General

The Digital Signage module is used for general (internal) communication. The module is made up of various widgets that display location-specific information.

When you click on “Digital Signage” in the module menu, you will get an overview of all existing modules of this type and a button to add a new Digital Signage module.

The management of Digital Signage consists of various tabs.

Examples 

There are no examples available yet.

General functionalities

• Delete a digital signage module: the entire module is deleted

• Duplicate a digital signage module: the entire module, including all its contents, is duplicated

• Cancel a digital signage module: all changes that were made before saving can be cancelled by clicking the cancel button

Basic

Open

The basic information contains the following settings:

• Module name: internal work name

Playlists

Open

Playlists are created and managed here that are played via a carousel on the deployment PC.

There is a list of all created playlists that can be filtered by name on the left-hand side; there is also the possibility to change, delete or add items.

A playlist has the following properties:

• Playlist title: internal work name

• Media items

  • Media file (for each language possible)

  • Title: internal work name

  • Type: static of placeholder (default static)

  • Time: how long the item is visible in the playlist

Playlist calendar

You can now set a playlist calendar for your signage screen.

Tutorial on how to use the Playlist Calendar:

1. Choose in content layout the option ‘set playlist by date’

2. Go to playlist calendar

3. Click ‘add custom timeslot’

4. Choose a start date and time

5. Choose an end date and time

6. Choose an active playlist for that timeslot

7. Override playlist can be activated if you have multiple timeslot who interrupt each other

Widgets

Various location-based settings are configured in this tab.

The following matters can be set:

• Logo: image that can be set per language (slogans…)

• Weather: you choose the country and city where the deployment pc is located here

• Message Ticker

  • You will get a list of messages on the left-hand side to which you can add, delete or change items.

  • You can give a different input to a message per language.

• Embed

  • You will get a list of “embedded” items on the left-hand side to which you can add, delete or change items.

  • An embed is used to display an existing web app/webpage via an iframe

Attention: not all external websites allow embedding.

Content Layout

This tab determines how the module will be visually built up on the deployment PC; you can determine here which playlist is active and which widgets are shown where.