SCHEDULER

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see video tutorial: https://www.pocketvj.com/pocketvj-exhibition

CLOCK

Check => Check internal date and time

Display => Show a clock on screen

Set => Sets the correct time from the user accessing the PocketVJ, might take 2 attempts

SCHEDULER

Enable => Enable Scheduler

Disable => Disable Scheduler

SCHEDULER

Every => Helps you selecting the correct time

and the task

TIMETABLE

Show => to make sure the timetable is loaded to PocketVJ

COMMANDS

Write Scheduler => Write the made timetable to system

Note

make sure the last command is an empty line! otherwise it will not work as expected!!

Every task seen in the Control Panel can be scheduled!

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Example:

Starts playing all videofiles on 08:01pm resp. 20:01 o’clock:

01 20 * * * /var/www/sync/startmaster

Commands:

Stop: /var/www/sync/stopall

Play video 01_* once: /var/www/sync/startmasterone01

Beameron: /var/www/sync/beameron

Beameroff: /var/www/sync/beameroff

Start Mapper: /var/www/sync/relaunchmapper

Note

startmaster01 goes up to startmaster99

startmasterone01 goes up to startmasterone99 (only up to 20 with SLIDESHOW after)

startless01 goes up to startless12 (loops without sync)

startlesseronce01 goes up to startlesseronce20 (once without sync)

startlesser01 goes up to startlesser05 (start video without stopping anything)

If you need from once specific command more scripts, just copy and edit them in /var/www/sync/ or open an issue on github to ask for more scripts.

COUNTDOWN

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60 => Enter the time in Seconds

and click:

set Time => Set time

Start => Starts the countdown, when finished it will trigger all videos as Master

Stop => Stops the countdown

Note

Countdown was introduced with image 4.0.7, older systems need python3-pygame to be installed from SYSTEM SETTINGS!