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Using STQRY Signage

Schedules

  • Explain what a schedule is and when a customer needs one
  • Describe the fields on a time block and how priority decides what plays
  • Set up a fallback block so a display is never empty
  • Diagnose a schedule running at the wrong time

How does one display show different things at different times?

  • A calendar of time blocks
  • Each block plays a playlist or a media item
  • Exactly one block plays at a time

The Display content form for the Happy Pedals shop counter, with the content type list open. Schedule is ticked, alongside None, Playlist, Media item and Location program.

The shop counter's day

Morning Midday Evening Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Welcome loop, all day, priority 4 Playing Welcome Morning Midday Evening Welcome 07:00 11:00 16:00 20:00

What's inside a block?

  • What it plays
  • When it plays
  • How often it repeats
  • Its Priority

The Edit schedule item form for the Happy Pedals morning block. It plays the Morning playlist from 07:00 to 11:00, repeats Daily, at priority 1.

When blocks overlap, the lowest number plays.

How often does a block repeat?

  • Pick a repeat for every block
  • Daily for anything that runs every day
  • None means a one-off

How do you keep a display from going empty?

  • No active block shows "Display has no running playlists"
  • An all-day, Daily, lowest-priority block fills every gap
  • The badge stays green either way

A Happy Pedals welcome slide reading "Welcome in. Bike hire on the Rideau Canal, seven days a week."

Whose clock does a schedule follow?

  • Schedules resolve in each display's timezone
  • New records start on America/New_York
  • Wrong timezone, every block shifts

Right timezone Morning Midday Evening Left on America/New_York Morning Midday Evening 3 hours Every block 3 hours early 04:00 12:00 20:00 Local time in Vancouver

Check your understanding

  1. At 12:30, which Happy Pedals block plays, and why?
  2. A customer's display shows "Display has no running playlists" every evening. What do you suggest?
  3. A schedule is exactly five hours out. What do you check?
  1. Midday, at priority 2. The all-day block is active too, but priority 2 beats priority 4.
  2. Add an all-day block with a holding playlist, set it to Daily, and give it the lowest priority so it fills every gap.
  3. The display's timezone. It's probably still on the America/New_York default.

Connecting People, Places and Stories.

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