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1. When this option is for instance set to Three Levels this will impact the Localization or Functionality on the selected Level itself for instance Brussels plus two other levels below it as can be seen in this picture CE clobal al ESMI iv Vorst Biv ukkel a iv Markt al i Stadhuis CEaE burgemeester E IAEE verdieping Q Markt This feature makes it easy to do multiple selections at once Remark that it makes no sense to leave higher level items checked In practice only the lowest levels have a meaning www dvsignage com 54 DV gt NA e Document Version 3 3 Another point to mention is the UPLOAD FILES button Reese With this button you can upload files from you PC to the selected project in the SignBox Server Clicking this button gives iCalm Upload Mozilla Firefox hn wae ad https fwww icalmsupport net CMS Upload aspx se 5 File s to upload Add File submit Using the button Add File will open a window where you can select one or more files on your PC Once this is done with the button Submit the set of selected files will be uploaded to the server After the upload is done this is illustrated in the window Remark for more details for uploading files please refer to the chapter Files In this view you can also delete a Project DELETE PROJECT Remark that extreme care should be taken to do this a
2. Document Version 3 3 She won seven World Cup races and ranked first in the parallel giant slalom standings of the 2007 2008 and the 2009 2010 World Cup Show Request User Name Date Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible C ie e O U d a ee 15 1 2 Adding records A following example relates to adding a new record Assume for instance the Requester wants to add a new record The approver will see something like Y opons men C ne Yee OPV CRIN NE es Ivar lt 1 2 3 4 X Nicolien Sauerbreij She won seven World Cup races and ranked first in the parallel giant slalom standings of the 2007 2008 and the 2009 2010 World Cup vw EN Show Request User Name Date Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible a As you see none of them is visible and in the Remarks you see these are related to a new record Clicking on of the requests gives F A AARNA AAAA www dvsignage com 144 Avi T T E DV SIGNAGE SIGNAG Document Version 3 3 Show Request User Name Zone Name Group Name Remark Visible Image001 New record Allow Deny e eanan eoa E fT It is very obvious that the request relates to a new sequence in this page which consists of an image and two text fields So click the other two Show Request check boxes gives Ma2 3 4 P Nadal has won ten Grand Slam singles titles including six French Open titles the 2008 Olympic gol
3. The icon that brings you into User Management H ri AD lt a sor ast Login 08 02 2010 23 17 50 19 11 2009 21 10 36 17 02 2010 08 30 40 EUA CAT ELAI 3 This is a list of the Users obviously under the Reach of the User who logged in It lists the User Names plus the last time this User has logged in to the system The Search area L provides a filter to limit the amount of Users on the screen It filters on the name of the users This can be valuable when you have a lot of Users Remark on the left top the button Add User Click on that button to add a new User to the System Selecting one of the Users is done by clicking on its name The screen you will get is similar to www dvsignage com 22 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 fa 13 12 2020 20 15 15 03 12 2010 17 54 14 E r 7 a TY Tar rr Remark on the left top of the screen the additional buttons SAVE SAVE AS and Delete After you have made adaptations to the Reach and or Rights of a User you need to click SAVE to store the changes you made A user cannot change his own settings Obviously with DELETE you will remove a User from the system SAVE AS allows you to create a new user based on all rights of another one This is easy when you for instance have a user in London with a certain set of tasks and you want to have a similar user in Paris For this you would open t
4. 13 3 7 3Detailed view on the Video Zone Type Playlist Ball External Source You can select between a File and an External source When selecting External Source you get Sound External Source Type Playlist External Source www digitalview com 115 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Which give you an extra tab where you can define the external source Sound Type Sound Playlist f External Source Enable W Fade In M Fade Out Here you can Enable or Disable sound define if Fade in and or Fade out is used and set the sound level with the slider Playlist see Text Zone External Source Playlist External Source OS Video cVBS This allows you to select between S Video input and CVBS input 13 3 7 4Detailed view on the Flash Zone Settings Settings Variables eae Continue Playing Allow Trigger on End Loop Flash if possible www dvsignage com 116 amp b A ope gt DV VAJ I Document Version 3 3 Variables can be defined in the Variables frame These variables are inherent to the used flash file and are not defined by Template editing In the When page starts frame the following options are available Continue playing when using a flash file in a page which is used in a carousel this option will guarantee that the flash file will continue from where it had stopped previously at the next appearance in the carousel Restart playing wh
5. First we need to see how Zones are selected in the context of multiple Zone manipulation here specifically the alignment operations Therefore it should also be understood that with such multiple Zone selection there is always one Master and the other Zones are Slaves The Master Zone is always the first Zone that is selected All the other Zones selected after the first Zone is selected are then Slave Zones In one specific case the order of selection 1 2 3 is also taken into consideration see further Spacing Align www digitalview com 97 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 fat JText001 Click this button and you will see two things The button is changed to a button assume the mouse cursor is over the Zone Hence it is clear that a click on the will add a Zone to the multiple Zone select set Once it is there clicking will remove it from that set mat textoo When moving the mouse cursor out of the Zone you will notice that the selected Zone gets new border indicating it is selected The border will either be red white dashed or full red The first red white dashed indicates the Zone is the Master the other full red indicates the Zone is a Slave Selected Zones cannot be removed Be sure the Zone is not selected if you want to remove it www dvsignage com 98 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 In the above illustration
6. SEND TO PLAYER UPLOAD FILES a Preview at Table Projects CarShop E Cust_Maintenance gtp Cust_WaitingArea gtp Employee gtp Promo gtp E Specs gtp Gillian did a splendid job in selling 5 cars one one day As you can see he does not have the UPDATE CONTENT button All the changes he attempts are stored on the SignBox server however nothing is changed of the screens 12 2 3 The impact of Groups with CMS built Templates Hereby we need to refer to one of the next chapters Template Playlists and Group Management for a detailed insight However as a basic explanation With CMS built Templates it is possible to define Groups in a Template A Group links a number of Zones in a Template This allows to have that Group act together For instance one can create Template Playlists and a Group as such for instance a Text Zone and an Image Zone will simultaneously cycle through a number of records A Group has a name a maximum number of records and a timing The name is a unique identifier The maximum number of records the amount of records that can be put in the Group The timing the time it takes that one record remains on the screen Let us have a look at a Template with multiple groups three in this case and with an allocation for multiple records When selecting such Template in www dvsignage com 66 DV ISIGNAGI Document Version 3 3 Content Editing View one fo
7. is used as background and it provides positioning indications for the Zones then these will not match anymore Hence you will have to www dvsignage com 92 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 create a new background Image that matches the aspect ratio of the new Template and the position of the Zones Following pictures illustrate this in another manner 4 3 New Template 16 9 Original Template The aspect ratio of the Zones are not changed their relative position is not changed either 4 3 New Template 16 9 Original Template A background image with placeholders for Zones in the Template will be stretched to the resolution of the new Template This will not match anymore A new background image Is required In the Save As dialog un tick the Respect Aspect Ratio check box This results in www digitalview com 93 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 New Template Save As Please provide name for new template iotr Respect Aspect Ratio Scale Fonts Template resolution 1368x766 Orientation Landscape Portrait As you see you now have the option to select the Orientation Having a look to the resolution you can select gives New Template Save As Please provide name for new template MM Respect Aspect Ratio Scale Fonts Template resolution 1368x768 v 640x480 oU0x450 o00x4e80 oU0xbO0 1024x768 1280x720 1280x768 1280x1024 1360x768 1600x1200
8. 11 30 gt 12 00 gt 12 30 gt 13 00 gt 13 30 gt 14 00 gt A Such view can be helpful in case lots of short schedules are used Remark that a week view always start on the first day in the week IJ Gk II A The buttons lt lt lt gt and gt gt Allow you to move forward and backwards in the Calendar Depending on the Day Week selection is per day or per week with lt and gt If using lt lt or gt gt we move forward or backwards with 4 days or weeks Clicking on Today will bring you to a view including today Clicking on in the date box right of Go to you can select a date where you will jump to 7 anne 12 13 i4 15 16 17 E 20 ys Sy i 5 a a a 26 27 28 29 30 If you have selected a date where you jump to this will be indicated by have the date colored reddish www digitalview com 175 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Fri Nov 17 2 3 The Filter setting The filter setting allows to set the view on the schedules Filter Select Player O Reach Localization B Global Functionality ca Overall The view is either based on selection of a Player or based on selection of a Reach Player selected gives Filter Select O Player Reach Bj The drop down field allows for the selection of a single Players www dvsignage com 176 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Filter Sele
9. 944404 o snow shwrs png o some clouds png amp www digitalview com 201 DV SIGNAGE Contact Details USA 18440 Technology Dr Building 130 Morgan Hill CA 95037 USA Tel 1 408 782 7773 Fax 1 408 782 7883 Email info dvsignage com Germany Landshuter Allee 162a D 80637 Munich Germany Tel 49 0 89 143 47 52 0 Fax 49 0 89 143 47 52 30 Email info dvsignage eu HongKong 16th floor Millennium City 3 370 Kwun Tong Road Kwun Tong HONG KONG Tel 852 2861 3615 Fax 852 2520 2987 Email hk dvsignage com www dvsignage com www dvsignage com Document Version 3 3 202
10. D Eaj Size Align ina CEB L J3 Group name 13 3 Working in the Template Edit view The Template Edit view consists of different control areas Let s first have a basic look at these different control areas We will further on where this is relevant have a more detailed explanation of the functionalities provided by these control areas Remark the main square area in the left middle of the illustration above represents the Template and will contain the different Zones www digitalview com 79 ad Fated OF pied DV 5 GI AG H Document Version 3 3 RENAME SAVE AS SAVE CLOSE Name gebouw Orientation landscape Template resolution 800x600 G Background Soak Scale of the View Alignment Edge Align rrera Cf er i cs Center Align Omens e p eN Spacing Align waana a oa oie A A Size Align ee Group name tet a File View Undo and Redo Once a Template is created you can Rename the Template you can do a Save As you can Close the Template Edit View which will bring you back to the Content Control View The Functionality Save As is explained more in detail later on Most actions you do when creating a Template are stored internally Using UNDO and REDO you can go backwards and forwards through your actions Remark that every time you click SAVE the stored actions are cleared Template info This
11. EA tancia aa 7 10 30 gt Localization BE B Global B Overall Then in the Schedule Content area at the bottom fill in all the settings for the Schedule Project Page recurrence For instance Parameters Recurrence Recurrence Range Schedule Reach Jeena TwoPlants None no End Date Localization qQ Global Weekly Overall EE cfiects Playlist E Eea ODECE 2011 Nov 30 Then click ADD www dvsignage com 190 DV S gt N AG E Document Version 3 3 a NEW ADD Filter Select Player Reach Localization B Global Functionality Shales SS p Overall You will as a result see the new Schedule in the Calendar Mon Nov 21 Tue Nov 22 Wed Nov 23 hu Nov 24 Fri Nov 25 Sat Nov 26 Sun Nov 27 is 3 j 4 Tr A All the modifications you do to existing Schedules or removing existing Schedules or adding new Schedules are not stored until you hit APPLY Hence DO NOT FORGET to click APPLY when your work on Schedules is done 17 2 7 3Caution when adding Schedules on a lower Reach When you specify the Schedule Settings for a Reach based Schedule you can obviously set the Reach Settings as well However at any moment in time you are looking to the Schedules from a certain Reach view that you can set in the Filter Settings When you add a new Schedule based on a Reach that is under your current Filter Re
12. Group name iCalm_iCalmDK_ _CarShopLFC Customer Cust_Name Cust_Car Cust_Plate Cust_Ready i B _ B o Ms Doo MAAT Mr Clarck As you see you can directly control the content in the fields you can also easily add new records just type something in the greenish boxes on the bottom www dvsignage com 58 DV S GNAG E Document Version 3 3 and you can easily erase a record clicking fil at the right side of the record 12 2 2 Preview editing Let s now further focus on the Preview way of editing Content In a Page there are Zones that can be edited by a User As mentioned via Localization Functionality Categories and related Rights some Users might have more possibilities than others We here assume that the User has the all in place to do what we describe When the user enters with his mouse cursor in the field of the page the items he can adapt are indicated by a red border P Projects Localization Functionality pn CarShop O Preview By 50 wi Table B Toimisto z Toimisto Q H Cust_Maintenance gtp 4 y Promo gtp j k 7 gt Nigam Wiatte gt ad Naomi did a wonderful job in convincing an IT company to go for 10 Toyotas as company car She gets a weekend with her family to Berlin When he hovers over a zone he can edit this is further indicated by making it greenish P Projects Localization Functionality i 5 E carSh
13. M Underline EH Wrapping Spacing eit a Blinking nit ee Not Blinking Line Spacing Blinking The Parameter block This block is using tabs to host different types of parameters Styles f Alignment f Playlist Scrolling Source By clicking on one of the tabs the related parameters will be displayed For instance clicking Alignment in the Text Zone gives Alignment Playlist Scrolling Source Copy Paste Vertical Align Top Lorem Ipsum x Middle Bottom Buffered lt Empty gt Horizontal Align Left Middle Right The Copy Paste block www dvsignage com 108 DV SI Document Version 3 3 This part allows to copy a set of parameters from one Zone to another Zone For instance Click on the Copy button gives Copy Paste HE Buffered MyNewTemplate gtp Text001 As you are informed the settings of the Zone Text001 out of the Template MyNew Template is buffered Opening the dialog of another Text Zone and hitting the Paste button E will paste the buffered settings to the Text Zone The parameters are stored per Type of Zone It has no meaning for instance to copy Font settings to an Image Zone Hence you can take a copy in a Text Zone which will then be buffered for all other Text Zones At the same moment though you can do the same for another type of Zone for instance and Image Zone The buffers exist in parallel
14. 1680x1050 1920x1080 1920x1200 Cancel www dvsignage com 94 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 As you see you now have all the supported resolutions available Now select a resolution with a different aspect ratio as the original Template aspect ration for instance 1600x1200 which is aspect ration 4 3 This gives New Template Save As Please provide name for new template MM Respect Aspect Ratio Scale Fonts Template resolution 1600x1200 Orientation Landscape Portrait Alignment Top Middle Bottom W Copy background image Cancel As you see you also get an Alignment selection This is either Top Middle or Bottom The differences are illustrated in the following pictures www digitalview com 95 DV S GNAG E Document Version 3 3 Top Alignment Middle Alignment Bottom Alignment www dvsignage com 96 Document Version 3 3 Remark that it also possible that the new Template aspect ratio provides a similar selection but then Left Middle or Right This is automatically detected and the select possibilities will adapt accordingly New Template Save As Please provide name for new template mplate stp MM Respect Aspect Ratio Scale Fonts Template resolution 1366x760 Orientation Landscape Portrait Alignment Left Middle Right 13 3 5 Alignment control with multiple Zones selected
15. Another User within the correct Reach and having this Right will have to approve that request before it is seen on the screens Immediate Modification of Datasource There are two ways to apply an adaptation to a page Either this is done by first adapting all the datasource fields in a page and then submitting the page using UPDATE The other way is to do this in real time Immediately after an adaptation has been done this is reflected on the displays In order to be able to work in the second way a user needs the right Immediate Modification of Datasource Add Template The Right to Add Templates Modify Template The Right to modify Templates Remove Template The Right to remove Templates Add Playlist The Right to add a Playlist in a project Modify Playlist The Right to make modifications in a Playlist Remove Playlist The Right to remove a Playlist www dvsignage com 30 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 9 3 5 Scheduling Rights Scheduling Management Rights See schedule list Add schedule Modify Schedule Remove schedule Use Detailed Schedule view See schedule list The Right to observe the schedule list Add schedule The Right to add a schedule Modify schedule The Right to make modifications to existing schedules Remove schedule The Right to remove schedules Use Detailed Schedule view The CMS Scheduling page can be presented in two ways a basic one and a detailed one A User having
16. but now from left to right o e faNewTemplate renamed Cust_Maintenance ar Promo Cust_WaitingArea Employee NewTemplate renamed 14 2 Playlists and Localization and Functionality Playlists benefit from Localization and Functionality in a very interesting manner For the remainder of this chapter we will focus on Localization but please remember that this is completely the same for Functionality and the combination of Localization and Functionality Suppose we have created a situation such as www digitalview com 131 DV Document Version 3 3 LocA UserA Cx Loc B2 i User B2 a User B2 b User B1 p Loc C1 User C1 Cp Hence The major Localization here is Loc A There under you have Loc B1 and Loc B2 Under Loc B2 you have Loc C1 and Loc C2 The users are as in the illustration where the users UserB2 b and User C2 differ as they have no Approval rights they can only request for a modification of a Playlist 14 2 1 We all have approval rights Suppose now that User A creates a Playlist And he makes it available in terms of Reach to B1 C1 and C2 which implicates also B2 is part of it From that moment on the Playlist is obviously available in all the mentioned Localizations As such Supposing it is scheduled there these Playlists will also be used on the players in these Localizations However the local Users will be able to add pages
17. the left top text Zone is the Master in the selected set the text Zone slightly to the right of it is a Slave in the selected set and the text Zone at the bottom is not selected When 2 or more Zones are selected or in other words one Master plus one or more Slaves the according Alignment buttons become activated Alignment Edge Align EEE Center Align Spacing Align Ea ES Size Align As you can see there are 4 different types of alignment Edge Align Left Edge Align The left side of the Slave Zones is put on the same horizontal position of the left side as the Master Zone Vertical positions of the Zones in the Template and size of the Zones are not changed www digitalview com 99 DV Document Version 3 3 Right Edge Align The right side of the Slave Zones is put on the same horizontal position as the right side of the Master Zone Vertical positions of the Zones in the Template and size of the Zones are not changed or Top Edge Align The top side of the Slave Zones is put on the same vertical position as the top side of the Master Zone Horizontal positions of the Zones in the Template and size of the Zones are not changed Bottom Edge Align The bottom side of the Slave Zones is put on the same vertical position as the bottom side of the Master Zone Horizontal positions of the Zones in the Template and size of the Zones are not changed Center Align Horizontal Center Align The hori
