Marquee Manager Client Slots

Procedure

  1. Expand the Marquees folder.
  2. Select the marquee to which a message will be added.
  3. Right-click Slots in the tree view and select New Slot. Or, select the Slots folder and click New Slot on the toolbar. The Slots Details options are as follows.
    Field Description
    Priority Order in which messages that are sent to the sign will be displayed. Priorities are 1 – 9, where 1 is the highest priority Default is 9.
    Text Message that will display for each line of the selected sign.
    Note: Sign properties in the drop down menus are automatically limited to the selected sign’s capabilities. Features, whose options can be selected from the drop down lists, include:
    • Foreground
    • Scrolling
    • Font
    • Background
    • Mode
    • Justification
    Preview Reflects what is currently on the marquee.  It will display any slots, if available, or display the default message that was configured in the Marquee Manager Administrator. Note: The Preview is only an approximation of the exact marquee contents.   All textual data will be correct but slot order, font, pixel height etc. may not match exactly.

     

    Click the Save icon to save your new Slot details 

    guide: Guidelines
    • If the number of slots exceeds the queue size configured on the marquee in the Marquee Manager Administrator, the message will be submitted and will wait until an available slot is available or a match is found on the priority threshold set for that marquee. If the Queue size is set to 5 and more than five slots have been added in the Marquee Manager Client, only those matching the priority threshold set on that marquee will be displayed. Priority threshold is set to 3 on that marquee, only those slots with a priority of 3 or higher will be displayed.   The two remaining slots will display when the higher priority slots have been cleared.
    • Any marquees that have an unknown display type will display in the tree view with a red X through the Marquee icon