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1. Play one item Content B Content C Content 3 Content 1 etc 172 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 maT 10 Managing Playlists Halvision About Merged Playlists Play All Items When a playlist is set to Play All Items it will play all of its scheduled items before returning control to the parent channel or playlist Sample playback order for channel with playlist set to play all items Content 1 Content 2 PLAYLIST Play all items i Content A Content B Content C Content 3 Content 1 Content 2 etc About Merged Playlists In addition to the four standard types of scheduled items you can also schedule a playlist as merged within a channel When a playlist is merged with a channel the items within the playlist are treated just as if they were added directly to the parent channel The parent channel selects scheduled items to play using both the scheduled item added directly to the channel and the items within the merged playlist This feature allows you to manage sub sections of a channel separately and share them across multiple channels ae NOTE The playback order settings for a playlist are ignored when the playlist is scheduled as merged Advanced Playback Settings You can use the Playlist Properties dialog to evaluate channels that contain multiple instances of a dynamic content item Two evaluations are available via the Advanced tab in th
2. Scheduled Content dynamic data a sharkpod Unscheduled Conten SharkLarge DATA sharkbait data tables SeaWorld Penguins Penguins otterville Makito Austin k11063429 images great white up close_6455_600x450 great white shark says hello CoolSign Beaverton Aquarium Anartica 8384774 tiger shark and piranhas stencil v 16460666 shark holding a sign 11882212 cartoon character shark ottaFun bij lt 4 Duration 0 0 0 30 15 15 715 15 s15 15 715 715 715 715 215 715 15 715 20 15 715 15 15 15 15 15 Resolution 1280x720 297x450 800x600 800x600 540x590 1000x551 1920x1080 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 170x128 248x204 600x450 960x645 1080x1920 800x600 800x600 800x600 168x88 113x168 168x168 800x600 Type here to search TotalFileSize Activation Date 25 04 MB Now 95 KB 0 KB 0 KB 170 KB 75 KB 439 KB 0 KB 0 KB 0 KB 0 KB 10 KB 18 KB 107 KB 322 KB 258 KB 0 KB 0 KB 0 KB 13 KB 9 KB 13 KB 0 KB H Views Expiration Date Version Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never 0 of 23 selected CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 82 m r 4 About Content Haivision Using Web Pages as Content 3 For the Site URL field enter the internet address URL for the site that you want to dis
3. Sa H High End House Listings 10 Play ist Mow Mever ARGS Ba BBE E Pixel House istings New L 1O Payah Now ever a Play one iter Play all items _ add in rotation item Edit item i Delete item 4 annel disk size 17 89 MB Apply Changes Cancel Playlists are similar to channels except that they are limited to in rotation items and players cannot be tuned directly to them You can use playlists within channels to provide more flexible scheduling than you could otherwise accomplish with just a flat schedule For example you can use playlists to ensure that multiple content items always play back to back or to cycle through a set of content one at a time You can also use playlists to help manage regional or local schedules across large numbers of players and sites For example you might decide to create a National playlist and schedule it in all your channels across your CoolSign network You can then update the National playlist once and all players in your network would be updated automatically as well Playlists can be nested within other playlists for even more scheduling flexibility Playlists are managed from the Playlists page of CNM CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 140 SI Managing Channels Channels are the primary tool for scheduling how content will play back on your players Channels allow you to centrally manage all the schedules for a player from one convenient
4. lt Supported Media files gt vor Channels that have angled brackets are in ANY format CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 181 11 Managing Players Haivision Jump to Node 3 Click OK Jump to Node If you have multiple player nodes you can use the Jump to Node feature to display the node for a specific player in the CoolSign Network Manager Once selected this node appears in the Network Manager along with the filter that was created in the Quicksets dialog To filter on a specific player node 1 From the Players Manager highlight the desired player node and select Jump to Node see Quick Tuning a Player to a Channel on page 180 for details 2 From the Network Manager configure the player node as desired Modifying channels While you will usually create and edit channels from the Channels page the Player Prop erties dialog provides some shortcuts to help you manage the available channels Creating a New Channel You can create a new blank channel directly from the Player Properties dialog and tune the player to it in one step To create a new channel 1 Click New Channel to open a new Channel Properties dialog To edit the properties of a player on page 177 2 Enter a name for the new channel and add schedule items as desired For more information on working with channels see 19 Using Schedule Grids on page 312 3 Click OK Editing the
5. About the Data Grid on page 25 Overriding Channels Overriding a channel is an advanced feature that provides added flexibility when sched uling content to play back on a player Normally tuning multiple players to the same channel will result in each player playing back the channel as it was programmed in the Channel Properties dialog However in some cases you may want to make a small change to achannel on a specific player without creating an entirely new channel For this situation you can override certain properties of the scheduled items in a channel and apply them to a single player only vor Overridden items are indicated in blue italic type in the channel grid WARNING Channel overriding should be used sparingly as it can cause confusion in troubleshooting player issues and unexpected results when editing a channel that has been overridden in one or more players In most cases you should be able to achieve your scheduling goals using other mechanisms available like playlists or enabling expressions To override the properties of a scheduled item 1 On the Channel tab do one of the following e Right click on the scheduled item and choose OVERRIDE ITEM CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 184 p 11 Managing Players Ha IVISION Viewing lay A e Double click on the scheduled item Schedule Item Properties playlist of dynamic data using pix Schedule Properties Scheduled
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7. Halvision Document Conventions Document Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this document Typographic Conventions and Elements Italics Used for the introduction of new terminology or for words being used in a different context and for placeholder or variable text bold Used for strong emphasis Monospaced Used for code examples command names options responses error messages and to indicate text that you enter Button Indicates a button or some object that you click gt In addition to a math symbol it is used to indicate a submenu For instance File gt New where you would select the New option from the File menu Indicates that text is being omitted for brevity Admonition Elements The following admonition elements are used to advise and counsel that special actions should be taken Y TIP Indicates highlights suggestions or helpful hints vor Indicates a note containing special instructions or information that may apply only in special cases CoolSign Network Manager Version 5 0 User s Guide Issue 01 19 Halvision Document Conventions U9 IMPORTANT Indicates an emphasized note It provides information that you should be particularly aware of in order to complete a task and that should not be disregarded IMPORTANT is typically used to prevent loss of data CAUTION Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided may result in damage to data
8. If the duration is set to within 0 1 of a second it is rounded off to a the nearest second For example if the duration is any value between 9 90 and 10 1 it is rounded to 10 seconds This is done to avoid unexpectedly strange values in the duration field Volume Gain Y ou can use volume gain to modify the overall volume level of all video flash or sound assets used in the content The value can be between 100 and 100 with 0 being the normal unmodified volume level of the assets You can use volume gain to normalize the volume of your content in relation to each other so that no one content item is softer or louder than the others Transition Y ou can set a transition effect and duration that is used to transition into the CoolSign content when played back setting Asset Properties Resolution The horizontal and vertical resolution of your content in pixels Pre rotation Rotation of the asset in degrees Show Transparency enabled only for Flash assets When checked whatever areas of the Flash file were designated to be transparent are rendered with a transparent background Checking this box has no visible effect if the Flash file contains no transparency Timeless enabled only for Flash assets When set CoolSign Player ignores the Flash asset s timeline setting Content Resize Settings Use these settings to define how the content should be displayed on players that are of different resolution than the selected con
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10. String flash external ExternaliInterface call ExpandDataSlotString GetDataTableAsxXml This line of code retrieves the CoolSign data table that the content is bound to or rath er will be bound to at the time of playback The data table is retrieved as an XML string with elements for each row and field within the data table For example if you know that your CoolSign data table will contain a City field and a Temperature field CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 356 A Using Flash based Content Haivision Preparing Flash Files you can expect to receive the data in the following format lt table gt lt row gt lt _ oid gt Oaca630b ba6a 42e4 9109 a0409bae4a09 lt _ oid gt lt __seqnum gt 0 lt __ seqnum gt lt City gt Portland lt City gt lt Temperature gt 67 lt Temperature gt lt row gt lt row gt lt _ oid gt 9b7f630b ba6a 42e4 9109 a040910e4910 lt _ oid gt lt __seqnum gt 1 lt __ seqnum gt lt City gt Beaverton lt City gt lt Temperature gt 69 lt Temperature gt lt row gt rage Cant lt table gt The __oid field represents a unique identifier for the row The __segnum field represents the order of the rows within the table vor When viewing your Flash content outside of the CoolSign system for example from within the Adobe Flash designer or from a browser this line of code will return the value null 2 Start CoolSign Content Creator and create a new
11. on page 145 otreaming via a URL This section provides instructions for configuring the Haivision Makito H 264 encoder to stream to a CoolSign Player Makito Setup For information on how to set up an output stream please refer to the Makito product docu mentation available from the Haivision Download Center www haivision com download center e Follow the instructions in the Makito Quick Start Guide to power on the unit and log in to the Web Interface CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 88 Haivision 4 About Content Using Streaming Content Refer to the Makito User s Guide or the online help available from the Web Interface for instructions on how to configure a Makito Encoder to provide a stream to a CoolSign Player Content Acquisition Once the Makito Encoder is configured its output video stream can be displayed on a CoolSign Player Node across the LAN or Internet as determined by the Network Admin istrator To stream content from a Makito source 1 Open the Network Content Manager and click the Content icon in the navigation sidebar 2 From the Actions menu select the option CREATE STREAMING CONTENT 2 SergiosCoolSignNetwork CoolSign Manager 5 0 0 File Edit Views Tools BEE Help Edit Content Properties Import Content Export Content Duplicate Content Create Vistar Content D Content D Content Netflix P
