by Cilutions Support » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:59 pm
If everything is setup correctly, then each media player set-top box will have on it a 'weather.db' file with the current local weather information.
The following is an example 'weather.db' file:
"Germantown, MD",Wed,sunny.png,91,Thu,sunny.png,96,Fri,sunny.png,97,Sat,sunny.png,92
A network operator can use this information any way they see fit. For example, if you wanted to show the high temperature for the next four days, then (via the DMB Screen Builder) you would need to add 4 new text assets (in addition to anything else you might have on your screen) to your digital signage screen. Then, rather then the Source Type Attribute of these text fields being "text", each of them would be set to "record". The Source Index Attribute would be the column position of the row in the 'weather.db' file that you want to show for that text field. The Source Attribute would be 'weather.db'.
Consult your account representative to learn more about how to use the DMB Screen Builder to build screens that include the information included in the 'weather.db' file.