18. www dvsignage com 150 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Current set up of Pla list pia i i Cust_WaitingArea h NewTemplate renamed 0im20s 20s Cross Wipe lt No Effect gt i gt gt it Tee Neat Where the top is the current Playlist and the bottom is the requested playlist He can either approve or deny using the buttons on the left top ale DENY ALLOW Projects Current set up of Pla list te tte Gi ai ep Gi ap E E E sh SONO AN When the request comes from a User with a lower Reach the view is the completely the same except that the User is informed that the request came from somebody out of reach www digitalview com 151 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Cust_WaitingArea NewTemplate renamed 0im20s 20s Cross Wipe lt No Effect gt in gt D fi requested set up of Playlist Requested by Albert Out Of Reach r i A a ae EF F www dvsignage com 152 DV SIGNAGE 16 Player control Player control is accessed by hitting the icon i This brings up the following screen or a screen similar to Serial Number MAC Address ocalization unctionatlity AVM External 1200025577 00 20 2A 03 50 25 iCalmDK Reception Sales Service AVM Internal OK wall 1200022881 iCalmDK Marketing Operations Human Resources IT Services AV External Sales Service 1200034968 00 20 2A 05 67 1 iCalmDK iCalmDK Document
19. you can separately specify hours minutes seconds or the total amount of seconds You use the keyboard or the up and down buttons 8 The Validity Window allows you to specify between which dates the page will be shown in the Playlist You can specify a start and an end date Before or after these dates the page will not be shown Editing these dates is done by selecting With Start Date and or With End Date and filling in the date s This can be done in an easy way using the calendar view 8 There is a maximum time implemented of 30 000 seconds www digitalview com 127 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Edit Page Settings Display Time Display for foo Validity Window Start Date End Date Without Start Date Without End Date with Start Date with End Date Dec 14 2010 Dec 14 2010 o me Y 5 POJ ee Sa i2 13 EE 16 17 ig 20 21 J E 26 27 28 29 16 ii Employee Cust_Maintenance 20s 20s e D H Remark the following At the bottom you see the indications for the Start and End Date usage The far left page has a Start and an End Date The next one has no Start Date but an End Date the next one a Start but no End www dvsignage com 128 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 Date The fourth page has no Start and no End Date The last one is again a page with only an End Date The pages with a white border are active today The pages with a yellow border as t
20. 3 3 Send to Player Player Groups of Players None Test Player 4 None r and then hit Obtain Reach Obtain Resch Cancel Here you get the list of Test Players Now open the drop down box at the bottom Send to Player Player Groups of Players None Test Player Select a player and then hit Obtain Reach a PETTTTTETTTTTTTT Caa Reach DK wall i Dublin Remote_1 Master PTV_NLOOO Select the player you want to emulate for instance Dublin www digitalview com 159 DV SIGNAGE a Document Version 3 3 Send to Player Player Groups of Players None Test Player Select a player and then hit Obtain Reach Dublin ee Reach Click on the button Obtain Reach you will notice the indication behaves as Dublin Send to Player Player Groups of Players None Test Player i behaves iCalmBE as Dublin Select a player and then hit Obtain Reach If you now click OK the Page or Playlist you are on will be sent to the selected Test Player which fully behaves as Dublin AN Once a Test Player has obtained the Reach of another Player it forgets its previous Reach setting and keeps the new Reach setting This means that Supposing iCalmBE is used as Test Player if you select the Player iCalmBE from the Player radio button using the top drop down box after it obtained a certai
21. Content represents the different pages that are shown in the schedule segment with their attributes In case a Multiple schedule segment is clicked the combination of the Pages coming from the different segments is shown At the right side of the you get information about the total duration of the schedule s When there are pages that trigger on the end of video or flash this is indicated as well but the exact total time is not known 17 2 5 Schedule Settings If you click on one of the Pages in the Schedule Content then the Page in case the schedule is made of one Page or all the pages of the Playlist to which the Page belongs in case the schedule is made of a Playlist are getting a red border in the Schedule Content For instance www digitalview com 179 DV S GN AG E J Document Version 3 3 Mon Nov i4 Tue Nov 15 W 16 Thu Nov 17 Cust_WaitingArea NewTemplate renamed Promo Employee 20s 20s 20s lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt S S In the above picture you have a schedule segment on November 17 from 13 00 till 13 30 that apparently exists of more than one schedule Remark that when you hover over the Schedule Content you get informed about the Page or Playlist and the Project containing the Page used in the Schedule 02m40s Cust_WaitingArea NewTemplate renamed Promo Employee 0im20s 20s 20s lt No Effect gt Cross Wipe lt No Effex lt CarShop gt lt playl gt gt lt N
22. Date No End Date kB Cust WaitingArea Employee NewPlaylist NewTemplate renamed On the left you have the available pages on the right you have the Playlist Both are in List view However you can still have a preview of the Pages simply hovering with your cursor over one of the boxes with a Page For instance in the above example hovering over Employee gives e faNewTemplate renamed 20s lt No Effect gt No From Date No End Date ba Cust_Maintenance Promo 20s lt No Effect gt No From Date No End Date ba fpf Employee 20s lt No Effect gt No From Date No End Date bs Cust_WaitingArea Employee NewPlaylist oad se NewTemplate renamed This still gives a way to get a better idea of what is behind the name of the Page On the right side you still have all the information available related to the elements in the Playlist Employee lt No Effect gt No From Date No End Date Specs lt No Effect gt No From Date No End Date f Cust_WaitingArea 0im20s Cross Wipe 01 20 2011 No End Date MiNewTemplate renamed 20s lt No Effect gt No From Date 11 16 2011 x ee Employee 20s lt No Effect gt No From Date No End Date x It gives the name the timing the effect and the date validity information www dvsignage com 130 DV S GN AG E Document Version 3 3 You also have the edit and the delete buttons which act similar as in the Full view Dragging the pages to the Playlist is also done in the same way
23. Document Version 3 3 13 2 How to set up a Template In this chapter we provide step by step the way to create a new Template We assume we start from an empty Project DocProject as an example ADD PROJECT Projects DocProject iA DocProject Obviously there can already be other Templates and or Playlists in the Project The approach in that case is basically the same However in the specific case of an empty project you will have to click on the name of the project in the tree view Remark the icon of DocProject shows it is empty hereunder on the left an icon of a project with Templates and possibly Playlists and an empty project on the right Fl demo DocProject Anyhow hit the DocProject button ADD PROJECT Proiects DocProject Ca DocProject This brings you to www digitalview com 75 DV S GNAG E Document Version 3 3 Here hit ADD TEMPLATE This brings you to this dialog New Template Please provide name for new template iotr Template resolution 1365x760 Orientation Landscape Portrait e Here you can fill in following information The name of the Template The resolution of for the Template using the drop down selector The orientation of the Template either Portrait or Landscape You can also select a background color remark that this setting can later still be changed in the Template Edit view The name you provide
24. Document Version 3 3 Clicking with the mouse on the calendar in an existing schedule will allow to edit an existing schedule Clicking on the calendar on an area where there is no schedule yet will allow to create a new schedule For instance clicking in the example on the existing schedule gives festevee ulus 09 00 12 00 Project Page Incremental Recurrence Daily Weekly Recurrence Range no End Date Oeseeeic 2011 Aug 31 Execute OK This tells us that this schedule has following properties It runs from 9 00 till 12 00 Comes from the project MainProject And comes from the Playlist MorningPlaylist lt has recurrence o Daily o Every one day o Till 2011 August 31 www digitalview com 163 DV S ie N At ate l WENZI N NI Document Version 3 3 17 1 How to set up and edit a schedule 17 1 1 The first steps in creating a new schedule When clicking with the mouse in the calendar out of an existing schedule brings up ee 120 13 meee None Page M Recurrence Pattern Recurrence Range OK Cancel As you can see the date filled in in Date is the date where you clicked in the calendar Remark you are not capable of selecting a date before now Your date will automatically be brought to the date of today and you will get a warning The Time filled in is 1 hour long by default and starts at the time you clicked in the calendar The rest needs t
25. Echternach Ettelbruck Wiltz Remich Functionality Luxembourg Single Level v Si ferry z E Belgium E W united Kingdom E i Poland O Denmark E France l Ee g Italy Ireland E Luxembourg a H v Echternach Ei Ettelbruck v wittz Fi Remich W Bank x Portugal Document Version 3 3 HOME SUPPORT PASSWORD LOG OUT pC BS GeneralManager Sales ShopManager Maintenance Remark here that for a Project and as we will see for a Page as well Localization can consist of different items This in a practical situation means that the Project is made to be used in several Localizations There are further two other differences The existence of the Save button Single Level v When a Localization or Functionality of a Project is changed this change needs to be saved using this button Without using this button the new selected Localization or Functionality will not be saved internally although the text will have changed here Functionality b Overall Marketing The existence of Level control www digitalview com 53 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 H ALD Singe Leve ME Opening this drop down box gives you Holc Single Level v Single Level cE felsril Two Levels Three Levels a Belgiu W Bei Four Levels E Five Levels AIl Levels al Polan Hence you can select between Single Level Two Levels All Levels
26. For instance one cannot select an image of an employee on a Page that is intended to show the menu of the day in a restaurant 11 2 Preview of the files In the CMS the user gets a thumbnail preview of the content file for instance an image However you might want to have a detailed view on this content For instance to verify the complete video file You can do this by clicking on the thumbnail This opens depending on the system you have this will probably look different www dvsignage com 42 DV J 5 A e Document Version 3 3 Opening car yaris_02 jpg You have chosen to open Car_yaris_02 jpg which ts a JPEG Image from https www ygiso be What should Firefox do with this file Windows Fotogalerie default hd Save File Do this automatically for files like this from now on Cancel And gives SS eee RSS apenas SN car_yaris_02 jpg Windows Foti i ka a ap Naar galerie kopi ren A Bestand Bewerken 8 Info Afdrukken ge E mail Branden 7 car_yaris_02 jpg 427 kB 1024x 768 Waarom kan ik de eigenschappen van deze afbeelding niet bewerken Here you can see the image more in details for instance verify the quality For a video file you get something similar www digitalview com 43 DV Document Version 3 3 U Windows Media Player f sfonx Nu afspelen Mediabibliotheek For a Brochure text AVENSIS to 51070 Standard text ra
27. Name Last Login Detail 01_SPARADMIN 01_SPARBASIC admin admin Admink ortrijk AdminNeerpelt AllocineClient Antonio 4riPekkaPelkonen ATT Administrator ATT DEMO ATT Mediactient ATT Receptiondesk BertMoerman BristolAdmin BristolUser CarShop_Lux_CtryMagr 12 06 2010 15 04 29 12 06 2010 15 54 40 27 09 2010 10 42 45 08 07 2010 14 45 57 19 04 2010 12 50 52 19 04 2010 12 43 36 28 03 2010 20 04 46 03 03 2010 10 19 43 27 09 2010 11 13 23 20 05 2009 13 07 26 22 09 2009 13 01 41 01 06 2009 19 41 06 18 05 2009 15 32 33 07 09 2010 16 14 36 26 10 2009 11 44 15 23 10 2009 11 15 36 09 04 2010 15 51 41 name Localization Gite oba Functionality gt Overall Projects Content Schedule Player User Management Rights E Client Administrator E See audit list E See user list CarShop_Lux_Ech_Maint 08 04 2010 14 31 36 CarShop_Lux_Ech_Sales 08 04 2010 14 37 41 CarShop_Lux_Ech_ShpMgr 16 04 2010 21 29 25 CarShop_Lux_Rem_Maint 24 03 2010 10 36 41 CarShop_Lux_Rem_Sales 25 03 2010 10 37 38 CarShop_Lux_Rem_ShpMar 08 04 2010 14 19 27 E Change own password As you can observe the difference with editing existing Users is the existence of the Password and Repeat Password areas This is needed as any new user needs to get a password The DS manager will have to inform the User accordingly 9 3 9 Example 1 Basic User who can only request for content adaptation The parameters related to Localization and Reach ar
28. PASSWORD LOG OUT each adaptei T lame AdminKortrijk pcalization Kortrijk Functionality Adr 3 OU After User A changing his Reach to the one of User B2 he gets www digitalview com 135 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 HOME SUPPORT PAS Localization Functionality p Brussels Overall Images_Plant_1 Video _Plant_1 test24 Images_Plant_2 Images _Plant_2 205 20s 20s 205 20s No Effect No Effect Yo Effect No Effect No Effect D D D D D D D d S gt As you can see User A now has exactly the same view on the Playlist as Users on level Loc B Changing your Reach only has effect on what you see as content in Playlists and in Pages It for instance does not affect you view on Players Users etc This also allows you to see as User A what the content is of Pages on other levels www dvsignage com 136 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 15 The Approval Process Users either have approval right or not This right is set in the Content tab of the user right definition page Content Management Rights See page list See zone list Add zone record Modify zone record Remove zone record i Approve zone content d W Add Template W Modify Template E Remove Template O Add Playlist Modify Playlist E Remove Playlist A User having the Approve zone content right is able to change the content on the displays himself A User not having that right can request for co
29. Promotion building_O1jpq Ye Building 12 Promotion building 12jpg vm Building 2 Promotion building 02 jpg Group name middle Text002 Image002 Building 12 12 3 Control of Properties of the Zones The last thing we need to cover is how the properties of the Zones in a Page can be controlled This is a very important step in setting up your Pages and Templates Here you control who in terms of the User s Reach can adapt which Zone ina Page Remark that by properly setting this up you can for instance have one Zone s content only controlled by a high level of Reach for instance your own Reach and the other Zones by lower levels of Reach This is done by using the Magnifying Glass button Preview a 50 v l Table Localization Luxembourg Functionality Echternach Ettelbruck Wiltz Remich Clicking that button opens a window with all the Zones in the Page and with the ability to change the properties www dvsignage com 72 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 DataSource Properties Name Localization Functionality Category p r Empl Pictur Shopmanager Caterino Empl_Picture BS Luxembourg Ireland D ShopManager Catering Employees Er Easa Luxembourg ShopManager S Employees b As you see you can control the Localization Functionality and Category of the available Zones How to do this in terms of User Interface is similar as providing these properties to Proje
30. changes every 10 seconds and where in total we have 3 images After the third image the first image is shown again and the cycle restarts www digitalview com 101 DV S J JA Document Version 3 3 Template 0 sec 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec Time Such Playlist has three main parameters Timing Is the time certain content stays before other content is shown Effect The transition effect going from one content to the other content Number of Items The maximum amount of Items that can be put in the Playlist You do not have to fill in all the spaces for Items For instance you can define the Number of Items to 10 and have the system work with 5 spaces filled in with content However do not put the number too high Keep it realistic When the Number of Items is put to 1 the Zone is actually a Zone without Playlist behaviour Now we will to explain what a Group is Any Template exists of Zones A Group is a set of Zones By defining a Group you define a number of common properties to all the Zones in the 6 The amount of Zones could be zero but this is not relevant in the context of this chapter www dvsignage com 102 DV J 3 AC gt t Document Version 3 3 Group These properties relate to the Playlist behaviour of the Zone as discussed above Suppose for instance that we have a Group with 2 Zones in a Template an Image Zone and a Text Zone Then when those 2 Zones are part of the
31. have changed from Global and Overall to Belgium and Marketing Let s focus on the Localization block of the user interface The other blocks operate in completely the same manner Localization Selected Belgium Brussel Antwerp Gent Oudenaarde Brugge Oostende Waregem Kortrijk When clicking on one of the little or buttons you can close or open parts of the tree For instance clicking on the in front of Brussels opens that part of the tree www digitalview com 17 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Localization Selected 7 Belgium Brussel vorst Ukkel Markt Antwerp Gent Oudenaarde Brugge Oostende Waregem Kortrijk As such you can zoom in and out to the part you are interested in When selecting on of the items in the tree for instance Brussel this will appear in the Selected box Localization Selected Brussel uf f x Belgium vorst Ukkel Markt Antwerp Gent Oudenaarde Brugge Oostende Waregem Kortrijk Here you can either Edit the name of the item store the name with the pencil button Pa www dvsignage com 18 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Add a new item under the selected one using the add button Or remove the item using the remove button Ail Specifically when adding a new item with a new box labelled Add will appear in which y
32. is done completely similar as setting up tree structures for Localization and Functionality www dvsignage com 20 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 8 Where do Localization Functionality and Category have impact Who Where are the For which responsible localizations Players for which are the Files located and Areas and for intended and what are their which Ginas under which Definition Functions P Categories CarShop Projects Pages DataSources For which Locations and for Which Purposes are the DataSources made and which Category do they belong to For which Locations and for Which Purposes are the Projects and Pages built The illustration provides an overview of where Localization Functionality and Category have impact In Reach the trees are defined In Users who is responsible for which area s amp for which functions In Players you define where the Player are and what their purpose is In File for which Localizations the Files are intended and under which Category they fall In Content there is impact on three levels Projects Pages amp DataSources Here you indicated on zone level where for what and from which category the content can come www digitalview com 21 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 9 User Management DS Users are a very essential part of the total DS implementation Any User who has the Rights to do this can do user management
33. message If you have forgotten your current password you have to ask your system administrator to provide you with a new password www digitalview com 11 DV Document Version 3 3 6 Configuration of the system Localization and Functionality The software to a large extent depends upon the concepts of Localization and Functionality Concepts often also referred to as metadata Its main features are Providing a solution that automatically brings the right Content to the right displays Making sure that all the Users work in their domain only and cannot interface with displays outside of their domain Making sure that the different types of users focus only on their activities and are not distracted by activities beyond their scope Providing a rollout solution for small as well as large organizations Providing a solution that is scalable in function as the deployment of the Digital Signage solution extends Separating the responsibilities and concerns between normal users and Digital Signage DS users The concept of Localization and Functionality is linked to various objects in the implementation Users Pages Templates Carousels Playlists Players Content The structure of Localization and Functionality needs to be implemented across all the objects in the system 6 1 Localization The concept Localization is purely physical it tells us where the objects are located Th
34. of Test Player This concept allows to use a certain Player and let it behave as any of the Players in the field and observe what the result is Playerd1 LOt F01 Player02 L02 F02 Player03 L03 F03 PlayerON LON FON A Test Player is a Player that is typically installed with the User who creates content manages Localization and Functionality etc A Player needs to be assigned to act as a Test Player this is done in the Players Page Player Name MAC Address Server Localization unctionality est Player Delete 00 20 24 02 E4 58 Functionality Test Player Delete overall r When in Preview Editing one can select SEND TO PLAYER 9 See also the chapter Preview Editing under Content Management for an explanation of the basic meaning without Test Player Send to Player functionality www digitalview com 157 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 SEND TO PLAYER Having rights to make use of the Test Player functionality this gives Send to Player Player Groups of Players None Test Player Select a player and then hit Obtain Reach Obtain We refer to the chapter Preview Editing under Content Management for the explanation of using Player and Groups of Players Select the radio button Test Player and open the drop down list as illustrated www dvsignage com 158 DV 5 gt N AG E Document Version