12. sensitive actions on them selecting Items in the Data Grid Before you can perform an action on an item you must have selected one or more items in the data grid The selected items in a data grid are highlighted in blue To select an item Do one of the following e Click the item in the data grid e Use the up and down arrow keys to change the current selected item To select multiple items Do one of the following e Hold the Shift key down and click an unselected item to select all the items between the currently selected item and the clicked item e Hold the Ctr key down and click an unselected item to add that item to the set of currently selected items To deselect an item Do one of the following e Hold the Shift key down and click a selected item to unselect all the items between the last clicked item and the clicked item e Hold the Ctrl key down and click a selected item to remove that item from the set of currently selected items Performing Context Sensitive Actions on an Item Once you have selected an item in the data grid you can perform context sensitive actions on it The type of item determines the actions you can perform The following describes specific actions you can perform in each manager page To perform an action on an item do one of the following e Choose an action from the ACTIONS menu e Right click the item or selected items and choose an action from the Actions popup menu Cool
13. 00 PM Everyday Use localtime E Use UTC time Interrupt playing content Advanced Properties Activates Now At Wednesday Jan 1 1800 Expires Neve At Wednesday Jan 1 3000 3 Click Add to define a time when the timed item should play You can specify days of the week when the timed item should play or set an exact date and time when the timed item should play one time only vor To add multiple times for a schedule item click the Add button again CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 153 9 Managing Channels Halvision Adding Items to a Channel 4 If you want the scheduled item to play exactly at the defined time s even if that would require interrupting content that is currently playing check Interrupt playing content Non interrupting scheduled items will be queued to play immediately after the currently playing content Note that you can choose to use either local time or UTC time By default the time specified here uses UTC time 5 Set the activation date and expiration date for the scheduled item For more information Setting Advanced Properties on page 156 vor Use local time or Use UTC time if either was previously selected doesn t affect the activation and expiration dates 6 Ifyou have selected dynamic content and want to override the data bindings for this scheduled item only click the Dynamic DATA tab For more information see Overri
14. 14 About Dynamic Data on page 213 Playing Content On Demand Play Content Now You can direct the CNM to play content on demand even if that would require interrupting content that is currently playing You can also direct the CNM to play from a playlist on demand To play content on demand 1 In the Players page select the player region where you want to run the content 2 Right click PLAY CONTENT Now a2 Coolsign NC CoolSign Manager 4 6 0 File Edit Views Tools Actions Help sites A 2 Full Name Format Channel Show All Items MEPCS Site ID QA Test gt Logo O Landscape Logo Channel p amp Undefined country E MEPCS Site ID QA Test Main 1 Landscape Supported Media files Edit Player P ties MEPCS Site ID Q colar isan wears Landscape ticker Channel a Configure Player audio ii Edit Node Properties dynamic data Jump To Node Quick Tune data tables Remove From Quick Set Play CUREN Now data watcher Select all 3 and r schedules channels 1 mm o Em E playlists nodes E players 3 Inthe Content dialog select the content that you want to play immediately e If content is listed in black it is available to play immediately CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 188 11 Managing Players Hailvision Playing Content On Demand Play Content Now e Ifcontent is listed in red it is not c
15. 151 You can use this schedule type to schedule content to play at regular repeated intervals for example every 15 minutes or every hour A recurring item can be set to either interrupt playing content when it s time for it to play or to wait politely for the playing content to end before starting Like In rotation items you can set a daypart schedule to only enable the recurring item during specific hours of the day CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 147 Tr 9 Managing Channels Hailvision Adding Items to a Channel Timed Adding a Timed Scheduled Item on page 153 When you want content to play once at a specific time on a specific date or day of week you can use this schedule type Like recurring items timed items can be set to interrupt playing content at the play time if desired Triggered Adding a Triggered Scheduled Item on page 154 Content that is scheduled using the triggered type only plays when triggered via the CNM trigger manager or an external data source Merged Playlists only Adding a Merged Scheduled Item on page 155 Merged playlists treat the scheduled items of a playlist as if they were directly added to the channel This enables you to take advantage of the organizational advantages of using playlists while retaining full flexibility for scheduling The Merged schedule type does not appear in the Scheduled Type drop down list of the Scheduled Ite
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17. Channels on page 184 Reviewing where a Channel is Used You can quickly view which players have been tuned to a channel from the Players tab of the Channel Properties dialog For details Tuning a Player to a Channel on page 178 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 168 ge Managing Playlists Playlists add additional flexibility when programming your channels by providing the capability to create sub schedules within the channel s schedule You can also use playlists to help in localizing your schedules across multiple sites and players Playlists are similar to channels with the following differences e You can only add In Rotation scheduled items to a playlist You can t tune a player to a playlist You must schedule a playlist within a channel e Playlists can be scheduled within other playlists Working with Playlists You can manage the playlists in your network from the Playlists manager page of CNM From the Playlists page you can create new playlists edit or delete existing playlists and program content within your playlists To navigate to the Playlists page Click the Playlists icon am in the navigation bar To create a new playlist 1 From the Playlists page do one of the following e Choose ACTIONS gt CREATE NEW PLAYLIST Right click on the PlayList Manager grid and choose CREATE NEW PLAYLIST In content or audio manager right click on a quicks
18. Currently Tuned Channel If you want to make changes to the currently tuned channel you can do so directly from the Player Properties dialog without having to close the dialog and navigate to the Channels page vor Changes you make to a channel will be applied to every player that is tuned to that channel If you want to make changes to a channel for the current player only refer to Overriding Channels on page 184 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 182 BVT 11 Managing Players Halvision Viewing Play Logs To edit the current channel 1 Click Edit Channel to open a Channel Properties dialog for the currently tuned chan nel see To edit the properties of a player on page 177 2 Make any desired changes to the channel 3 Click OK Any changes made to the channel will automatically start transferring to the player Viewing Play Logs You can retrieve the play history for a specific piece of content from the Content Properties dialog see Retrieving Play History for Content on page 126 but if you want to review all of the content that played on a player you can use the Play logs tab of the Player Prop erties dialog Viewing Play Summaries for a Player You can retrieve rolled up summaries of all the content that has played on a player or set of players across any time range Each content item that has played during the defined view range will be displayed with the tota
19. Documents F Import created content into a CoolSign network When importing content Skip if content of same name alrea Exists Choose Asset Set Options choose asset Convert single asset Configure video capture Batch convert multiple assets Select a file to convert to CoolSign content s Browse C Documents and Settings Administrator Desktop ppt Best_Photo_Nature ppt CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 15 Haivision 4 About Content Using PowerPoint in CoolSign 3 Click Browse to select a PowerPoint presentation to convert to CoolSign content Select SET OPTIONS and then select the slide duration as well as the slide transition between content 5 Click Apply Changes so the new settings take effect Note that PowerPoint version 2007 is being used Set Options set options SlideDuration Transition in seconds 4pply Changes IA 41 gt Ih PI With PowerPoint 2010 you can import a PowerPoint file and Content Wizard will convert it into a wmv file Note that PowerPoint versions 2003 2007 do not support wmv movie presentations 1 Ifusing PowerPoint 2010 these features are available to manipulate your converted wmv content e Volume Gain e Asset Properties e Content Resize Settings e Content Activation Expiration CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 76 4 About Content Hailv
20. Example Version Format Landscape Resolution Size Duration 00 1 00 00 Volume Gain 0 X Transition In Type Cut v Length 0 seconds Color a Content Resize Settings Scale content to fit display Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content Content Activation Expiration Activates Now At 5 28 2013 1 Expires Never at 5 28 2013 11 59 P Comments Apply 6 Click the OK button At this point the content can be scheduled in a channel like any other CoolSign content Updating Content Once imported the assets within your content are locked down and can no longer be modified from within the system If you modify either the content script or the assets within your content you must re import to update the existing content If the content you are updating has been scheduled CoolSign will automatically update the content on those players where it has been scheduled including transferring any required files Exporting Content You can export content that has been imported into CNM if you need to modify the content externally or transfer it to another network CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 116 eS 6 Managing Content Halvision Working with Content To export content from your CoolSign network 1 In the Content Manager data grid select one or more content items that
21. Hits Vol 2019 00 05 47 5 30 ME queen radia channels CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 135 7 Managing Audio E J Haivision Editing Audio Content Properties To create audio content 1 Choose ACTIONS gt IMPORT AUDIO 2 Select an MP3 file using the file browser dialog 3 Click OK to import the MP3 and create audio content Q TIP You can also directly import MP3 files by dragging and dropping them from the desktop into the Audio page grid Editing Audio Content Properties You can edit the properties of audio content on the Audio Properties dialog fia Beirut A Sunday Smile mp3 Audio General OuickSets Schedule Info PlayHistory Security Filename Beirut A Sunday Smile mp3 Title Alburn i Apply Changes CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 136 7 Managing Audio Hailvision Viewing Information about Audio Content To edit the properties of audio content 1 To display the Audio Properties dialog do one of the following e Select the Audio content in the Audio page and choose ACTIONS gt EDIT AUDIO PROPERTIES e Double click the Audio content in the Audio grid e Right click the Audio content and choose EDIT AUDIO PROPERTIES 2 Review or change any of the following properties Filename Displays the original audio filename imported into CNM You cannot modify the filename Artist Title Album Year These propert
