Grass Valley iTX Emergency Alert Service v.2.6 - Manual (Page 14)

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Setting Up the Emergency Alert Service
Channel-Specific Configuration
Creating the service configuration file
Note: You should only attempt to create a service configuration file if
you have sufficient experience of working with XML files.
To create the Emergency Alerts Service configuration file:
1 In Windows Explorer, browse to the Emergency Alert Service program folder.
2 Make a copy of the example configuration file, EasChannelMappingExample.xml and
place it in the Emergency Alert Service program folder.
3 Rename the copy to EasChannelMapping.xml
4 Open EasChannelMapping.xml in Windows Notepad or a similar text-editing
application.
5 For each channel, enter the channel details into the Channel element.
6 For each channel, enter the required alert types within an Alert element.
Each Alert element requires the following details:
• Code — A 3-letter event code for the particular emergency-alert type; e.g. BZW for
a blizzard warning; HUW for a hurricane warning. The required event codes are
those defined by the American Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
• CG — The name of the CG to be used in the alert.
• Background — The name of the still image to be used in the alert.
• AudioPin — The pin numbers that identify which channels the audio content of
the alert is to be played out in.
7 For each channel, repeat step 5 and step 6 .
8 Save the file.
9 Restart the Emergency Alerts Service.