DATASET 1 CONFIGURATION
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THE SCHEDULER
The Scheduler allows you to organize round-the-clock RDS transmission on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
The Scheduler is used to implement the specific Falcon XT RDS transmission/editing features (PS, PTY/PIN) at specific
times and dates.
The programming editing is saved and implemented immediately. The programming activity is activated (i.e. aired) in 1
minute at the most.
The basic unit of the Event Scheduler is the
Event
, which is a RDS feature (PS, PTY/PIN) that can be configured to be
launched automatically at a specific date and time or cyclically with a specified frequency.
Events have two kinds of properties that influence their operation mode: operational properties and chronological
properties. The operational properties determine the Event operations (i.e. the type of event) and the chronological
properties determine the time at which the event is
launched
.
The Scheduler’s programming capacity is extremely flexible, allowing you to set the duration of each event, within a
range of 1 minute to 365 days a year, increasing the duration in 1-minute steps. Up to 64 events can be saved in the
memory of the Falcon XT. The Event Scheduler allows the user to
set four event types (PS, PTY/PIN) to occur
simultaneously.
Let’s have a look at some examples.
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You can program a new PS Name to be transmitted during specific intervals (e.g. from 6:00 to 12:00).
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A specific PTY can be programmed to be launched at 2:00 every afternoon.
Every minute, the Falcon XT will check for newly scheduled events and activate them. This means that a newly scheduled
event can be transmitted within 1 minute. Note that the Falcon XT scans the scheduled events in the Scheduler with a
bottom-up approach. This means that
if the timing of two events partly or completely overlaps, the Falcon XT will
execute the event with the highest rank (see FOLLOWING pages). THE TIGER SHARK CLOCK MUST THEREFORE
BE KEPT ACCURATE TO ENSURE MORE RELIABLE SCHEDULER OPERATION.
An individual event may be enabled or disabled at any time using the Enable option provided for each event.
NB:
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There is no time format change option (i.e. from 12 to 24 hour clock) available
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There is a Preview bar featured with cross-references, which offers a quick way of finding the item you are
scheduling.
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