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Announce Common Information
Program Name The string providing the name of the stream associated with this
SAP. This SAP text shows up in the Program Guide for other
VBrick products. Default is \H Program x (where x is 1 or 2, for
slot1 or slot2). Note: All of the Common Information fields
support replacement characters. The replacement text is only shown in
the SAP message at the destination decoder. The fields are replaced by
the actual information as explained below.
• \H or \h – Host Name of VBrick appliance. When the default
entry is used, the VBrick is identified by the default Host Name
(set in IWS in the Network: Ethernet section), and will be
identified as such on the network, see the StreamPlayer software
example below.
• \B or \b – If the unit is a VBStar, this is the Base Name of the
file being pumped by the Hard Drive Pump.
• \F or \f – If the unit is a VBStar, this is the control name of the
File being pumped. The control name is a combination which
consists of 25 characters from the directory name, 25 characters
from the base name, 3 digits containing the file extension and
the punctuation (53 total characters maximum). If the directory
portion is not present, this is the base name of the file being
pumped.
Program Author A string in the SAP that can be used to identify the author. Default
is "My Author."
Program Copyright A string in the SAP that can be used to identify the copyright
information. Default is "My Copyright."