Individual Guest Channels

AIR BRIDGE’s Guest Channels are the key control point for managing a guest’s connections, video and audio during a production.

When a contact is assigned to one of the Guest channels, you will have the option to send them an email invitation by pressing . If you assigned the contact by mistake, pressing will remove them from the channel.

On-Air and Off-Air

When an invited guest connects, you will see their video display in the small windows at the top of the channel, along with their solution and approximate frame rate of the incoming signal.

 

 

When everything is set, you can bring a guest On-Air by pressing the button. This will display a red indicator next to a new button. When they have completed their part in the production, you can bring them back Off-Air by clicking the button. This will disconnect the guest from the Studio and reconnect them to the Control Room and the audio from any other Off-Air Guests.

Audio

Each channel has the ability to control the audio both coming 'FROM' and going 'TO' the guest.

 

 

The 'TO' slider controls the levels that guest hears both from the studio as well as the other guests. To make this easier, you can press the button on a guest’s channel to just hear audio for that one guest. (This will not impact the audio going to the production only what the Operator hears.) This will help with making more detailed level adjustments. While a guest is ON-AIR you can MUTE their audio (by pressing the button) or make any other adjustments required.

Video

When a guest channel is selected, the video controls in the interface are automatically assigned to that channel, and the operator can make whatever adjustments are needed to optimize the video signal. The Video Controls panel includes Zoom, Positioning, Contrast and Gamma adjustments.

 

Removing Guests

When an Off-Air guest is no longer required for a production, clicking the button will disconnect them from AIR BRIDGE. While dropping a guest will ‘hang-up’ their connection, it will still keep their contact information associated with that channel. You Can still easily reconnect with them by clicking the button again, sending them a new link to connect with.

Note: If the AIR BRIDGE Operator presses drop a new invite will have to be sent to the guest in order for them to connect, however if the guest themselves hung up or closed their browser window the original link will still work and AIR BRIDGE will wait for them to reconnect. This is in case a guest drops accidentally, either by pressing a wrong button or due to internet loss, they can simply click on the same link again and get right back in.

To clear the channel for use by another guest, you will need to click .