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Broadcast Pix
V3.0
5.9.7
5.9.7 Data Panel
The Data Panel is the workspace to view custom data sources and to configure stock data
sources like: Clocks, Timers, Dates, RSS Feeds and US Weather. Customer data sources
may be .XML, .MDB, .ACCDB (Microsoft Access Database), .XLS, .XXLSX, .XLSM
or .XLSB (Excel) database files. The Clocks, Timers and Dates are all based off the
computer clock. RSS (Really Simple Syndication
)
Feeds and US Weather are web services
that use an Internet connection to retrieve information from websites. If no Internet
connection is available these 2 services will not function. Take proper caution when
connecting the Granite Server to the public Internet. The Data Panel is used to setup the
data sources, which are then linked to RTX Tags inside the Editor Window.
To Configure Clocks:
1.
Click on the
Data Menu
and a drop down
menu will appear, as shown on the right.
2.
Select the
Clocks
option and the Data Panel
will change to view the Clocks properties.
3.
Click on the
Clock1
radio button, as shown on
the right. Up to 3 different clocks may be
configured and linked to files.
4.
To change the display format, click on the
Format
drop down menu. A list of available
display formats will appear, as shown on the
right.
Select
the desired format. The Clock 1
display will update showing the new format.
5.
Each clock may also be offset by hours,
minutes and/or seconds, useful for displaying
different time zones.
In the
Offset (h:m:s)
entry field enter the
desired offset, as shown on the right. 0:0:0 will
use the default computer clock. The Clock 1
display will update showing the new offset.
6.
To configure Clock2 and/or Clock3 repeat
steps 3 - 5.
7.
To start running the clocks, click on the
Run
Clocks
button on the bottom of the Rapid CG
window, it will illuminate blue, as shown on the
right.