Digital Alert Systems DASAMS - Manual (Page 10)

Digital Alert Systems
AMS Installation /Operation & Integration Guide
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AMC Home Screen
The AMC provides a very simple screen layout with three primary menus; Home, Logs, and Configure in the top menu bar.
Other areas of the Home screen are highlighted below.
1. Top Menu Bar
2. Name of logged in user
3. Log Out link
4. Channel Expand/Collapse
5. Master controls
6. Individual channel status and controls (when
expanded)
7. TTS Data field shows any text currently in the
queue for playout. User text is also entered here.
8. System Summary indicating playout in Manual
operating mode. Clicking > expands the selection
providing more details
9. Alert Queue with number of audio messages
currently in the queue. Clicking > expands the
selection providing more details
10. MultiPlayer status indicator indicating the AMC is
properly communicating with the device. Clicking
> expands the section providing individual GPI
and GPO status.
Expanded Home Screen
The Home screen can be expanded to provide more details and controls as explained below.
1. Expanded channel controls for access to
individual channel controls. Clicking the
icon
will expand or collapse the individual channel
controls. Clicking the image expands and
collapses all channel controls.
2. Expanded Alert Queue showing the number of
items in the queue. Clicking the button
removes all items from the queue.
The TTS Data field displays the current text
during playout and can be used to enter user-
generated text by clicking in the field then typing
or cut and paste the desired text for conversion.
When editing the field will highlight and two
buttons
and appear.
Clicking Update will return to display whatever is
active while it converts the text to audio. When
the TTS is completed the Alert Queue will update
and the text will appear during playout. Cancel
will ignore any input and return.
3. Expanded System Summary features
information on several system parameters.
Clicking the button allows Admin users
access to the Configure menus.
4. Expanded MultiPlayer GPI/O status screen. Each
GPI and GPO is displayed with a red or green
status indicator. Green indicates active - input is
closed, output relay is closed). Red indicates
inactive - no input and output relay is open. Each
indicator can be labeled and it’s operation
defined in the Configure > GPIO menu.