User`s guide

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Specifies program name information. The name must be between 2 and 32 characters in
length.
Example: *PROGRAMNAME THE AVENGERS
This example will set the program name to “THE AVENGERS”.
*NOPROGRAMNAME
Turns off program name generation at the current time index.
Example: *NOPROGRAMNAME
*PROGRAMLENGTH HH:MM
This command specifies the programs running time. It should indicate the scheduled
length of the show.
Example: *PROGRAMLENGTH 30
This example sets the scheduled program length to 30 minutes.
*NOPROGRAMLENGTH
Turns off program length data generation at current time index.
Example: *NOPROGRAMLENGTH
*PROGRAMTYPE [Basic Keywords][Detail Keywords]
This command sets the program type to the value of the parameters. At least one basic
keyword must be chosen. Some detail keywords may be chosen. The hex codes
associated with each of the keywords may be used in place of the actual descriptive
keyword. No more than 32 keywords may be selected.
See Appendix for a list of the Basic Keywords, Detail Keywords and corresponding hex
codes.
Example: *PROGRAMTYPE ENTERTAINMENT,34,55,SPECIAL
This example sets the program type to the basic keyword “entertainment” with the detail
keywords “comedy”, “international” and “special”.
*NOPROGRAMTYPE
Turns off program type generation at the current time index.
Example: *NOPROGRAMTYPE
Special Characters
Caption text may contain certain special characters. These special characters can be generated
either with a ‘\’ backslash character in combination with a second character or with a specific
combination of Macintosh keyboard characters.
Character Backslash Specific Macintosh
desired combination keyboard combination
á \’a Option-e then a
à \`a Option-` then a
â \^a Option-i then a
é \’e Option-e then e