In this article, you will learn about to configure Parking Lot Signs.
Parking Lot signs are situated at the entrances of parking lots and will display information such as ‘status’, ‘rates’, ‘space availability' as well as custom messaging.
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The main difference between a Digital Directional sign and a Parking Lot sign is that a Parking Lot sign is linked to a Parking Lot Area. Parking Manager is then used to control Parking Lot ‘status’, ‘rates’ and ‘space availability'.
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Before proceeding with this article, users are required to have added a Digital Sign to Map since the Parking Lot Sign is a Digital Sign |
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Parking Sign Global Configuration Settings
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Adjusting the settings here will adjust all existing and newly created parking lot signs |
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3. Select 'Parking Lot Sign’ from the list and you will see the right-hand side column appear with the settings for your configuration
GENERAL tab
ICON sub-tab
4. Icon: The blue parking icon is the default option. Select the dropdown to choose another icon. You will need to have uploaded icons in order to see more options.
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To learn how to upload icons, please click here. |
AVAILABLE SPACES sub-tab
5. Label: You can add a message to say how many spaces are left. This will appear after the number.
(e.g. 120 “Available”)
6. Label text colour: Change the colour of your label here. The default is white, #FFF
RATES sub-tab
7. Rates text colour: Change the colour of your rates here. The default is yellow #FDC427
(e.g. $12 hr / $25 day will be in yellow colour)
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LAYOUT SPECIFIC tab
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Everything underneath Layout Specific only affects a certain parking sign type, hence the name layout specific. You will need to choose a sign type to apply these changes to. Remember to save changes before choosing another sign type. The changes will only be made effective if you save |
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11. Activate Show Icon if you want to show the icon on the sign
FORMAT sub-tab
12. Text Align: Select the dropdown and choose if you want to display your text in the centre or on the left side of the sign type
PARKING STATUS MAPPING sub-tab
In this section, you can replace any of the status names with your own customised name.
You can keep the defaults if you are happy with the default status names.
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17. Hidden/Disabled: Instead of hidden/disabled, you can have a status that says “Not for public use”
18. Save changes
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Parking Lot Sign Individual Configuration Settings
For Parking Lot Sign P 5.2
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Adjusting the settings here will only adjust the current parking lot sign you have clicked on. You will need to click on another parking lot sign to adjust those settings as well. |
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7. Use Pixel Design: Selecting this option makes all the wordings on the sign become a pixilated font.
This option can be used if it helps the drivers notice the signs more clearly
Parking Lot section
8. Name: This is the parking lot that is linked to the sign. Click on the dropdown to choose another parking lot to link the sign with. You need to choose a parking lot here in order to activate the toggles below
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As you make the changes, you can see all of it in the preview |
Title Slot section
13. Select icon: Select the dropdown to choose another icon. The default icon is the blue parking one. When you choose an icon, the preview of how the icon looks like can be seen on the left.
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21. Look at the preview and notice that we now have an orange background for part of the sign
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Content Slot section
22. There are two slots for you to add two dictionary items. These slots show the messaging content of the parking lot sign (i.e. messages to remind drivers to “please slow down” or “no tailgating”). Go and add a dictionary item to the content slot
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As a side note, we have removed Orange Zone to make some space for this example. |
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For Parking Lot Sign V 6 & 6.2
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Adjusting the settings here will only adjust the current parking lot sign you have clicked on. You will need to click on another parking lot sign to adjust those settings as well. |
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7. Use Pixel Design: Selecting this option makes all the wordings on the sign become a pixilated font.
This option can be used if it helps the drivers notice the signs more clearly.
Parking Lot section
8. Name: This is the parking lot that is linked to the sign. Click on the dropdown to choose another parking lot to link the sign with
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12. Show Rates: Activate this toggle if you want to show the rates for using this parking lot
Title Slot section
13. Select icon: Select the dropdown to choose another icon. The default icon is the blue parking one. When you choose an icon, the preview of how the icon looks like can be seen on the left
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21. Look at the preview and notice that we now have a red background for part of the sign
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Content Slot section
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We have returned YouTube Theater background colour to normal in this example. |
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27. Reminder to look at the preview of how your parking lot may look like. Adjust the settings again if needed
28. Save changes
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Different layout combinations
The follow is an example of the different layout combinations you can have on your parking lot signs.
This will give you a general idea of where everything is located and what the customer would see.
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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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