Digital Broadcast`s Media Bank (MB) - Power
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1. House N Title N Seg Len Q File Extension for Traffic Log LOG Events WithOut House s to Comments Date mask Used in Log mmddyy hl Preserve Logs N The questions here that pertain to the Media Bank the fourth line from the bottom Get House Numbers from Program House will use the Program s house number as the shared and dynamic numbering system for the subsequent segments If Title is checked then PL will look to find EP without quotes and take what it finds immediately following that as the shared amp dynamic house number for subsequent segments Seg Len is the number of Digits to use for the segment number Last edited 1 9 2006 rhr Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 _92. nal Software Systems POWO 1 888 754 9337 Instructions on scheduling to Digital Broadcast s Media Bank MB with Power Link Software Media Bank is a copyright and product of Digital Broadcast Inc Gainesville FL Purpose this document is to supplement the Media Bank user s understanding for scheduling and reconciliation The general user s manual for Power Link is found at http www power link com PL manual pdf This document is not traffic system specific but will address the different traffic systems as necessary when needed Text in blue is quoted directly from Digital Broadcast s Document for Traffic amp Billing Systems Protocol circa 2004 Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 1 Table of contents for this document T trodYCtion assa E E E T aioe O EE 3 Sehedule Playlist Naming vpsicc5ccidscsss2dedteaucdiaheeetoorensteddacnsoeeadeedncdesseaupcenadesedeemeoendeaaecdiae 3 Seting UH DEVICES ics ast sate oad nnes acted ee cance ted Dede cote aiaa Sei 4 Default Device i ae aictvreacccue is ea caetiew E E evn E EE 4 BUTS Eoy e E a E R E E ES 4 US l D EE E E A 4 Biles OTS 66 sia seccsc dascensscbsceoesa idecsdiechacataciesdcniatdebinadacdde dacaduiaesdeadauepecisigecedaiedeeaalenaureens 4 Ue OE cdc cathe sac races grees nies TE T ae eee 4 B g Troer Eld oeron a nacct ed meee E E ed eee E R 4 B g Key oecon ta ares E E a EE R E E aaia aa Ria 4 Source
3. several questions all can potentially benefit the scheduling to the MB system If one desires to not use the typical source field using the top question it is possible to use values in square brackets to populate the Misc field and then with the MB configuration set to look at the Misc field it would serve as the source or device override Look for TimeStarts Allows the placement of TS TimeStrart THIS event or 7TSN Time Start NEXT Event in either the audio field of an event or in the comment area of a comment event in the event that one desires to time start whatever element that will follow that comment If Look for Media Numbers In Audio Field First Is turned to Y es then PL will check the Audio Field of all types if events before it looks to the User1 or standard Media Media Code amp Media Number fields This should be thought of as a media override within the MKTN system The remaining fields are similar functionality as posed in the Columbine configuration OSI amp Enterprise Traffic systems Both of these systems use the BMI file in PL and therefore use the same configuration parameters DEMO PARAMETERS FOR OSI 1 8 Asplay Path Mask F LOGS Lmmddyy RIN Prompt on Empty Media Numbers on Commercial Events Events NOT to Pass Events to Mark Played Events to NOT to Send to Media Bank Program Log s 1st Hour 06 00 Send back Actual Durations in Reconcile N Get Segment House s from Program
4. to be a valid listed above Device or Source that when used is to always get HD commands placed Day Start This allows the user to specify what type of event DUR CUE or TOD that the very first playable event in a playlist will receive for the corresponding day NOTE There are 7 possible values for each day of the week look to the bottom line of the screen to make sure of the day you are modifying OSI Recon PL loads the MB playlist with secondary information so that when reconciling we can be more certain as to the origin of the played events IF OSI traffic is to reconcile the log turn this to yes so that the correct traffic line number information is found in the log for their processes Program Overrides for Event Starts and Creating House Numbers for Segments gt This feature unique to PL allows the user to select a field in the traffic system see below for each traffic system s instructions to specify to PL how that program will be handled This is an override to the previously mentioned parameter In all traffic systems to use the NS non stop mode and QAS que after source switch simply place these hyphenated acronyms in the traffic system s AUDIO field of the program that spans the time to be affected This is a great way to convey to PL with certainty what kind of segue stop start patterning is desired for that particular program Columbine using Spooled Logs We use a program line that also has a se
5. R Run all events without stopping as they will be started at the end of the prior event Force a duration on ALL Switches If this is turned to N o then PL will use the events duration from Traffic IF it is desired to force a certain preset duration on all switches then this can be used to do so The next Field Dur for Switches is the Duration that will be given to Switches if the question is turned to Y es Resolve for Events without Clip Ids What is PL to do with events that are not comments but have no house number The possible solutions are to N o Send do not send them at all to MB R em turn them to REMarks or P ass them as playable events but without a Clip ID Pass Comments As REM Concerning only traffic Comment type events should PL pass them as REMark type events to MB HD Device Indicate the name of the High Def device SD Device Indicate the name of the Standard Def Device when switching back from Hi Def Numeric Only in Reconcile Is PL to accept only ALL NUMBERIC events in reconcile HD Commands in PL will require the user to place HD to indicate to it that the program or segment that has this HD is running the in the High Definition Mode This question is to tell PL which traffic field PL can expect to find the HD command Possible values are V ideo A udio S ource Video E ffects or Audio e F fects Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 6 HD Source This is
6. Switch Ireoger Field ssaceavancosscvdyensetsaackesatentsannensentiadusyeardaainsustosseneaancepetadetse 4 Ignore SOURCES i aeron n a biases E teenie esate E E eee 5 REM ee os sc A T E E A acre ete 5 Transpositions isecen aea a a eer eee ES REE ae eee eee 5 Place Manual Start after other Sources essssessesreesessessrseresressesererressresresrensersresreeseeee 5 Time Start Ist Segs onser i ea a ceils a Ea e eaaa 5 Determine Start Type for Events from eessessesssesrsssesressrserrsressesererressessrerrenserseresreseee 5 Force a duration on ALL Switches esseseseseseseeseeserssesreesresrrsrrssresesressresseseresresseseees 6 Resolve for Events without Clip Ids icccarcgeu2scesveusoscuccadaaegenesaicsueafosentensnse tundelaceetiaceuzeoned 6 Pass Comments AS REM nurseries ee a E E I EE EE AaS 6 Ja IDA Dy i E 6 DLP DEVICE E E A E 6 Numeric Only 1n Rec ncile sinuni ian a a E E aai 6 HD Commands Isisen A E E E OA 6 HD SOM CE eiei eiieeii e iea e E a E anaE E e e E R 7 Day SUAIE ssuezes ts sivsiaasdetueds EERE E EEE ERE AEE EEE RR E 7 OSL RECON Groenia ae ao E E A A a e E EAE 7 Program Overrides for Event Starts and Creating House Numbers for Segments 7 Columbine using Spooled LOGS vicidcsccscceisnateesatdeneassasacse casnndersasnsdansaadenadsvensacsoendsenveneeseass 7 M rketron Traffic System clog dota catenccinsic ied aati oatdad sce had dapapeedleh tnd ennui aei 8 OSI amp Ent
7. cond line of the description When PL sees a program line which will tell the title begin time and the duration of the overall program it will also look anywhere on the line the audio field is typically used for the word MBNK an acronym for Media Bank Upon finding the MBNK PL then reads the next line of the spooled file and looks for an asterisk to precede a value that will be used to construct the house number for the subsequent segments of that particular program This shows the program of Captain Planet correctly formatted to produce house numbers shown below see final product Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 hs STATION ID CAPTAIN PLANET 123 CPL123 NS SEGMENT xxBREAK AA CENTRAL ALA PSA DR PERSHING CHIRO SEGMENT BREAK CIcI s PIZZA CICI2953 CHECK N GO ADD VALUE AN al AMNTV PROSPECT PERFOR 8 00 SEGMENT BREAK When creating these house numbers it is very facilitating to have the ability for PL to automate the placement of the segment numbers which will eliminate the need to visit each and every segment to change the values with this system all that needs changing to update the house number is this single field in the program event To use the automatic incrementing system simply place on the second line a value like WOF 1234 where the will be replaced by the automatic incrementing segment number using rules in Power link s Columbine configuration for b
