Content from Folder To Sort Content Thumbnail Size Remove Selected Content Remove All Content 1 Right click on a file and a pop up menu will appear as shown on the right 2 To move the selected file one space to the right select the Move to Next option Edit Alias Name Refresh from File 3 To move the selected file one space to the left select the Move to Previous option Export Image Move to Previous Move to Next To Search for Content Remove From Bin 1 On the bottom of the Content Panel select the search by drop down menu as shown on the right 2 select either Search Filenames to search by the beginning name of the file useful when searching by number Search All Text to search by all the text in the tag field or Search Text Start to search by the first word of a tag field RAPID CG V3 0 Search Filenames Search All Text Search Text Start 3 In the text field enter the desired search term 4 On the keyboard press the
40. indows Explorer window will appear select the desired file and click on the Open button A thumbnail will appear in the Action Button this serves as a Caption The image may reside anywhere on the local area network The image is scaled to fit the size of the original file created in TitleMotion 4 If multiple pages use the exact same TagName the Action Button may be applied to all the template files in the Content Panel select the Use on all pages with matching Tag Name checkbox as shown on the right The word All will appear in the upper left corner of the action button signifying that all TagNames will be updated 5 To distinguish between multiple buttons a color may be added to the Action Button Select one of the 21 colors from the color palette as shown on the right 6 To save the Action Button click on the Add Button button as shown on the right and the Action Button will appear at the end of the the Action Button Panel RAPID CG V3 0 headline Add Action Button Set TagLink to Clock2 Action Button Logo eg Is Blue Graphic Tag Path peor v Use Custom Caption Use on all pages with matching Tag Name Tag Name Logo File Name C Graphics Components Footballi0 PlayerGeneric SCRIBE To Edit An Action Button 1 In the Action Buttons Panel right click on an Action Button A pop up menu will appear AwayScore Aw Select the Edit Button option as shown on the
41. les can be added removed and allows for playback of all files in the bin Editor A preview window to view the selected Scribe file from the Content panel and where tag fields are linked to data sources Also the output of Rapid CG to Broadcast Pix Switcher Data Where all custom data sources are viewed as well as where Clocks Timers Dates RSS Feeds Twitter Feeds Scoreboard data and US Weather sources are configured Action Buttons A section to create custom shortcut buttons for text and logo entry Up to 96 Action buttons may be assigned per project Content Panel Menu Button Drag bars to resize Data Sources Advances files in Search field for all panei Panel Content panel at content Hide show Data selected rate Editor Panel Panel s FluertRapidCG HD Tga Content Ciecki homm Homeme ss offset Jeck homem Chock 1 3 27 Formar offset km i BS ES Hide show Action Status Bar Enables updates Buttons Panel displaying the Action Buttons from external data status of the output Panel Select previous amp source file next files in Content Enables clock Panel updates RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 4 5 9 5 Content Panel Scribe files may either be dragged into the Content Panel or imported through the Content panel menu Once in the Content panel files can be selected and viewed in the Editor to assign tag fields or set to auto advance through all the files in the bank To Add Content 1 In a Windows Explorer w
42. n select the Other Tags tab where a list of all Graphic the remaining tags for the selected template will a tbsa Gadus Gantion nia appe a r Use on all pages with matching Tag Names Scribe Alias ScoreTop Place a check mark next to the other tags that need to be linked with any change of the Primary tag You may update both text and logo tags with one single push Repeat step 3 above to have a different Action for the different tag names RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 8 T To further distinguish between multiple buttons a color may be added to the Action Button Select headline one of the 21 colors from the color palette as ALL shown on the right Home 8 To save the Action Button click on the Add Button button as shown on the right and the Action Button will appear at the end of the the Action Button Panel Add Button Color gt Bite TagName or Multi Tags if Assigned to All gt PNI using this features TagNames EILIO lt Caption Value Image RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 8 To Add a Logo Action Button 1 In the Editor Panel right click on a logo blue tag TagName either on the image or in the Tag Grid A pop up menu will appear 2 Select the Add Action Button option as shown on the right 3 The Action Button window will appear as shown on the right Ensure that the Primary Tag tab is selected and select the path of the graphic by clicking on the Browse button A W
