We need to open the Playback Groups section of the portal by clicking on this icon.
In order to use playback groups, you do need to add more playback devices to your online portal. You need at least two. Therefore, you need to download the playback apps on another computer so you can add a second device to your portal in exactly the same way we added the first. Once you have more than one device in your online portal, you are able to use playback groups.
The idea of playback groups is so you can quickly and easily assign the same layouts to a number of devices with a single click. For example, in your building you may have 3 or 4 playback devices that you want to play the same channel. Rather than having to assign the channel to 4 individual devices, you can create a group and then assign that channel (or layout) to the group. It simplifies things and reduces the number of steps required.
Above you will see that I have 4 devices in my online portal. What I am going to do is create a group for these three devices, then assign them to the TouchIT Training layout.
The first thing we are going to do is click on “New Group” and we are going to give our group the name of “TouchIT Training Group” Then we will click on Save Changes.
Our new group will now display in the playback groups. Next we are going to move our devices into the group. We’re going to select the devices that we want to move, then click on “Move to Playback Group” and then we are going to select the “TouchIT Training Group” and click “Move Device” Our devices will then move into the group. If we then click on the group’s “open arrow” we can then see the devices in the group.
Now that we have established a group of devices, we are able to assign Channels to groups, send Crisis Management to Groups and also set a schedule for Groups of playback devices.
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