Styles / Station dials

What’s next, at a glance.

A row of station clocks, each pointing to the next class, session or tour, with a heading across the top. When a time passes, the dials move along.

Drawn live by Dislab from scratch, the way a real station clock works: not a video loop, and not a photo with your words pasted on. Every moving part follows the clock, so every screen agrees and it keeps going offline. Played back frame by frame, tested in a browser slowed to six times slower than a computer, and run on a real Google TV stick.

Station dials are on every plan, Free included.

Your dials

As many as you need, up to six.

Up to six dials with a label under each, from your own list of daily times. Watch a time pass and every hand sweep on.

The next three things on tonight.

A whole evening of classes.

The first dial shows the time now, its red second hand ticking.

Black faces with cream hands, for a dark room.

Ready-made

Two sets of dials, ready to point.

Pick one in Signs, type your heading and your day’s times, and choose how many dials and their colours.

Why it looks real

A row of clocks, drawn by hand.

These aren’t photos of old signs with your words pasted on. Every one is drawn from scratch by Dislab, the way the real thing worked: glass, metal, light and moving parts, rendered live on your screen. Every screen showing one moves in step with the others, and it keeps going even when the internet drops.

We played every change back frame by frame: the hands sweep forward with a soft landing and never run backwards, the words underneath fade over, and the hour hand is short and broad so a quarter past twelve never reads as three. Then we tested it in a browser slowed to six times slower than a computer, and on a real Google TV stick.

Railway faces

A black bezel, a brass ring and railway numerals under glass, with your heading on a board across the top.

Hands that sweep

When a time passes, every hand sweeps forward to its next time, left to right, and the words under it change.

From your own list

Up to 12 times a day, each with what’s on. After the last one, the dials point at tomorrow’s first.

Built and tested properly

Every dial follows the clock, so a row of screens agrees, offline too. Played back frame by frame and tested in a browser slowed six times; the faces are drawn once and only the hands move.

Questions

Anything else? Ask us.

Does it run smoothly on a cheap TV stick?

The faces are drawn once; after that only the hands are drawn, and only while they move. We tested it in a browser slowed to six times slower than a computer and on a real Google TV stick, and played every change back frame by frame.

Which plan is it on?

Every plan, Free included.

Does it keep working without internet?

Yes. The sign is saved on each screen and the time comes from the screen’s own clock, so it keeps going with no connection.

How many times can I list?

Up to 12 a day, each with a label of up to 30 letters. Show two to six dials at once, with or without the time now first.

What about the weekend?

The same times run every day. For a different weekend, make a second sign and schedule each one in your playlist.

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Station dials are on every plan. Keep one screen free, with a small “Powered by dislab.app” badge. Pro is A$9.99 per screen a month, up to 20 screens, no setup fee and no contract, with a free 14-day trial of every Pro feature.