Grass Valley iTX Emergency Alert Service v.2.3 - Manual (Page 17)

2-12 iTX Emergency Alert System User Manual
Configuration Instructions
Channel Specific Configuration parameters
• Channel Name – The Channel Name button allows you to select which channel to add
the table below. The up/down controls allow you to add a channel to the table and/or
select a channel to display and/or edit its settings.
• EAS ENDEC IP Address – The IP address of the specific ENDEC device that will be
associated with the iTX channel.
• EAS CG Name – The asset name of the CG to be used when scheduling EAS Events.
The asset must already exist and have the Text Field named “CG_TEXT”.
• Crawl Duration (seconds) – The amount of time, in seconds, the crawl will be
displayed on air. If the duration of the audio file from the ENDEC is longer than the
Crawl Duration value, then the audio’s duration will be used.
• EAS Background Slide Name – The asset name of the Graphics to be used when
scheduling. The Graphics asset must already exist in iTX.
• Audio Pin – The pin number to place the EAS Audio on. When the Audio Pins button
is clicked, the Audio Pins To Connect dialog appears, which allows you to select
which audio pins to use for the Voice Over; any combination 1-16 is valid.
• Program Level – The slider configures the level of the program audio which the EAS
alert will be playing over. Set a value from a range of 1-100.
• VO Level – The slider configures the level of the Voice Over audio of the EAS Alert
which will play over the on-air program. Set a value from a range of 1-200.
• Remove Selected Channel button – To remove the channel from the table, select the
channel in the table and click the Remove Selected Channel button.