22. Item SI PlayList of Dynamic Data using Pixel Scheduled Type I InRotation Disable this schedule item From playing Schedule Item Properties Them will play in rotation lZam lam 2am 3am 4am Sam bam fam Sam Yam 10am ilamiaom lpm 2pm 3pm 4pm Som bpm 7pm Som Spm liom lpm lam Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday aes esse schedule py vr oomo 7 Advanced Properties Activates 6 Now St Wednesday Jan 1 1800 12 00 00 4M AC Wednesday Jan 1 3000 12 00 00 4M Expires Never Cancel i 2 On the Override Schedule Item Properties dialog override any changes to the base schedule item You can override the following e The daypart schedule for the item e The enabling expression for the item e Disable the item from playing You cannot change the base scheduled type of an item or change the activation or ex piration dates 3 Click OK To clear an override e Right click the overridden item and choose CLEAR OVERRIDE CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 185 BVT 11 Managing Players Halvision Controlling Player Volume Controlling Player Volume You can use the Sound Control tab of the Player Properties dialog to directly set or schedule the overall volume of a player The player volume settings are applied globally to all content that plays If you want to adjust an individual content item s volume relative to other content being played see Using the Co
23. Landscape 4BEB4D7 Content Templates Web Content w Now Never master ADMIN 4 C Landscape 4BEB4D7 i Dynamic Content CNN Top News L Now Never master ADMIN 2 C Landscape 907C35EL Expired Content HD Content Scheduled Content Templatelnstances Templates data tables Unscheduled Content schedules channels CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 111 Haivision 6 Managing Content Working with Content 6 At this point the content can be scheduled into a channel like any other CoolSign content See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 Streaming Content There are two ways to acquire streaming content e Direct via Furnace v6 3 e URL via Makito Streaming Direct in CoolSign from a Furnace Device Before you can stream content from your Furnace device you must configure it Refer to C Configuring Devices to Stream Content on page 375 Make sure to make note of the following information regarding your Furnace device e Furnace Server URL comprised of the UDP address and port e User name with admin privileges e Password e Furnace Consumer Key e Furnace Consumer Secret Once the Furnace Encoder is configured its output video stream can be displayed on a CoolSign player node across the LAN or Internet as determined by the Network Adminis trator To stream content from a Furnace source 1 Open the CoolSign Network Manager CNM and click
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25. Right click the QuickSet and choose EDIT QUICKSET You can change the QuickSet name or modify security settings To delete a QuickSet e Right click the QuickSet and choose DELETE QUICKSET vor Deleting a QuickSet does not delete the items in the QuickSet just the QuickSet itself Using QuickSearches QuickSearches are searches on your items that you can save persistently When you click on a QuickSearch in the QuickSet panel the data grid displays all the items that pass the filter expression of that QuickSearch QuickSearches are live if an item changes the QuickSearch can automatically update to include the modified item Before you can create a QuickSearch you must perform a search on the data grid See Searching for Items on page 33 After you define a search a temporary search item named Search in italics 1s created in the QuickSet panel If you like this search you can save it as a QuickSearch so that it is always available and so that other users can access it To convert a temporary search to a QuickSearch 1 Right click on the temporary search item and choose SAVE AS QUICKSEARCH 2 Enter a name for your new QuickSearch 3 Click OK CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 36 7 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Halvision Using the QuickBar To edit the filter expression on a QuickSearch 1 Right click on the QuickSearch and choose EDIT QUICKSEARCH fl Search 1 Con
26. User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 114 6 Managing Content Hailvision Working with Content a 3 4 From the Actions menu select the option CREATE STREAMING CONTENT Edit Content Properties Import Content Export Content Duplicate Content Create Vistar Content J HD Content D Scheduled Content i TemplateInstances i Templates D Unscheduled Content In the Content Properties dialog window click the Source Type drop down menu and select the URL menu item Enter the Source URL data to which the Makito is streaming and click the Apply button Content Properties co oy m S e Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Stream Source Source Type Haivision Furnace v Furnace Server URL URL Haivision Furnace Furnace Consumer Key Furnace Consumer Secret Furnace User Name Furnace Password Stream Settings Furnace Stations lt select station gt List Stations CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 115 6 Managing Content Haivision Working with Content D Switch to the General tab and define the content Name and Duration fields Content Properties Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Name New Streaming Content
27. User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 14 Halivision Reviewing audit history for an item 6 00 s20escewesnndiwsenedeceasnaenss E Keyboard Shortcuts 7 Warranty Information Haivision Network Video One 1 Year Limited Warranty Haivision Network Video End User Software License Agreement G Revision History CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 15 About This Book Welcome to the CoolSign 5 0 User s Guide for version 5 0 This documentation describes how to configure and manage the CoolSign Network Manager software Topics Discussed POO ee sees eet aes uence le nocieanevdacetsncsudanetaescese eres E AE EE 17 Ai olea E TEETE E A E E E EN E E E E E 17 RelaDlity or M ONNOLON srera E aas Aa 17 ODtamng DOCUMmENtaLON sasrrigaririniiisri dr Eerie DEE era AET Ea Egri 18 Bee O e E E E E 18 Document ConventionS ee ee eee nen r r nran r arra nnr n nnne 19 CoolSign Network Manager Version 5 0 User s Guide Issue 01 16 Haivision About Haivision About Haivision Audience Haivision is a global leader in delivering advanced video networking digital signage and IP video distribution solutions Haivision offers complete end to end technology for video graphics and metadata to help customers build manage and distribute their media content to users throughout an organization or across the Internet Haivision has specific expertise in the enterprise education medical healthcare a
28. and playlists can contain both Portrait and Land scape formats CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 141 9 Managing Channels Haivision Working with Channels 2 Channeli Channels channel channeli General Advanced Players QuickSets Security Name Channel Scheduled Items Y In rotation items 0 items hd q Wieek of January 05 2011 gt Week of January 16 2011 Name Stops Su Mo Tu we Th Fr Su Mo Tu We Th gt eaten items 0 items gt Timeditems 0 items gt Triggered items 0 items Add in rotation items 1 Edit item i Deleteitem lp Apply Changes s NOTE Once you add items to a channel you will no longer be able to modify its format If you need to change the format of a channel delete any scheduled items first 4 Add content items and or playlists to the channel See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 5 Click OK To edit an existing channel 1 From the Channels page do one of the following e Select the channel and choose ACTIONS gt EDIT CHANNEL PROPERTIES e Right click the channel and choose EDIT CHANNEL PROPERTIES e Double click on the channel 2 Change any available properties or add edit or remove scheduled items in the channel See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 142 T 9 Managing Ch
29. channel Channel w recurring items v In rotation items 0 items Name Time Freq Starts Stops Status Recurring items 5 item Timed items 0 items v Triggered items 0 items Status Playing New Channel Edit Channel Playback order Weighted Apply Total channel disk size 73 KB Now Playing 1 OK Cancel Tuning a Player to a Channel You can use the Player Properties dialog to tune a player to the channel it should use to play back content The Player Properties dialog displays the currently tuned channel using the same grid as appears on the Channel Properties dialog For more information on working with channels and the channel schedule grid 8 About Scheduling on page 139 To tune a player to a channel 1 Select a new channel from the Tune to channel drop down menu To edit the proper ties of a player on page 177 The channel grid is updated to reflect the new channel 2 Click OK or Apply Changes Any needed files will immediately begin transferring to the player vor To tune multiple players to the same channel at the same time select multiple players before opening the Player Properties dialog CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 178 11 Managing Players Hailvision Tuning a Player to a Channel Reviewing a Channel Before Tuning Before you commit to tuning a player to a channel you can see what the channel contains
30. create new views edit and delete existing views import or export views and reset views to their default state To add a new view 1 Choose VIEWS gt MANAGE VIEWS to display the Manage Views dialog 2 Click New 3 Enter a name for the view 4 Choose columns for your view For details Changing which Columns are Visible on page 30 To rename a view 1 From the Manage Views dialog click Rename 2 Enter a new name for the view 3 Click OK To delete a view e From the Manage Views dialog click Delete Importing and Exporting Views You can export views to a special CoolSign View File format cvw so that you can transfer them between different CoolSign networks CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 32 7 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Halvision searching for Items To export a view to a Coolsign View file e From the Manage Views dialog click Export and enter a name to save your view To import a CoolSign View file e From the Manage Views dialog click Import and choose a view file using the open file dialog Resetting and Restoring Default Views CoolSign provides predefined default views for each of the manager pages If you modify or delete these views you can reset or restore them back to their default settings using the Manage Views dialog To reset a view back to its default settings 1 From the Manage Views dialog select the view to reset 2 Clic