35. of their own in these Localizations Suppose User A makes www dvsignage com 132 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Images_Plant_1 Video Plant_1 Images Plant_2 im20s 20s 20s No Effect No Effect No Effect D D gt D gt d H e When either other user now looks to this Playlist he sees Images Plant_1 Video Plant_1 Images Plant_2 20s 20s 20s No Effect No Effect No Effect N gt N lt N 4 a 4 lt f Clearly he sees the same however the images are grayed out indicating he has no access to them he cannot adapt the sequence or any other parameter A User not on the highest level where the Playlist was created can now add his pages to the Playlist he can even insert his pages between the already existing ones For instance Images Plant_1 Video Plant _1 test24 Images _Plant_2 20s 20s Video End 20s No Effect No Effect No Effect No Effect EN Pi Er gt l K cA gt ite 18 Clearly this User has added the page test24 and set the end of the page to Video End and he has given an End Date for the Validity window A Remark that User B1 and User B2 a can do this completely independent Supposing it was User B2 a who made the local adaptation then this Playlist will become available on the Localizations Loc C1 and Loc C2 There again the local users can start adding pages etc www digitalview com 133 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 14 2 2 L
36. the DS solution A User the User creating the welcome message for a visitor will be different from the User providing the menu of the day for the restaurant The Displays depending on their location will display different types of information A display in the visitors hall will display something different to a display in the production area The Pages depending upon the type of information required Content An employee picture will be used for a different Functionality then a picture of a restaurant plate www digitalview com 13 DV SIGNAC Document Version 3 3 6 3 The Localization and Functionality trees Both Localization and Functionality are built as trees Global Production plant Central Office Customer Income hall Demo room Restaurant This could be part of a Localization tree Obviously the part for Asia Americas etc will be further built out In this illustration we limit to part of the tree reaching to the Localizations Income hall Demo room and Customer Restaurant under Global Europe France Paris Central Office A similar tree is built for Functionality For instance An important remark is that the objects for instance a User can be on any of the branches in the tree For example this means that there can be a User on the level France He will have a view on everything that is under France A User could as w
37. value Field Empl_Bonus modified value Naomi did a wonderful job in convincing an IT company to go for 10 Toyotas as company car She gets a weekend with her family to Berlin Database Employee Database Employee Field Empl_Bonus modified value Naomi did a wonderful job in convincing an IT company to go for 10 Toyota as company car She gets a weekend with her family to Berlin AnPekkaPelkonen Changed content Database Employee Field Empl_Name modified value Naomi Watts Database Employee Field Empl_Picture added value AnPekkaPelkonen i k Abst emp_naomi_watts jpg Changed content AnPekkaPelkonen Changed content Database Customer Field Cust_Plate modified value ABYV 456 AnPekkaPelkonen Changed content Database Customer Field Cust_Car modified value Avensis 2 2D AnPekkaPelkonen Changed content Database Customer Field Cust_Name added value Mr Jones admin Changed user AriPekkaPekonen Database Promotions Field Promo_Text modified value During autumn MartinkelwayBamber the Aygo comes with free Bose sf eakers Changed content MartinkelwayBamber Changed content Database Promotions Field Promo_Video modified value Aygo mpq Here you can see Who User Name When Date Did what action Operation With details Detail Audit can be helpful to see which actions has been done by who and when As such you can for ins
38. 22 Localization and Functionality for a USEN cccccseceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeenees 24 Changing an existing User s Password ccccccsseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeesaeeeeesaaneess 25 TAG PONGA ee ar RE 25 Users Rights atase unanaedanaanseiatauiens Sausaatagunagurot june dhiveseensadaccunuainatentiuanraseaanis 26 PACAGM IAIQUING eE E E E 27 HOI SGU TAOS oee a E E E 28 CONN CRION aoin a EE E E cece 29 Scheduling RIGMIS dessepare tnia EE E ere eer ee eae 31 PVO UIS ere tomers S r E 31 TOONS Fal QUES sssini iseni Erain rn EnEn EAA rE SEEE S AEA REE ERENS 32 Adding a New USEL cccccsscccesccceseeceueceeeeceececsaceceueessusesseeeseeeenaeessaess 32 Example 1 Basic User who can only request for content adaptation 33 Example 2 a User similar as the one above but who does not need approval 34 www dvsignage com 2 DV Document Version 3 3 A Local DS Manager He manages the local Reach the Users and the DISplayers He does not take care of Content ccecceeeeeeeseeeeeeeeees 34 LOON AS OUST USOT span cayccesutceareantaurcncsaredeusaedbae deen EEA EE Ea NE 36 Files 38 Media WSS pcre ates ree nee tisnten sannetecie aeeesyeee ceneateeeienenncedamedhentsapsinaesesadaqeddeanceaesageregsers 38 Preview Of the files cccceccseccceecceeeceeeceeeceueecaeeseeeceueceueesseesaeeseeseeeeeseeees 42 Media FIE ected seesctsseees cece E E sedectsee cs E 44 OM ME FSS caper cerstee EEE EO 47 Content Management O
39. 61 How to set up and edit a SCNECUIEC cccccccsecccseceseeeeceeeeseeeeneeeenseeeaaess 164 The first steps in creating a new schedule ccceeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeneeeeaees 164 Editing an existing SCNECUIEC ccccseecceeeeeeeeeceeeeseeeeeeeeeseueeseeeeneeeens 167 Daily recurrence cccccccsecceeeseseceseesseeseeseeeeeeeesseeteeeseeeeeseenseenseeneesoass 168 WEGKIY TECUNONCO as sccccuiacannmacessasmedrcsucncansesuadcuetsantcacoteniuednwoneeunaeemasastns 169 oChedulr o Veron 2 sorne E E E 171 TAE GENO aa A ese een ees eee aes 174 WGC AGG Al GON Ol aE 175 The Filter setting ccccccccsecceseeeseeseeeseeeeeeeseesseesaeeeeeesseeseeesaeeseeeenes 176 Schedule CONT NA cece eecccceecccceeceeaeeeeceeeeeceeeeeseeesseeceseeeeesaaeesseeeeeas 178 Schedule SOUINGS seroren eaer E 179 How to Modify or Delete an existing SCHECUIe cccceeececeeeeeeeeeees 183 How to Add a new Schedule cccccesececceeeeeeceeeeeseeueeesseeeeessaeeesaaens 188 Scheduling making use of the basic VIEW cccccsseeceeceeeeeeeaeeeeeseeeeeeeas 192 Audit 193 Status 195 RoS O O e E 198 www dvsignage com 4 DV SIGNAC Document Version 3 3 WV COUN OV icin csecccsavcaenseancassnsvedene anysaxnatescacnackida easscdcusdedaxs asenaedsadeeccaesstanenensens 199 Contact Details cccccccccccccccecccccccccccecueucucucecececececececeneceauauauaeavaveuauanseeees 202 www digitalview com 5 DV Doc
40. C E a a aa maaa gS E aa a Ee ee EU ee DORT TAT ONON TOOU COET OULU OUO OO O TC SUI CII See ll ll n in CI O cy D iw D t q a J LE Color Image Og Selected Color Add to User Colors This gives the Color Dialog This allows you to select a Color You can either do this from a set of predefined colors or by creating your own color 15 5 3 m paan mi ante E 0 a Color Dial User Colors 82 www dvsignage com DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 Color Dialog Selected Color Add to User Colors User Colors Palette Blue Hex Value Remark that you can also create your own set of User Colors Suppose you want to use an image as background then select the Image radio button Background Color Image File CS_EmpMon i Category Backgrounds www digitalview com 83 CIC sa DV 9 GN AG E Document Version 3 3 As you see there are two things you can select The Category In a typical use case you will put all your background files under a certain category for instance Backgrounds Here you select the category from where you want to get a list of available background files The File This allows to make a selection out of the files available in the selected Category av CS_EmpMon jpg Bien CS_EmpMon640 jpg CP SPECS JIPG CP_CUSTMAIN_ECH jpg By using B
41. DV SIGNAGE SIGNBOX Digital Signage CMS Solution User Guide User Guide Software Version 3 0 DV Document Version 3 3 Contents Introduction c ccc cece sec eeeeeeceeceeeeeeceeeaeeeeeseeeeeesuesecaeeseeseesaeeeeeseeseeseeseeseesseesees 6 What is a Digital Signage solution what are the different elements 7 SignBox Server in more in detail cccccccssssccecseseeceeeeeeeseeseeseeseesaeeeeeseaeeess 8 Provided FUNCHONAIINICS oi ces stcceetsces cacticieedenosiiainassascbeiadddenenecabadesiedanonsgensnctense 8 Some General User Interface topics ccccccesecceeeceeseceeeeeeceeeeeaeeeseeeeeanes 9 Changing your password ccccceececceeeeeeeaeseeeceeeeesaeeeeesueueeeseeeeessuaeeeeseeeeeeaas 11 Configuration of the system Localization and Functionality 0008 12 EOC IZ AUO eres se e E E E EE A E E E 12 FUNCUON INV eee oe ee easeuautacsdasasepteccedeusensncesseenancsdeecst seeeeanoessaecese 13 The Localization and Functionality tre s ccccccseccseeeseeenseeeeeeeeeeseeeneees 14 The Reach combining Localization and Functionality ccccesceseeeeeees 15 How to set Up a Reach Structure ccccecceecceeeceecceeeeeeceeeceeeseeeaeeseeeaaeenees 16 Further Configuration Category ccccssscccsecccceeeeeseeeeeeeeeesseeeeseeseeseeeesaeeeeeas 20 Where do Localization Functionality and Category have impact 21 Uor nago NG NIE se E
42. E REDO UNDO APPLY Filter Select Player Reach Localization gt Global Functionality b Overall www digitalview com Cha mance Sai Today 187 DV SIGNAGE 17 2 7 How to Add a new Schedule There a two ways to start adding a new Schedule Document Version 3 3 Either you in the Calendar in a free time slot which brings up a window in which you can define the Schedule Either you click the ADD button and define the Schedule in the Schedule Seitings area at the bottom of the screen 17 2 7 1Clicking in the Calendar Click an empty time slot in the Calendar brings up the Schedule Definition window Player Reach Localization B Global Functionality Schedule Definition Parameters Project x Page Date UCENE 12 00 fem 12 30 Parameters Project x Page Date Nov 2 UGERE 10 00 fie 11 00 Recurrence None Daily Ry Recurrence None Daily Weekly Recurrence Range no End Date End Date Execute Schedule Reach Localization qQ Global Functionality Overall Schedule Reach Localization coy Global Recurrence Range Functionality Overall Remark that the Date and the Time are filled in according to the place you clicked in the Calendar When you select the Project and the Page or Playlist the Add button becomes accessible You can obviously further specify the recur
43. PSNI ASE DV ONADI Document Version 3 3 J 3rd place in Gent Wevelgem 3rd place in Ronde Van Vlaanderen 1st place in Amstel Gold Race Wins Giro of Piemonte Wins Giro of Lombardia Flandrien of 2010 WI Show Request User Name Date Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible At the bottom you see a table with the waiting Approval Requests for that page The columns are Show Request This is a check box When this box is on you see how the page looks when the Request is approved When the box is off you see the current status The User who posted the Request The Date it was posted The name of the Zone The of the Group it belongs to A Remark field see further The buttons Allow and Deny The Visible indication this is specifically for content with Groups and for requests from Users with a different Reach At one moment in time one can only see the content related to one record in a Group and or from a certain Reach When the indicator is green you currently see that record when it is red you do not see it By clicking the Show Request check box the according record will be visualized As an example clicking the Show Request check box of the first request above gives www digitalview com 141 DV 5 gt N AG E Document Version 3 3 3rd place in Gent Wevelgem 3rd place in Ronde Van Viaanderen 1st place in Amstel Gold Race Wins Giro of Piemonte Win
44. Remark that we keep an overview of all Projects in the left tree view www digitalview com 51 DV S GN AG E Document Version 3 3 DELETE PROJECT UPLOAD FILES ADD TEMPLATE ADD PLAYLIST PLAYLIST FULL VIEW Sha ee Localization Luxembourg Echternach Ettelbruck Functionality GeneralManager Sales w O111_testgeco Wiltz Remich ShopManager Maintenance Overall P 01_JillTest P O1_new test jill H 01_York Pp 01_YorkUser_TestPro r aaatest 5 Airport test r Allocine 7 AllocineMetadata if AVM P b rail YH Beaverbrooks NewPlaylist NewTemplate renamed 2 Belgacom_1i A Bragard P Bristol International a P CarInCar P CarouselTest 3 CarShopGroups 4 Comtech Demo A crash DemoLandF demotcd M DocProject m DVSignage Demo When you now use the search function fa S a filter is made on the Pages and Playlists in the project more specifically on the names of these As you can see Projects have Localization and Functionality parameters When for instance opening the Localization you get something like www dvsignage com 52 DV SIGNAGE j Projects E Airport test ae BGragard ou E Bristol Internationa airport E CarouselTest a E Cust_Maintenance gtp Cust_WaitingArea gtp E Employee ctp E Promo gtp E Specs gtp E EP_from_iill E FRO E GSK icTEST INGdemo New E NMBS_information system E PEAutoTest TEST E testaccent oO A 2 7 26 a
45. The size of the zone is fixed but this can later be changed You will also immediately have the Zone parameter dialog box opened where you can specify all the parameters related to the Zone These aspects will be explained in further chapters For the moment it is ok to close this dialog box 13 3 3 Control the position and size of the Zone Suppose we have a Zone in the Template and we want to control the position and size of it How can we do that When your mouse cursor is not located in the area of the Zone the image of the Zone is as such www dvsignage com 86 DV S GN AG E J Document Version 3 3 However when you move your mouse cursor over this image it will suddenly change Let s zoom in a little NS pr pOText00i EDIT ACCESS www digitalview com 87 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 We can distinguish various areas with various functionalities The edges allow to move the sides of the zones left right or up down The corners allow to move both directions left right and up down The area with the name of the zone included in this case Text001 allows to move the complete Zone around in the Template The Edit Access opens the dialog to further specify the parameters of the Zone The Add to alignment group will add the Zone to the set of Zones on which Alignment actions can be done see further The Delete Zone button allows to remove the Zone from the Template Rema
46. ach this Schedule is not visible in the Calendar Hence after clicking Add nothing will be added in the Calendar However you do get an alert window informing you about this www digitalview com 191 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 The page at says oc You are adding a Schedule with a Reach that is not visible with your current Filter Reach Hence you will not see this Schedule appearing in the Calendar 17 3 Scheduling making use of the basic view The User Right Use Detailed Schedule view provides you with Schedule view as described above For Users who have a lower resolution display and or Users who do not need all the details the basic view can be used which is selected for the user by not clicking the Right Use Detailed Schedule view The difference with the detailed view is the absence of the Schedule Content part ELA lt lt lt gt gt gt today Jee LU UU gt 10 30 gt 11 00 gt 11 30 gt 12 00 gt 12 30 gt 13 00 gt INNA Parameters Recurrence Pattern Recurrence Range Project We D x None Mon no End Date Page T ewPlaylist Playlis Daily Fj Tue Fri End Date 1 31 Date 011 Nov Hi i Wed Sat Execute Time 3 E 14 30 Mthu Emi Every weeks The user can still add schedules delete schedules and modify Schedules However for modification and removal he will need access to the Schedule from a Single Schedu
47. ackground Images you can make the Template very attractive You created such images using standard applications The images can then indicate where the Zones in the Template need to come Background actions are not stored for UNDO REDO We advise to create such background images in the resolution of the template itself The background image will be scaled to occupy the full area of the Template Hence at least care should be taking respecting the aspect ratio of the Image and making it the same as the aspect ratio of the Template www dvsignage com 84 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 13 3 2 Adding Zones in the Template The following buttons represent the different types on Zones you can use From left to right Text Image Video Flash Time Date The details related to these types will be explained more in detail in later chapters You can put a Zone into the Template area by drag and drop Therefore select one on the buttons with left mouse key keep it pressed while you drag the icon onto the Template and release the mouse key when you arrive at the location on the Template where you want to position to new Zone Depending on the type of Zone a different Zone Image Indication will be seen From left to right top to bottom Text Image Video www digitalview com 85 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 Flash Time Date Group name As you will see a Zone will be put in to the Template region
48. and can be used simultaneously PN The settings are kept in the buffers as long as your CMS session is open Hence you can use the Copy Paste functionality also between different Templates between different projects though in order not to overload the Copy Paste area in the dialog box only the name of the Template and the name of the Zone are shown www digitalview com 109 DV SIGNAGE SIGNAG Document Version 3 3 i There is one exception the Copy Paste function does not store the Playlist settings These are to be set in a different way A number of tabs are similar in the different types of Zones These are Styles used in Text and Time Date Alignment used in Text and Time Date Playlist used in Text Image Video Source used in Text and Image These tabs will only be explained in the first appearance hereunder In the further chapters we will have a look to the different tabs from left to right 13 3 7 1Detailed view on the Text Zone Styles Styles f Alignment Playlist f Scrolling Source Color Settings Font Color E Bold W Smooth Background Color Transparent E Underline W Wrapping Filled BM vertical 8 Shrink Automatically Spacing Des Blinking Letter Spacing 10 Not Blinking Blinking Line Spacing a This is divided in three areas o Font o Typical font related settings x Vertical Letters will be placed on top instead of next to each othe
49. ation CalmDK Overall tCalmDK Overall iCalmDK iCalmDK Server iCalmDK This is a list with the Players you see under your Reach The first column provides a view on the state of the players www digitalview com Document Version 3 3 153 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 Player Name 42inch conrac transflective HD DK Showroom Large DK wall Dublin GEB6 23 Gt2 10 0 0 71 iCal mBE MyPlayer PlayerOrangeScreen The green V indicates Activated and Connected The red sign indicates Activated but Disconnected The lock sign indicates Not Activated There is till another sign the green V on a black screen background a this means that the player is Connected but the display is off The following three columns indicate the Player Name the Serial Number and the MAC Address The next 2 columns allow controlling the Localization and the Functionality of the Players Remark that you can only have one Localization per Player Players are activated in this page This is done entering a key code in the dialog that comes up after clicking the ACTIVATE button www dvsignage com 154 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Player Activation Please enter your activation key Se When a player is selected you get extra functionalities DOT POWER OFF SCREENDUMP ACTIVATE Pat 42inch conractransflective HD 1200038931 00 07 32 04 45 B7 DK
50. calization and Functionality setting to a lower level and as such having the possibility to see how content More specifically Templates and Playlists look like on such lower level See Category List www digitalview com 27 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 Add to Category Modify Category Remove Category Similar rights as for Reach see above 9 3 3 Project Rights Content Project Management Rights See project list Add project Remove project Modify Reach Add Files to project Modify File Properties Remove Media File Add Font File Remove Font File See project list The Right to see the list of projects Remark that this Right is essential to also see the Pages and the Content in the pages Hence someone with the basic Right to change something in a Page will always need to have this Right Add project The Right to add a Project Remove project The Right to remove a Project Modify Reach The Right to modify the Reach of a Project Add Files to project The Right to upload media and font files Media Files are uploaded to a Project Font files are loaded to the Server This Right is needed to load Fonts www dvsignage com 28 DV S GNAG E Document Version 3 3 Remark Media Files are Image Files Video Files and Flash Files Modify File Properties The right to modify the properties of a media File in terms of Localization and Category of files Remove Media Files The Right to remo
