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9
T
HE DEFAULT EVEN
T
U
nderstandin
g
the Default Even
t
As mentioned earlier, the
s
chedule.
g
s
h
fi
le must alwa
y
s contain a
defau
l
t
e
v
e
n
t
.
The important thin
g
to remember when usin
g
Di
g
ital
S
i
g
na
g
e is that
s
omethin
g
(
some media
)
should be displa
y
ed at all times. A Di
g
ital
S
i
g
na
ge
application with nothin
g
displa
y
ed de
f
eats the whole purpose o
f
the application.
There
f
ore, the
default event
should display media content when other content is
t
n
ot scheduled to be pla
y
ed.
Example
p
:
Let’s sa
y
we have a Di
g
ital
S
i
g
na
g
e application in a retail store.
O
ur store hours
are
f
rom 9 - 6 ever
y
da
y
. We want Di
g
ital
S
i
g
na
g
e pla
y
in
g
durin
g
store hours and
a
f
ter store hours. However, we want di
ff
erent si
g
na
g
e pla
y
ed a
f
ter hours. Here’s
one wa
y
o
f
settin
g
this up
:
When our store is closed, our main Di
g
ital
S
i
g
na
g
e will no lon
g
er be displa
y
ed,
so
th
e
default event
will be used to “fi ll in the gap” when our store is closed.
t
S
ince we want this pla
y
ed ever
y
da
y
o
f
the week, we would set the in
f
ormation
be
tw
ee
n th
e
<
Da
y
OfWeek
>
openin
g
and closin
g
ta
g
s to:
1,
1
,
1
,
1
,
1
,
1
,1
.
Th
e
default event
will begin at 6:00 pm each night, and will end at 8:59:59 each morn-
t
in
g
.
<
D
e
f
au
l
t
Ev
e
n
t>
</
DefaultEvent
>
A
f
ter that time, our normal content would be pla
y
ed.
O
ur normal content would
then be
g
in at 9:00 am and continue until 5:59:59 pm. Note that the
defau
lt
e
v
e
n
t
does
n
o
t
co
nt
a
in th
e
<Sta
r
t
D
ate>
a
n
d
<
En
d
D
ate>
openin
g
and closin
g
ta
g
s.
S
ince we want this event to pla
y
this event all the time, no matter what da
y
it is, it
is unnecessar
y
to speci
fy
the dates.
<
Ev
e
n
t>
</
Event
>
This is onl
y
one example o
f
usin
g
the
defau
lt
e
v
e
n
t
.
O
ne example o
f
extendin
g
the
fl
exibilit
y
o
f
this Di
g
ital
S
i
g
na
g
e application mi
g
ht be to add events that would
onl
y
be pla
y
ed on
S
aturda
y
s and
S
unda
y
s.
<Da
y
OfWeek>1,1,1,1,1,1,1<
/
Da
y
OfWeek
>
<EventStart>18:00:00<
/
EventStart
>
<EventEnd>08:59:59<
/
EventEnd
>
<FileName>
/p
la
y
lists
/
closed.
gp
l<
/
FileName
>
<StartDate>10
/
1
/
2011<
/
StartDate
>
<EndDate>10
/
31
/
2011<
/
EndDate
>
<Da
y
OfWeek>1,1,1,1,1,1,1<
/
Da
y
OfWeek
>
<EventStart>09:00:00<
/
EventStart
>
<EventEnd>17:59:59<
/
EventEnd
>
<FileName>
/p
la
y
lists
/
o
p
en.
gp
l<
/
FileName
>