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Ch-11 Automation - Natural Broadcast Systems

1. This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp D1002 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Page 11 100 Natural Log User Manual
2. Please remember to include amp to indicate to Natural Log that this is a command entry on the log format and then close the brackets after the command entry then you may add a description continued on next page Page 11 24 Natural Log User Manual 11 06 Computer Concepts DCS Automation cont Example of Required Stopset with DCS Event Time Event Name Length FillCode 1002 1005 amp D LR LOAD REQUIRED SET 3 00 1003 1010 Commercial Set 3 Spots 2 30 M 1004 Aw TOOS A 1005 K LOOS 1006 amp CT101 WEATHER 230 Event 1002 amp D LR tells DCS to load the upcoming 1010AM Required stopset at 1005AM This stopset is 3 00 which includes the 2 30 of commercials plus 30 of weather We inserted the LOAD REQUIRED SET in the Natural Log format setup to make it understandable to humans Natural Log uses the information on events numbered 1003 through 1005 as commercial avails in which it may log a total of 2 30 of commercials The on event 1003 indicates to Natural Log that a commercial spotset starts at event 1003 at time 1010 and continues 1 or more additional lines On the next lines 4 1003 indicates that these lines are part of the commercial spotset starting at event 1003 M in FillCode column tells Natural Log that this spotset must always be filled to exact length Event 1006 tells the DCS to play cart T101 which is the weather We enter amp C on the Nat
3. M is for Music schedule station number usually 1 may be 1 or 2 if AM FM station Example 050195T1 LOG is Traffic log for 05 01 95 for station 1 COLUMN LENGTH 3 NADNWWARA ONY FIELD IDENTIFICATION Scheduled Hour Scheduled Minute Scheduled Second Cart number filename to be played left justified Start Code Segue is default Load Autoplay Normal Event description sponsor name etc Length in SECONDS HHH left padded with zeroes Played Hour Played Minute Played Second Reserved Natural Log event pointer for reconciling Play Times Carriage Return Line Feed Note The fields labeled Played Hour Played Minute and Played Second are left blank by Natural Log but may be used by automation to return actual run times to Natural Log Natural Log User Manual Page 11 67 11 18 BTSG Automation Logs Important BTSG Generation IV users see section 11 20 on page 11 75 of this manual NOTE The BTSG systems have their own reader module which reads an ASCII file containing the commercial log Natural Log can generate such a file as described on page 11 71 Use this File Format to have BTSG personnel configure their Reader module to read this file Alternatively you may send one of the automation log files to BTSG so they can configure the reader CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion
4. Page 11 36 Natural Log User Manual 11 10 Scott Studios SS32 AXS 3 These instructions apply to Scott Studios SS16 SS32 DSS and AXS 3 systems SCOTT CUT NUMBERS The Scott Studios system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 but adds a prefix of DA All you need to do is enter the cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen WITHOUT any preceding letters in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in the Scott System WARNING The Scott Studios automation system uses subdirectories to locate the audio cuts The Scott system refers to these as Categories This means in the Scott Studio system that cut DA0034 from category CA is NOT the same as cut DA0034 from category PSA The Natural Log system MUST use non duplicated spot numbers as it does not consider these Categories as different directories Therefore set aside blocks of numbers for CA and some numbers for PSA etc and do NOT duplicate DAH HH s between categories The Natural Log must have some way to tell the Scott system which Category to play from so Natural Log will send the Log TYPE codes entered in the Order Schedule entry field to the Scott system as Category This means a spot entered as CA log type on the order schedule screen will be played as a Category CA cut from the Scott system and must therefore be recorded in the Scott as the sam
5. and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example The command to switch to source 2 may be code So2 in the Digicenter You would enter this as amp So2 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the Digicenter commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format In this example we included SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 only to make it readable to humans The computer only needs amp So2 Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp So02 SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 ne a 1013 a 4 Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named WX 1 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2230 1012 x 1013 KN 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 230 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted wea
6. is for NO 0 padding or prefixes EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR THE JOCKEYPRO SYSTEM OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses these file names Output send file mmddyy jps mm month dd day yr year right 2 letters of callsign 110295TJY LOG is Send Log for 11 02 95 for station xxJY Input read file MMDDYY out mm month dd day yr year right 2 letters of callsign 110295TJY OUT is Read Log for 11 02 95 for station xxJY Continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 11 99 11 27 Jockey Pro Automation cont Embedding Specific Audio Cuts in Log Formats If you use the same non commercial audio cut at a certian point in your log and you don t need to invoice for it you can embed the audio cut directly in the NL log format and it will play as specified simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Play Cut Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 1002 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 230 1012 a a 1013 EA A 1014 amp 1002 WEATHER 230
7. is what is sent to the automation in lieu of the cart number 100 The automation will then play the cut named DANDY 1 We recommend using cut numbers instead of names but this facility is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please only use it if absolutely needed and call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THESE SYSTEMS EXCEPT AUDISK AND PROPHET NEXGEN OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Output send file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station1 Input read file Not supported Page 11 28 Natural Log User Manual 11 07 Generic ASCII Text Output Logcon Used for Systems Conversions Dalet AuDisk RadioOne Pristine Prophet AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example The command to switch to source 2 may be code So2 in the automation You would enter this as a
8. just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format If it is an audio event just enter the Cut Number after the amp If it is an AUX event enter AUX followed by the event to execute Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp AUX LINER PLAY A LINER 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 KA R 1013 Ee ii Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named WX 1 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length TOTT 10271 xxCOMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 EA G 1013 kii A 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 30 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Page 11 70 Natural Log User Manual 11 18 BTSG Automation Logs END OF BREAK MARKERS and SKIP BREAK MARKERS This applies to stations using BTSG to run a satellite based format You must tell BTSG to stop at the end of a break by sending a blank line You also need to tell it to SKIP any unused breaks This is done as follows Put amp BREAK by itself on the line before each break and amp by itself on the line after each break This will cause a SKIP command to be sent to BTSG for any empty breaks and a blank line
9. Transition Code Log Format Event or Program Hard Branch A utoplay amp T A Hard Branch Hard Branch A utoplay amp T A Hard Branch FWD ONLY Hard Branch Auto L oad amp T L Hard Branch Soft Branch AJutoplay amp T A Soft Branch Soft Branch Ajutoplay amp T A Soft Branch FWD ONLY Soft Branch Auto L oad amp T L Soft Branch Chain A JutoPlay amp H A Name of Playlist Chain Auto L oad amp H L Name of Playlist Execute Event A utoPlay amp E A DCL Command Execute Event Auto L oad amp E L DCL Command continued next page Natural Log User Manual Page 11 89 11 23 Enco DADpro32 Automation ony Enco Command Transition Code Log Format Event or Program AutoFill Start amp F AutoFill START H seconds AutoFill End amp F AutoFill END Delay Event A utoPlay amp D A HH seconds Rotate Event A utoPlay amp R A Auxiliary PlayList Rotate Event Auto L oad amp R L Auxiliary PlayList TAMS Event A utoPlay amp A A TAMS Style TAMS Event Auto L oad amp A L TAMS Style Timed Event amp T Timed Event Backtime Marker amp B Backtime Marker To play a specific audio cut put the cut number in place of below You can optionally put a single space after the cut number and then a description of the event to make it easier to read the NL8 Log Templates Command Transition Code Log Template Event Name Play Audio S egue amp P S HHHH Description Play Audio A utoPlay amp P A AHHH Des
10. When the Digicenter conversion is performed the DANDY 1 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label is what is sent to the Digicenter in lieu of the cart number 100 The Digicenter will then play the cut named DANDY 1 We recommend using cut numbers instead of names but this facility is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please only use it if absolutely needed and call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR DIGICENTER The Natural Log does read exact run times from the Digicenter Log Reconciliation File Copy the Log Reconciliation File for the selected single date onto a floppy disc and use the Automation Convert Read function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the Log Editor Natural Log will read the run times and print a report OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard Digicenter file names Output send file yrmmddT SCH yr year mm month dd day station 951102T SCH is Send Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input read file yrmmddT LOG yr year mm month dd day station 951102T1 LO0G is Play Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Page 11 32 Natural Log User Manual 11 08 Digicenter Automation ont DIGICENTER COMMANDS can be sent to the Digicenter such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp
11. a reference number within the Natural Log which either you or the system will designate Now however when the conversion is done to the automation format the Natural Log can pick up as many as 8 characters from the Cart Label column as a cut name to send to the automation in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarket Suppose you named this cut DANDY 1 in your automation You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp DANDY 1 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the name When the automation conversion is performed the DANDY 1 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label is what is sent to the automation in lieu of the cart number 100 The automation will then play the cut named DANDY 1 We recommend using cut numbers instead of names but this facility is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please only use it if absolutely needed and call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR TUNETRACKER OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Output send file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station Input read file ARmmddyy txt TuneTracker As Run Log AR110295 txt Contin
12. at the end of each break This only applies to satellite formats If you do this on a music format the BSTG will stop at the end of each break Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp BREAK 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 EA 1013 ae i 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 230 1015 amp Natural Log BTSG Output File Format Please call Natural Software with any questions about this file format The file is straight ASCII with no page breaks no formfeeds no headers and no graphics Each line is 78 characters log plus a Carriage Return Line Feed total 80 characters per record The file name is mmddyyyyy LOG where mm Month 05 for May dd Day 01 for the first yyyy Year HHH Example 05019195 LOG is Traffic log for 05 01 95 COLUMN LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 8 Cart number filename to be played left justified 20 24 Event description sponsor name etc 45 5 Length in mm ss format 50 8 Aux Commands 59 16 Reserved for artist names in music 15 4 Natural Log event pointer for reconciling Play Times 79 2 Carriage Return Line Feed Natural Log User Manual Page 11 71 11 19 MediaTouch The Natural Log interface for MediaTouch systems exports a log in the Scott Studios generic format You must purchase the Log Tools module from MediaTouch to import this log into MediaTouch automation s
13. be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to Digicenter as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Natural Log User Manual Page 11 31 11 08 Digicenter Automation ont USING ALPHANUMERIC CUT NAMES Natural Log is based on a number system to identify cuts or carts Digicenter allows use of alphabetic cut names Many stations use these to name their spots in Digicenter instead of using numbers If you want to do this Natural Log now will allow you to keep this cut naming scheme in the Digicenter You still will schedule the cuts by a reference number within the Natural Log which either you or the system will designate Now however when the conversion is done to the Digicenter format the Natural Log can pick up as many as 8 characters from the Cart Label column as a cut name to send to the Digicenter in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarket Suppose you named this cut DANDY 1 in your Digicenter You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp DANDY 1 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the name
14. breaks no formfeeds no headers and no graphics Each line is 86 characters long plus a Carriage Return Line Feed If needed this log can be merged by your music scheduler software to create a combined log which is necessary for BTSG The file name is mmddyyyyy NL where mm Month 05 for May dd Day 01 for the first yyyy Year HHH is the Natural Log station number Example 05019195 NL1 is Traffic log for 05 01 95 for station 1 COLUMN LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 8 Scheduled time hh mm ss military time 10 8 Cart number filename to be played left justified 20 24 Event description Sponsor name Title etc 45 5 Length in mm ss format 51 24 Reserved for artist name in Natural Music 76 4 Natural Log event pointer for reconciling Play Times 81 4 BTSG Category 86 1 BTSG Sync Code H S or blank Natural Log User Manual Page 11 79 11 21 m3u List This section of NL can create a standard m3u list of audio cuts to be played by some of the audio players available WE CANNOT HELP YOU WITH THESE SYSTEMS All NL does is send them a list of audio cuts to play their developers are responsible for their support CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table MUST be used with these systems The m3u file needs complete filenames including path and extensions such as mp3 wav etc NL uses the conversion table to create these paths and extensi
15. cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen WITHOUT any preceding letters in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in the CHTV System See the conversion table discussion below to force the letter prefix during creation of the automation log CONVERSION TABLE USAGE If you use prefixes such as D1234 in front of cut numbers the Natural Log conversion table is used to tell the Natural Log convertor to put the appropriate letters in front of the cart number This conversion table also tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers and any letters which must be added You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the letter s and number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can enter a different number of digits for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example You use D as cut numbers for spots in the automation system You must enter D0000 as the conversion type for Natural Log cuts 1 9999 Cut 260 would be converted to D0260 Cut 34 would be sent as D0034 and so on Warning The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding or prefixes You must edit the Natural Log Conversion Table as described above to get the D pref
16. is a line label ALIGN tells AudioVault to move to this line at the time specified and wait for the next contact closure which will come about 1021 but may float When it receives the contact closure AudioVault will play the following spots if any and return to satellite amp BREAK The tells the system that this is a Satellite Start event and MUST be blank The tells the system that this is a Comment Line BREAK is just a text description This comment line serves to STOP the AudioVault ONLY if there are no commercials in the spotset which follows it The time on this event MUST be the same as the start time of the stopset This event is required for all commercial breaks as a safety device to prevent AudioVault from getting out of sequence with the Network If no spots follow this event Audiovault stays on satellite Example Aligning with Satellite Contact Closures In the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1009 1018 amp ALIGN 1010 1021 amp BREAK 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 EA 2 1013 E A 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 30 The example shown above would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather named amp WX 1 Weather is a description for readability AUDIOVAULT COMMANDS You can also use the amp to play an audio cut from the Log Form