31. delete original When creating content Select a folderto save your CoolSign Content in l Browse psf Home Documents E Import created content into a CoolSign network When importing content Copying or Moving Asset Files By default when your content is created the Content Wizard creates a copy of your imported asset and leaves the original file intact If you are batch processing a large number of assets and the destination folder is on the same hard drive as the original files you can select Move asset file to output folder to force the Wizard to move the original file instead of copying it This makes the batch process much faster vor You should always keep a separate backup of your original assets selecting a Folder to Save Your Content In Before you can finish converting your asset into CoolSign content you must select a desti nation folder in which to save the converted content To do so click Browse to select a desired folder CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 104 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Haivision Converting Content Importing Content into a CoolSign Network If you want the Content Wizard to import your content directly into the CoolSign network check the Import created content into a CoolSign network box Using the radio buttons indicate the action to take if there is already content with the same name as the content y
32. down the Ctrl key while expanding an area CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 162 Tr 9 Managing Channels Halvision Working with the Channel Grid To resize an open area 1 Move the mouse to the area between the two areas you want to resize 2 When the cursor changes to click and drag vertically to resize the areas Understanding the Channel Grid To help you quickly identify the properties of scheduled items the channel grid provides visual feedback in the form of icons colors and the graphical timeline Depending on the properties of your scheduled items you might see one of more of the following icons f Active content items scheduled in the channel Ca Active playlists scheduled in the channel Content that becomes active in the future due to a scheduled item or content activation date being set Ei Content that has expired due to a scheduled item or content expiration date being set E Content that has been disabled by checking the Disable this scheduled item from playing on the Scheduled Item Properties dialog Indicates a scheduled item for which an enabling expression has been set setting Activation and Expiration Dates from the Channel Grid You can set the activation and expiration date for a scheduled item without opening its Scheduled Item Properties dialog To do so the date directly in the grid To edit a scheduled item s activation or expiration date 1 Click
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34. enter the internet address URL for the site that you want to display and click the Apply button prianiam Froperties aos rg E ee MC Content New Web Content General Web Schedule Info Play History Attnbutes Quick Sets Security Source Settings IS Site URL http www cnn com CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 110 6 Managing Content Haivision Working with Content 4 Switch to the General tab and define the content Name and Duration fields Content Properties Content New Web Content General Web Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Name CNN Website Version Format Landscape Resolution mixed Size mixed Duration 0 00 15 00 Volume Gain Oo Transition In Type Cut T Length 0 seconds Color B Content Resize Settings Scale content to fit display Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content Content Activation Expiration Activates Now J At 5 14 2013 12 00 AM Expires WW Never j At 5 14 2013 11 59 PM Comments Date User Comment Remove 5 Click the OK button The web site content will appear in the Content pane File Edit Views Tools Actions Help ce Eee home quicksets Content Name Activation Date Expiration Date AllowScheduling Domain Owner Version Format Thumbnai Show All Items CNNWebsite Now Never master ADMIN 2 C
35. existing and new content To attach a player Attribute If you want an attribute on your content to match the schema of an attribute on your player you can attach the existing player attributes instead of re defining it as a new content attri bute This is helpful if you are comparing the values of both attributes in an enabling expression for example and you want to make sure the schema for both attributes always matches To edit the value of a custom Attribute for content 1 From the ATTRIBUTES tab of the Content Properties dialog edit one or more of the Attributes CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 131 PA Managing Audio In addition to the Content page CNM includes a specialized manager page for working with audio only content If you plan to use CoolSign to drive an audio only player or create a special audio region on a player you can use the Audio page to import and manage audio content The Audio page lets you organize your audio content using the more intuitive cate gories of Artist Title and Album instead of a single content name Creating Audio Content Unlike standard visual content you can create the audio content by importing supported audio files directly into the CNM Audio page without needing to run them through the CoolSign Content Wizard or other tools When importing an audio file CNM reads the MP3 ID3 tags embedded in the file and uses them to create the audio content i
36. have iti Fal eee in i data grid plus a a eos der hie OE gria p The data grid shows the menu of actions for network other useful information available items for each the item specific manager qi We i coolsign duck everybody i 640x480 CO Landscape 1 of 64 selected Total selected content uses 825 KB About the Data Grid The most important element in each manager is the data grid The data grid displays the items available in your network in a grid like table of rows and columns The data grid is a powerful tool that can be used to organize and customize what information you see about each of the objects in your network About Local Storage and Silverlight CoolSign Network Manager uses Microsoft Silverlight which by default is limited to 1 MB of local storage space This space is used to cache thumbnail images such as those displayed on the Now Playing screen Silverlight should be configured to enable the use CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 25 ae 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Haivision j About Manager Pages of local storage To verify this launch the Microsoft Silverlight Configuration utility and make sure Enable application storage is set to ON y Microsoft Silverlight Configuration About Updates Playback Webcam Mic Permissions Application Storage The following Web sites are currently using application stor
37. it to appear in the CoolSign Network Manager The default name is the name of the imported asset vor With multi file Flash assets be sure to specify a legal folder name so that multi file Flash content will work properly Format The format is automatically set based on the aspect ratio of the imported asset You can change the format if the auto detected value is incorrect Once imported into CoolSign Manager you can only schedule this content into channels with the same format Use Legacy Flash Player enabled only for assets that are Flash 4 or earlier When checked provides backward compatibility for SWF files that are Flash 4 or earlier Duration Y ou can adjust the length of time for which the content plays If the content includes video or Flash assets setting the duration to less than that of the video cuts off the video playing Setting the duration to longer than that of the video asset causes the video to CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 99 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Haivision Converting Content hold on the last frame for the remainder of the content play If the MSet Duration to Asset Duration box is checked the Duration field is greyed out Set Duration to Asset Duration This checkbox is enabled only when digital video or Flash assets are being converted Checking this box automatically sets the duration of the content to match the duration of the imported asset
38. of the QuickSet panel To rename a folder Right click the folder and choose RENAME FOLDER To delete a folder Right click the folder and choose DELETE FOLDER You will be asked whether to delete the folder and its contents or just the folder Printing and Exporting Data You can print or export the items displayed in any data grid You can export data to Microsoft Excel or to a delimited text file To print the items displayed in a data grid Right click in any column header and choose PRINT GRID To export items to a file 1 Right click in any column header and choose SAVE GRID DATA TO FILE 2 Choose the file format that will be used to save the data Excel xls Saves the data in Microsoft Excel format There are no additional options for this format Text txt Saves the data as a delimited text file You can use the Text export properties to set the delimiter character whether fields should be quoted and whether to pad data with spaces 3 Select a name and location to save the file onto your hard drive CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 38 ME out Content What ts CoolSign content Content is perhaps the most important element within a CoolSign Digital Media Network Without content your screens would be dark CoolSign includes a tool for authoring converting basic content into digital assets as well as robust tools for managing your digital assets to easily ha
39. of the following checking Checking Either a transfer has not yet started and the system is checking to see if it is necessary to transfer content to the player or CNM is still waiting for the server to send an updated transfer status report m The transfer bar displays the current progress of a transfer to a player Eee An all green transfer bar indicates that all necessary files for the content have been transferred to the player but that the content has not been loaded yet You may see this status temporarily when the channel is marked to Wait for all items to transfer before playing or when there are additional files required for the content to play for example data tables with imported media files that have not yet completed transfer During the transfer the Player Properties dialog shows the progress of the entire transfer required for the player CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 179 11 Managing Players Halvision Quick Tuning a Player to a Channel Total Transfer 3 complete Viewing the Status of Scheduled Items on a Player W Once all the necessary files required to play back content have been transferred to the player the content will be loaded and should start playing back as scheduled There are a number of reasons why content that has been scheduled and transferred to a player might not be actively playing Once a content item has been transferred to the player and
40. or not depending the selection of step 3 into a specified QuickSet Make a Playlist 1 Right click a QuickSet and then select MAKE PLAYLIST 2 The playlist dialog appears with all items inside the quick set The default name is the same as the name of the QuickSet CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 138 SHA bout ocheduling CNM provides great flexibility in how you can schedule your content to appear on your CoolSign players By using CoolSign channels and playlists you can easily create schedules ranging from simple in order playback For CNM you can also do complicated nested schedules with weighted frequency and dynamic enabling expressions About Channels 29 Channel Entertainment Feed Static Content Channels channel channel2 entertainment feed static General Endanea Payers Qud et Scheduled Items Name Y In rotation items 2 items Playback order In Order lt Week of September 05 2010 Week of September 12 2010 Optiors ga On The News Today Landscape 08 Play 1st Now Never a Born on this date L 10 Play 1st Now Never F Entertanment headlines L i07 Play 2nd Now Never eto PlayList of 3 sec Static Content 103 Play 2nd Now Never gt Recurring items 0 items gt Timed items 0 items gt Triggered items 0 items J Time Index Starts Stops Mo Tu We Th p Add in rotation item Edit item ii Delete item 4 Total channel disk s
