Grass Valley iTX Emergency Alert Service v.2.3 - Manual (Page 22)

iTX Emergency Alert System User Manual 3-5
Playing Out an EAS Alert
The duration of the CG event is determined by the Crawl Duration setting on the EAS
Config tab, while the Voice Over event’s duration is determined by the duration of the audio
file from the EAS device. If however, the duration of the audio file from the EAS device is
longer than the Crawl Duration value, then the audio’s duration is used to determine the
duration of both the CG event and the voice-over event.
N O T E
Both secondary events are given an offset (e.g. 10 seconds) relative to the beginning of the
primary event. The Offset value can be edited using the Event Editor.
When the channel’s playout reaches the scheduled EAS events, the EAS button stops
flashing, but remains red to indicate that the EAS event has been taken to air and the clock
counts down until the alert is off air. When the EAS alert is finished playing out, the EAS
button changes back to a solid green.
N O T E
If for any reason the playout of the EAS event must be aborted, the operator can click the
Take Next button to force the playout to the next scheduled event. This will not only remove
the content of the EAS event, but also the primary event’s content as well.