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3. Getting started: View your digital signage contents with the My Display Chrome extension

Valotalive My Display is your personal display. Remotely check any display's content. Works on Chrome & Edge.

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Valotalive My Display works as your personal display.

Link the My Display extension with your content Flow and launch to view what your content Flow looks like. After this, you can edit your content Flow or add more Apps.

NOTE ! If you are using a browser (Safari, Firefox...) other than Chrome or Edge, you will need to activate the Browser Display to see the content of your Apps running on your screen.

Read further instructions here: How to Activate the Browser Display



Install Valotalive My Display chrome extension


  1. Navigate to the Tools page

  2. On the left-hand side under the tools tab, you can see 'MY DISPLAY', click that

    Valotalive My Display

  3. Click the Install the Chrome extension, ie My Display

    Install the Chrome Extension for Valotalive My Display

A new tab opens: Chrome Web Store


For Google Chrome, use these instructions

Add to Chrome button in the top right-hand corner will install the My Display.

Valotalive My Display Chrome Extension - Add to Chrome in Chrome Web store


A small pop up will appear and Chrome will double-check if you want to install the My Display. Continue clicking Add extension


​Once the installation has succeeded this notification is shown

Valotalive My Display has been added to Chrome



Note! Turn on sync... is not needed.


For Microsoft Edge, use these instructions

Click the "Get" button in the top right to install the My display Chrome extension.

Valotalive My Display extension works also with Microsoft Edge browser

A popup will appear asking if you want to allow extensions from other stores, click Allow


Then in the next popup you will click Add Extension

Once the installation has succeeded this notification is shown:

Edge:

Note! Turn on sync... is not needed.


Finalise the extension installation

  1. Return to Valotalive and click Refresh the page after the My Display is installed button

  2. Rename your My Display (Extension) the way you see fit

    Best practice for naming convention is to use person's name, and "My Display"
    to differentiate My Displays for actual displays.

    Click the LINK THE EXTENSION --> This will open a drop-down menu.

    1. Save your current location as the location for the display: Check mark puts your My Display to the map

    2. Put a Flow on your extension (optional): Select a Flow from the drop-down

      By choosing a Flow you can test how your contents look on your My Display.

      NOTE! If you cannot see a drop-down you need to create a Flow first.
      See article Create a flow

    3. Link The Extension and wait for a few seconds.

  3. Congratulations, your My Display can be found in the Chrome extension tab where

    1. CONFIGURE THE EXTENSION is for managing the apps and flows assigned to the My Display extension and

    2. LAUNCH THE EXTENSION is for starting the extension to see it in action


To Use Valotalive My Display

You can start using the Valotalive My Display from two different locations:

  1. At the Chrome extension tab using the LAUNCH THE EXTENSION button or

  2. By clicking the small Valotalive My Display icon on the top right corner of your browser.



The My Display will activate your personal info screen in full-screen mode.

You can stop using this the extension anytime by pressing Esc or F11 to exit.

For further read:


Extensions

Extensions are software programs that customize the browsing experience. Extensions enable users to tailor Chrome functionality and behaviour to individual needs or preferences. They are built on web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.

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