Marquee Manager Marquee Type: Types Overview

The range of Options you are offered for each marquee is dependent on which manufacturer and model you chose. Each marquee type has list of configurable options.

Andon Bin Cell Andon Char Cel   Clock Color Block   Controller   Counter   Marquee   Sounder   Stack Light
Option Definition Marquee Type
Cell Height The height, in model specific units (perhaps pixels), of each cell within an Andon type display.
Cell Width The width, in model specific units (perhaps pixels) of each cell within an Andon type display.
Channel Info Number of speaker channels.
Channel Volume Speaker volume of specific speaker channel.
Cyclic Settings Tune type commands that are available. Options are:
  • On duration only.
  • Continuous only.
  • Full cyclic tunes with on, off, and iteration control.
Default Delay Length of time to wait with an empty message queue before sending the default message.
Delivery Confirmation Enable or disable confirmation that the message was delivered to the appropriate display. If delivery was unsuccessful, the logs will indicate that the delivery failed.
Insertion Order Location for inserting new messages in the queue. Options are:
  • LIFO: Last In First Out
The last message received is displayed first in the queue.
  •  FIFO: First in First Out
Messages are displayed in the order they are received.
Justification/Alignment Support Layout of the message on the marquee. Options on the Marquee are:
  • Right-aligned
  • Left-aligned
  • Centered
Keep Alive Interval Interval at which something (keep-alive) is sent to the board to avoid dropping the connection.
Maximum Duration Maximum number of seconds to display the message. Default is calculated as 400 milliseconds per character for the length of the roll-up message. Note: Once the value is calculated, it will be increased to the min viewing duration if smaller, or limited to the max if larger.
Maximum Roll-ups Maximum number of roll-up pages will be sent. Note: This is calculated after a message has been broken down into pages.
Minimum Duration Minimum number of seconds to display the message. The Default is calculated as 400 milliseconds per character for the length of the roll-up message. Note: Once this value is calculated, it will be increased to the min viewing duration if smaller, or limited to the max if larger.
Number of Bins per Cell Number of cell variables, or bins, available per cell.
Number of Columns Number of columns on a particular cell board.
Number of Lines Number of vertical lines on the marquee.
Number of Rows Number of rows on a particular cell board.
Number of Slots Number of messages in the queue that will be displayed.
Number of Tunes Number of tunes available for a particular sounder.
Priority Threshold Lowest or highest priority message that will be queued and sent to the marquee.
Roll-up Wrapping Length Length a particular word must be in order to be split and hyphenated, rather than carried to the next line.
Scroll Mode List of the available scroll modes for the target. The options include, enabled, disable, or roll-up.
Sign Height Height, in model specific units (e.g. pixels), of the target.
Sign Width Width, in model specific units (e.g. pixels), of the target.
Slot Throttling Rate Minimum time between messages sends (not yet implemented).
Time Format Marquee will display in 12 or 24 hours from the Time Display drop-down.
Tune Auto Clear Amount of time to allow a tune to play before clearing automatically.  This will clear the tune from the sounders queue even if the clear for it has not yet been processed.