Can a PAL script load a clockwheel?

[tripticadotnet]

Hi,

 

Let me try to explain my situation: I would like to load a random clockwheel every 30 minutes for play 30 minutes a category, and then pass to play another random category for the next 30 minutes.

I ve been researching and google-ing about, but I am new and not very kind to PAL script or SAM, and then.

 

Any advice are welcome.

 

The other way ( the more complicated one ) I would like to do this is create a PAL script which works like this:

 

Code:

1. IF no song is playing THEN play a random song;

2. READ and STORE in a variable the category of the song which is playing;

3. look for new request;

4. IF there is a new request, queue song and also store the category of the song when plays;

5. ELSE play a random song from the category which stored on the variable;

6. repeat the script for 30 minutes, and then choose another random song in another category but the one loaded before;

 

 

 

Any idea? Best regard

[countrywesterndj]

As FesterHead said in the SA forums, you can do it via the Event Scheduler. But obviously, it can't queue up a random clockwheel.

[GKIye]

Hello,

 

I wanna point you to My sticky topics at BW all about SAM and PAL

check out this link for part 1 :

http://forums.broadcastingworld.net/showthread.php?t=7199

at the end of part 1 you'll find a redirect link to part 2

 

In general your question contains "several" different questions and that don't make it easy to give you one answer

- In fact you can load a clockwheel by "Event Sheduler" (ES) both as ipTop and ipBottom .. to add it in queue its logical that you use ipTop and start loading the command at xx:59:49 (xx = your hour)

If you use a TOTH the loaded songs has to be played right after your TOTH

- However there is an important "but" ...

Into the config of SAM you'll find the setting "album" = every X-minutes ... The least who can be set is 1 minute

This means that you "can't" load the "same genre or album" by using only one clockwheel

So its more likely that you make a command with your ES who contains several "times of loading" for example start at xx:59:49 next xx:01:49 etc ... each time by using ipTop

Notice that at that time you have to set your "play album every X-minutes" to 1 .. otherwise SAM gonna ignore the command given by ES

 

I'm gonna try to explain also an answer to some of your other questions

1. IF no song is playing THEN play a random song

in general SAM is adding "always" songs in queue at any time ... see your config > playlist rotation

3. look for new request;

this happens automatic if your settings are made as it should be

at the time a request is made you can decide to add the request as ipTop or ipBottom .. If you use ipTop your request gonna be played right after the current playing song

6. repeat the script for 30 minutes, and then choose another random song in another category but the one loaded before;

this can be done by making into config > playlist rotation ... a command who contains your CWF(with a 30 minutes shedule), a general random song (Music 'Music All') etc etc

 

I only can hope that something of these details are usefull to you :doh: