Use the Public Messages sub- tab, 'In Vehicle' announcements, to define periodic announcements that play on timed intervals in all vehicles that have annunciators.
Announcements-Upload Audio Files
To create periodic announcements in your system, it is required that you first upload audio files and define the announcement type (periodic). Review the process here/ how to upload and define announcements: Announcements Article.
Below is a screenshot to illustrate the upload feature on the Announcement tab:
Then navigate back to Public Messages to create the periodic announcement.
Defining a New In-Vehicle Announcement
To create a new periodic in-vehicle announcement, click the add message icon in the column heading. This displays the following window.
After uploading and defining audio files, the dropdown menu will display any available for periodic assignment:
Below we created one to remind ridership to avoid crossing in front of the vehicle:
After saving the periodic announcement it displays on the main screen. Notice you can edit it? Press the pencil to adjust the announcement, expire it sooner or to extend it's active range.
In addition to editing, you can also copy the message from here.
The following describes all In-Vehicle announcement parameters that you can define.
NAME
Use this field to select the name of the announcement.
FREQUENCY
To define the frequency of the announcement, specify either the number of minutes between announcements or an hourly announcement.
- To specify the number of minutes between announcements, choose the 'Every xx Minutes' radio button and enter the number of minutes.
- To specify an hourly announcement, choose the Hourly radio button. Then, use the drop-down list to select when the announcement occurs in the hour. In the drop-down list, 0 means the announcement is made on the hour, 15 means quarter after the hour, etc.
DATE RANGE
Choose the date range for the announcement to be active. You can type in the fields or select the calendar icon. The date range defaults to the current day.
TIME RANGE
Choose the time range for the announcement to be active. You can type in the fields or select the clock icon to choose a time. The time range defaults to all day. If you change the range to something other than all day and want to go back to all day, click 'Set all day.'