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header. When set to
No (Satellite Streaming)
, all ASCII text re-
ceived serially, when followed by an ASCII “carriage return”
(with or without a bell going ‘ding’),
will be accepted and parsed
by the 730 Encoder for transmission as a scrolling-PS message.
Remember, the ‘no headers’ mode is available only when using
a serial (RS232) connection.
Needless to say, this soft-
ware selection should be
operated in the
Yes (Nor-
mal Operation)
mode ex-
cept in those special in-
stallations that utilize un-
formatted streaming text.
This mode keeps the en-
coder under stable control by station automation and prevents
automation system ‘housekeeping’ commands from popping up
on RDS radios. Once the encoder is set to the
No (Satellite
Streaming)
mode and is receiving streamed text via the serial
port, the 730 parses and shows
everything
that comes along. A
special ‘escape’ sequence is needed to get it out of this mode
when the encoder is being addressed only by a direct serial
connection, and this escape sequence is explained on Page 61.
However, the 730 Encoder software screen may be used to reset
the selection back to
Yes (Normal Operation)
over any port con-
nection at any time.
Help
Under
Help
, the user may turn on or off
the Help ‘balloons’ that pop up for a
short time when hovering-over various
areas of the data-entry screen with the
mouse cursor.
A prompt to suggest a
READ
command
every time the software is started may be enabled or disabled
in the Help menu. It is a good practice to download the mes-
sages and settings in encoder memory to make sure that the PC
interface is updated; this is especially important if the con-
nected computer is
not
the one that has most recently commu-
nicated with the 730 Encoder.
A PDF file of the Model 730 Encoder manual opens when
Manual
(730)
is selected.
About
will disclose the current
version of software and firm-
ware, and even bring up hyper-
links that can be clicked for
support, assuming that the con-
trolling computer is connected
to the Internet. The
Tech Sup-
port
hyperlink will initiate an e-
mail to the RDS Support Team,
automatically including current
730 Encoder settings. If you
don’t use an e-mail client, like