Configuring Announcements in Vivi Central
1 Apr 2025
Nate Cox walks through how IT administrators set up announcement permissions and groups in Vivi Central so users can send text or video announcements to displays across the network.
Nate Cox walks through how IT administrators set up announcement permissions and groups in Vivi Central so users can send text or video announcements to displays across the network.
Foreign with VIVI Announcements, Select Users can share either on screen text announcements or live video announcements to any display in your VIVI network. This feature must first be configured by IT administrators to use Users can be granted different levels of permission for announcements. The Announcer user permission level gives users the ability to send text announcements to any VIVI displays, including the entire organization. To allocate the Announcer permission to a user in VIVICentral, select users from the left hand menu. Scroll to find the user, or use the Search function. At the top of the page, select the name of the user, select the Edit button in the upper right, check the box next to Announcer, then scroll down to select Save Changes. Announcement groups are used to deliver text or video announcements to a specific group of VIVI displays. For video announcements, announcement groups are required, with specific users being granted permission to all appropriate announcement groups. To create a new announcement group, select the dropdown next to Announcements in the left hand menu. Then select Groups. Select Create Announcement Group in the upper right. In the pop up, give the group a name, then select the locations or displays for the group. Once all required displays are selected, click Create to give permission to make announcements to this group. Select Permissions in the upper menu. Select Add Users in the upper right.