17. it will stop and wait to receive the network contact closure before executing the command to close RELAY 1 for 100 microseconds Network OFF If no spots are scheduled the RELAY 2 100 Network ON is immediately executed and network audio is NOT interrupted If there are spots they will be autostarted and then RELAY 2 100 Network ON is executed after the last spot due to the Q code on line 1014 Either way Simian then goes to the next commercial break and waits for the next network contact closure This is an example only your Relay numbers will be different Page 11 60 Natural Log User Manual 11 16 BSI Simian Automation ons EVENTS FROM LOG FORMATS Commands to play audio cuts can be sent from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers you need not restrict yourself to numbers only The system will pick up the cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name You may also enter more than one command per line just enter a space between each command and start each command with amp Example You may need to run weather at each day within a Commercial Break If your weather is named WX 1 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event
18. onto a floppy disc Then use the Automation Convert Read function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the Log Editor Natural Log will read the run times and print a report OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard SALSA amp Systemation file names Output send file ISPOT DAT Input read file EPLOG DAT Natural Log User Manual Page 11 11 11 03 Salsa and Systemation con SPOTBREAK Setup Example The first break in this hour at 01 11 probably set up as Break 0 in your Salsa system starts at event number 103 in the Natural Log format Note that no new time has been entered for events 104 and 105 so Natural Log will automatically assume they are to be scheduled at 1 11 the last valid previous time entered on the log format at event 103 The 2nd break probably set up as Break 1 in your Salsa system starts at 01 21 at event 107 Note that there MUST be breaks set up in SALSA at the EXACT same time as the breaks on Natural Log or the automation will not properly load the log Event Time Event Length 0103 0111 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 0104 ER A 0105 ER fN 0106 0107 0121 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 0108 KA S 0109 a i AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as to play certain audio cuts from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp followed by the Source
19. or carts Phantom allows use of alphabetic cut names Many stations use these to name their spots in Phantom instead of using numbers If you want to do this Natural Log now will allow you to keep this cut naming scheme in the Phantom You still will schedule the cuts by a reference number within the Natural Log which either you or the system will designate Now however when the conversion is done to the Phantom format the Natural Log can pick up as many as 8 characters from the Cart Label column as a cut name to send to the Phantom in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarket Suppose you named this cut DANDY 1 in your Phantom You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp DANDY 1 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the name When the Phantom conversion is performed the DANDY 1 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label is what is sent to the Phantom in lieu of the cart number 100 The Phantom will then play the cut named DANDY 1 We do not recommend using alphanumeric cut names as they are confusing but this facility is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please only use it if absolutely needed and call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR PHANTOM T
20. range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to automation as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THIS SYSTEM FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Output send file is named mmddyy evt Where mm month dd day yy year Example 110295 evt is the Log for 11 02 95 Page 11 82 Natural Log User Manual 11 22 Digital Universe Automation Logs BREAK MARKERS The Digital Univesr log import merge program needs a marker to know where each new break begins This is done in the NL log formats as follows and is MANDATORY Assume you want to have a break at 10 after and 20 after the hour You wou
21. the Cart Label column as a cut name to send to the Digilink in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarket Suppose you named this cut DANDY 1 in your Digilink You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp DANDY 1 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the name When the Digilink conversion is performed the DANDY 1 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label is what is sent to the Digilink in lieu of the cart number 100 The Digilink will then play the cut named DANDY 1 We do not recommend using alphanumeric cut names as they are confusing but this facility is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please only use it if absolutely needed and call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR DIGILINK The Natural Log does read exact run times from the Digilink Play Log Copy the Play Log for the selected single date onto a floppy disc and use the Automation Convert Read function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the Log Editor Natural Log will read the run times and print a report OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard Digilink file names Output send file Tmmddyr DIG mm is month dd is day yr i
22. to use numbers with leading O s you can continue to do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program that you want to do this This is done by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR PHANTOM CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If you enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to Phantom as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Natural Log User Manual Page 11 49 11 14 RDS Phantom Automation cont USING ALPHANUMERIC CUT NAMES Natural Log is based on a number system to identify cuts
23. use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the Digilink cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Spot column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in Digilink NOTE While Digilink can use letters amp numbers as audio cut names natural Log uses ONLY numbers as cut identifiers when entering broadcast orders CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with the Digilink system The Digilink uses alphanumeric names for its cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that Digilink reads these literally for example cut 0260 in Digilink will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 In the Digilink it is useful to use the leading 0 s so that all cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you have already started your Digilink entry and have used leading O s or you wish to use numbers with leading O s you can continue to do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program that you want to do this This is done by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR DIGILINK CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to
24. used to tell the Natural Log convertor to put the appropriate letters in front of the cart number This conversion table also tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers and any letters which must be added You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the letter s and number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can enter a different number of digits for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example You use COM as cut numbers for spots in the Harris system You must enter COM0000 as the conversion type for Natural Log cuts 1 9999 Cut 260 would be converted to Harris cut COM0260 Cut 34 would be sent as COM0034 and so on Warning The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding or prefixes This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to the Harris system as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THE HARRIS SYSTEM OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses these file names Output send file mmddyy asc mm month dd day yr year 110295 asc is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input read file not supported Page 11 94 Natural Log User Manual 11 25 Harris ADC100 Automation cont HARRIS SYSTEM COMMANDS can be sent to the automation suc
25. using DCS s report module to create an audit report named mmddyyS RPT on a floppy disc for the day s play log Natural Log reads this RPT file Page 11 22 Natural Log User Manual 11 06 Computer Concepts DCS Automation cont DCS COMMANDS DCS accepts certain commands also called directives in DCS An example might be to load a spotset See your DCS manual These can be entered on your Natural Log system Log Formats as command lines of text Use Setup Formats Logs Natural Log will treat these as command lines if you begin the event name with amp where is your command letter as described below amp D D is a Directive the means a valid Directive Type amp D LR Load Required stopset amp D LS Load Optional stopset amp D LW Load Window amp D CR Close Relay amp D XF Execute Function amp P This indicates that there is a Program Title on this line of the logformat Skip one space after the and type in the Program Title on the log format amp L This indicates that there is a Log Note on this line of the log format Skip one space after the and type in the Log Note text amp CHF This tells the DCS to play cart number at this spot on the log This is useful for playing things whose location doesn t change on the log like weather jingles ID s etc as part of a stopset On the event on which these commands are entered on the log format you may also enter
26. 0000 as the conversion type for Natural Log cuts 1 9999 Cut 260 would be converted to Smartcaster cut 00260 Cart number 34 would be sent as 00034 and so on If you use L for Smartcaster cuts where is the customer number L is a 3 or 6 to designate 30 or 60 sec spot and is the 0 9 individual cut for that customer you may also do this in NL s conversion table as OOOLO Since NL can only handle 4 digit cut numbers in NL s order entry put the 4 digit number without the length digit Smartcaster cut 10031 would be entered as 1001 leave the length digit out NL will automotically add the length digit during log generation EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR SMARTCASTER OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard Smartcaster file names Output send file BREAKLOG day day Day of week Mon Tue etc BREAKLOG MON_ is Send Log for Monday Input read file not supported Page 11 34 Natural Log User Manual 11 09 Smartcaster Automation cont SMARTCASTER BREAK NUMBERS The SmartCaster works with 12 breaks per hour into which you can insert spots Natural Log allows you to set up only those breaks you want to use in the Setup Format Logs section See chapter 2 2 of this manual You need a way to identify the Smartcaster Break numbers into which the spots are to be inserted when the log conversion is done Therefore immediately before each Commercial Break on the Natural Log format you nee
27. 20 However you want the system to pause to allow your live announcer to talk before the spots start In the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1020 amp QS 1011 1020 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 30 1012 i 1013 aes T The amp on event line 1010 indicates a command to occur at time 1020 The Q tells the system to send a Blank as the Q start code to Simian This Blank Q code tells Simian to finish playing the last event song before the spots and then to wait for the announcer to issue a Manual Start before starting the spots that follow SATELLITE TRIGGER INTO COMMERCIAL SETS Satellite Trigger Example In Satellite mode contact closures from the network start your commercial breaks There MUST be a break marker for each commercial break EVEN IF EMPTY so the Simian stays in sync with the network With no break marker for an empty spot break the Simian would be positioned at the wrong break when the next contact closure comes The example assumes you are using a Satellite Relay switcher If running Network audio through the AUX input on your audio card contact BSI for the appropriate Macro commands to use In the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1020 amp M RELAY 1 100 1011 1020 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 30 1012 aS i 1013 ae 1014 amp M RELAY 2 100 amp M sends Blank as the Q start code to Simian so
28. Chapter 11 Automation Logs Some restrictions apply to certain automation systems so you must read the subsection of Section 11 which applies to your automation system before entering any orders into Natural Log Page 11 2 lists the subsections of this manual which apply to the various automation systems which are supported by Natural Log INTERFACING TO FROM AUTOMATION SYSTEMS The Natural Log system will interface to many automation systems This is done by converting the Natural Log output into a format which the automation can understand SENDING A LOG To send the log to automation the Natural Log system daily log must have been generated and edited if necessary The log is converted using the Convertor in the Log Editor to the proper format on a floppy disc which can be read by the automation system Section 4 4 and the appropriate subsection of Section 11 has step by step instructions for performing the log conversion with the Log Editor READING A LOG The system can read exact Air Times from an automation play log These Air Times are shown on the Invoice Affidavits This is not supported for some automation systems Please see the appropriate subsection to determine if the system supports Reading from your automation system Section 4 4 and the appropriate subsection of Section 11 has step by step instructions for reading the spot run times using the Log Editor CONVERSION TABLE Some automation systems require some conversion of t
29. Conversion Table may be used with the Digicenter system The Digicenter uses alphanumeric names for its cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that Digicenter reads these literally for example cut 0260 in Digicenter will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 In the Digicenter it is useful to use the leading 0 s so that all cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you have already started your Digicenter entry and have used leading 0 s or you wish to use numbers with leading O s you can continue to do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program that you want to do this This is done by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR DIGICENTER CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If you enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would
30. E The MediaTouch system uses alphanumeric prefixes for its digital audio cuts e g ZM0101 instead of cart number 0101 while Natural Log uses numbers The Natural Log conversion table is used to tell the Natural Log convertor to put the ZM in front of the cart number only if required by the MediaTouch Log Tools module Page 11 72 Natural Log User Manual 11 19 MediaTouch cont CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR MEDIATOUCH SYSTEM CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers and any letters which must be added You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the letter s and number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can enter a different number of digits for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example The MediaTouch system requires cuts named ZM so you must enter ZM0000 as the conversion type for Natural Log cuts 1 9999 Cut 260 would be converted to MediaTouch cut ZM0260 Cut 34 would be sent as ZM0034 and so on Warning The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding or prefixes This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to the MediaTouch system as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR MEDIATOUCH SYSTEM Nat
31. Length 1011 1020 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 ee 5 1013 EA i 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 230 This plays 2 30 of commercials followed by weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather The computer only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read Simian will play cut WX 1 at the end of the commercial set SIMIAN CATEGORIES Simian uses several different categories for thing which can be scheduled on its log Natural Log always sends the category as Audio UNLESS you tell it some other category These Non Audio categories do things other than play an audio file To execute these you can enter them in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs as shown in the examples below They can ALSO be sent from the Traffic Order entry See Next page for example This method should work for all defined Categories in Simian During the log conversion these commands which must have amp at the beginning of the event will be read from the Event Name column of the log formats as Non Audio items Also any Spot Labels from the Natural Log Tape Script Library which have amp at the beginning of the Spot Label will be read as Non Audio These Non Audio items will be executed as set up in Simian Natural Log User Manual Page 11 61 11 16 BSI Simian Automation ons SENDING NON AUDIO COMMANDS FROM LOG FORMATS In Natural Log Setup Format Lo
32. So2 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the Phantom commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format In this example we included SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 only to make it readable to humans The computer only needs amp So2 Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp So02 SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 ne a 1013 as Play Cut Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named WX 1 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2230 1012 eos a 1013 saci Gi 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 230 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Natural Log User Manual Page 11 51 11 14 RDS Phantom Automation cont Command Sequence Example You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then switch to Source 2 then play a closer cut 2002 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the following
