Marquee Manager Gateway Defaults

About this task

The Marquees folder allows users to add and maintain default messages on each marquee that has been configured in Marquee Manager Administrator.

The default configuration allows you to set word wrapping details for multiple line marquees, taking long messages values such as {ALARM.MESSAGE} and wrapping them across multiple lines.

Marquee Manager Gateway: Add a Marquee Default

Procedure

Expand the Marquees folder.

Select a configured marquee to which a default message should be sent.

Options are as follows.


Field		Description
Configuration
	Line Length	Display line number of characters determines when to wrap the message to the next line. Note: The number can be entered or selected by scrolling the field.
	Word Wrap Length	Where to divide a word to wrap it to the next line. Words longer than this value will be broken with a – at a point that is equal to or less than the value. The remaining portion will be wrapped to the next line. (See Note below for additional details) If the last word on line 1 is broken with a - and it exceeds the word wrap length, the whole word will be wrapped to the next line based on what is configured in the Word Wrap Length field. Example A message to be displayed is:“My MMSGWCIMP Test Message” Line Length set to 20. Word Wrap set to 6. Normally Message would be broken with a - since it is longer than 6 characters; however, as the break would leave less than 4 characters on line 1, the whole word Message will get bumped to the next line.
Default Message
	Text	Text for the marquee’s default message. Notes The default message for a marquee will display if no alarms are coming from the Gateway for CIMPLICITY for that marquee. Point values can be inserted in the alarm text with the following syntax: `{POINT.`pointID`}`. Important: Point ID lengths can have a maximum of 255 characters.
	Foreground	Use either method to select the foreground color. Choose a color from the dropdown list of predetermined colors, Click the color swatch to the right of the dropdown list; create a custom color.
	Background	Use either method to select the background color. Choose a color from the dropdown list of predetermined colors, Click the color swatch to the right of the dropdown list; create a custom color.
	Scrolling	Options are: Default No Scrolling Slow Speed Medium Speed Fast Speed.
	Font	Font options are: Default Small
	Mode	The dropdown list contains the following choices to establish how the information will display on the marquee. Static Flashing Fast Flashing Strobe Reverse Reverse Flash Reverse Fast Flash
	Justification	Message layout on the marquee. The message can be: Right-aligned Left-aligned Centered

Note:

If a marquee is configured in the Gateway with a default message, then it is removed from Marquee Manager Server, it will show up in the tree view under the Marquees folder with an X. The Gateway will then allow this marquee to be deleted.
A Groups folder will display in the tree view under the Marquee folder, if

If you are using Marquee Manager Gateway for CIMPLICITY version 9.0 or higher,
Distribution Lists are configured in Marquee Manager.

When an item is selected in Groups, there is an option to configure the Line Length and Word Wrap Length.

Words longer than this value will be broken with a – at a point that is equal to or less than the value.
The remaining portion will be wrapped to the next line. (See Note below for additional details)
If the last word on line 1 is broken with a - and it exceeds the word wrap length, the whole word will be wrapped to the next line based on what is configured in the Word Wrap Length field.Example
- A message to be displayed is:“My MMSGWCIMP Test Message”
- Line Length set to 20.
- Word Wrap set to 6.
Normally Message would be broken with a - since it is longer than 6 characters; however, as the break would leave less than 4 characters on line 1, the whole word Message will get bumped to the next line.