Specifications

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Understanding Media Types

Advance To commands and Rendezvous Points share the same identifying names. As you can place the same

Rendezvous point in multiple Playlists for different Zones, one single Advance To command can trigger actions in several

different Zones. You can also program other actions on the iCOMPEL, such as GPIO or Touch screen events, to

trigger Advance to commands.

Rendezvous Point names are not case sensitive.

Adding Rendezvous Points

To add a Rendezvous Point to a Playlist, follow these steps:

1. Select the Playlist where you want to add the Rendezvous Point.

2. Click the Specials tab.

3. Type in a name for the Rendezvous Point in the text box. You can enter any text for the name, except for a name

beginning auto_.

4. Click Add.

5. In the Playlist, make sure the Rendezvous Point appears at the correct position (immediately before the item you want

to be launched by the Advance To command).

6. If necessary, repeat these steps to create additional Rendezvous Points in other Playlists.

Adding an Advance To Command

To add an Advance to command to a Playlist, follow these steps:

1. Select the Playlist where you want to add the command.

2. Click the Specials tab

3. Select the Rendezvous Point by name from the list in the Advance To Rendezvous Point section.

4. Click Add

5. In the Playlist, make sure the Advance to command appears at the correct position (immediately before the item that

you want to synchronize).

Advance To Properties

All Zones

Specifies which Zones the Advance To will be sent to.

3.5.2 Change Layout command

Unlike the Advance to command, the Change Layout command launches a different screen Layout, which may have a

noticeably different arrangement of Zones. If you want to implement a simple change of the Layout, then using an Advance

to command would bring a quick result. However, it is difficult to implement a complex change using the Advance to

command. Change Layout displays a different Layout entirely, but it does take longer to refresh the Screen.

The Change Layout command is available on the Specials tab for Playlists.

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