33. Table may be used with these systems if needed Most automation systems use alphanumeric names for cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that the systems read these literally for example cut 0260 in the automation will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the O on the left end of the 260 You may want to use the leading O s so that cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you need or want to use leading O s you can do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program to pad with leading 0 s by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 car
34. The Conversion Table is NOT used for the EZ Broadcaster system Natural Log will automatically use 4 digits for all cart numbers it sends to EZ Broadcaster For example cut 34 in Natural Log will be sent as 0034 to the EZ Broadcaster Automation system EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR EZ BROADCASTER The Natural Log does read exact run times from the EZ Broadcaster log text files Copy the EZ Broadcaster Aired log File see below to determine the filename of this log of aired events for the selected single date onto a floppy disc and use the Automation Convert Read function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the Log Editor Natural Log will read the run times and print a report OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard EZ Broadcaster file names Output send file ddd SPT ddd Day of week MON TUE WED MON DPT is Send Log spots for Monday Input read file mm dd TXT mm Month dd Day 02 22 TXT is the Aired log for Feb 22 any year Natural Log User Manual Page 11 43 11 12 EZBroadcaster Automation ont EZ BROADCASTER BREAK NUMBERS The EZ Broadcaster works with 10 breaks per hour into which you can insert up to 10 spots each Natural Log allows you to set up only those breaks you want to use in the Setup Format Logs section See chapter 2 2 of this manual You need a way to identify the EZ Broadcaster Break numbers into which the spots are to be inserted
35. WEATHER 30 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Page 11 86 Natural Log User Manual 11 23 Enco DADpro32 Automation Users of Enco DADPro32 released after January 2003 have the ability to import an ASCII Flat File from Natural Log that does not require the purchase of a custom filter from Enco NL8 creates a text file that can be imported using Enco s ASCII Flat File import as described in section 5 16 of the Enco DADPro32 manual Users of older versions of EncoDAD must buy the custom filter from Enco and see Interfacing to Enco DAD Automation Using Custom Filter CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with these systems if needed Enco uses alphanumeric names for cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that Enco reads spot numbers as characters not numbers for example cut 0260 in the automation will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 You may want to use the leading O s so that cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you need or want to use leading O s you can do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor pro
36. a description after the command Examples are shown on the next page continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 11 23 11 06 Computer Concepts DCS Automation cont Example of Optional Stopset with DCS Event Time Event Name Length FillCode 1002 1005 amp D LS LOAD OPTION STOPSET 2 30 1003 1010 Commercial Set 4 Spots 2 30 a 1004 1003 1005 1003 G 1006 1003 a Event 1002 tells DCS to load the upcoming 1010AM optional stopset at 1005AM If it finds no spots logged in events 1003 1004 1005 or 1006 it would skip the spotset since it is optional amp D LS tells DCS to load the next optional stopset We inserted the LOAD OPTIONAL STOPSET in the Natural Log format setup to make it understandable to humans Natural Log uses the information on events numbered 1003 through 1006 as commercial avails in which it may log a total of 2 30 of commercials The on event 1003 indicates to natural Log that a commercial spotset starts at event 1003 at time 1010 and continues 1 or more additional lines On the next lines 4 1003 indicates that these lines are part of the commercial spotset starting at event 1003 I in FillCode column tells Natural Log that this spotset must be filled to exact length If Used if at least one spot is placed in this spotset M would indicate mandatory spotset which must always be used and filled to length and blank indicates no fill to length is necessary
37. acters log plus a Carriage Return Line Feed total 80 characters per record The file name is mmddyrT LOG where mm Month 05 for May dd Day 01 for the first yr Year 95 for 1995 01 for 2001 T traffic schedule M is for Music schedule station number usually 1 may be 1 or 2 if AM FM station Example 050195T1 LOG is Traffic log for 05 01 95 for station 1 COLUMN LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 8 Cart number filename to be played left justified 20 24 Event description sponsor name etc 45 4 Length in SECONDS left padded with zeroes 50 3 Played Hour 53 3 Played Minute 56 2 Played Second 59 16 Reserved 15 4 Natural Log event pointer for reconciling Play Times 79 2 Carriage Return Line Feed Note The fields labeled Played Hour Played Minute and Played Second are left blank by Natural Log but may be used by automation to return actual run times to Natural Log Page 11 30 Natural Log User Manual 11 08 Digicenter Automation DIGICENTER CART NUMBERS The Digicenter can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the Digicenter cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Spot column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in Digicenter CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The
38. ails and an event description which must appear exactly as follows the amp is a Natural Log command marker and is required amp LOCAL BREAK Event Time Event Length FillCode 1010 1021 amp LOCAL BREAK TOLI TZT xxCOMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTs 3 00 I 1012 Ae d 1013 aii Note that this commercial break is optional FillCode If Used but amp LOCAL BREAK is a text line which is always sent to AutoMate as a break marker to keep AutoMate and the network in sync Natural Log User Manual Page 11 41 11 11 Automate Automation ont AUTO MATE COMMANDS can be sent to the Auto Mate such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example The command to switch to source 2 may be code GOTO2 in the Auto Mate You would enter this as amp GOTO2 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the Auto Mate commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format In this example we included SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 only to m
39. ake it readable to humans The computer only needs amp GOTO2 Event Time Event Length 1009 1021 amp GOTO2 SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 1010 1021 amp LOCAL BREAK 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 EA a 1013 aes f Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named S890001 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp LOCAL BREAK 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 KR R 1013 Ae H 1014 amp S90001 WEATHER 230 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the 90001 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Page 11 42 Natural Log User Manual 11 12 EZBroadcaster Automation EZ BROADCASTER CART NUMBERS The EZ Broadcaster Auotmation system uses 4 digit cart numbers from 1 to 9998 which can be entered directly into Natural Log orders Spot 9999 is used as an empty spot marker All you need to do is enter the EZ Broadcaster cut number 1 to 9998 for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in EZ Broadcaster CONVERSION TABLE USAGE
40. ally for example cut 0260 in the automation will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 You may want to use the leading O s so that cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you need or want to use leading O s you can do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program to pad with leading O s by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to automation as 260 To change this you need to edit th
41. amp ID1000 0O A 1 Legal ID 210 Natural Log User Manual Page 11 95 11 25 Harris Video Automation cont SETTING TYPES ON NL COMMERCIAL ITEMS There may be situations in which you need to tell the Harris system to wait for a network pulse before starting a commercial break Enter the following on the NL log formats amp SET Type SecType Channel Input Where the fields are described above The only difference is the cutID is SET This tells NL8 to apply the field values set on the SET line to the following commercial items until it sees another SET command Example You may need to join a network and then set type AU on the first commercial in the break Then you need the 2nd and 3rd spots in the break to be type A You could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1001 1000 amp NET O A 1 Family Network 1010 1030 amp SET AU A 1 1011 1030 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 00 1012 amp SET A A 1 1013 ae s 1014 rS i This would send type AU on the first commercial in the break Then it sends type A on the next spot due to the SET command before the second spot Page 11 96 Natural Log User Manual 11 26 Classic Hollywood TV Automation CHTV CUT NUMBERS The CHTV system can use any cut ID s with a letter plus 4 digits However Natural Log cut numbers scheduled from orders is limited to the range 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the
42. amp So02 SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 KA R 1013 Ee ii Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named WX 1 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 ne a 1013 ae i 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 30 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Natural Log User Manual Page 11 93 11 25 Harris ADC100 Automation HARRIS CUT NUMBERS The Harris system can use any cut ID s up to 32 characters However Natural Log cut numbers scheduled from orders is limited to the range 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen WITHOUT any preceding letters in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in the Harris System If you use prefixes letters in front of cut numbers see the conversion table discussion below CONVERSION TABLE USAGE If you use prefixes such as COM1234 in front of cut numbers example COM1234 to identify them as commercials the Natural Log conversion table is
43. ans Natural Log cart 260 is sent to automation as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Natural Log User Manual Page 11 27 11 07 Generic ASCII Text Output Logcon Used for Dalet AuDisk RadioOne Pristine Prophet Systems Conversions USING ALPHANUMERIC CUT NAMES Natural Log is based on a number system to identify cuts or carts Some automation systems allow use of alphabetic cut names Many stations use these to name their spots in automation instead of using numbers If you want to do this Natural Log now will allow you to keep this cut naming scheme in the automation You still will schedule the cuts by a reference number within the Natural Log which either you or the system will designate Now however when the conversion is done to the automation format the Natural Log can pick up as many as 8 characters from the Cart Label column as a cut name to send to the automation in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarket Suppose you named this cut DANDY 1 in your automation You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp DANDY 1 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the name When the automation conversion is performed the DANDY 1 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label
44. any digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to automation as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above continued next page Natural Log User Manual Page 11 91 11 24 WireReady Automation cont USING ALPHANUMERIC CUT NAMES Natural Log is based on a number system to identify cuts or carts Some automation systems allow use of alphabetic cut names Many stations use these to name their spots in automation instead of using numbers If you want to do this Natural Log now will allow you to keep this cut naming scheme in the automation You still will schedule the cuts by a reference number wit
45. ar commercial spot into the Spot column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in AudioVault CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with the AudioVault system The AudioVault uses alphanumeric names for its cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that AudioVault reads these literally for example cut 0260 in AudioVault will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 In the AudioVault it is useful to use the leading 0 s so that all cuts have an equal number of digits If you have already started your AudioVault entry and have used leading O s or you wish to use numbers with leading O s you can continue to do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program that you want to do this This is done by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUDIOVAULT CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if ne
46. at Just enter amp followed immediately no spaces by the audio cut number as the event name in the Natural Log Format Setup This is useful for scheduling weather jingles ID s etc Page 11 20 Natural Log User Manual 11 06 Computer Concepts DCS Automation DCS CART NUMBERS Computer Concept s DCS system can use cut numbers from 1 to 999 with a single letter in front to identify the type All you need to do is enter the DCS cut number without the letter into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The DCS system uses cart numbers starting with a letter e g T102 Natural Log ONLY uses numbers To make the systems compatible we use a Conversion Table Using the conversion table described below you set aside blocks of cut numbers for spots promos etc to be used by Natural Log to convert to letters plus numbers for DCS That is cart number 101 in Natural Log can be converted to T101 when sent to DCS CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR DCS CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut Hf range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can enter a different number of digits for different cut number ranges if necessary T
47. ation Versions 1 2 and Digital DJ cont OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard AXS Digital DJ file naming Output send file mmddyr LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 LOG is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input read file mmddyr ALG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 ALG is Audit Log for 11 02 95 AXS DIGITAL DJ COMMANDS amp CLUSTER MARKERS Cut numbers 1 to 999 are reserved by the Digital DJ for commands Cuts 1 to 1999 are reserved by AXS for commands These commands CAN be automatically sent to the Digital DJ or AXS from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the 4 digit command cut number in the Event Name Cluster Marker Example AXS cut number 0053 might be a Cluster Marker for a 180 second spot set You define these using the Digital DJ or AXS system and manual The Digital DJ or AXS system must see a Cluster Marker command immediately before any spots so it knows how long the spot set is supposed to be Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp 0053 180 SEC CLUSTER 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTs 3 00 1012 RS a 1013 a g On the Natural Log formats you d enter an event named amp 0053 at the time the spot set is supposed to start in this case 1021AM Then on the next line of the Natural Log format you d enter the spot avails slots or See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the Digita
48. cessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If you enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to AudioVault as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Page 11 18 Natural Log User Manual 11 05 AudioVault Automation cont EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR AUDIOVAULT OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses the following file names Output send file mmddyr NL mm month dd day yr year station 110295 NL1 Send Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input read file mmmdd LOG mmm is 3 letter month dd is day station NOV021 LOG Read Log for 11 02 95 station 1 AUDIOVAULT COMMANDS AudioVault accepts certain commands such as load the next day s log See the AudioVault manual These can be entered on your Natural Log system Setup Formats Logs as command lines of text Natural Log will treat these as command lines if you begin the event name with amp X followed immediately by the command name Explanation of second column codes amp X means time triggered amp X means triggered a
49. cials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp 0910 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Page 11 48 Natural Log User Manual 11 14 RDS Phantom Automation WARNING To properly import Natural Log into Phantom you MUST go into the Phantom s Setup Menu and select Other as the traffic log type PHANTOM CART NUMBERS The Phantom can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the Phantom cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Spot column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in Phantom NOTE While Phantom can use letters amp numbers as audio cut names Natural Log uses ONLY numbers as cut identifiers when entering broadcast orders CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with the Phantom system The Phantom uses alphanumeric names for its cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that Phantom reads these literally for example cut 0260 in Phantom will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 In the Phantom it is useful to use the leading 0 s so that all cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you have already started your Phantom entry and have used leading O s or you wish
