Simian Manual, Version 1.6 Broadcast Software International Copyright 1989-2005 – All Rights Reserved Sales Broadcast Software International 503 East 11th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97405 USA 541-338-8588 Fax: 541-338-8656 [email protected] Validation Codes [email protected] Technical Support 541-342-5250 [email protected] Internet www.bsiusa.com May 18, 2005 VERSION 1.6 ID: Page 0 QUICK CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................................... 3 QUICK PLAYBACK.............................................................................................................................. 3 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 4 SIMIAN FEATURES ............................................................................................................................. 5 KEEPING UP-TO-DATE....................................................................................................................... 6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................................... 6 CONTACT US:.................................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW................................................................................................................ 8 WINDOWS ISSUES .............................................................................................................................. 8 PC MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 8 CHOOSING AUDIO FILE FORMATS..................................................................................................... 10 SIMIAN CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY ............................................................................................. 12 THE EVENT BUILDER IN A NUTSHELL ................................................................................................ 13 SOUNDHOUND IN A NUTSHELL ......................................................................................................... 14 THE WELCOME LOG IN A NUTSHELL ................................................................................................. 14 THE ASYNCHRONOUS DECK IN A NUTSHELL ..................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER 3 SETUP & CONFIGURATION .................................................................................. 16 BEFORE YOU INSTALL SIMIAN:......................................................................................................... 16 INSTALLING SIMIAN .......................................................................................................................... 16 CONFIGURING SOUNDHOUND........................................................................................................... 19 SIMIAN OPTIONS.............................................................................................................................. 22 PRODUCTION MODE......................................................................................................................... 22 NETWORKING SIMIAN....................................................................................................................... 23 "LIVE UPDATE" IN SIMIAN ................................................................................................................ 26 CONFIGURING TRIGGERS ................................................................................................................. 27 CONFIGURING RELAYS..................................................................................................................... 28 CONFIGURING SERIAL COMMUNICATION ........................................................................................... 29 CONFIGURING CATEGORIES ............................................................................................................. 30 CONFIGURING MIXERS ..................................................................................................................... 31 CONFIGURING SPYGLASS................................................................................................................. 32 CONFIGURING SECURITY OPTIONS ................................................................................................... 32 CONFIGURING THE VOICETRACK EDITOR .......................................................................................... 34 CONFIGURING CRASH RECOVERY..................................................................................................... 34 CONFIGURING AUTOREPLACE.......................................................................................................... 35 CONFIGURING TIMESYNCH ............................................................................................................... 35 CHAPTER 4 OPERATION............................................................................................................ 36 LEARNING THE SIMIAN INTERFACE.................................................................................................... 36 USING PROGRAM LOGS ................................................................................................................... 40 CREATING PROGRAM LOGS ............................................................................................................. 42 USING EVENT LOGS......................................................................................................................... 51 USING THE INFO EDITOR .................................................................................................................. 60 USING CARTS .................................................................................................................................. 64 USING MACROS ............................................................................................................................... 68 USING HOTKEYS ............................................................................................................................. 69 USING MIXERS................................................................................................................................. 69 Page 1 RECORDING..................................................................................................................................... 70 USING THE VOICETRACK EDITOR ..................................................................................................... 72 USING PITCH SHIFT.......................................................................................................................... 74 USING BACKTIME ............................................................................................................................ 75 USING MEMORIZED EVENTS ............................................................................................................. 75 USING SCHEDULED EVENTS ............................................................................................................. 76 USING RELAYS (GPO)..................................................................................................................... 76 USING TRIGGERS (GPI) ................................................................................................................... 76 USING SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS..................................................................................................... 77 USING AUTOMATION MODES ............................................................................................................ 78 USING DYNAMIC HTML PAGES ........................................................................................................ 79 USING WEBCONNECTT ...................................................................................................................... 81 USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ........................................................................................................ 82 CHAPTER 5 TROUBLESHOOTING............................................................................................. 84 ® OPTIMIZING WINDOWS .................................................................................................................... 84 INSTALLATION PROBLEMS................................................................................................................ 84 RANDOM PROBLEMS........................................................................................................................ 86 SOUND PROBLEMS .......................................................................................................................... 86 TROUBLESHOOTING TRIGGERS......................................................................................................... 87 TROUBLESHOOTING RELAYS ............................................................................................................ 87 TROUBLESHOOTING SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS................................................................................. 88 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ...................................................................................................................... 88 TECHNICAL SUPPORT OR 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