User manual

Automation Protocol Easytext Commands
Miranda Technologies Ltd Page 235
The advantage of using datasources with Easytext is that the process of
delivering textual data can become entirely separated from the process of
recalling slides that refer to it.
For example, it is possible to have one PC feeding in a news headline
summary into a datasource called ‘NEWS’, while another PC feeds stock
ticker info into a datasource called ‘STOCKS’. If we have two templates, one
referring to ‘STOCKS’ and the other ‘NEWS’, then depending on which
template is loaded, the appropriate information will be displayed. This
happens regardless of how the template is loaded, and the information-
providing PCs are unaware of what is happening ‘on-air’, Also, the process
of issuing new templates becomes easier, as the requirement for automation
to address particular numbered text boxes is removed.
Another advantage of datasources is that datasources can be inserted
anywhere into a text box, allowing composite messages to be generated using
only a single text box: For example: “The time is |TIME| on
|DAYOFWEEK|”
Datasources created by network automation sessions remain valid when the
session is disconnected, but datasource values are volatile: All values set
under automation are lost when the unit restarts
All internal (pre-defined) datasources use upper-case names.