50. click Save before exiting the screen ITEM START LENGTH Cue 9 1 Time 1 8 Name 10 8 Length 65 5 Category 56 8 Description 20 35 Warning Be sure you uncheck the Put Autostep on all events box in Simian If you do not uncheck this box Simian will not read any Q codes from Natural Log SIMIAN CART NUMBERS The Simian can use any cart numbers or names Natural Log can only use numbers from 1 to 9999 so you must use these same numbers in Simian All you need to do is enter the Simian cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Spot column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in Simian NOTE While Simian can use letters amp numbers as audio cut names Natural Log uses ONLY numbers as cut identifiers when entering broadcast orders CONVERSION TABLE The Conversion Table may be used with the Simian system The Simian uses alphanumeric names for its cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that Simian reads these literally for example cut 0260 in Simian will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 In the Simian it is useful to use the leading 0 s so that all cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you have already started your Simian entry and have used leading O s or you wish to use numbers with leading O s you can continue to do so but you need to tell the Nat
51. cription Play Audio Auto L oad amp P L HHHH Description Play Audio N ormal amp P N HHHH Description Also see Reconciling Automation Play Logs Page 11 90 Natural Log User Manual 11 24 WireReady Automation Logs The information provided below applies to all WireReady automation systems ControlReady MusicReady and CartReady NOTE These systems have their own reader module which reads an ASCII file containing the commercial log into their systems Natural Log can generate such a file as described on page 11 23 The automation vendor must configure their reader to read this text file CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with these systems if needed Most automation systems use alphanumeric names for cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that the systems read these literally for example cut 0260 in the automation will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 You may want to use the leading O s so that cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you need or want to use leading O s you can do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program to pad with leading 0 s by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how m
52. d to tell it a SmartCaster Break number Example Event Time Event Name Length FillCode 1002 1010 amp BREAK1 1003 1010 Commercial Set 4 Spots 2 30 I 1004 x LOOS 1005 1003 1006 E TOOS The event named BREAK1 tells Natural Log to insert any spots in the following avails into break 1 of the 10AM hour in Smartcaster BREAK2 would send them to break 2 and so on If Natural Log has an if used break which is not needed it won t fill the break with anything If no spots get logged into the avails immediately following the break number line the break is skipped in SmartCaster In this way optional breaks can be set up in the log formats but skipped when not needed NOTE ON BREAK NUMBERS Within each hour you can have breaks numbered from 1 to 12 If you are using Smartcaster to play music as well as commercials the music must be inserted into breaks as well If this is the case you might want to use ODD breaks 1 3 5 7 9 11 as spot breaks and EVEN breaks 2 4 6 8 10 12 as music breaks However you may use the break numbers in any way you like as long as they are compatible with Smartcaster Natural Log User Manual Page 11 35 11 09 Smartcaster Automation ont SMARTCASTER COMMANDS can be sent to the Smartcaster such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Na
53. e amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format followed by the BTSG category a dash then the cut ID then at least one space and an optional description Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp wx 1002 AM WEATHER 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 ESS 2 1013 ER Rotator Example Assume you want to run a BTSG rotator named LINERS coming out of the break You could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2230 1012 x 1013 xe g 1014 amp ROT LINERS 10 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed a cut from the BTSG LINERS rotator Note the use of ROT as the BSTG category Natural Log User Manual Page 11 77 11 20 BTSG Gen IV Automation Logs AUTOMATION COMMANDS continued Network Join Example Assume you want to join a network at the top of the hour for news for 5 minutes You could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1001 1000 amp NET XABC 5 00 Note the use of NET as the BSTG category and the cut ID is the network ID as specified in BSTG Note the forces a hard sync in BTSG To make ita soft sync use the as in NET XABC SYNC COMMANDS can be sent to BSTG Gen IV by NL NL reads as a soft sync and as a hard sync A soft sync means BTSG moves to that event at that time but does not start pla
54. e Conversion Table as described above Natural Log User Manual Page 11 75 11 20 BTSG Gen IV Automation Logs USING ALPHANUMERIC CUT NAMES Natural Log is based on a number system to identify cuts or carts Some automation systems allow use of alphabetic cut names Many stations use these to name their spots in automation instead of using numbers If you want to do this Natural Log now will allow you to keep this cut naming scheme in the automation You still will schedule the cuts by a reference number within the Natural Log which either you or the system will designate Now however when the conversion is done to the automation format the Natural Log can pick up as many as 8 characters from the Cart Label column as a cut name to send to the automation in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarket Suppose you named this cut DANDY 1 in your automation You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp DANDY 1 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the name When the automation conversion is performed the DANDY 1 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label is what is sent to the automation in lieu of the cart number 100 The automation will then play the cut named DANDY 1 We recommend using cut numbers instead of names but this faci
55. e cut number as specified in Natural Log and it must be in Category CA in the Scott system VALID SCOTT SYSTEM CATEGORIES Not all codes entered in the Log Type field are are acceptable to Natural Log therefore you must restrict the Categories you use in the Scott system You may use one or all of these as Categories in the Scott system for recording your audio cuts CA Commercial Announecement PSA Public Service Announcement SPA Station Promotional Announcement CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Scott Studio system uses alphanumeric prefixes for its digital audio cuts e g DAO101 instead of cart number 0101 while Natural Log uses numbers The Natural Log conversion table is used to tell the Natural Log convertor to put the DA in front of the cart number Natural Log User Manual Page 11 37 11 10 Scott Studios SS32 AXS 3 cont CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR SCOTT SYSTEM CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers and any letters which must be added You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the letter s and number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can enter a different number of digits for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example The Scott system requires cuts named DA so you
56. e from 6 10AM Then you return to automation for the rest of the day Natural Log needs to know not to send spot data to CartWorks CDS32 from 6 10AM If CartWorks CDS32 doesn t have spot breaks set up for 6 10AM CartWorks CDS32 will load the next spot sent from Natural Log e g 6 05AM into the next spot break it finds in the CartWorks CDS32 format setup which may be 10 05AM Your spots will be out of sequence This can be prevented in Natural Log by using AUTO OFF and AUTO ON commands This is done in Natural Log s Setup Format Logs section In this example your first event in the 6AM hour of the log format would look like this Event Time Event Length 0600 0600 amp AUTO OFF 0601 0600 JOHN DOE SHOW 60 00 No data is sent to CartWorks or CDS32 until the system hits an 8AUTO ON command Event Time Event Length 1000 1000 amp AUTO ON 1000 1000 BACK ON SATELLITE 60 00 NOTE These events must appear exactly as listed including the amp followed immediately by AUTO ON or AUTO OFF Natural Log User Manual Page 11 17 11 05 AudioVault Automation NOTE Users of Broadcast Electronics AV air and CORE systems do NOT use the standard AudioVault interface system See Section 11 13 for a description of the AV Air and BE Core interface AUDIOVAULT CART NUMBERS The AudioVault can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the AudioVault cut number for the particul
57. ed next page Natural Log User Manual Page 11 53 11 15 Digital JukeBox Automation con DIGITAL JUKEBOX BREAK NUMBERS The Digital JukeBox works with individual breaks numbered beginning with BREAK71 in each hour in which you can insert spots Natural Log allows you to set up only those breaks you want to use in the Setup Format Logs section See chapter 2 2 of this manual You need a way to identify the Digital JukeBox Break numbers into which the spots are to be inserted when the log conversion is done Therefore immediately before each Commercial Break on the Natural Log format you need to give it a Digital JukeBox Break number Example Event Time Event Name Length FillCode 1002 1010 amp BREAK1 1003 1010 Commercial Set 4 Spots 2 30 I 1004 1003 1005 1003 1006 1003 The event named BREAK71 tells Natural Log to insert any spots in the following avails into break 1 of the 10AM hour in Digital JukeBox BREAK2 would send them to break 2 and so on If Natural Log has an if used break which is not needed it won t fill the break with anything If no spots get logged into the avails immediately following the break number line the break is skipped in Digital JukeBox In this way optional breaks can be set up in the log formats but skipped when not needed Within each hour you can have breaks numbered from 1 to 10 continued next page Page 11 54 Natural Log User Manual 11 15 Dig
58. egue to the next logged item after LEGALID AUTOMATIC SEGUE INTO COMMERCIAL SETS Natural Log s default command to Simian is to automatically segue to begin commercial sets so you do NOT need to send any Q code if you simply want to segue from the preceding music or other audio to the spots in the commercial set Example You want the spotset at 1020 to begin playing automatically after the previous event ends In this example no Q Code is entered so automatic segue is assumed In the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1020 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 30 1012 ES S 1013 Ke i Page 11 58 Natural Log User Manual 11 16 BSI Simian Automation cons NON AUTOMATIC SEGUE INTO COMMERCIAL SETS To control the start of Commercial Sets which don t start by automatic seque you need to send a Q Code which is the Simian start code These Q Codes sent immediately before a commercial set ONLY apply to the commercial set which runs at the same time as the Q Code time SKIP TO TIME and Start After Current event ends Example You need to have a commercial break run at 10 20 To force the Simian to skip any unplayed music or other cuts and skip to 10 20 use the following in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1020 amp Q 1011 1020 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 30 1012 a S 1013 ae ia The amp on event line 1020 indicates a command to s
59. egun Example A 3 minute spot break may run at 1 20 but ALL spots within that break must be shown to run at 1 20 NOT 1 20 1 21 1 22 etc even though they cannot all run at the same minute Also the break time must EXACTLY match the spot break time set up in SALSA Keep this in mind when setting up your log formats in Natural Log SALSA amp SYSTEMATION CART NUMBERS _ Systemation can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the Systemation cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Spot column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in Systemation CONVERSION TABLE The conversion table is not used with SALSA or Systemation SALSA DECK or SOURCE NUMBERS When Natural Log creates the Salsa Systemation log file it must tell the automation a source or deck number from which to play the spots When you select the Automation Conversion in the Natural Log editor Natural Log will ask for the Source or Deck number for the spots For Automation Commands inserted on Text lines on the Natural Log Format you may enter amp as the Source Track See the discussion for Automation Commands on the next page EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR SALSA SYSTEMATION The Natural Log does read exact run times from the SALSA amp Systemation Log Extract the Historical Log from SALSA for a single date
60. entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 amp 2001 amp S002 amp 2002 230 Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut Page 11 52 Natural Log User Manual 11 15 Digital JukeBox Automation DIGITAL JUKEBOX CART NUMBERS The Digital JukeBox system uses 4 digit cart numbers from 1 to 9999 which can be entered directly into Natural Log orders All you need to do is enter the Digital JukeBox cut number 1 to 9999 for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in the Digital JukeBox CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table is NOT used for the Digital JukeBox system Natural Log will automatically use 4 digits for all cart numbers it sends to Digital JukeBox For example cut 34 in Natural Log will be sent as 0034 to the Digital JukeBox system which complies with the Digital JukeBox numbering system EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR DIGITAL JUKEBOX You must obtain the Digital JuekBox file named HISTORY TXT for Natural Log to read the exact spot run times OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES _ The Natural Log system uses standard Digital JukeBox file names Output send file ddd_TRAF LOG ddd Day of week MON TUE WED MON_TRAF LOG _ is Send Log spots for Monday Input read file HISTORY TXT continu
61. ere If no spots are inserted by Natural Log this amp BREAK marker will serve to tell Cartworks CDS32 that the break is empty so it should be skipped This is entered in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp BREAK 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 noe 1013 EA 9 Event 1010 contains the amp BREAK marker which will be sent to CartWorks CDS32 in the event no spots get logged into this commercial break by Natural Log This must be done before all breaks in Natural Log If the spot break is empty this amp BREAK will be transferred by Natural Log as an empty break and CartWorks will skip to the next break If spots are logged into the break the amp BREAK is ignored by the Cartworks CDS32 interface In this way the spot break loading sequence can be kept in sync between Natural Log and CartWorks CDS32 Page 11 16 Natural Log User Manual 11 04 CartWorks Pristine CDS32 TURNING THE CONVERSION ON amp OFF The CartWorks or CDS32 system loads spots sequentially into spot breaks If you have some hours during which you are Live and not using CartWorks or CDS32 you need a way to tell the Natural Log not to send spots to CartWorks CDS32 during that time period even though spots are logged for manual play If you don t do this the spot loading in CartWorks CDS32 and Natural Log can be out of sequence Example You are automated from midnight to 6AM and liv
62. fixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example Enter 00000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 5 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 00034 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to automation as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Enco users should always set this for 5 digits Page 11 64 Natural Log User Manual 11 17 Enco DAD Automation cont EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR ENCO DADpro32 You must obtain a Play Log named mmddyy dbf from the Enco system for Natural Log to read the exact spot run times OUTPUT amp FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Output send file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station 1 Input read file mmddyr dbf mm is month dd is day yr is year END STOPSET MARKERS REQUIRED Every stopset in NL must have an End Stopset marker for proper merging with a music log and importing into the Enco System See example below At event 1015 There is an amp followed by a single space then the word END another space and the word STOPSET This must appear last in each commercial set in Natural Log s Setup Format AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automati
63. gram to pad with leading O s by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example Enter 00000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 5 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 00034 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to automation as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Enco users should always set this for 5 digits Natural Log User Manual Page 11 87 11 23 Enco DADpro32 Automation ony EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR ENCO DADpro32 You must obtain a Play Log named mmddyy dbf from the Enco system for Natural Log to read the exact spot run times OUTPUT amp FILE NAMES Output send file Input read file The Natural Log syste
