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The home screen presents the main menu for each user of the system. When the system is unlocked and displaying the home screen, the tower amplifier will also become active so selections will play immediately.

Toolbar

This toolbar appears at the top of the screen in all menus. From left to right its components are:

Padlock: Tap the padlock to lock the system before you walk away to prevent unauthorized tampering (system automatically locks after 15 minutes of inactivity from most screens)

Front speaker control: Tap the speaker to cycle through three volume settings: Mute, Quiet and Loud (Bravo and Millennium are On or Off). The default setting will revert the next time the system plays.; Save the front panel speaker setting and fine level adjustment in Settings - Volume

Back arrow: Tap the back arrow to return to the previous screen

Home: Tap the home icon or Chime Master logo to return to your home screen

Date and time information: not touch enabled

System status indicator colors and icons

You can tap this icon for text explanation of the following:

Blue for Standby

Yellow for Initializing (amplifier waking up)

Green for Ready

Red for Muted (upper half outside, lower half inside zones)

Music note is displayed during selection play (tap icon to display title of selection)

Keyboard icon is displayed when keyboard mode is active (automation is suspended)

Diagonal slash indicates that automation is suspended

Hour glass indicates amp initializing, swinging bells are coasting (Tower bells option) or the database is busy

Gears indicates schedule processing after boot-up or changes to schedules or settings

User home menu

Because there really is no limit to the number of buttons you can customize on the home screen, you may have to scroll the screen to see all of the selections.

Quick function buttons

The remaining buttons on the home screen are individually configurable on Settings Customize Home screen. They can be set to ring bells (specific) or play music (specific songs, random seasonal songs or randomly from an album of music).

After tapping on one of these buttons, a confirmation window will pop up. Tap Yes to play now or No to cancel.

Factory default quick functions

These common manual play functions will be on your home screen on a new system. If they do not appear on your screen, they may have been removed.

Swing: for call to church - 1 minute (or until Stopped)

Peal: for weddings and festive services - 5 minutes (or until Stopped)

Custom toll: Select any available bell, number of tolls (or time duration) and tempo before ringing

Suspend Schedule

When the schedule is active, the button appears dark red and is labeled Suspend Schedule

Tapping the button when it is red prompts you for an ending date and time for schedule suspension.

When the schedule is suspended, the button appears dark green and is labeled Resume Schedule

Tap the button when it is green to immediately resume scheduled ringing.

Keyboard (Millennium and Platinum models): play the bells from your connected MIDI keyboard and make recordings to expand your library.

Next Selection: stops the current selection and begins playing the next selection (if more selections are in the play queue).

Stop: will stop the current selection and clear the play queue.; Double clicking the lighted power button will also do this.

Play Selection: menu allows you to pick a song, then optionally specify an arrangement and an instrument.

Almanac Music: two songs from the SmartAlmanac's current season

Hymns: two songs from the General Hymns album

Remote: displays a QR code used to install the Remote Control on a smart phone or tablet.

Administrative features

These buttons will only appear on administrator home screens.

Schedule: brings up the scheduler menu.

Settings: brings up the system settings menu.

