The window at a glance

What each part of the airZ Controller window is for, so you know where to look during a show.

The window reads from left to right the way a show runs: you choose what to play on the left, check it in the middle, and watch what is on air on the right. The title bar across the top opens everything else.

The title bar

From left to right:

Part	What it is for
Studio name and plan	Who this airZ Controller is signed in as, and the plan it runs on.
Rundowns	The main screen, shown here: build the show and put it on air.
Templates	Opens the template library over the window.
Assets	Opens your images, video and other media.
Ticker	Opens the ticker. The arrow beside it opens the ticker in a window of its own.
Interfaces	Opens your operator interfaces.
Moderation	Opens live chat moderation. Pro
Video Editor	Opens the video editor.
Help (?)	Opens help. F1 does the same.
Support	Opens your support requests.
System Health	Opens a health report of airZ Controller in your web browser.
Settings	Opens all settings.
Version number	The installed version. Select it to see the software licences.
Log Off	Signs this airZ Controller out and returns to the sign-in screen, after asking you to confirm.

With a Broadcast licence, two more buttons appear before Help, and the buttons from Templates to Video Editor show as icons to make room; point at one to see its name.

Part	What it is for
Initialize	Prepares every item of the open rundown on this airZ Controller, so selecting and taking them does not pause the first time. While it works it counts the items; nothing on air changes. Open a rundown first. Broadcast licence
Clear Cache	Takes every graphic off air on every connected engine and on the program output, and empties the template caches, after asking. Broadcast licence

The main screen

Area	What it is for
RUNDOWNS (the narrow rail at the far left)	Opens the list of rundowns. Choose one to work on. See Rundowns.
Rundown Operations	The items of the open rundown, in running order. See Working with items.
Preview	The selected item, where you check it before it goes to air.
Program Output	What is on air now, with the stream and recording controls under it.
Audio Mixer	Your sound sources, their levels, and where the sound goes.

Until a rundown is open, Rundown Operations and Preview say so, and the program monitor stays black.

See also

The other pages of Start here follow: installing and signing in, plans and the Broadcast licence, and your first show.