Version 1.6 User's manual
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1. Version 1 6 User s manual Application License This program is FREE and SALE IS PROHIBITED individually and in program packs This program is provided AS IS without any warranty ZaraSoft is not responsable of any kind of damage derived from the use of this program You are not allowed to sell rent and or distribute this program or some of its parts i e some file of the program without permission You are not allowed to make reverse engineering It is absolutely prohibited to make money in concept of installation and or distribution of the program All the images and graphical elements of the program have been created by ZaraSoft or used with the permission of its authors It is prohibited to use images and or graphical elements of ZaraRadio for another programs web pages or any other use as well as creating new images from the original ones With the installation and or use of the program the user agrees this licence and accepts it Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law ZaraSoft 2006 www zararadio com rights reserved All Table of Contents enee a I RA AA AA AA A 2 Getting support and reporting DUGS misas 2 aE GE e o EEEE ETTET E A N 2 AON ra A A EEEE OE Err 4 SISSI orina 4 SIISE OSONA rr aria 5 Eo e ao arsine nee POPE AA 6 LE L AA AN AS 6 ih ta RA uo 5 UE E E MAPA MALAPATAN EU EEE TETTIE T 7 ALEE NE AP E E OC P A RO AA 10 BIE E t AAP E Ue E o o OOO ROO PN 10 Delete PA HG AA PARA2. It does not assure that the tracks are not repeated Pop up menu The playlist has a Pop up menu which opens by right clicking the mouse on the playlist This is basically a short cut to commonly used items from the menu bar and toolbars Simultaneously the track that is right clicked is selected for the action selected in the Pop Up menu Events An event is a file that activates on schedule Events are a useful way to play files or to execute commands independent of the playlist They can be used to program announcements actions etc Upcoming events gt gt lt Y E Start File Length Delayed jingles Delayed jingles Delayed jingles Delayed jingles Cepo This figure shows the list of upcoming events in the main window of ZaraRadio The events display 15 minutes prior to activating Above the list of events there are four buttons whose functions are 1 Play Starts delayed events that is to say events that have not yet been started as they are programmed to wait for a currently playing file to end 2 Discard events Removes an event held by a delay as described above 3 Enable events Activates or deactivates the loaded list of events 4 Schedule events clock Opens a window that allows defining saving or loading events In order to add events click on the clock icon Doing this will open this window ZaraSoft 6 Radio automation software ZaraRadio 5 Use t
3. WAV Files A sound file ZaraRadio accepts any compression format The audio file plays normally e MP3 Files A sound file ZaraRadio accepts any bit rate constant bit rate or variable The audio file plays normally e OGG Files A free sound file The audio file plays normally ex WMA Files A Windows Media sound file The audio file plays normally e Playlists Ist m3u and pls files This file is a command when it appears inside a list Its purpose is to load a new list and close the previous one The new list will begin to play beginning with the first song e Rotations rot files A list of sound files in rotation It contains a list of tracks which play in the sequence as created The tracks repeat in sequence If a file in the list fails to play the sequence will continue to the next file failures noted in log file The rotation ZaraSoft 2 Radio automation software ZaraRadio file can contain any type of track wav mp3 commands rotations Sequences seq files Sequences sound files It contains a list of tracks that play all followed when playing the sequence Like the rotations the sequences can contain any type of tracks They can be used to program advertising blocks Stop command stop files Command that stops the playback Play command play files Starts the playlist It only makes sense as an immediate event Humidity files humidity A sound file that says the humidity In order t
4. e Normal The jingle is played normally e Loop The jingle will continue to repeat until jingle button is pressed again e Sweeper Before playing the jingle it lows the volume of the main playlist restoring it when the jingle has finished Find in folders Find in folders Folder Search in IDS tags File Folder ZaraSoft 33 Radio automation software ZaraRadio This allows you to look for files in a given folder or its subfolders Find You must write the text which will be searched in this field ZaraRadio will search in the file name and in the ID3 tags TITLE and ARTIST as long as it is enabled the search in ID3 tags option e Cancel Cancels the current search Folder Folder in which the search will be done You can choose one by pressing Browse e Search in 1D3 tags Tells ZaraRadio whether the ID3 tags will be read or not Please note that the search is slower when this option is checked e Find now Starts the search process Once the search is finished the list at the bottom will show all the files found In order to insert them in the playlist just make drag and drop Besides it is possible to prelisten the files by clicking with the right mouse button on the desired file and selecting the Cue option The search is done by using masks i e there is a special character which means any set of characters For instance in order to search the file TheRadio Id1 mp3 we must write id1 It is simi
5. option and specify the minutes the weather data will be valid since the last update Configuring the application Weather Watcher 1 When opening the application you will see the following window ZaraSoft 21 Radio automation software ZaraRadio weather watcher S Zaragoza Spain Cy Current Conditions Partly Cloudy Temperature 17 C Feels Like 17 C Dew Point 15 C Humidity 8835 Wind 9 E 16 km h visibility 10 km Barometer 30 06 inches and steady UY Index O Low Sunrise 6 30 4M Sunset 7 05 PM Observed jueves octubre 27 11 30 PM Local Time LEZG Downloaded jueves octubre 27 11 45 PM Wiew this forecast at weather com 2 Click on the bottom icon on the left side of the window 3 The following window will be opened ZaraSoft Radio automation software ZaraRadio Weather Watcher Options Proxy Conversion Severe Alert Sounds Maps Wallpaper Export Log Tray Icon Tray Tooltip Skins General Active City Auto Update On Download Active City Active City Zaragoza Spain SPXX0086 hi Remove City Remove All Add Code Add City Automatically retrieve forecast s when active city is changed after closing Options window Cancel 4 Go to the Active City tab if you are not already on it and press the Add City button 5 The following window opens Type in the desired city In this example we want to see data for Teruel so we t
