Specifications

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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V8.1.1)

2.1.1 Creating a Schedule

You need to create at least one Schedule to display content on your iCOMPEL. You can create additional Schedules if

you wish to.

To add a Schedule, follow these steps:

1. From the menu bar, select Schedules, then Manage Schedules.

2. To add a new Schedule click the Add Schedule tab.

3. Type in a name for the Schedule.

4. Enter the date and time for the Schedule to start. This setting is not shown for the first B you create.

5. Select the Layout for the Schedule.

6. Click the Add Schedule button.

Schedule Settings

You can define the following settings for a Schedule:

Schedule Name

A unique name for the Schedule.

Valid From

The date and time to start running this Schedule.

All schedules that are have 'Valid From' less than the current time are eligible to play. Schedules that do not satisfy

Conditional Play are not considered unless all schedules are Conditional Play and no schedule satisfies Conditional Play.

The schedule with the most recent 'Valid From' time will play if it satisfies all conditions.

Valid Until

The Valid Until setting can be:

Superseded. The Schedule will play until a more recent Schedule that satisfies other conditions becomes eligible.

Valid Date. The Schedule will stop on the specified date, and a more eligible Schedule will be selected. If no eligible

Schedule is found, then the current Schedule will continue playing.

A schedule will start on the 'Valid From' time provided there is not another schedule that best matches the conditions. The

Schedule will run until it is either superseded or until a 'Valid Until' time.

Show Layout

The Layout to show when this Schedule is started. You can change this by editing the Schedule.

2.1.2 Schedule entries

A Schedule Entry is a set of one or more actions for the iCOMPEL to perform at specified times. The actions that a

Schedule Entry can specify are displaying a Layout, switching a Screen on or off, switching Audio on or off, or

performing an Advance To command. Schedule Entries repeat over a weekly cycle. A program of Schedule Entries

make up a Schedule.

The first Schedule Entry, which is created automatically whenever you create a new Schedule, is the Default Schedule

Entry, and it does not have a start and end time. The Default Schedule Entry defines the default states for all the possible

actions including which Layout is displayed when no other Schedule Entry is active.

You can use Schedule Entries to create a complex sequence of actions, displaying different Layouts at different times of

the day and different days of the week, switching the display on and off, or repeating actions at specified intervals.