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with no encoded date information select the Local Time menu choice. Make sure you press the
SELECT key after you have selected the menu choice. (The selected menu choice will be flashing if it
is active)
System
Calculate
1
On
UTC Time
0
Off
LTC DST Config
System/On/Off
Local
LTC
Time
Input
UTC
Serial
Port
Control
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USING METACAST 2 WITH THE 8083XDS-AD
MetaCast 2 is a Windows software application that schedules the XDS packets sent by the 8083XDS-
AD Encoders according to the program schedule currently being aired. It allows the station operator to
program XDS packets such as show name, duration, V-chip rating for each program segment. In order
to accomplish this in sync with the programs being aired, MetaCast 2 needs to have a stable time
reference. The preferred method is to have MetaCast 2 read the time from the 8083XDS-AD (which is
in turn reading the time from the house time code reference). MetaCast 2 will maintain this time
internally as the Broadcast Time and use it to control the scheduling of packets.
MetaCast 2 also provides tools to monitor and set the time, date and time zone offset of the encoder, to
manage changes to and from Daylight Saving Time and to enable and disable the transmission of XDS
Time of Day and Time Zone packets. These tools are available by opening the Clocks windows from
MetaCast 2's tool bar.
APPLICATION NOTES
System
DST Flag
Local
System
Time
UTC
(UTC)
LTC RDR Config
Local/UTC
System
Timezone
Offset
Time Data
in Encoder
Figure B-2: 8083XDS-AD Time of Day Processing
Revision 1.0.2
8083XDS-AD Analog and SD-SDI XDS Encoder
Calculate
Local Time
Create
"Time of Day"
XDS Packet
Stored
Front Panel
Display
T
.: 09.52:02
Encode On
Video Line 21, Field 2
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