Chapter 10 Broadcast Alert Management
The Alert Page
Priority | Informs Broadcast Server how it should treat the alert. |
| Emergency alerts take precedence over Normal alerts and |
| are not subject to subscriber settings that would prevent |
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Send to the following | This section contains all the distribution lists to which the |
distribution list(s) | current user may send the alert. |
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Top Page: Alert Text | If selected, this text will be displayed on the first page of |
| the alert. An alert can be a maximum of 1000 characters. |
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Extended Alert: Alert graphic | If selected, this graphic will be displayed on the second |
| page of the alert. Use the Select a Graphic button to select |
| a graphic from the Media Library. |
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Extended Alert: Alert Text | The text to display for this page. An alert can be a |
| maximum of 1000 characters. |
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Button definitions | This section allows you to define buttons displayed on |
| each page of an alert. Subscribers reading the alert can |
| press the buttons defined here to carry out an action. |
| A button definition consists of a Button Type, Caption |
| and Value. The Caption is the text displayed on the |
| phone’s screen above the button. A caption can have a |
| maximum of 7 characters. The Value has different |
| meanings depending on the Button Type. |
| The number of buttons that can be defined is set in the |
| Alert Parameters section of the System Management |
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| Button Types are as follows: |
| • Dial — When pressed, causes the phone to dial the |
| number defined in Value. Not available for Button #1. |
| • URL — When pressed, causes the phone to display a |
| Web page. |
| • Service — When pressed, causes the phone to open |
| the external service selected in the Value field. The |
| service must be defined in External Services |
| Management before it will be available for selection. |
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