--- title: "Build a Scenario with Content and Audio – Airport CX" slug: "scenarios-basic-setup-air" description: "Add show content, make announcement, suppress and pause actions, then set zones, priority and repetition." updated: 2026-09-09T07:52:59Z published: 2026-09-09T07:52:59Z canonical: "docs.simpleway.cloud/scenarios-basic-setup-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. # Scenarios basic setup Start creating your scenarios on the Scenarios tab and define the **display content and/or voice announcements**. You will want to pre-define the zones where the content will be played and/or displayed. - Any **display content** can be assigned in the same way as in the Displays tab - playlists, templates, schedules or media. - As for **voice announcements** - any paging announcements or tts library announcements can be used. To use variables, please refer to the tutorial on advanced scenario setup. - Within the scenario, you can also configure **announcement suppression and pausing**, which can be useful for planned and automated announcements. - [**User interface lockdown**](/v1/docs/ui-emergency-lockdown-scenarios-setup) temporarily disables the user interface on selected devices, you choose which devices to lock and what they’ll show on screen. Categorizing scenario **types and threat levels** can help you better organize your scenarios. **Note**: How to configure data for your contents is explained in the tutorial [Scenarios advanced setup](/v1/docs/scenarios-advanced-setup-air). Topics covered: Scenarios tab --- **TUTORIAL STEPS:** | A) **Create a new scenario** 1. Open the *Scenarios* tab. 2. Click the *New scenario* button. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide4(136).JPG) | | --- | --- | | B) **Scenario configuration** 1. *Name* the scenario. 2. Select the *Type* of scenario from the drop-down. Available types are *Emergency*, *Warning*, *Normal*. 3. Select the *Threat level* with “0” being the lowest and “5” the highest threat level. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide5(112).JPG) **Note**: *Scenario types and threat levels* have no effect on scenario activation and serve only to categorize the table items on the tab, being a subjective assessment of the scenario settings themselves, which, in the user's interest, should reflect a set of specific actions, their parameters and order. | | C) **Adding** **Show content** **action** 1. Select the *Show content* action. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide3(253).JPG) | | D) **S****how content** **action** - **Content assignment** 1. Click the content assignment icon and select content in a new *Assign content* sub-window. This process is identical to the content assignment on the *Displays* tab. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide7(80).JPG) | | E) **Show content action - Zones selection** 1. Click the *Change zones* button. A new *Select zones* sub-window opens. 2. Select zones with display configurations by ticking the respective checkboxes where you want the assigned content to be displayed. 3. Click the *Save* button. 4. Click the *Add action* button when done with the *Show content* action. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide8(75).JPG) After saving the scenario, the **scenario mode** will automatically be added for all selected display configurations on the Displays tab: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/2023-06-09_12h08_30.png) | | F) **Adding Make announcement** **action** Select the *Make announcement* action. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide6(148).JPG) | | G) **Make announcement** **action -** **announcement selection** 1. Click the *Select announcement* button. A new *Select announcement* sub-window opens. 2. Select the desired announcement. You can navigate through the *Paging Library* and *TTS Library* using the corresponding buttons next to the search field. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide10(44).JPG) | | H) **Make announcement action - configuration** 1. Select the *Priority* with which your recording will be queued up for playback among other announcements. 2. Select the *Repetition type* and configure the settings. 3. Select languages in which you want the announcement to play. 4. (*optional*) – Select a language for announcement preview and click the button with the "ear" icon to listen to the announcement in selected language. During the preview, the button icon changes from "ear" to "stop". Pressing the button again stops the preview. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide11(25).JPG) **Setting a** **repetition** **of the announcement:** Users are able to set different basic repetition settings by selecting the desired mode in the Repetition type dropdown: - **None** – the announcement will be played one time once the scenario is activated. - **Multiple times** – the announcement will be played immediately once the scenario is activated, and then it will repeat multiple times according to the set repetition. All scheduled announcement repetitions will be visible in the list on the Planned announcements tab as individual items. - **Each** – the announcement will be played immediately once the scenario is activated, and then it will repeat each time when a set period of time passes. All scheduled announcement repetitions will be visible in the list on the Planned announcements tab as individual items. | | I) **Make announcement action - zone selection** 1. Click the *Change zones* button. A new Select zones sub-window opens. 2. Select zones by ticking the respective checkboxes where you want your announcement to be transmitted. 3. Click the *Save* button. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide12(19).JPG) | | J) **Adding Suppress announcements action** Select the *Suppress announcements* action. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide11(40).JPG) | | K) **Suppress announcements** **action** - **configuration** 1. Set priority threshold. Note: All announcements with the selected or lower priorities will not be played during active scenario. 2. Use the *All zones* slider to select or deselect all available zones or click the Change zones button to select zones manually. 3. (manual option) - Select zones by ticking the respective checkboxes where you want your announcements suppressed. 4. Click the *Save* button. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide12(30).JPG) | | J) **Adding Pause announcements action** 1. Select the *Pause announcements* action. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide13(17).JPG) | | K) **Pause announcements** **action** - **configuration** 1. Set priority threshold. **Note**: All announcements with the selected or lower priorities will be paused during active scenario when at least one announcement zone is in the selected action mode, even if the priority is set to “partial”. 2. Use the *All zones* slider to select or deselect all available zones or click the *Change zones* button to select zones manually. 3. (manual option) - Select zones by ticking the respective checkboxes where you want your audio messages suppressed. 4. Click the *Save* button. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide14(13).JPG) | | L) After scenarios are configured and saved they are added to the Scenarios activation tab. The scenarios can have the following statuses: - Inactive - a **red** icon indicates that the scenario is not activated on the Scenario activation tab. - Active - a **green** icon indicates that the scenario is activated on the Scenario activation tab, in which case it cannot be edited until it is deactivated. | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/Slide16(1).JPG) |