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title: "Timed Drop Processor"
slug: "timed-drop-processor"
updated: 2024-11-26T22:05:01Z
published: 2024-11-26T22:05:01Z
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# Timed Drop Processor

The Timed Drop Processor is used to create metadata whiteout events, during a time window no metadata is allowed through the OutputConnector.

| **Param Name** | **Mandatory** | **Description** | **Default Value** | **Possible Value** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Master Abort Key | No | Combined with Master Abort Value. If received, any active whiteout event is canceled. |  | Not null. |
| Master Abort Value | No | Value to trigger an abort of any current event. Could be a mask (VB-like syntax). E.g., `*` specifies that any message will abort the whiteout event. |  | Not null. |
| Name | Yes | A descriptive name for the whiteout event. |  | Not null. |
| Start Date | Yes | Date to begin the whiteout event. |  | MM/DD/YYYY |
| Start Time | Yes | Time of day to start the whiteout event (24hr format). |  | HH:MM |
| Duration | Yes | Duration in seconds of the whiteout. |  | Numeric |
| Mo - Su | No | If any checkbox is selected, the event becomes repeating on that day of the week. | false | true, false. |
| Abort Key | No | Event-specific abort key, combined with abort value. If received, the event is canceled for this time window. |  |  |
| Abort Value | No | Value to trigger an abort of current event. Value format is the same as for the Master Abort Value. |  |  |

### Example of Use

![TimedDropProc_example](https://cdn.document360.io/7124b381-0a94-401a-abbd-9df9c4ea5dff/Images/Documentation/c282ce4d-38cf-4ca5-b5b6-cc7e5e87df70.png)

The example above shows three timed drop whiteout events.

- **Monday NFL**, starting Monday September 7, 2015 at 7:00pm for three hours (10,800 seconds), repeating every Monday until January 11th, 2016. If the game ends early the whiteout can be aborted by sending `NFL_END` in the `stw_type` key.
- **Satellite Feed** starting June 25, 2015 at Midnight for one hour, repeating every Tuesday and Thursday, indefinitely.
- **HighSchoolBaseball** beginning October 7, 2015 at 6:00pm for three hours, as a one time event.

All of these events can be aborted, if active, when Master Abort Key `stw_type` and Master Abort Value `GEND` are received.