The layout Directional Sign is used to display ‘directions to locations’ and ‘messages’ on a digital sign. The Directional Sign layout can be used for Vehicular and Pedestrian Directional Signs.
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All types of directional signs possess the same function, the only difference is the number of slots you can fit in the display.
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Directional Sign Global Configuration Settings
Globally the Directional Sign layout has the following configuration settings:
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3. Select Directional Sign from the list and you will see the right hand side column appear with all the global settings
4. Force line break
An example of a force line break is if you have a copy Event Parking A on your directional sign, and you fill in Event Parking in the Force Line Break text box.Event Parking A would become:Event ParkingA
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Banner slideshow
5. Seconds per slide: Adjusts how long you want each experience to be shown on your directional sign. For example, if there are multiple experiences and this speed is set to 6, an experience will be shown for 6 seconds before it moves to the next one
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White: black border - This is a regular QR code with a black border around it
Explorer QR Code Digital Gateway
7. Call to action: This is a message that is placed on top of the QR code. The purpose of this message is to make the customer scan the QR code with their smartphone. The default message is: Scan for map
You are able to customise your message if you wish
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Event Parking A, Event Parking B, Event Parking C. PAM will automatically group them together as Event Parking A-C on the Directional Sign display. You can choose 3 options to concatenate: dash, comma, or to
You will need to choose the right your preferred option for each sign type as there are four different sign types.
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By default, all sign types will use dash
11. Parking status mapping: This option enables you to override the name of parking statuses. e.g. If you fill in the word “AVAILABLE” in the text box, the parking status ‘OPEN’ will switch to 'AVAILABLE' on the Directional Sign display
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Rules for Pedestrian Directional Sign P 3.1 & P 3.2
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Vehicular Directional Sign Individual Configuration Settings - V 3.1/V 3.2
Selecting a Digital Sign & Content Slots Configuration
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In order to differentiate Destination and Messaging Dictionary items inside the content slots, just remember this tip: Destination dictionary items: Have a blue glow around them when placed inside content slots Messaging dictionary items: Have a yellowglow around them when placed inside content slots |
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19. When ‘Reactive’ is activated, Parking Lot B will automatically disappear from the display, because the real-life status of Parking Lot B is ‘Closed’
20a. When ‘Reactive’ is activated, Sunday Farmers Market automatically disappears from the display, because Sunday Farmers Market is hidden in Map Editor. (continue to 18b to see how to activate hidden function and what this function can be used for)
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21. Use pixel design: Activating this will make all your directional sign content become a pixel font. This can be done regardless if reactive is activated or not. This option helps the wordings become more clear in terms of pixels used per inch. Customers who drive into your venue and look at these signs from a distance may notice a clearer difference but we suggest to test this out in real-life before making changes
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Explorer
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Digital Gateway
We will use the same sign to show how to activate the Explorer QR Code.
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2. Scroll down to the Explorer QR Code handoff Digital Gateway heading and activate Show on sign
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For the Banner Slideshow section, please click this article for more here.
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Pedestrian Directional Sign Individual Configuration Settings - P 3.1/P 3.2
Selecting a Digital Sign & Content Slots Configuration
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In order to differentiate Destination and Messaging Dictionary items inside the content slots, just remember this tip: Destination dictionary items: Have a blue glow around them when placed inside content slots Messaging dictionary items: Have a yellowglow around them when placed inside content slots |
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9. Select the settings icon for more configuration settings
10. Smaller text is allowed to be used when creating Pedestrian Directional Signs because, unlike drivers, pedestrians have better visibility
11. Indentation is allowed to be used when creating Pedestrian Directional Signs. The current indentation should be what is selected in blue in the photo
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17. You may notice that SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET looks different than the rest of the other sign content.
This is because we have adjusted the indentation and made to make the text smaller
18. We can see this This change is possible as the text is now on the smaller letter ‘A' and the indentation button selected is now on the right left side. Don’t forget that the blue highlighted colour is a confirmation of the choices you make.
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19. When you activate ‘Reactive’, this will automatically update all the locations according to their live real time status. (i.e. if they are have been hidden / not currently happening in real time, they won’t be seen as shown demonstrated with Sunday Farmers Market)
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20. Use pixel design: Activating this will make all your directional sign content transform into a pixel font. This can be done regardless if reactive is activated or not. This option helps the wordings become more clear in terms of pixels used per inch.
Customers who drive into your venue and see these signs from a distance may notice a clearer difference. However, we suggest to test this out and get feedback in real-life before making changes
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Explorer
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Digital Gateway
We will use the same sign to show how to activate the Explorer QR Code.
First, we need to make some space to ensure the whole QR Code is visible inside the sign.
If you prefer to do this on a new sign, you can create a new one and just activate the toggle. If you feel there is currently enough space on your sign, activate the Explorer Digital Gateway toggle directly.
Steps
1. We will remove some of the Content slot content. For this example, we will remove PAM Station, Sir Ronald Wilson Building and Parking Lot C. Click on the 'X' to remove
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2. Scroll down to the Explorer QR Code handoff Digital Gateway heading and activate Show on sign
3. You will now be able to see the QR Code appear on the Directional sign and the other content would have been removed
4. Save changes
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For information on the Banner Slideshow section, please click this article for more here.
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HINT: Please remember to always save changes no matter how small AND if other pages are opened in different tabs, you must refresh them for the changes to be seen. |
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