43. nel for example Locator as shown below The name above the thumbnail is the first word s of the of the entered data in the first RTX tag in this example Massachusetts By default the alias name is the name of the Scribe file however since multiple files with the same file name may be imported into the Content panel the alias name may be modified allowing for a more descriptive name If no alias name is entered and other files with the same file name are imported then the alias name will sequentially be numbered i e Locator 2 1 Click on the desired thumbnail in the Content panel and it will highlight blue 2 Right click on the thumbnail and a drop pa down menu will appear Select the Edit Locator Alias Name option as shown on the right 3 In the Rename Alias Name window that appears enter the desired name in the ERE EEE New Alias text box for example Lwr 3rd in Refresh from File the example to the right Export Image Move to Previous 4 Click on the OK button and the new alias Move to Next name will appear on the bottom of the Remove From Bin thumbnail Rename Alias Name Old Alias Locator New Alias Lwr 3rd RAPID CG V3 0 9 9 5 To export files When templates are linked to databases it may be handy to export the graphic and save it as a permanent non editable TGA file and not a Scribe template file Click on the desired thumbnail in the Content panel and it will highli
44. nnection is detected this feature is not available To Configure Twitter Feeds Data Watch Files lata Watch Files Clocks 1 Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop down menu will Daktronics appear as shown on the right emai 2 select the Twitter option and the Data Panel will change to nee view the Twitter properties as shown on the right ec 3 Click on the Twitter Editor button it will illuminate blue and open an editor window as shown below Twitter Twitter Editor amen The Twitter Editor window is a separate window with separate PEETRIS sizing controls that can remain open and used in conjunction to se with the rest of the Rapid CG application There are 6 main memar BroadcastPi sections of the Twitter editor as shown below ARENS ra k dal sal Control Panel App for the Apple iPad iPixPanel Version 2 is now available Tabs Section Search Bar My Feed Switch between Search for hash View your Twitter OO editing tweets and tags trends amp Feed amp change adjusting global users accounts settings we Twitter Editor Search for hay Feed T i hikkii e Output Section Input Section lt D j e Playlist of Tweets that Displays the araara ERa are available to Rapid search results Control Panel App BroadcastPix CG to be viewed on BroadcastPi announces v Pr x g output Status Bar ii ZE ise 24 May Edit Section Displays how Aer announces v 2 0 of ss many tweets
45. ns l l l l Instruction Shortcuts A dialog titled Instruction Format1 will appear Instruction Pool in the instruction editor with two buttons ee OK and Cancel DO NOT delete either of these buttons as they cannot be re stored Instruction Picklist Yalues 3 Double click in an open area of the Instruction Format1 dialog The Instruction Settings tagio 6B window will appear sye racion Sue Usage vV Primary Under the TagID drop down menu select CG F Serii as shown on the right T Break 4 Under the Style drop down menu select the Instruction Style you wish to assign to this dialog in this example Instruction Style 1 9 Under the Usage section select the Primary radio button 6 Click on the OK button to apply the changes BB instruction Format T On the Instruction Format 1 screen click the Inst button to create a Static Instruction RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 10 8 Double click the Static Instruction you just created to open the Static text properties 9 In the Default Value text box enter the name of the SCRIBE Layout template file that will match this instruction in this example NameSuper The exact name of the Scribe file saved on the Broadcast Pix system must be used NO SPACES PUNCTUATION OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS ARE ALLOWED IN THIS FIELD 10 In Metafile Options section check the Send to Metafile option 11 Click on the Setup button and the Metafile Options window
