Schedule
Go to the Schedule tab to find a list of all broadcasts. You can also add new broadcasts or edit your existing ones.
A broadcast is the sum of all contents that are supposed to be played back on a particular client. A broadcast can be made up of one or several campaigns. A broadcast also contains information about the playback times of the campaigned assigned to it.
The broadcast, therefore, includes the content and the playing schedule for a client or a group of clients. If you want to change what a client or group of clients is supposed to play back, e.g. if you want to assign a new campaign, simply edit the broadcast that has been assigned to these clients.
Schedule
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Add broadcast
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Creates a new broadcast. Automatically opens a dialog box which lets you select a campaign and assign it to this broadcast. When finished creating a broadcast, you can use the Add campaign button to add additional campaigns to a broadcast.
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Refresh
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Refreshes the view of the broadcast list.
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Zoom level of the timeline
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Shows the year, month and day depending on the zoom level.
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Zoom options
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Use this button to adjust the zoom level of the time scale. Use -/+ for intermediate levels, e.g. two weeks.
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Time functions
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Use these buttons to move ahead and back along the time scale, jump directly to the current date or select a date to which you want to jump.
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Time scale
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The view of the time scale or timeline varies with the selected zoom level. The view either shows month, day or hour.
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Show/hide details
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Shows or hides the detailed view for an individual broadcast. Detailed view provides information about the schedules of the individual campaigns that make up a broadcast and allows you to edit them.
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Broadcast name
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Display name of the broadcast.
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Add campaign
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You can use this button to add a campaign to a broadcast. This automatically opens a dialog box which lets you select a campaign and assign it to this broadcast.
The option named Disabled is used for script-controlled campaigns and only needs to be activated for custom projects.
Activating the checkbox will stop the normal play mode of the campaign, it then completely depends on script commands.
Choose the screen for the campaign if necessary (only for SiteKiosk 8.1 and above). The options are Not restricted (default, also applies to all clients that are not SiteKiosk 8.1 and above), Primary
display, Secondary display and the screensaver on the primary display.
In addition, you can set the length of the break between the repeats of the playbacks of a campaign. The playback is repeated when the playback time is longer than the duration of a campaign. This section also lets you define the weekdays, the times of day, and the exact start and end date when the campaign is supposed to be played back.
If you want to play back more than one campaign on a particular day and have them played back two or more times a day at different times, add the corresponding campaign to the broadcast several times and assign each campaign its own individual schedule.
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Rename
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Allows you to assign a different display name to a broadcast.
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Sequence
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Assists you, when you want to show campaigns in a specific order.
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Delete broadcast
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Deletes an individual broadcast.
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Display order
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Shows the position of a campaign within a broadcast. The lower this number the higher the playback priority of a campaign. This position is important when the schedules of individual campaigns contained in a broadcast overlap. Overlaps are sensible if you want to, for example, create a base campaign which is supposed to be displayed at all times provided no other campaign is scheduled for playback.
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Change display order
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Use the arrow icons to move a campaign within a broadcast and, thereby, change their playback priority.
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Campaign name
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Display name of a campaign that has been assigned to a broadcast.
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Menu
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Opens a contextual menu that contains different options that are related to the campaign. You can bring up this menu by right-clicking on a campaign bar.
Edit
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This option brings up a dialog box that shows the schedule of a campaign.
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Jump to beginning
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Jumps to the start point of a campaign along the timeline.
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Jump to end
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Jumps to the end point of a campaign along the timeline. Keep in mind that this option will not affect campaigns that do not have any fixed expiration date.
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Delete
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This option deletes a campaign from a broadcast.
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Assigned Display
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Shows the selected display option for a campaign. This option is only relevant for SiteKiosk 8.1 and above.
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Campaign bars
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The campaign bars are a graphical representation of a campaign schedule. The bar is either continuous, if the campaign is displayed without interruption, or interrupted if the campaign is displayed, for instance, only on the weekend.
If campaign schedules overlap within a broadcast, the color shade used to indicate the playback priority for campaigns that are listed lower will be fainter when campaigns with a higher priority are in use.
Depending on zoom level and schedule some details may not always be visible.
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