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Primary Zone

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The primary zone decides when a multizone layout has finished playing, so the screen knows when to move on to the next layout in its playlist.

What you’ll need

  • A multizone layout with at least one slideshow or text zone. See Multizone Layouts.

How it works

  • The layout is complete when the primary zone reaches the end of its playlist. For example, a primary slideshow with 3 slides of 10 seconds each makes the layout play for 30 seconds.
  • If the layout is the only one on the screen, it simply starts again from the beginning.
  • If the screen’s playlist has more layouts, the next one starts.
  • Only one zone can be primary, and it must be a slideshow or a text zone. A layout without one uses its first slideshow zone, or its first text zone if it has no slideshow.
  • The Screen Time report also uses the primary zone.

Steps

  1. Open the layout in the editor and click a slideshow or text zone. Its Primary zone switch in Zone properties shows whether it is the primary zone. In the Zones list, the primary zone is marked Primary.

    A layout with a slideshow and a text zone; the slideshow is selected and its Primary zone switch is on

  2. To make another zone primary, select it and turn on its Primary zone switch. The zone that was primary before is switched off.

    The text zone selected with its Primary zone switch turned on, and Primary shown next to it in the Zones list

  3. Click How it works next to the switch for a short explanation, then Got it. Click Save layout to keep your change.

    The Primary zone window explaining that the layout is complete when the primary zone reaches the end of its playlist

What’s next

Adding Layouts to the Screen’s Playlist: put several layouts on one screen.