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Introduction

RadioTraffic converts to a specific EZ-Automation log format.

Station Configuration

To configure RadioTraffic to work with EZ-Automation, you will first need modify the station configuration to utilize EZ-Automation as the automation system. In the administration module, open 'Stations'. Select the station you want to configure and double click. Once the station configuration is visible, select the 'Files' tab. Select the 'Product' to EZ-Automation using the drop down selection tool. The 'Automation Log Path' is where RadioTraffic will export the log to, so set this to the file system folder that EZ-Automation will pull the file from.

Cart Numbers

EZ-Automation system is limited to a maximum 7 digits for cart numbers.

Automation Commands

RadioTraffic exports the cart number portion of automation commands.

Log Notes

Due to limitations in EZ-Automation, log notes do not export.

Programs

Due to limitations in EZ-Automation, log notes do not export.

Avails/Breaks

Although avails do not export per se, the export process will leverage the avails to determine which EZ-Automation "break" is scheduled. EZ-Automation only supports 100 events per hour and we've broken this into 10 "breaks" per hour; thus RT will only export up to the first 10 "breaks" per hour. Additionally, because of the 100 events per hour, each "break" can have no more than 10 items per "break"; any additional items are not exported.

With that said, the log export will merge any avails, spots and automation commands that are, based on scheduled time and length, back-to-back (thus defining a "break"). This allows for full flexibility in scheduling within RT; balanced with the significant limitations of the automation interface.

Furthermore, once all avails have been merged in order to fit within the limitations of EZ-Automation; any "breaks" that are empty (no spots, automation commands) will be modified so that the first item is a 9999999 cart number (SKIP).

"Blank" entries are filled with 0000000 cart numbers.

Automatic Log Reconciliation

We currently do not support assisted log reconciliation for the EZ-Automation as-aired logs. If you would like to see support for this feature, please contact customer service for further details.

Additional Information

It is also important to remember that due to the file names used by EZ-Automation, only 7 days worth of logs can exist at any given time.

Please keep in mind that the only information exported (due to limitations in the file format of EZ-Automation) is the 7-digit cart numbers; no times, names, etc. are exported in any way.