So it sounds like it would be possible to modify that code a bit and have it
send the EAS message out to multiple listening serial ports. By this, I mean
multiple MasterPlay units. This way you could have EAS crawls on all sub
channels if you're originating those with MasterPlay. Does that make sense?
Jon C. Moon
Ridgeline TV Channel 99
706-897-0872
www.ridgelinetv.net <http://www.ridgelinetv.net/>
On Jan 14, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Keith Leitch <keith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi LPTV Loopers,
Chris Waller and Rick Goetz were helping me with an EAS issue that I was
having with Masterplay and my Gorman Redlich EAS. The crawl would start and
then it would jump to another portion of the message and then continue
scrolling indefinitely. Now it works!
My fix was to add two more USB to Serial adapters and a null modem cable. I
wrote a C# program to listen to the serial port connected to the Gorman
Redlich. I then modified the message by stripping off extra spaces. Also,
the Gorman Redlich EAS was taking too long to send the data, so I wait 3
seconds for the data to come through. Then, I send out the modified string
through the second USB to Serial port. Then, I have a null modem cable to
connect the second serial port to the built-in serial port (the third serial
port) that Masterplay is listening to.
EAS crawls now work with my Masterplay. I don't know why my EAS units from
Gorman Redlich send the data so slow and add in extra spaces. Perhaps it is
due to having new EPROMS.
A benefit of doing this is that I have an additional log of EAS alerts that
go out.
I got the code working and stopped, so yes it could have been refined more.
Nevertheless, if you run into the same kind of issue, I can send you the C#
2019 code below. Also, I was fortunate that Microsoft still allows the newer
dot Net to run on Windows 7.
Blessings,
Keith
