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title: Channel Sources
slug: zen-master/channel-sources
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createdAt: 2024-12-27T18:15:59.985Z
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The Sources section shows a list of Sources that are associated with the selected Channel, including data about their status and configuration. You can perform various actions on a Source as described below.
The Sources tab shows the following information:
| **Parameter** | **Description** |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name | The name of the Target as configured in ZEN Master. |
| Status | The connection status of the Target. Possible values:
* Green – OK (connected and streaming without errors)
* Red – the Target is in error state
* Yellow – warning (recovered from error event)
* Gray – pending/disabled
The muted icon next to a Source indicates that the Source is muted, disabling notifications for error/recovery events. |
| Offset | Shows the offset level between the Failover Sources in milliseconds. |
| Active | Yes - the Source is currently streaming.
No - the Source is in standby (not streaming) |
| Packets | The total number of packets that were streamed. |
| Priority | Preferred - the Source was configured as a preferred. Preferred source take precedence over non-preferred source (i.e., sources that were not marked as preferred).
Slate - Slate sources are sources that stream slate content, which is content that can be served when there are gaps in a live stream ad break that cannot be filled with a dynamically-served ad. |
| ***Actions*** | |
| Lock/Unlock | You can manually select one of the streams to be active by clicking on the *Lock *button. The Source designated as *Locked *will be used whenever it is available until you click *Unlock.* |