Specifications

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Creating Digital Signage

Repeat

Use this option to restrict the Schedule Entry to a repeating time window within the overall Period.

The minimum Repeat For duration is 30 seconds. Repeat Every must be at least 30 seconds more than the Repeat For

setting.

To set up a repeating Schedule of, for example, three Layouts lasting 10 minutes each, you would give the Layouts start

times 10 minutes apart, repeat intervals of 30 minutes, and durations of 10 minutes each.

Ad hoc

You can define the Schedule Entry as an Ad hoc Schedule Item. This means that an Ad hoc user can change the

Period and Repeat settings for this Schedule Entry. A typical use for this might be in a Schedule Entry used to show

information during the lunch hour at staff canteens on different sites. The Ad hoc user would be able to set the times for the

lunch hour on their site, which might differ from the times at other sites. More about Ad hoc content...

Schedule Entry Actions

You can specify an Action to take place whenever the Schedule Entry begins. You can set the following actions when you

create a Schedule Entry:

Audio - mute or unmute the Audio soundtrack for the Layout. If the Audio is muted, then no sound is heard.

Screen - switch the Screen on or off. You may wish to switch off a screen at times when your building is unoccupied.

This means you can allow the iCOMPEL to run continuously and to start displaying content automatically when the

building is next open.

Layout - select the Layout for the Schedule Entry

Advance To - synchronizes the display across different Zones. More about synchronizing the display...

The Advance To action is not enabled if there are no Rendezvous Points defined.

Including a Layout in a Schedule Entry

You can show a particular Layout at a specific time of day by creating a Schedule Entry for those times and specifying

the Layout. To add a Layout to a Schedule Entry follow these steps:

1. Either:

select Schedules, then Manage Schedules, and click Edit for the Schedule you want to add an Layout

to.

select Schedules, then the name of the Schedule you want to add a Layout to.

2. Select the Add Schedule Entry tab.

3. Use the drop-down lists to enter the start and end times for the Schedule Entry, and select or clear the check-boxes for

the days of the week. More about Schedule Entry settings...

4. Select the Layout name from the drop-down list, and select any other Schedule Entry Actions...

5. Click Add Schedule Entry.

6. On the Schedule page, click Save Changes.

7. Click Activate Schedules and Layouts to make your changes live.

Changing the Layout in a Schedule Entry

To change the Layout in a Schedule Entry follow these steps:

1. Either: