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Creating Digital Signage

2. Creating Digital Signage

This section describes how to create your digital signs. If you are new to the iCOMPEL product see Terms you need to

know before you begin.

The details in this section apply equally to creating signs for a stand-alone iCOMPEL, and to creating signs for a channel

publisher .

Select a topic below for more information about:

Schedules

Layouts

Zones

Playlists

Files and Folders

Media types

Enhancing your digital signage

2.1 Using Schedules

Your iCOMPEL is designed to run continuously. You control which Layouts are displayed on what days and at which

times by creating a Schedule. A Schedule always contains at least one Schedule Entry , which defines at least one

iCOMPEL action, that often specifies which Layout to display. A Schedule entry does not necessarily specify a Layout

change; it could specify some other action, for example switching the Audio to Mute which Layout to display. A Schedule

entry does not necessarily specify a Layout change, it could specify some other action, for example switching the Audio to

Mute.

The Schedule Entries define periods of time during which actions occur. The program of Schedule Entries repeats on a

weekly cycle. The Default Schedule Entry defines the Layout that appears, or the actions that occur, when no other

Schedule entry is active.

The iCOMPEL always displays the Schedule with the most recent start time. Once a Schedule starts running it

continues until another Schedule is set to begin, If there is only one Schedule it runs indefinitely.

A Schedule might have a Schedule Entry playing Layout X running from 4:00pm to 6:00pm on Mondays to Fridays,

another Schedule Entry playing Layout Y running from 2:00pm to 8:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays, and the default

Schedule Entry, playing Layout Z running at all other times.

Whenever you make a change to a Schedule or Layout, remember to click the Activate Schedule and Layouts button

to implement your changes.

You can temporarily interrupt a Schedule by using a Schedule Override .

The Schedules page

The Schedules page lists all the Schedules that have been configured for this channel. To add a new Schedule and

define its properties, click on the Add Schedule tab .

You can use the Copy button to copy a Schedule, and the Delete button to permanently delete a

Schedule. Deleting a Schedule does not delete any Layouts associated with the Schedule.

You can view and modify the Schedule contents by clicking the Edit button . You can change the name of a

Schedule on the Properties tab. Each Layout change in a Schedule is defined by a Schedule Entry.