41. scheduled item should be played The blue cells of the schedule grid indicate that the 1tem 1s active and the white cells indicate that the item will not play See Using Schedule Grids on page 312 6 Set any advanced properties for the scheduled item For more information Setting Advanced Properties on page 156 Ifyou have selected dynamic content and want to override the data bindings for this scheduled item only click the DYNAMIC DATA tab For more information see Overriding Dynamic Data Settings on page 187 8 Click OK to add the scheduled item to the channel CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 152 9 Managing Channels E Je Haivision Adding Items to a Channel Adding a Timed Scheduled Item Timed scheduled items play back once at each timed interval You can set timed items to play back every day or on specific days at a defined time or once on a certain date and time Because timed scheduled items inherently define when they play you cannot set a daypart schedule for them To add a timed scheduled item 1 Follow the steps to add an new scheduled item to the channel See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 2 Inthe Scheduled Item Properties dialog select Timed fram the Scheduled Type box Schedule Item Properties Schedule Properties Scheduled Item Scheduled Type Disable this schedule item from playing Schedule Item Properties Play at BRR nines 2 14
42. the Activates Now radio button Content Expiration You can use content expiration to set a global date and time for your content to stop playing everywhere regardless of its scheduling properties When content expires it is automatically removed from all channels and playlists across your network To set the expiration date of content 1 Click the Expires At radio button 2 Click the Expiration Date Editor to edit the expiration date at which the content should stop playing CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 123 6 Managing Content Hailvision Using the Content Properties Dialog To set content to never expire e Click the Expires Never radio button WARNING In CoolSign 4 expired content is not automatically deleted but is displayed in the Content Manager in red to indicate that it is expired If you want to remove the expired content you must manually delete it Previewing Content You can preview your content as it will play back in a CoolSign player directly from the Content Properties dialog To preview content In the Content Properties dialog click the Preview Content button vor When you first preview a content item the asset files required for that content are transferred from the CoolSign Network Controller and cached in a temporary folder in your CNM installation directory When you preview a portion of dynamic content binding to a data table that contains more than 2
43. within a channel you can choose one of the following playback algorithms Weighted Frequency The default picker that uses a frequency value assigned to each scheduled item to determine which item should play next Items with higher frequency play more often than items with a lower frequency The frequency value for a scheduled item represents its relative frequency when compared with other items in the channel In Order Any active in rotation items are played back in the order they appear in the Channel grid NOTE You can reorder scheduled items in the channel grid by clicking and dragging the item to a new position Shuffled Randomly shuffles all the in rotation scheduled items and plays them back in the random order All the items play back before the list is shuffled again This algorithm ensures that the same scheduled item never plays back to back Note that if there is only one item then it has to play back to back In addition you can either allow or not allow back to back playback when using the Weighted Frequency option These options are set through the CNM CHANNEL DIALOG gt ADVANCED TAB See Advanced Playback Settings on page 173 When set to do not allow back to back the weighted frequency option cannot be completed For example if there are two In rotation items item has frequency as and item 2 has frequency as 10 Normally item 2 should play 10 times when item plays only once But if you set
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45. 0 rows you can only preview the first 20 rows AY WARNING Content preview is only supported on PCs that meet the minimum requirements for a CoolSign player Older PCs or unsupported video cards may not be capable of content previewing setting the Thumbnail Image for Content You can set the thumbnail image displayed in the Content Manager grid and in the Content Properties dialog when you are previewing the content To set the thumbnail for content 1 In the Content Properties dialog click the Preview Content button 2 Use the preview content transport controls to pause the preview on the frame you want to use for your thumbnail You can use the frame advance and rewind buttons to fine tune the frame to use 3 Click the Set Thumbnail to Current Frame button CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 124 6 Managing Content Halvision Viewing Information About Content Adding Comments to Content You can add comments to any content item if you want to track additional information about the content When you add a comment the user who entered the comment and a timestamp is automatically added To add a comment Click the Add button beneath the comments grid and enter your comment into the field provided To remove a comment Select the comment in the comments grid and click the Remove button Viewing Information About Content You can use the Content Properties dialog to view information about y
46. 1 107 6 Managing Content Haivision Working with Content Importing JuniorsTops The following items are queued for import F Thumbnail Name Status Disk Space Data tablenamed Tops already exists Do youwantto replace it lp Yes onl Autocreating Datatables y TIP You can continue working with CNM while the import occurs in the background or you can queue up additional imports by repeating these steps Y TIP You can also import content folders by dragging and dropping them from the Windows desktop directly into the Content Manager data grid or onto the Content Manager icon You can drag multiple folders at once or drag new folders one at a time CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 108 6 Managing Content Haivision Working with Content Using Web Page Content You can display internet web pages on a CoolSign player To display web page content 1 Open the Network Content Manager and click the Content icon in the navigation sidebar to open the Content screen 2 From the Actions menu select the option CREATE WEB CONTENT File Edit Views Tools ER Hi elp Edit Content Properties Import Content Export Content Duplicate Content Create Vistar Content Create Streaming Content JO HD Content D Scheduled Content pa TemplateInstances 7 DATA data tables pa Templates 3 For the Site URL field
47. 2 Set one or more of the following options e To include daily play summaries check Mlnclude day by day breakdown CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 127 6 Managing Content Halvision Viewing Information About Content e To only show plays that occurred while the site was open check MOnly show logs from during site business hours This option can also significantly increase the amount of time required to retrieve the logs Y TIP For more information on sites and defining site business hours see Setting the Hours for a Site on page 210 e To show all the players on your network including those on which the content didn t even play check Show 0 play Players 3 Click the Retrieve Logs button vor Retrieving playlogs for view ranges of over a week or for large networks can sometimes take a few minutes to complete To export the play history logs to a file 1 Right click on the column header of the Play History grid and choose SAVE GRID DATA TO FILE Player E Site Default umpua 4 0 2 Sort Descending Sort Ascending Group By This Column B Site Mt Hood 4 Clear Grouping Toggle Group By Box Best Fit Lock Column Width Choose Columns Remove This Column Print Grid 2 Inthe Export to File settings dialog select the File format you would like to export to and set any available options 3 Click OK To print the play history logs Righ
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49. 38 CNM is organized into different screens that allow you to view and manage different areas of your network Home Manager Provides a high level dashboard where you can quickly see the overall status and health of your network Important alerts that may require your attention or management are displayed in the Alerts grid on the Home Manager along with a log of all major actions that have been performed with CNM CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 23 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Hailvision About Manager Pages Content Manager Lets you view the entire repository of content available on Aal your CoolSign network You can import new content modify numerous content properties that affect how the content is played back retrieve the play history for content and more Audio Manager Similar to the Content Manager but specialized for managing audio content only You can import MP3 files directly into the Audio Manager without needing to run them through Content Wizard Data Table Manager CoolSign uses data tables to provide dynamic data to content and scheduling expressions With the Data Table Manager you can manually create new data tables or input data into existing data tables DATA Data Watcher Manager Optional You can install the Data Watcher to provide a bridge between a data source and a CoolSign network The Data Watcher can read data from various types of data sources parse tha
50. All Items 2 Dynamic Content Hod Expired Content JD HD Content Scheduled Content 2 Unscheduled Content 2 To adda playlist to the channel click the PLAYLISTS tab and select one or more playlists to add 3 Click OK to close the Content Chooser dialog and open the Scheduled Items Properties dialog 4 Set any scheduled items properties and the daypart schedule to define how the content or playlist will play within your channel For more information About Scheduled Items on page 147 5 Click OK To add non in rotation schedule items recurring timed or triggered 1 Add any desired in rotation content See Adding and Editing an In Rotation Schedule Item on page 148 for details 2 Edit the in rotation item and then change the schedule type from the content properties window To change an in rotation schedule item 1 Select a schedule item and then press Edit 2 From the Schedule Item Properties window set the desired schedule type from the pull down menu CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 146 n F 9 Managing Channels Haivision adana oa ae About Scheduled Items You can use the Scheduled Item Properties dialog to define how an item will be played back in a channel Set advanced properties including activation expiration date and enabling expression and to override dynamic data bindings for that scheduled instance 2 Add items to Default Channel born on th
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52. Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 113 ee a 6 Managing Content Haivision Working withy Content D Switch to the General tab and define the content Name and Duration fields Content Properties Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Name New Streaming Content Example Version Format Landscape Resolution Size Duration 00 1 00 00 Volume Gain 0 Transition In Type Cut v Length 0 seconds Color a Content Resize Settings Scale content to fit display Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content Content Activation Expiration Activates e Now At 5 28 2013 Expires Never at 5 28 2013 11 59 P Comments Apply 6 Click the OK button At this point the content can be scheduled in a channel like any other CoolSign content Streaming a URL in CoolSign from a Makito Device Before you can stream content from your Makito device you must configure it Refer to C Configuring Devices to Stream Content on page 375 Make sure to make note of the following information regarding your Furnace device e Makito Source URL comprised of the UDP address and port To stream content from a URL source 1 Open the CoolSign Network Manager CNM and click the Content icon in the navigation sidebar to open the Content screen CoolSign Network Manager
