Venus Control Suite(VCS), No content showing up on the display, No playlist created or incomplete settings

Potential Symptoms

• Display is blank with a blinking LED (heartbeat LED) and DMP and VIP are showing as online with no communication errors within VCS.
• A sale may be present but content for that specific slot is not appearing on the display.
• New content is not showing up on sign but older content is still playing.
• Playlist/s have a red ! and one or more elements of playlist have a red dashed underline (_ _ _ _).
• When viewing the playlist, 0 Items, or 0 Displays may show under the title.
  
• VCS Dashboard reads: "No Content Playing" & "There is no content is playing at this time."

Environment

• Product Family: Message Displays
• Products: Galaxy, GalaxyPro, GS6, GC6, Electronic Message Center (EMC), Marquee, Readerboard, Electronic Message Board (EMB), Display, M2, M3, M4 Controller based products
• Components: 
• Control System: Venus Control Suite

Cause

• No playlists have been created in VCS, or an element in the playlist settings is incomplete.

Resolution

• Create a playlist and add media content and devices to the playlist following: How do I create a playlist in Venus Control Suite?, DD3687532.
• Content will automatically publish to the display once the device and media content have been added.

Online tutorials

• Does Daktronics offer any free trainings or online tutorials for Content Studio, Venus 1500, or Venus Control Suite?, DD1997649.