51. ce Range No End Date The recurrence runs forever With an End Date The latest occurrence will take place on the specified date or will have taken place before that date for instance when the specified End Date is a Sunday and the weekly recurrence is up to a Friday the latest occurrence will have been the Friday before the End Date The amount of times a Schedule should occur With an interval either Every days or Every weeks 17 2 5 5Schedule Reach This is only relevant for Reach based Schedules When looking at a Player based Schedule this has no meaning www dvsignage com 182 DV S GN AG E J Document Version 3 3 Schedule Reach Localization ae oy Global Functionality Overall Obviously this tells in which Reach the Schedule is active Remark that as with the concept of Reach all lower Reach levels will also use the Schedule 17 2 6 How to Modify or Delete an existing Schedule When you have selected a Schedule as explained above you can start making modifications to it by adapting the parameters in the Schedule Settings Clicking MODIFY will show the result in the Calendar For instance suppose we have the following Select Go to Player 30min 7 Wed Nov 23 Thu Nov 24 ri Nov 25 Sat Nov 26 Reach Localization Global Functionality iy Overall Cust_WaitingArea 0im20s lt No Effect gt Cross Wipe aea S Parameters Recurrence Recurren
52. ce Range Schedule Reach Project x None no End Date Localization qQ Page E Daily J End Date Global Date eco Execute Functionality Time z y Every days Overall And we want to change this to a weekly schedule on Monday till Saturday with End Date December 31 2011 Steps to take are Click weekly radio button www digitalview com 183 DV S GN AG E J Document Version 3 3 Click the days Monday Saturday check buttons Click End Date radio button Click the field with the End Date and adapt the End Date Result of these steps TERA lt lt lt gt gt gt Today Reso Mon Nov 21 Tue Nov 22 Wed Nov 23 nu Nov 24 ed I gt Thu j Fri Nov 25 Sat Nov 26 B ciobal unctionality ae B overall Cust_WaitingArea O0im20s 20s lt No Effect gt Cross Wipe SS pS Pattern Recurrence Range Schedule Reach Mon no End Date Localization Q T 4 Mata Global Fj Tue Fri End Date Wed V Sat xECUTE Functionality Thu Sun very weeks Overall When you now click the MODIFY button www dvsignage com 184 Document Version 3 3 UNDO APPLY Player 30 Bal v 21 Tue Nov 22 Wed Nov 23 Thu Nov 24 Reach Localization B Global Functionality overall You will see the result in the Calendar ilter we 2011 Nov21 Select Day C 2011 Nov 21 Player lon Nov 21 Tue Nov 22 wed Nov 23 Thu Nov 24 Fri Nov 25 Sa
53. cessed Which informs that there a certain amount of requests waiting He can then go directly to the Approval Page SET ALL TO ALLOW SET ALL TO DENY PROCESS DECISIONS CarShop oe CCR Ready 19 09 2011 13 40 14 CarShop eo E i Cust_Name 19 09 2011 13 47 19 m pi Cust WaitingArea ae ee CarShop site nies clad Cust_Ready POSS KT terme Preview Unknown TwoPlants gebouw Page Text001 24 10 2011 10 13 32 Preview Unknown TwoPiants gebouw Page Text001 z 24 10 2011 10 14 07 Preview Unknown Here he is informed about The Project The Page The Zone the Request is linked to The User who posted the Request The moment Date the Request was posted Per Request the User can make a decision www digitalview com 139 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 Preview Preview Allow Den Preview Unknown v Unknown Or he can set all request together to Allow or Deny SET ALL TO ALLOW SET ALL TO DENY PROCESS DECISIONS After he has made the Allow or Deny Decisions he needs to click PROCESS DECISIONS to make his decisions have effect However obviously on this page the User does not see what the request was about Therefore the Preview buttons will bring the User to a view on the page and what the Request relates to Date Action 15 09 2011 16 18 16 Preview 15 1 1 Basic modifications Clicking such button brings us to something that looks like www dvsignage com 140 SI
54. ct Player Reach Once you have selected a Player the Calendar will automatically provide you with the schedule information for that Player The schedules shown with a Player selected are a mix of schedules made specifically for that Player and Reach based schedules that are effective on that Player We see further on how this information is seen When using the Reach filter you can select the localizations and the functionalities for which you want to see the schedules for instance similar for Functionality www digitalview com 177 DV SIGNAG z i Document Version 3 3 Filter Select Player Reach Localization Global Global Belgium United Kingd Poland Denmark France Spain Italy Ireland Luxembourg Bank W Portugal Here as well once you select a Localization and or a Functionality set the Calendar is update automatically In Reach view you will only see schedules made for Reach but none made per Player 17 2 4 Schedule Content When clicking on a schedule segment in the calendar one gets the area of Schedule Content filled in www dvsignage com 178 DV S GN AG E J Document Version 3 3 Employee Waiti Employee 20s 20s 20s lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt gt i Sp CA Remark that in the Calendar the segment gets a red border and the segments on other dates with the selected schedule in it are all slightly highlighted The Schedule
55. cts and Pages and will not be further discussed 12 4 Deleting a Page UPLOAD FILES SEND TO PLAYER DELETE EDIT TEMPLATE Projects TS MyNewProject Preview 3g 50 Table TwoPlants HEERES Page iP aa3 Page C aaali Page Py On the top of the Page Preview you have DELETE This allows you to delete a Page www digitalview com 73 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 13 Templates 13 1 What is a Template A Template is a setup for pages that are eventually displayed on the DS players Users will work with Templates to control the content that is displayed A Template consists of A resolution and orientation for instance 1024 x 768 landscape A background which can either be a fixed color or a picture Several Zone with their attributes A Zone is an area on the Template in which specific Content can be set This Content can be Text Images Video Flash or Time Date information Depending on the player s Capacities and the type of Zone a certain amount of such Zones can be set in to the Template practically there is a limit of one Video zone in any template there are no limitations for other types of Zones in terms of quantities Vertical Resolution for instance 768 Horizontal Resolution for instance 1368 These are the main characteristics of a Template The further different attributes will be explained further on www dvsignage com 74 DV SIGNAGE i
56. d medal in singles a record 19 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004 2008 and 2009 CVEN 1 Show Request User Name Zone Name Group Name Remark Visible daj ann 16 11 2011 22 12 04 ext002 d New reco This gives a view on the user s request for a new sequence You either allow or deny all three of the requests which sounds the most reasonable or you allow part of them Remark that in if you allow only part of the requests the denied zones will remain empty N When a Requester first adds a record and before this request is approved posts another request for a modification of that record the request www digitalview com 145 DV 5 gt A C J E Document Version 3 3 for adding the record will be in the approval list but will remain invisible For instance 4 1 2 3 4 s P 3 Clijsters has won 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles She has won four Grand Slam singles titles three at the US Open in 2005 2009 and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011 Show Request User Name Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible 001 Here you have a request for adding a new sequence in the page It consists of an image and two text zones The Requester however has also changed the text zone Text001 after he added it As you see the request for adding the record Text001 is
57. e Playlist you can also change the sequence of the pages using drag and drop Localization Clobal oba Employee Cust_Maintenance 205 20s gt gt D D Cust_Maintenance Functionality overall The blue indicates where the page will come when you release the mouse button Looking a little bit closer to the Page icon in the Playlist www digitalview com 125 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Edit Delete Info Validity window In the middle you have a thumbnail view of the Page In the left top corner you have the edit button see further In the right top corner the delete button which will remove the page out of the Playlist Under the thumbnail you have the Info existing of the name of the Page and the trigger to go to the next page There under you have the Validity window Let s look at the Edit dialog click on the edit button www dvsignage com 126 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 Edit Page Settings Display Time Display for Validity Window Start Date End Date without Start Date Without End Date with Start Date with End Date First you have the area where you control the end of the page in the Playlist This is either a time or an end of event Only pages with for instance a video object will show Trigger on Video End Same goes for Flash The time of the page can be entered in various ways
58. e used to indicate where which type on information can be changed This User needs to get approval for content adaptation from another User The set of Rights he needs is Users Nothing Reach Nothing Projects o See project list Content o See page list o See datasource list o Modify datasource record www digitalview com 33 DV Document Version 3 3 Schedule Nothing Player Nothing Tools Nothing 9 3 10 Example 2 a User similar as the one above but who does not need approval This is the same set of Rights as above however plus Content o Approve datasource content 9 3 11 A Local DS Manager He manages the local Reach the Users and the DiSplayers He does not take care of Content Even though this User does not take care of Content he will need to be able give these Rights to other Users which he manages and so needs these Rights himself The set of Rights he needs is Users o See user list o Add user o Modify user o Remove user o See reach list o Add to reach o Modify reach o Remove from reach Projects o See project list o Add project www dvsignage com 34 DV Document Version 3 3 o Remove project o Upload files to project Content o See page list o See datasource list o Add datasource record o Modify datasource record o Remove datasource record o Approve datasource record Schedule o See schedule list o Add schedule o Modify schedule o Remove schedule Player o See pla
59. e when a Page has a resolution of 1368 x 768 it will take 684 x 384 pixels in the browser view This can for instance come in handy when your screens are full HD 1920 x 1024 Then a scaling of 33 might better fit your browser window www dvsignage com 56 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 12 2 1 Table View Table view looks like this Localization E Functionality i eno uxembourg Echternach Preview at HESKI o Table Daa AS eon Group name iCalm_iCalmDK_CarShopLFC Employee Empl_Picture Empl Bonus Empl Name She has made the Tori Amos emp_tori_amos jpq Ja first sales of the new Sports vehicle ve fie For this type of Page this has little value However when you have a table as such in the Page itself such as Localization Functionality Preview 5g 50 v Table b os Sapha Echternach Ettelbruck B Maintenance gt MN Hitting a field in this table brings you to a column view in this table This can be used but it might be observed as confusing by some users www digitalview com 57 DV SIGNAG z i Document Version 3 3 Localization L Tene uxembourg Echternach Ettelbruck O Preview at 502 Table D Wiltz Rernich ABC 123 Avensis Mr Jones DEF 456 Mr Clarck EXP 123 Ms London HNJ 787 In this example it is much more intuitive to use the Table view Localization Functionality Preview Pa 50 v Table B Luxembourg Echternach Ettelbruck Wiltz Remich
60. elected you get www digitalview com 169 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Time 10 45 11 45 lv Recurrence Pattern Every weeks Bo Daily iv Monday weekly v Tuesday iv Wednesday Recurrence Range F Thursday no End Date iv Friday End Date Saturday Execute j2 W Sunday OK c Here you can specify which days in the week the schedule should take place Monday v Tuesday Wednesday v Thursday iv Friday E Saturday E Sunday You can also specify if it needs to be displayed every week or every n weeks This is similar as explained for Daily recurrence The specification of the Recurrence Range is exactly the same as in Daily recurrence www dvsignage com 170 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 Once you finished the settings click OK and you will see the schedule appear in the calendar From that moment on the schedule is in place 15 min 44 4 gt gt gt oa Day Month 03 08 Mon 03 09 Tue 03 10 Wed 03 11 Thu 03 12 Fri 03 13 Sat 03 14 Sun 08 45 10 30 08 45 10 30 08 45 10 30 08 45 10 30 08 45 10 30 08 45 10 30 08 45 10 30 fi 9 99 boarding_Is gtp boarding_ls gtp boarding_Is gtp boarding_Is gtp boarding_Is gtp boarding_Is gtp boarding_Is gt 10 00 10 45 11 45 10 45 11 45 11 00 Employee gtp Employee gtp 12 00 17 2 Scheduling version 2 Scheduling indicates which content in terms of Pages of Playlists is displayed on which Players and When it
61. ell be on the Localization Customer Restaurant He will only have access to that Localization www dvsignage com DV Document Version 3 3 There is always at least one user on the levels Global Localization and Overall Functionality He is called the Global DS Manager and he is capable of doing everything everywhere He will typically have Local DS Managers for instance for France who will then build out the structure further in their region As such the task of configuration can be distributed across a number of local responsible Users A Depending on its type an object can have multiple Localizations and or Functionalities For instance a display in a production environment can combine the Functionalities of Quality information Human Resources and Catering As such it will display all the information that is related to these three Functionalities 6 4 The Reach combining Localization and Functionality The Reach of an object for instance a Page is defined as the combination of the Localization s and Functionality or Functionalities it has For instance in the next illustration the Reach is Localization of SiteQ2 in Paris and the Functionality Human Resources This will typically be for the Human Resources department for that Localization Another Reach in this illustration is Management which is Global covering all the Localizations Hence
62. en using a flash file in a page which is used in a carousel this option will guarantee that the flash file will start playing from the beginning every time it appears in the carousel Enable Allow Trigger on End for this Zone if the flash file needs to be played to its end independent of a swap time of the page in a carousel or any other object timing Enable Loop the flash if possible to activate a looped playback of the flash file The possibility to loop a flash file depends on the configuration of the flash file itself 13 3 7 5Detailed view on the Time Date Zone Format Format Styles Alignment Display Preview Time only Assume time date on server 16 12 47 Wednesday 03 december 2008 Date only Resulting time date on player 16 12 47 Wednesday 03 december 2008 Time Date Date Time Time Date Leading zero on Hours General Day first Month Abbreviated 24 Hour format Month first Full Display seconds W Display AM PM Separator s Day Abbreviated day numerical Year 2 Digits Suffix j j j Full day numerical 4 Digits Time offset Numerical No year Capital Separator iy Leading zero on Day Numerical Capital This allows to control the format A brief overview www digitalview com 117 DV Document Version 3 3 Display Select between what you want to see Time or Date or a combination Time Specifies the format of the Time field Date Specifies t
63. ent Version 3 3 W MODIFY DELETE Filter Select ERREA lt lt lt gt gt gt Today fear Player Mon Nov 14 Th Wed Nov 16 Reach Localization i Global Functionality O Overall Employee 20s lt No Effect gt A Parameters ecurrence attern Recurrence Range no End Date Localization Q End Date Global Execute Functionality Overall We see following regions Action buttons These buttons will trigger actions such as creating new schedules deleting schedules modifying schedules Filter settings Here you control the view on the schedule information You either do this by selecting a Player or selecting a Reach Calendar control Here you control the view of the Calendar Calendar Here you get a view on the schedules in function of date and time Schedule content When an item in a calendar is clicked you get a visual view on the page items in the schedule schedule settings Here you get a view of the settings of a schedule www digitalview com 173 DV Document Version 3 3 17 2 1 The Calendar Tue Nov 15 wed Nov 16 Thu Nov17 fri Nov 18 Sat Nov 19 Sun Nov 20 The Calendar provides on the top a date indication If the date is having a green background it means that this date is today On the left you have time slot indicators For instance 13 00 gt means a slot starting at that time till the start of the slot t
64. er type of content such as video files An important functionality is SEND TO PLAYER This button allows to directly send the content of the Page you are working on to a specific player It is very handsome when you want to test out how the content will eventually look on the screen Clicking the SEND TO PLAYER brings up r Send to Player Players Groups of Players ee ox I cance 5 We refer to the chapter The Concept of Test Player in the chapter Player Control for the more advanced version of Send To Player using Test Players In this chapter we assume having a User without Test Player Right www dvsignage com 64 Document Version 3 3 Remark you can also work with Groups of Players but let s for the moment focus on a single Player Click the Drop Down box brings you to Send to Player O Players Groups of Players s s esse on Selecting a Player and hitting the OK button will load the Page on the selected Player Send to Player O Players Groups of Players Remark that UPLOAD CONTENT must have been done before you can send the correct content to the screen What happens if you do not have the Right to update Content yourself but need approval from somebody else Refer to the User Right aA A User without Approval Rights gets this screen www digitalview com 65 DV S gt N AG E Document Version 3 3
65. erating the content and directly connected to the displays The Players are connected to a digital TCP IP network and are provided with information from the DS Master Server The DS Server The DS Server is the platform on which the SignBox MediaMaster NetworkMaster iCalmNET V3 is running It can be hosted in the customer s premises or a service provider can host it The DS Server controls what is displayed on the Players at any moment in time It also often hosts the User Interface applications for the DS Users The DS Server Software All the software needed to make a DS application run properly This consists of User Interface applications scheduling applications web service applications databases communication software etc The DS Users All the Users that interface with the DS Server Software As mentioned different levels of Users are in place The Content The Content is what is displayed in the pages on the displays The page is the full image on the display and it consists one or more fields in which different content is shown The User Interface applications These are the applications used by any of the DS Users to make the DS system work properly Such applications provide different functionalities such as User management DS configuration management Page creation Content creation Scheduling SignBox MediaMaster NetworkMaster iCalmNET V3 is the DS Server Software with its User Interface applications i
66. eth_paltrow jpg a ade 12 new cutomers in February s a DVD box with all the 2s from Hitchcock o oo As you observe this is thumbnail list of the available images With the Filter nox HER he can filter out a set of files www digitalview com 61 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Clicking on one of the previews brings up aai Choose an image emp_famke_janssen jpag emp_courtney_love jpg emp_eirfan_pathan jpg cece et 07 04 55 emp_enrique_iglesias jpg emp famke_janssen jpg fox c Where further information of the File is available it s creation date and It s size Clicking on the OK button will provide a Preview of how the image will look with the selection of this file le Preview at 50 Table Localization Luxembourg Functionality ShopManager S Echternach Marketing Ettelbruck Operations Wiltz Remich Gwyneth made 12 new cutomers in February She receives a DVD box with all the movies from Hitchcock Important Remark There are as indicated two ways to update content Either this is done immediately UPLOAD FILES MZ IMMEDIATE UPDATE www dvsignage com 62 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Or this is done after having properly made all required adaptations to the page and using UPDATE CONTENT button UPLOAD FILES IMMEDIATE UPDATE UPDATE CONTENT SEND TO PLAYER Controlling the content of text Zones Clicking
67. f Pages ccccccsseececseeeeseeeeeseeeeessaeeeessueeeeeseneeeeaas 50 POO VOW escent r E E E E E 51 Pade VOW eene R EE A E S E E EEE 55 TOTS VIEW er E ER 57 Preview COMING escroa n E 59 The impact of Groups with CMS built Templates ccccessseeeeeeeeeeees 66 Control of Properties of the ZONES ccccceseccceecceceeeeseeeeseeeeeeaeeesseeeesaees 72 SISTING a TNC cerciorarse ea a E E 73 WONG E A EE E PE AE E E 14 What isa Template ccccccccsccceccceeeceeeeceeeceeeceueceueesaeesaeessuesanesaeeeseeesaees 74 HOW t SCL UD a Template rectgedesscoueceeabsrsiesnessierssaedonctumoiacdareuserecsepeeseesaceene 75 Working in the Template Edit view ccccccssccsseeeseeeeeeeseeeseeeeeneeaeeeseeenaees 79 Background Contool ciasecceutintascirertcwennuiaicdaneniuncdevacneetulcnesteewiecedeateadeessebiheiaeees 81 Adding Zones in the Template cccccsseccseeeceeeeseeeeseeeseeeeseeeeseeessaees 85 Control the position and size of the ZOnE cccecceseeeeeeeeeeseeteneeteeeenens 86 A Template and the Save As functionality ccccssccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 90 Alignment control with multiple Zones Selected cccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeees 97 Template Playlists and Group Management cccseeeeseeeeeseeeeeaees 101 Detailed view on the different types Of ZONES cccceeeeecneeeeeeeeeneeees 107 FILINGS aims tates E E E E EE EE E 119 Playlist editi