64. gs just enter amp followed by the Category in brackets then a space and then the name of the command to be executed Note the Q Codes and can be inserted immediately after the Category See MACRO example below If you leave these Q Codes out the system assumes which is automatic segue Be sure to put a space between the amp and the name of the command to be executed To save space on the log event line you may insert just the first character within brackets of certain standard categories instead of the category itself These standard categories with abbreviations in Natural Log are Natural Log Simian Abbreviation Category Meaning amp R REC Record no longer used amp T TEXT Display Text amp M MACRO Execute a Macro amp LOG LOG Load a Day s Log amp A APP Run an Application amp L LIST Execute a List Timed Events which do not affect the log such as recording network audio network switching etc can now be pre scheduled using Simian Scheduled Events There should be little need to send timed event commands from Natural Log BSI provides technical support for programming their Simian product Please call them 1 500 677 TECH for specifics regarding the macro commands such as network switching to be executed by Simian We are unable to provide assistance regarding the specific commands needed by Simian but once BSI provides the Simian command settings we will help you translate t
65. h as type codes secondary type codes channel and input from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter the text shown below Be sure you put a single space between the cc H and the type amp ccHtHtHt ss Type SecType Channel Input Title where cc H is the cutID ss segment number ONLY if needed with this event If not don t include the dash or the segment number Type is the Harris event type SecType is the Harris secondary type Channel is the Harris channel A D Input is the Harris input 1 4 When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers in the cutID You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name You MUST enter commas even for those fields you aren t using such as SecType NL counts the commas to determine which field is being entered Example You may need to join a network at a particular time weather at a certain time each day You could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1001 1000 amp NET O A 1 Family Network Example2 Assume you need to play a cut named id1000 as you top of the hour ID as a timed event You could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1001 1000
66. he Natural Log does read exact run times from the Phantom Play Log Copy the Play Log for the selected single date onto a floppy disc and use the Automation Convert Read function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the Log Editor Natural Log will read the run times and print a report OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard Phantom file names Output send file Mmmddyr LOG Mis AM FM mm month dd day yr yr FM110295 LOG is FM Send Log for 11 02 95 Input read file Mmmddyr LOG mmis month dd is day yr is year FM110295 LOG is FM Play Log for 11 02 95 Page 11 50 Natural Log User Manual 11 14 RDS Phantom Automation cont PHANTOM COMMANDS can be sent to the Phantom such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name You may also enter more than one command per line just enter a space between each command and start each command with amp Command Example The command to switch to source 2 may be code So2 in the Phantom You would enter this as amp
67. he Natural Log will then do the proper conversion You need to reserve cut numbers in Natural Log for specific letter prefixes Alternatively you may use the Cart label conversion described on the next page Example Assume you have set aside cust 100 through 300 for commercials which must start with T for DCS You would enter T000 as the conversion for cut numbers 100 to 300 in the Conversion Table T000 tells the system to use the T and pad with enough zeroes to get 3 digits The system would then send T260 to DCS anytime Natural Log scheduled cut 260 You might also convert cuts 301 to 500 for Promo s with a conversion of P000 Cut number 310 would be converted to DCS cut P310 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding and no letter prefixes This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to DCS as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Natural Log User Manual Page 11 21 11 06 Computer Concepts DCS Automation cont USING CART LABEL CONVERSION As another alternative to using the Conversion Table to obtain the proper prefix letters for the DCS cut names you can enter the converted cut number directly as part of the Cart Label in Natural Log The Natural Log will pick up as many as 8 characters from the Cart Label column as a cut name or number to send to the DCS in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarke
68. he commands into text to be placed on the Natural Log format The following samples and the explanation for each should show how any Simian Macro command can be entered in Natural Log Macro Example You want to execute a Simian Macro command designated as RELAY 1 100 at EXACTLY 1000AM hence the Q Code This might be used to switch a network feed on or off the air In Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1001 1000 amp MACRO RELAY 1 100 OR 1001 1000 amp M RELAY 1 100 Page 11 62 Natural Log User Manual 11 16 BSI Simian Automation con Load Log Example To load the next day s log enter the following as the last event in each day s log format in Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1025 1055 amp LOG MMDDYYT1 This assumes you are using the Natural Log naming convention which is MMDDY followed by T for traffic M for Music or C for Combined log followed by the statiion In the above example Natural Log will automatically substitute the next day s MMDDYY when the log is converted to Simian If you do not use the MMDDYY log naming convention you will have to manually enter the load log command each Per BSI do not make the Load log command a timed event do not put its Q as or Text Example You want to display a TEXT file named PSA1 at approximately 1020AM for your live announcer after the previous item ends Q Code is assumed I
69. he spot numbers from Natural Log into a format that the automation can understand For example some systems require a set number of digits Example If the automation needs 4 digits spot number 56 must be sent to the automation as 0056 Another example some systems require letters in front of the spot number Natural Log uses only spot numbers not letters but spot 56 might need to be sent over to the automation as CMO0056 for commercial 56 Natural Log handles this with the Conversion table built into the Natural Log conversion module You need to read the appropriate subsection of Section 11 to determine if this conversion table is used with your automation and how it is used Natural Log User Manual Page 11 1 11 0 Automation Systems Supported Some restrictions apply to certain automation systems so you must read the section which applies to your automation system before entering any orders into Natural Log 11 01 Scott Studios Management AXS 1 2 Digital DJ 11 02 Arrakis Digilink 11 07 AuDisk 11 05 AudioVault 11 11 Auto Mate Systems 11 13 BE Core amp AV Air systems 11 16 BSI Simian or WaveStation 11 18 BTSG Automax 11 20 BTSG Generation IV 11 04 CartWorks 11 26 Class Hollywood Television Automation 11 06 Computer Concepts DCS 11 24 ControlReady MusicReady Win amp CartReady DOS 11 07 Dalet 11 08 Digicenter 11 15 Digital JukeBox system 11 21 Digita
70. hin the Natural Log which either you or the system will designate Now however when the conversion is done to the automation format the Natural Log can pick up as many as 8 characters from the Cart Label column as a cut name to send to the automation in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarket Suppose you named this cut DANDY 1 in your automation You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp DANDY 1 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the name When the automation conversion is performed the DANDY 1 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label is what is sent to the automation in lieu of the cart number 100 The automation will then play the cut named DANDY 1 We recommend using cut numbers instead of names but this facility is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please only use it if absolutely needed and call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR THESE SYSTEMS You must obtain the history or Playlog from the automation system OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Output send file mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station Input read file mm dd
71. iate point on the Natural Log format setup Event Time Event Name Length FillCode 1000 1000 amp D XF11 Execute Function 11 This would execute Function 11 as defined in your FCS system at 1000AM amp D XF11 tells the system to execute the function the Execute Function 11 text is to make this readable by humans NOTE To use XF Execute Function or CR close relay or LW load window functions use the appropriate code Page 11 26 Natural Log User Manual 11 07 Generic ASCII Text Output Log Used for Dalet AuDisk RadioOne Pristine Prophet Systems Conversions NOTE These systems have their own reader module which reads an ASCII file containing the commercial log into their systems Natural Log can generate such a file as described on page 11 23 Use the file format information contained on the following pages to tell those reader modules where the data is located in our output file With this information you or the automation vendor should be able to configure the automation reader module to read and import our log file You can try the Generic ASCII file output for any automation system not specifically supported by Natural Log which has its own reader module CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with these systems if needed Most automation systems use alphanumeric na
72. is sent to the automation in lieu of the cart number 100 The automation will then play the cut named DANDY 1 We recommend using cut numbers instead of names but this facility is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please only use it if absolutely needed and call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THESE SYSTEMS OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Output send file mmddyyyy LOG mm month dd day yyyy year 11021995 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station1 Input read file Not supported Natural Log User Manual Page 11 69 11 18 BTSG Automation Logs AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching playing liners etc from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example The command to play a liner may be an AUX event named LINER You would enter this as amp AUX LINER in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the automation commands
73. ital JukeBox Automation con DIGITAL JUKEBOX COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching if available in the automation On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers UNLESS Digital JukeBox has a restriction You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name number to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named 901 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp BREAK1 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2230 1012 ee 1013 aA f 1014 amp 901 WEATHER 230 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the 901 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Natural Log User Manual Page 11 55 11 16 BSI Simian Automation CONFIGURING THE SIMIAN LOG FILTER You need to use the Simian Setup Program Setup Log Import to tell the Simian to read a Position Dependent file format Enter each item as described below and
74. ix on cut numbers for the CHTV system EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THE CHTV SYSTEM OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses these file names Output send file mmddyyT LOG mm month dd day yr year is NL station 110295T1 LOG is Send Log for 11 02 95 for station 1 Input read file not supported Natural Log User Manual Page 11 97 11 26 Classic Hollywood TV continued AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named D1002 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 ae i 1013 ee 1014 amp D1002 WEATHER 30 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp D1002 and we inserted weather only
75. l DJ or AXS commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format The 180 SEC CLUSTER is solely to make it easy to read for humans It is not needed for the system which only needs the amp 0053 Another Example on next page Page 11 4 Natural Log User Manual 11 01 AXS Automation Versions 1 2 and Digital DJ cont Example Assume AXS cut number 2056 is your morning weather You can tell the system to play this cut at certain a point on your Natural Log format Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp 0053 180 SEC CLUSTER 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 Mt s 1013 KA S 1014 amp 2056 WEATHER 30 The Commercial Set Length was reduced to 2 30 to account for the 30 seconds of weather AXS SYSTEM END OF BREAK The older Digital DJ system used segmarkers and blank lines Digital DJ AXS code 0011 to determine whether to stop after playing a spot on the log For example at the end of a commercial break Natural Log normally sends the Digital DJ a code 0011 blank line to tell the Digital DJ that the commercial break is over At that point the DJ stops playing spots and returns to satellite With the AXS system this is still the standard case with Natural Log sending code 0011 at the end of each commercial break But if you do not want AXS to stop and return to satellite Natural Log must send code 0030 instead You d an AXS Digital DJ c
76. l Universe system 11 17 EncoDAD 11 23 Enco DADpro32 11 12 EZ Broadcaster Automation 11 07 Generic ASCII log output file used for 11 25 Harris ADC100 Automation 11 27 JockeyPro 11 19 MediaTouch 11 21 m3u List 11 07 Pristine RapidFire 11 04 Pristine CDS32 11 07 Prophet Systems 11 07 RadioOne 11 14 RDS Phantom system 11 03 SALSA amp Systemation 11 10 Scott Studios SS32 DSS AXS3 systems 11 09 Smartcaster 11 22 TuneTracker 11 24 WireReady ControlReady MusicReady Win amp CartReady DOS Page 11 2 Natural Log User Manual 11 01 AXS Automation Versions 1 2 and Digital DJ NOTICE This section applies only to AXS version 1 and 2 Scott Studios new AXS 3 system uses the regular Scott Studios interface covered in section 11 10 AXS systems version 1 and 2 and the older Digital DJ systems use log file formats which are NOT 100 compatible with each other We have therefore included separate conversion systems for the older Digital DJ and for the AXS systems The Digital DJ system is conversion type 1 and the AXS system is conversion type 16 The appropriate Automation type must be selected in the Setup section to generate an appropriate output file format AXS DIGITAL DJ CART NUMBERS _ The AXS system uses audio cut numbers from 2000 to 9999 plus cuts 1 to 1999 reserved for commands and rotators The Digital DJ system uses audio cut numbers 1000 to 2999 plus cuts 1
77. lay Cut Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named WX 1 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 KA 3 1013 qn A 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 230 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Natural Log User Manual Page 11 9 11 02 Arrakis Digilink 3 and 4 con Command Sequence Example You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 then switch to Source 2 then play a closer cut 2002 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 amp 2001 amp S002 amp 2002 230 Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut Page 11 10 Natural Log User Manual 11 03 Salsa and Systemation NOTE All spots which run within one commercial break on SALSA or Systemation MUST have the same scheduled time If Natural Log sees a time change from one event to the next on the log format it assumes that a new break has b
78. ld make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Name Length FillCode 1002 1010 amp BREAK 1003 1010 Commercial Set 4 Spots 2 30 I 1004 1003 1005 1003 1006 SALOOS 1007 1008 1020 amp BREAK 1009 1020 Commercial Set 4 Spots 2 30 2 1010 1009 1011 1009 1012 1009 Note the amp BREAK on th lin immediately befor ach commercial break begins to indicate to Digital Universe that a new break starts there Natural Log User Manual Page 11 83 11 22 TuneTracker This Log interface exports a log in the format as specified in the TuneTracker Default log import settings CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with these systems if needed Most automation systems use alphanumeric names for cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that the systems read these literally for example cut 0260 in the automation will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 You may want to use the leading O s so that cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you need or want to use leading O s you can do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program to pad with leading 0 s by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS This conversion
79. lity is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please only use it if absolutely needed and call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THESE SYSTEMS OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Output send file is named mmddyyyy NL Where mm month dd day yyyy year NL station number Example 11021995 NL1 is Send Log 11 02 95 for station1 Input read file Not supported Page 11 76 Natural Log User Manual 11 20 BTSG Gen IV Automation Logs AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching playing liners etc from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name You MUST put the BTSG Category followed by a dasyh and then the cut identifier Example 1 Assume you want to play a cut named 1002 from category WX before a commercial break You would enter this as amp WX 1002 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the automation commands just use th