6. Procesar Control de grabaci n Here you select the sound card input for the Satellite audio The selected input is normally muted and un mutes when a Satellite command is active The input remains un muted for a time period specified when the command is set ZaraSoft 16 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Mixer Options Satellite Outputs Password bo Silence detector Explorer General Mixer E Select the program which will be used as mixer Mixer application Mixers Ci WINDOW system3azsndwolS2 exe You can use any Windows application audio sound card mixer Type in the location of the mixer program file or Browse for the location When the mixer icon on the top toolbar of the ZaraRadio main window is clicked the mixer application selected will open ZaraSoft 17 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Password Options Satellite Prevent unathorized access to this dialog and to the events one by protecting them gt Dukputs Log with a password a Password Silence detector alia DTMF Explorer Password Tags Talk over Enable protection Current password be General Elements to protect Events dialog Discard the pending events Play the pending events manually Options dialog Enable Disable events Password allows the protection of common functions as well as events and plug ins If Enable protection is checked and a password set the
7. numbers Select to sequentially number the songs of the playlist Weather data When it is checked it shows the temperature and humidity information When it is unchecked only the date and the time is shown Update tree Refreshes the list of files below the list of next events An update should be done after changing the content of the hard disk Jingles Menu 1 to 9 Plays the selected audio clip Time announcement Plays the current time it is necessary to have the audio clips located in the Time folder created by ZaraRadio Temperature Plays the current temperature it is necessary to have the audio clips located in the Temperature folder created by ZaraRadio Also current temperature must be loaded manually at the Tools gt Options gt TTH menu Humidity Plays the current humidity it is necessary to have the audio clips located in the Humidity folder created by ZaraRadio Also current humidity must be loaded manually at the Tools gt Options gt TTH menu Edit Jingles Opens a window that allows changing Jingles assignments and lists The actual Jingle file is created with a sound recording program Only the list or assignments are edited here Playlist Menu Add tracks Allows inserting new tracks into the playlist Add stop command Adds the stop command below the selected track or after the last track listed if none is selected Add time announcement Adds a time announcement below the selected track
8. program but it is an audio player In order to make streaming there are several free programs which can be used together with ZaraRadio It is not a recording program either In order to record a good and free alternative is Audacity ZaraRadio allows you to automate the transmission of music commercials and prerecorded programs It is also possible to connect with another radios through the line in port of the soundcard or through Internet ZaraRadio tries to be an intuitive and easy to use program but without resigning to the benefits of other non free programs Getting support and reporting bugs The fastest way to get support is through the forum_of ZaraRadio Besides there you will find answers to common questions asked by the users In order to report bugs you can use the forum or you can send an e mail The more information you give about the problem the faster the problem will be solved It is important to say the version of ZaraRadio you are using the operating system and even the configuration of the program It is also useful an explanation of the steps you follow to reproduce the bug If ZaraRadio closes or you get an error you can also send the file ZaraRadio RPT which is generated in the folder where ZaraRadio is installed Playlist The playlist is the main element of ZaraRadio It shows the sequence of sound files and or commands which are played or executed one by one The elements that can appear in the list are
9. user will be prompted for the password when clicking on a protected item Without the password only a limited number of items can be viewed and changed ZaraSoft 18 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Silence detector Options Fade Satellite Outputs x ZaraRadio can detect silence periods during the songs and jump to the next track if isa something happens Password Silence detector Silence detector Mixer TTH Enable the silence detector ll silence period seconds Explorer Tags Talk over General Detects periods of silence while playing tracks When this happens ZaraRadio jumps to the next track It does not activate in the case of a system failure only when silence in the playing track exceeds the time selected ZaraSoft 19 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Tags Options Satellite Outputs A Select wether you want to display tags or not in the playlist IF you want bo show Log them then configure the Format a Password Silence detector E Mixer a TTH DTMF Tags Talk over Available macros General SARTI artist 6 TITL title 6 Bi Calbum SGNRE genre SOYTEAR year SoC MNT comments By default in the playlist are the names of the files Nevertheless for MP3 files it is possible to show ID3 version 1 tags In order to show them simply check Enable tags Type the desired info macros listed below the box into the Format box The tag in
10. Language TTH OTMF Explorer Tags Enable autostart Talk over Enable AGC Station Mame Language Other options General Allow opening more than one instance Disable the events in secundar instances Open the last list at startup Shutdown confirmation Play tracks by double clicking on them It allows you to configure several options of ZaraRadio e Station Name Is the text that appears in the top tool bar of the main window e Language Language of the user interface e Enable Autostart Causes ZaraRadio to automatically play the playlist when the program is opened e Enable AGC Enables the automatic gain control that keeps output volume at a constant level Open the last list at startup If checked Windows remembers the playlist that was active when ZaraRadio was closed and reloads that list when ZaraRadio is reopened Shutdown confirmation When leaving the program it asks the user if he really wants to quit the program e Play tracks by double clicking on them By default when double clicking an item in ZaraSoft 11 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Fade the playlist the green marker moves to that item indicating it is next up By activating this option the track plays immediately when double clicked not waiting for the currently playing track to end Disable the events in secundary instances When this option is checked secundary instances will open with the events disab
