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Configuration Options and Possibilities / Re: Omnia SST
« Last post by juglaresdelrock on March 25, 2025, 09:09:32 pm »Thanks for your time.
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Configuration Options and Possibilities / Re: Omnia SST
« Last post by Jan on March 25, 2025, 08:59:03 pm »Thanks for quick response. Hard to believe that Omnia forgot the '+' unescaping, still widely used.
Could you please try these two lines in web browser? (use text copy&paste, not direct clicking)
http://127.0.0.1:7380/parameter/pgm_0/enc/stream_metadata=Sample+data
http://127.0.0.1:7380/parameter/pgm_0/enc/stream_metadata=Sample%20data
Could you please try these two lines in web browser? (use text copy&paste, not direct clicking)
http://127.0.0.1:7380/parameter/pgm_0/enc/stream_metadata=Sample+data
http://127.0.0.1:7380/parameter/pgm_0/enc/stream_metadata=Sample%20data
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Configuration Options and Possibilities / Re: Omnia SST
« Last post by juglaresdelrock on March 25, 2025, 08:47:47 pm »54
Configuration Options and Possibilities / Re: Omnia SST
« Last post by Jan on March 25, 2025, 08:38:36 pm »Could you please post your settings in the Magic RDS? The plus sign ('+') is used as an escaping character for space in URL. Cannot imagine a reason why it appears in the final text.
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Configuration Options and Possibilities / Re: Omnia SST
« Last post by juglaresdelrock on March 25, 2025, 08:15:51 pm »It works with Omnia, but when you send the information from a .txt file, + appears instead of spaces between words.
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Release News and Tutorials / Re: Release News and Change Log
« Last post by Jan on March 20, 2025, 09:48:44 pm »Version 4.2.3
http://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe
Known issues: The Remote Bridge option does not work in this version.
http://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe
- UECP device model now supports MEC 48: DAB+ Dynamic Label Plus (not sure why so many pluses but that's what they officialy call it)
- Communication decoder now shows DAB+ DL/DLP in full length of 128 bytes
- Due to increasing number of supported device models and purposes of use, the Connection Kind now contains several categories instead of the 'RDS Encoder' only
- External text sources: The source sequencer has been completely rewritten, solving some limitations and bugs
- External text sources: Transition Optimizer function added to Output. User can specify minimum display duration for all texts.
- External text sources: If reading a web file and no explicit coding is specified, the UTF-8 coding is expected instead of ANSI
- Device model 'User Defined 1': prefix and suffix now supports Dynamic Elements (see extsrc.pdf for details)
- Internal channel - Data distribution - saveto: parameter prefix and suffix added, with support of Dynamic Elements (see extsrc.pdf for details). This allows for example saving playlist with date and time added to each line.
- Text Campaigns tool with up to three items is now available also to the 'Activated' license
- Embedded website bug fix: '\' character did not show in forms
Known issues: The Remote Bridge option does not work in this version.
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Release News and Tutorials / Using the RDS Spy real-time RDS decoder from any PC
« Last post by Jan on March 20, 2025, 01:34:12 pm »Following method applies to advanced RDS encoders which support remote RDS output monitoring and software port multiplication.
To show the RDS output from certain RDS encoder, user may simply click on the RDS Spy button in the Magic RDS 4. To get the same functionality on any other PC (in the same LAN on even anywhere in internet), follow these steps:
To show the RDS output from certain RDS encoder, user may simply click on the RDS Spy button in the Magic RDS 4. To get the same functionality on any other PC (in the same LAN on even anywhere in internet), follow these steps:
- Select the RDS encoder you want to monitor and click on the Virtual Ports button
- Add new Virtual port, type TCP Server, choose appropriate (free) TCP port
- Install the RDS Spy on the other PC
- In the RDS Spy from https://rdsspy.com/, go to Configure - Select RDS Source
- Select ASCII G Protocol, TCP/IP connection, RDS Encoder device type, fill IP address of the Magic RDS PC and the TCP port chosen in step 2
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Add-ons / Re: Task Scheduler vs Text Campaigns for Program Name internal channel
« Last post by Jan on March 18, 2025, 09:52:56 pm »Yes, that's exactly how it works. When using the Text Campaigns, the Internal channel becomes a set of lines, to enable scheduling of multiple text messages at the same time, automatically rotating in a loop. See the 'Dynamic Text Loop' reference in extsrc.pdf.
In your case the solution is simple: create a separate Source for the Text Campaigns, different from the old Source used in the Task scheduler.
To show current lines in the Dynamic Text Loop, go to View - Spreadsheets.
In your case the solution is simple: create a separate Source for the Text Campaigns, different from the old Source used in the Task scheduler.
To show current lines in the Dynamic Text Loop, go to View - Spreadsheets.
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Add-ons / Task Scheduler vs Text Campaigns for Program Name internal channel
« Last post by South Coast FM Tech on March 18, 2025, 09:38:04 pm »MagicRDS V4.2.2
I have an Text Source > Internal Channel called 'Program Name'.
Until now I've been using Task Scheduler to update the program name. All 24/7 programs. Has worked well.
I have now created the same list of programs names using 'Text Campaign' to update it.
When I use Text Campaigns, the program names doesn't work as expected.
If I disable Task Scheduler & enable Text Campaigns, then I end up with two program names alternating. One unchanging from the distant past & the most recent which changes to the most current program. It's as if the Internal Channel has two text lines with last line being updated by the Text Campaign & the Output Sequence is alternating between the two names when it gets to the Program Name step in the sequence.
The Program Name > Internal Channel > Process will not remember being configured as 'First Line' or 'Last line' & always defaults back to 'All lines - one per session'.
So far, I've had to revert back to 'Scheduled Tasks' to get it to work.
Thanks, Rod
I have an Text Source > Internal Channel called 'Program Name'.
Until now I've been using Task Scheduler to update the program name. All 24/7 programs. Has worked well.
I have now created the same list of programs names using 'Text Campaign' to update it.
When I use Text Campaigns, the program names doesn't work as expected.
If I disable Task Scheduler & enable Text Campaigns, then I end up with two program names alternating. One unchanging from the distant past & the most recent which changes to the most current program. It's as if the Internal Channel has two text lines with last line being updated by the Text Campaign & the Output Sequence is alternating between the two names when it gets to the Program Name step in the sequence.
The Program Name > Internal Channel > Process will not remember being configured as 'First Line' or 'Last line' & always defaults back to 'All lines - one per session'.
So far, I've had to revert back to 'Scheduled Tasks' to get it to work.
Thanks, Rod
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Configuration Options and Possibilities / Re: Send Now Playing to text file for Live Stream
« Last post by Jan on March 17, 2025, 10:55:12 am »When Now Play data is not updated for some period, say 10 minutes (600s), then display the Program Name instead.
But don't send Program Name to Stream if Now Playing is being updated regularly.
To achieve this, set the 'Go to next after' of the now playing source to a high value, for example 99999. In the picture it is set to zero, which is inappropriate.
Other settings seem to be well done.
Upcoming version 4.2.3 will bring some fixes and improvements to the external text tool. It is now being tested.