80. m matches the number in the CORE system Natural Log will AUTOMATICALLY send 4 digits to CORE for spot numbers so you do not need to worry about entering the proper number of digits CONVERSION TABLE IS NOT USED FOR CORE amp AV Air EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR CORE amp AV Air OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses the following file names Output send file mmddyr NL mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 NL1 Send Log for 11 02 95 station 1 Input read file Not supported Natural Log User Manual Page 11 47 11 13 BECore amp AVAir Automation ont CORE COMMANDS CORE may accept certain commands such as load the next day s log See the CORE manual These can be entered on your Natural Log system Setup Formats Logs as command lines of text More usefully you can also use this amp to play an audio cut from the Log Format Just enter amp followed immediately no spaces by the audio cut number as the event name in the Natural Log Format Setup amp This is useful for scheduling weather jingles ID s etc See example next page Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named 0910 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2230 1012 K A 1013 ES A 1014 amp 0910 WEATHER 30 This would play 2 30 of commer
81. m uses standard file names mmddyrT LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Send Log 11 02 95 for station mmddyr dbf mm is month dd is day yr is year AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as to execute a command or play an audio cut from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You are not restricted to numbers when using amp The system will read the command or cut to play as characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 5001 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2230 1012 ae i 1013 ae 2 1014 amp 5001 WEATHER 230 1015 amp END STOPSET This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather The computer only needs amp 5001 We inserted weather only for human readability Page 11 88 Natural Log User Manual 11 23 Enco DADpro32 Automation ony TELLING ENCO HOW TO START AN EVENT The Enco DAD system uses start code to indicate how an event is to start The default start code assumed by Natu
82. me When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example The command to switch to source 2 may be code So2 in the Smartcaster You would enter this as amp So2 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the Smartcaster commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format In this example we included SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 only to make it readable to humans The computer only needs amp So2 Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp S02 SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 a S 1013 ate h Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named 90001 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 EN g 1013 ate A 1014 amp 90001 WEATHER 230 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the 90001 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans
83. med start of recording switching etc l Za HQ Natural Log User Manual Page 11 57 11 16 BSI Simian Automation cons AUTOMATIC SEGUE BETWEEN EVENTS The easiest way to send a Q Code start code is send NO code and let Natural Log assume that the start code is Segue Example You want to play a cut named JINGLE1 after a Commercial Set In the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1020 COMMERCIAL SET 2 SPOTS 2 00 1011 1010 A 1012 amp JINGLEL The amp JINGLE on event 1012 tells Simian to automatically segue since no Q Code is entered after JINGLE1 and play JINGLE1 after the last spot in the commercial set NON AUTOMATIC SEGUE BETWEEN EVENTS If you need to send one of the other Q Codes the easiest way is to simply put the code at the end of the command or cut to be played on the Natural Log format This will tell Simian how that event should be triggered Example You have a legal ID you always want to run at the top of the hour without interrupting the currently running audio In the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1001 1000 amp LEGALID 210 The amp on event line 1001 indicates a command or cut to start at time 1000 The tells the Natural Log to send the as the Q start code to Simian for the LEGALID Simian will skip ahead at 10 00 and after whatever is currently playing ends it will play the LEGALID It will then s
84. mes for cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that the systems read these literally for example cut 0260 in the automation will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 You may want to use the leading O s so that cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you need or want to use leading O s you can do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program to pad with leading 0 s by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This me
85. mp So2 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the automation commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format In this example we included SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 only to make it readable to humans The computer only needs amp So2 Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp So02 SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 KA bi 1013 KS A Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named WX 1 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2230 1012 a 1013 EA A 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 230 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Natural Log User Manual Page 11 29 11 07 Generic ASCII Text Output Logcon Used for Dalet AuDisk RadioOne Pristine Prophet Systems Conversions Natural Log Generic Output File Format Please call Natural Software with any questions about this file format The file is straight ASCII with no page breaks no formfeeds no headers and no graphics Each line is 78 char
86. must enter DA0000 as the conversion type for Natural Log cuts 1 9999 Cut 260 would be converted to Scott cut DA0260 Cut 34 would be sent as DA0034 and so on Warning The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding or prefixes This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to the Scott system as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR SCOTT SYSTEM The Natural Log does read exact run times from the Scott AIR log file Copy the AIR Log File for the selected single date onto a floppy disc and use the Automation Convert Read function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the Log Editor Natural Log will read the run times and print a report OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard Scott Studios file names Output send file yrmmdd LOG yr year mm month dd day 951102 LO0G is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input read file yrmmdd AlR yr year mm month dd day 951102 AIR is Play Log for 11 02 95 Page 11 38 Natural Log User Manual 11 10 Scott Studios SS32 AXS 3 cont SCOTT SYSTEM COMMANDS can be sent to the Scott system such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yo
87. n Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1020 amp TEXT PSA1 OR 1010 1020 amp T PSA1 SENDING NON AUDIO COMMANDS FROM TRAFFIC ORDERS This method will also work from the Traffic Order entry by placing these commands with the amp in the Spot Label entry of Natural Log s Tape Script Library and scheduling the spot to run on an order Example You want to display a TEXT file named with a Natural Log spot of 1018 your live announcer In Natural Log Tape Script Library you d enter the Spot label for Spot 1018 as amp TEXT ABCCOPY1 Be SURE to put the space between the amp TEXT and the ABCCOPY1 Spot Label Length 1018 amp TEXT ABCCOPY1 30 OR 1018 amp T ABCCOPY 1 30 Text named ABCCOPY1 will be displayed by Simian whenever spot 1018 is scheduled by a Natural Log broadcast Order Natural Log User Manual Page 11 63 11 17 Enco DAD Automation NOTE The Enco DAD system has its own filter merger module which reads an ASCII file containing the commercial log into the Enco system This import filter must be purchased from Enco Natural Log can generate the text file needed for this importer as described on page 11 66 Use this File Format to have Enco personnel configure their filter module to read this file Alternatively you may send one of the automation log files to Enco so they configure the reader Also be SURE to read Telling Enco DAD How to Sta
88. nused avail slots scheduled by Natural Log in the 12 Midnight hour will load OK but the next 2 scheduled by Natural Log for the 12 Midnight hour will load into the 1AM hour on CORE Your entire broadcast day will be off When viewing a completed Natural Log in the Natural Log editor you will note all unused Natural Log avail slots in the Natural log format are converted to amp 0000 AVAIL which is the Unused Avail marker for CORE These lines are sent to CORE as Cart 0000 Page 11 46 Natural Log User Manual 11 13 BECore amp AVAir Automation ont CONFIGURING THE CORE SYSTEM INTERFACE The CORE system interface in the CORE or AudioVault computer must be configured to read the Natural Log data in the following format ASCII file with Carriage Return Line Feed at the end of each line COLUMN LENGTH FIELD IDENTIFICATION 1 3 Scheduled Hour 4 3 Scheduled Minute 7 2 Scheduled Second 10 8 Cart number filename to be played left justified 20 24 Event description sponsor name etc 45 4 Length in SECONDS zero left padded 50 24 Reserved 15 4 Natural Log event pointer for reconciliation 79 2 Carriage Return Line Feed CORE CART NUMBERS The CORE system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the CORE cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Spot column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our syste
89. o read it This is not necessary if Ntaural log vcan access the Simian LOGS folder across a networked connection OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Input Read file yrmmdd LST 9511029 LST Output Send file mmddyrT1 LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295T1 LOG is Traffic Log for 11 02 95 T1 is Traffic Log for station 1 Simian can import separate traffic music logs or may import a combined log requires a single combined Traffic amp Music log Natural Log will attempt to create a combined Traffic amp Music Log only if you are using our Natural Music scheduler and the music log is on your output disc The Merged Log File should be imported into Simian to load both traffic and music Merged log file mmddyrC1 LOG 110295C1 LOG Combined Traffic amp Music Log SIMIAN Q START CODE The Simian uses 4 codes designated as Q in Simian to determine how an event starts or is triggered Natural Log will insert these at column 9 of the interface file The is always sent as the Q UNLESS you send another Q Code as shown on the next page Segues after prior event or cut ends Natural Log default value Plays at a specific time without waiting for previous event to end Plays at a specific time but waits for a playing cut or event to end Wait for Manual Start Converted to Q Blank in Simian Simian 3 and later only Back Time Simian 3 and later only Converted to N for non sequential ti
90. ommand as described on the previous page and enter amp 0030 as the event description on the Natural Log format on the line immediately after the end of the spot break and the Natural Log would send 0030 instead of the normal 0011 This will cause the AXS system to continue to the next event instead of stopping This is useful during periods of total automation without satellite Remember code 0011 is automatically sent at the end of each break unless you tell Natural Log to send code 0030 Code 0011 tells AXS to stop playing spots and return to satellite Code 0030 tells AXS to continue to the next event Examples are on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 11 5 11 01 AXS Automation Versions 1 2 and Digital DJ cont Example of standard entry in the Natural Log format which sends 0011 at end of break to Stop play and Return to Satellite Event Time Event Length 1011 1020 amp 0053 180 sec cluster marker 1012 Commercial Break 3 spots 3 00 1013 KA f 1014 ER Example of entry in the Natural Log format which sends 0030 at end of break to Continue to next event Event Time Event Length 1011 1020 amp 0053 180 sec cluster marker 1012 Commercial Break 3 spots 3 00 1013 EA gt 1014 EA s amp 0030 continue The next event may be music other spots etc Page 11 6 Natural Log User Manual 11 02 Arrakis Digilink 3 and 4 DIGILINK CART NUMBERS The Digilink can
91. on such as to execute a command or play an audio cut from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You are not restricted to numbers when using amp The system will read the command or cut to play as characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named 5001 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2230 1012 KA pi 1013 ot 2 1014 amp 5001 WEATHER 25 0 1015 amp END STOPSET This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather The computer only needs amp 5001 We inserted weather only for human readability Natural Log User Manual Page 11 65 11 17 Enco DAD Automation cont TELLING ENCO HOW TO START AN EVENT The Enco DAD system uses start code to indicate how an event is to start The default start code assumed by Natural Log is Segue in the absence of any other code entry Any events to be segued from the previous event are indicated by an S in column 18 of the automation Log File sent to the Enco by Natural Log system unless you tell Natu
92. ons Enter the conversion table by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS PATHI DIGITS EXTENSIONS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS As an example assume you keep your audio cuts in a folder named AUDIO on your C drive and they all have mp3 extensions If you enter the following as the conversion type for cuts 1 through 9999 C Audio 0000 mp3 the NL log convertor will insert your cut numbers in place of the 0000 when the log is converted to the m3u file The system default as shipped is for NO O padding so you MUST set this up to create m3u lists If you don t put the full path before the 0000 NL will simply send the cut and extension and your player will look in its default folder EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THESE SYSTEMS OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard file names Output send file is named mmddyy m3u Where mm month dd day yy year Example 110295 m3u is the Log for 11 02 95 Input read file Not supported Page 11 80 Natural Log User Manual 11 21 m3u List cont AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching playing liners etc from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the FULL pathmname filename including extension in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need n
93. or Deck number a dash and then the command or cut number as the Event Name The system will read the source and command or cut by reading all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If the weather audio cut is number 8847 from Deck or Source 15 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 KR i 1013 RE e 1014 amp 15 8847 WEATHER 230 2 30 of commercials will play followed by cut 8847 from Deck or Source 15 Note the commercial break length was reduced by the length of cut 8847 The computer only needs the amp 15 8847 and weather was added only to make it easier to read If the Deck or Source number 15 is NOT inserted Natural Log will ASSUME that 8847 is to be played from the same Source or Deck as the regular spots Page 11 12 Natural Log User Manual 11 03 Salsa and Systemation con Command Sequence Example You may need to run a sequence of cuts or commands at a certain time each day Assume you want to play a program opener cut 2001 from deck or source 6 then the program cut 8546 from source 3 then play a closer cut 2002 from source 6 You could enter each item on a separate line or you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Even
94. ormat Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 230 1012 ae 1013 sie a 1014 amp WEA ZM9001 WEATHER 230 1015 amp JIN ZM8012 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the Weather followed by a Jingle Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the WEA ZM9001 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans WEA is the MediaTouch Category and ZM HHH is the cut number JIN ZM8012 indicates to play from MediaTouch category JIN Jingles cut number ZM8012 Page 11 74 Natural Log User Manual 11 20 BTSG Gen IV Automation Logs Important BTSG AutoMax users see section 11 18 on page 11 68 of this manual NOTE The BTSG systems have their own reader module which reads an ASCII file containing the commercial log Natural Log can generate such a file as described on page 11 79 Use this File Format to have BTSG personnel configure their Reader module to read this file Alternatively you may send one of the automation log files to BTSG so they can configure the reader CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with these systems if needed Most automation systems use alphanumeric names for cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that the systems read these liter
95. ot restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters after the amp Example Assume you want to play a cut named C Audio SomeCut mp3 You would enter this as C Audio SomeCut mp3 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 Natural Log User Manual Page 11 81 11 22 Digital Universe Automation Logs NOTE Digital Universe has its own reader module which reads a CBSI Type ASCII file containing the commercial log CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with these systems if needed Most automation systems use alphanumeric names for cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that the systems read these literally for example cut 0260 in the automation will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the O on the left end of the 260 You may want to use the leading O s so that cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you need or want to use leading O s you can do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program to pad with leading O s by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut
