Add a widget: clock, weather, ticker
How to create a built-in widget with live data (clock, weather, exchange rates, timetable) and put it into a playlist.
Contents: 6
- 1. Open «Media» and switch to the «Widgets» tab.
- 2. Click «Create widget».
- 3. Pick a type, for example weather, and fill in its fields, for weather «City».
- 4. Enter «Widget name», for example vidzhet-pohoda, and click «Create».
- 5. Open a playlist, click «Choose» and add the widget from the media library.
- If it did not work
Open «Media» and switch to the «Widgets» tab.
You see the list of existing widgets and the «Create widget» button.
Click «Create widget».
A dialog with the widget type and its settings opens.
Pick a type, for example weather, and fill in its fields, for weather «City».
Enter «Widget name», for example vidzhet-pohoda, and click «Create».
The widget appears on the «Widgets» tab as a card.
Open a playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks., click «Choose» and add the widget from the media library.
The widget joins the content list; give it a duration like an image.
If it did not work
Symptom | What to do |
|---|---|
The widget is blank on screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. | The screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. has no internet access: widgets fetch data online. Check the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. connection |
Weather shows another city | Open the widget on the «Widgets» tab and fix «City»; save and wait for sync |
The widget is missing when choosing from the library | Widgets live on the separate «Widgets» tab, not in Home folders |
The screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. shows stale data | See stale content |
How to give the widget its own windowA zone of the screen (A to G) with its own size, position and playlists. next to promos: split the screen into zones.
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