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How to customize Appearance - Old appearance settings

  • Updated

Since March 2024, the below procedure has been deprecated. For the new appearance settings please refer to this article.

You can customize the background, guide layout, and guide text.

The image to the left is the default background while the image to the right is an example of how your Airtame overlay guide can be personalized: 

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Recommendations

  • Tailor the instructions to match your use case
  • Include instructions for how the end user can reach support
  • If you have enabled any of the native streaming protocols (AirPlay, Miracast, Google Cast), include instructions for how to use these.
  • Style the background image, guide text, and color.
  • We recommend using the Homescreen app as a background for an improved layout and integration with Google Calendar or Office 365 to show current and upcoming events.

Inspiration

We have made this Google Slide presentation with templates: Guides: Screen sharing with Airtame

We would recommend that you make a copy of the presentation to customize the slides to your needs. 

Overlay Guide

You can customize the text and color of both the text and overlay. Here are the overlay options:

  • Guide (box): 680px x 400px
  • Left guide: 480px x 1080px
  • Minimal: 533px x 120px
  • None

If you want to use a template for your image or Google Slide presentation, you can follow this link and use this template: Google Slides template - Airtame Guide layout

How to edit Airtame's overlay

From the Airtame Cloud

  1. Open your airtame.cloud account.
  2. Click "Edit Settings".
  3. Navigate to "Appearance"
  4. Once you are done editing click on "Apply changes"

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From the Airtame App:

  1. Go to the device settings.
  2. In the Homescreen Overlay section, you can customize the overlay position (Guide, Minimal, Guide left, None), color, and text.
  3. Click on Edit overlay text to customize the overlay.
  4. Once you are done editing, click on Apply Changes.

You can always reset the text to the default information by removing all text and saving settings. The opacity of the background and text color can be adjusted to be transparent by selecting the second bar under the color palette and dragging the toggle to the left.

Variables

Some of the information that you will need may vary when you change settings, therefore we have made some variables that you can insert which will replace itself with this changing information (For example, the device's name.)

Build your onscreen instructions using any of the following variables by copying the two "curly brackets" on each side of the word. i.e {{DEVICE_NAME}}

  • IP address: {{DEVICE_IP}}
  • Name of Airtame: {{DEVICE_NAME}}
  • WiFi name: {{WIFI_NAME}}
  • WiFi IP address: {{DEVICE_WIFI_IP}}
  • AP Name (name of the Airtame's own WiFi/AP): {{AP_NAME}}
  • AP IP address: {{DEVICE_AP_IP}}
  • AP password: {{AP_PASSWORD}}
  • USB IP address: {{DEVICE_USB_IP}}
  • Ethernet IP address: {{DEVICE_ETHERNET_IP}}
  • Update channel: {{DEVICE_CHANNEL}}

{{DEVICE_IP}} will result in the IP Address of a connection in the following priority order, depending on what connection is available: Ethernet IP > WiFi IP > AP IP > USB IP  

Text Formatting

The text appearance is controlled using Markdown, a system that will change the look of text when special characters are added on either side of the text you'd like to look different. 

Headers: # (H1), ## (H2), ### (H3), #### (H4), ##### (H5), ###### (H6)

Italics: *asterisks* or _underscores_

Bold: **asterisks**

Line-break:   [space] [space] [enter]

Line-break + empty line below: 
  [space] [space] [enter]
  [space] [space] [enter]

Line-break + dividing line: ___ (3 underscores)

No Hyperlinks in Overlay text: <pre>your@email.com</pre>

Extra space between letters: 
"Hello &nbsp; there!" would result in an extra space between "Hello" and "there"

H6 is always grey. It is the same size as H5. So use H6 only with corresponding backgrounds.

Below you can find examples based on how you've set up your Airtame device and how you would like people to connect. You can copy and paste these into your device settings.

Examples to copy

Default

You can restore the default text by removing all text and saving settings.

### Present Wirelessly

###### Connect to Wi-Fi

**{{WIFI_NAME}}**

###### Download app

**airtame.com/start**

###### Present from app

**{{DEVICE_NAME}}** or type {{DEVICE_IP}}

Using Ethernet

A setup where the Airtame device is connected to Ethernet:

### Present Wirelessly
___
##### Connect to WiFi
_**your-WiFi-name**_
##### Download the app
_**airtame.com/start**_
##### Select in the app
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_ 
##### or type
_**{{DEVICE_ETHERNET_IP}}**_

Ethernet with Airtame's AP enabled for Guest access (no password)

A setup where the Airtame device is connected to Ethernet with Airtame's AP enabled for Guest access (no password):

### Present Wirelessly
___
##### Connect to WiFi
_**your-WiFi-name**_
##### or guest WiFi
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_
##### Download the app
_**airtame.com/start**_
##### Select in the app
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_
##### or type
_**{{DEVICE_ETHERNET_IP}}**_

Ethernet with Airtame's AP enabled for Guest access (with password)

A setup where the Airtame device is connected to Ethernet with Airtame's AP enabled for Guest access (with password):

### Present Wirelessly
___
##### Connect to WiFi
_**your-WiFi-name**_
##### or guest WiFi
_**your-WiFi-name**_
##### with password
**{{AP_PASSWORD}}**
##### Download the app
_**airtame.com/start**_
##### Select in the app
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_
##### or type
_**{{DEVICE_ETHERNET_IP}}**_

Ethernet and a guest WiFi network

A setup where the Airtame device is connected to Ethernet and a guest WiFi network:

### Present Wirelessly
___
##### Connect to WiFi
_**your-WiFi-name**_
##### or guest WiFi
_**your-guest-WiFi-name**_
##### Download the app
_**airtame.com/start**_
##### Select in the app
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_
##### or type
_**{{DEVICE_ETHERNET_IP}}**_
##### or type
_**{{DEVICE_WIFI_IP}}**_

WiFi network with Airtame's AP enabled for Guest access (no password)

A setup where the Airtame device is connected to a WiFi network with Airtame's AP enabled for Guest access (no password):

### Present Wirelessly
___
##### Connect to WiFi
_**{{WIFI_NAME}}**_
##### or guest WiFi
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_
##### Download the app
_**airtame.com/start**_
##### Select in the app
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_ 
##### or type
_**{{DEVICE_WIFI_IP}}**_

WiFi network with Airtame's AP enabled for Guest access (with password)

A setup where the Airtame device is connected to a WiFi network with Airtame's AP enabled for Guest access (with password):

### Present Wirelessly**
___
##### Connect to WiFi
_**{{WIFI_NAME}}**_
##### or guest WiFi
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_
##### with password
**{{AP_PASSWORD}}**
##### Download the app
_**airtame.com/start**_
##### Select in the app
_**{{DEVICE_NAME}}**_ 
##### or type
_**{{DEVICE_WIFI_IP}}**_

 

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