11. O MP3 will contain and audio that will say it s six o clock Pauses pause files When playing they cause a silence of a determined length In order to create pauses it is necessary to execute the command Playlist gt Add pause Its duration must be specified between O and 3600 seconds Random tracks dir files When played a track is selected at random from the directory or sub directory thereof specified The tracks are not repeated that is to say until they have all been played In order to create random tracks it is necessary to execute the command Playlist gt Add random track If new files are added to the specified directory they are automatically added to the random list The new files will be ZaraSoft 3 Radio automation software ZaraRadio placed ahead of files already played Post it txt htm and html files Command that opens a window showing the contents of the text or html file e Executables and scripts exe y bat files Command that runs the exe Or bat file Load events command evt command Loading another event file clears the current event list replacing it with events specified by the event file loaded e On line radios stream files Plays the sound of an on line radio station Satellite connections satcon files Enables the line in of the soundcard specified in the options dialog e Satellite disconnections satdis files Mutes the line in of the soundcard spec
12. PAN BANAYAD AAAH POPE HUMP PNRP MAR PI MR PHARMA PDADAR PAPRRRORE PAA 10 8 5 AS LL APPO oo AA PA AF PA 10 DOO a aid 10 A AG PAPA PAR oo A omaha tm PP 11 a o tren oe S sats E ae et ara en wee te A 12 Tae APA uN eo e o o AA 13 E 5 o e o E 14 UMSS osito ediles 15 PP E UE Po AA 16 LU o E PE Uno ee re ee APA PA APPEAR 17 AA AA enn 18 SHE BE A e o EA PE e PANA NANA AA 19 en E AN 20 JB AA PAA AAP PAA ANA NADARAMA AA MAA PA AA E ARA PARA 21 Configuring the application Weather Watcher 3a aa aaaaaa anna naaawa nn 21 HAPO sore AMP HARA PUNA AAP PAMPA PA KO R AMOPA ARABIA 26 Ee A APRA A RP PAP PAA RAR RH AGA AG P PAA AP APAN APA BAYAN 27 MA eo o AA PAANDAR RA PROP EOS o II 28 a a AA APA E AAP E 28 BO AN TANYA oo Ia 28 MIS ISO tontas 28 AIMS MIS soportes AA 29 EEA AE OPIO PO AA ANA PAPA AA AA POPE PRA KA NAA ARO EEROR APA DU PAR AN 29 Media MENU coincidir drid rabia 30 TOS MRE ra PA AP E cds 31 HA A o OA A 31 DOMO rara 31 TS MIS ai coi idas 32 A A A 5 EII 0 II 33 TTH ANNDOUNCOMBNES ccoccnccco conc 34 PO A e o fe O AN 34 Temperature EOS APA ANNA tdo AA 34 aia UM Al alo Ce LA AA AAP PAA os OE E AP AA NAA PARAN APP PAANAN 35 PAANAN a AA GANAN NGA 35 SAY SS 0 lego LO LO OOO re e PI o UE E PARA ee 38 Oa DO AA ies 40 Mick lla DAYE S AA AA 41 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Introduction to ZaraRadio ZaraRadio is a freeware program for the Windows platform to automate radio stations ZaraRadio is not a streaming
13. TMF Log only when using the First instance Explorer Tags Folder c log Talk over General Here you can enable logging and specify where the log files are saved In these files ZaraRadio stores the time at which each file plays Cued files are not logged By default tracks that repeat are logged Check Log only when using the first instance if you don t want repeated tracks logged You can type in the location for saving log files or browse for a location ZaraSoft 14 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Outputs Options ef Select the device which will be used as air output and cue output Satellite Log 2 Password Silence detector Air output o Mixer DTMF a Explorer Tags z Talk over General Cue output Sound 4 Digital Audio Aux players outputs Aux 1 SoundMAk Digital Audio Aux 2 SoundMA4 Digital Audio Aux 3 SoundMAk Digital Audio Aux 4 SoundMAk Digital Audio w Select the sound card to use for the Air output Cue output and the auxiliary players If you have only one sound card output both Air output and Cue output will be heard together ZaraSoft 15 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Satellite Options Outputs Select the line of the sound card which will be used as satellite input Password SoundMAx Digital Audio ng Silence detector PE Control de volumen Bajos Agudos Reproductor de CD Micr fono Bip de la PC o MANE gt
14. along with events every 5 minutes With this programming after the 30 minute program there would be a backlog of 6 events In order to avoid this ZaraRadio has a mechanism of priorities that discards events in these cases An event can have high or low priority When an event is playing and it s time for another event two things can happen If the new event has a lower priority the new event would be discarded and it would not play If the new event has higher priority or the same as the playing event the new event would be left in the list of next events until the conclusion of the present event The problem described above would be solved assigning high priority to the 30 minutes long event and low to the other events Doing this that events would be discarded while the long event is being played ex Maximum wait Maximum wait specifies how long an event can be delayed before being removed from the list of events For example if a delayed event programmed to start at 13 15 has a maximum wait of 5 minutes and cannot start by 13 20 it disappears from the window of next events and it does not play this time ZaraSoft 9 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Modify Click to modify one or more parameters of an event It is necessary to have previously selected an event in the list The same action can be carried out by double clicking on an event Delete Click to delete one or several events In order to select several even
