Triggers
Triggers initiate an action on the AMR-100-I receiver. An input closure can be used to start a
file playing and another input closure can cause the file to stop playing. Wiring a switch to a
start button on the board can be wired to input closure #1. A trigger can be set up to play a
file whenever that button is pressed. Thus, if
Insight for Living
is assigned to play when input
closure #1 is pressed, whenever that switch is pressed,
Insight for Living
is played.
A series of programs can be assigned to an input closure. For example, if you played 10
programs during the day, all of them could be assigned to play when that switch is pressed.
By putting the programs in the order they play, each one would play in the order they are
listed. The first time the switch is pressed the first program plays. The next time the switch is
pressed the second program plays and so forth. Thus one switch on the board could play all
the programs assigned to that switch during a broadcast day.
Another switch could be used to stop the program. This would be similar to the “PLAY” and
“STOP” remote switches used for a CD player.
A text trigger can be sent by an automation program through an RS-232 serial port with a
specific instruction to start a program. Again, the same text can be sent and the programs
would play in the order they are listed. However, text commands can be more specific and
call an exact program. A text string can be as specific as PLAY-TTT5-11-11-11 or as general
as PLAY. The AMB-OS User Interface (UI) transfer program can build that list for you.
Timed Playback
A schedule can be set up to play a file at a specific time for recording or going live to air.
Thus if you played
Back to the Bible
right after the news at 10:04:30, a schedule can be setup
to play the program for that day at 10:04:30. The same thing can be done for playing back a
file for recording overnight. You can have the AMB-OS Utility Interface (UI) software
transfer program build a list of files that you want to record and then have your automation
record them at the time you selected.
Relay Description
General description
The output relays can be customized to your needs, but by misusing this feature, you can
experience unexpected results. This section describes how the relays are used. The wiring for
the relay closures can be found in
and the assignment of relays can be
section.
Relays are sent by program providers and can be embedded in recorded programs and
interfaced with an automation system. The default configuration for the AMR-100-I has four
relays used for programming functions and two assigned to specific functions. Relays #1-#4
are for general programming use, relay #5 is used as the clock sync pulse for setting clocks
and relay #6 is used to indicate a failure in the receiver.
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WARNING
Whenever you begin a new program that uses relay closures, be sure you get a
specification of how the program provider intends on using the closures.