46. off the computer clock Daktronics feeds are connected serially to a Daktronics controller through a Daktronics All Sport CG RSS Really Simple Syndication Feeds Twitter Feeds and US Weather are web services that use an Internet connection to retrieve information from websites If no Internet connection is available these 3 services will not function Take proper caution when connecting the Server to the public Internet The Data Panel is used to setup the data sources which are then linked to RTX Tags inside the Editor Window To Configure Clocks 1 Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop down menu will appear as shown on the right 2 Select the Clocks option and the Data Panel will change to view the Clocks properties 3 Click on the Clock1 radio button as shown on the right Clocks Up to 3 different clocks may be configured and linked to a we i files Clock3 hmm 4 To change the display format click on the Format drop mils lt down menu A list of available display formats will ormat i es appear as shown on the right Select the desired offset h m s E D pa format The Clock 1 display will update showing the new format Format e 7 5 Each clock may also be offset by hours minutes and or t h m s seconds useful for displaying different time zones In the Offset h m s entry field enter the desired offset pnan crete as shown on the right 0 0 0 will use the default computer clock The Clock 1 display will
47. on the right ae i eee Settings gt ee Help 4 Save As 3 A Windows Explorer window will appear name the file and click on the Save button 4 To load the project file click on Open in the above menu and select a file in the Explorer window RAPID CG V3 0 9 9 9 EZNews from Automated Data Systems is a news rundown and script generator application After a script has been created in EZNews with the appropriate graphic dialog boxes the entire EZNews project may be exported and manually imported into Rapid CG to automatically generate graphic files in the show rundown order The selection of the graphics is done manually in Rapid CG News When creating EZNews Dialog boxes the name of the Dialog box must match the name of the corresponding Scribe template file In addition the name of the Metadata pre strings must correspond to the RTX Tag names in TitleMotion GS Without these settings being in place the EZNews script will not export correctly for use in Rapid CG For more information on creating Dialog Boxes in EZNews and for technical support on their products please contact Automated Data Systems directly at 608 785 1415 To create an EZNews Dialog Box 1 Launch EZNewsAdmin application on your insa 2YStEM Configurat EZNews system Open Instruction Delete Instruction 2 Select Instructions from the top menu bar 3 mport Instructions and click New Instruction as shown on the right Export Instructio
48. ports well formed XML files cloud based XML files Excel files as well as MDB files from Microsoft Access The database file can reside on the local sever or any where on the local area network The database can recall text or image files to have images change from a database the complete path name must be included in the data field When the database files updates Rapid CG will recognize the changes and automatically update the linked templates To Add a Data File 1 Click on the Data Sources Menu and a drop down menu will appear 2 Select the Data Watch files option as shown on the right 3 Select the Add button to select a file on the local computer or a networked computer or URL to select a web based XML link on the bottom of the data panel as shown on the right 4 A Windows Explore window will appear Select the desired file and click on the Open button The files may reside locally or on a remote system Or a URL loader window will appear to search and navigate to a web based XML link Even though you may navigate to and website to preview the link on only XML files may be accepted The database is read only no changes may be made to the file from Rapid CG only from the external source 5 The database file will appear in the Data Panel in a list with other files as shown on the right Click on the desired file it will highlight blue then select the Go button 6 To remove a data file from the list o
49. ppear at the bottom of the Editor Panel 4 To enter new text or to modify it click on the desired tag field and the value will appear in a text field Enter the new value and click on the enter a eee ee ee Lier button on the keyboard as shown on the right b e If a logo tag is selected a Windows Explorer window will appear to select a new image Note that the image will size to fit the original size of the logo in the template The new change is written automatically and the file is updated if live output is turned on RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 6 To view all the properties of the selected file click on the Editor Menu and select the Show Tag Grid as shown on the right A grid will appear below the image in the Editor Panel showing all the assigned TagNames TagTlext and TagLink The Show Tag Names Show Tag Grid Clone Page As FSTe Ist QTR TagNames are the assigned RTX tags from A NE High Lions TitleMotion the Tag Text is current text or Tag Link 4 e Tag Name TaqText image path for the tag and the TagLink will display the data source for each tag AweyTeamName Chelmsford High Lions Homescore 0 s HomeTeamName Newton North Tigers To modify a new file either click a different oa E a file in the Content Panel or use the Back QTR Label OTR and Forward navigation buttons at the AwayLogo C Graphics Component AwayScore HomeLoga 0 C G