68. feltower png affiche hatchi jpg Root Magnanelli D NEW AVM logo orange D RGB JPG Employees Ss AYM E Subsequently using the paste button L will copy the settings to other files One can also get a thumbnail preview of the image files wz Carshop v a mage iles v BRD Rer lel shee ee ee eas _ a e Root e Global D Eifeltower png A B Root Magnanelli D affiche hatchi jpg NEV AYM logo orange This is done using the check box THUMBNAIL PREVIEW and hitting RELOAD LIST Remark that when there are lots of files in the project it can take some time before all the thumbnails are loaded from the server to the PC Therefore by default this option is not activated Remark you can do this for the main types of content Images Videos and Flash files using the drop down Gaa Oe a Image filesi Image files m Flash files Font Files www digitalview com 41 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 A Now some important remarks related to this The Localization property of the File makes sure that a User can only see the Files on his Localization or lower However in Content management see further he will also only be able to make a selection out of Files on his Localization or lower Hence he cannot select a File for instance a picture of an employee belonging to another Localization The Category property makes sure that the right content is used on the right Page
69. ffect Time Alternate Separate Separator The Alternate selection is done between Separate and Concatenate Practically Concatenate only has value for RSS feeds The separator will be placed between the different RSS elements Styles Alignment Source Group name default Amount of items Time Playlist Scrolling Effect No Effects Effect Time Separator lf you use Concatenate with other text you get for instance on the Displays www dvsignage com 112 SIGNAGE DV VINA Document Version 3 3 Left 2 Right 1 lt gt Right 2 On the left this is a text Zone set Separate that cycles through the different record contents with specified time effect etc On the right this is a text Zone set Concatenate As you see it doesn t cycle but it concatenates the different record contents scrolling Styles Alignment Playlist Scrolling Source Enable Scrolling M Restart Immediately Horizontally E Only scroll when text does not fit Vertically Left When Enable is not checked no scrolling will occur Use the Horizontally Vertically radio buttons to select the orientation of the scrolling Move the sliders to increase or decrease the scroll soeed and set the direction left or right up or down www digitalview com 113 SIGNAGE DV UNAS Document Version 3 3 By selecting Restart Immediately tex
70. for instance on the Zone with the Name gives you O Preview at 50 Table Localization Luxembourg Functionality ShopManager Q B Echternach Marketing Ettelbruck Operations Wiltz Remich Gwyneth made 12 new cutomers in February She receives a DVD box with all the movies from Hitchcock f Fi A As you see a window opens where you can adapt the text aa Janssen Clicking outside of the text area or hitting lt CTRL gt lt ENTER gt closes this window and you will see that the content has changed accordingly Suppose with did the same for the larger text area we can get www digitalview com 63 DV SIGNAGE SEND TO PLAYER UPDATE CONTENT UPLOAD FILES Projects fees 50 Bein Airport test Bragard Bristol International airport CarouselTest E CarShop E Cust_Maintenance gtp E Cust_WaitingArea gtp J E Promo gtp Specs gtp E EP_from_Jill FVRO E GSK icTEST E iNGdemo E New E NMBS_information system E PEAutoTest Document Version 3 3 Luxembourg Functionality Echternach Ettelbruck Wiltz Remich Famke has finished her master degree in marketing with success She gets a Rolex watch from Management We are sure that her added E TEST knowledge will be a significant E testaccent enhancement for the Marketing department Remark here as well that updating of the content can be done in 2 ways as described above Remark similar windows are used for oth
71. g two in the final game In 2008 in Beijing he won his first international honour an Olympic gold medal with the Argentina Olympic football team 9 s4 Ve Show User Zone Group Request Name Name Name C oe Ee Albert wid bate Text002 default Den 9 y Remark Action Visible Remark that clicking the check box on off will not make a visual difference Obviously it is best either to allow or to deny all the requests Otherwise you keep a sequence that is partly filled in which makes little sense www digitalview com 149 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 15 1 5 Requests related to Playlists When a User without Approval rights wants to post a request to change a Playlist he can do this by moving and or adding Pages to the Playlist Once he has done this he needs to click the button SEND CHANGE REQUEST SEND CHANGE REQUEST J ill Employee Cust_WaitingArea NewTemplate renamed Employee 20s 2 20s 20s TestProject lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt Cross Wipe lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt D D D D ih gt gt ih D gt Once a User has sent a change request the Playlist is locked on all levels even on higher levels until someone has processed the request However the user who posted the request can still change his request this in order to allow him to still provide modifications to his own original request The Approver will see this
72. gt lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt gt gt gt gt D gt Cust_ Maintenance Cust_ NaitingArea Remark preceding the Filter text with a will result in a list excluding all the file or playlist names having the specified text 14 1 3 Full View Clicking on a Playlist icon brings you to www dvsignage com 122 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Localization Functionality B slobal b Overall Cust_Maintenance Cust_WaitingArea This is the Playlist control page The bottom part is a list of the existing pages in the project the top part is where the Playlist is constructed and managed You add pages to the Playlist by drag and drop Just Click with your left mouse button on a page in the bottom part and keep the mouse button in and drag the page to the top area By releasing the mouse button the page will appear in the top area www digitalview com 123 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Localization Functionality Overall Cust_Maintenance Cust_Waiting4rea Localization Functionality gt Global Ea Overall Employee 20s D D Cust_Maintenance Cust_WaitingArea As such you can keep adding pages to the Playlist For instance www dvsignage com 124 DV SIGNAGE Localization Global oba Employee Cust_Maintenance Employee 205 20s 20s D D D D D D Functionality Document Version 3 3 oT overall Once a Page is in th
73. he first selected Zone will be at the most left position the second selected will be next etc Size Align www dvsignage com 100 DV Document Version 3 3 Vertical Size Align the widths of the selected Slave Zones are put equal to the width of the Master Zone Height and Position of the Zones are not impacted pi Horizontal Size Align the heights of the selected Slave Zones are put equal to the height of the Master Zone Width and Position of the Zones are not impacted AN When the requested action is not possible you will get an error message and nothing will happen This can be because of several reasons for instance with Horizontal Space Align when the sum of the widths of the selected Zones is larger than the width of the Template More in general it will be due to the fact that the requested action positions parts of Zones outside the area of the Template 13 3 6 Template Playlists and Group Management 13 3 6 1The principle of Playlists and Groups in a Template What is meant with Playlist behaviour of a Zone You can have a Zone ina Template act as a Playlist on its own This is specifically relevant for Zones of the type Text Image and Video Let s take an Image Zone as an example Suppose the Template is displayed on a screen then the Zone with the Image will cycle through a number of Images over time As an example the following picture illustrates a situation where the content of the Image Zone
74. he format of the Date field Preview Provides a view on how the result will be in the screen Styles see Text Zone Alignment see Text Zone www dvsignage com 118 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 14 Playlists 14 1 Playlist editing What is a Playlist A Playlist is a sequence of Pages that is shown in a certain order When the end of a Playlist is reached it is restarted from the first Page The trigger to go from one Page to another is either based on time or on the end of content in a Page more specifically a Video or Flash coming to an end A Playlist is always a part of a project When a project has been selected the button ADD PLAYLIST becomes available net HOME SUPPORT PASSWORD LOG OUT Projects Localization PI 01_Schloss_Wemkerheim Echternach Wiltz Remich M 01_SPAR_DEMO u 1_LESPRITPARISIEN 3 ACCOR DEMO A ATT DEMO AY Center E S Bristol International airport A Cust_WaitingA res gt Employee gtp t Promo otp A Specs otp KE LCA ACE ELJ R Clicking that button brings you to New Carousel Please provide name for new playlist lote in which you need to provide a name for the Playlist file For instance www digitalview com 119 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 New Carousel F gte After clicking OK the new Playlist appears in the project view Localization Functionality D Overall AIE c AC j i Aw Car_Maint_Emp_Prom
75. he one at the far left is not active yet but will become active in the future The pages with a red border as the one at the far right has an end date that is already gone hence the page is not displayed today nor will it be in the future Pages are not cleared in the Playlist when they are expired This because the user might want to re use the page again later This he can then do easily be re adjusting the Start and End Dates A Remark you always need to click the SAVE button to save all changes you make to a Playlist 14 1 4 Playlists in Playlists lt is possible to insert a Playlist in another Playlist The view on such Playlists is as such aPagell videobig 02m00s 20 Video End lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt D D gt iG mH D gt 14 1 5 List View A List view has most value when you have lots of pages in your project and or when you have lots of pages in a in a playlist Using List view the thumbnails which are used for the preview of the pages and in the playlist items are not retrieved from the server which makes the behaviour a lot faster Selecting a Playlist under List view gives www digitalview com 129 DV S GNAG E Document Version 3 3 ios one faNewTemplate renamed 20s lt No Effect gt No From Date No End Date Bs Cust_Maintenance Fa Promo 20s lt No Effect gt No From Date No End Date ba oe Z Employee 20s lt No Effect gt No From
76. he user in London hit SAVE AS change the Localization to Paris hit SAVE and the new user is created Under Detail you get a window with the details of the Reach and the Rights of the User Name Localization S Global Functionality gt Overall User Reach Projects Content Schedule Player Tools User Management Rights W Client Administrator W See audit list See user list Add user Modify user Remove user W Log in as other user Change own password www digitalview com 23 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 This part of the screen has 3 areas Name area In here the name of the User is filled in Localization and Functionality area see further The Rights area see further 9 1 Localization and Functionality for a User When clicking on the Localization button Localization e a panel opens where you can select the Localization of the User SAVE CHANGE PASSWORD DELETE Last Login 11 03 2010 18 29 29 19 11 2009 21 10 36 BANK_CAT 17 02 2010 08 38 48 BANK _DS_MGR 24 02 2010 11 09 56 BANK_HR_ANT 09 03 2010 15 34 40 BANK_HR_BRX 24 02 2010 09 27 22 BANK_HR_GENT 17 02 2010 13 59 17 BANK_HR_OUD 17 02 2010 19 46 09 CS_Gen_Mgr 11 02 2010 19 15 18 CS Maint_Ech 01 01 0001 00 00 00 24 02 2010 09 26 15 61 01 0001 00 00 00 11 03 2010 18 19 4 A User can have multiple Localizations This is because he can be responsible for the DS solution in multiple locations A similar user in
77. hereunder You have a time slot duration which is set using the dropdown box at the left top You can select between 15 min 30 min 1 hour 2 hours and 4 hours In the above illustration it is set to 30 minutes which is the default value When there is a yellowish or bluish box in a timeslot it indicates that there is a schedule in it These colors toggle when one goes from one schedule to another one as can be seen in the above picture where on November 18 a schedule starts around 11 45 and lasts till 13 00 at 13 00 a new one starts till 14 30 When the colors are slightly brighter as in the above picture in the bottom two schedules starting at 13 00 this means you have selected this schedule by clicking on it and more information is available see further When hovering over a colored part yellowish or bluish you are informed about the schedule or schedules behind it Single 13 00 14 30 NewPlaylist Playlist f The information is Whether it is Single or Multiple The time the segment takes In case the segment is a single Playlist the name of the Page or Playlist it uses www dvsignage com 174 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 17 2 2 The Calendar Control Day O Week Today lt 2011Now1 On the left you select between day or week view Day view looks like EA Mice lt lt lt i gt i gt gt Today eee Fri Nov 18 9 50 gt 10 00 gt 10 30 gt 11 00 gt
78. i ttf Add Font Click Submit and the Files will be uploaded After this is done you get 1 p air r A P d EO EX E http localhost iCalmCMS UploadFont aspx sessionID User01 _7 _ Font s to upload Uploaded 2 files browai ttf succeeded consolai tt f succeeded Document Version 3 3 When you now go back to the File Page in CMS and reload the Font list you will see the uploaded Font www dvsignage com 48 DV S GNAG E Document Version 3 3 s are available Aade daia FontFiles iv A t a Font Delete Anal DS Digital Univers LT Univers LT Bold Univers LT Bold Cn Univers LT Cn Univers LT Light Browallia New Italic Consolas Italic From now on you are able to use the new Fonts in your Templates As you see you can also delete Font files AN When you delete Font files Templates made using these deleted Fonts will obviously not behave anymore as before The Font will typically be replaced by the first other font in the list which often is Arial Hence be very careful when deleting Fonts www digitalview com 49 DV 5 GN AG E Document Version 3 3 12 Content Management of Pages In this chapter we focus on the Content Management more specifically related to pages Playlists obviously is also seen as Content but this is discussed in a next chapter On gets into the Content Management area by clicking on the icon This will bring you to a screen looking
79. ion of Zones are explained 13 3 4 A Template and the Save As functionality Once a Template exists you can make a copy of it using the Save As functionality This functionality goes further though than simply making a one to one copy One can obviously make copies of an existing Template to a new Template with the same resolution and orientation However one can also create new Templates from an existing one but giving it another resolution This can be done by either respecting the aspect ratio of both Templates but also by not respecting it One can even change the orientation When in the Template Edit View hit the SAVE AS button This brings www dvsignage com 90 DV 5 G N AG E Document Version 3 3 New Template Save As Please provide name for new template ewl emple Jote Respect Aspect Ratio Scale Fonts Template resolution 1260x 20 Orientation Landscape Cancel Remark if you leave everything unchanged apart from the file name of course you will create a Copy of the Template with the same resolution and orientation Apart from that You have following selections Respect Aspect Ratio When this Check Box is ticked you are limited to selecting other resolutions that have the same aspect ratio as the existing Template For instance with this example having 1280 x 720 resolution which is an aspect ratio of 16 9 clicking the Template resolution list box gives www dig
80. is where relates to various objects in the system A User where he or she is located A Display or Player where it is located A Template or Playlist where it is to be used 1 For smaller installations it is possible to operate the complete software without using Localization and Functionality www dvsignage com 12 DV Document Version 3 3 Content where can this content be used A page this is given a certain Localization will only be displayed on displays that have been given the same or similar see further Localization Equally a User with a certain Localization will only be able to work in his Localization create pages for that Localization and manage content in his Localization 6 2 Functionality Functionality tells us about the type of information we are working with Ina practical DS implementation different types of information are used For instance consider a global company that wants to install a DS solution all over its premises The types of information they want to display can be For the visitors o Product information o General company related information o Financial information o Welcome messages For the employees o Quarterly financial figures o Welcome to new employees o Quality figures o Employee of the month o Company information important orders acquisitions etc o Employee restaurant information menu of the day This Functionality is then related to the different objects in
81. is associated to a group bottom mid top These bars have following indications and possible actions The numbers 1 2 refer to a record in the group that has content www dvsignage com 68 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 The number in bold and having a black border in fact all the 1 s in above picture indicates which record is currently visualized in the preview The indicates there is still space to add a new record As you might see the bar associated with the group bottom does not have such which means all available records are occupied indeed there is only 2 records for the group bottom Clicking on another number in one of the bars will adapt the preview and show the content associated to that record Clicking on the will open a preview with empty zones in which you can fill in content for a new record for that Zone The x allows to delete a record in the group The blue arrows a and P are of use when there are more records in the group as can be displayed in the horizontal bar Using these arrows allows you to scan through all records Some examples Clicking on 3 for the group mid results in Building 6 Aala dal gt x Building 3 Building 7 Obviously you can in this Preview adapt the content of the selected record in the group Clicking on the for the group mid results in www digi
82. is displayed A houo it is possible to schedule Pages we advise to build your schedules on Playlists only Schedules can either be done on the level of a Player or Reach based Here we advise to mainly use the Reach based scheduling as it is far more transparent There are two different views available for scheduling a basic one and an expanded one The expanded one is for the more advanced user giving lots of information The basic one is more intended for a basic user who just wants to add and modify some schedules The difference between both is set in the User Rights Certainly for the expanded view we recommend using a higher resolution monitor A monitor with a resolution of XGA 1024 x 768 will really be too low As a hint using F11 on most browsers will maximise the view One can have at the same moment in time 1 2 or more schedules running Say for instance we have these schedules www digitalview com 171 DV S GN AG E J Document Version 3 3 Schedule 1 from 13 00 till 15 00 Schedule 2 from 14 00 till 16 00 In this case from 14 00 till 15 00 we have 2 schedules running in parallel This is further referred to as a Multiple segment The other segments are referred to as Single Scheduling is brought up using the icon A Ac eitada ETS NOV Let s have a look at the different regions we will see later why this view has more content www dvsignage com 172 DV SIGNAGE Docum
83. is purely informative you see the name the orientation and the resolution of the Template Background control www dvsignage com 80 DV 5 3 AC gt t Document Version 3 3 This control the background of the Template see further for a detailed explanation Scale of view Here you control the scale of the view You can make a selection out of a set of scales going from 25 to 400 Alignment control The Alignment Control area contains a number of functionalities that become accessible when multiple Zones are selected This will be discussed more in detail further on Zone Addition buttons Here you have the different types of Zone that are available Drag and Drop of such Button into the Template area will create a new Zone This is as well discussed more in detail further on Group Management Zones can be set into Groups This is further discussed in detail hereunder 13 3 1 Background Control Click following button B Background You get control of the Background of the Template Background Color Image As you see you have the option to select between Color and Image Suppose you want to have a uniform Color for the background then select the Color button and hit the Color area www digitalview com 81 Document Version 3 3 DV SIGNAGE BEUUULUL Ct C LJ LoL a OC C mm C C OLC _ 54 HeS555c eee anu
