Grass Valley iTX Emergency Alert Service v.2.6 - Manual (Page 12)

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Setting Up the Emergency Alert Service
Configuring the iTX Emergency Alert Service
Configuring the iTX Emergency Alert Service
Selecting the EAS Config layout tab in the iTX Desktop displays the Emergency Alert
System Configuration window.
The Base EAS Service Configuration section allows you to identify and configure the iTX
EAS service details for your iTX system. See
Base EAS Service Configuration on page 8.
Channel specific configuration can be performed via the service configuration XML file. See
Channel-Specific Configuration on page 9.
Base EAS Service Configuration
The Base EAS Service Configuration section allows you to specify settings that determine
how the iTX Emergency Alert Service receives and treats incoming EAS messages from any
of the ENDEC devices associated with an channel. You must set the following parameters:
• EAS FTP Root UNC - The UNC path of the FTP Server where the ENDEC will send EAS
Files.
• Media Watcher Inbox UNC - The UNC path of the Inbox that the Media Watcher is
monitoring for EAS files.
• EAS Listener IP Address – The IP address of the machine hosting the iTX Emergency
Alert Service.
• EAS Listener Port – The port that the iTX EAS listens to for messages from the ENDEC.
Both the IP address and port are configured in the ENDEC IP Device configuration (see
page 4 and page 6 ).
• EAS Schedules Begin with - The name by which EAS Schedules will be prefixed.
• EAS Audio Clips Begin with - The name which EAS Audio clips will be prefixed.
• EAS Schedule Retention (Days) – The number of days before EAS Schedules and EAS
Audio clips will be deleted from the system. Deletion is based on Schedules/Audio Clips
meeting the Created before criteria in conjunction with their names starting with the
EAS Schedules Begin with or EAS Audio Clips Begin with settings.
• Audio Needs Upconvert – Enable this setting if the audio file from the ENDEC needs to
be up-converted prior to processing in iTX.
• ENDEC uses SNMP Heartbeats – Enable this setting if the ENDEC supports SNMP
Heartbeat messages.
or
• EAS SNMP Port – The port to listen for ENDEC SNMP Heartbeat messages. The IP
address used will be the same as the EAS Listener IP Address.
• MAX Heartbeat Loss – The maximum number of heartbeats that can be lost from a
specific ENDEC before the iTX EAS is put in a Warning state.