Specifications

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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V8.1.1)

Duration properties

Opacity

Position and Size properties

Time validity

3.4.4 Duration

You can set the duration for the display of an item in a Playlist. The options are:

display the item indefinitely

display the item for a fixed period (in hours, minutes and seconds)

3.4.5 Position and Size

You can override the position and size settings for a Zone by changing the position and size settings for a single media

item.

NOTE: This setting is only visible if you have set the User Interface Policy to Detailed or Expert on the UI Options

page or if the property has already been enabled for a given item.

Override Position and Size settings for Playlist item

To override the position and size settings for an item, follow these steps:

1. Click to set the properties for a Playlist item.

2. Under Position and Size, select Use custom Position and size, and enter the:

.1. Left Edge and Top edge offsets for the top left corner for this item

.2. Width and Height value for this item

3.4.6 Opacity

You can control whether an item is transparent, partly transparent or completely opaque by adjusting the Opacity level. If

the opacity is set to 100, the item is completely opaque, and you cannot see any of the items underneath it. If the opacity

is set to 1, the item is almost completely transparent (invisible). Take care with this property, as very low values can make

an item very hard to see.

If an image file contains an alpha-channel (which contains transparency information), the alpha-channel values override the

Opacity setting.

More details on Opacity...

3.4.7 Time validity

Time Validity lets you control when individual Playlist items can be shown in a Playlist. For example, you may have

adverts that you only want to play on certain days of the week, or you may wish to show a traffic report after 5pm. Outside

the times you specify, the item is skipped when its turn comes in the Playlist.

The iCOMPEL tests the Time validity when a media item starts to play, but does not continue to check it while an item is

playing, so an Item may be playing outside its valid time. The iCOMPEL ignores Time Validity when you audition a media

item or a single Zone.

NOTE: This setting is only visible if you have set the User Interface Policy to Detailed or Expert on the UI Options

page or if the property has already been enabled for a given item.

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