50. raphics Component button of the Editor Panel as shown on the right Selecting a new file will also update the output to the selected file if live output is turned on T To create a new Scribe file based off the selected image click on the Editor Menu and select the Clone Page As option as shown on the right Show Tag Names Show Tag Grid A Save As dialog box will appear enter a filename and click on the Save button as shown on the right The file may be saved anywhere on the System C drive EL ax Savein O FootballTopScores vj P Da BE Layouts 2 tony scribe My Recent 8 3 tony scribe Documents e downs2 SCRIBE s e Downs SCRIBE 8 F5G Half Time SCRIBE Clone Page As The new file will be saved and automatically added to the end of the Deion esenea seee content in the Content Panel and selected D paee for use in the Editor Panel 3 P This feature is handy when new graphics of a o the same template is needed quickly for example lower third names for a talk show RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 6 5 9 7 Data Panel The Data Panel is the workspace to view custom data sources and to configure stock data sources like Clocks Timers Dates Daktronics Feeds RSS Feeds Twitter Feeds and US Weather Custom data sources may be XML MDB ACCDB Microsoft Access Database XLS XLSX XLSM or XLSB Excel database files The Clocks Timers and Dates are all based
51. reboard option as shown on the right 3 Under the Sports drop down menu select the desired sport either Baseball Basketball Football Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Tennis Track Volleyball or Wrestling as shown on the right 4 Under the COM drop down menu select the desired communication port normally COM1 or COM2 as shown on the right Note If using an Edgeport USB to Serial extender more com ports will appear Ensure to select the correct com port depending on which port the serial cable is connected to and that the Edgeport is set to RS 232 under the Port Flags 5 Click on the Open Port button as shown on the right 6 If all the equipment is properly connected and functioning the data grid will automatically start populating Depending on which sport is selected different data will appear Communication is working properly if the sport name is yellow and if the colon starts blinking every second at the bottom of the Data panel as shown on the right T To stop updating the feed click on the Close Port button RAPID CG V3 0 Data Watch Files jata Watch Files Clocks Daktronics Dates OES Scoreboards RSS Feeds Timers Twitter U S Weather none Baseball Basketball Football Hockey Lacrosse soccer Tennis meee Track A Volleyball Wrestling EdgePort 162956559 0 Serial Port 2 COoM4 EdgePort 162956559 1 Serial Port 2 COMS E 3 EdgePort 162956559 1 Seri
52. rollers may be connected serially to link the TV Feed information to a graphic These options are ideal for sports production where data is constantly changing i e game clock and or scoreboard or for using as a simplified graphics station in a news or government production In addition EZNews EZN project files from Automated Data Systems may be imported into Rapid CG This allows users of EZNews to create their news script with graphical elements then with a simple import function import graphics in show rundown order based off of pre defined templates This offers a simple low cost graphic automation There are 2 versions of Fluent Rapid CG Rapid CG LT and Rapid CG Full The 2 versions offer similar functionality however only in the full version of Rapid CG do you have the ability to output 2 channels connect to external databases connect to scoreboards and integrate with news automation software This section will cover the full version of Rapid CG When using Rapid CG LT the same instructions may be followed ignoring features only available in the full version 5 9 1 Rapid CG Installation To launch and operate Rapid CG both TitleMotion GS and Rapid CG software must be installed and the USB activation dongle must be plugged into an available USB port on the Server To operate the full version of Rapid CG a option code is also required to be entered in the BPSwitcher application On new systems Rapid CG is pre installed on