53. Linking CoolSign Accounts to a Domain User Account 00ccee eee 331 Senne Oner Penia OE oe cares rn ech ee ae wer armen ae acenn enn AETERNE 332 About ihe CE cerise aa e adni asaka ERRA 332 sanns Ae eA e EE E ET EA TEST 334 Scenario 1 All users have all permissions and capabilities 08 334 Scenario 2 Managing only capabilities by user ccceceeee eens eeeees 334 Scenario 3 Managing only capabilities through groups 00eeeee 334 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 13 Haivision Scenario 4 Managing capabilities and permissions by groups 335 Scenario 5 Managing multi tenancy capabilities and permissions 335 TE eae N EOE NAN AEN A EN E A AA T 335 22 Using the Agent and Watchdog Services Watchdog Pole ale el ee 337 PCat AG oorner kainanan aE datumbebecaebadeenuaneeenetes 337 C e E E cee cit E E A 338 Ea I 211 6s E E ee E E E 338 Comment and Command Lanes o dsccsvecovtonsavaeacdewsddasainerwidixereneeiiaresaremedees 338 TT sea ss ges tensa ae E ate eee dane EEEE T 339 O a cscs eects tetera en eee eee A E E E T 340 Replacing th Watchdog sello enaner isost ieina aieia naikin 345 Assumed Watchdog Configuration ccccccceece eens eee e ease eee eeeeeeeteeateeaeenaes 346 23 Using the Offline Update Imager Creating the Update Image 20 2ciccdccc cicada icidinadeisedcbadoneinieiiaacentsatnnsehedtews 347 Co
54. Scheduled Type box CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 151 4 9 Managing Channels Haivision Radin fer to 4 Channel Schedule Properties Dynamic Data Enabling Expression Scheduled Iter Scheduled Type Recurring Disable this schedule item From playing Schedule Item Properties Repeat every hours 10 3 minutes and seconds Interrupt playing content lZam lam Zam Sam dam Sam bam Fam Bam Yam lam llam lpm lpm 2om 3pm 4om Som Spm 7pm som Jpm l pm lipm lam Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday gt ed base schedule p Oveids Opens 050 7 3 Once selected define how often you want the scheduled item to repeat by setting the hours and minutes values Nor A recurring item will play after each repeat interval starting at midnight If you want to offset when the recurring item plays use the schedule grid to change the time when the item becomes active For example if you want an item to play every hour on the half hour you would set the repeat interval to 1 hour and modify the schedule so that the item becomes active at 12 30am 4 If you want the scheduled item to play exactly at the defined recurring interval even if that would require interrupting content that is currently playing check Interrupt playing content Non interrupting scheduled items will be queued to play immediately after the currently playing content D Define the times and days for which the
55. Sign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 2 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Halvision Changing the Data Grid Layout Changing the Data Grid Layout CoolSign provides a number of predefined views for each manager page Each view defines which columns are displayed how the grid is sorted and any groupings that are applied to the grid For more information on managing views and adding new views see Managing Views on page 32 To change the data grid view Use the view combobox to select the view you wish to use sorting Columns You can sort the items visible in the data grid by one or more columns You can add addi tional columns to the current sort by holding down the shift key while sorting TIP The currently sorted columns are saved with the view s state To sort a column To toggle between ascending and descending sort order click on the header of the column you want to sort by Grouping Columns NOTE The CNM Player and Network managers no longer use this feature You must use the Quick or Advanced Search functions for grouping see Searching for Items on page 33 for details CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 28 T 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Halvision Changing the Data Grid Layout You can group the items visible in the data grid by one or more columns This content Name Durat Resolution Total File Schedule Summary Activation Dat
56. Sign players connected to your network To import content into your CoolSign network e From the Content Manager choose ACTIONS gt IMPORT CONTENT and select the content folder you wish to import Note that you can also batch import content by selecting a folder that contains multiple content folders The Content Import dialog shows the progress of any current and pending content imports CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 106 6 Managing Content Hailvision Working with Content Importingfedme_homefeature_katespade hd The following items are queued for import F Thumb Name Status DiskSpace pa i fedme_homefeature hd Complete 14 26 MB Pending Creating content object If content already exists with the same name as the content you are importing an alert dialog will ask you if you want to replace or rename the imported content Similarly if the content that is importing contains a data table that is named the same as an existing data table then a warning appears You can then choose Replace or Keep If you select Replace the old data table is deleted and a new data table is created which means 1 All the data is lost 2 Any content currently binding to that data table will no longer have a binding table attached to it Instead you ll have to rebind it manually CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 0
57. age for this content lt lt Set thumbnail to current frame Thumbnail m Select an image file as thumbnail 4 a gt by fe comm Eerowse ae NOTE If you are batch converting multiple assets a thumbnail for each content is automatically selected from a frame a few seconds from the end of the asset To select a thumbnail image for your content 1 Using the content preview transport buttons or the time slider set the preview to the frame of the asset you would like to use as a thumbnail 2 Click Set thumbnail to current frame and the selected thumbnail image appears in the Thumbnail area OfLr Click Browse to locate an image file that you wish to use as a thumbnail for this asset The image must be in one of the following formats JPEG jpg Windows Bitmap bmp or Portable Network Graphics png 3 Use the Options button to preview how the thumbnail will render on a variety of monitor types at various resolutions When you re done click Next CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 103 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Halvision Converting Content otep 4 Create In this step you set the destination folder where your converted CoolSign content should be saved along with some other settings izard 5 0 0 221 Create create l Copy asset file to output folder keep original Move asset file to output folder
58. age on your computer Web site c program files x86 coolsign manager managers http www microsoft com SS SSS SSS sss V Enable application storage The first time you select the Player or Network Manager you will see a Local Storage Error message NC CoolSign Manager 4 6 0 Actions Help An error occurred while attempting to request additional disk space This may prevent thumbnail images from displaying and other features from functioning Please ensure that there is enough available free space on the disk data watche A Silverlight warning will also appear prompting you to allocate an additional 100 MB of space for use by Silverlight Do you want to increase available storage The following Web site is requesting more application storage space on your computer Web site file Mig Current usage 0 0 MB Silverlight Requested size 101 0 MB You should make sure that there is enough available space on your startup disk and then click Yes in the Silverlight dialog CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 26 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Halvision Working with Items in the Data Grid Working with Items in the Data Grid Each manager page s data grid lists all the available items of the specific type managed by that page You can use the data grid to select one or more items and then perform context
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60. annels Halvision Working with Channels 3 Click OK or Apply Changes Any players tuned to this channel will automatically update to reflect changes made to the channel To delete a channel 1 From the Channels page do one of the following e Select the channel and choose EDIT gt DELETE e Right click the channel and choose Delete You will be warned before attempting to delete any channels that are currently in use by a player To create an ANY format channel In previous CNM releases a player s orientation was set as portrait and landscape Conse quently players with a certain orientation could only play channels with a matching format For example a portrait player could only use a channel using portrait format With this release a new channel format named ANY is available to enable you to schedule both portrait and landscape content within a channel Players can be tuned to an ANY channel to avoid a format mismatch 1 Create a new channel 2 Define the format orientation in this case ANY 3 Add content as normal 4 Ifyou select landscape the CNM automatically filters out any portrait content Similarly if you select portrait all landscape content is filtered out Selecting ANY gets you both landscape and portrait content from the content Picker window NOTE An ANY format channel is designated with angle brackets for example lt New Channel gt CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide V
61. as well as which content items in the channel will need to be transferred to the player before they can play The status of each item in the proposed schedule can be either of the following Available Available The content item is already available on the local player hard disk and will not require any transfer to play Transfer required 345KB Transfer required tThe content must be transferred to the player before this item can be played If the channel is marked as Wait for all items before playing the player will not switch to the new channel until all needed content has been transferred to the player NOTE All content in a tuned channel will be transferred to a player regardless whether it is currently active or pending activation due to the setting of a future activation date on the content or schedule item This feature allows you to stage content on the player at the time you tune it so that you can be assured that the content is available when it comes time for it to play Viewing Transfer Status of Items to a Player When you tune a player to a channel all of the content playlists data tables and files required to play that channel will automatically start transferring to the player If at any point you modify either the channel or any content or playlists included in the channel any changes will also be automatically transferred to the player for you The status of each transferring item can be any