15. ate window player This requires a second sound card output to separate the Cue playback from the On Air playback View selection length Opens a dialog that shows the duration of the selected tracks in the playlist e Update length Updates the length column of the playlist for the selected track e Update all the lengths Updates the length column of the playlist for all the tracks Media Menu e Play Begins to play the content of the playlist e Stop Stops the playlist e Next Plays the track marked in green and stops the track currently playing e Talk over When clicked the local microphone input is un muted and the playlist volume is reduced to a preset level in a preset amount of time fade allowing you to talk over the program e Stop after current The playlist stops after the current track is finished e Rename Allows changing the name of the file selected blue in the list You can not ZaraSoft 30 Radio automation software ZaraRadio rename a file while it is playing Tools Menu e Mixer Opens the mixer application specified in the options gt mixer window e Aux players It allows to open four auxiliary playlists Each playlist can be assigned to a different soundcard Log browser Opens a dialog that allows to search data in the log files as well as to export transmission reports e Sweepers editor Opens a dialog that allows to assign sweepers to sound files For more information
16. e tool bar with the mouse 3 Go to the menu Jingles and to choose the desired Jingle To modify the Jingle button assignments there are two options First and simplest is to drag with the mouse a file from the file tree below the window of next events or from Windows Explorer to the button you want to assign The other way is to select Jingles gt Edit Jingles The following window appears Jingles Assign jingles to the bottom buttons Page O O Q o To change a button assignment click on the desired button and click Modify or just double click the desired button A window opens that will allow selecting a sound file to assign to the button To save the current list of assignments or to open another saved list of assignments use the Open or Save buttons Each page of a list must be separately saved Change active pages using the drop down box at the top ZaraSoft 32 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Also with the Cue button you can preview the Jingles remember a second sound card output is required to keep the Cue playback separate from the On Air playback The pages of the list can have text names also Highlight the current name and type in a new one Click on Rename or press the ENTER key Jingles have three modes of operation Normal Loop and Sweeper In order to change the mode of operation you must right click on the desired button A window opens to allow toggling between those modes
17. er level control located between the track titles is available to adjust the program output level Below the currently playing track title are two time displays The Remaining time counts down time to end of the track The End time refers to when the track ends Remember this may not be exact due to overlapping of files if selected The Clock icon can be clicked to manually output a time announcement Current time is shown next to the Clock icon Temperature and Humidity icon are also available to manually output those announcements also Sweepers editor ZaraRadio can play sound files as well as time temperature and humidity announcements over other sound files This is Known as voicetracking In order to use this feature you have to go to Tools gt Sweepers editor After doing that the following dialog will appear ZaraSoft 38 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Associate sweepers With audio Files ZaraRadio will play the sweepers over the Files automatically File Smeeper di C tradio RLMO0005 mp3 Ly Time announcement 00 00 03 di C radio RLMOO006 mp3 Bl indicativo 00 00 04 This dialog displays all the sweepers The first column shows the name of file on which the sweeper will be played The second column displays the sweeper and in the last one the time since the beginning of the song that will elapse until the sweeper is played Besides there are the following buttons Add It allows to add a new sweepe
18. fo represented by the macros will appear in the playlist in the order listed in the Format box ZaraSoft 20 Radio automation software ZaraRadio TTH Options Satellite Outputs Adjust the TTH configuration Log fa Password Silence detector TTH Mixer DTMF a Explorer Humidity jo x Tags Talk over Import General _ Import From File Disable announcements after jo minutes since the last update Units Temperature Celsius Here you set temperature and humidity for announcement ZaraRadio can import data from the application Weather Watcher requires version 5 6 or higher or you can manually enter values in the fields Temperature and Humidity The application Weather Watcher can be downloaded for free at http www singerscreations com To use data from a weather application check Import from file and type in the file path to the data file generated by the weather application Select the appropriate Units Celsius or Fahrenheit ZaraRadio will automatically convert the weather data to this unit regardless of what unit the data currently is A problem that can arise is the loss of the Internet connection so we would be announcing incorrect weather data values In order to avoid this possible situation you can make ZaraRadio not announce the temperature and the humidity if the application Weather Watcher has not updated the data in a given range of time To do this check the Disable announcements
19. he events to play Files at certain hours such as news identifiers commercials Mi Hour 4 2 00 00 4 23 05 00 4 2 10 00 4 23 15 00 4 2 20 00 4 23 25 00 F 23 30 00 41 23 35 00 4 23 40 00 4 23 45 00 4 23 50 00 4 23 55 00 Start Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed Delayed File jingles jingles jingles jingles jingles jingles jingles jingles jingles jingles jingles jingles Priority Max wait Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low cn of cn A A nn A A A A A A Lo Each event has a check box that serves to activate or to deactivate the events individually New Now to add a new event just press the New button Then we will see the following dialog ZaraSoft Radio automation software ZaraRadio Periodicity Date and time 2 Once a day Start date and time Play every hour Lia 16 21 09 25 02 2006 Y O Other hours Immediate Maximum wait Priority 5 aiba 2 Low priority High priority Event type Days File Monday as f wednesday O Flay Thrusday O Stop Friday O Satellite 00 00 00 Saturday O Time announcement Sunday O Temperature Humidity sla The user defined parameters of an event are e Start date and time Select the date and time at which the event will play for the first time The event will remain act
