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PTY Selection
Program Type identifies the station's programming format from a list. There are two lists,
one for the European RDS system and one for the American RBDS specification, hence open the
appropriate drop-down list and select suitable PTY.
TA Timeout
An optional safety feature has been built into the SmartGen Micro to guard against an extended
software-activated TA flag. Say, for example, that the TA flag was activated by the software
command, and the data link was suddenly lost. No command that deactivates TA flag would be
received, and the TA flag would remain raised indefinitely. As this is not a good thing, an automatic
timeout option has been included for software-activated TA flags.
Timeout can be set between 1 and 255 minutes. This will automatically deactivate the TA flag
after the programmed time has elapsed.
Setting Timeout to 0 will turn off the Timeout feature.
NOTE: The Timeout should not be used to define the actual period that the TA flag is raised.
The TA flag must be reset to zero immediately following a traffic announcement.
Dynamic PS
DPS is proprietary setting, which not conform with RDS/RBDS Standard. Because of driving
safety considerations, broadcasters have, from the start, been discouraged from making the PS
"dynamic"; that is, to send long messages in a succession of 8-character frames. As a matter of
note, it remains a violation of both the CENELEC and the NRSC standards to flash or scroll the PS
display. Nevertheless, this nefarious practice of "Scrolling-PS" has become very common, both in
the US and abroad.
The Dynamic PS can hold up to 64 characters of text, which can be made to scroll across the
RDS radio faceplate. Left undisturbed, the encoder will scroll the same message endlessly.
Parsing is the encoder's "smart" mode of message transmission. Parsing breaks messages down
into meaningful character groups for efficient display on the 8-character alphanumeric readout
common to all RDS receivers.
When Parse is set to 0 (words centered) or 9 (words left justified) parsing sends short words
together. Longer words, up to and including 8 characters, are sent individually. Words that exceed
8 characters are "sidestepped" through two or more consecutive displays.
When Parse is set between 1 and 8 the message is scrolled 1 to 8 characters at a time without
divisions into word groups.
Immediate preview of Dynamic PS could be seen on virtual Radio faceplate. Feel free to
experiment with different Text and Parse values.
CT
- To enable/disable the transmission of type 4A group (Clock Time).
RTC
- To adjust the Date and Time of the SmartGen Micro device.
- Synchronize with Computer Clock - will get Date and Time from computer where software
runs.
- Manual Synchronization - allows manual editing of the Date and Time values.
RT Speed
- To adjust the transmission rate of 2A group.
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