[QuadList] TCR-100

[Gary Adams]

EPIS. Electronic Program Identification System.  Short burst of data after
the start of message tone SOM.  Was not automated but very useful as you
could easily see the next two carts loaded on a monitor just before a break.
Saved us many times for loading the wrong cart.  The automation system had a
bar code reader on the magazine transport which required a full scan of the
magazine to know what was where.  It was random access but not quite so
fast.  30 second spots were not a problem.  Could not cycle 10 second spots
like the ACR (which could actually cycle 7.5 second spots continuously). 

Gary

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[mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Degan
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [QuadList] TCR-100


		On Feb 3, 2010, at 1:13 AM, Scott Thomas wrote:

 > The TCR at WBBH had those thumbwheels that you would turn to select 
the cart bay and duration I believe (And perhaps other things). I 
visited WFLA in the late 1980's with my brother and they had two TCRs. 
I remember at least one of them had some sort of electroluminescent 
display and a keypad. How did that thing work? Was there some sort of 
digital code put on the tape's cue track? I assume there was some way 
to integrate the TCR into a computer traffic system?

		I reply:

	There was, but I don't think that panel had anything to do with 
external computer traffic systems.  The electroluminescent display you 
describe was a part of every TCR I worked with.  I'm pretty sure it was 
used for programming cart playback order and how many carts were to be 
played in each sequence.  I wish I could remember more about it though.

			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
	  					NBC Today Show, New York


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