Big-screen displays

Aurora is the read-only side of Crowd: screens you put up in a standby room or command post so the room can follow along without anyone at a keyboard.

There are two Aurora displays. Open either one in a browser on the screen you want to run it on (a TV with a mini-PC, a spare laptop) and leave it up.

Tones Display

A standby-room announcer. When a dispatcher sends a tone for an incident, this display plays an attention chime and then speaks the call aloud — priority, title, location, and details — so responders in the room hear it without watching a screen. Recent tones are listed for reference, and active incidents are shown alongside.

Two things shape what you hear, both set by an administrator (see Administration):

• Announcement threshold — the minimum priority that triggers a spoken tone (e.g. only P1/P2), so the room isn't announcing routine items.
• Voice — the spoken voice used for read-outs.

Command Board

A full-screen wallboard for a command post. It lists every active incident, sorted by priority, with acknowledgement countdowns that flash when a call goes overdue. Priority tallies and a clock sit across the top, and it refreshes itself, so it runs unattended on the screen.

Tips for running displays

• Use a dedicated browser window in full-screen (kiosk) mode.
• Sign in with an account whose role can view incidents; the displays are read-only.
• Keep the device awake (disable screen sleep) so announcements aren't missed.