Topfield v2.0 manual Keywords to match Possible matching programme titles

v2.0 user guide Page 17

Note that iGuide provides channel groups so that series links can span multiple channels. To choose a channel group, select a standard broadcast channel, and then press [CH+]. This will select the first appropriate channel group for the base channel. [CH+] and [CH-] will take you through appropriate channel groups, and/or back to the base channel:

[LEFT/RIGHT] BBC2 [LEFT/RIGHT] ITV1 [LEFT/RIGHT] C4 [LEFT/RIGHT]

		
[CH+/CH-]	[CH+/CH-]	[CH+/CH-]
		
ALL BBC CHANNELS	ALL ITV CHANNELS	CHANNEL 4 GROUP
		
[CH+/CH-]	[CH+/CH-]	[CH+/CH-]
		
ALL CHANNELS	ALL CHANNELS	ALL CHANNELS

Available channel groups can also be found at the end of the channel list.

By default five channel groups are provided: “All channels”, “All BBC channels”, “All ITV channels”, “C4, E4, More4, Film4" (the Channel 4 group) and “five, five life, five US" (the channel five group). Other channel groups can be created by editing the configuration files (see below).

DAYS: The days on which to search for matching programmes. By default this is every day, but can be changed to any individual day, weekdays, weekend or weekdays + Saturday using the [LEFT/RIGHT ARROW] keys.

PERIOD: A block of time on the identified days in which to search for programmes – a programme is deemed to be in a block if it starts or ends in the block. By default this block is the quadrant of the day (0000-0600, 0600-1200, 1200-1800 or 1800-0000) in which the original programme appears, or two such quadrants if it spans them. This default sorts out most things – e.g. it’ll get all the weekday episodes of EastEnders but not the Sunday omnibus – but it can be changed at will. Use [OK] to swap focus between the start and end periods, and [LEFT/RIGHT ARROW] to change these times (it’ll make more sense if and when you try it). If end time is less than start time, the block is deemed to be overnight.

KEYWORDS: A series of keywords (actually phrases) separated by commas. If this list exists, the pattern matches on the existence of all keywords in a programme’s title and/or description. A keyword can be preceded by a minus sign, in which case the pattern will fail to match any programme whose title or description contains the remainder of the keyword.

Examples:

Keywords to match	Possible matching programme titles
Who, Doctor	Doctor Who
–Who, Doctor	Doctor Kildare

Note that if keywords are defined for a pattern, they supercede the title pattern: this means that any programmes, regardless of their name, will be captured by the series link if they contain the appropriate keywords. Beware!