8. erprise Pra ic Systems isisisi oceans E E E 9 Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 2 Introduction Most of the items discussed in this document pertain to the area in Power Link s station configuration labeled Media Bank Config With just a few parameters filled in it as of Jan 2006 looks like the below image DEMO PARAMETERS FOR Media Bank 2 3 Station Id or Channel Name BEMTY Playlist Name Override mmddyy DNET Default Device p F1 BUGS Id 10 Offset D Dur 00 10 Trgr Fld Y Key BUG Source Switch Trigger Field M Ignore Sources VYS parispes tt Dne Ae NET SAT1 gt makes NET become SAT1 Place Manual Start after other Sources N Force N TimeStart 1st Segs N Determine Start Type for Events from G Force a Duration for All Switches N Dur for Switches 00 00 Resolve for Events withOUT Clip Ids R Pass Comments as REM h HD Device HD O SD Device SD Oh Numeric Only In Recon N HD Commands in A HD Source HDNET Day Start OSI Recon N Remember as you tab through the fields the bottom line will give you further assistance as to the functionality of the field that your cursor is in Schedule Playlist Naming Firstly all playlist for the Media Bank have an extension of sch therefore the parameter to change that is not available The standard naming scheme is compliant to the CCMS file naming described by Digital Broadcast as File Name MDDIUII M position 1 m
9. he secondary Logo event according to these settings in the above example the word BUG is the key word Source Switch Trigger Field This is the field from traffic that PL looks to for the video source If none is present then the default device is used else if something is found in this field it is first checked against the Transpositions see below then Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 4 checked against the list of legal devices to be processed correctly and without visual error Possible values are V Video Field A Audio Field S Source Field M Miscellaneous Field a field controlled by PL in a conditional and highly configurable manner from the area called setUp Cart Changes Recon from PL s main menu S Ignore Sources List any sources that might need to be ignored in the conversion process to MB This is helpful when converting over to the MB from another system that may have required a certain source be present which may not be applicable to the MB Also when 2 different unlike automation systems are being scheduled to from the same log this allows the MB to NOT see what is NOT applicable to it Rem This applies to the above ability to ignore certain specified sources Be careful at this point as there are 2 questions being posed here side by side Watch the help prompt at the bottom of the page to assure that you are answering the intended questions correctly The first Y N q
10. is list is used to verify that all of the devices called for in the log are truly legal named as per the MB The devices can be listed with simply a space between them and are not case sensitive Default Device This is the device that is allocated to events on the log that do not specify a device or an override of the device Typically this is the device for the commercials and elements from PathFire as they will be played from the MB server Typical vales for this are DECODE1 or DECODE2 depending on which server this station in PL is scheduling to Bugs Pl allow the traffic system to call one preconfigured BUG from the mere presence of a key word like BUG for instance in a predetermined field The simple presence of the predefined word will trigger the logo device with a pre designated offset bug number and duration Technically in the MB this produces a SECondary event following the event that contained the key word Bug ID This is the ID of the Logo to be used the example used 10 Bug OffSet This is the amount of time that the Logo will wait before going on screen the above example would have a 5 second delay Bug Dur This is the amount of time the Logo will stay on the screen the above example would have a 10 second duration Bug Trgr Fld This is the field that PL should look for the Key Word the above example would look to the Video field Bug Key This is the Key Word that if found in the Video field will produce t
11. onth for airing values 1 C January 1 December C DD position 2 3 day of month for airing values 01 31 MII position 4 8 Station ID or Channel Name Values 01 99999 However if it is preferred to override this naming the next field can be used to specify a preferred name for the schedule file only the reconcile verify file will still use the first field in its naming convention In the name override field upper case characters will be static and the lower case characters of w m d and y will produce the date w Day of Week EG www creates MON for Monday TUE for Tuesday etc m Month Number EG mm creates 01 for January and 12 for December Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 24 d Day Number EG dd creates a 2 digit number 01 20 etc 66 99 y Year Number EG yy creates a 2 digit number of the year 06 99 etc EG using KX YZmmdd produces a playlist name for Jan 6 of KXYZ0106 DB The above example in the image produces 010606 DB for Jan 6 2006 Without the override inn place the playlist will be named LO6DEMTV DB as it will use the naming scheme proposed by MB Warning when using this naming override you may require assistance from Digital Broadcast to set up the MB side to expect to see this name as it is not the default Setting Up Devices For Power Link to function properly it needs a complete list of all of the Devices that are created in the MB Th
