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CAVS Reservation System Server

1. Queue

   This section displays the songs that are requested from E-Songbooks. For each song, it shows:

   • Index - Order number
   • Time - Time of request
   • Station - Requesting Station
   • Song Number - Song number
   • Song Title - Song title
   • Song Artist - Song artist
   • Key - Preset value of key (pitch)
   • Tempo - Preset value of tempo
   • Customer - Customer name

   You can right click on a song to delete.

 

2. Favorite List

   This section displays the Favorite Lists that are created from E-Songbooks. For each list, it shows:

   • Favorite List - Name of the Favorite List
   • Songs - Songs saved in the Favorite List

   You can right click on a Favorite List to delete.

    

3. Log

   This section displays the commands issued between the host unit and the E-Songbooks:

   • Time - Time of command issued
   • Action - Command description

 

4. Station

   This section displays the E-Songbooks that are in communication with the host unit. For each station, it shows:

   • Station - Station number (0: Host)
   • IP - IP address of the station assigned by the router
   • Status - Show status of the station, Enable (ON) / Disable (OFF), to request songs.

   You can right click on a station to enable (ON) or disable (OFF) the station from sending in song requests to the host.

 

5. Other functions

   Queue Settings

   Click on Tools > Queue Settings.  A following pop-up window will appear.  Select the settings you wish for Key (Pitch) control, Tempo control, Customer name, Reserve, and Remote Control.  Note that these settings will apply to all E-Songbooks that are in communication.

   The maximum number of E-Songbooks allowed is set to 3.  To allow more than 3 E-Songbooks, go to the next section Register Application.

   

 

Sending Message

Click on Tools > Send Message. A following pop-up window will appear.  Type in your message in the Message box and select the E-Songbooks to receive your message.  Click on Send.



 

Register Application

Click on Help > Register.  Follow the instruction given in the pop-up window to register the application.  The registration is only required to increase the currently allowed 3 E-Songbooks that can communicate simultaneously with the host unit. 



 

Generate / Import Song List*

*This function is required for a host laptop / PC that is not a CAVS Karaoke player. To transmit a song list to E-Songbooks, the host laptop / PC itself must generate or import a song list.

To import a song list, place a check mark on Import a Song List and select the song list file by clicking on the Browse button.  The format of the song list file is described in detail below.

To generate a song list, place a check mark on Generate a Song List and select a folder in which the song files are stored by clicking on the Browse button.  The song list may be extracted from the file titles or ID Tags.

To preview the song list imported or generated, click on View Song List.

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The song list must be of the following format.

• The first field is the song index number followed by the pipe "|" sign.  The pipe sign is inserted by typing Shift-\.
• The second field is the title followed by another pipe "|" sign.
• The third field is the artist name followed by Enter for the next line.

An example of the the song list is shown below. The song list can be created using any of Microsoft Notepad, Word, or Excel program.

English song list

You can also create a song list using various foreign languages that will appear in E-Songbooks as multiple lists.  An example is shown below.

Multiple international song list

Each language is denoted by following abbreviations:

Abbreviation	Language
# ara	Arabic
# chn	Chinese
# eng	English
# fre	French
# ger	German
# hin	Hindi
# ita	Italian
# jpn	Japanese
# khm	Khmer (Cambodian)
# kor	Korean
# por	Portuguese
# rus	Russian
# spa	Spanish
# tai	Tai
# vie	Vietnamese

Note that there can be more than one cluster of songs of same languages (in the example, there are two clusters of songs of Spanish, Russian, and Korean languages). In such cases, CAVS RS program will automatically combine the clusters into one group for each language.

When the song list is completed, save it as text file (.txt) in the laptop / PC.  In the CAVS RS Server program, go to Tools > Generate Song List. Place a check mark on Import Song List and click on Browse.  Find the song list and click on OK.  The CAVS RS Server program is now ready to transmit the song list to the E-Songbooks using Wi-Fi.

In the case of having no host, thus no CAVS Karaoke player or laptop / PC, the song list can be loaded into E-Songbook directly using a micro SD card, Follow the instructions below.

• Rename the song list as cavsbook.txt and copy it onto a micro SD card.
• Turn on the Android device.
• Tap on the CAVS RS icon at Home screen to start the program.
• Insert the micro SD card into the E-Songbook.
• Tap on the Settings in the main menu of the CAVS RS program and input the password.
• Tap on the Update List from SD. The song list cavsbook.txt will load into the E-Songbook.
• Return to the main menu of CAVS RS program.