How to turn of screens/pause content (for example during holidays)
There are two options available to turn off the device during for example holidays.
Both options will only work for the devices that have “Screen on/off times” disabled in the Device profile!
Option 1
You can change the ending time of the first period scheduled to the day before the holiday and you can add another period after that one by clicking “Add period” to start the playlist again from the day after the holiday.
In this example I have planned the first scheduled period from 1 July till 31 December. The second period that is scheduled starts at 2 January.
To get a better overview of what is being scheduled, you can click on the button “Calendar” on the top right of the screen. You can see that the playlist is not scheduled on January the first, and it continues on January the second.
Option 2
To disable displays for a period of time, for example during a holiday, you can also choose to schedule an empty playlist and enable the “Suppresses simultaneous playlists” option in the Advanced tab.
This will push all playlists with that option disabled aside during the time this playlist is scheduled.
When there are multiple playlists with the “Suppresses simultaneous playlists” option enabled, those playlists will still all play. You will still have to change the schedule of those playlists so only the empty playlist plays. In most cases there are less playlists with this option enabled which makes this the faster option.
More information about playlists and schedules.