53. t be edited once saved 5 In the Modify Result tab there are options to modify the data this first example will modify the Period data usually a simple number into an ordinal number with a label Place a check mark next to Convert to Ordinal Numbers Now any basic number will be changed to show st nd rd etc after each number i e 1 to 1st RAPID CG V3 0 Close Port Period lt Period gt Add Condition Edit Condition Remove Condition Condition Editor Daktronics Basketball Pre 2012 Name Qtr s Description mall then cls Modify Result v Convert to Ordinal Numbers 1st 2nd 3rd etc Trim Spaces from Start and End Add Text at Start Add Text on End Qtr Change Case e Off To Uppercase To Lowercase Test value 3 jave ance 6 To have text appear before the data enter the text in the Add Text at Start text box This may be useful to add Home Away or the team name in front of the score without Add Text on End Qtr having to build the element into the template file To have text appear after the data enter the text in the Add Text on End text box This may be useful to spell out the label of the data like in this example the Period date into Qtr as shown on the right T To use specific case for text there are options to convert the text so all your text looks similar click on the Off To Hane cee Cote UPPERCASE or to lowercase radio O To Uppercase bu
54. the server on existing systems it may be installed using the installer program provided by Broadcast Pix Contact technical support for more information Rapid CG may not be installed on a remote PC When installed a Rapid CG icon will be present on the desktop as well as a RapidCG folder will be created in C BroadcastPix RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 5 9 2 Rapid CG Setup Rapid CG allows for multiple Scribe files to be loaded in a project which then can be used to output 2 files labeled RapidCG_Aand RapidCG B To output both of these files 2 instance of Rapid CG must be opened one instance will run channel A and the other B Both output files can be added to the CG Stills or Logo device of a Broadcast Pix show using PixMaster Show Editor This method replicates a traditional CG where only one or two outputs from a CG is sent to a switcher and pages of CGs are selected on Rapid CG Rapid CG LT can only output 1 file labeled RapidCG A The Rapid CG files are only visible to the Switcher and update when the BPSwitcher application is open and running If this connection is not made then you will notice that the thumbnail on the Multi View PixPad says RapidCG Offline as shown below RapidCG RapidCG Offline Offline RapidCG A RapidcG B RAPID CG V3 0 9 9 To Modify Rapid CG output Settings 1 Double click the Rapid CG icon on the desktop as shown on the right Rapid CG will o begin to launch this process may t
55. tr ing kesc lt NAME esc gt Similar to the previous steps a Default Name i ie e V Include Prestring IV Include Prestring if Field is Blank can be ente red but is not necessa ry FZ Include Poststing I linclide Posisting i Field is Blank F Include on Previous Line OK Cancel In Metafile Options section check the Send to Metafile option and click on the Setup button The Metafile Options window will appear as shown on the right In the Pre string text field enter five 5 blank spaces followed by amp esc followed by lt followed by the name of the RTX tag from TitleMotion GS followed by amp esc followed by gt For a RTX Tag name of Name enter esc lt Name amp esc gt In the Post string field ente r amp esc followed by lt followed by followed by the name of the RTX tag from TitleMotion GS followed by amp esc followed by gt Metatile Options Pre string amp esc NAME amp esc gt Post string amp esc lt NAMEtesc gt For a RTX Tag name of Name enter esc lt Name amp esc gt I Include Prestrina V Include Prestring if Field is Blank Deselect the Include on Previous Line option and ensure the other Pre and Post string options are checked as shown on the rig ht OK Cancel Click on the OK button to close the Metafile Options window vV Include Poststring l Include on Previous Line RAPID CG V3 0 9 9 10 23 Inthe Field section set Field Type drop down m
56. tton as shown on the right A ETE 8 Once you have entered all the modification for the condition they can be tested to ensure that any value will work as your have programmed it Test value 3 In the example on the right 3 changes to Result Braat n 3 Qtr If 2 was enter it would change to 274 Qtr This feature allows all testing to be performed even without a connection to the controller 9 To save the condition and allow it to be linked to a taglink click on the Save button as shown on the right RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 Another example of using a condition is to have a graphic display the amount of timeouts instead of text Any value in the data could be substituted for an image is Ensure that there is an image for each element you want to update If there are 4 timeouts 4 separate images are needed and named sequentially i e T01 TO2 TO3 TO4 etc Images can be TGA BMP JPG or PNG Take note of the exact image path your files are saved to as it will be entered in the Condition Editor Z Repeat steps 1 4 above to create a condition 3 In the Add Text at Start text box enter the folder file path of the images ideally there are all in one sub folder Add Text at Start C Graphics Elements Timeouts TO Add Text on End tga 4 At the end of the file path enter filename In the example on the right the file name is TO Change Case Off To Uppercase O To Lowercase 5 In the Add
