The notification Separation Rules not met  is triggered when a scheduled event is unable to generate a tracklist that meets the Separation Rules currently set.

The Separation Rules feature works by allowing finer control over track play frequency when your station is broadcasting in AutoDJ or ClockWheel mode. These rules are very helpful for broadcasteres who want to have more creative control over their track rotation but do not want to make Playlists for all hours of the day.

Here is a brief explanation of each separation rule:

• Do not play the same artist within - Sets the amount of time between tracks playing from any artist. For example, you might want to never play an artist twice within 1 hour.
• Do not play the same album within - Tracks that are from the same album are separated by the time indicated. For example, you may want to only hear a second track from an album which already played after 2 hours have passed, and not sooner.
• Do not play the same title within - This controls the separation of specific titles according to the Title field in the track library. For example, your library might contain David Bowie's "Under Pressure" from the 2010 live album "A Reality Tour" as well as off of the Queen album "Hot Space" from 1982. This setting would limit how often different versions of the same song are able to be played.
• Do not play the same track within - Sets the amount of time between individual MP3 files potentially repeating. Each track that you uploaded to your Live365 station has an internal ID number that corresponds to it, regardless of the metadata fields. This separation rule controls how often an individual file can be played by AutoDJ.