ASCII Data converter?

[freqgeek]

I'm trying to find a way to convert the PAD data being sent from our satelite provider for our long format programming into something that our RDS Encoders can understand.

ABC is sending me this...

CurrentEvent:MXS,MXS9501-74,Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow,Frank Sinatra
NextEvent:MXS,MXS9500-36,Feliz Navidad,Jose Feliciano
CurrentEvent:MXS,MXS9500-36,Feliz Navidad,Jose Feliciano
NextEvent:VTJ,VTXMASThu8703,Voicetrack,Voicetracker
CurrentEvent:VTJ,VTXMASThu8703,Voicetrack,Voicetracker
NextEvent:,2 (short),Ind. Mom. 2 (short),
NextEvent:,4 (option),Ind. Mom. 4 (option),
CurrentEvent:
CurrentEvent:HLN,XM05,Short bed,
NextEvent:HOL,XMO100-45,Hark The Herald Angels Sing,Mannheim Steamroller
CurrentEvent:HOL,XMO100-45,Hark The Herald Angels Sing,Mannheim Steamroller
NextEvent:,3 (long),Ind. Mom. 3 (long),
NextEvent:HLN,XM07,Long Bed,
CurrentEvent:HLN,XM07,Long Bed,
NextEvent:MXS,MXS9500-18,Grown Up Christmas List,Natalie Cole/David Foster
CurrentEvent:MXS,MXS9500-18,Grown Up Christmas List,Natalie Cole/David Foster
NextEvent:MXS,MXS9505-69,Zat You Santa Claus,Louis Armstrong

I need to be able to strip out the leading text and non-relevant events. Something that will read the incomming data, IF DATA contains "MXS" remove MXS and send the last two fields.

How are you guys sending the RDS information from the satelite to your encoders?

 

[slim101]

Sounds like a job for "BASIC"
QuickBasic, QBasic, VisualBasic, etc.etc.etc.
Check with a local computer nerd / high school student.

 

[Doctor_Technical]

Just a guess, but from looking at it I get the feeling that ABC is sending data formatted to a specific box or automation. Have you called them?

 

[TomT]

ABC uses BE Audio Vaults. Whole rack room of them.

 

[freqgeek]

Just a guess, but from looking at it I get the feeling that ABC is sending data formatted to a specific box or automation. Have you called them?

acording to their documentation...

"Due to the various and sundry RDS encoders on the market, we are unable to offer
technical support beyond the output of the STARGUIDE III receiver. "

 

[Doctor_Technical]

Freq, take a look at this standalone data-converter from ENCO:

http://www.enco.com/PDF_Folder/ENCO%20DS%20PADapult.pdf

The line "can be used with any automation system" caught my eye.

Mind you it probably is not cheap, but the folks at ENCO write good stuff and are nice people.

 

[Edgar]

Hello,

This text file adds every current playing music? So your file is growing every day? The first CurrentEvent is the newest one?
There is software for RDS encoders for Windows. It can read plain text or XML files to display title and artist information and much more on RDS radios.

You only need a Windows computer connected to the RDS encoder. RDS encoders with the protocols UECP, Cepar and AEV. You can test a demo version and it can be found at www.djsupport.nl . I see it needs some changes to handle your file correctly.