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TELE Info integrated broadcast automation

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Testimonials

From myself and the Kodal Bosilegrad Television company, Serbia, I would like to thank Stream Labs for their Stream Alpha series playout automation cards. We have been using these cards for several years now with TELE Info software (especially the SMS Terminal module) and we are extremely happy with this set-up. I warmly advise everyone to try this solution. You will have automated broadcasting without any problems!

Darko Spiridonov (Kodal-Bosilegrad Television, Serbia)

SDK (Software Development Kit)

TELE 2.2 Info software includes a powerful developer tool (SDK), which provides the control of its features from external applications, including programs developed by the user to perform specific tasks. 

It allows to develop individual program modules according to specific tasks containing only necessary editing fields and buttons for performance of actions. For example, a field "Surname" and two buttons "Show" and "Hide". Having written a script, in a specific way, and having prepared templates of pages, it will be possible to set the style of design (background, font for the surname display) and effects, which will be used for showing and hiding. It also enables to display necessary data at the right moment, modifying it directly during the moment of output. Thus, you receive a "control panel" free of extraneous and distracting elements. In addition, if the computers with Stream ALPHA  video cards are connected in a network, you can implement a centralized output management from a single program.

This approach allows to use the system successfully for informational and graphic design of sports broadcasts, game shows, etc. The same approach allows to output telephone voting on the air, organize SMS-chats, etc.

TELE2 API software interface is designed for:

  • Creating personalized applications utilizing TELE2 functionality (playing video clips with overlayed forground compositions and various effects);
  • Customization of TELE Info program, i.e. adding an accounting or billing  system, etc.

TELE2 API particular advantage is that all interface functions return control instantly, so your program will not "hang" waiting for the function to be executed.

The application can be written on any programming device, which allows to integrate ActiveX, COM-objects or DLL controls. Such as: DHTML (VB, JavaScript), VBA (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access), Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0/2003/2005, Microsoft C ++ 6.0/2003/2005, Microsoft C# 6.0/2003/2005, Borland Delphi (for Windows 32/64).

For interface-oriented programming devices, such as DHTML, VBA, VB, C# it is more convenient to use ActiveX control TELE2Ctrl. To add it into the program it is sufficient to add it to the Toolbox (in VS2005 it is done by right-clicking on it and selecting "Choose Items" - then selecting from COM TELE2Ctrl components) and to drag it to the edited dialogue of the program.

Thus, it is possible to address an object in the following ways:

  • through VBasic CreateObject ("TELE.API") command;
  • through ActiveX control TELE2Ctrl directly;
  • through Logo2.dll file, which contains both interfaces and can be also imported as DLL.

One more TELE2Ctrl advantage compared to other ways of TELE2 API activation consists in available events. For example, FastTimer event is activated precisely at the beginning of each frame.

TELE2 API capabilities include:

  • Control of TELE Info schedule playback (start at any moment, stop, start of a separate element);
  • Loading, saving, creating schedules, clips and foreground compositions;
  • Activation of various interfaces of TELE Info program.

The capabilities of TELE 2.2 Info SDK are employed by many suppliers of interactive services (TV-games, SMS-chats, SMS and telephone voting) and individual users.

Download: TELE2 API detailed description and examples.