Scenarios basic setup

1. Open the Scenarios tab.
2. Click the New scenario button.
   
   
   

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.

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.

1. Select the Show content action.

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. 

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.

1. Select the Make announcement action.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1. Select the Suppress announcements action.

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. 

1. Select the Pause announcements action.

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. 

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.