[BC] Automation systems

[Glen Kippel]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Powell E. Way III W4OPW <w4opw at yahoo.com>
wrote:

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> Anyway it looks like it would not do somethings such
> as switching for different networks off satellites and
> recording and playing back news from the satellite at
> different times and the like. But for just music and
> simple stuff it looks ok. English is NOT their first
> language.
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Remember, there is no such thing as "the best automation system."   There is
only the one that best fits your individual needs.  Studio Play List is
interesting, and TuneTracker is pretty, but I don't like all their control
codes.  I found Arrakis DigiLink Xtreme to be easy to work with, and their
"Bridge" control box enables you to pull in 15 satellite or other inputs,
plus your board input, download programs off the bird and time-shift them,
run satellite direct-to-air, etc.  I know other people diss Arrakis, but I
have found from experience that it works and you don't need to much about
computers to set it up and run it.