Startup
⚠️ Only for use by or with the express permission of the Technical Director ⚠️
The full startup procedure from a completely dead-power situation
Server Room
- Turn on the Air Conditioning using it’s control panel, and then wait for it to start blowing cold air
- Unlock the rack for easy access
- Plug in the power cables, ensuring the two plugs for Paul O’Grady are in different gangs
- Turn on the plugs
- Check that the power button on Paul is illuminated in orange
- Turn on the Type-G PDU in the middle of the rack (Open the cover and switch the nuclear-grade power switch)
- Turn on the IEC MDU at the top of the rack (Rotate the switch into the ON/1 position)
- Press the power button on the Netgear NAS
- Press the power button on Clara Amfo
- Press the power button on Jack Hayes
- Press the power button on Nels Hylton
- Check that the router is booting (The power button should illuminate white, and the drive activity light should flash)
- Check that Paul is booting (The power button should have turned green, and the fans should be going brrrrr). If not, press the power button
- Wait for the router to have sung a lovely song for you, and for Paul to have beeped twice
- Ensure that the mixer in the rack is muted on all channels, especially the channel from Studio 1
You MUST wait for Paul to have fully booted before moving on to Studio 1, as there is a known issue with the PCs failing to map their network drives
Studio 1
- Plug in PC 1 & 2, as well as their visual monitors
- Turn on PC 1 & 2
- Log into PC 1 with the
s1automation
account, then open PlayIt and log in - Enable the log scheduler
- Plug in the other plugs, but do not switch them on
- Ensure all of the channels on the desk are muted
- Turn on the plugs in the following order:
- Sound Desk
- Compressor
- Audio Monitors
- Turn the monitors up until they are audible
- Turn on the Wholer
- If the screen flickers or does not turn on at all, try turning it off and on again. This is a known issue
- Confirm that Libretime is working & playing out correctly.
- Press the play button in PlayIt
- Turn on the channel strip for PC 1, you should hear PlayIt coming from the monitors
- Check the Wholer’s input is set to Channel 2, use the input button to cycle if not
- Check that the levels are coming through on the Wholer
- Unmute channel
1/2
on the mixer in the server rack - Check that audio is coming through using the beige Wholer in the server rack (move the muting switch to the none position)
- Listen to the web player to check that the stream is working
You have successfully brought PureFM from being completely offline to fully on-air. Give yourself a pat on the back 🙂