20. he other hand if you want to use this option enable the detector and configure it according to your needs In most stations the disconnection tone is 69 When ZaraRadio detect this tone it will mute the line in channel and it will do the action selected below play the list or play the pending events e Pending events Plays the pending delayed events When it finishes the playback it plays the playlist until the connection If there are no pending events it will play nothing e Play the list Plays the playlist normally chaining the events if needed until the connection arrives In order to connect you may choose three different options Tone Some radios emit a tone to disconnect and another one to connect If this is your case check this option and specify the corresponding tone it usually is 90 After X seconds There are radios that choose to set the disconnection time to a fixed number of minutes If this is your case check this option and specify the duration of your disconnections Once that seconds have passed since the disconnection tone was ZaraSoft 27 Radio automation software ZaraRadio received ZaraRadio will stop the playback and it will open the line in channel e Don t connect or connect manually In this case ZaraRadio goes on playing the list and the events and it doesn t connect to the line in Also it can be used to make manual connections Suppose you want to launch a sequence with commercial
21. ich appears the text Aux X and drag it to the desired position Four arrows will appear when moving the player When releasing the mouse button over one of these arrows the player will be anchored on the side they point to In addition it is possible to stack several auxiliary players and show them through tabs to save space If you want to make this operation drag a player over another one and release the mouse button on the circular button which is in the center of the arrows ZaraSoft 41 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Aux 1 BAH o Song title 00 00 Ai x 00 00 Song title B bl i bb ndi ZaraSoft 42
22. ified in the options dialog Enable the DTMF detector dtmfon files Enables the DTMF tone detector e Disabled the DTMF detector dtmfoff files Disables the DTMF tone detector How to create a new list 1 Press P to create an empty list 2 In order to add items to the list press in the toolbar or execute Playlist gt Add tracks This will open a window from which files can be selected Standard Windows operations here for selecting more than one file at a time by using either the Ctrl or Shift key 3 It is also possible to Drag And Drop from the directory tree below the Upcoming Events list Simply select a file with the mouse and drag it to the desired position in the playlist Playlist operation e When the list is in STOP there is always a track of green color The green color indicates which track is going to be played next Therefore pressing PLAY the track marked in green color will play e When the list is in PLAY there is a track marked red in color That is the track currently playing As above the track green in color will be next At any time it is possible to change which track will be next To do this double click on a track unless the option is activated to play immediately with double click in which case it is necessary to open the Media menu to make the change Otherwise you can right click on the track with the mouse and select Mark as next Initially the track will be blue in color and then bec
23. ive until the date and time of expiration If the expiration check box is not checked default then the event won t expire e Periodicity Setting date and time defaults to playing once per day Selecting Play every hour will do just that Also it is possible to program the event to play at selected hours Selecting Other hours opens the following window ZaraSoft 8 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Event hours dd di da 4 one Porn A de aA Mi a dA AA ig is blis J17 Clis Jis d aA 22 d Here you can mark the hours desired For any of the times hours selected the minutes default to whatever was selected for the start time Event type This can be a sound file but also we can activate play or stop automatically insert a random track a connection via satellite the satellite command clears mute of the selected sound card input for the amount of time shown in the field that is to the right Wait mode An event can be immediate or delayed At the scheduled time of an event two things can happen if Delayed is selected the event will not start until the currently playing file finishes if ZaraRadio is in stop the event will not start until manually selecting Play if Immediate is selected the currently playing file will be interrupted and the event will start if ZaraRadio is in stop the event will cause ZaraRadio to play the event e Priority Suppose the event is for a 30 minute program
24. lar to the command line window TTH announcements ZaraRadio can announce the time temperature and humidity automatically using pre recorded audio clips These announcements are inserted into the playlist Playlist gt Add time announcement or event lists as commands For this to work the audio clips must be located in the folders Time Temperature and Humidity created when ZaraRadio was installed normally in c Program Files ZaraSoft ZaraRadio Time Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken hours and minutes There are three types of files e HRSXX mp3 where xx is the corresponding hour from 00 to 23 These files must contain audio clips that say something similar to It s XX Example the 4rRs02 mp3 file could say Time now 2 This will be followed by the minute file e MINXX mp3 where xx is the corresponding minutes from 00 to 59 These files must contain audio clips that say only the number of the minute Example the MIN53 mp3 file would say 53 When preceded by the hour clip you have Time now 2 53 e HRSXX O mp3 the last character is the letter O not a zero This file must contain an audio clip that says something like It s XX o clock Example the HRS14 O mp3 file would say It s 1400 hours for 24 hour format or It s 2 PM o clock for 12 hour format Temperature Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken temperature There are two types of files e TMPXXX mp3 where xxx is the co
