LTN Schedule

LTN Schedule delivers simplified workflows for creating 24/7 linear programs from archived content and live elements, with ad management.

LTN Schedule is part of LTN Lift, a solution for flexible broadcast workflows. It is an LTN-hosted playout solution that gives channel creators the modular tools to rapidly scale and uniquely reach cross-platform audiences more efficiently, driving greater revenue. LTN Lift simplifies mixing pre-recorded assets and live sources programming distributed across all digital platforms, including FAST. Increase subscribers while reducing churn. Deliver the right ad markers to the right platforms. More infos available on the LTN website: https://ltnglobal.com/

Configuration

To get a pair of credentials for the Schedule API, create a new user in the Schedule UI and assign the api user role to it. You can then use it to connect through this companion module.

Setting	Description
Host	Enter the hostname of your Schedule instance.
API Username	Enter the username of one of the Schedule instance's API Users.
API Password	Enter the corresponding password.

Actions

Action	Description
Toggle playback running	Starts/stops the playback without publishing (timestamp can be set like in the Schedule UI).
Toggle publishing	Starts/stops publishing if the playback is running.
Toggle push targets	Enables/disables push targets.
Skip a playback element	Jump to next item when the playback is running, with a selectable strategy
Trigger an ad	Triggers an ad of the desired length when system is pushing.
Cancel an ad	Cancels a running ad break.
Toggle breaking live	Starts/stop a breaking live, with a selectable livestream. If the selected livestream is different from the running one, it will try to switch to it
Toggle PNG Overlay	Toggle the activation of the PNG overlay.
Toggle HTML5 Overlay	Toggle the activation of the HTML5 overlay.
Toggle hold	Toggle the hold parameter of the current running element.
Insert template	Insert an existing template from the Schedule system
Cancel bumper	Cancels the currently-running bumper if there is one
Resync system	Attempts re-syncing with the redundant system
Jump to element	Jump to an element by ID, index, title, or custom key and value pair
Toggle output scaling	Activate or deactivate the currently set output scaling settings

Feedback available

Feedback	Description
Playout running status	Shows whether the playback is running.
Publish status	Shows whether the playback is not running/running/pushing.
Targets publish status	Shows if the selected push targets are disabled/enabled/pushing/error.
Skippable status	Shows if the skip action is possible, or on cooldown.
Ad trigger status	Shows if an ad can be triggered or if one is currently running.
Breaking live status	Shows if breaking live can be enabled, and if it is active
Breaking live livestream status	Shows if a specific livestream is the active breaking live and is running
PNG Overlay status	Shows if the overlay is active or not.
HTML5 Overlay status	Shows if the overlay is active or not.
Hold status	Shows if the current element has the hold property enabled or not, or if it is currently being held.
Template insertion status	Shows if the insertion of a template is running or has failed
Breaking live bumper status	Shows if a breaking live bumper is currently running or not
Redundant system sync status	Shows the current status of the redundancy system
Element playing status	Shows if an element is playing (by ID)
Flexible playback status	Shows if flexible playback mode is activated
Output scaling status	Shows if output scaling is activated

Variables

Variable	Description
currentRemainingTime	Shows a timer with the remaining time for the current element
totalPlayedTime	Shows a timer with the total played time of the rundown
totalRemainingTime	Shows a timer with the total remaining time of the rundown
totalDuration	Shows the total duration of the rundown
adRemainingTime	Shows a timer with the remaining time of the current longest ad break, or empty if none is running
elementRunning	Shows the ID of the current element running
elementRunningIndex	Shows the index of the current element running

Presets

• A preset for each livestream to use as breaking live is created.
• A preset for each existing push target on the Schedule system is created.
• Presets for playback actions (toggle playback, publish, overlays, hold) are created
• A preset for template insertion is created
• Presets for current status timers are created
• A preset for jumping to an element
• A preset for output scaling button