Setting up a Button

General Setup

1. Long-Press (hold) the button or select the Edit menu item in EDIT mode to enter the button configuration screen

2. Enter a name for the button

⚬ This is the name you will see on the button on the main screen

⚬ The name field is limited to 200 characters

⚬ The title field supports the use of basic HTML styling so you can create custom titles

☆ If you need to use double-quotes in any tags, you must replace them with single-quotes
☆ Visit W3Schools - HTML for more information on how to use HTML tags
☆ Visit W3Schools - UTF Symbols for a list of supported symbols
☆ Visit Unicode - Emojis for a list of supported emojis

⚬ Below are a few examples of some supported HTML tags and symbols:

<b>            BOLD
<strong>           STRONG
<i>             ITALIC
<u>            UNDERLINE
<strike>          STRIKE
<small>           SMALL
<big>            BIG
<font color='font color'>    FONT COLOR
<p>            NEW LINE
⛳             &#9971
🤠             &#x1F920

3. Select an Audio File or Playlist

⚬ Click Select Audio Track to open the Select Audio Track screen (see below)

⚬ Click Select Playlist to open the Select Playlist screen (see below)

4. Enable Button

⚬ Click the checkbox to enable or disable the button

5. Enable Tracking

⚬ Click the checkbox to enable or disable tracking.

⚬ After the media has completed (manually stopped/faded or at the end of the track), the button background will change to yellow showing it's been used.

⚬ The tracked status for all buttons is maintained until manually reset.

⚬ See the Reset Tracking help section for details on how to reset tracking.

4. Enable Fade-Out on Manual Stop

⚬ Click the checkbox to enable or disable the auto fade-out option when manually stopping the audio (clicking the button or clicking "Stop" on the button menu)

☆ This feature will use the Fade On-Stop Duration value that is set in the Global Settings to fade-out the audio when you click the button to stop the audio or click stop on the button menu in EDIT mode.

6. Select a border color (none is the default)

7. Audio values (start/end time, volume/gain, duration) are read-only

8. Cancel/Save/Clear Values/Delete Button

⚬ Click Exit Setup to return to the main screen without making changes

⚬ Click Save Button to save the button and return to the main screen

⚬ Click Clear Fields to clear all of the input fields

⚬ Click Delete Button to delete the button and return to the main screen


Selecting an Audio Track (basic)

2. Click Select Audio Track to open the Select Audio Track screen

⚬ See the Selecting an Audio File help section for specifics on how to select a file, search for files and options for each track.


Selecting a Playlist

1. Click Select Playlist to open the Select Playlist screen

⚬ Only available in the paid version

2. Select a Playlist

⚬ Use the dropdown list to select a playlist

☆ Empty playlists will NOT be displayed

3. Button Playlist Options

⚬ Click the Continuous Play checkbox to enable continuous play

☆ Continuous play means that all items in the playlist will be played until all items have been played or playback is stopped manually.

⚬ Click the Shuffle Playlist checkbox to enable shuffle mode

☆ Shuffle mode will play random tracks from the playlist. Tracks will only be played once until the list is complete and restarted, or the playlist is reset.
☆ Shuffle order is specific to each button

⚬ If the button is mapped to a playlist, on the main screen in addition the track name it will also display "1 of 8" (current item # in the playist/# of items in the playlist)


Reset Playlist

1. Click Reset Playlist to reset the status of the selected playlist

⚬ The playlist will start over, removing the history of which tracks have already been played

☆ Playlists history and shuffle order are specific to each button

⚬ If Shuffle Playlist is enabled, it will be re-shuffled