OnAirScreen

Multipurpose "OnAir Lamp" solution targeted for use in professional broadcast environments

Features

flexible integration into existing studio setups
customizable logo, colors, labels, and fonts
4:3 and 16:9/16:10 monitor aspect ratio support
English/German language support for main screen
Weather-Widget
easy installation
runs on Raspberry Pi
runs on Windows, Mac, Linux
controlled via keyboard and network
OnAir Timer, Stopwatch, Countdown and more

Precompiled Linux/Win/Mac versions

If you need ready-to-run Linux/Win/Mac executables, please visit https://www.astrastudio.de/software/onairscreen/. You can purchase the Windows .exe versions of the latest build, including updates. If you want to purchase a Linux or Mac binary or require extended support, please contact me.

NTP Check

OnAirScreen checks the local (displayed) system time to an external NTP server from pool.ntp.org. Those server pools are unreliable from time to time and may lead to NTP warnings. You are advised to change pool.ntp.org to a stable or even local NTP server.

NTP Warnings

If the system time is more than 300ms of the NTP time, OnAirScreen will display a warning by default. You can either try to fix your system time and use a time source for your system that is reliable. Sync it every hour (see NTP glitches on Windows), or just disable the "NTP-Check and warning" (Settings->General), if you don't need the time with that accuracy.

NTP glitches on Windows

By default, Windows 10/8/7 syncs your system time with Internet servers on a weekly basis. This may lead to a wrong system time and a display of the wrong time in the OnAirScreen. Here are some tips how you can set the update interval. Recommended is something between 15m to 1h. https://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-internet-time-update-interval-windows

To use the integrated weather widget, you require an openweathermap.org API key. You can get one here: https://openweathermap.org/appid

You also need to know the CityID of your location. Simply search for the desired city on https://openweathermap.org/ and click on it. You can then find the CityID at the end of the URL.

For example, London is: https://openweathermap.org/city/2643743 - 2643743

Once you have an API key and the CityID, just enter them in the settings dialog (Advanced tab)