A cue can start by itself at a fixed time of day, and a group can take over when the list has nothing more to play. Both help a playout that runs for a long time with nobody at the desk, such as a screen in a hall or a channel that runs all day.
A cue that starts on time
Right-click a cue, choose Start at… and enter a time of day, in hours, minutes and seconds. Leave the field empty to remove the start time.
At that time, the cue starts by itself, every day. It replaces whatever is on air at that moment, so a programme that runs late does not delay the next one. The time is shown beside the cue in the list.
On the first cue of a list, the start time is the start of the whole list. The clock works on every playout, not only on the one that you are looking at.
A start time is not caught up afterwards. If the program was not running at that time, the cue does not start later.
The emergency list
Right-click a group heading and tick Emergency list. When the list has come to an end and nothing follows, this group takes over and plays in a loop until you start another cue. The output therefore never stays black after the last item.
The emergency list is not part of the running order, so GO and the arrow keys pass over it. Fill it with material that can run for a long time without attention, such as a slideshow of announcements or a channel logo.
The end of the list
The status bar shows how much of the list is still to come, counted from the cue on air, and at what time the list ends, for example Remaining 12:30 · End 21:45. Only videos and stills with a duration have a length. A + after the times means that the rest of the list also contains cues that wait for GO or have no length, so the list will take longer. A start time and the emergency list are not included in this calculation.