360 Systems DigiCart/E - Manual (Page 57)

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All transport commands also have tally signals on open collector outputs, available in the GPI/O connector.
See Appendix A for wiring details.
Playing a Single Cut
To select a cut, use the Navigation keys and the selection knob to locate the Drive | Directory | file ID/Name
of the cut you wish to play. Only IDs containing program material will be displayed.
Press the PLAY button. Playback will begin immediately.
Hot Keys
Hot Keys are a convenient way to play pre-determined audio files with a single button press. DigiCart/E
has two banks of four Hot Keys on the front panel, and can also be triggered by dedicated Hot Keys on
DigiCart remotes or Hot Keys assigned to alpha keys on a keyboard.
As a new feature in DigiCart/E, Hot Key assignments can be stored and recalled in two ways, either
Network Drive or Local. The chief benefit of using Net Drive Hot Keys is that those Hot Key assignments
can be accessed by one or more users concurrently from anywhere on the network. All source material
linked to Net Drive Hot Keys must be on the current network drive; however, source cuts may reside in any
of the drive’s ten directories.
Local Hot Key assignments are saved in a separate list stored on each DigiCart/E. Local Hot Keys can be
made up of any mix of events from different local drives and directories. All source files used in Local Hot
Key assignments must reside on local hard drives (any partitioned drives on the local hard disk).
The PLAY HOT KEYS USING parameter in the Setup menu controls the default behavior for Hot Key
assignment lists. If this parameter is set to Net Drive, DigiCart/E will use the Hot Key list on the currently
selected network drive. As you move from one network drive to another, the Hot Keys list of the current
drive will load automatically. If the current drive is changed to a local drive, the Local Hot Keys list will
automatically become active. There is only one Local Hot Keys assignment list, rather than one per local
drive partition.
If the PLAY HOT KEYS USING parameter is set to Local Assignments, the Local Hot Keys list will
always be used, regardless of the current drive.
Net Drive Hot Key assignments can be reprogrammed from any DigiCart/E that has access to it.
Playing Multiple Cuts — Follow-On Play
In Follow-On Play, a second cut may be selected and queued to play while a cut is currently playing.
NOTE: For Follow-On Play, the RESTART MODE selection in the SETUP menu must be set to “ON
COMPLETION”.
NOTE: If you are selecting a cut from a network drive while playing another cut, an alert message might
appear on the LCD, indicating “DIR OUT OF DATE.” This message occurs when DigiCart has detected
that another user has modified the contents of the network directory, but DigiCart is busy playing audio
and cannot update the list of contents. The list of contents will automatically update when DigiCart is idle.
While a cut is playing, use the navigation controls to select another cut from any drive or directory.