Black Box iCOMPEL 2U Series User Manual page 70

iCOMPEL Digital Signage User Guide (V9.2.3)
To illustrate that mechanism, here is a sequence of items in a playlist:
Rendezvous Point: Start
Default Movie item
Advance To: Start
Rendezvous Point: Option1
Option1 Movie Item
Advance To: Start
Rendezvous Point: Option2
Option2 Movie item
Advance To: Start
That playlist sequence might run like this:
1. The iCOMPEL plays Default Movie item in a continuous loop created by the Advance To command and rendezvous
point Start.
2. An Advance To command Option1 arrives from an ad hoc page.
3. The iCOMPEL starts playing the item after rendezvous point Option1 and this is Option1 Movie Item.
4. At the end of Option1 Movie item, the iCOMPEL processes the Advance To command Start.
5. The iCOMPEL therefore returns to rendezvous point Start and plays the Default Movie Item again in a continuous loop.
To create a sub-playlist loop, follow these steps:
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 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, 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
button.
7. Make the layout live by adding to a schedule and clicking the
You are now able to switch between playlists by adding Advance To commands to an ad hoc page:
1. Select Media > Manage Ad hoc items, and click the Add Item tab.
2. Select the Advance To type, enter a name, and click the
each rendezvous point.
3. Select Media > Design Pages > Manage Ad hoc pages, and click the Add Pages tab.
4. Create a new page with a name such as 'Movie control'.
5. Click the button and 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.
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button. Repeat to add an Advance To command for