Conductor Tasks; Figure 17 - Task Menu - Black Box AC1140A Quick Start Manual

When the system is signaled to broadcast the data, the EMCast media is played from the local transmitter
and broadcast to all receivers on the network. If there are receivers on the network that are assigned to other
transmitters, these receivers will still play the EMCast media of the local transmitter. This is also true if the
receivers are playing local play content.
The EMCast mode can be activated by the following methods:
1. Clicking the red emergency button on the main window.
2. Selecting the [System]
3. Simultaneously pressing the ATL and F1 keys.
4. Using a USB Digital I/O switch. The software currently supports the USB Digital I/O Module
(UMDIO 24L) from CyberResearch. This will allow you to connect to a control system using a TTL
signal or switch-closure. Connection should be to Digital Port A0 as per the CyberResearch
UMDIO 24L User's Manual on page 14. When the switch is low, the emergency broadcast mode is
activated. When the switch goes back high, the alert is cancelled and Conductor returns to the
previous state.
For option 4, the module must be installed and configured as board 0 and device 0 following the
manufacturer's instructions.
4.4

CONDUCTOR TASKS

Conductor offers another feature that allows the user to schedule tasks on the video network. These tasks
can be created and scheduled to run at regular intervals. The tasks are retained when the Conductor
software is exited but they will NOT execute unless Conductor is running.
The Task menu on the main Conductor window allows you to access the task scheduling capabilities.
The "Scheduled Tasks" command will open a dialog showing the currently scheduled tasks. It also allows
you to create, edit, remove and executes tasks. See below for more details.
The "Start Scheduler" command will start the task scheduler. Conductor will automatically start the
scheduler if tasks are defined.
[Emergency] command from the menu.

Figure 17 - Task Menu

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