Alcorn Mcbride Digital Video Machine 4, User Manual

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44 Scheduler
Here is a table of delimiters for your reference:
Delimiter Field
T: Starting time (hh:mm) (military time)
D: Starting date (mm/dd/yy or mm/dd/yyyy . You can use periods,
slashes, or dashes to separate dates)
I: Ending time (hh:mm) (military time)
A:
Ending date (mm/dd/yy or mm/dd/yyyy . You can use periods,
slashes, or dashes to separate dates)
E: Event – always COMMAND for the DVM4
1:
Parameter 1 for the event – The command string you wish to issue
R: Repeat Number: repeat after this number of periods has expired
P:
Repeat Period: Time to wait between executions, used with Repeat
Number and Set when necessary
S: Repeat Set: special case usage described below
;
Although not a field, this marks a comment
Now that we have seen a table of the event fields, let’s look at the event in
Example 1: Here are its fields:
T:14:46 D:01/1/2000 E:COMMAND 1:1PL
Start Time: 2:46pm in the afternoon ( 14:46 military)
Start Date: January 1
st
2000 .
Event: COMMAND – Specifies that you wish to send a command to the DVM4.
Field 1: The command string you wish to send – Play Channel 1 – 1PL
Now let’s finish up with the remaining fields
Example 2: (New fields are in bold. kept on one line for clarity.)
T:14:46 D:01/1/2000 R:30 P:minute A:1.3.00 I:3:00 E:COMMAND 1:1PL ;Repeats a while
We’ve now added:
Repeat Number: 30
Repeat Period: minute
Ending Time: 3am in the morning ( 3:00 military)
Ending Date: January 3
rd
2000