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Venus Scheduling: How do I create a playlist override in Venus Control Suite?

Topic

  • How do I create a playlist override in Venus Control Suite (VCS)?
  • How do I create schedule interrupt or rotational override in Venus Control Suite?

Environment

  • Product: Venus Select, Venus Professional, Venus Enterprise
  • Components: 
  • Control System: Venus Cloud-Based, Venus Local
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Steps

Overrides are created as a way to create interrupt what is scheduled to play on your display.  You can use overrides to quickly push messages to displays.  This can be useful for site visits or in the event of an emergency.

  1. Log into Venus Control Suite Venus Accounts: How do I log in to Venus Control Suite?
  2. Select Scheduling from the My Apps menu

Click on the arrows to expand each section 

Create a new override playlist.
  1. From the Playlist Page, click Add New to create a new playlist.
  2. Pick Override from the dropdown.

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      Assign displays to playlist
      1. Click + in the Displays tile to select the displays the new playlist will appear on.
      2. A right side-out should appear that lists your account's displays. 
      3. Select the displays.  A check mark identifies which display(s) you have selected and generates a list under the Displays tile.
      4. Click on the X in the top right corner to close the slide-out.

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      For large groups of displays, it will be helpful to filter by dimensions or tags.  

        Select media 
        1. Click + in the top corner of the Media Files tile. The Select Media menu will slide-out from the right side. 
        2. Locate the desired media file using the filter options. The media filter can limit results using file title, modified date, account name, association, file type, dimension, and associated tags.
        3. Select the desired media file(s) from the list within the Select Media menu by clicking +. The Media files list will populate with the selected media files. 
          1. Remove a media file from the list by clicking +, or remove all media files by clicking Remove All. 
        4. Click on the X in the top right corner to close the slide-out.

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        Saving a playlist

        1. Select either Save or Save As from the drop-down menu. 
        2. If you selected Save As, enter a new title for the Playlist.

        👉 Only overrides marked as Active will send to the selected display(s).

        Note:  You can create multiple overrides that overlap a time period, but you need to make sure that both overrides are set up using the same override mode, either both being set to Exclusive, or both set to Rotational.

        Venus Control Suite Onboarding
        For additional information, please visit:  https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/support/venus-control-suite/onboarding-basic/creating-content

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