62. ash swf the asset that you re converting ContentFolder Image background jpg ContentFolder Image banner jpg 3 Click Finish to complete the content creation process The Content Wizard prompts you as to whether or not you want to include all files in the ContentFolder folder and its subfolders in this example background jpg and banner jpg After you confirm your choice the two image files are packaged with CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 97 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Haivision Converting Content the Flash asset resulting in a single piece of CoolSign content vor Do not include any unrelated files in the folder that contains your Flash assets If the content folder or any of its subfolders contains any unrelated files they are included into your content and eventually imported to the network as well A NOTE For this reason avoid importing Flash content from the desktop Attempting to do so causes the entire contents of your desktop to be imported as well To configure video capture 1 Select the CONFIGURE VIDEO CAPTURE radio button 2 Click Browse to locate the asset file you wish to convert To batch convert multiple assets into CoolSign content Select the Batch convert multiple assets radio button 1 vor If you select this button you cannot include external files for a Flash asset as described above 2 Do one of the following e Click Add All A
63. at eceedecd veces cde Necduiandeievadiontuiendaheatmeancsd 210 Ue NG so ccs anaE ARA dine soutiahiaedenbidantdahieassabeens 212 14 About Dynamic Data About Data Tables chic ited edie eps ei ee ho ed nd ib nk Sh 213 Poort reated Data Tables canis savcceavarceaiecenenceaniae wietawians woken we iiai iS 214 sins Data Tables in your Content iirrsiiieisirtiiiie irern iiiki KEEK Eda 214 Binding Dynamic Content to a Data Table 0 0 0 0 eee cece eee e ene e eee eees 214 Geine Dala mio Ee sora penn wa nent nerve poi nenian aee a ni 216 Mawa ag hiatas DATA en er er eee ae 217 boe a D a A ene eee aiea Ea 217 How does localizing work 0 0 0 0 cece ccc eee cece cence eee e seat seat eeaeeeaeesanees 218 About CoolSign Data Watcher cccccccccce cece cence eee eats eee eeet seat ean eennenaes 218 15 Using the Data Watcher Manager What does the Oe Regs ee 219 The Data Watcher Manager o ciiccreririsiirer irian Suen oe inan a ia nap tedansd nat nest 219 Configuring a Data Watcher 00 cccc cece cece eee eee eee e eee e eens eeaeeeeeeneneneaees 220 Importing and Exporting Configurations oe di acsctses csc arstcmianddawaendenctanneds C22 eet hie eee File Data SONCE ee ee ee ees 224 Conirurnne a URL Data es icra cn ccrutewsacna vats avamncdadieegineeecners 220 Configuring an FTP Data Source ccc ccc cece eee e nese eae eeneeeneenaeenes 2 26 Configuring an External Command Data SOurce cccceene eens eee e ees 226 Conf
64. ationDate Required No Default 1600 01 01T00 00 00 000 Specifies the expiration date for the data row Y Y Y Y MM DDTHH MM SS FFF The default value means that the row never expires RelativeActivation Required No Default n a Specifies the activation date as the number of seconds from now now being the time that the row is actually created in the database This value cannot be used with the Activation Date parameter RelativeExpiration Required No Default n a Specifies the expiration date as the number of seconds from now now being the time that the row is actually created in the database This value cannot be used with the Expiration Date parameter BumpTableVersion Required No Default True If TRUE the version of the data table is incremented when the row is added Incrementing the version number of the data table makes the new row visible to the media engine so if you are adding multiple rows and don t want them to become visible until all the rows are added then you would set this parameter to FALSE for all the rows except for the last row you add when adding the last row you would set this parameter to TRUE SequenceNumber Required No Default 0 An arbitrary number that can be used to sort the rows in the data table Data Required Yes Default n a The Data section of the XML specifies the values to assign to each field of the row It contains three parameters Name Value and T
65. cally tuned to the desired channel s CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 180 11 Managing Players Halvision Quick Tuning a Player to a Channel To quick tune a player or player node 1 From the Player Manager select QUICK TUNE File Edit Views Tools Actions Help A EME home content stes MM Full Name Format Channel Now Playing Show All Items tent Networked Type A Player Output 1 gt Player 1 Landscape Streaming Chan comen gt Undefined country aik Win 7 on switch 3 Output 1 gt Player 1 C Landscape Multiple fily type can MyPlayer Output 1 gt Player 1 J Landscape Channel w Enab dynamicdata virtual Player Output 7 7 z yandscape Default Channel a Edit Player Properties Win7 VM formerly ri Landscape Default Channel data tables Configure Player schedules Edit Node Properties Jump To Node channels Quick Tune H Play Content Now playlists nodes Select all 5 and Co 2 From the Quick Channel Tuner dialog select a channel or channels to which you want to tune the selected players Quick Channel Tuner Select a channel to tune selected players to Logo Channel ticker Channel2 lt Channel w Enabling expression using conduit gt lt Channeli gt lt Channel2 gt lt Default Channel gt lt Multicast Channel gt lt Multiple fily types Channel3 gt lt Streaming Channel gt
66. ce of Vistar content such that individual players in the CoolSign network grab ads for specified time slots play them back and then report the playback to Vistar Media Supported File Formats Assets for CoolSign content can be authored using numerous industry standard production tools available from companies like Adobe Avid and others The remainder of this chapter discusses requirements for developing assets for CoolSign The following digital formats are supported by CoolSign AVI M2V MOV MP4 H 264 only H 264 XVid Divx Using Digital Video In CoolSign Digital video is the most popular format for authoring CoolSign content Digital video can be created in any number of production tools including Adobe After Effects Avid Media Composer Apple FinalCut Pro and Adobe Premiere The preferred formats for encoding CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 71 4 About Content Haivision Supported File Formats and playback of digital video in CoolSign are H 264 or Windows Media 9 Both formats are capable of high quality video playback at both SD and HD resolutions H 264 H 264 is designed for broadcast quality digitally encoded audio and video It offers good image quality and is the standard for DVD video Most authoring applications do not encode directly to H 264 and require a 3rd party encoding tool or plug in NOTE H 264 defines different standards for resolution and bit rate calle
67. coolsign CoolSign Network Manager Version 5 0 User s Guide HVS ID UG CS NM 5 0 Issue 01 Haivision Haivision Edition Notices This edition notice provides important information regarding the documentation for version 5 0 of the CoolSign Digital Media Network product Later releases are intended to be backwards compatible but may introduce new functionality not addressed in this content Likewise other product documentation may describe functionality not addressed here that will become available in later releases Please consult with Haivision Systems Inc or its authorized representatives to ensure compatibility Copyright 2006 2013 Haivision All rights reserved Title CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Document Number HVS ID UG CS NM Version Number 5 0 This publication and the product it describes contain proprietary and confidential informa tion No part of this document may be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic or machine readable format without prior written permission of Haivision If this document is distributed with software that includes an end user agree ment this document and the software described 1n it are furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that license Except as permitted by any such license no part of this guide may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means ele
68. ctronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Haivision Systems Inc Please note that the content in this guide is protected under copyright law even if it is not distributed with software that includes an end user license agreement A IMPORTANT Network Manager is designed to access play content which may have copyright restrictions Acquiring licensing and re distribution rights to restricted content shall be undertaken by the purchaser and not by Haivision Please be sure to obtain any permission required from the copyright owner Licenses This product is licensed under the MPEG 4 visual patent portfolio license for the personal and non commercial use of a consumer for 1 encoding video in compliance with the MPEG 4 visual standard MPEG 4 video and or 11 decoding MPEG 4 video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non commercial activity and or was obtained from a video provider licensed by MPEG LA to provide MPEG 4 video No license is granted or shall be implied for any other use Additional information including that relating to promotional internal and commercial uses and licensing may be obtained from MPEG LA LLC See http www mpegla com CoolSign Network Manager Version 5 0 User s Guide Issue 01 2 Halivision Patents CoolSign is covered by U S Patent Number 7 136 906 System for Electronically Distrib uting Displaying and Controlling the Play Schedu
69. d Expires O Never 4 back week selector buttons to navigate o reebok answer 5 Base Schedule 1200000 4M Reset Schedule Enabling Expression Use the week selector to jump Use the Override menu to to a week clear overrides or jump to an existing overridden week To select a week to override 1 Click the Week Selector box to display the Datetime editor a EANA ok 3 Use the month arrows to change the displayed month Click Today to jump to the current date Click Show Base Schedule to return to the base recurring schedule o e w uV Click a day to select a week to override To navigate through weeks e Click the Forward or Back week selector buttons to move one week forward or back from the current week CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 314 ae Haivision _ 19 Using Schedule Grids Overriding the Recurring Schedule To override the schedule for a week 1 Edit the schedule for an overridden week using the same tools available for editing the recurring week as described above 2 The overridden week is labeled as Overridden Week lZam lam Zam Sam 4am Sam Bam fam Gam Jam am llam izom lpm 2om 3pm 4pm Som bpm 7pm fom Spm lomlipm lam Sun 3 23 Mon 324 Tue 3 25 Wed 3 26 Thu 3 27 Fri 3 28 Sat 3 29 gt CI 2k oF 12572000 wp Overt Sis ad selecting Overridden Weeks You can quickly ju
70. d Content Jo FHD Content Landscape Content Cg Old Content lt This is a Folder Portait Content 9 Scheduled Content Using QuickSets gt a Synch Test Content Unscheduled Content QuickSets are user defined categories that you create and add items to When you click on a QuickSet in the QuickBar panel the data grid immediately displays only the items that you have added to that QuickSet QuickSets are not exclusive so you can add an item to more than one QuickSet U IMPORTANT Only CoolSign administrators using the Network Manager can create QuickSets Content administrators users who only have access to the web based interface can only use existing QuickSets they cannot create QuickSets To create a new QuickSet 1 Right click anywhere in the QuickSet panel and choose NEw QUICKSET 2 Inthe QuickSet Properties dialog enter a name for the new QuickSet 3 Click OK To add an item to a QuickSet e Select one or more items in the data grid and drag them onto the QuickSet CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 35 7 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Halvision Using the QuickBar To remove an item from a QuickSet e Right click the item in the data grid and choose REMOVE FROM QUICKSET To clear all the items from a QuickSet e In the QuickSet panel right click the QuickSet and choose CLEAR QUICKSET To edit the properties of a QuickSet e