25. led Allow opening more than one instance You can prevent the users from opening several instances of ZaraRadio by unchecking this option Options Satellite Log Password Silence detector Mixer Overlap tracks seconds TTH DTIMF Explorer Tags Fade tracks seconds Talk over General Outputs 1 Select the times which will be used to make the crossfade between songs Overlap Fade Fade on overlap Fade on stop End of song detection Detect the end of the song When enabling the detector ZaraRadio will jump automatically ko the next song if it detects a low volume during the overlap time Affects overlapping and fading of tracks There are two modes of operation End of song detector In the last seconds of a track value determined by the field to overlap tracks ZaraRadio will automatically detect volumes below the threshold indicated by the sliding bar At that point the overlap will illiminate the end of a track that has a long fade out Without detector ZaraRadio will fade to the next song based solely on the selected time values This will permit the end of a track to play out regardless of the playback level ZaraSoft 12 Radio automation software ZaraRadio By default the value selected for overlapping applies to all tracks Nevertheless it is possible to give a specific value of overlapping to each song The file must be renamed by adding o
26. nt item finishes TALK OVER button Reduces the playback volume and restores it when the button is preseed again The amount of change in playback volume is set in the options menu as is the time to fade the playback to that level Look for Talk Over in the options a Top Toolbar ZaraSoft 35 Radio automation software ZaraRadio da xBB2Ega c LE et mirra Creates a new list Opens a previously saved list Saves the current list Opens file search box to add items to the playlist Removes the selected items from the playlist Copies the selected items into the clipboard Paste the clipboard contents Search the playlist for a specific item The search reads the tags ID3 TITLE and ARTIST Pa It allows to search files in a given folder and in all its subfolders The search reads the tags ID3 TITLE and ARTIST and of course the file name For more information see find in folders Changes the playback mode It can be Manual Normal Repeat Random or Shuffle See playlist for more details El Opens the options dialog Opens the mixer specified in the options dialog Mutes o unmutes the satellite port dut Enable or disable the sweepers When this button is not pressed the sweepers are not played p p7 5 i Opens four auxiliary playlists Opens this help ZaraSoft 36 Radio automation software ZaraRadio e Playlist Total Length 16 20 1 Ll r Song title Length sE Amaral Ma
27. o carry out this task it is necessary to have the files with the proper name format in the Humidity directory located in the folder where ZaraRadio is installed The format of the files must be HUMXXX mp3 where xxx is the corresponding humidity For example HUM100 mp3 is an audio clip that states the humidity is currently 100 Temperature files temperature A sound file that says the temperature In order to carry out this task it is necessary to have the files with the proper name format in the Temperature directory located in the folder where ZaraRadio is installed The format of the files must be 1 TMPXXX mp3 This is a file that contains the audio clip for temperature xxx For example TMP025 mp3 is an audio clip that will say 25 degrees 2 TMPNXXX mp3 This is a file that contains the audio clip for temperature xxx below zero For example TMPN003 mp3 is an audio clip that will say 3 degrees below zero Time announcements time files A sound file that says the hour Audio clips for hours and minutes must be propertly located in the Time folder The name of the files must be 1 MINXX mp3 This is an audio clip of minute xx For example MIN01 mp3 will contain and audio that will say one 2 HRSXX mp3 This is an audio clip of hour xx For example HRS18 mp3 will contain and audio that will say it s eighteen hours 3 HRSXX O MP3 This is an audio clip of hour xx o clock For example HRS18
28. ome green in color indicating that it will play next ZaraSoft 4 Radio automation software ZaraRadio A track that is blue in color indicates that it is the object of the next selected action Clicking on a track will cause the track to be blue in color Clicking on Lg will stop the playlist after the current track colored red is finished Total Length 16 20 1 Ll gt Song title BE Amaral Marta Sebas Guille y los dem s A Angel Petisme Cierzo Los Peces Merodeando di Malamente Piel morena Delete on play autodelete When this button is pressed ZaraRadio removes each track from the list just after playing them e Loop When this button is pressed ZaraRadio will play the current track again when it is finished Playlist operation modes The playlist can operate five different ways These are selected from the drop down box in the toolbar Lista Media Herramientas Ayuda ds a Normal The list plays sequentially and stops when the last track has finished e Repeat The list plays sequentially and restarts after the last track has finished Shuffle Same as REPEAT except it randomly rearranges the list before playing it again e Manual The selected song plays once The list waits for the next command by the user e Random It plays the list in random order that is to say the green marker moves to a ZaraSoft 5 Radio automation software ZaraRadio track randomly and plays it
29. or after the last track listed if none is selected Add temperature announcement Adds a temperature announcement below the selected track or after the last track listed if none is selected Add humidity announcement Adds a humidity announcement below the selected track or after the last track listed if none is selected Add random track Opens a window that allows selecting a directory folder whose contents are played randomly ZaraRadio tracks which files are played to assure random ZaraSoft 29 Radio automation software ZaraRadio non repeating play e Add pause Adds a pause command length selected in window that opens below the selected track or after the last track listed if none is selected e Add satellite Activates a sound card input by un muting the input for a selected amount of time Add internet stream Starts an internet audio streaming file at the specified time e Add connection to satellite Adds a command to the list When it is played it unmutes the satellite port Add disconnection from satellite Adds a command to the list When it is played it mutes the satellite port e Add DTMF enable command Adds a command to the list that enables the DTMF tone detector when it is played ex Add DTMF disable command Adds a command to the list that disabled the DTMF tone detector when it is played Shuffle Rearranges the list randomly e Cue Plays the selected track in a separ