96. pot All you need to do is enter the cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen without any preceding letters in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in the Auto Mate System without the S CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Auto Mate system uses alphanumeric prefixes for its digital audio cuts e g S500101 instead of cart number 0101 while Natural Log uses numbers The Natural Log conversion table is used to tell the Natural Log convertor to put the S in front of the cart number CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTO MATE SYSTEM CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers and any letters which must be added You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the letter s and number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can enter a different number of digits for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example The Auto Mate system requires cuts named S HHH so you must enter S00000 as the conversion type for Natural Log cuts 1 9999 Cut 260 would be converted to Auto Mate cut S00260 Cart number 34 would be sent as 800034 and so on Warning The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding or p
97. puter only needs the amp WX 1 and we inserted weather only to make it easier for humans to read See next page for explanation of amp BREAK Natural Log User Manual Page 11 15 11 04 CartWorks Pristine CDS32 cont EMPTY SPOT BREAKS REQUIRE amp MARKER AFTER EACH BREAK The Natural Log system allows you to set up if used spot breaks as well as Mandatory spot breaks Because the spot loading into CartWorks CDS32 is sequential something must be sent to CartWorks CDS32 for each and every spot break setup in CartWorks If Natural Log has an if used break which is not needed it won t put anything in it However something must be sent to CartWorks CDS32 to tell it that the break is empty If not the CartWorks CDS32 will wait for the next spots to be sent from Natural Log when Natural Log hits the next spot break and the spots will be played by CartWorks CDS32 in place of the empty break not used by Natural Log The CartWorks CDS32 will get out of sync with Natural Log This is prevented by entering the amp BREAK command immediately before each spot break in Natural Log In the Natural Log in Setup Formats Logs on the line immediately before the start of a spot break you need to enter an event at the approximate spot break start time and use event name amp BREAK Example You have a Natural Log commercial break at 1021AM You must put a marker before the break to tell the CartWorks CDS32 that a break belongs h
98. ral Log is Segue in the absence of any other code entry Any events to be segued from the previous event are indicated by an S in column 18 of the automation Log File sent to the Enco by Natural Log system unless you tell Natural Log otherwise These start codes are SEGUE LOAD AUTOPLAY and NORMAL See the Enco DAD manual for descriptions The codes are set in the Natural Log format EventName column as amp SEGUE amp LOAD amp AUTOPLAY and amp NORMAL Once the start code is set Natural Log continues to send the start code on all subsequent events until you reset the system to another code To use the codes in Natural Log Example You need to load a spot break but wait for a live announcer to start it Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 amp LOAD 1012 1021 Commercial Break 3 Spots 2230 1014 amp SEGUE 1015 aS n 1016 Fe fi This will LOAD the first spot and wait for the announcer or satellite network to start it Because the amp SEGUE is after the first spot in the break it will then segue through the break until it hits the End StopSet marker SPECIAL ENCO DADpro32 COMMANDS Sometimes you may need to send other commands to DADpro32 This is accomplished using the Event Name column of the NL8 Log Templates These items are defined in the Enco DADpro32 manual so they are not redefined here Be sure to put one space between the right bracket and the text description which is required Enco Command
99. ral Log otherwise These start codes are SEGUE LOAD AUTOPLAY and NORMAL See the Enco DAD manual for descriptions The codes are set in the Natural Log format EventName column as amp SEGUE amp LOAD amp AUTOPLAY and amp NORMAL Once the start code is set Natural Log continues to send the start code on all subsequent events until you reset the system to another code To use the codes in Natural Log Example You need to load a spot break but wait for a live announcer to start it Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 amp LOAD 1012 1021 Commercial Break 3 Spots 2 30 1014 amp SEGUE 1015 ae S 1016 a A 1017 amp END STOPSET This will LOAD the first spot and wait for the announcer or satellite network to start it Because the amp SEGUE is after the first spot in the break it will then segue through the break until it hits the End StopSet marker Continued on next page Page 11 66 Natural Log User Manual 11 17 Enco DAD Automation cont Natural Log Enco DAD Log File Format Please call Natural Software with any questions about this file format The file is straight ASCII with no page breaks no formfeeds no headers and no graphics Each line is 78 characters log plus a Carriage Return Line Feed total 80 characters per record The file name is where mmddyrT LOG mm Month 05 for May dd Day 01 for the first yr Year 95 for 1995 01 for 2001 T traffic schedule
100. refixes This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to the Auto Mate system as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above EXACT RUN TIME READING IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THE AUTO MATE SYSTEM Page 11 40 Natural Log User Manual 11 11 Automate Automation ont OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses standard Auto Mate file names Output send file day TPR where day is MON TUE etc MON TPR _ is Send Log for Monday Input read file day LOG where day is MON TUE etc MON LOG _ is Read played Log for Monday AUTOMATE BREAK MARKERS Each and every Local Break contact closure received from the Satellite network MUST be marked in AutoMate s play log even if the break is empty so that the Satellite network and AutoMate stay in sync Each time a Local Commercial Break contact closure is received from the satellite network AutoMate goes to the next Local Break marker in its play log and plays the spots which follow the break marker if any If no spots are listed the AutoMate immediately returns to satellite These Local Break Markers are entered on the Natural Log format as shown in the example below Break Marker Example The Local Break Marker must appear immediately before any spot avails It is necessary for all local breaks both mandatory and optional If Used FillCode in Natural Log This marker consists of a line immediately before the spot avails with the same time as the av
101. rt Events on page 11 66 Users of Enco DADpro32 released after January 2003 can use the built in Enco DADpro32 ASCII Flat File importer and not have to buy an Enco Custom Filter See section 11 23 in this manual if you are using the ASCII Flat File importer CART NUMBERS The Natural Log system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with these systems if needed Enco uses alphanumeric names for cuts while Natural Log uses numbers This means that Enco reads spot numbers as characters not numbers for example cut 0260 in the automation will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the 0 on the left end of the 260 You may want to use the leading O s so that cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you need or want to use leading O s you can do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program to pad with leading O s by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR AUTOMATION CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or pre
102. s year T110295 DIG is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input read file LmmddyrA DIG mm is month dd is day yr is year L110295A DIG is Play Log for 11 02 95 Page 11 8 Natural Log User Manual 11 02 Arrakis Digilink 3 and 4 con DIGILINK COMMANDS can be sent to the Digilink such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name You may also enter more than one command per line just enter a space between each command and start each command with amp Command Example The command to switch to source 2 may be code So2 in the Digilink You would enter this as amp So2 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the Digilink commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format In this example we included SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 only to make it readable to humans The computer only needs amp So2 Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp So02 SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 POLL L027 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 EA a 1013 aes G P
103. spot goes into the 2nd avail and so on As you can see it is vitally important that the avails you have set up in Natural Log Setup Format Logs match EXACTLY the avails you have in CORE This CORE loader system which ignores the scheduled spot time was designed by the BE CORE designers not Natural Software How Natural Log Complies To comply with this system Natural Log sends either a spot number H or a blank avail marker 0000 to CORE for each avail slot you have set up on the Natural Log format A Natural Log avail slot is designated by at the left column of the event name on the Natural Log format Natural Log will also send a spot number for any use of amp on the Natural Log format see CORE COMMANDS below so these need to be counted as avails and must be provided an avail slot in CORE If the number if the scheduled SPOTS plus UNUSED AVAILS on a log doesn t match the number of avail slots in CORE the spots and blank avails will load into CORE in sequence but may NOT run at the scheduled time When you get ready to convert a finished log from the Natural Log editor for loading into CORE the number of lines containing spots plus the number of lines containing avail markers amp 0000 plus the number of command lines amp MUST equal the number of avail slots in CORE Example Assume you have 10 avails in Natural Log in the 12 Midnight hour but CORE only has 8 avails in that hour The first 8 spots and or u
104. t Suppose you named this cut T100 in your DCS You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp T100 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the DCS cut number name When the DCS conversion is performed the T100 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label is what is sent to the DCS in lieu of the Natural Log cart number 100 The DCS will then play the cut T100 We recommend using cut numbers instead of names but this facility is now available in Natural Log if you want to use it This is a complex area of the system so please call with any questions EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR DCS The Natural Log does read exact run times from the DCS Play Log Use the DCS report generator to generate an audit report using the DUMP report setup Name it mmddyyS RPT on a floppy disc and use the Automation Convert Read function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the Log Editor Natural Log will read the run times and print a report OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system creates an output file named as the date followed by S followed by the station number a period and LOG For example the converted log output for 06 28 94 for station 1 in natural Log would be named Output send file 062894S1 LOG Input read file 062894S1 RPT The Input read file is created
105. t 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to automation as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Page 11 68 Natural Log User Manual 11 18 BTSG Automation Logs USING ALPHANUMERIC CUT NAMES Natural Log is based on a number system to identify cuts or carts Some automation systems allow use of alphabetic cut names Many stations use these to name their spots in automation instead of using numbers If you want to do this Natural Log now will allow you to keep this cut naming scheme in the automation You still will schedule the cuts by a reference number within the Natural Log which either you or the system will designate Now however when the conversion is done to the automation format the Natural Log can pick up as many as 8 characters from the Cart Label column as a cut name to send to the automation in place of the cut number assigned in Natural Log Example Suppose cart 100 in Natural Log was for Dandy Supermarket Suppose you named this cut DANDY 1 in your automation You d enter their order in Natural Log to schedule cart 100 In Natural Log s tape script library under cart 100 you d enter amp DANDY 1 DANDY SUPERMARKET as the cart label Note the amp before the name When the automation conversion is performed the DANDY 1 all characters between the amp and the first blank in the label is what
106. t Length 1011 1021 amp 6 2001 amp 3 8546 amp 6 2002 230 Note that a single space is inserted between each command or cut If you omit the source number and dash the Natural Log will use the default spot source Natural Log User Manual Page 11 13 11 04 CartWorks amp Pristine CDS32 The information below applies to both CartWorks and Pritne CDS32 automaytion systems These systems use identical log interfaces CARTWORKS CDS32 CART NUMBERS The CartWorks amp CDS32 systems can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the CartWorks CDS32 cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in CartWorks CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table may be used with the CartWorks or CDS32 system CartWorks amp CDS32 use alphanumeric names for cut IDs while Natural Log uses numbers This means that CartWorks amp CDS32 readsthese literally for example cut 0260 in CartWorks CDS32 will not match with Natural Log s cut number 260 due to the O on the left end of the 260 In the CartWorks or CDS322 it is useful to use the leading O s so that all cuts have an equal number of digits for sorting If you have already started your CartWorks or CDS32 audio cut entry and have used leading O s or you wish to use numbers with leading O s you can con
107. t the end of the prior event amp IX the blank between the lines means triggered from your network or automation system Explanation of 3rd column codes amp X X means an AudioVault Command follows on this line amp L L means an announcer stack Load follows on this line amp d J means Jump to a new playlist follows on this line amp means an Audiovault label follows on this line amp indicates a COMMENT line The actual command would immediately follow the last in the log format event name in Natural Log See your AudioVault manual for explanations of these commands and codes Natural Log User Manual Page 11 19 11 05 AudioVault Automation cont ALIGNING THE AUDIOVAULT SYSTEM FOR SATELLITE CONTACT CLOSURES When using a satellite network which sends contact closures you need to be sure that AudioVault stays aligned with the satellite service so that it is at the proper point in the log when the next contact closure occurs even if the break to be triggered is empty In the example below the station is running a satellite service so they are concerned with proper alignment with contact closures There are 2 commands required on the Natural Log Formats amp ALIGN The tells AudioVault that this is a timed event to be executed at at the specified time 1018 in this example The time you enter must be before the earliest time the contact closure may occur The tells AudioVault that this
108. table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to automation as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Continued next page Page 11 84 Natural Log User Manual 11 22 TuneTracker cont USING ALPHANUMERIC CUT NAMES Natural Log is based on a number system to identify cuts or carts Some automation systems allow use of alphabetic cut names Many stations use these to name their spots in automation instead of using numbers If you want to do this Natural Log now will allow you to keep this cut naming scheme in the automation You still will schedule the cuts by
109. tart at time 1020 The Q tells the Natural Log to send the as the Q start code to Simian for the following spots Simian will skip ahead at 10 20 and after whatever is currently playing ends it will play the play the following spots which are inserted by Natural Log on lines 1011 through 1013 If you do not enter one of the codes or Natural Log will send segue as the start code Start at EXACT Time Example You need to have a commercial break run EXACTLY at 10 20 You can force the system to skip any unplayed music or other cuts cut off the currently playing cut and skip ahead to 10 20 by making the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1020 amp O 1011 1020 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 30 1012 EA a 1013 a ay The amp on event line 1010 indicates a command to occur at time 1020 The Q tells the system to send the as Q start code to Simian for the following spots Simian will skip ahead at 10 20 and cut off whatever is currently playing Then it will play the play the following spots which are inserted by Natural Log on lines 1011 through 1013 If you do not enter one of the codes or Natural Log will send segue as the start code Natural Log User Manual Page 11 59 11 16 BSI Simian Automation ons NON AUTOMATIC SEGUE INTO COMMERCIAL SETS cont Manual Start Example In live assist mode suppose you want a commercial break to run at 10
110. ther only to make it easier to read for humans Natural Log User Manual Page 11 33 11 09 Smartcaster Automation SMARTCASTER CART NUMBERS The Smartcaster uses 5 digit cart numbers Natural Log uses 4 digits from 1 to 9999 Therefore you may need to do some cart renumbering if you are already using SmartCaster All you need to do is enter the SmartCaster cut number 1 to 9999 for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in SmartCaster CONVERSION TABLE USAGE The Conversion Table must used with the Smartcaster system The Smartcaster uses 5 digits its cuts while Natural Log uses 4 digit numbers This means that Smartcaster always expects to see 5 digits for example cut 260 in Natural Log must be converted to 00260 for Smartcaster CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR SMARTCASTER CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can enter a different number of digits for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example Smartcaster requires 5 digits so you must enter 0
