TUNETRACKER - commands

# Pause-For

The "# Pause-For" command tells TuneTracker™ to cease further operations for a specified period of time. This command can be used in tandem with other commands in a number of ways. For example, you can start an automated live event and use Pause-For to "hold that event" on the air for a specific period of time. You can use Pause-For to put your automation on-hold for a period of time, such as overnight, essentially telling TuneTracker to go to sleep for awhile.

Pause-for events can be for a specific, defined period of time, such as ten minutes, or infinite, causing TuneTracker to wait "forever" until awakened by an interrupt.

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# Pause-For

•   Examples:
  
  # Pause-For 01:00:00 (pause for one hour)
  # Pause-For 00:01:00 (pause for one minute)
  # Pause-For 00:00:15 (pause for 15 seconds)
  # Pause-For 99:00:00 (infinite pause)

As shown in the last example above, "infinite pause" is an excellent way to make TuneTracker™ "sleep" for an indeterminate period of time. When and why would you use it? Let's say you want TuneTracker to come to a stop following a series of digital audio events such as a group of songs, and then later, you want to start things back up again at a very specific time. Since the exact time when the song cluster ends is not predictable, the length of pause you will need is also unpredictable. By going into an infinite pause, you can make TuneTracker sleep as long as necessary until awakened by an an interrupt at the exact time when you want to start things back up again.


LONG PAUSES

Here's the recommended syntax for pausing for a long period of time, such as overnight.

•   Examples:
  

  
  (start of log)
  
  # Hour 0
  # Interrupt@:00:00
  # Pause-For 99:00:00
  # Hour 5
  # Interrupt@:00:00
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 6
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 7
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 8
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 9
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 10
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 11
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 12
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 13
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 14
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 15
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 16
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 17
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # Hour 18
  (normal programming  goes here)
  # interrupt@:59:00
  /path/file/signoff.mp3
  
  # Hour 19
  # Pause-For 99:00:00
  
  (end of log)
  

As you can see in the example, we don't even bother to include the # Hour statements for all of the intervening hours where the pause-for is happening, and Command Center seems to like it just fine. We have tested this approach quite thoroughly now and feel confident in it as a solid way to handle overnight pause-fors.

Note that if you load the program log during a pause-for time period, you must do the same two steps as during normal automated programming. Click Auto-On and click Start.


INTERACTIONS WITH THE SILENCE-SENSOR

The following paragraph and example apply to versions of TuneTracker prior to Command Center 3.2. Starting with 3.2, the Pause-For command is immune to the silence sensor.

If you have your silence sensor turned on (normally a good idea), either in Preferences or by using the "SS on" command mentioned later on this page, a Pause-For event accompanied by no audio will cause versions of Command Center prior to 3.2 to "time out" after the number of seconds you have specified in Preferences. So in earlier versions of TuneTracker, if you intend to purposely pause TuneTracker with no audio, be sure to add the command, "SS off" prior to the Pause-For event, as shown below.

•   Example:
  
  # ss off
  # Pause-For 01:00:00
  # ss on

REQUIRED WITH "LIVE ON" IN TUNETRACKER BASIC™

The following paragraph and examples apply only to TuneTracker Basic...

As we mention repeatedly in this manual, the syntax for TuneTracker Basic's use of the Live feature is different, in that it requires the use of a Pause-For event.

Here's a typical example of Live-On used in conjunction with a Pause-For in TuneTracker Basic™:

•   Examples:
  
  # Live On
  # Pause-For 00:05:00
  # ss on

And here's a second example, using an "infinite" Pause-For, awakened by an interrupt:

•   Examples:
  
  # Live On
  # Pause-For 99:00:00
  # Interrupt@:48:30
  # Live Off

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