New in Release 5: Resume story after screensaver, and the screensaver settings in the property panel. Organisations move to Release 5 on their release weekend, from 9 October.
Not on Release 5 yet? Until your organisation moves over, use Add a scene (before Release 5).
A screensaver is a scene that plays automatically when nobody has used a screen for a while, for example a looping brand video between visits.
Set a screensaver
In the left rail, right-click the scene. You can also select it and open Scene options (⋯ at the top of the property panel).
Choose Set as screensaver.
Each screen has one screensaver scene. Setting a new one replaces the old one on that screen. You can only set a screensaver in the Base Setup.
Choose when it starts
Select the screensaver scene. The Screensaver section at the top of the property panel has Start after: the number of minutes a screen must be idle before the screensaver starts. It's 5 minutes by default and can be set from 1 to 59 minutes.
When someone comes back
The screensaver ends when someone touches the screen, a trigger fires or a presenter uses TSS Control. What happens next depends on Resume story after screensaver (new in Release 5), also in the Screensaver section:
Off (default): the story restarts at the first scene. Good for busy spaces where every visitor should get a fresh start.
On: the story continues at the scene where it was when the screensaver started. Good when visitors pause and come back.
You set this for each screen's screensaver separately. Before Release 5, the story always restarted at the first scene.
Make the screensaver interactive
Add on-click actions to images and text on the screensaver scene. A tap can then jump straight to a scene or show content, so the idle screen becomes the start of the experience.
Good to know
Auto Switch isn't available on a screensaver scene.
Trigger targets on a screensaver scene are ignored when the story is published.
To keep a background video playing while the screen is idle, turn Loop on.
Remove the screensaver
Right-click the scene and choose Unset as screensaver. The scene stays in your story as a normal scene.
Preview and presenting
In Story Preview, click the moon icon next to a screen to switch its screensaver on or off. Preview always returns to the first scene afterwards, even when Resume story after screensaver is on. In TSS Control, presenters can see when a screen is showing its screensaver.