The DRS 2006 Administration Kit (03/06/2004)
The Administration Kit is a replacement to the Standard and Professional Database Connectors, but it has many more features. For those starting afresh with just the Enterprise installed this is where the information about where your database files are is stored. In this regard 'C:\DRS2006\DIGITALDATA'. The same as the Standard and Professional versions. 

DRS 2006 Connected to Database directory

It is important that this is set to your default DRS 2006 directory. In this case 'C:\DRS2006\DIGITALDATA'. If it is not set to this, DRS 2006 will not find your database and will return the error prompt. 
A special note to remember is you may store your database on any hard drive or networked computer you may choose. If you do so you have to set the drive and respective directory by clicking the folder icon to the right. However for ease of use the default directory is the easiest option.


DRS 2006 User Management - User Name (Max 20 Users)
A great feature enabling your system administrator to set which modules any specific person may use, via a username and password. For a person to use the modules assigned to them they must log in using their assigned password in the Launcher to 'Logon DRS 2006'. 

Another feature allows for the passwords to be revealed to the system administrator via the 'Visible' check box. You have options to save or remove a user as required.  The system administrator is the person who should have access to all of the modules. To do this enter a username and password and check all modules in the 'DRS 2006 User Management - Access Rights' window. To check all modules simply click on the 'Check All' button at the bottom of the window. Then save this user (click on the 'Save this User' button). Follow the same procedure for each individual access requirement for different people, checking and unchecking as necessary the individual modules. A tip to note is to remind your users to log off when they have completed their work (Barring On-Air Jocks).

A generic setting for Jocks may be:  Username: Jocks,  Password: ********,  giving them access to Virtual Cart Machine, Radio Studio and DJ Studio.

*WARNING* When you check the button 'Prelistening Write Back' right beneath the 'User Management - Access Rights' window the changes a user makes while prelistening to a title will be saved to the the database.

Backing up your Database

The DRS 2006 Enterprise Administration Kit comes complete with a full database backup facility. In the event of a system crash and you losing your database for one reason or another, this feature will allow you to restore your database to exactly how it was prior to the problem. It is worthy to note that careful use of this feature is a must. It is also advisable to store your backup on a different hard drive, CD-Rom or network. In this case 'D:\DRS2006\DRS Backup'. In the 'DRS 2006 Backup - Available Database Backups'window you will see all backups stored for use. These backups were made at varying stages of database development. 

Here you are given 3 options 'Backup Database', 'Remove Backup' and 'Restore Database'. 

It is advisable that when you backup your database all other modules connected to this database should be closed. Click on the 'Backup Database' button - the new backup will immediately be visible in the 'DRS 2006 Backup - Available Database Backups' window.

If you want to remove one of the backups, select the file from the 'DRS 2006 Backup - Available Database Backups' window then click 'Remove Database'. Be careful when removing a backup make a note of the date of the backup.

To restore a backup select the backup from the 'DRS 2006 Backup - Available Database Backups' window, then click on the 'Restore Database' button. Don't worry, before the backup file will be restored a message window will appear asking you to either confirm or cancel the restoration.


Color Setup

Category Colors:  Here you may assign a specific color to an item type i.e. green for Jingles, yellow for Beds and so on.
Click on the button labeled 'Pick Color' if you want to change the preselected color. Then select the item type you want to assign to that color from the drop down menu beside the 'Pick Color' button. When you press the 'Preview' button you can see how the appearance of the slot will change.

Active Colors:
Here you may assign a color of your choice to the Active Slots and the corresponding Text by clicking on the respective 'Pick Color' button. Active slot refers to the currently playing item in the On Air Studios.

Static Colors:
In this section you can assign a color to all other non playing categories and to empty slots.


Audio Plugin Setup

Here you can disable/enable the DRS 2006 Plugins. If you do not want to use the DRS 2006 Broadcast Processor Plugins for any reason in some or all DRS 2006 modules, you can disable/enable them separately for every module. If the checkboxes are checked, the plugin will be used in the corresponding module.


Other Audio Setups

Location of Winamp:  Here you can set the location of Winamp™. This is required for prelistening on a second sound card or a second output. In most cases the file is located at 'C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe'.

Location of Audio Editor or Wave Editor: Here you can set the location of an external Audio Editor or Wave Editor such as Adobe Audition. Use the folder icon to the right to browse to the program file.