Home screen AX

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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 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

Front speaker control

Tap the speaker to cycle through three volume settings: Mute, Low and Loud

Fine adjustment of inside monitoring levels is available 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

Shows amplifier status: blue for Standby, yellow for Initializing, green for Ready, red for Muted

If the icon is split, the upper half indicates outside status and the lower half indicates inside status

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.

Administrative features

These buttons will only appear on administrator home screens.

Schedule

brings up the scheduler menu.

Settings

brings up the system settings menu.

Play control

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 selection, an arrangement, and an instrument.

Advanced menus

These buttons can be removed from some user home screens by an administrator.

Keyboard

play the bells from your connected MIDI keyboard and make recordings to expand your library.

Remote

allow the user to connect a smart phone or tablet to use as a remote control.

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), play music (specific songs, random seasonal songs or a random album songs).

When setting up these buttons, you can select

• Button icon
• Unique, descriptive name (label)
• Type of action
• Selection(s)
• Number of songs or minutes to play

Factory default quick functions

These functions will be on your home screen on a new system. You can edit or delete them.

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 from the Almanac's current season