[BC] Re: XDS Programming

[Kevin Trueblood]

I have been very, very hesitant to assign different closures to the same 
output.  I realize that it should only fire the closures for the program 
that is on the air, but I worry about closures coming in for different 
programs firing liners or starting breaks during a show that's on the air.

I ended up having to do that with Delilah, because they assign different 
closure names for the Sunday program than the rest of the Mon-Fri feed. 
Since Delilah requires 9 closures to run, it didn't make a lot of sense to 
wire up another 9.

I would say the easiest thing to do is just make your DB-37 connector with a 
multi-pair cable and bring them all out to a punchblock.  That way you can 
add or subtract any closures to your automation without having to solder up 
more connections to the DB-37.  Here you could also common the grounds going 
into the automation system.

We all know how quickly programming seems to change...

Kevin Trueblood