Orban OPTIMOD 5950 - Page 79

3-34 Operation
COMMAND
PARAMETER
INFORMATION
EXAMPLE
PI=
Program
Identification
4
-digit HEX number
1
corresponding to the Station Call Letters
²
RDS North
America ONLY
PI=3D44

(for KRDS)
PTY=
Program Type
(Format)
1 or 2 digit number from PTY list describing the station
broadcast format
² RDS & RBDS are DIFFERENT
PTY=9

(for North American
"TOP 40")
PTYN=
Program Type
Name
8
-character refined format definition ²
RDS & RBDS are
DIFFERENT
PTYN=
TOP 40
EAS=
Text of Emergency
Alert System
message
Text of the EAS message (64-character maximum). It will
be transmitted
after you send a non-zero EASTIME=
command to the encoder.
It temporarily overrides the PS
and RT messages and sets the PTY code to 31.
EAS=This is an
Emergency Broadcast
System test.

EASTIME=
Duration of EAS
message (seconds)
Countdown timer for transmission of EAS (Emergency
Alert System) text. Send this command
after
the EAS=
command. Range is 0 to 999 seconds.
You may resend
this command any time during the EAS transmission to
reduce or extend the duration of the EAS message,
EASTIME=60

MS=
Music/Speech
Switch
0 = Music
1 = Speech
MS=0

(Music)
DI=
Decoder
Information
0 = Mono
1 = Stereo
DI=1

(Stereo)
TP=
Traffic Program
0 = Station does not carry traffic info
1 = Station broadcasts routine traffic info
TP=0

(No Traffic)
TA=
Traffic Alert
ON
-AIR NOW
0 = Flag Off
1 = Flag On
(Flag valid only when TP=1)
TA=0

(No Traffic Alert)
TATIME=
TA Timeout
0 = Timer Off
1
- 255 =
seconds between start of TA flag and automatic
reset to OFF; 30 is recommended
TATIME=30

(Display TA for 30
Seconds)
AFxx=
Alternative
Frequency List
Enter each AF in MHz
0 = Clear
AF1=88.1

AF1=0 (Clear AF1)
ECHO=
Terminal Echo
0 = no echo of sent
data
1 = sent data echoed to Terminal window
ECHO=1

(Default Terminal Echo
Characters)
HEAD=
Head
Mode
0 = No Head
1 = Head
This takes effect upon disconnect from terminal.
HEAD=1

(Default with Head)
TIME=
Time Data on RDS
Determines if time and date are transmitted in the RDS
data stream; 0=No, 1=Yes.
TIME=0
 (turn time
transmission off))
RDS=
57kHz RDS
Subcarrier
0 = RDS subcarrier On
1 = RDS subcarrier Off
RDS=1

(Default - Disabled)
RDSLEVEL=
Subcarrier Level
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- 6% Default
RDSLEVEL=6.0

(Default - 6%)
TIMEOUT=
RDS terminal
connection timeout
Timeout (in minutes) between last transmitted command
and when the
OPTIMOD
disconnects automatically. Use
it to allow t
he OPTIMOD to reconnect automatically
if the
terminal connection is lost temporarily.
This command
only affects the current connection; you must reissue it
each time you connect.
TIMEOUT=15

(current connection
stays up for 15 minutes)
TIMEOUT=0

(no auto
-disconnect
occurs)
VER
RDS Welcome
{ 0=No, 1=Yes } Sets whether the RSD welcome header
VER 0
1
See section D.7 of the NRSC-4-B Standard and section 5.1 of the NRSC-G300-B RBDS Usage Guidelines.