Create a DISPLAY BANK

In this tutorial, we will create a display bank configuration that uses several separate displays, assuming you already have displays connected and configured. If you need a refresher on this topic, see tutorial Connect and configure DISPLAYS. 

Display banks are composed of two or more displays that show interconnected content, such as flight lists or any other kind of lists paged over several pages/displays. Display bank layout can be designed according to the physical installation of your displays by setting up its dimensions - the number of displays horizontally and vertically. 

Note: The configuration of the display bank always overrides the configurations of the individual displays included in that display bank. 

The display banks have a content fallback function that determines the display order in the display bank in case of failure of individual displays. The content of the disconnected display moves according to one of the following options that you can select:

• Right then down - the content moves first to the right and then down, will be most used when for example flight list is arranged horizontally. 
• Down then right - content is moved down and then right, used when flight lists are paged vertically.

You can use Asset values in the display bank in the same way you would when configuring individual displays, allowing you to assign specific attributes to the displays for data-driven content rendering.  You can create your own airport-specific asset values in the Asset section, such as Carriers, Gates, etc., as well as custom values in the Custom Fields tab, and then use them in the display bank configuration window.

TUTORIAL STEPS:

A) Create a new Display bank Open the Displays tab. Click the New display bank button.
B) New display bank configuration window Name your display bank. Click the Add display button.
C) Display configurations sub-window Select display configurations to be included in your display bank by checking the appropriate checkboxes. Click the Choose button. Note: Displays in stand-by mode are activated when being added to the display bank.
D) Assign content to you display bank
E) New display bank configuration window  Set the dimensions of the display bank according to the physical installation of the displays, that is, according to the number of displays arranged horizontally and vertically. Use the drop-down list to select the display configuration for each cell of the display bank table, which is generated based on the dimensions set in the previous step. Select the order in which the display bank will be displayed if any individual display fails. Set the asset & custom field value if required. Click the Save button to finalize your configuration. The connected displays are now ready to show the configured template.
Important notes: Content of the display bank always overrides the content of the individual displays which are added to the bank after saving the configuration. No restriction for the content resolution is applied when assigning any template, content is always stretched over the whole display bank. Aspect ratio according to the display bank resolution(sum of individual added display resolutions) and template resolution is fixed and black stripes added on the sides of the display bank in case when the content's aspect ratio is different.  To add content to  your display bank, follow the tutorial Configure content for display bank.