Arrakis Systems Automation

Timed Recorder Network Scheduler

The Timed Recorder performs single recording at a time. A one week looping schedule of record events is created to trigger recordings on Channel Inputs.

Each record event must have a cart number, title, cart type (such as 'S' for Spot), trigger, Bridge source switcher channel (01-16), and the start time of the record.

CREATE A TIMED RECORD EVENT

Enter in the Day, Hour, Minute, Second for recording start
Select the Source channel the audio comes in on.

Select the type of Trigger.

- - Timed (exact time)
  - Closure (begin waiting for closure)
  - Timed with Audio (begin recording when audio is received)
  - Timed with Closure (listens for audio after receiving a closure)

Enter the Length
Enter Cart #, Title and Type
Click on Add Event

TIME SAVING TIP: If the event repeats every hour, and you want to use the same information from all the other fields, then:

After adding first event select a different Hour.

Click on Add Event.

Hit the down arrow key on your keyboard, and you will notice the Hour field will change to the next hour.

Click on Add Event and repeat steps 3 & 4 till you have completed the entire day.

COPY & PASTE HOURS

Select a line in the list with the hour to copy
Click on the Copy Hour button

In the Paste to drop down boxes choose the hour to copy to
Click on the Paste button

COPY & PASTE DAYS

Select a line in the list with the day to copy
Click on the Copy Day button

In the Paste to drop down boxes choose the day to copy to
Click on the Paste button

DELETE A DAY, HOUR, OR SINGLE EVENT

Select a line in the list with the event, day, or hour to delete
Click on Delete Day, Delete Hour, or Delete Event button.
Those events will be immediately deleted from the schedule.
If you made a mistake, click on the UNDO button to undo your change

RECORDING LOG ~ Click on Log, to see all Timed Records over a period of time.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

WAITING FOR AUDIO OR CLOSURE – If the trigger is set to wait for audio or for a closure, the timed recorder will wait for that trigger until the receipt of that trigger would conflict with the next timed record event in the schedule. At that point, it drops the previous event as not being received and goes to the next event.

OVERWRITING EXISTING EVENTS – In many cases, timed record events (such as News) are replacing existing timed record events. The timed recorder therefore overwrites an existing audio file in the library with the same cart number.

SIMULTANEOUS PLAY WHILE RECORDING – It is possible to record and play back instantaneously. There are 2 things that must be done to enable this feature:

You must record in MP3 format. WAV format does not allow for playback while recording.
It is necessary to record the initial recording once before having the ability to play while simultaneously recording. After the audio file exists in the system, you may set it up to playback at the same time that it is recording.

TIMED RECORDINGS DO NOT AUTO-TRIM SILENCE – Because timed recordings are scheduled as exact times and files such as newscasts are often rerecorded, the timed recorder always records the file based on the scheduled event length.

UNDO BUTTON - 100 event undo memory. To undo a change in the schedule, click on the UNDO button as required.

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