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DPS Defaults
A ‘default’ message typed into this field will display on radios
when an update to the regular station automation data is not
received in a timely fashion. Rather than have some song from
an hour ago confuse and confound listeners, why not show call
letters or station ID?
DPS Timer (Min):
may be set for as much
as two hours, but 5 minutes (something in excess of the longest
song you are likely to encounter) is a more realistic setting.
The
DPS Defaults
message feature automatically resets when the
DPS field is updated. In fact, if a default message has been
sent, the only way to clear that message is to update the DPS
field. This holds true for changing a default message as well.
Change the default message, click the DPS Defaults
Save
but-
ton, and then refresh the DPS field by clicking the
Dynamic PS
Save
Button. The new default message will be sent after the
timeout interval.
RadioText (RT)
Setting up the RadioText field is very similar to the DPS field
discussed above. Since RadioText is transmitted all at once in
its own RDS group, there is no parsing or speed to set. Other-
wise the same rules for
Dynamic PS
settings apply to
RT:
,
RT
Tags:
,
RT Default:
and
RT Timer (Min):
settings.
RadioText Plus
Group 5
is the factory default assignment for the
RT+ Group:
setting. This can be changed to another option here if it con-
flicts with use of Open Data Applications (ODAs) specific to
your situation.
For an explanation of RadioText Plus and RT+ ‘tagging,’ please
refer to Section IV.
DATA PORTS
Command
Debugging
A very useful feature of the 732 encoder is the ability to see in-
coming commands from station automation ‘on the fly,’ just as
they are received. This recent history is useful in confirming
simplex/duplex communication between automation and the
encoder, and will tell you quickly if syntax, data rate and other
protocols are configured properly. This display area will ‘grow’
to display the last 256 characters sent to the encoder and the
encoder’s response.
In this illustration,
the playout system is
addressing the 732
encoder by the sim-
ple ‘headers’ method.
The header,
DPS=
tells the encoder that
Call Me by Blondie on
KRDS-FM
wants to be put in the Dynamic PS field to scroll on
radio faceplates. The (‘carriage return’) symbol that follows
the text indicates the end of the message. The encoder then
sends the acknowledgement
OK
back to the sender, (automa-
tion generally ignores this), and also notes here that the entire