12. oth a prefix and the number of desired digits This image shows a configuration calling for a prefix what to place in front of the Segment Number of a hyphen and a segment number of 2 digits Spool Log Reading Setting Location of House 22 Length 4 Log File Extension LOG Location of Schedule Time 2 Mask hh mm Seq Time 91 Location of Description 28 Duration 62 Type 83 Cont 102 ISCI 68 Segment ID String POS Segment Number Prefix Segment Digits 2 Dur to Apply to Segments 60 Program Line is just a declaration Y CPL123 01 SEG CAPTAIN PLAN 0874 AA CENTRAL ALA PSA 6073 DR PERSHING CHIRO CPL123 02 SEG CAPTAIN PLANET 123 02 4 CIcI sS PIZZA CICI2953 CHECK N GO ADD VALUE CNGDOGPH AMNTY PROSPECT PERFOR 38 00 CPL123 03 SEG CAPTAIN PLANET 123 0a 0769 LESTER SPENCER PSA 5 9298 LARRY PUCKETT NEW CAR LPC25045 CPL123 04 SEG CAPTAIN PLANET 123 04 Marketron Traffic System If configured to do so Marketron MKTN using the TV file looks for a Segment media value in the program event Media Code plus the Media Number combining the two In the Media Process Area of the Marketron TV config in Power Link Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 SEa Look for TimeStarts N Look for Media Numbers in Audio Field First N Strip Leading of Media 4 Pgm Evts N Proc Segments Y Segment Number Prefix Segment Digits 2 C Q a Actually all of these last
13. thods that might be in place to perform the same task Time Start Ist Segs If turned to Yes will change all playable first segments of all programs to a time start events using the TOD event type of the MB Jf you use this make sure that the time given by traffic on these events is truly the time it is to begin Determine Start Type for Events from This lays the groundwork of how PL will determine which events get a CUE manual start or an event that begins Copyright 2005 Power Link Software Systems Inc 1 904 794 1953 _5 playing when triggered by a manual initiation or a GPI input or a DUR An event that begins playing directly after a previous event This code cannot be used as the code for the first event in a break The rule set by this parameter can be overridden on a program by program basis described below Unless a single start type is desired the default of G for time G aps allows PL to seek gaps of time between scheduled events If a measured gap from the end of one event to the beginning of the next exceeds PL s current Grouping Interval set in the previous Station Configuration screen in PL then PL will place a CUE start because of the sensed time gap Otherwise if there is no gap or the gap is less than the current grouping interval then the evens are played consecutively without stopping using the DUR play command Other values for this parameter are T TOD Time Start ALL events C CUE Start ALL events D DU
14. uestion to the right of Rem is asking if the events found with the ignored sources are to be converted to REMarks in the MB system Leaving the answer set to No will simply strip the ignored source leaving that event to inherit the configured default Device The second or right hand Y N question is asking if the events will need to have a listed ignored source to be qualified for the transfer which if set to Yes will delete events that do not contain an ignored source Transpositions gt This is a handy tool for changing the name of devices when the device or source name on the log may be incorrect Many times in new installations or when two unlike automation systems may be getting scheduled by one log this comes in handy to derive the correct device name from a certain preexisting value on the log IN the above example anytime PL finds a source name of CBSNET on the log it will be changed to NET The syntax is simply OLDNAME NEWNAME There are two 60 character long lines for the changes to be configured Place Manual Start after other Sources PL has several methods of pattering where the produced playlist will stop and start This was one of the first methods produced and has been somewhat outdated by more recent innovations This effectively attempts to put a Manual start on the first locally played event after a change to a source that is not the default Force will override other preferable program by program specified me
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