evertz 3025SW - Up;Down Timer Configuration; Up;Down Timer Parameter Configuration

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9.5. UP/DOWN TIMER CONFIGURATION
In 3025SW Release 1.6 or later Up/Down timers are now supported. Time, Data and Temperature
objects can be rendered on-air by the internal graphics engine without
the +TXT option being enabled on
the hardware.
There are a maximum of two up/down timer objects that can be used simultaneously on the 3025SW.
Before the timers can be used on the 3025SW the template(s) need to be designed using the Overture
Suite Media Designer software. When the templates have been compiled and transferred over the
3025SW (and the required ttf file) the timers can be used. For more details on how the digital timer
templates are designer please refer to the Overture Suite v3 manual.
The following controls are available on the 3025SW for Up/Down Timers…
- set the up/down parameters (timer #, direction and time).
- reload the up/down timer
- start the up/down timer
- stop the up/down timer
- toggle the up/down timer
For the purposes of documentation, the name of timer 1 is “timer1” and the name of timer 2 is “timer2”. In
practice the timers do not have to use this naming convention and normal naming rules will apply, i.e. the
media name can’t exceed sixteen characters and the template and ttf (true type font) need to be on the
CF card.
9.5.1. Up/Down Timer Parameter Configuration
The Up/Down timer configuration is configured by using the following playlist script command…
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cmd udt_param(“a timer b direction xx min yy sec”)
cmd udt_reload(“z”)
where
- “a” is the timer that is the timer that is being set. This can be either 1 (timer 1) or 2 (timer 2).
- “b” is the timer direction. This can be either 2 (up) or 1 (down). Down is the default.
- “xx” is the minute parameter for the time of the timer element. For a down timer this will be the time that
the timer will start from. For an up timer this will be the time that the timer finishes.
- “yy” is the seconds parameter for the time of the timer element. If there are no seconds then this should
be set to 00.
- “z” is the timer that is to be initialized to the specified parameters.
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In either case (up or down direction) the timer will not go off-air automatically when the timer either
reaches 00:00 or the end time specified. A reload is always required to apply the timer parameters. A
reload will also reset the timer to the initial time parameter specified.