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Radio Data System (RDS) => P132, P164, P232(U) and P332 RDS Encoders => Topic started by: brianradioguy on April 29, 2026, 10:34:13 pm

Title: Configure RCS NexGen and Pira.cz P164
Post by: brianradioguy on April 29, 2026, 10:34:13 pm

Good Day,
This is my first Pira.cz RDS P164.  I have searched the forum making changes I see, and tried to get help from a local source.  Nothing I've done has worked to get the NexGen data to the P164.  Would somebody be willing to give me screen shots and/or talk with me on a step by step workflow to get this going?  I'm at a loss.  I'm using Magic 4, and have even tried Magic 3 to no avail.  I would very much appreciate some expertise help.
Thank you,
Brian

Title: Re: Configure RCS NexGen and Pira.cz P164
Post by: Jan on April 29, 2026, 10:48:00 pm

There are several ways here. I'll assume that your station is supposed to have a modern feel, so we'll also broadcast RT+ straight away.

There are two basic steps:

• In the NexGen, enable XML export to a file. Ask the NexGen community for all details and options. Make sure the song artist and title fields are included. Other fields can be present as well, this is no problem for further processing.
     
• In the Magic RDS 4, use the External Text Sources for reading such file. Other supported options include TCP or HTTP (using the redirecting method or internal HTTP server, as described in Help - m4vp.pdf). But I understand that you're still discovering the world of tagged text broadcast, so you should probably start with the "Local File" option as it's the easiest.
  
  See the tutorials at
  https://pira.cz/forum/index.php?topic=987.0
  https://pira.cz/forum/index.php?topic=990.0

Estimated setup time is about 3 to 10 minutes.