Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 130)

Modifying layouts
Attaching an audio file to an Alert button
The Engineering layout contains a set of Alert buttons:
When building the layout, we configure these buttons to respond to specific alerts that the
Alerts Service generates. A button flashes red if a particular condition arises and requires your
attention. The label on the button describes the condition.
To help you to become aware of an alert condition when you are not viewing the layout, you
may attach a sound file to each Alert button to provide an audible alarm; the sound file plays
when the button flashes.
Attach a sound file to an Alert button
1. Right-click an Alert button to display the component menu (you need to click near the edge
of the component). Select Properties.
The Alert Button Properties dialog appears.
2. Click Audio File to display the standard Windows Open dialog.
3. Through this dialog, select an audio file.
The name of the audio file appears in the Audio File box.
4. Click OK to close the Alert Button Properties dialog.
Note:
• You can detach an audio file from an Alert button by clicking Reset in the Alert Button
Properties dialog.
• You may follow the same procedure to attach a sound file to an Alert button on other
layouts.
Adding an Auto Failover Control to a layout
If your system includes a standby Output Server machine, you need to add an Auto Failover
Control to a layout and connect it to the Server Controller on the standby Output Server
machine.
This control enables you to select a schedule that is running in any main channel, and load it
into the channel of the standby Output Server.
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