Starting, pausing and stopping an event

Categories: Events

To start an event, select a montage and press the green play button at the top of JammText.

Note that you must have a working internet connection to begin an event. If you have not already launched the display, the display will automatically launch when you press play. Drag the display to your second screen and double click it to make it full screen for your audience to view. JammText will remember the last position of your display screen when you quit the display app. So the next time you launch the display it will auto launch on the second screen in full screen. The only time this will not happen is if you have changed your screen configuration. In that case, JammText will detect this and launch on the first screen.

The display window at the top of JammText will display the selected montage for the event. It will also display the hashtag and your dedicated phone number your messages are being polled from. You will also see a time count to the right of the window that displays how long you have been in your event.

There is no pause button to pause an event. However, if you need to pause showing JammText content, you can close the display, then later relaunch it. Click on the TV monitor icon in the upper right corner of JammText to toggle the display. JammText will continue running, but the output will not be shown to the audience. Click the TV monitor icon again to launch the display when you want to resume JammText output. The TV monitor icon will be green if the display is running and red if it is closed.

Note that if you stop an event, JammText will no longer show the messages and pictures from that event. You should not close an event until your event has ended and you no longer want to show the media from that event. You can also close JammText without ending your event (for example, if you need to reboot). When you close JammText, it will prompt you on whether to end the ongoing event. Press No to keep your JammText event open. JammText will keep your event running for up to two hours while the app is closed.

To end an event, press the red stop button at the top of JammText. Note that the display app will continue displaying your pre-loaded montage items after your event has ended, but it will stop displaying messages and pictures. To close the display, either press the TV monitor icon on the upper right corner of JammText, or close the main JammText app.