111. tinue to do so but you need to tell the Natural Log convertor program that you want to do this This is done by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR CARTWORKS CDS32 CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits you want to use for the cut numbers You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If you enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to CartWorks or CDS32 as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Page 11 14 Natural Log User Manual 11 04 CartWorks Automation cont EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR CARTWORKS Obtain the unfiltered audit log from the CartWorks or CDS32 Na
112. to 999 reserved for commands and rotators The Natural Log system will accept any cart cut number from 1 to 9999 so our system can be used to send rotator or command information to the AXS or Digital DJ CONVERSION TABLE Natural Log s conversion table can be used with AXS Digital DJ CONVERSION TABLE CAN CREATE MACROS or SEQUENCES OF EVENTS To create Macros or sequences of cuts and commands which can be referenced by a single cut number from Natural Log enter the conversion for that cut as a sequence of cuts or commands Example Suppose you need to create a sequence to play an sponsor opener cut 3456 the weather cut 5510 and then the sponsor s spot 2344 To schedule these from Natural Log the easiest way would be to create a macro cut 8888 in this example In the Conversion Table you d make an entry From cut 8888 To cut 8888 with the conversion specified as 3456 5510 2344 which will send a sequence of these cuts to the Digital DJ or AXS system instead of cut 8888 whenever cut 8888 is scheduled by Natural Log EXACT RUN TIME READING IS SUPPORTED FOR AXS DIGITAL DJ The Natural Log does read exact run times from the AXS Digital DJ Audit Log Copy the Audit Log onto a floppy disc and use the Automation Convert Read function in the Log Editor section of Natural Log with the day s log loaded into the Log Editor Natural Log will read the run times and print a report Natural Log User Manual Page 11 3 11 01 AXS Autom
113. to make it easier to read for humans Page 11 98 Natural Log User Manual 11 27 Jockey Pro Automation JOCKEYPRO CUT NUMBERS However Natural Log cut numbers scheduled from orders is limited to the range 1 to 9999 All you need to do is enter the cut number or other identifier used to uniquely identify that audio cut in JokeyPro for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in the JockeyPro System EXACTLY See the conversion table discussion below to force left padding of O s if needed CONVERSION TABLE USAGE If you use left padded cut numbers in JockeyPro such as 0034 the Natural Log conversion table is used to tell the Natural Log convertor to put the appropriate O s in front of the cart number You enter a cut range for example 1 to 9999 and then tell the system how many total digits to use You do this with the letter s and number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can enter a different number of digits for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example You use H as cut numbers for spots in the automation system You must enter 0000 as the conversion type for Natural Log cuts 1 9999 Cut 260 would be converted to 0260 Cut 34 would be sent as 0034 and so on Warning The system default as shipped
114. tural Log will filter it and read the exact spot runtimes for your affidavits OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses the following file names Output send file mmddyr NTL mm is month dd is day yr is year 110295 NTL is Send Log for 11 02 95 Cartworks read file dddddd LOG where dddddd is day CDS32 read file yymmdd PLY yy is year mm is month dd is day Note CDS32 users must have CDS32 version 2 1 rev 7 and above to create the PLY log CARTWORKS COMMANDS can be sent to the CartWorks or CDS32 from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named WX 1 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp BREAK 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 EA A 1013 oer 1014 amp WX 1 WEATHER 13 0 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the com
115. ued next page Natural Log User Manual Page 11 85 11 22 TuneTracker cont AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example The command to switch to source 2 may be code So2 in the automation You would enter this as amp So2 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the automation commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format In this example we included SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 only to make it readable to humans The computer only needs amp So2 Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp So02 SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 3 00 1012 ne a 1013 ER Example You need to run weather at a certain time each day If weather is named WX 1 you could make this entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 230 1012 x 1013 KA 1014 amp WX 1
116. umber to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named 901 you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp BREAK1 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 KA S 1013 Ke E 1014 amp 901 WEATHER 230 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the weather Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the 901 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans Natural Log User Manual Page 11 45 11 13 BECore amp AVAir Automation NOTE The information in this section applies to the Broadcast Electronics CORE system and the AudioVault AV Air system based on the latest information provided by BE on their system interfaces References to CORE also apply to AV Air unless otherwise noted The CORE system interface in the AudioVault or CORE computer MUST be configured to read the Natural log data file as described on the next page WARNING REGARDING AVAILS IN NATURAL LOG AND CORE Unfortunately the CORE commercial loading system does NOT use the scheduled spot times to load the spots It is a sequential loader that is the first spot is loaded into the first avail you have in the CORE system the 2nd
117. ural Log convertor program that you want to do this This is done by hitting the F1 key in Setup Edit when your Automation Type is highlighted CONVERSION TABLE SETS DIGITS FOR SIMIAN CUT NUMBERS This conversion table tells the Natural Log how many digits to use for cut numbers Enter a cut range e g 1 to 9999 and tell the system how many total digits to use by entering the number of 0 s in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary NL will do the proper conversion Page 11 56 Natural Log User Manual 11 16 BSI Simian Automation ony Example of Conversion Table use If you enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough O s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system Conversion Table default as shipped is for NO 0 padding which means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to Simian as 260 no zero padding on the left EXACT RUN TIME READING is supported for Simian versions 2 71 and later ONLY Use Simian s Log View Event Log Select the day s log and then File Save As from the NotePad window and save to any floppy disc or folder from which you want Natural log t
118. ural Log directly reads the OUT log created by MediaTouch Simply copy the file named yymmdd OUT to a floppy disc or any convenient hard drive folder Natural Log will read the run times and print a reconciliation report OUTPUT amp INPUT FILE NAMES The Natural Log system uses MediaTouch file names Output send file yrmmdd LOG yr year mm month dd day 951102 L0G is Send Log for 11 02 95 Input read file yymmdd OUT yy year mm month dd day 951102 0UT is Play Log for 11 02 95 Note The Read log filename may be changed by the user Natural Log User Manual Page 11 73 11 19 MediaTouch cont MEDIATOUCH SYSTEM COMMANDS can be sent to the MediaTouch system such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name However you MUST enter the MediaTouch system Category 2 or 3 letter or number code followed by a dash followed by the ZM to be played Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named ZM9001 from MediaTouch Category WEA you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup F
119. ural Log format where is the DCS cut identifier including the letter prefix Note that for DCS this 30 weather is part of the break total of 3 00 but we have to Natural Log that only 2 30 of commercial matter may be loaded This 2 30 plus the 30 of weather equals the 3 00 break for DCS Please remember to include amp to indicate to Natural Log that this is a command entry on the log format and then close the brackets after the command entry then you may add a description continued on next page Natural Log User Manual Page 11 25 11 06 Computer Concepts DCS Automation cont Example of Load Window Set Voice with DCS You can do the DCS Set Voice function or any DCS function by entering the following codes at the appropriate point on the Natural Log format setup Event Time Event Name Length FillCode 1000 1000 amp D LW99 Set Voice 04 This would set the announce voice to voice 04 at 1000 AM Note that the event name MUST be amp D LW99 followed by a space then Set Voice followed by a space then followed immediately by the 2 digit code of the voice to be used This format must be followed exactly for the DCS system to recognize it D LW99 tells the DCS system that this is a voice change directive 04 determines which voice to use Example of Execute Function with DCS You send the DCS Execute Function or any DCS function by entering the following codes at the appropr
120. urself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name However you MUST enter the Scott system Category 2 or 3 letter or number code followed by a dash followed by the DA to be played Example You may need to run weather at a certain time each day If your weather is named DA9001 from Scott system Category WX you could make the following entry in the Natural Log Setup Format Logs Event Time Event Length 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 ae mn 1013 i 1014 amp WX DA9001 WEATHER 30 1015 amp JIN DA8012 This would play 2 30 of commercials followed by the Weather followed by a Jingle Note that the length of the commercial break was reduced by the length of the weather Once again the computer only needs the WX DA9001 and we inserted weather only to make it easier to read for humans WX is the Scott Category and DA is the cut number JIN DA8012 indicates to play from Scott category JIN Jingles cut number DA8012 Natural Log User Manual Page 11 39 11 11 Automate Automation AUTO MATE CUT NUMBERS Note See Automate Break Markers next page before entering your Natural Log formats The Auto Mate system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 The Natural Log system must insert an S at the front of each cut number to tell Auto Mate that this is a s
121. use You do this with the number of 0 s you enter in the appropriate column and row of the Conversion Table You can also enter letter prefix es if needed You can enter a different number of digits and or prefixes for different cut number ranges if necessary The Natural Log will then do the proper conversion Example If you enter 0000 as the conversion for cuts 1 to 9999 the convertor will pad with enough 0 s to the left to obtain 4 digits Cart 260 would be sent to automation as 0260 Cart 34 would be sent as 0034 If you entered C0000 as the conversion cart 34 would be sent as C0034 cart 260 would be sent as C0260 The system default as shipped is for NO 0 padding This means Natural Log cart 260 is sent to Digilink as 260 To change this you need to edit the Conversion Table as described above Natural Log User Manual Page 11 7 11 02 Arrakis Digilink 3 and 4 con USING ALPHANUMERIC CUT NAMES Natural Log is based on a number system to identify cuts or carts Digilink allows use of alphabetic cut names Many stations use these to name their spots in Digilink instead of using numbers If you want to do this Natural Log now will allow you to keep this cut naming scheme in the Digilink You still will schedule the cuts by a reference number within the Natural Log which either you or the system will designate Now however when the conversion is done to the Digilink format the Natural Log can pick up as many as 8 characters from
122. when the log conversion is done Therefore immediately before each Commercial Break on the Natural Log format you need to give it an EZ Broadcaster Break number Example Event Time Event Name Length FillCode 1002 1010 amp BREAK1 1003 1010 Commercial Set 4 Spots 2 30 I 1004 o 10 03 1005 1003 1006 e 1003 The event named BREAK71 tells Natural Log to insert any spots in the following avails into break 1 of the 10AM hour in EZ Broadcaster BREAK2 would send them to break 2 and so on If Natural Log has an if used break which is not needed it won t fill the break with anything If no spots get logged into the avails immediately following the break number line the break is skipped in EZ Broadcaster In this way optional breaks can be set up in the log formats but skipped when not needed Within each hour you can have breaks numbered from 1 to 10 continued next page Page 11 44 Natural Log User Manual 11 12 EZBroadcaster Automation ont EZ BROADCASTER COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching if available in the automation On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers UNLESS EZ Broadcaster has a restriction You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name n
123. ying it until whatever is currently playing finishes A hard sync means BTSG moves to that event at that time fades whatever is playing and immediately plays the event Sync Example Assume you want to make sure you do an ID near the top of the hour but you don t want to stop what is playing at the top of the hour This is a soft sync in BSTG Gen lV This would sync to the Legal ID at the top of the hour and play it immediately after whatever is playing finishes Event Time Event Length 1001 1000 amp ID LEGALID 5 00 Note the forces a soft sync in BTSG To make it a hard sync use the and whatever is playing will be faded and this event will begin Sync Example for Breaks Assume you want to make sure your breaks don t run to late if long songs are scheduled You can force NL to give a soft sync command for a break as follows in the NL Log Format Event Time Event Length 1010 1021 amp SYNC 1011 1021 COMMERCIAL SET 3 SPOTS 2 30 1012 ae A 1013 aaa S 1014 amp ROT LINERS 10 Note the forces a soft sync in BTSG At 1010 BTSG will soft sync to the first spot in the break and wait until whatever is playing finishes and then start the break Page 11 78 Natural Log User Manual 11 20 BTSG Gen IV Automation Logs Natural Log BTSG Generation IV Output File Format Please call Natural Software with any questions about this file format The file is straight ASCII with no page
124. yr LOG mm is month dd is day yr is year Note ControlReady amp MusicReady Windows version both use a long filename for their Play Logs like _mm_dd_yyyy_PlayList LOG Because NL is a DOS program it cannot read long filenames greater than 8 characters before the dot You MUST rename that file as mm dd yy LOG as described above before trying to get NL to read it Page 11 92 Natural Log User Manual 11 24 WireReady Automation cont AUTOMATION COMMANDS can be sent to the automation such as source switching from the Natural Log system On the Natural Log formats Setup Formats Logs simply enter amp and then the command code letter numbers in the Event Name When used with amp you may enter any combination of letters and numbers You need not restrict yourself to numbers when using amp The system will pick up the command or cut name to play by capturing all characters between amp and the first space in the event name Example The command to switch to source 2 may be code So2 in the automation You would enter this as amp So2 in the event name column when entering your log formats for Natural Log See Sec 2 21 This will work with any of the automation commands just use the amp when entering the event name on the Natural Log format In this example we included SWITCH TO SOURCE 2 only to make it readable to humans The computer only needs amp So2 Event Time Event Length 1010 1021
125. ystems MEDIATOUCH CUT NUMBERS The MEDIATOUCH system can use any cart numbers from 1 to 9999 but adds a prefix of ZM and a 3 letter Category All you need to do is enter the cut number for the particular commercial spot into the Cart column on the schedule entry screen WITHOUT any preceding letters in the Natural Log system when entering the orders Make sure the number in our system matches the number in the Scott System WARNING The MediaTouch automation systems use subdirectories to locate the audio cuts and refers to these as Categories This means that cut ZM0034 from category COM is not the same as cut ZM0034 from category PSA The Natural Log system must use non duplicated spot numbers as it does not consider these Categories as different cuts Therefore set aside blocks of numbers for COM and some numbers for PSA etc and do not duplicate ZM HH s between categories The Natural Log must have some way to tell the MediaTouch system which Category to play from so Natural Log will send the LOG TYPE codes entered in the Order Schedule entry field to the MediaTouch system as Category This means a spot entered as CA log type on the order schedule will be sent to MediaTouch as a Category CA and must be converted within the MediaTouch Log Tools module to a corresponding 3 letter category example COM for the MediaTouch system See the MediaTouch Log Tools manual for help in accomplishing this CONVERSION TABLE USAG

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