Pinnacle Speakers DEKO500 - Manual (Page 133)

Automation 131
Deko500 User’s Guide
Automation window fields:
Automation Enabled
Enables/disables the automation interface.
Type
The automation protocol.
EMEM
The protocol used with Grass Valley Group 200 and 300
switchers.
DEKO
The protocol used for NetDeko.
PEGS
The protocol used with Grass Valley Group editors.
III
The optional protocol for using non-Deko500 commands.
ID
Identifies your Deko500. If only one Deko500 is connected to the
automation host, the ID setting is 1.
Port
The COM port or the name of the network pipe used for the
automation interface.
Status
Current connection status and message history.
Clear
Clears the data in the Status box.
To start Automation immediately every time you start
Deko500:
1. In the Automation window, check Automation Enabled.
2. In the Options Menu, select Save Settings on Exit.
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UTOMATION
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RAPHICS
To use a Deko graphic with automation, you must define the graphic’s layers to
accept text data from the automation host. There are two ways a layer can accept
automation data:
Query
A query field causes the Automation interface to request
updates from the host at user-specified intervals.
Replace
A replace field gets its data from an automation (.aut) file.
When you read an .aut file, Deko500 replaces the graphic’s
replace fields with the data in the .aut file.