Exit slides

Using STQRY Signage

Location programs

  • Explain what a location program is and which customers need one
  • Describe zones, triggers and manual cues and how they interact
  • Explain how a display gets its position, including serving it from one device to others
  • Say what location programs don't do yet

What is a location program?

  • Content follows the display's position
  • Built for boats, buses, trains and shuttles
  • Needs Signage - Standard

Harbour Open water Lighthouse Welcome aboard The lighthouse

Zones, triggers and cues

Passes a point Driver presses Zone loop Zone Zone Trigger Cue After each one, the zone takes over again

Zones cover an area

  • Polygons or circles on the map
  • Each plays a playlist, a media item or a live map

The Happy Pedals shuttle van program in Builder. The Zones tab lists Van, We're here; Van, Onboard loop; and Live map, drawn on a map of Ottawa and Gatineau.

Which zone plays when zones overlap?

  • The one highest in the list wins
  • Specific zones go above general ones
  • Outside every zone, the display goes blank

1 2 3 Top wins 1 We're here 2 Onboard loop 3 Live map

Triggers fire at a point

  • A point with a radius
  • Fires once per pass, then a cooldown
  • A fence bearing makes it one-way

Radius Fires Doesn't fire

Will a coach catch this trigger?

  • 60 km/h, the coach's speed
  • 50 m trigger radius
  • 10 s between positions

Most of the time, it won't.

Buttons for the driver

  • Cues for moments with no fixed place
  • The driver's tablet runs in Controller mode
  • Players poll it for cues

The Manual tab of the shuttle van program, with a Pickup group holding Welcome aboard and Safety briefing, an Arrival group holding We're here, and Shuttle times and Hire rates cues.

How does a display know where it is?

Location source For
On device Phones and tablets with GPS
Poll a server Fire TV, Windows
None The default, so the display stays black

The Edit display form in Builder with the Location source list open, showing None, On device and Poll a server.

One GPS tablet serves the whole vehicle

GPS Tablet Fire TV Fire TV Fire TV Serves its position

What location programs don't do yet

  • The audio companion doesn't follow a location program yet
  • Zones have no time-of-day rules
  • No position, no content

Check your understanding

  1. How do four Fire TV Sticks on a coach get a position?
  2. A new vehicle display is black, with no message. What do you check first?
  3. Can passengers hear landmark commentary on their own phones?
  1. Fire TV Sticks have no GPS. Put one tablet with GPS on board and turn on Serve this position to other displays. Set each stick's location source to Poll a server, pointed at the tablet.
  2. The display's Location source. It defaults to None, which leaves the display silent and black. Then check the display isn't outside every zone.
  3. Not yet. The audio companion doesn't follow location programs. Triggers can play commentary through the vessel's own displays and speakers today.

Connecting People, Places and Stories.

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