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| Subject: From: Date: | Re: [ECS] TVL support for "other" channel lineups Mark Gilmore Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:57:19 -0500 |
David, The astrick is intended to mark the channels that you DO want. -- Mark Gilmore Omnipotence (ECS home automation software) http://www.usit.com/omnip 423-745-0026 David Kindred wrote: > > Hi guys, I'm back. > > Mark's instructions are fine here. I'd just add a clarification to step > number 3. The resulting Web page will have a URL such as > "http://tv.excite.com/listing/?lineup=MD53200". To be specific, the code you > want is that which follows "?lineup=". > > I made a copy of my TZ-E.CHN file to MD53200.CHN and then added channel > names that I found by looking at this Web page. For instance, instead of > CBS, I had to put in WUSA (our local affiliate). All the premium channels we > don't receive, I assigned a channel number of "77" to and then asterixed > them out, just to leave them as place holders. > > Now you know my secret! (Hope that one about the junk bonds doesn't get > out.) > > --David "Ivan" > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 4:22 PM > To: ecs-list@netbloc.com > Subject: [ECS] TVL support for "other" channel lineups > > Here's my stab at new TVL setup directions, with additions > made for the support of "other" (local) lineups (feedback/ > corrections welcome). Those using existing .CHN lineups may > ignore this message. > > BTW, please ignore my request for lineup names > (I think this is a better approach): > > 2.10 TV-Listings > > This cfg supports the ability to announce, view, and/or record > desired TV shows as they air (per downloaded/weekly TV listings). > > The TV-GUIDE Event maintains a separate window listing all shows > currently airing (including shows which started in a previous > time slot). This list is re-generated every 1/2 hour. Using this > window, you may permanently removed unwanted shows, and designate > others as "favorites" (to be announced, viewed, or recorded). > > The TV-LISTING Event maintains another window listing the entire > TV-listing file. As with the TV-Guide window, shows may be deleted > and designated as favorites. > > To enable TV-Listing support: > > 1) In your web browser, select http://tv.excite.com/listing and > click "VIEW ANOTHER LINEUP". > > 2) If you do NOT see your local programming source in the "CHANNEL > LINEUPS" menu, then enter your zip code at the "ZIP CODE" prompt > and press <Enter>. > > 3) Select your programming source from the "CHANNEL LINEUPS" menu, > and click SUBMIT. The resulting web page ADDRESS will then > designate a "lineup" name (e.g. "C-BAND"). > > 4) If the displayed lineup is NOT one of the following: > TZ-E Eastern time zone (broadcast or cable) > TZ-C Central time zone (broadcast or cable) > TZ-M Mountain time zone (broadcast or cable) > TZ-P Pacific time zone (broadcast or cable) > TZ-A Alaska time zone (broadcast or cable) > TZ-H Hawaii time zone (broadcast or cable) > C-BAND C-Band > 4DTV 4DTV/C-Band > DITV Direct-TV > DITVUSSB Direct-TV & USSB > ECHOST Dish Network > PRIMST PrimeStar > Then: > a) Copy TZ-E.CHN to {lineup}.CHN. For example, if the lineup > is "XYZ", then you would copy TZ-E.CHN to XYZ.CHN. > > b) Edit {lineup}.CHN and: > 1) Add any channels which are not in the file, using > the EXACT names as they appear in the web page. > 2) Change the channel #s so as to match your lineup. > 3) Make SURE that all channel names start in the 8th > column (follow the existing format). > > 5) Modify the Text-Line of the "TVL.BAT" ITEM such that denotes > your > your lineup name (the default being TZ-E). > > 6) Edit {lineup}.CHN and insert an asterisk ("*") before every > channel > that you want to appear in your listings. For example, you might > change a line as follows: > 02 ABC (before) > *02 ABC (after) > > Do NOT make ANY other changes. Channels withOUT an asteric will be > removed from your listings. > > 7) Set the TVL-ENABLED Item to TRUE. This will cause ECS to begin > downloading the listings for 8 days (starting with the current day). > Thereafter, the TVL Event will download these listings every > Saturday at 4AM. This download should take around 30 minutes at > 56K baud (while waiting, you may continue). > > 8) When the listings have been downloaded, COPY TVLNEW.TXT (pending > listings) to TVL.TXT (current listings). This step is only required > when you download them "manually" (normally, the "TVL DL" Event > does this on Sunday at 12AM). > > 9) Every half-hour (and at startup), the TV-Guide Event will > re-generated a TV-Guide window listing all TV shows currently > airing (including shows which started in a previous time slot). > Favorites shows are marked via an asteric ("*") next to the > show name. > > To SELECT the channel that a show is aired on, double-click > the show (or select the show and press <Enter>). > > To DELETE a show, move to that show's line and press <DELETE>. > ALL lines with that show's name will forever be purged from your > listings. > > To ANNOUNCE a show when it airs, select the show & press "A". > > To VIEW show when it airs, select the show & press "V". > > To RECORD show when it airs, select the show & press "R". > > To only mark a show as a favorite in the TV-Guide window withOUT > announcing/viewing/recording it, select the show and press "F". > > NOTE: After pressing any of the above keys, wait for the "click" > sound before continuing. > > Favorites are saved to TVLFAV.TXT in the format below. > This file may be manually edited in order to customize the > default entries or to make corrections. > The example entries below would: > o Announce any show that contains "NCAA" in the title. > o View any show whose name begins with "Super Bowl". > o Record any show whose name begins with "World Series" > and airs Sunday at 7PM on CBS via CBand transponder > G6-19. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > C Date Weekday Time Len Chan# Channel Show > * ***** ********* ****** *** ****** ********** **** > A ----- --------- ------ --- ------ ---------- ~NCAA~ > V ----- --------- ------ --- ------ ---------- Super Bowl~ > R ----- Sunday 07:00P --- G6-19 CBS World Series~ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Unwanted shows are saved in TVLDEL.TXT (in the same format as above). > If you delete a show by mistake, you can edit this file to remove it. > > 10) To ANNOUNCE/VIEW/RECORD shows which are NOT currently displayed > in the TV-Guide, use the TV-LISTING window (same keys apply). > NOTE: Favorites are NOT marked in this window. > > Notes: > > For recording purposes, we assume that the receiver output is > fed into the VCR input. > > C-BAND & 4DTV channels are set via the SAT:0...9/ENTER IR signals > in the CBAND CHAN SET Event. All others are set via the CBL:0...9 > signals in the CABLE CHAN SET Event. THESE EVENTS MAY REQUIRE > MINOR CHANGES PER THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR SYSTEM (we can help you > with this as required). > > Before selecting a program or starting a recording, we first > issue a warning announcement and wait 60 seconds. You may abort > any pending viewing/recording by clicking the VCR:STOP button > in the VCR REMOTE Group. For convenience, you will probably > want to add other ways of doing this.