See the “How To...” Manual for complete instructions.

►Loading a Playlist

• To obtain a playlist, use New to create a new playlist, or use Open to select an existing playlist and load it.
• After a playlist is loaded press the Connect button to gain control of the video servers.

►Playlist Contents

• Column Headers name the contents of the cells beneath them.
• Position the cursor over any cell in the playlist, and a tool-tip will arise naming the column.
• The RGB button in the Toolbar provides a control to change colors of playlist background and text.

►Formatting Columns

• To change the width of a column, place the cursor on the vertical line to the right of the column header, Left-click and hold the mouse button, then move the cursor horizontally.
• To change the left-to-right position of a column, place the cursor in the column header of the column to be moved, left-click and hold the mouse button, then move the cursor horizontally.

►Executing a Playlist

• Select the first event line to be played by clicking a row number in the leftmost column.
• If the selected row starts with a clock start time and clock start trigger, the server will be rolled just before the clock time.
• If the selected row does not have a clock start time and clock start trigger, press the Roll button to begin executing the playlist.
• The clock start trigger is the letter ‘C’ in the Start Trigger Cell.

► Inserting an Event

• Place the cursor on a row number cell and left-click the mouse.
• Press “Control-I” to insert an empty event line in the row above the selected row number.
• The selected row and all beneath it will drop down one row.

►Inserting New Data in a Cell

• Position the cursor over a cell and left-click the mouse button.
• The background color in the cell will turn white.
• Keyed data will replace any prior contents of the cell, and be displayed from left to right.

►Revising or Inserting Data in a Cell

• Position the cursor over a cell and left-click the mouse button twice at a desired position in the cell.
• The cell will take on the look of a sunken white background.
• A blinking black vertical line will indicate the position at which keyed data will be inserted in any existing data

►Moving an Event – Drag and Drop

• Place the cursor on a row number cell and left-click the mouse button.
• Release the mouse button.
• Left-click and hold the mouse button, and move the cursor up or down.
• Note the thin red horizontal line that follows the cursor movement.
• The red line will appear between two event lines, indicating where the selected event will be moved when the mouse button is released.

►Calculating Event Group Durations

• Place the cursor on any cell in a row.
• Left-click and hold the mouse button and move the cursor up or down.
• While moving the cursor, note that cells passed by the cursor will hold a white background.
• Above the cursor will be a tool-tip with two lines: “Total Duration:” and a time in hh:mm:ss:ff format.

►Repeating Event Loop Creation

• Insert a new event line immediately beneath the lowest event in the group to be repeated.
• Key the word “REPEAT”  (without quote marks) in the Source column.
• Key the number of events in the group to be repeated in the Program Name column.
• Key the number of times to repeat the group in the House Name column.

►Executing the Event Loop

• The event loop may be started by being located immediately following the end of an event not in the loop.
• The event loop may also be started by positioning the cursor on an event line Row Number and pressing the Roll button.
• As the loop executes, the number of remaining loops will be shown in the Status column.
• When the last event finishes playing when there are no remaining loops, the event below it in the list will be played.
• If the event below the loop contains a clock start time and an enabling trigger, the loop will be terminated at that clock time.

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