# Speaker and Spotlight

With FlytBase, you can manage payload controls directly from the Cockpit View and Payload widget, enabling real-time response workflows across security, inspection, and emergency operations.

Here’s what you can do:

* **Save and Broadcast Announcements** — Store messages or draft a quick message and use text-to-speech for live broadcasts.
* **Adjust Spotlight Settings** — Control brightness and switch between static and strobe lighting modes.
* **Activate Siren Mode** — Trigger a siren sound along with strobe lighting for critical response scenarios.

Such systems enhance your drone's capabilities for perimeter security or search and rescue applications.

{% hint style="info" %}
Currently, the speaker and spotlight payloads supported include:

* **For DJI Dock 1 / M30 Series (M30, M30T):**
  * CZI LP12
* **For DJI Dock 2 / M3D Series (M3D, M3TD):**
  * JZ M3D Quick Search Kit
  * Cytop MLV3D
  * CZI MP20
* **For DJI Dock 3:**
  * DJI AS1
  * DJI AL1

Reach out to **<support@flytbase.com>** to know more.
{% endhint %}

## Speaker

### Adding Announcements

To add announcements to a payload, follow these steps:

* **Attaching the Payload**: Attach the payload to the drone, and power on the drone.
* **Navigating to the Payload Tab**: On the FlytBase Dashboard, go to the **Device Management** section, and select the **Payload** tab.

<figure><img src="/files/p5Aw2O4fnZybmZUJ51xf" alt=""><figcaption><p>Payload Tab for the selected device</p></figcaption></figure>

The Payload tab allows you to perform the following operations:

* **Add Audio for playback:** You can add audio files that can be played by any drone using its payload.
* **Creating an Announcement**: Click on the **Add** button. This action will bring up a dialog box where you can configure your announcement. In the dialog box, enter a name for your announcement and type your announcement text.&#x20;

{% hint style="warning" %}
Announcement text cannot exceed 200 characters.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="/files/foDmU8ww3WRt3QE8Zr3g" alt=""><figcaption><p>Adding a new announcement</p></figcaption></figure>

* **Saving the Announcement**: After entering your information, click **Save** to finalize the announcement.

{% hint style="info" %}
You can create up to twenty announcements for each payload.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="/files/aXnLYOjAqTRqJmEkvniK" alt=""><figcaption><p>Saved announcements</p></figcaption></figure>

### Operating the Speaker

To use the Payload, navigate to the **Fleet view** and select the **Payload** ![](/files/cIZq8tiFwrHHKOla5ElT)icon adjacent to the drone video feed widget.

The payload widget would expand, allowing access to speaker and spotlight tabs.

<figure><img src="/files/XuRCrS2y8b4zSv5leaUd" alt=""><figcaption><p>Expanded Payload widget</p></figcaption></figure>

#### Play a saved Announcement

* In the expanded Payload widget, click on the **Speaker** tab.
* Choose the desired announcement from the list of saved announcements and click **Play**.
* To keep repeating the selected message, click on the ![](/files/2j6MEpZbBlkMCNP5UDw8) icon. The message will be repeated as long as the ![](/files/2j6MEpZbBlkMCNP5UDw8) icon is not pressed again or message playback is stopped from the Play/Stop button.

<figure><img src="/files/JNaFUMQogmAn5nDJbyFh" alt=""><figcaption><p>Select Announcement </p></figcaption></figure>

#### Quick Announcement

For making an urgent custom announcement:

* Type your message (up to 200 characters) in the **Quick Announcement** box.
* Click **Play** to broadcast your message immediately.

<figure><img src="/files/lpTGOU9Qh2oXS5cwMzht" alt=""><figcaption><p>Quick Announcement</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="warning" %}
Quick announcements are not stored in the list of Saved Announcements.
{% endhint %}

#### Speaker Volume Settings

Adjusting the speaker volume:

* Use the volume bar to increase or decrease the volume according to your preference.
* The volume can be adjusted within a range from 0 to 40.

## Spotlight Settings

All supported payloads with spotlight functionality can be controlled through the Payload widget.

**Activating the Spotlight**

To control the spotlight:

* Click on the **Spotlight** ![](/files/UkaeM07mJe8uY68JwWDd) in the **Payload** widget.&#x20;
* Use the **toggle button** to turn the spotlight on or off.

**Adjusting Brightness**

Adjust the brightness of the spotlight:

* Move the **brightness slider** to the right to increase brightness or to the left to decrease it.

**Spotlight Modes**

The spotlight offers two modes:

* **Static Mode**: The spotlight remains continuously on at a consistent brightness.
* **Strobe Mode**: The spotlight alternates between on and off, creating a pulsating effect.

<figure><img src="/files/Si6Z8lTlQ820zLmRq023" alt="" width="290"><figcaption><p>Spotlight Controls</p></figcaption></figure>

## Siren

All supported payloads equipped with a siren can be operated through the Payload widget on the FlytBase Dashboard.

**How to Activate the Siren**

* Navigate to the **Payload** widget.
* Locate the **Siren** button at the bottom of the widget; this button is common for both the speaker and the spotlight.
* Click the **Siren** button to activate the siren, which switches on the spotlight in strobe mode and plays the default siren sound.

<figure><img src="/files/zn9hrE6btqqbCg576E9H" alt="" width="248"><figcaption><p>Siren button</p></figcaption></figure>


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