BASIC USERS GUIDE User Manual UK English version written by Cad Delworth CEng MBCS CITP Design: Dr. Torben Weibert Credits and Acknowledgements BASS — http://www.un4seen.com JCL — http://www.homepages.borland.com/jedi/jcl/ JVCL — http://vcl.sourceforge.net OmniXML — http://www.omnixml.com RemObjects PascalScript and RemObjects SDK — http://www.remobjects.com TRegExpr — http://RegExpStudio.com All other trademarks and product names are acknowledged as the property of the respective owners, and are used within this Manual and within the AIRCAST, AIRCASTConfig, AIRCASTDB, and AIRCASTTag programs purely for descriptive and explanatory purposes. Copying As a convenience to AIRCAST users, this Manual is provided as an ‘editable’ PDF document. 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You can use this manual as a basic reference guide, it will however not be useful for the latest features that have been added to the software. This manual is typeset in Utopia and URW Classico fonts. Cad Delworth has asserted his moral right to be identified as the author of this manual. i Contents A Personal Note From The Author ............................................................................................................................................... 1 Terms Used Throughout This Manual .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Getting Started............................................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Installing AIRCAST ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Licences ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Licence Manager ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 1.1: The AIRCAST Licence Manager dialog ............................................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 Types Of Licence ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.3.2 Installing A Purchased Licence Or ‘Personal Demo’ Licence ......................................................................................... 6 1.3.3 Importing A Purchased Licence Or ‘Personal’ Demo Licence ........................................................................................ 8 1.3.4 Installing A Free Licence Or ‘Non-Personal’ Demo Licence .......................................................................................... 8 1.4 USB Dongle (Hardware Licence Key) ........................................................................................................................ 10 1.5 Software Updates And Upgrades ................................................................................................................................ 11 1.5.1 Update (within AIRCAST Version 3.1) ........................................................................................................................ 11 1.5.2 Upgrade (from AIRCAST Version 3.0.x or earlier) ...................................................................................................... 12 1.6 Uninstalling AIRCAST ............................................................................................................................................... 14 2. Introduction To AIRCAST ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.1 The Main Window ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 Figure 2.2: The default AIRCAST window layout ................................................................................................................ 16 2.1.1 Browser, Playlist, Players, Cartwall .............................................................................................................................. 17 Figure 2.3: The main areas of the default AIRCAST window layout .................................................................................... 17 2.2 Working With The Browser ........................................................................................................................................ 18 2.3 Working With The Playlist And Its Players ................................................................................................................ 20 2.4 Working With The Cartwall ........................................................................................................................................ 22 2.5 What Next? ................................................................................................................................................................. 24 3. Advanced Operator Controls And Features.............................................................................................................................. 26 3.1 Player Time Display .................................................................................................................................................... 26 3.2 Loop And Hook Modes ............................................................................................................................................... 26 3.3 Special Playlist Items .................................................................................................................................................. 26 3.3.1 Automation Break Point ................................................................................................................................................ 26 3.3.2 Command ...................................................................................................................................................................... 26 3.3.3 Container ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26 3.3.4 Dummy .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.5 Hook Container ............................................................................................................................................................. 27 3.3.6 Network File .................................................................................................................................................................. 27 3.3.7 Region Container ........................................................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.8 Silence ........................................................................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.9 Stream and Stream (infinite).......................................................................................................................................... 27 4. Actions And The Event Scheduler ........................................................................................................................................... 28 4.1 Actions ........................................................................................................................................................................ 28 4.1.1 Options tab .................................................................................................................................................................... 28 4.1.2 List Of Actions By Category ......................................................................................................................................... 29 4.2 Event Scheduler .......................................................................................................................................................... 32 4.2.1 Event Date And Time Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 33 4.2.2 Event Scheduler