Clocks Control

Reading time ~2 minutes

The clocks control has a variety of countdown and clock displays:

Important

Initially, all countdowns display zero values. Refer to the On-Air Mode description for detailed information.

The clocks control takes the full width of the layout panel. It has a fixed height and is docked either to the top or to the bottom of the panel.

Rundown Countdown and Rundown End Time

This Rundown countdown field displays the countdown for the overall Rundown duration, and the Rundown end time field shows the calculated time of the Rundown end.

on-air control countdown rundown_end_time

When the rundown is completely played, it displays the time of pause in gray until the next item is started:

Next Cued

This is the count-up field that shows the time and device type of the nearest cued item.

Rundown Variance

This field shows the rundown variance between the scheduled and actual start time for each Story.

rundown_variance_time

If there is no time variance between the scheduled and actual start time of the currently played item, this clock displays the zero value.

rundown_variance_time_minus

If the currently played item has been sent on air before the scheduled time and is going to end up earlier than planned, the variance time is shown with the minus sign.

rundown_variance_time_plus

If the currently played item has been sent on air later than the scheduled time and is going to end up later than planned, the variance time is shown with the plus sign.

Note	Rundown variance is not displayed when its value exceeds 1 hour; instead, "--:--" is displayed.

System Clock

The system clock is displayed in the right upper corner of the clocks control. The present date and current time in a 24-hour format are displayed on the system clock indicator.