Unattended On-Air Control

• Play programs and automatically insert commercials through a master control switcher for unattended operation.
• Automatically load the next day's schedule and link alternate schedules for special programming.
• Schedule events to start at a clocked time or simply follow the previous event.

Stay In Control

• Get hands-on control with operator override of any event at any time.
• Use Optional Quick Reaction Control Panel for pushbutton operator control during live events.
• Last minute editing - events may be edited up to the preroll of the next event.
• Cut-n-paste, drag-n-drop editing - intuitive edit functions.
• Schedule master control switcher events including keys, squeezes, transition rate & type, audio/video splits and audio over control.
• Easily configure the display by showing specific columns and changing the column order and font size.

Support High Availability Systems

• Support multiple levels of system redundancy from cold standbys to hot protection stream mirroring per channel
• Control multiple device servers from the same play list.
• Assign backup sources for each event, including mixed VTR and video server backups.
• Run multiple channels per workstation that can be dynamically reassigned.

Schedule the On-Air Presentation

• AirBoss Editor gives Traffic Department direct access to on-air schedule for editing, but not access to Master Control functions.
• Create discrepancy reports and variance codes with AirBoss for accurate traffic reconciliation.
• As-Run-Log accurately reports aired events even with Breaking News or Join-In-Progress scenarios.
• Use AirBoss Editor for traffic schedule import, editing and as-run log reporting with most standard traffic systems.
• Easily edit schedules with pop-up lists and familiar copy, cut, paste, find and replace operations.
• Edited events automatically populate metadata from the media database.
• Control how events run: Normal, Manual Start, Manual End, GPI Trigger, Clock Start, Benchmark, or Relative to previous.
• Schedule many event types including Program, Break, Secondary (Auxiliary & Relative), and Comments.

Dynamically Assign Control

• Automatic Breakaway Switching - Reduces labor requirements when running multiple channels with similar schedule such as regional commercials with standardized programs across multiple channels or time zones.
• Support multiple time zones with each channel scheduled in local time and seamless Daylight Savings time adjustments.
• Automatically compensate for video path delays to seamlessly mix material from different locations - across the building or across the world.
• Reduce equipment costs by sharing machine control resources with other Florical automation products.

AirBoss Special Options

• Last minute Edits are Easy-  Parking Spot is a "clipboard" function for live programming. Load the Parking Spot with any material you may want to insert into programming, then drag-n-drop the material either to or from the Parking Spot to make live schedule adjustments a breeze.. 
• Save Revenue with JIP/BN - Automated Join in Progress (JIP) and Breaking News (BN) eliminate the need for "dead-rolls". With Auto-JIP, As-Run-Logs show exactly what went to air... and what did not, so that Traffic can reconcile without manually edited logs from Master Control. High revenue spots can be positioned to guarantee going to air. Try doing that with a "dead-roll"!
• Prefer push button control? - Florical's Quick Reaction Control Panel (QRCP) gives you push-button event control (Roll-Take, Hold, etc.) Click on the link to see the push-button control panel.
• Need to automate GPI's & GPOs? - The rack mount portion of Florical's Quick Reaction Control Panel (QRCP) can handle multiple GPI and GPO sources allowing AirBoss to receive or send signals automatically. Any function that can be controlled through the pushbutton panel can be initiated through a GPO. Click on the link to see the rack-mount panel.
• Recording Live Programs for Playback? - News Repeater automatically records News segments for playback. Segment times are automatically stored in the database for variation in commercial breaks during additional showings.
• TimeShifter - Historically, back to back live shows mean the second show will be clipped if the first show overruns. With TimeShifter we record the second live show and play it back, even while the show is recording. Click here for a graphical image of TimeShifter
• Supervisory Monitor- Shows status of multiple channels concisely on one computer screen for multi channel monitoring.

   

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