84. italview com 91 DV SIGNAGE SIGNAG Document Version 3 3 New Template Save As Please provide name for new template Respect Aspect Ratio Scale Fonts Template resolution oU0x450 1360x766 1366x766 1920x1060 OK Cancel Scale Fonts You can scale the fonts with the new resolution or not When you scale the Fonts the size of the characters will relatively match the size of the Template Do remark however that this is not a guarantee that the words of the text will have exactly the same position in both Templates Small changes can occur Let s have a closer look at working without respecting the Aspect Ratio Therefore you need to consider the following points The aspect ratio of the Zones in the new Template The Zones in the original Template all have a certain aspect ratio on their own In the new Template that Template as such having a different aspect ratio as the original Template the aspect ratio of all the Zones remain the same as in the original Template Not doing this would create distortions of images videos and flash content This is something we do not want Relative position of the Zones In the new Template the relative position of the Zones to one another is kept Background Images As mentioned if the background of a Template is an Image that Image is always stretched to the complete area of the Template Clearly this will also be the case in the new Template This means that if an Image
85. le Segment Remark the above screenshot is taken for a User without any Reach Rights Hence you do not see the Reach boxes in the Filter area and in the Schedule Settings area www dvsignage com 192 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 18 Audit The Audit page is brought up using the related icon This brings up O CLEANUP User Name admin AnPekkaPelkonen AnPekkaPelkonen AnPekkaPelkonen AnPekkaPelkonen AnPekkaPelkonen AnPekkaPelkonen AnPekkaPelkonen 4nPekkaPelkonen Date 29 09 2010 09 40 27 28 09 2010 13 37 59 26 09 2010 13 36 45 27 09 2010 11 18 47 27 09 2010 11 18 16 27 09 2019 11 17 10 27 09 2010 11 17 05 27 09 2010 11 16 51 Operation Removed project Changed content Changed content Changed content Changed content Changed content Changed content Changed content Changed content Detail AllocineTest Database Employee Field Empl_Picture modified value emp_naomi_watts jpq Database Employee Field Empl_Picture modified value Eifeltower png Database Customer Field Cust_Ready modified value 12 45 Database Promotions Field Promo_Text modified value Till the end of 2010 all purchases of an Avensis will receive a leather interior for free Database Promotions Field Promo_Video modified value Avensis mpg Database Promotions car_avensis_01 jpq Field Promo_Image added
86. like ae ee eee ADD PROJECT i s da SSCS iP TwoPlants TwoPlants This provides a list of the available projects On the left side this is represented by a tree view and the large area right of it is providing an icon view on the projects The Search area provides a filter to limit the amount of Projects on the screen in the middle pane This can be valuable when you have a lot of Projects Remark that the separation bar between the tree view and the thumbnail view can be moved horizontally With ADD PROJECT you can create a new project Click the button give a name www dvsignage com 50 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 New Project Please provide name for new project And click OK a new project is created ADD PROJECT BS dl 5 MyNewProject 9 TwoPlants MyNewProject TwoPlants When you attempt to create a new project with a name already used on the Client you will get a warning and you are asked for another name It is possible that you do not see this already existing project as projects can be out of your Reach Warning Creation of new project failed Remark this can be due to the fact that there exists already a Project with the name you specify It is possible you do not see this project Please try another name 12 1 Project view Clicking on one of the Projects either in the left tree or the middle pane brings a view on the Pages
87. mmation of traffic over the network during the present month and of the amount of memory on the hard disk in use You bring up the Status view using the icon And you will get a view as such www digitalview com 195 DV S GN AG E Document Version 3 3 Traffic and Disk Usage information Date information Month year March 2010 Day of month 13 of 31 40 6 Traffic information E DDRi Total traffic used this month Remaining T 96 0 MB 1 3 GB Total incoming traffic Total outgoing traffic 1 9 MB 56 1 MB DISplayer Tools traffic DISplayer Tools traffic traffic traffic 1 9 MB OB 56 1 MB OB Traffic usage indication Allowed average traffic per day 43 5 MB Average traffic per da g 5 4 3 MB Disk usage information Amount of available disk oy a H a pr a Used amount of disk space 1 5 GB 29 o icalm 2010 Here you see The current month we explore www dvsignage com 196 Document Version 3 3 Month year March 2010 How far we are in the month percentage wise Day of month 13 of 31 40 6 Also in this form The amount of traffic used this month Total traffic used this month 58 0 MB The amount of traffic still available Remaining Then traffic is also split over outgoing and incoming traffic Total incoming traffic Total outgoing traffic 1 9 MB 96 1 MB Which is then further detailed in traffic related to Tools a
88. n Modify the Rights of another User will at maximum be able to give his own Rights to another User Rights he doesn t have are not visible to him Hence the list of visible Rights when editing User Rights depends on your own Rights Rights can depend on other Rights For instance if you cannot see the Users you obviously cannot add remove or modify Users If this is the case the www digitalview com 25 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 Right as such is not selectable in the list it is grayed out There is also an indication informing which other Rights are required in order to get that Right selectable such as is the case in the above picture with Add User Profiles 9 3 1 Users Rights In here the Rights of this User regarding his capability to work on other Users are defined User Management Rights W iGalm Administrator W Client Administrator WM See audit list See user list Add user Modify user Remove user W Log in as other user Change own password Administrator He by default also gets all the available rights See Audit list Audit is a possibility to get a view on the actions that have been done on the CMS for details see further This Right enables this view See user list Enables a User to see the list of USers within his Reach Add user The Right to Add a User Remark Having the Right to Add a User without having the Right to Modify a User has no meaning Hence make su
89. n Reach it will still act with the Reach it obtained www dvsignage com 160 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 17 Scheduling Scheduling indicates which content in terms of Pages of Playlists is displayed on which Player and When it is displayed Though it is possible to schedule Pages we strictly advise to build your schedules on Playlists only Scheduling is brought up using the icon It brings up a screen as such ne HOME SUPPORT PASSWORD LOG OUT FC e CS ec Ph m Scheduling is done per Player or per Group A Player is selected using the Drop down box at the left top www digitalview com 161 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 E Groups 42inch conrac transflective HD DK wall l Gt2 10 0 0 71 CailmBE MyPlayer Selecting one of the players brings you to the schedule for that player iCalmBE W Groups 15min CKI EE Weck 17 ED O Today Day Week Month 04 18 Mon 04 19 Tue 04 20 Wed 04 21 Thu 04 22 Fri 04 23 Sat 04 24 Sun 8 00 9 00 09 00 12 00__ fing 00 12 00 900 1200 MorningPlaylist gtc MomingPlaylist gtc MomingPlaylist gtc 11 00 This view gives you the scheduling of for the selected Player Remark that you can set the scale of the time using the drop down box B Groups For instance putting the scale on 60 min will give a complete day view You can either edit an existing schedule or create a new schedule www dvsignage com 162 DV SIGNAGE a
90. n the total DS picture This software works with the DVSignage hardware and SignBox Player software www digitalview com i DV Document Version 3 3 3 SignBox Server in more in detail 3 1 Provided Functionalities system Configuration Set up for the DS system Player Management Which player is located where and what is it used for User Rights Management Which user can do what Template and Playlist Creation Content File Management the purpose of the different Content files where and for what can these be used Content Management Which content is displayed in which page and building amp controlling Playlists Related Content Management Authorization of Content adaptation Scheduling When is which page displayed where User Interface applications download provide an easy way to install User Interface applications which are not web based on the User s PC Monitoring of the network traffic Provision of a Database to host all the settings and content of the DS solution Provision of a web server to enable web based user interfaces Audit of the usage of the DS system www dvsignage com 8 DV Document Version 3 3 4 Some General User Interface topics Starting up the User Interface is done via a web browser The URL depends on the local implementation or IP address of the Server The Servers systems are pre configured to pick up an IP address when connected to a router and once this IP address is known i
91. nd to the Players DISplayer Tools traffic DISplayer Tools traffic traffic traffic 1 9 MB OB 56 1 MB OB Further you see the use of disk space Disk usage information Amount of available disk _ 0 GP oy B Used amount of disk space 1 5 GB www digitalview com 197 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 20 RSS information Is brought up using the icon And brings EDIT RSS FEEC URL http www hin be nisuws belgie rss xmi http news sky com skynews rss article 0 30000 1 100 00 xml http newsrss bbo co uk rss newsonline_world_edition front_page rss xml http www rte te ess news xmi htto www berlingske dk section nyhedsoverssgt Stemplateerss amp mimenxml http www france24 com fr monde rss htto rss gazets pl oub rss gazetawyborces_kra xnm Hiss wn com itakan top stones p www bbe co uk french index xml http www bbe co uk mundo mdex xml wn com german top stories This is a screen providing the available RSS feeds that can be used in the construction of Templates You see three sections listed according to the types of feeds News feeds Weather feeds Exchange feeds Using the button EDIT RSS FEEDS you can create new feeds or delete existing ones Hit that button gives www dvsignage com 198 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Edit RSS Feeds Type ies http newsrss bbc co uk rss newsonline_world_edition front_page rss xml x Add Name Type ee sid As
92. needs to be unique in the Project In case it already exists the name domain will become red and the OK button becomes de activated www dvsignage com 76 DV SIGNAGE New Template Please provide name for new template otp Template resolution 1360x7685 Orientation Landscape Portrait Background Color Assume you fill in name etc New Template Please provide name for new template 2 i ctp Template resolution 1280x720 Orientation Landscape Portrait Background Color Click OK brings you to www digitalview com Document Version 3 3 77 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Projects Localization Documentation MyNewTemplate As you see in the Project view a new Template is created Click that icon or select it in the tree view Obviously you come in to the content control view UPLOAD FILES E IMMEDIATE UPDATE SEND TO PLAYER EDIT TEMPLATE PS Projects Localization es DocProject O Preview 5g 50 Table P Documentation Obviously though there is nothing you can do in it as there are no Zones defined yet Hit EDIT TEMPLATE to come in to the view where you can edit the Template www dvsignage com 78 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 RENAME SAVE AS SAVE CEOSE DELETE Name MyNewTemplate gtp Orientation landscape Template resolution 1280x720 BS Background Edge Align
93. ng cetecg ics cn certes elcnedtactancinencatadouatdenstisumetiancaniedta iaueusanecuadanatiasesisi nte 119 Full View and List VICW va casciccsvcsisnstsraseseacasenaaiianssssasaseaimvbiniaassecasansnianabeass 120 FUT WS VOW ienr EE EEEE EEEE 121 FC E E I ET A E EE OE A E E E 122 www digitalview com 3 DV Document Version 3 3 Playlists in Playlists cccccseccsecceeeseeceeeceeeseeeseeceueseeeseeeeeeeaeeseesaeesaeees 129 List View129 Playlists and Localization and Functionality cccccccssceseeseeeeeeeeaeeenes 131 We all have approval rights cccccccseccseeceeeceeeceecaeeceeeceesaeeseeenenenaes 132 PO OK ING OW Wi ccsenencest ote e a E E E 134 The Approval FOCCSS rataicn cies spon nteaanaayedcecsmeuctanssesaneceenaetaneaatenetindceenuesdoneneanens 137 Approval process for Pages cccsccccsecccseeeseeeeseeeeseeeenseeeseesseeesseesseeenaes 138 BaslC IMOCMIC ANON 6 eae E E 140 Adano ToC eros ocrc var E E 144 Impact of Requests from other Reach place s ssssssnsseenesesrnreerrrrereees 146 Removal Of recordS cccccccceseccescecesecceeecceecueeeseeeecueeceueeseueesseseneeeess 148 Requests related to Playlists cccccceeccescceeeeseeeceeeeeueeeeeeseeeseesaneeaes 150 PAY Cl CONIO ctcpeusenateriovarscesedugegtanaianaven cides EERE ASAE SDE ER E ESNE AAAS 153 TNE CONCEPT lest Playor avscessictsureacanesdearsererewercndenedandiorsscaanertaausacednntes 156 CNG CNIS ion feres tient E A 1
94. not visible However by clicking the Show Request check box of the modification of Text001 you will see the request of the modification and implicitly the request for the addition of the record 15 1 3 Impact of Requests from other Reach place Suppose our page is accessible on lower Reach levels which is something very often is the case Suppose we have a request coming from a lower level The Preview will look like www dvsignage com 146 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 3rd place in Gent Wevelgem 3rd place in Ronde Van Vlaanderen ist place in Amstel Gold Race Wins Giro of Piemonte Wins Giro of Lombardia Flandrien of 2010 Show Request Visible In the Remark column you see that the Request is currently Out Of Reach However clicking the Show Request check box will automatically set your Reach to that of the Requester Reach adapted User Name Albert LOGIN AS HOME SUPPORT HELP PA D TO PLAYER DELETE EDIT TEMPLATE Localization Functionality 5 Haria arketing default 4 2 3 4 5 6 gt x Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals including two in the final Show Request User Name Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible m a EAT EH MED i i Sa Allow Deny e The further processing is the same as described above When the request is for adding a record this will be shown in the Rema
95. ntent changes before the content changes appear on the displays he needs approval from another user who does have the right However who can give approvals also depends on the Reach position of the Users For instance and looking only to the Localization though in reality it depends on both Functionality and Localization In the illustration below the yellow users User B2 b and User C2 do not have Approval rights the blue users User A User B1 User B2 a and User C1 have Approval Rights www digitalview com 137 DV Document Version 3 3 LocA UserA Cx Loc B2 i User B2 a User B2 b User B1 p User C1 Cp User B2 a can approve both the requests of User B2 b and User C User A can do this as well But User B1 and User C1 cannot as the Users B2 b abd C2 are not within their Reach The Approval decision can either be Deny or Allow As long as there has not been a decision or if the decision was Deny the content on the players remains the original content How does a User with Approval right know there are Approval requests waiting The Approval process is in place for changes on content of Pages and changes on content of Playlists 15 1 Approval process for Pages When a User with Approval right logs on he gets the following screen when there are requests waiting www dvsignage com 138 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 You have 5 approval requests waiting to be pro
96. o Cust_Maintenance Cust_Waiting4rea Employee NewPlayList is Global The ones that are accessible are CMS Playlists 14 1 1 Full View and List View There are two ways to look at the Playlist Full View and List View You can select which view you want using the button at the top which is available when the project containing the Playlist you want to work on is selected DELETE PROJECT UPLOAD FILES ADD TEMPLATE ADD PLAYLIST PLAYLIST FULL VIEW Projects fe Localization 8 0111 testgeco Luxembourg Echternach Ettelbr aP O1_JillTest u O1_new test jill u 0i_York v 01_YorkUser_TestProject ip aaatest v Airport test Cust_Maintenance Cust_WaitingArea Clicking this button toggles between PLAYLIST FULL VIEW and PLAYLIST LIST VIEW www dvsignage com 120 DV S GN AG E Document Version 3 3 14 1 2 Filter the View lt is possible to filter the pages you have available to use in the Playlist This can be helpful when you have a significant amount of pages available Functionality Localization Luxembourg Table Belgium FEN 7 NewTemplate renamed Promo Employee 20s 20s 20s lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt gt gt gt gt i NewPlaylist NewTemplate renamed For instance www digitalview com 121 DV S GNAG E Document Version 3 3 Localization Luxembourg Belgium New emplate reramed Promo Employee 20s 20s 20s lt No Effect
97. o Effect gt A OA In the above example the Playlist is play1 coming from the Project CarShop At the same moment you click one of the Pages the Settings of the Schedule are also provided www dvsignage com 180 DV S GN AG E J Document Version 3 3 Employee 20s lt No Effect gt lt No Effect gt gt Parameters Recurrence Schedule Reach Project x None J Player Schedule Page x Paty Weekly Date Time The Schedule Settings consist out of a number of blocks which we will have a closer look at 17 2 5 1Main Parameters Parameters Project x Page x Date Time Here you see The Project of the Schedule The Page or Playlist of the Schedule The Date the Schedule is planned or its start date The Time segment in the Day 17 2 5 2Recurrence selection Recurrence None Daily Weekly Here you see if there is recurrence for this Schedule or not The recurrence can either be daily or weekly see further www digitalview com 181 DV Document Version 3 3 17 2 5 3Weekly recurrence pattern Pattern Mon Fj Tue Fri Wed Er JELITA Emi If the recurrence is set to weekly you can select which days in the week the schedule will appear by clicking the days on or off 17 2 5 4Recurrence Range Recurrence Range no End Date Execute Every weeks There are following options for the Recurren
98. o be filled in First select the Project www dvsignage com 164 Document Version 3 3 W Recurrence Pattern Recurrence Range Cancel The select the Playlist or Page www digitalview com 165 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 eee 2011 Apr 22 Time Page Incremental W Recurrence MorningPlaylist gtc Template01 gtp Pattern Template0 2 a k Recurrence Range Once this is done the rest of the actions are similar to editing an existing schedule Suppose we filled in the recurrence etc see further we will see the new schedule appear www dvsignage com 166 CICRIACE L DV INASI Document Version 3 3 Day Week Month 04 21 Thu 04 22 Fri 04 23 Sat 04 24 Sun 09 00 12 00 09 00 12 00 09 00 12 00 amp MorningPlaylist gtc MorningPlaylist gtc MorningPlaylist gtc 12 00 18 00 12 00 18 00 12 00 18 00 AfternoonPlaylist gtc AfternoonPlaylist gtc AfternoonPlaylist gtc 18 05 19 15 C gtp 17 1 2 Editing an existing schedule A schedule can either be with or without recurrence When the schedule is without recurrence it will only take place once on the selected day and within the selected time frame If you want to do that you leave the related check box unchecked Recurrence When the schedule is with recurrence it will be repeated as you indicate it to do Therefore you first need to check the related check box Iv Fee currence This opens op the capabilities to
99. o change Amount of Items and or Time just fill in the new value For practical reasons the maximum amount of Amount of Items is set to 99 The maximum time is set to 30000 seconds www dvsignage com 106 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 How the next step is done allocating a set of Playlist parameters to a Zone is explained in a next chapter Detailed view on the Text Zone 13 3 7 Detailed view on the different types of Zones In Template Edit view clicking the Edit button of a Zone brings a dialog such as in this case a Text Zone Template Object Text Properties Name axi Position Z Order Top Width Height Copy Paste Color Settings Font Color M Bold Smooth Buffered Background Color lt Empty gt M Underline HM Wrapping Transparent M vertical MH Shrink Automatically Filled Bottom Spacing ere Blinking etter Spac TEASE e RARAN Not Blinking Line Spacing Blinking The Top part is the same for all types of Zones and has been explained in previous chapters The Bottom part is related to the type of the Zone and these parts are discussed in this chapter The Bottom part is organized in two main blocks side by side www digitalview com 107 Document Version 3 3 Alignment Playlist Scrolling f Source Copy Paste Font Color Settings 4 j E Bold Enea Buffered Background Color lt Empty gt Transparent WM vertical WH Shrink Automatically Filled
100. oject you first need to select a Project which you do with the drop down box at the left top ellaslale Me IER Image files v be on gu gm i www digitalview com 39 DV 5 GN AG E Document Version 3 3 Also indicate which Type of Files you want to see Image files Video files Flash files FontFiles Selecting a Project and Type brings you to the Files belonging to that Project for instance Remark by default Image Files is selected Aa CarShop v Bae Se image fies v BM s ee Be Tim ae ker em oo File Eifeltower png affiche hatchi jpg NEW logo orange JPG RGB evoluo6 jpa Rosabesa ipg guy_morber_O1 jpq9 kim_clijsters_01 jpq justinehenin_01 jp9 In here you can Select which Category or Categories the file is belonging to We will see further how you can control in a Page how the different Zones can as well be linked to Categories Select which Localization or Localizations the file is made for Here as well multiple Localizations can be selected Remark depending on the User s Localization property he will only see the Files that are on his Localization or on a lower Localization level You can delete a file using One can also select the complete setting of a file by using Lo The file that is as such selected will appear on a brighter background as indication that this file is selected www dvsignage com 40 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Ei
