Venus Control Suite: No content showing up on the display, No playlist created or incomplete settings

Potential Symptoms

Display is blank with a blinking LED (heartbeat LED) and DMP and VIP are showing as online with no communication errors within VCS.
A sale may be present but content for that specific slot is not appearing on the display.
New content is not showing up on sign but older content is still playing.
Playlist/s have a red ! and one or more elements of playlist have a red dashed underline (_ _ _ _).

When viewing the playlist, 0 Items, or 0 Displays may show under the title.

VCS Dashboard reads: "No Content Playing" & "There is no content is playing at this time."

Environment

Products: Galaxy, GalaxyPro, GS6, GC6, Electronic Message Center (EMC), Marquee, Readerboard, Electronic Message Board (EMB), Display, M2, M3, M4 Controller based products
Components:
Control System: Venus Control Suite

Cause

No playlists have been created in VCS, or an element in the playlist settings is incomplete.

Resolution

Create a playlist and add media content and devices to the playlist following: Venus Scheduling: How do I schedule content in Venus Control Suite?
- Content will automatically publish to the display once the device and media content have been added.

KB ID: 000011079

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