Digital Alert Systems
AMS Installation /Operation & Integration Guide
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WSI – TruAlert™
Data Type: ASCII Text
Connection: Network connection via FTP to AMC
Overview: The WSI – TruAlert system is configured to produce an ASCII file output of the
crawl text, which is directly transferred to the AMC over a network using FTP.
Configuration requires WSI customer support .
Configuration Steps:
1. Contact WSI TruAlert customer support (see number below)
2. Indicate the system needs be configured to FTP the crawl text to the
AMS.
3. They will load and run a script on the local machine to configure the
transfer then add the System settings to complete the link.
System settings
Host:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(IP Address of the AMC)
User:
anonymous
Pass:
anonymous
Dir:
/incoming/
yyyy where yyyy is the file name
Customer Support:
Tel: +1 (978) 983-6351
Newsroom Solutions – NewsTicker™
Data Type: XML
Connection: Network connection from NewsTicker to AMC via FTP push
Overview: The NewsRoom Solutions NewsTicker product creates one or more XML files
storing them in a specific directory. The files correspond to the subscribed
modules for breaking news, severe weather, or school closings.
Configuration Steps: The Newsroom Solutions support team must complete initial configuration.
They create the specific directory and file exports on their system necessary for
the AMC to “grab” and process the audio matching the crawl presentation. At
setup conclusion the following information will be completed:
Host:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(IP Address is site specific)
User:
tts
Pass:
muAk7tfP
Dir:
home/tmp/out/
File(s):
breaking.xml
closings.xml
(Optional – dependent on station config.)
severewx.xml
(Optional – depends on station config.)
Contact Information:
Newsroom Solutions
Client Support Center
(704) 665-5300 x2
Business Hours
Mon - Fri, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
Non-Emergency
[email protected]
Emailing automatically opens a ticket and returns to you a ticket number
used to track your matter through resolution.