101. ooking down So far User A has provided a Playlist to Localizations under him He might want to see what happens with his Playlist on a lower level because on these levels the Users have the capability to add pages What are they doing Therefore a user can adapt his reach by hitting the ADAPT REACH button aoarrReach Localization Functionality gt Brussels Images _Plant_1i Video Plant_1 Images _Plant_2 20s 205 20s No Effect No Effect No Effect D D D Dd D gt D www dvsignage com 134 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 Adapt Reach Select either a User or manually set Localization and Functionality Amadeus vw Localization Belgium Functionality Overall E Belgium S Y overall PS Wi Brussels PS W Marketing E antwerp EE Operations PS E Gent 13 Mi Human Resources MM E Oudenaarde AP W Catering Brugge Se MDemo etersa tatel MIT services Berend Waregem a EE Bank E Kortrijk Ea L E Menen j E Gemeentes BM Movies EE TestFunc AE CELE Set To Own Reach In this dialog he can change his Reach either by selecting a specific user or by manually setting Localization and Functionality He can also easily return to his own Reach by using the button Set to Own Reach Once the User has changed his Reach this is clearly indicated on the top of his browser window see hereunder in red on top of illustration iministrator HOME SUPPORT
102. op Preview Ba 50 Table Toimisto Y Toimisto Q 3 Cust_Maintenance gtp th Promo gtp Naomi did a wonderful job in convincing an IT company to go for 10 Toyotas as company car She gets a weekend with her family to Berlin www digitalview com 59 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 In this Page there are three Zones that can be controlled The picture The Name field The Explanation The CMS knows which type of content is available in which Zone and will automatically adapt the User experience Controlling the content of the picture When the User clicks in the Zone with the picture he gets the following window f Q Preview Ba 50 v Table Localization Luxembourg Functionality ShopManager fey B Echternach Marketing Ettelbruck Operations Wiltz Remich ee ee a ee ee oe ee 0 1 N emp_gwyneth_paltrow_jpg M m Gwyneth made 12 new cutomers in February She receives a DVD box with all the movies from Hitchcock d EO VEN Here he can control the content of the picture He can either do this via de drop down box www dvsignage com 60 DV SIGNAGE Localization O Preview 50 v Table 0 1 emp_enrique_iglesias jpg emp_famke_janssen jpg emp_nicolas_cage jpg emp_norah_jones jpg emp_richard_gere jpg emp_rosario_dawson jpg emp_russell_crowe jpg emp tiger woods jpq emp tommy lee jones jpq emp_tom_hanks jpg emp_tori_amos_jpg emp_gwyneth_paltrow_jpg emp_har
103. ou can enter the name of the new item Localization Belgium Ukkel Markt Belgium Brussel vorst Ukkel Markt Koekelberg The button will close the Add field EAN Remark to be very careful when removing items in the tree once the items in the tree are used for User management Player management and Content management When removing such item in a tree these objects will be impacted and will have their Localization or Functionality changed Remark that only users on administrative level can have the right to remove items in a reach tree 3 Only users with administrative level have the delete functionality available www digitalview com 19 DV 5 3 AC gt t Document Version 3 3 7 Further configuration Category Content image files video files etc can be put in different categories Zones in pages can also be linked to categories By doing so you will make sure that when a user wants to change content in a certain area he will have the correct set of content files to choose from For instance he will not find images of employees residing in the category employee in a zone that is linked to pictures of products a A category tree could for instance look like this Backgrounds Own Logo Company Logos Visitor Logo Commercials Visitors People Administration Employees Production Desktop PCs Hardware Laptops Products Software Setting up a category tree
104. provide a recurrence schedule www digitalview com 167 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 ieee Var 13 2010 Time z Employee gtp ly Page MM Recurrence Daily Weekly Recurrence Range no End Date End Date Execute u c As you can see the recurrence pattern can either be Daily or Weekly Pattern Daily l Weekly 17 1 3 Daily recurrence When Daily is selected as in the above picture you can indicate If it is displayed every day or ever n amount of days For instance if you choose to display the Page every 3 days it will appear on o Day O the selected day suppose this is a Monday o Day 3 3 days later this would be Thursday www dvsignage com 168 DV SIGNAC Document Version 3 3 o Day 6 again 3 days later this would be Sunday o Etc The Recurrence Range Recurrence Range no End Date End Date 3 Execute o Selecting No End Date means the schedule runs for ever o Selecting End Date allows you to specify the last Date the occurrence is allowed to happen After this Date it will not happen any more Recurrence Range no End Date oF eee ita Wviar 13 2010 amp Execute o Clicking in this area brings up a calendar where you can easily select your date o You can also specify the amount of times the schedule should take place 0 O Execute zz 17 1 4 Weekly recurrence When Weekly is s
105. r www dvsignage com 110 AAF LA A i SH oi i AC oF DV VINE N yri Document Version 3 3 vj Wrapping is a feature that forces all text to fit within the margins of the bounding box All text will automatically be transferred to new lines if necessary Shrink Automatically o Spacing o Color settings x To adapt the colors click on the colored boxes Alignment Styles f Alignment Playlist f Scrolling Source Vertical Align Top Lorem Ipsum Middle Bottom Horizontal Align Left Middle The alignment can be set vertically and horizontally the white box on the right is only intended as example of how the result will be Playlist Styles Alignment Playlist Scrolling Source Group name default Amount of items Time Effect lt No Effect gt Effect Time Alternate Separator Here you can make a selection out the defined sets of Playlist Groups Amount of Items and Time will be updated remark you can not change this here this is done in the corresponding dialog box see a previous chapter The Effect can be set using the drop down box www digitalview com 111 aia mM A 3 t Document Version 3 3 The time the Effect takes can be set when an Effect is selected Styles Alignment Playlist Scrolling Source Group name default Amount of items Time Effect True Crossfade E
106. r r H a ERE E EERE EERE EERE EERE EE EERE EEE EERE EEE EERE EERE EEE EERE EEE EE lt Localization United Kingdom Functionality Marketing OK Cancel Click OK gives LE iCalm interactive Content And Lay L iCalm Interactive Content And L x HOME SUPPORT HELP PASSWORD OG OU Software Version 3 1 1128 Done a A second tab is created in your browser giving a CMS from the perspective of the other user www digitalview com 37 DV D 3 AL gt t Document Version 3 3 11 Files ad Remarks with Files we mean Media and Font files Media Files are always linked to a Project Hence if you have a Media file in Project A it will not be available in Project B If you want it in Project B as well you will also have to upload it to that project Media Files are uploaded to their type Image Video Flash Font Files are available to all Projects You get in the File screen by clicking on the File button There are essentially two types of Files Media Files and Font Files One can see this by selecting Type of File in the Files Page image files Media Files Video files Flash files Font Files Font Files 11 1 Media Files The Files we are targeting here are content files such as image files This brings you to www dvsignage com 38 DV S G N AG E Document Version 3 3 EUA KAT ELJ As Files are always linked to a Pr
107. r instance gets do not yet worry about the horizontal bars with numbers on the right side of the picture Functionality Localization eee 50 v Table united Kingdom Brussels 9 bottom bx ota se a aj 2i i i a F re eet Building 6 4 1 2 3 gt TIME alej gt Promotion Building 8 Building 7 When having the mouse cursor over the Template without having the cursor over one of the Zones one gets Building 8 Building 7 As you see in the Zones on the left top you get the name of the Group the Zone belongs to here these are top middle and bottom Now let s have the mouse cursor over one of the Zones What you get now www digitalview com 67 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Building 6 Group Information Group name bottom Building 8 Amount of records available 2 lt iming of Items p Notice the following The Zone where your cursor is over gets the rather intense greenish indication The other Zone s belonging to the Group get a slighter greenish indication On the right side of the Template Preview you get information related to the Group the name the maximum number of items and the timing of the Group lt le gt x EOE jt 2 I leiz As you can see we have here three bars and every bar
108. re also to provide the Right Modify User Modify User The Right to change the Rights of other Users within your Reach Remove User The Right to remove Users within your Reach Log in as other user www dvsignage com 26 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 Having this right a User logged in under his credentials in the CMS can create a new tab window in the browser as another User Obviously that other user needs to be within his own Reach Change own password If this is checked the User will be able to change his own password 9 3 2 Reach Rights Projects Content Schedule Reach Management Rights localization functionality and category See Reach List localization and functionality Add to Reach localization and functionality Modify Reach localization and functionality Remove from Reach localization and functionality W Modify own Reach position See Category List Add to Category Modify Category Remove Category Reach Rights are related to Localization and Functionality see Reach List The Right to see the Reach list both for Localization and Functionality Add to Reach The Right to add an item to the Reach list Remark that normally a User with Add Rights would also have Modify and Delete Rights Modify Reach The Right to change the name of items in the Reach list Remove from Reach The Right to remove items from the Reach List Modify own Reach position This allows a user to change his Lo
109. rence parameters and hit Add For instance www dvsignage com 188 DV J A Document Version 3 3 ier E BESS Se Player 30 min TA Mon Nov 21 Tue Nov 22 wed Nov 23 hu Nov 24 ffri Nov 25 Sat Nov 26 Sun Nov 27 Reach O 10 30 gt ocalization 11 00 gt gt Global 11 30 gt unctionality 12 00 gt Schedule Definition Parameters Recurrence Recurrence Range Schedule Reach Project TwoPlants 5 None no End Date Localization coy pep Global SIOR Plani Playlist or oR Team 2011 Nov 25 no W oy 2011 Nov 22 Pe Execute Functionality PF aa Overall ac cence Parameters Recurrence Recurrence Range Schedule Reach Project e E None no End Date Localization oy Daily End Date BRN Slob Weekl SECER 2011 Nov 22 Y Execute Functionality Time 10 00 11 00 E Overall Page Click Add And you see the new Schedule added in the Calendar AN you need an empty time slot in order to be able create a Schedule by clicking in the Calendar When there is already a Schedule Segment in the time slot you will not get the Schedule Definition window 17 2 7 2Using the ADD button First click NEW www digitalview com 189 S b A ope gt DV 9i VAJ I Document Version 3 3 Filter A gt gt Select KJ 2 gt gt oye 30 min Mon Nov 21 ue Nov 22 O Reach
110. rison_ford jpg emp_helena_christensen_jpg emp_hernan_crespo_jpg emp_hilary_duff_jpg emp_hrishita_bhatt_jpg emp_hugh_grant jpg emp_janet_jackson jpg emp_johnny_depp_jpg emp_john_cusack jpg emp_john_lennon jpg emn kevin costner inn Luxembourg Echternach Ettelbruck Wiltz Remich se ee ee a eS Re a ree eo emp_gwyneth_paltrow jpg M a A Document Version 3 3 Functionality ShopManager rs Marketing Operations ee Gwyneth made 12 new cutomers in February She receives a DVD box with all the movies from Hitchcock ceo im ETN A Here he gets a list of all the applicable Files if he knows the name of the file he wants to use this can be a fast and simple way of working However he also use to get a Preview of the different images using the button mj This brings him to such view Projects Airport test Bragard Bristol International airport CarouselTest CarShop Cust_Maintenance gtp H Cust_WaitingArea ate B Choose an image 9 Preview 50 gt Table Pe See a a E Promo ctp E Specs gtp E EP_from_iill E FvRO E GSK icTEST E INGdemo E New E NMBS_informatio E PeEAutoTest TEST testaccent nS a oa emp_ben_affleck jpg emp_brad_pitt jpg Localization Luxembourg Functionality Echternach Ettelbruck Wiltz Remich ShopManager Marketing Operations i a oh et ye 6 1 emp_gwyn
111. rk column www digitalview com 147 aT aN r pied DV 5 C5 AG t Document Version 3 3 O CUT E 4 i 2 3 4 5 gt X 3rd place in Gent Wevelgem 3rd place in Ronde Van Vlaanderen 1st place in Amstel Gold Race Wins Giro of Piemonte Wins Giro of Lombardia Flandrien of 2010 Show Request User Name Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible 15 1 4 Removal of records Consider a case when a user request to delete one of the sequences using the delete button Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals including two in the final game In 2008 in Beijing he won his first international honour an Olympic gold medal with the Argentina Olympic football team VEN Then implicitly in this case he requests to remove three records This will show up as follows remark in this case the request comes from a User with a lower Reach www dvsignage com 148 Document Version 3 3 Clijsters has won 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles She has won four Grand Slam singles titles three at the US Open in 2005 2009 and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011 Show Request 7 11 201 ne Remove record Out 09 27 29 Of Reach 17 11 2011 lt Remove record Out 7 11 201 Remove record Out 09 27 29 3 Of Reach Remark i Visible Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals includin
112. rk on the bottom you have similar edge and corner areas These areas allow to position the Zone in the Template by using the mouse Using the Edit Access button allows to also control the position and size of the Zone in a different way Click the button opens up a dialog Template Object Text Properties Do not yet look to the bottom area These are specific per type of Zone and will be explained in later chapters The top section as in the illustration above is the same for all types of Zones On the top you can control the Name of the Zone By dropping a new Zone in a template a name is automatically given to the Zone You can change the name of the Zone here if you want to All names of Zones must be unique There under you find three areas www dvsignage com 88 DV AGI Document Version 3 3 Position Z Order Alignment With Position you can specify on the pixel precise where and in what size the Zone should be The Z Order is relevant when Zones are overlapping When you want for instance an Image on which you want to position Text this is possible But clearly you need to make sure that the Text is in front of the image Using the buttons in this area allows use to perfectly control which Zone is positioned in relation with the other Zones The Alignment buttons further allow other controls for position and size of Zones From left to right top to bottom Remark that when moving with the cursor over an
113. s This is done at the bottom of the Template Edit View www dvsignage com 104 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Name MyNewTemplate gtp Orientation landscape emplate resolution 1280x720 s Background Alignment Edge Align Lat OS o PEE WSs f Bie Center Align ao Boo Spacing Align Size Align AAS Fie e a Ei T a LJ f gt Group name The left dropdown box gives a list of the defined sets of Playlist parameters For instance runimagqe default The edit button Z opens a dialog to edit the Sets of Playlist parameters www digitalview com 105 RG le cath fat SE DV l Gl Ve aN i Document Version 3 3 Amount of items Time The dialog is divided in three areas Overview of the Playlist Group sets left top Area to change the name of a set or to add a new set The info related to the Amount of Items and the Time of the selected set Ad A set is selected by clicking on one in the Overview area The selected set has a grey background There is no method to delete a set This is not required as sets that are not used will not be saved in the Template It is impossible to provide duplicate names for sets All names must be unique When you try to use an existing name the buttons EJ are disabled and the text area shows red To change the name of an existing set type a new name in the text area and rit ZI To add a new Set provide a new name and rit JI T
114. s Giro of Lombardia Flandrien of 2010 V Show Request User Name Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible So you see that the current picture is with the cyclist on the bicycle where the request is a picture of him in close up You can either allow or deny the request Now let s look at a following example being multiple requests on various records of the same page Mark Tuitert won the gold medal on the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver on the 1500 meter in a time of 1 45 57 Show Request User Name Date Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Clicking on the top Show Request check box allows to compare the situations with and without the request www dvsignage com 142 DV 5 gt N AG E Document Version 3 3 4 i fz 3 Pix Mark Tuitert won the gold medal on the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver on the 1500 meter in a time of 1 45 57 Show Request User Name Date Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible Here as well the request relates to replacing the image Clicking on the bottom Show Request check box will show the request related to the third record in the page j GSE KABA gt x She won seven World Cup races and ranked first in the parallel giant slalom standings of the 2007 2008 and the 2009 2010 World Cup Zone Name Group Name Remark Action Visible ee 16 11 2011 21 42 48 Image001 default sa Allow Deny p 4 www digitalview com 143 SIGN
115. s it will delete the Project and all its content including the Templates the content of the Pages the Playlists and the Files 12 2 Page View The next item to discuss is the Page View A Page is selected by clicking on one of Pages previewed in the Project View one can also make the selected with the tree on the left side This brings us to something looking like 4 Remark they will need to given Category and localization properties later using the File screen www digitalview com 55 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 E Projects Localization err Functionality ry i i Carshop O Preview E 50 i Table i Toimisto G Toimisto Ps Cust_Maintenance gtp eS Promo gtp Naomi did a wonderful job in convincing an IT company to go for 10 Toyotas as company car She gets a weekend with her family to Berlin As you can see the Page As such can also have Localization and Functionality properties We will not further discuss this here as it is completely similar to the way you do this in Project New is the Preview at function bAi aG 00 iE Bell As you see you can select between Preview and Table mode We will see further how Table view works You can also select the side of the Preview using the drop won box na arp n O Preview at l Table 33 100 Hence you can choose between 33 50 and 100 The percent indication corresponds with the resolution of the Page For instanc
116. same Group they will automatically have the same Time and Amount of Items parameters The Effect parameter can be different per Zone in the Group The result will be that they synchronously change from one content to the next content as is illustrated here under Template 0 sec 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec Time How do you practically manage template zone Playlists and Groups Therefore First define the sets of Playlist parameters Each set is given a name and Number of Items and Timing Second you assign a Zone that has a type relevant for Playlist behaviour to a Playlist set Third you can specify the effect per Zone www digitalview com 103 DV Document Version 3 3 When you add new Zones to a Template they will all be linked to an existing set of Playlist parameters This you can then later adapt When you don t care about Playlists in a Template because you don t need to use them all Zones will be given the Playlist set called default This has Number of Items set to 1 so these will act as Zones without Template behaviour A When you open a Template CMS automatically scans all the Zones in it and creates the sets of Playlist parameters This means that when you define a set of Playlist parameters in a Template and you do not allocate it to one or more Zones you will not save it when you save the Template When you re open the Template that set will be lost 13 3 6 2How to define a set of Playlist parameter
117. t Nov 26 Sun Nov 27 Reach i s ocalization B Global unctionality B Overall Parameters Recurrence Recurrence Range Schedule Reach Project None we None Localization oy Page Daily Global Date Weekly Functionality Overall www digitalview com 185 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 Remark after clicking MODIFY the schedule is not selected anymore In case you further want to work on it you need to reselect it Once a Schedule is selected you can remove it by clicking on the DELETE button NEW MODIFY DELETE UNDO APPLY Select Day O Week a gt gt gt Today EX Player Mion Nov 21 Wed Nov 23 Thu Nov 24 Reach Localization B Global Functionality D Overall All the modifications you do to existing Schedules or removing existing Schedules or adding new Schedules see below are not stored until you hit APPLY Hence DO NOT FORGET to click APPLY when your work on Schedules is done www dvsignage com 186 DV SIGNAGE NEW MODIFY DELETE Filter Select Player Reach Localization B Global Functionality BP overall UNDO APPLY Document Version 3 3 Day O Week aes Today 30min EEA Thu Nov 24 EN As long as you have not hit APPLY all your actions modify add delete are stored and you can use the REDO and UNDO functionalities NEW MODIFY DELET
