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25-Seven Program Delay Manager Version 2.3 Manual April 2013 37
Changes that you enter on this page don’t take effect until you press the
Save
button on
the bottom.
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If someone enters changes at PDM’s front panel while this GUI is open, the
changes won’t be automatically reflected on your networked computer. You
have to Refresh the page to see any the changes. To avoid confusion, don’t try
to make configuration changes on both the GUI and PDM’s front panel at the
same time.
Identification
shows the hardware and software of this PDM. You can set a
PDM name
for easy identification of this hardware. This name will also be used to create log file
names and PD-Alert e-mails.
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If you have more than one PDM, make sure they have different names.
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Names can be 19 characters, including numbers or upper/lower case letters,
and dashes – . Spaces and special characters (e.g.:
& % @)
may not be used.
Control
and
Hardware GPIO
let you view and change settings that are on the matching
menus of PDM’s front panel (as described starting on page 22). Since the GUI has drop-
down menu selections, you’ll probably find this faster than navigating through the front
panel.
Delayed Data Streams
lets you keep Program Associated Data and text or automation
cues in sync with the audio at all times. Two separate simultaneous streams are sup-
ported, and there are flexible options for sources and outputs. They’re discussed fully
on page 49.
Other I/O
lets you:
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Enable bi-directional serial commands over network port 5443,
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Configure the rear panel RS-232 port to serve as a bi-directional serial con-
trol. You may also disable the port from this menu. If you are using the RS-
232 port to delay data, you must disable this selection.
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Set parameters for an external slave clock output over RS-485. If you do, you
can choose to have the clock automatically compensate for PDM’s current
delay, as well as for delays in other equipment.
What time is it?
If you give talent or producers a clock that’’s been slaved to PDM’’s output, they’’ll be
able to announce time checks and manage the program while staying in sync with the
rest of the world. For example, if PDM’’s delay is 8 seconds, a connected remote clock
will show
11:30:00 when the time is actually 11:29:52. Whatever gets said at that
moment will come out of PDM exactly at 11:30.
PDM’’s slave output stays in sync no matter what you do. For example, if you DUMP
and delete 8 seconds of programming, the studio clock instantly jumps back 8 seconds.
If PDM is building a delay by slowing the output, the clock slows down to match.