--- title: "Schedule Prayer Calls by Location and Time – Airport CX" slug: "schedule-prayer-call-air" description: "Play prayers automatically at the right times, using an Adhan or IACAD API feed or an uploaded CSV." updated: 2026-09-21T11:23:52Z published: 2026-09-21T11:23:52Z canonical: "docs.simpleway.cloud/schedule-prayer-call-air" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.simpleway.cloud/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Prayer call schedules **Automate your religious announcements** to be played **at specific times according to time zone and location.** Use can use prayer call schedule APIs or a CSV file to upload the exact prayer times at your location. Configure prayer calls with a few simple clicks: 1. Upload the **audio files** for your prayers. 2. Chose the prayer call source you would like to follow for your prayer call schedules: 1. [Adhan prayers](https://aladhan.com/prayer-times-api) or [IACAD](https://iacad.gov.ae/ar/home) API, 2. CSV file. 3. Define configuration parameters for your **location/s**. 4. Select the the **audio zones for your locations** where the prayers shall be played according to time zone. Prayer call schedules are ready! Once your religious announcements are configured, you can easily **track all schedules** for announcement playback in the *Prayer call* tab and *Planned announcement* tab, where they can also be modified or disabled. Topics covered - Prayer call tab - Planned announcements tab - Queue tab (Announcement history) --- **TUTORIAL STEPS:** | A) **Prayer call tab** 1. Open the *Prayer call* tab. 2. Click the cog button. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide1(236).JPG) | | --- | --- | | B) **Audio files of prayers** The window for global configuration of prayer calls opens: 1. Set the *Paging priority*. 2. Enable or disable individual prayers including the *Test audio* using sliders. 3. Assign an audio file to each individual prayer and *Test audio* by clicking the Select new file buttons. A new Media library will open where audio files can be uploaded and assigned to each prayer. 4. Select data feed API. 5. *Save* the configuration. | **![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Global_config_v2.jpg)Note 1:** The selected **Paging priority** is applied to all scheduled and testing prayer calls. **Note 2**: **Global configuration** cannot be saved if any of the individual prayers are enabled but don't have an audio file assigned. **Note 3:** The selected **Data feed** (External API) allows for automated updates from an external prayer schedule service. | | C) Click the ***New prayer location*** button. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide3(265).JPG) | | D) **New prayer location** 1. Fill in the *Name* of your new prayer location. 2. Navigate to the *Data feed* section. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide4(232).JPG) | | E) **Data feed configuration** 1. *Enable* the data feed by ticking the checkbox. 2. Fill in the required fields following the instructions provided by the linked API service. **Note**: Most importantly, enter the latitude and longitude of your prayer location. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide5(196).JPG) | | F) **Zone selection** 1. Navigate to the *Zone selection* section. 2. Select the zones where prayers should be played. 3. Click the *Save* button. A new prayer location is created on the *Prayer call* tab. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/TUTORIAL_Prayer Call_v3.jpg) | ### **Edit prayer location schedule** | A) **Reopen the earlier created prayer location** by clicking on the item or using the edit option from the three-dot menu. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide7(141).JPG) | | --- | --- | | B) **Schedule view** The *Edit* page opens, displaying the *Schedule view* section. The schedule becomes available when data is provided by the API, which automatically **updates every 24 hours**. Hence, you may not immediately have an available schedule in your newly created prayer location. You can scroll through the schedule content and set the number of displayed rows using the arrows and the dropdown box. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide8(134).JPG) | | C) You can **preview** each prayer by clicking on the sound icon next to its column heading. You can also **test the audio** being played in the selected zones by clicking the Test audio button and then clicking the *Play* button. **Note**: You must have at least one zone selected to perform these actions. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide9(89).JPG) | | D) **Manual data feed update** You can use the *Run once* button for a manual update. This button becomes available in the *Data feed* section after saving the new location with the completed data feed fields and reopening the newly created location. 1. Navigate to the *Data feed* section. 2. Click the *Run once* button. 3. *Save* changes. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide10(79).JPG) |