Configuring a Broadcast Tools SRC2 for use with ControlReady or AircheckReady

You'll see that when WireReady's program (WR32.EXE) starts from a shortcut on the desktop- it asks for a user name - a user name corresponds to a folder under the WIRE directory (WIRE\USERS\"username" where username is a folder - like ONAIR or AUTOREC, etc. We put some pre-made folders in there - or you can use our SETUP32 program under WIRE\INSTALL to make more..

In any case, if the USER folder is called RECORD for example, then there is a file called "record.ini" in the RECORD folder and for all intents - 99% of our configuration possibilities live in that INI file (there are more than a 1000 settings possible).

If you are familiar with INI lines you have groups and lines...

The SRC has some default RS-232 text strings it spits out when it's input 1 goes HI or LO or when it's input 2 goes HI or LO. Wireready32 will use these default strings.

For example, if you are trying to start and stop automatic recording with input triggers:

Assuming you are using 2 channels to do this (i.e. one closure is the start and one closure is the stop) - you're setting up playlists that wait for one input to go HI and setting a stop channel in the record commands to watch for another channel to go HI.
(This would work with pulsing or latched logic).
In theory, you could use one closure so that if it's LO it's considered ON and if it's HI it's considered OFF (LO would start a recording and HI would end it).

Generally speaking, inputs are used with our WAIT FOR CHANNEL command to start commercial breaks or fire legal IDs, where as commands like IF CHANNEL HI/LO is used when setting up repeating loops which automatically start a recording anytime a microphone is opened in an air studio (for air checking).

To configure the SRC-2 to output the default strings, set dip switches 3 and 4 to OFF. This is “Comptuer Mode”.
To configure our software to work with an SRC2, you have to find or add these groups to the INI file I mentioned:


PIP1
Port=1 (whatever COM port you wish to use, but not 0)
Manufacturer=CUSTOM
  Custom PIP
Comment1="|[" will be translated to CR in the strings before being output.
Comment2="|]" will be translated to LF in the strings before being output.
Comment3="|@" will be translated to ESC in the strings before being output.
Start Of Input String=*
End Of Input String=|| (enclose the second " l " in square brackets)
NumberOfInputs=2
Input1LowString=*010
Input1HiString=*011
Input2LowString=*020
Input2HiString=*021
Note: If you ever have to configure other outboard devices to the computer - we support up to 4 devices so you could have a PIP2 device setup on a different com port number, and PIP3, etc., etc. The default for Manufacturer when not set is "Broadcast Tools".

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