Specifications

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1. Click on a Zone to edit its Playlist.

2. Click on the Specials tab.

3. Type the name of the loop into the Rendezvous Point text box (use as descriptive a name as possible).

4. Click the Add button to add the Rendezvous Point to the Playlist.

5. Add the items that must appear in the sub-playlist in the usual manner. If you want a sub-playlist to play just once then

insert an image at the end with an indefinite duration.

6. In the Specials tab, select the Rendezvous point by name from the Advance To Rendezvous Point list and click the Add

button.

7. Make the Layout live by adding to a Schedule, and clicking the Activate Schedules and Layouts button.

You are now able to switch between Playlists by adding options to an Ad hoc Page and then selecting them, as explained

in the next section.

Add Advance To commands to an Ad hoc Page

To add an Advance to command to an Ad hoc page, follow these steps:

1. Select Manage Ad hoc items, and click the Add Item tab.

2. Add an Advance To item by typing in a name and clicking the Add button. Repeat this action to create an advance to

action for each Rendezvous point.

3. Select Manage Ad hoc pages, and click the Add Pages tab.

4. Create a new page with a name such as Movie control.

5. Add the Ad hoc items for each Rendezvous point to the Ad hoc page.

6. In the Properties tab, select the users who are allowed to call the commands.

7. Click Apply Changes.

4.1.3 Other uses for Advance To commands

Other uses of Advance to commands:

There are a number of mechanisms for moving to a named Rendezvous point. They include:

An Advance To command executed in any currently playing Playlist (including its own Playlist).

An Advance To command delivered over the iCOMPEL players Ethernet port in the form of an XML message posted to

the HTML TCP port.

You can add Advance to commands to Schedule Entries and to Ad hoc pages.

Transitions of binary input lines (delivered via the RS-232 port). These events can be configured to create Advance To

commands. (See Using the RS-232 interface )

Touch events derived from an attached touch sensitive overlay panel. (see Using Touch screens )

Any Playlist that receives an Advance To command interrupts the media it is currently playing and re-starts the Playlist

at the media item following the Rendezvous point identified by its name.

A named Rendezvous Point can only occur once in a Playlist. However, there are no limits to the number of Advance To

commands and Rendezvous points in a Layout.