Push alerts

Push alerts let the operator send a text message to every connected viewer at once — a timing cue, a change of plan, a standby notice. The message appears on each crew member's viewer page at the same moment, as a card over the page.

Where the alert form is

The form lives in the Stage Monitor panel, pinned at the bottom of the right-hand panel. The panel is hidden by default: show it with View → Stage Monitor (or one of the role presets that includes it — see View menu & role presets). The alert form appears in it only while the viewers can be reached: the LAN Viewer Mirror is running, or a Cloud Share link is connected (not while it is still connecting or reconnecting).

Sending an alert

Type the message (up to 500 characters) and click Push, or press Enter. The button stays disabled until there is a message.

• role (opt) — to send to one department only, type its name (for example lighting or audio). The alert goes to viewers whose role matches and to viewers who have not chosen a role; a phone that picked several roles receives an alert addressed to any one of them. Leave the field blank to send to everyone.
• Requires ACK — on by default. The alert card shows an ACKNOWLEDGE button and stays on screen until the viewer taps it. With the box unticked the card has no button and disappears by itself after 5 seconds.

What viewers see

A centred card titled ALERT with the message, over a dark backdrop that covers the page. It is not a banner that leaves the timecode visible; the page beneath is dimmed until the card is dismissed. Alerts are not stored — a viewer that connects or reloads after the alert was sent does not receive it.

Tracking acknowledgements

Under the form, a grid shows the last three alerts you sent. For each, a row of role chips — lighting, video, sfx, audio, stage, vj, or just the one role you targeted — lights up as that role acknowledges, with a count at the end of the row. Hover a chip for its status. The grid tracks roles, not individual people: one acknowledgement from a viewer counts for their role, and a viewer who did not choose a role counts for all of them.