30. ow press OK and update the weather data if the program has not updated it automatically by pressing the first button at the left side of the window The application is now configured Now we must tell ZaraRadio the path of the file generated by Weather Watcher as it has been explained before at the beginning of this document 10 Then check the Import from file option and press Browse to locate the file specified in Export file location ZaraSoft 25 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Explorer Options Select the Folder you want bo be the root of the explorer Also you can select which Files you wank the explorer bo show Root Folder of the tree Extensions Permite configurar la carpeta ra z del rbol de ficheros que est a la izquierda de la lista de reproducci n as como los tipos de ficheros que se mostrar n ZaraSoft 26 Radio automation software ZaraRadio DTMF Options Fade Satellite outputs Log Password silence detector Mixer jil Configure the DTMF tone detector to synchronize your radio with another one DTMF detector Enable the detector TTH DTMF Explorer Tags Disconnection kones Talk over Play the list e General Action Bisconnection Connection Orme Don t connect or connect manually ZaraRadio allows you to synchronize your station with another one which uses DTMF tones If you are not associated with any station disable the detector On t
31. r to the list When pressing this button a new dialog will open in which you will be able to set the data corresponding to the columns described above Modify It allows to modify the selected sweeper This button opens the dialog described in the Add button e Delete all Removes all the sweepers from the list Delete Removes the selected sweepers e Open It allows to import a sweepers list previously saved e Save It allows to export the current sweepers list to a file ZaraSoft 39 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Log browser In order to open the log browser execute the menu option Tools gt Log browser After doing that the following dialog will open Log browser s Am Dates Search From esjozjzoo6 File O Errors To 25 02 2006 5 O al Action With the log browser you will be able to know at which hours have been played a file in a given range of dates Besides you will be able to export in TXT format your search to give transmission reports to your customers You can search three different things File It allows to look for a specified file within the log files In order to do this you must write the file name in field with the same name It is not necessary to write the full path of the file For example if you want to look for the file c ZaraRadio spots spotZaraRadio mp3 writing spotZaraRadio would be enough Errors It allows to look for all the errors such a
32. rresponding degrees 000 to 100 for example You only need to have audio clips for the anticipated range of temperatures Depending on whether you use Celsius or Fahrenheit the range of numbers will vary For example the TMP020 mp3 file could say We have a temperature of twenty degrees e TMPNXXX mp3 where XXX is the corresponding degrees below zero 000 to 010 for ZaraSoft 34 Radio automation software ZaraRadio example The TMPN002 mp3 file could say We have a temperature of two degrees below zero Humidity Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken humidity e HUMXXX mp3 where xxx is the corresponding humidity 000 to 100 For example the HUM035 mp3 file could say We have a humidity of 35 Several users of ZaraRadio have collaborated providing these audio clips for us At the websites listed in the ZaraRadio Help file you can locate User Forums where these pre recorded audio clips may be found The main window The main window is divided in several parts e Bottom Toolbar Lal gt lt lt gt gt LO ma CI PLAY button Starts the playlist at the current location STOP button Stops the playlist PAUSE button Pauses the playlist STOP PLAY Advances the playlist to the next item REWIND button Moves the playback approximately 30 seconds backward FORWARD button Moves the playback approximately 30 seconds forward STOP AFTER CURRENT Stops playback after the curre
33. rta Sebas Guille y los dem s d ngel Petisme Cierzo 2 Los Peces Merodeando di Malamente Piel morena Displays tracks and other commands in the order to be played Red currently playing and Green plays next The program length is shown for each item and the complete program Note that Random tracks and other commands are not calculated as the exact file to play is not known Also even where all items show a length the total time will not be exact depending upon overlapping of files if selected e Jingles indicativo FAD 1 DaT f vacio NU Y vacio vacio f vaci f vacio 1 Ww Y 2 O i B Up to 90 Jingles are possible in one list See jingles for more details ex Events Upcoming events PP gt Ei E Hour Start File Length 16 15 00 Delayed jingles 16 20 00 Delayed jingles 16 25 00 Delayed jingles 16 30 00 Delayed jingles nan BEA This window will display events to occur in the next 15 minutes See events for more details Program output display ZaraSoft 37 Radio automation software ZaraRadio On the air Now playing ext Angel Petisme Cierzo Los Peces Merodeando Remaining time i CITI End time GR sab 25feb 04 38 0 R COC 16 24 17 D 76 19 39 o c E 0 This display shows the currently playing track red in the playlist and the next up green in the playlist Bars L and R show the program stereo output levels Also a mast
34. s and reconnect when it finishes You could achieve that by adding a connection to satellite command at the end of the sequence ZaraRadio also contemplates the posibility of making local programs in which you want to ignore the tones sent by the head station When that situation happens you can insert commands in the list or in the events to enable disable the DTMF tone detector The menu bar File Menu e New Creates a new empty list closing the previous one e Open Opens existing playlists previously saved e Save Saves the current playlist e Save as Saves the current playlist allowing a new file name Recent files Shows list of files opened recently e Exit Closes ZaraRadio Edit Menu e Copy Copy the selected tracks to the clipboard e Paste Places items on the clipboard into the playlist e Delete Eliminates selected playlist tracks Remember that several can be selected simultaneously using either Ctrl or Shift e Delete all Eliminates all tracks from the playlist e Find Opens a window that allows searching for items in the playlist e Find in folders Opens a window that allows file search for a given directory View Menu Full path Shows the complete file path for files in the playlist ZaraSoft 28 Radio automation software ZaraRadio List font Allows changing the text font used in the playlist Header in the list Select to show playlist column titles song title length Song