57. u will appear 3 Click on Project followed by Import EZNews Project as shown on the right 4 A Load EZ News Project warning box will appear stating that the Content panel will be cleared and replaced with the EZNews contents After ensuring that your Project is safe to be replaced click on the OK button as shown on the right J In the Windows Open window navigate to where the EZN file lives This files can live on the Broadcast Pix system or on any remote networked system 6 Click on the OK button as shown on the right l Rapid CG will now link the date from the EZN file to the Scribe template files in the EZN Templates folder If any templates are not present the folder or if content is missing a pop up message will appear at the end of the import notifying you of any offline items RAPID CG V3 0 cuie cog File Edit Yiew Favorites Tools Help ar oC Back P Search Key Folders E Address C Graphics x gJ co _ File and Folder Tasks m J animations a ca Make a new folder Publish this Folder to the Web 2 Share this folder Other My Documents My Com s System Cr EZNewsTemplates puter a My Network Places stills g stored content Pl ra g virtual Sets Ca Elements aces a RapidCG 2 A New project Menus Project Menu View Settings Help e a Open A eJ Look in EZN Files v Of ern ls Bro
58. xt to Allow Url Selection as shown on the right RAPID CG V3 0 5 9 7 T Often times users of Twitter simply Retweet a message which reposts the same content that has been posted by another user Retweets RT can cause duplicate search items and clutter up the Input Section To not display any Retweets place a check mark next to Avoid ReTweets as shown on the right PEATE 8 Searches can automatically be sent to the Output Section bypassing the Input Section and screening process This mode is not recommended as there is no chance to screen Tweets before airing them To do so place a check mark next to Direct Output Now any searches that come in will jump right to the Output Section _ Lock Order recent at top 9 As Tweets are searched they can be displayed in the order they were posted causing multiple search terms to be intermixed or displayed as a group by each search with each search group jumping to the end of the list in the Input Section In addition he Output Section can be reordered and not displayed in the order they were posted This option may be useful to create a custom playlist of Tweets tailored to your production To allow reordering uncheck the Lock Order recent at top as shown on the right Now Tweets in the Output Section can be clicked and dragged up or down in the list L Lock Order recent at top The order in which is displayed is the order in which the Tweets will cycle through if
59. y added when Timers are in use To Add a Text Action Button 1 In the Editor Panel right click on a text yellow tag TagName either on the image or in the Tag Grid A pop up menu will appear 2 Select the Add Action Button option as shown headline on the right Add Action Button 3 The Action Button window will appear as shown Hil berks mate on the right ensure that the Primary Tag tab is selected Each text action button may have a value equal to added or subtracted from the current text Action Button To have a value equal a value select the Equals radio button In the Value text field enter the desired text or number For example Foul so every time a foul occurs in a game an action button can automatically add this text Location Beverly Hills CA Tag Name Location Action Equals Plus Minus To have a number value be added select the ma Plus radio button In the Value text field enter the value to be added each time the action button is selected Only a number value may be entered Use Custom Caption when Plus is selected as an action In the Ee E example to the right the value of 1 will be added every time the button is selected This feature is useful for score board applications Beverly Hills CA Scribe Alias weatherl To have a number value be subtracted select the Minus radio button In the Value text field enter the value to be subtracted each time the
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