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-The home screen presents the main menu for each user of the system (multi-user features available December 2019). When the system is unlocked and the home screen is loaded, the [[Amplifier_inSpire_AX|tower amplifier]] will also become active so selections will play immediately.
+<span class="crumbs"><div style="font-size:84%">
+'''[[Chime_Master_Help|Help]] &raquo;  [[Operating manuals]] &raquo; [[:Category:AX_Manual|AX Table of Contents]]'''<br/>
+''' [[Login_screen_AX|&larr; Previous Section]]   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   [[Play_Selection_AX|Next section &rarr;]] '''
+</div></span>
+The home screen presents the main menu for each user of the system. When the system is unlocked and displaying the home screen, the [[Amplifier_inSpire_AX|tower amplifier]] will also become active so selections will play immediately.
 == Toolbar ==
 [[File:AXUX-Toolbar.png|none|500px|left]]
-A toolbar appears at the top of the screen in all menus. From left to right its components are:
+This toolbar appears at the top of the screen in all menus. From left to right its components are:
 ;Padlock
-: Tap the padlock to lock the system before you walk away
+: Tap the padlock to lock the system before you walk away to prevent unauthorized tampering (system automatically locks after 15 minutes of inactivity from most screens)
 ;Front speaker control
-: Tap the speaker to cycle through three settings: Mute, Low level, Loud
+: Tap the speaker to cycle through three volume settings: Mute, Quiet and Loud (Bravo and Millennium are On or Off). The default setting will revert the next time the system plays.
-: Fine adjustment of inside monitoring levels is available in [[Settings screen AX#Volume|Settings - Volume]]
+: Save the front panel speaker setting and fine level adjustment in [[Settings screen AX#Volume|Settings - Volume]]
 ;Back arrow
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 : Tap the home icon or Chime Master logo to return to your home screen
-;Date and time
+;Date and time information
-: information, not touch enabled
+: not touch enabled
-;System status
+;System status indicator colors and icons:
-: Shows amplifier status: blue for Standby, yellow for Initializing, green for Ready, red for Muted
+[[File:StatusIconsAX.png|frameless|right|180px|class=light-bg]]
-: If the icon is split, the upper half indicates outside status and the lower half indicates inside status
+: You can tap this icon for text explanation of the following:
+: '''Blue''' for Standby
+: '''Yellow''' for Initializing (amplifier waking up)
+: '''Green''' for Ready
+: '''Red''' for Muted (upper half outside, lower half inside zones)
+: '''Music note''' is displayed during selection play (tap icon to display title of selection)
+: '''Keyboard icon''' is displayed when keyboard mode is active (automation is suspended)
+: '''Diagonal slash''' indicates that automation is suspended
+: '''Hour glass''' indicates amp initializing, swinging bells are coasting (Tower bells option) or the database is busy
+: '''Gears''' indicates schedule processing after boot-up or changes to schedules or settings
 == User home menu ==
 Because there really is no limit to the number of buttons you can customize on the home screen, you may have to scroll the screen to see all of the selections.
-[[File:AX-HomeScreen.jpg|none|400px|left]]
+=== Quick function buttons ===
+[[File:AXHomeCustomized.jpg|link=Customize_Home_AX|frameless|right|300px]]
+The remaining buttons on the home screen are individually configurable on [[Customize_Home_AX|Settings Customize Home]] screen. They can be set to ring bells (specific) or play music (specific songs, random seasonal songs or randomly from an album of music).
-=== Admin features ===
+After tapping on one of these buttons, a confirmation window will pop up. Tap Yes to play now or No to cancel.
-These buttons will only appear on administrator's home screens.
-;[[Schedule_AX|Schedule]]
+==== Factory default quick functions ====
-: brings up the [[Schedule_AX|scheduler menu]].
+These common manual play functions will be on your home screen on a new system. If they do not appear on your screen, they may have been removed.
+; Swing
+: for call to church - 1 minute (or until Stopped)
+; Peal
+: for weddings and festive services - 5 minutes (or until Stopped)
+; Custom toll
+: Select any available bell, number of tolls (or time duration) and tempo before ringing
-;Settings
+; Suspend Schedule
-: brings up the system settings menu.
-=== Play control ===
+:When the schedule is active, the button appears dark red and is labeled ''Suspend Schedule''
+: &nbsp;&nbsp; Tapping the button when it is red prompts you for an ending date and time for schedule suspension.
+:When the schedule is suspended, the button appears dark green and is labeled ''Resume Schedule''
+: &nbsp;&nbsp; Tap the button when it is green to immediately resume scheduled ringing.
+; [[Keyboard AX|Keyboard]] (Millennium and Platinum models)
+: play the bells from your connected MIDI keyboard and make recordings to expand your library.
 ; Next Selection
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 : Double clicking the lighted power button will also do this.
-;  [[Play Selection AX|Play Selection]]
+;  [[Play_Selection_AX|Play Selection]]
-: menu allows you to pick a selection, an arrangement of it and an instrument to play it on.
+: menu allows you to pick a song, then optionally specify an arrangement and an instrument.
-=== Advanced menus ===
+; Almanac Music
-These buttons can be removed from some user home screens by an administrator.
+: two songs from the SmartAlmanac's current season
-; [[Keyboard AX|Keyboard]]
+; Hymns
-: play the bells from your connected MIDI keyboard and make recordings to expand your library.
+: two songs from the General Hymns album
 ; [[Remote AX|Remote]]
-: allow the user to connect a smart phone or tablet to use as a remote control.
+: displays a QR code used to install the Remote Control on a smart phone or tablet.
-=== Quick function buttons ===
+=== Administrative features ===
-The remaining buttons on the home screen are individually configurable on the Settings Home screen. They can be set to ring bells (specific), play music (specific songs, random seasonal songs or a random album songs).
+These buttons will only appear on administrator home screens.
-When setting up these buttons, you can select
+;[[Schedule_AX|Schedule]]
-* Button icon
+: brings up the scheduler menu.
-* Descriptive name (label)
-* Type of action
-* Selection(s)
-* Number of songs or minutes to play
-==== Factory default quick functions ====
+;[[Settings_screen_AX|Settings]]
-These functions will be on your home screen on a new system. You can edit or delete them.
+: brings up the system settings menu.
-; Tolling bell
-: for funerals - 5 minutes (or until Stopped)
-; Swinging bell
-: for call to church - 5 minutes (or until Stopped)
-; Peal bells
-: for weddings and festive services - 5 minutes (or until Stopped)
-; Music
-: two songs (can be lengthened) from the Almanac's current season
+<span class="crumbs"><div style="font-size:84%">
+''' [[Login_screen_AX|&larr; Previous Section]]   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   [[Play_Selection_AX|Next section &rarr;]] '''
+</div></span>
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