Frontline BSF Tech Guide

SETUP

Audio:

1. Turn on soundboard (Press the yellow power button on the pad above the soundboard and then press “System On”)
2. When asked to login, select BSF, then login, the password is “BSF” - all caps
3. Select yes to load User scene
4. Turn on green “ON” button to the right of the board on the booth wall
5. Grab Microphone 3, Lav 1, and Acoustic 1 (Microphone 1 if you need the extra HH channel) from the desk behind the stage
   • Mic 1 needed first meeting of the month for treasurer's report.
6. Grab the microphone from the right door in the middle of the booth. It will be labeled “Lav 2”

Lighting:

1. If house lights are off, press the "Preset 1" button on any of the wall-stations near the doors to the worship center.
2. Power the stage lights by pressing the rocking power switch next to the blue lighting console once.
3. Wake up the lighting computer by moving the mouse.
4. Log into user “lights” - the password is: Lights
5. On the blue lighting board, hold the shift button and press the “REL” button.
6. Pull fader four all the way down, and the push it all the way up.

Video:

1. (Note, use the camera on the RIGHT)
2. Remove lens cap
3. Using the two controls coming from the camera, zoom and focus the camera. (items outlined in red are in focus, That’s what we’re looking for!)
4. If the computer next to the video switcher is shut down, log in using the password: frontLINE33.
5. Ensure there is an SD card plugged into the video recorder under the computer. If not, plug one in!
6. On the button pad next to the video switcher, navigate to the BSF window by pressing "menu" then "BSF".
7. Press the Setup Button on the button.
8. Make sure you see the correct camera on the right screen
9. Press "TV UP" on the button pad to raise the teaching TV. (If this doesn't work, the old remote is in the drawer under the desk)
10. Press FTB on the top left of the video switcher.

Slides:

1. Restart the slides computer by clicking the Apple icon in the top left corner of the screen and choosing "restart". You can press "yes" to any apps that request confirmation to quit.

1. Log into the BSF user using password “Frontline” - Case sensitive
2. Turn on TV in front of the camera position.
3. On the slides computer, open Chrome and select user “Admin”
4. Go to google drive and download the weekly lecture notes and song lyrics from drive.google.com
5. They will be under the Lecture Resources > Class Night Lecture & worship PowerPoints folder, right click to download
6. Open ProPresenter and click file > Import > Powerpoint - the files will be in the downloads folder
7. Right click and delete the previous week’s presentations from the left side of Propresenter
8. Select each file and let Powerpoint open on its own and load the presentations into the left bar of ProPresenter.

During the lecture

Audio:

1. The right most fader will be your overall volume. To the left of that are all of your individual channels.
2. Regulate the volume of items to make sure they are heard clearly. When a channel is not in use, press the mute button above the fader until it is illuminated red.
3. If there is not sound online:
   1. Press the button on the right labeled Stream.
   2. Then, ensure the main fader is up to -10.
   3. Ensure the channel you are not hearing is also up.
   4. Press the “LR” button above the main fader to go back to mixing the sound in the room.

Video:

1. Before the music starts, make sure the “FTB” button on the video switcher is flashing red.
2. Press the "go rec" button on the button pad to start the recording
3. As the music starts, press “FTB” button.
4. You should now see the image on the screen
5. Open the facebook page and youtube channel to ensure the stream is working
6. If you need to show a video or image from the screen online, press the “slide” button.
7. At the end of the lecture, press the red stop button on the button pad, and press the “FTB” button so that it is flashing red.

Slides:

1. Click through the slides of the worship songs. Make sure to advance the slide as people are singing the last word of the current slide so they have a chance to read the next line before singing it.
2. At the beginning of the teaching, click on the first slide.
3. If the teacher is using the clicker, stand by and help as needed. Otherwise, advance the slides for the teacher as they go.

Sharing Livestream Access:

1. Navigate to studio.resi.io and click on the dashboard. Click on the dashboard tab, and select the lecture from the live and upcoming box.
2. Under the watch tab, click on YouTube, and scroll down.
3. Copy the YouTube video link from the box.
4. Click on the group bookmark in the bookmark bar.
5. Post that link to the BSFGRNEW - Lecture only group.
6. Send that same link via gmail.com to nhossink@gmail.com, connie.b.berg@gmail.com, bethany.arnold78@gmail.com, bsfkristal@gmail.com, aussiekasper@gmail.com.

NOTE: use CMD (next to the space bar) + C or V to copy and paste. =)

Posting to MyBSF

1. Once the lecture is done, go to studio.resi.io
2. Log in under the user rvanderploeg@frontlinegr.com with password “frontLINE33”
3. Under the dashboard tab, click on the lecture from that day. If you don’t see it under the options, click on media, then press encoder videos, and select the lecture from the section. If it still says live, click “Stop Broadcast”
4. Under the video preview, use the cues tab to add a cue at the time marker for the beginning and the end of the lecture. Move the playhead to the desired place in the video where you want to add the cue, and then press add cue to auto choose that time stamp.
5. Click download, under the three dots next to the video title. Choose the cues you set as the start and end points
6. Once the file downloads, upload it to myBSF from the downloads folder.
7. *** If the Resi video is unavailable or unusable ***
   1. Remove the SD card from one of the video recorders next to the video switcher.
   2. Plug it into the back of the lighting computer.
   3. Open Finder and find the SD Card under locations.
   4. Move the relevant file to the downloads folder and upload to myBSF as usual.

Shutdown

1. Hold down the "shift" button on the blue lighting console and press release.
2. Power off the stage lights by pressing the rocking power switch next to the light console once.
   • This will only turn off the stage lights; house lights will remain on for groups.
3. Press the red “OFF” button on the wall to the right of the sound board.
4. Press the “System Off” button on the button pad above the sound board, then press “Yes” to confirm.
5. Replace the dust cover on the sound board.
6. Everything should be shut off now except the computers =)
7. Return the Mic to the drawer in the tech booth, and the wireless guitar and mic packs, as well as mic 3 to their charging dock behind the stage.
8. Press the "TV Down" button to lower the teaching TV.
9. Replace the lens cap on the camera.
10. Restart the slides computer if the video has finished uploading.