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ToolsOnAir System Profile

The System Profile tab in the TOA preference pane is able to gather and save information related to TOA's software that may be important when diagnosing and fixing issues with the software and/or the system it is running on. Attach a newly saved TOA System Profile every time a new support related ticket has been made in the → ToolsOnAir Online Helpdesk. This will allow the support team to get a good overview over the system without the need for the user to give any additional informations. 

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The Stay Alive tab of the TOA system preference pane can be used to select certain applications that should be automatically started and additionally should be "kept alive" at all times. This helps you to ensure that interruptions to your playout are kept to an absolute minimum.

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  • In some situations just:out does not start properly after a restart of the Mac, but connects/disconnects every few seconds. This can happen especially when using an SSD drive as startup disk. We recommend to execute the following Terminal command to delay the startup of just:out slightly which will solve this problem: defaults write com.toolsonair.Just-Out preRollSeconds -float 5 (default value 1)
  • If just:out still starts too fast, please execute the following Terminal command in addition to the command above: defaults write com.toolsonair.Just-Out alwaysDelayStartup -bool YES. To go back to the default value, please execute the following command: defaults delete com.toolsonair.Just-Out alwaysDelayStartup


  • Power Outage at the Playout Center: Once the power returns and the system restarts, the selected applications will automatically start as well. If you select just:out and just:connect from the list of applications then your playout will automatically start.
  • Unexpected Application Termination: Should just:out or just:connect crash at any time then they will automatically be restarted by the system and the playout will continue. This is particularly useful if you have a completely automated playout with limited human oversight (for example during the night) as without this function an unexpected termination of just:out or just:connect during such hours would result in complete loss of playout until human intervention.

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Starting with version 2.5 we offer an optional application called just:next. It allows you to execute the Jump To Next command of several just:play channels at the same time. There is a dedicated user manual, check it out → here.

Importing just:out 1.7 Settings

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