35. s broken files missing files and so on All It displays the full content of the log files in the given range of dates After choosing which thing you want to find you must choose the range of dates in which the search will be done Then you can start the search by pressing the Search button Once the search has finished the results will be displayed in the list Now you can save the list in a file by pressing Export ZaraSoft 40 Radio automation software ZaraRadio The auxiliary players ZaraRadio has four auxiliary players with almost the same functions the main playlist has In order to open this players you have several options e Execute Tools gt Aux players gt Player 1 4 e Press Ctr1t1 Ctrl 4 e Press the buttons 1 to 4 that are in the top toolbar After doing one of the steps described the auxiliary players will appear anchored on the right side of the ZaraRadio window These players looks like this Sud x 00 00 Song title Length Its use is similar to the one of the main playlist see playlist and main window The only notable difference is that to change the playback mode you have to do it using the pop up menu which appears pressing the right button of the mouse The auxiliary players appear anchored on the right side of the window but it is possible to move them to any other point To change its position press the left mouse button on the title bar the title bar is the blue box in wh
36. see voicetracking e Options Opens a window allowing several ZaraRadio program options to be configured Programs Menu Edit It allows to configure a unlimited number of shortcuts to programs When executing this menu option it will appear a dialog where you will be able to write the data of the program You will be able to use macros in the fields command and parameters Those macros are LogDir This macro is replaced by the directory where the log files are stored NextFile This macro obtains the complete path to the track marked green in color LogFile This macro is replaced by the complete path to the current log file Help Menu e Contents Shows this help e Tip of the day How to suggestions of commonly asked questions ex About ZaraRadio Shows information about ZaraRadio ZaraSoft 31 Radio automation software ZaraRadio The jingles The bottom toolbar has 9 buttons that allow quick access to 9 Jingles audio clips for immediate play In addition it is possible to store up to 10 different pages allowing quick access of 90 Jingles indicativo EY FaD 1 E DGT scic acio lacio acia Vacio There are 3 ways to activate a Jingle 1 The quickest way is to press a keyboard number For example to start the Jingle labeled DGT number 3 on the tool bar shown simply press the number 3 on the PC keyboard 2 Click on the number of the Jingle in th
37. ts hold the Ctr1 key while events are selected at random with the mouse In order to select a block of events click on an event and while holding the shift key select the last event in the desired list Delete expirated Events that have expired appear grayed out to indicate this fact Clicking on Delete expirated will clear all expired events from the list Open Save These two buttons are to open existing event files or to save the displayed event list respectively In any case when closing ZaraRadio the current list of events is stored automatically by Windows in the registry and is restored when ZaraRadio is restarted Options Clicking on the icon El will be able to manage on the top toolbar will open the options dialog From this dialog you e Fade e Satellite port e Sound card outputs e Logging e Password e Silence detector e Mixer e TTH e Tags e Talk over e General options e Explorer e DTMF There is a set of options whose value is common to all the users of the system and to modify them it is necessary to have administrator rights on the system These options are fade password outputs silence detector satellite port logging TTH explorer and DTMF In the general tab all the options are local to each user unless AGC and station name ZaraSoft 10 Radio automation software ZaraRadio General Options Fade Satellite outputs Log Password Silence detector Mixer Station Name
38. verlap to the file name where overlap is a positive integer or a float value For example in the file Blues 1 mp3 one second will be the overlap value When writing decimal values make sure are using the deciman symbol specified in your Windows configuration otherwise it won t be recognized Control Panel gt Regional Configuration of language gt Standard and formats gt Personalize Options Fade on overlap and Fade on stop Fade on overlap When this option is active ZaraRadio will fade the previous song whenever a new one begins When deactivated the song overlaps but is not faded Fade on stop When activated ZaraRadio will fade the playing track when Stop or Next is clicked Otherwise playback simply stops Talk over Options Fade Satellite Qutputs Log Password Silence detector Mixer TTH DTIMF Explorer Tags Talk over General Select the volume For the speechs and the transition period Transition period Period ES milliseconds Default value Speech volume Here you can set the level to reduce the currently playing track to when Talk over is activated Also time to reduce the level can be set here ZaraSoft 13 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Log Options Satellite Outputs A Select the Folder where the log files will be saved The name of the Files will be a ia YY MM OD log z Password Silence detector Log Folder Mixer TTH Enable logs i D
39. ype Teruel and click on Search ZaraSoft 23 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Weather Watcher City Search Enter the name of your city Teruel Search 1 city found OK 6 Teruel is in the list and we click on OK 7 Back to the Weather Watcher Options window click on the Export tab then click on Enable Exporter We must also indicate the file path that ZaraRadio will use to look up the file ZaraSoft 24 Radio automation software ZaraRadio Weather Watcher Options Proxy Conversion Severe Alert Sounds Maps Wallpaper General Active City Auto Update On Download Export Lag Tray Icon Tray Tooltip Skins Export Options al Enable Exporter ka NG Export File Location leiZaraRadiox Tiempo htm Browse Hew Exoor Jelete Export Template lt HTML gt Location Lacation lt BR gt Condition Condition lt BR gt Temperature Temp lt BR gt Feels Like Feels lt BR gt Dew Point Dew BR gt Humidity Hurmidity lt BR gt Mind wWind lt BR gt Wisibility visibility Je BR gt Barometer Barometer lt BR gt UV Index UW lt BR gt Sunrise Sunrise 4MPM lt BR gt Sunset sunset AMPM BR gt Use Default Template Ok Cancel Apply Help 8 Now go to the Auto Update tab and select any value excepting Never Auto Update As a orientation airports use to update the weather data every 30 minutes 9 N
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