To manage services in RDAdmin, touch the
Manage Services
button to open
the Rivendell Services dialog.
The Rivendell Services Dialog
To examine and modify an existing service, touch its entry in the
Services
list and then touch the
Edit
button to open the
Edit Service Dialog.
The Edit Service Dialog
The Service Name
field contains
the name of the service (read-only). This value is available in
filepath wildcards as %s
.
The Service Description
field is
for a free-form string that describes the service.
The Program Code
is a string that
is sent to RLM plug-ins as part of every Now & Next update.
The Log Name Template
field is
a string that defines how logs will be named when generated by
RDLogManager. This field can take
filepath wildcards.
The Log Description Template
field
is a string that defines how the
Description
for each log will be
formatted for logs generated by RDLogManager. This field can take
filepath wildcards.
The Voicetrack Group
dropdown
specifies the Rivendell group to be used for storing voicetracks
for this service.
The AutoSpot Group
dropdown
specifies the Rivendell group to be used for storing carts used
for the AutoSpot functionality.
The Insert CHAIN TO at log end
,
if ticked, will cause a CHAIN-TO event to the following day's log
to be appended to the log when generated by RDLogManager.
The Enable AutoRefresh By Default
box, if ticked, will cause the log's
Enable AutoRefresh
attribute to
be set to Yes
when generated
by RDLogManager.
The Purge Logs after
box,
if ticked, will set the deletion date for logs to be the
specified number of days after being created by RDLogManager.
The Purge ELR Data after
box, if ticked, will cause Electronic Log Reconiliation (ELR)
as-played data to be purged from the database the specified number
of days after being generated.
The Configure Autofill Carts
button will bring up the Autofill Carts dialog>
The Autofill Carts Dialog
Carts listed in this dialog will be considered for inclusion
in an event by RDLogManager when the event's
Use Autofill
box is ticked.
When filling a gap, RDLogManager will recursively scan the list
of available carts, working from the longest to to shortest, and
insert the longest cart that will fit. The process will stop when
either the available gap has been completely filled or no cart
short enough to fit has been found.
With the exception of one field
(Insert Traffic Break String
),
the Traffic Data Import
and
Music Data Import
sections are
identical. Thus, only the
Music Data Import
section will be
described here.
The upper part of the section consists of string fields and a dropdown box.
Log Importation String Fields
The Linux Import Path
field takes
the fully-qualified path to the file to be used for import events
by RDLogManager when run on Linux. This field can take
filepath wildcards.
The Linux Preimport Command
field
takes the fully-qualified path to the command to be run before
attempting to import the file specified in
Linux Import Path
. This field can take
filepath wildcards.
The Windows Import Path
field takes
the fully-qualified path to the file to be used for import events
by RDLogManager when run on Windows. This field can take
filepath wildcards.
The Windows Preimport Command
field
takes the fully-qualified path to the command to be run before
attempting to import the file specified in
Windows Import Path
. This field
can take
filepath wildcards.
The Note Cart String
field can
be used to configure placement of a marker event in the generated log.
When the string set here is found in the 'cart' field in a line
of the specified import file, RDLogManager will insert a marker
event, the text of which will be the 'title' field from that same
line.
The Insert Voice Track String
field can be used to configure placement of a voice track marker
in the generated log. When the string set here is found in the
'cart' field in a line of the specified import file, RDLogManager
will insert a voice track event, the text of which will be the
'title' field from that same line.
The Insert Traffic Break String
field can be used to configuration placement of a traffic break
from an entry in the music import log. When the string set here is
found in the cart field. RDLogManager will insert a traffic import
event, using the event specified in the
Import inline traffic
dropdown box
in the relevant music event.
This field is available only in the
Music Data Import
section!
The Log Parser Settings
Rivendell includes the ability to import log schedule files from
a variety of third-party scheduling utilities. To configure an import
from one of these systems, all that is necessary is to select the
appropriate system in the
Import Template
dropdown. If the
target scheduler system is not on this list, a custom parser can
be defined by selecting [custom]
from the dropdown.
Log schedule files for Rivendell are assumed to be in so-called
"column-aligned" format --i.e. each record occupies a single
line in a text file that is terminated by a single linefeed or a
carriage return, with each field occupying
a fixed column position on the line. Each field takes two values:
Offset:
, which is the starting
position of the field (starting from 0) on the line and
Length:
, which is the number of
characters reserved for the field. Setting the
Length:
value for field to
0
disables the use of that field.
Most of the fields should be self-explanatory, but a few call for some comment:
Globally Unique ID
Many schedulers provide an opaque string with each scheduling record which they expect to be returned as part of the corresponding Electronic Log Reconciliation (ELR) feed back to the system. This field indicates where this "GUID" string should be found.
Event ID:
/
Annc. Type
Additional fields for GUID data. As of this writing, only scheduler products from Marketron require the use of these fields.
Once the parameters have been configured, they can be tested
with a sample import file by touching the
Test Music
or
Test Music
buttons to bring up
the Test Import dialog.
The Test Import Dialog
Select the date for the import to test, either by entering it in
the Test Date:
control or by
touching the Select
button. Then,
touch the Import
button. The import
events for the day should appear in the
Imported Events
list.