118. t can be used to access the login screen The login screen looks like Following fields are available On the left top there is Support which brings up an email window Slightly under this there are different flags representing different languages The amount of languages depends on the installation The main area is in the middle here you fill in your name and password After this you hit the Enter button to get into the application www digitalview com 9 DV SIGNAG z i Document Version 3 3 The next window looks like This screen provides Right top o The Welcome indicates the User who is logged in o HOME is always available and brings you back to this screen o SUPPORT see above o PASSWORD every user can change his own password o LOG OUT logs you out of the application o The software version Middle bar the various functionalities represented by icons Hitting one of these icons brings you to the selected functionality www dvsignage com 10 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 5 Changing your password 5 HOME SUPPORT HELP PASSWORD LOG OUT Software Version 3 2 1335 Change Password i Current Password e Enter new Password f Repeat new Password OK If cone In the top line you need to fill in your current password in the next two lines you fill in the new password you want to use twice Hit OK and your password will have changed unless you get an error
119. t will restart on the starting side as soon as the previous text reaches the other end Otherwise the text will only restart once the previous text has completely disappeared Only scroll when text does not fit When this is not checked the text will only scroll when it does not fit in its Zone If checked the text will always scroll Source Styles Alignment Playlist Scrolling Source User Input External Input Which is the case when the text content is provided by the CMS user Styles f Alignment Playlist f Scrolling Source Title Weather Article Exchange In this case the text comes from an external source an RSS feed Here you can specify the source parameters the type the origin and the content field 13 3 7 2Detailed view on the Image Zone Image Playlist f Source Properties W Stretch to Boundary Box M Keep Aspect Ratio 7 See chapter RSS Information to see how to manage the RSS feeds www dvsignage com 114 DV SIC N At ate VINA NS ANE Document Version 3 3 Stretch to Bounding Box will automatically fit the image into the bounding box drawn by the user Keep Aspect Ratio will lock the dimensions width and height of the imported image Playlist see Text Zone Remark obviously the Image do not have the Alternate option Source see also Text Zone Remark due to the fact that this is an Image zone the available fields are filtered Weather
120. talview com 69 DV AGI Document Version 3 3 Building 6 roup Information roup name mid Amount of records available 6 iming of Items Building 7 As you see there are three empty Zones which can now be filled in and as such a new record is created for instance Building 6 For employees Building 12 Building 7 As you can notice a fourth record for the group mid is as such created In Table View you get the following view www dvsignage com 70 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 Preview ry 50 v Table Lonayeonen amp United Kingdom Brussels name bottom Building 11 Promotion building 11 jpq Yoe Building l Promotion building _O1 jpg vie Building 12 Promotion building_12 pq Ye acai name middle Building TZ building_12 jpq i Building 1l Building 3 building _O3 jpq x Group name top Building 4 building_O4 jpg vic Building 12 building_12 jpq Vii Here you see that the Zones are ordered per Group www digitalview com 71 DV SIGNAGE i Document Version 3 3 The amount or records you can fill in is limited to the defined maximum amount When reaching the maximum one cannot add a new record anymore the Group bottom is limited to 4 items Localization Preview Sa 50 v Table United Kingdom Brussels Group name bottom Text001 Image00i Text004 Building TI Promotion building_11jpq Y Building 1
121. tance track down who was responsible for some weird content at a certain date After some time obviously this list can become very long Therefore there is a means to clean up the list This is accessed using the CLEANUP button This gives following dialog www digitalview com 193 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 Audit Clean Up Status of the Audit list 659 items in the Audit List May 23 2010 is the earliest Date of an item Cleanup and keep O Number Quantity of audit items to keep Date REMARK all audit data you clean up is irrecoverable As you see you are informed about the amount of items kept in the list and about the earliest date of the oldest stored action One can either clean up the list by filling in the number of items to remain in the list as in the illustration above or by filling in the earliest date one wants to keep in the list Audit Clean Up Status of the Audit list 659 items in the Audit List May 23 2010 ts the earliest Date of an item Cleanup and keep Number Date Sia ae eee Se 29 2010 REMARK all audit data you clean up Is irrg TNE I 4 S Serie ete 11 Databa 12 11 14 15 16 17 18 emp_n 19 20 21 22 2J 24 25 26 27 28 EN Changed content Em Changed content Databa Cug Obviously all removed events are not recoverable www dvsignage com 194 DV SIC J VAC Document Version 3 3 19 Status Status gives an overview of the consu
122. terface is available for Functionality for Localization and Functionality there is a copy paste functionality available When for instance a Functionality panel is open and you click the copy button A the currently selected Functionality or set of Functionalities is stored in a paste buffer When the paste button is then clicked for another user this user will get the Functionality or set of Functionalities out of the paste buffer This copy paste method often helps in efficient editing or adding of Users Adding a new User is done by clicking ADD USER on the left top of the screen www dvsignage com 24 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 9 2 Changing an existing User s Password When an existing User is selected his password can be reset This is needed when for instance the user has forgotten his password Clicking CHANGE PASSWORD brings up this box Change Password My Password Enter new Password Repeat new Password fox w Remark that you who changes the password of another User needs to fill in your own password on the top line before giving twice a new password to the other User 9 3 The Rights Area Projects Content User Management Rights W Client Administrator iM See audit list See user list Add user Modify user Remove user W Log in as other user Change own password The Rights Area is divided in a number of tabs Any User who can create another User and or who ca
123. tes apply tx fl Avensis on N OIB w bbin 4 Remark that of course you need an application on your PC that recognizes the file and that can play the file Remark as well that when having large files such as a video file of hundreds of megabytes the upload to your PC might take a considerable time 11 3 Media Files Media Files are Image Files Video Files Flash Files As mentioned Media Files are uploaded to a Project and to a Type Say you want to upload an Image Files Select the Project you want to upload the file to and select the Type deze CarShop M TYPE OF FILE The click UPLOAD FILES www dvsignage com 44 DV S GN AG E Document Version 3 3 b IEAA https www r File s to upload Submit Click Add File And select the file s you want to upload from the file system you have access to on your computer Zoeken in J Images O 2 Ee fv R Naam Genomen op Labels Grootte z Recente locaties Food Peaches jpg Hands_Card png Hands_OK png Bureaublad D Hands_Poster jpg interior jpg Nature_Alpamay pee r ki Nature_Biodiversit Nature_Amaryllis Nature Bee jpg H Tanenenenensnnnenenanenneanenne s S D Nature_Citrus jpg Nature_Kirschenb Nature_Primula jpg 1 T www digitalview com 45 DV SIGNAGE J Document Version 3 3 Remark in the file selection window you get automatically a filter to the recognized file
124. this Functionality has the capabilities of displaying information on all the displays in the DS solution Sit i yite Oz Floor 1 Floor 2 Income a n Res Marketing REACH _ Business Unit _Overall en Catering T General Services __Marketing _ www digitalview com 15 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 AN Remark that depending on the type of object a Reach can cover various rectangles simultaneously 6 5 How to set up a Reach structure One of the main tasks of a DS manager either Global or Local is to set up the tree structures for a DS implementation As mentioned the Global DS Manager can do this for the complete organization where the Local DS Manager will do this within his own Reach To bring up the Reach screen click the corresponding icon sa O 3 qe E ce A A amp S This view is impacted by the User s Localization and Functionality So logging in as User with Localization Belgium and Functionality Marketing brings the User to this Reach 2 Only users on administrative level have the capability to delete items in the reach trees Hence all other users will not have the delete icon with the red X available www dvsignage com 16 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 S Marketing Marketing Comernunications TV spots You notice that the roots in the panels for Localization and Functionality
125. this Right will get the detailed view Refer to the chapter Scheduling for more details 9 3 6 Player Rights Player Management Rights See Player list Remove Player Edit Player Reach Perform major actions on Players Send Pages to Players Use Test Players See Player list www digitalview com 31 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 The Right to see the list of Players in your Reach Remove Player The Right to remove Edit Player Reach The Right to edit the Reach Localization and Functionality of the Players Perform major actions on Players The right to reboot switch on off Players Taking screen dumps is not within major actions Send Pages to Players The right to directly send content to a Player Pages and Playlists Use Test Players The right to make use of Test Players 9 3 7 Tools Rights Tools Access Rights see client status E see tools see live info See client status Client status gives an overview of the disk space used and the traffic used This Right provides the capability to view this status See tools A User having this Right can download Tools and can download the Tools manual See live info The Right to see which RSS feeds are supported to integrate in Page designs 9 3 8 Adding a New User A new User is added by using the ADD USER button This brings up following screen www dvsignage com 32 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 ADD USER SAVE
126. types Click Open Click Submit You will see a an upload bar in the window and after the upload is done you get TERIA https www Ww _ File s to upload Uploaded i files Nature Bee jpg succeeded Indicating the upload has been successful or not www dvsignage com 46 DV 5 GN AG E Document Version 3 3 11 4 Font Files Select Font Files under Type Of File Aad FontFiles EREC eis hae lake loeb a Font Delete Arial DS Digital Univers LT Univers LT Bold Univers LT Bald Cn Univers LT Cn Univers LT Light Here you get a list of the Fonts available Select UPLOAD FILES from the File Page You get the Upload Files dialog g y e ni the yaa j ge a ee 7 http localhost iCalmCMS UploadFont aspx sessionID User01 EY Font s to upload Using Add Font you can select one or multiple fonts from your PC to upload to the SignBox Client Certain versions of the Microsoft Operating System do not allow to directly select Fonts from the Windows Fonts directory If this is the case simply copy paste the targeted Font files from that directory to a directory you create for the purpose in your own environment and select the Font files to upload from there www digitalview com 47 DV SIGNAGE For instance ES 1 http localhost iCalmCMS UploadFont aspx sessionID User01 w _ Font s to upload X browai ttf X consola
127. ument Version 3 3 1 Introduction This manual covers the complete usage of the SignBox V3 software SignBox is the specific brand of the DVSignage server and player based digital signage system The system is also available as a hosted web SaaS solution referred to in the document as iCalmNET and is totally customer configurable Compared to the V2 release the main new functionality is the CMS based Template Editor This allows the user to create Templates from a web based environment making the workflow for Digital Signage projects a lot simpler This manual is as much as possible written so different chapters can be used by different levels of users For instance the basic user who only needs to modify the content of a field in a page can refer directly to the chapter related to content management The document makes use of many screenshot of the V3 software However as the software evolves it is expected that these screenshots will not always 100 match with what the User sees on screen The screenshots examples are taken from different customer systems and include examples from other language versions of the software and from the iCalmNET web based system www dvsignage com 6 DV Document Version 3 3 2 What is a Digital Signage solution what are the different elements The Displays The displays are the digital signs that provide the information The Players The Players are locally relatively close to the displays gen
128. ve Media Files Add Font File When you have the Right Add Files to project you additionally need this Right to upload Font files Remove Font File The Right to remove Font files from the Server 9 3 4 Content Rights Projects Schedule Content Management Rights See page list See datasource list Add datasource record Modify datasource record Remove datasource record 4oprove datasource content Immediate Modification of Datasource W Add Template Modify Template E Remove Template WM Add Playlist Modify Playlist M Remove Playlist See page list The Right to see the list of pages in a project See datasource list In a Page there can be fields that can be modified by a User with the applicable Rights These fields are linked to datasources This is the www digitalview com 29 DV Document Version 3 3 Right to see these datasources see also the chapter related to Content Add datasource record The Right to add a datasource record Modify datasource record The Right to modify the content in a datasource record Remove datasource record The Right to remove datasource records Approve datasource record The Right to approve changes to datasource records When a User has this Right the modification he wants to content will immediately take place on the screens once he has hit Update Content in the Content screen If he doesn t have that Right he can only post a request to change the content
129. wall 1200022661 00 20 24 04 12 33 1200034966 00 20 24 05 67 1E Here player Dublin is selected As you see you can reboot the player you can power it off and you can take a Screendump Remark that when the player is powered off you have a button to power it on REBOOT POWER ON ACTIVATE 42inch conractransflective HD 1200038931 00 07 32 04 45 B DK wall 1200022861 00 20 24 04 12 33 1200034966 00 20 24 05 67 1E iCalmBE 1200016423 00 20 24 02 E4 58 www digitalview com 155 KISATA be l DV Si Ql VFA i Document Version 3 3 When clicking SCREENDUMP button you first get the loading indicator After which you get a Screendump at 50 size Screendump AN Downloading a screendump can take some time It depends on the resolution of the screen the complexity of the content and the network connection 16 1 The concept Test Player The configuration of Functionality Localization Categories over Users Templates Playlists Zones and Players can go quite deep It is very powerful as you for instance can have multiple users making use of the same Templates on different levels of Functionality and Localization of different Players www dvsignage com 156 DV S G N AG Document Version 3 3 However in the end someone might want to verify if his Template or Playlist actually does appear on a certain Player with the right content just as he foresaw it Therefore we have the concept
130. y of these buttons a tooltip will appear on the screen Center Horizontally The Zone is positioned horizontally in the middle of the Template The distance from the left side of the Zone to the left of the Template becomes equal to the distance from the right side of the Zone to the right edge of the Template Stick Left The left side of the Zone is put at the left side of the Template Porp Center Vertically The Zone is positioned vertically in the middle of the Template The distance from the top side of the Zone to the top of the Template becomes equal to the distance from the bottom side of the Zone to the bottom edge of the Template Stick Right The right side of the Zone is put at the right side of the Template www digitalview com 89 DV Document Version 3 3 Stretch Horizontally the width of the Zone is put equal to the width of the Template Stick Top the top side of the Zone is put at the top side of the Template Stretch Vertically the height of the Zone is put equal to the height of the Template P Stick Bottom the bottom side of the Zone is put at the bottom side of the Template It is not possible to position parts of Zones out of the Template area When trying to do this the Zone will automatically be repositioned and rescaled to fit completely within the Template see also Alignment control with multiple Zones selected where other ways of controlling the posit
131. yer list o Edit player reach Tools o See client status o See tools o See live info www digitalview com 35 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 10 Log in as other user In quite some cases certainly for Users with a higher level of responsibility in the Digital Signage solution it is interesting to quickly log in as another user without having to provide that other user s password This other user obviously needs to be within the Reach of the requesting User A User will not be capable of logging in as a User above or besides his own Reach Logged in as another user you can for instance easily see what his view on pages files and playlists is It is important to note that giving the right to a User to log in as another user is something to be very careful with Only do this for Users who you can trust and who have a good understanding of what they are doing Hence this Right should be exceptional Log in as other user is available from any location in CMS once you are logged in E LOGIN AS HOME SI diia None Ga mage files v E THUMBNAIL PREVIEW 9 File Category Localization Click this button gives Log in as Select User Localization Global Functionality Overall OK Cancel www dvsignage com 36 DV 5 G N AG Document Version 3 3 Using the drop down box you can select another user once selected you get informed about his or her Reach Log in as Select Use
132. you see here you can delete or add feeds AN We only support standard RSS feeds for news weather and exchange All other types of links will not work Only Administrative level users have access to this functionality Remark that for inserting feeds in your content you are responsible to follow all the rules imposed by the provider 20 1 Weather Weather feeds are specifically made for www weather forecast com Go to http www weather forecast com countries page 1 for a list of the countries and cities supported For instance take Netherlands Amsterdam When looking this up you get http www weather forecast com locations Amsterdam forecasts latest Fill this in in the URL zone in the Add area of the Edit RSS Feeds and you will have the related RSS Feed defined The fields supported by this provider are Text o Day o DayOfWeek o Summary o MaxTemp www digitalview com 199 DV Document Version 3 3 o MinTemp Image The RSS feed returns a name of a file that is used for the image As such you need to have your own images ready to fill in the image Zone in the project The names which need to be exactly the same are images are here as an example o clear png cloudy png E ss a o light rain png 9 g lt 690 o light snow png o mod rain png www dvsignage com 200 DV SIGNAGE Document Version 3 3 ae 944404 o rain shwrs png are
133. zontal center of the Slave Zones is put on the same horizontal position as the horizontal center of the Master Zone Vertical positions of the Zones in the Template and size of the Zones are not changed ai Vertical Center Align The vertical center of the Slave Zones is put on the same vertical position as the vertical center of the Master Zone Horizontal positions of the Zones in the Template and size of the Zones are not changed Spacing Align Horizontal Spacing Align The selected Zones are horizontally spaced such that the distance from the left edge of the Template to the left edge of the first selected Zone the distance from the right edge of the first selected Zone to the left edge of the second selected Zone etc and the distance of the right edge of the last selected Zone to the right edge of the Template are all the same Vertical Spacing Align The selected Zones are vertically spaced such that the distance from the top edge of the Template to the top edge of the first selected Zone the distance from the bottom edge of the first selected Zone to the top edge of the second selected Zone etc and the distance of the bottom edge of the last selected Zone to the bottom edge of the Template are all the same With Horizontal Spacing Align and Vertical Spacing Align the role of the Master and Slaves is slightly different The sequence of selection is more relevant For instance with Horizontal Spacing Align t

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