World Properties - Audio & Live Control - Zones

All configured zones can have the volume and source of background audio controlled from this dialog window. However a Zone can only be controlled if all devices in the World are Online and the configuration matches the Software and Hardware Devices. If any changes have been made to the configuration Live Control will be prevented until a Send Configuration has taken place.

Default Zone State is used when a system has completed a Firmware Update or a new Zone is added to the project.

The Default Zone state is :

• Background Source - None

• BGM - Unmuted

• Zone - Unmuted

• Allow Page from WR-1 - Off

• Page Inhibit - Off.

Live Zone Properties

Only one Zone can be controlled at a time. If a WR-1 Wall Remote has been configured to control the same Zone, live changes will track between this window and the Wall Remote.

• Current Zone: This dropdown box enables selection of the desired Zone to be controlled by the dialog window.
• BGM: A fader is used to control the volume of the background audio within a Zone.
• Zone Settings: The ability to select a Mute All, Allow Page Inhibit From WR-1 and Inhibit Paging is provided.
• Mute All: This will stop Background Music Sources as well as non-emergency level paging from being broadcast into a Zone if selected. Emergency Paging will still be broadcast to the Zone regardless of this setting.
• Allow Page Inhibit From WR-1: If using a WR-1 for Zone level and Background Music Selection, this checkbox enables an additional selection dialog in a WR-1 assigned to the corresponding Zone that will allow the user to toggle Page Inhibit.
• Inhibit Paging: When selected this will prevent all pages in a Zone that are at a priority level equal to or less than the ‘Page Inhibit Priority Threshold’. The Page Inhibit Priority Threshold will be configurable on a per Zone basis and must be within the regular paging priority range (ie. less than the Universally configured ‘Emergency Paging Threshold’). This will ensure that all regular paging at a priority greater than the ‘Page Inhibit Priority Threshold’ and all Emergency paging will be unaffected by the state of Page Inhibit in a zone.
• Mute BGM (Back Ground Music): Mutes any background sources that are being broadcast in the Zone. All paging audio will still be heard.

Current Background

This window acts as a source select for Background audio sources. If no Background audio source is selected it is indicated with red text and no Blue text highlight. This will only be shown if no audio source has ever been selected in a Zone. The selected Background source is indicated with a blue highlight on the active Background source. There is no option to de-select a source. If Background audio is required to be turned off to a zone the Mute BGM check box should be used.

For a background source to be accessible, it must already be assigned to the Zone. This is done in the Zone section of the World Properties dialog window.