Cloud Signage/Clusters/Batch Settings

Batch Settings

A cluster’s real power is in its batches and its sync. A batch is a set of screens that share content; sync keeps those screens playing that content in lock-step, so a video wall or a row of boards stays in step.

Display on the wall

Think of one physical display made of several screens. You group the portrait panels into one batch and the landscape panels into another, give each batch the content that fits its orientation, and let Sync start and advance them together:

  • Cluster: Lobby Wall
    • Batch: Vertical, the portrait panels, playing a portrait poster loop
    • Batch: Horizontal, the landscape panels, playing a landscape video loop

Each batch is independent in what it plays, but the cluster’s Sync keeps every screen aligned in when it plays.

Add a batch

On the Cluster settings page, click + Add Batch, name it, and click Create Batch.

The top of a cluster's page, with the cluster controls in a row and the Add Batch button under themAdds a batch
The Create Batch window with the Batch Name field above the Create Batch buttonCreates itThe batch's name

The new batch appears as its own card, ready for you to add screens and content.

Give a batch its content

Each batch card carries its own row of buttons:

  • Restart Screens restarts the screens in this batch.
  • Manage Playlist or Manage Files appear here depending upon whether you selected Files or Playlist on the Cluster Settings page.
  • Manage Screens chooses which screens are in it.
  • Edit renames it.
  • Delete removes it.
A batch card, with its name, its row of buttons and the screens in the batch below themThe batch's own buttonsThe screens in this batch

Manage Playlist opens like this.

The batch page: the screens in the batch on the left, the playlists in the middle and the selected playlist on the right, with Save Changes at the topThe screens in this batchPick one playlistSaves the choice

Manage Files opens like this.

The batch page in Files mode: the default duration at the top, the slots with one column for each screen on the left, the media files and widgets on the right, and Save Changes at the top rightTime for each slotOne column for each screen in the batchMedia files and widgets to drag inSaves the batch's files

Keep it in sync

Two header controls make the “in step” part work:

  • Sync On. When on, every screen in the cluster starts and advances together. Toggle it off only if you want the screens to play independently.
  • Save. After changing a batch’s screens or content, click this to save and push the setup to every screen at once, synchronized.
The row of cluster controls, with the sync toggle and the save buttonKeeps them in step

Watch it live

With Live Data On, each batch tile shows a live preview of what that screen is actually displaying, so you can confirm the whole wall is aligned at a glance (an offline screen shows “Screen Disconnected”).

A cluster's page with Live Data on and a tile for each screen in the batchWhat each screen showsOne tile for each screen

Remove a batch

A batch’s Delete button removes it after a confirmation; its screens leave the batch and stay on the account.

The Delete Batch window, with the question above the Cancel and Delete buttonsKeeps the batchRemoves it

See also: Clusters overview · Groups.

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