Creating a Periodic Schedule

Specifying a playout period

After creating a daily schedule, specify the period when the daily schedule will be used to create a periodic schedule.

1 In the BZNP-D1 main window, check that the BZNP- D1 (PC) option button is selected, and then select the group for which you want to create a new periodic schedule using the Group drop-down list box.

2 Select the Daily Schedule tab of the Content Management window, right-click the desired daily schedule, then select [Periodic Schedule Settings] on the popup menu.

The Edit Periodic Schedule dialog box appears. The index of the selected daily schedule is shown in

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the Daily Schedule Index text box.

 

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3 Specify the first and last days of the playout period of the daily schedule.

Clicking the button of the drop-down list box displays a calendar. The date you click on the calendar will be specified in the drop-down list box.

4 Place check marks for the days in the Day of the Week check boxes to specify specific days of the week in the period.

You can click each check box separately, or use the [Check All] or [Clear All] button.

To use the specified daily schedule only on Saturdays in a period, for example, click [Clear All], then click the Saturday check box.

5 Click [OK].

A new periodic schedule has been created.

It appears on the Periodic Schedule tab of the Content Management window.

Columns for type, title and index of daily schedules

Non playout period

Periodic Schedule tab

(Periodic schedules are listed in the order of date registered.)

As the periodic schedules have no index numbers, they are listed in the order of the date registered. Note that the type, title and index number shown on the Periodic Schedule tab are those of the corresponding daily schedule, not the periodic schedule’s.

By sending a periodic schedule selected here to the NSP-1, the daily schedule, playlists, and materials, everything required for playout is sent with it.

See “Sending Data to NSP-1 Players” on page 54 for details on sending data to the NSP-1.

When you know the index of the desired daily schedule

Instead of step 2 above, you can right-click any point on the Periodic Schedule tab, and select [New]. This displays the Edit Periodic Schedule dialog box with a blank Daily Schedule Index text box.

Select the Playout option button, playout period, and the index number of the daily schedule to be used.

Note on overlapped periodic schedules

If more than one periodic schedule is overlapped on a certain day, the one that has been sent to the NSP-1 players last (most recently) has the highest priority.

For example, the only difference between the following two cases is the transfer order. In case A, daily schedule 051000002 will be used on the 1st and 2nd of August, and 051000001 will be used on the rest of the days.

On the other hand, in case B, daily schedule 051000001 will be used throughout the term, and 051000002 will not be used.

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