71. d items editing existing scheduled items or removing items those changes are automatically distributed to any players tuned to that CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 176 11 Managing Players Halvision About the Player Properties Dialog channel If a player happens to be offline when the changes are made the CNM distributes the changes as soon as the player reconnects to the network NOTE While each player can only be tuned to a single channel at a time any number of players can be tuned to the same channel This enables you to update a single channel and have those changes automatically applied to all the players tuned to that channel For more information on working with channels see Managing Channels on page 141 for details About the Player Properties Dialog You can use the Player Properties dialog to tune a player to a channel review play history and schedule volume control To edit the properties of a player Do one of the following e Double click on the player in the grid e Select one or more players and choose Actions gt Edit Player Properties or right click and choose Edit Player Properties CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 177 Haivision Player 1 Players Networked Type A Player 11 Managing Players Tuning a Player to a Channel Channel Play Logs Quick Sets Sound Control Region player 1 Format C Landscape Tune to
72. d profiles and levels In order to encode MPEG 2 at greater resolution than NTSC 720x480 you will need an encoder that supports High Profile and High 1440 Level Most hardware H 264 encoders do not support the higher profiles and levels The following are some applications that can be used to encode H 264 e Adobe After Effects 6 5 www adobe com e Adobe Premiere Pro www adobe com e MainConcept MPEG Encoder www mainconcept com e TMPGEnc Plus 2 5 www pegasys inc com e Discreet Cleaner XL www discreet com NOTE The Discreet Cleaner XL only supports encoding at 720 x 480 CoolSign supports H 264 program streams multiplexed video audio or video elementary stream video only at data rates up to 15 Mb s MPEG 1 While CoolSign fully supports MPEG 1 digital video we recommend that H 264 be used for its superior resolution and quality In most cases MPEG 1 can be encoded in the same way as H 264 Windows Media 9 Microsoft Windows Media technology is an alternative to H 264 for full screen digital video playback Windows Media has certain advantages more authoring tools natively support encoding to WMV and in many cases the file size of Windows Media is signifi cantly smaller than H 264 1 Please refer to Using Flash based Content on page 356 for detailed steps on encoding MPEG 2 using Adobe After Effects and MainConcept MPEG Encoder CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 72 T 4 Abou
73. default Content tab of the Content Chooser See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 for details 2 Inthe Scheduled Item Properties dialog select Merged from the Scheduled Type box Scheduled Type Merged Schedule Item Properties Merged playlists will append all child schedule items to the parent schedule vor Merged is only available as an option when you are adding a playlist to the channel You cannot set the Merged scheduled type for content or audio 3 Set any activation or expiration dates for the scheduled item For more information Setting Advanced Properties on page 156 4 Click OK to add the scheduled item to the channel CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 155 m 9 Managing Channels Halvision Adding Items to a Channel To merge playlists playback constraints 1 The playback order of a merged playlist must match the parent schedule 2 Once a schedule channel or playlist contains a merged playlist you cannot change the schedule s playback order Setting Advanced Properties You can set activation and expiration dates for scheduled items from the Advanced Prop erties dialog L mAdvanced Properties 5 Activates i Now At Expires E Never At SEPP E ee etree eee ee eer eee reer reer err eer retire ry setting Scheduled Item Activation and Expiration Dates If you want a scheduled item to start o
74. ding Dynamic Data Settings on page 187 7 Click OK to add the scheduled item to the channel Adding a Triggered Scheduled Item Triggered scheduled items are played whenever the assigned trigger is fired via an external application or manually from the Manage Triggers dialog You can select a trigger for the schedule item along with specific times and days of the week when the item is active To add a triggered scheduled item 1 Follow the steps to add a new scheduled item to the channel See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 for details 2 Inthe Scheduled Item Properties dialog select Triggered fram the Scheduled Type box Scheduled Item Scheduled Type Triggered Disable this schedule item From playing m Schedule Item Properties Trigger Trigger T Create New Trigger F Interrupt playing content 3 Select a trigger in the Trigger combobox or click Create New Trigger For more information on triggers see 20 Managing Triggers on page 316 4 If you want the scheduled item to play immediately when it is triggered even if that would require interrupting content that 1s currently playing check Interrupt playing content Non interrupting scheduled items will be queued to play immediately after the currently playing content D Define the times and days for which the scheduled item can be triggered The blue cells of the schedule grid indicate that the 1tem 1s active and the white cell
75. do not allow back to back then the result is that item 1 and item 2 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 150 9 Managing Channels Halvision Adding Items to a Channel plays alternatively which means their actual frequency numbers are the same in order to avoid back to back play W TP Due to the randomness inherent in the weighted frequency picker it is impossible to predict exactly how often an item will play but you can view an approximate estimate on the Scheduled Items Properties dialog NOTE When fewer than seven items are scheduled using the Weighted Frequency picker the picker allows items with higher frequencies to play back to back to preserve the relative frequency ratios To select the in rotation playback order e Select the playback order type in the In Rotation Items area of the Channel Properties dialog About the Channel Properties Dialog on page 144 Adding a Recurring Scheduled Item Recurring scheduled items can be set to play back content on a repeating interval You can set properties related to the recurring interval as well as a schedule of the times and days of the week for which the item is active To add a recurring scheduled item 1 Follow the steps to add an new scheduled item to the channel See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 for details 2 Inthe Scheduled Item Properties dialog expand RECURRING and then right click to add an item from the
76. duled into a channel or other playlists with all the same properties as a piece of content You can schedule a playlist as In rotation Recurring Timed or Trig gered Playlists can have daypart schedules activation expiration dates and enabling expressions just like content However when it comes time for a playlist to play the CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 171 Haivision 10 Managing Playlists scheduling a Playlist in a Channel channel lets the playlist pick which content or playlist should play based on the items scheduled within the playlist and its own playback order settings Determining how a Playlist Plays Just as with a channel you can set the playback order for a playlist using the Playback order combobox For more information on setting playback order see Setting the In Rotation Playback Order on page 150 Additionally you can define whether the playlist should just play one item or all the items each time it is picked to play by its parent channel Play One Item When a playlist is set to Play One Item it will play one item picked from its scheduled items After playing the one item it will return control to the parent channel or playlist Content 3 Content 1 Content 2 Sample playback order for channel with playlist set to play one item Content 1 Content 2 PLAYLIST Play one item Content A Content B Content C Content A
77. e Expir Version location gri dis groupe d B Format CI Landscape Stock Ticker 5 2px 01 00 1280070 158 KB Now Never by the format column Stock Ticker 4 O1 00 128070 191 KB Now Never 13 capture_composite_30secs_ 10430768 0 30 1024x768 2 KB 1 untuned channel Now Newer Case 5613 v2 0 05 1024x768 23 KB Now 2 sanya_trackandfield _jpeg_FOHOW 0 30 1920x1080 244 03 MB 1 untuned channel Now Never 2 T 3 Newer Ame W TP The currently grouped columns and the group by box toggle state are saved with a view s state To group by a column Do one of the following e Right click on the column header and choose GROUP BY THIS COLUMN e Drag a column into the Group By Box To toggle the group box e Right click on any column header and choose TOGGLE GRouP BY Box To clear all groupings e Right click on any column header and choose CLEAR GROUPINGS Resizing Columns You can resize the visible columns to better fit the data displayed in the column You can also lock the width ofa column so that it doesn t resize when you resize the entire CoolSign window W TP Column widths are saved with a view s state To resize a column Do one of the following e Click and drag on the column border to manually resize the column CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 29 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Hailvision Changing the Data Grid Layout e Right click on th
78. e Th Fr sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr a Hw On The News Today Landscape 08 Play ist Never Born on this date L 10 Play 1st Never 07 Play 2nd Never Play 2nd Never Shuffled Never Shuffled Never Shuffled Never Recurring items 0 items Timed items 0 items gt Triggered items 0 items Add in rotation item ih Edit item ill Delete item i Total channel disk size 468 KB Apply Changes F OK Ii Cancel Adding Items to a Channel When you add content or playlists to a channel you can set properties that define how the scheduled item will play back in the channel including daypart scheduling activation exp1 ration dates and enabling expressions To add a scheduled item to a channel 1 To add content to the channel select a content item to add You can select multiple items if you want to add more than one item at once with the same scheduled item settings CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 145 e 9 Managing Channels Halvision Adding Items to a Channel d Select the items to add to the schedule Content Playlists cO n te nt Format landscape gt Type here to search quicksets i D Format L 0 03 O Landscape 0 03 O Landscape 0 03 CI Landscape 0 03 O Landscape 3D_tattoos 1 14 2 Landscape 0 03 O Landscape 0 03 CI Landscape 0 03 O Landscape 0 03 O Landscape 0 03 2 Landscape 0 03 A Landscape ce See Show
79. e Content Properties dialog click the ATTRIBUTES tab content juniorstops landscape Attributes Property Mame value Language Area Cee TT PE Ee Default Value English 2 Attribute properties General Default value DIRECT Use picklist PickList values 2 From the ATTRIBUTES tab on any Content Properties dialog click the Define Attributes button Define Attributes Default Value CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 130 Haivision 6 Managing Content Viewing Information About Content 3 In the subsequent Attributes dialog click the Add button to open a blank Attribute Properties dialog a2 Attribute properties General Name Default Value PickList Values Use picklist Dov BBDO FSV YNN DIRECT E Allow user to enter custom values Cancel Type a name for the new Attribute 5 Set one or more of the following options box If you want to restrict the options available for input click the Use picklist check e Enter one or more lines of text into the PickList box Each line of text will appear as an option in the picklist when editing a user field 6 If you want to let users enter their own data in addition to being able to choose from the options in your picklist click the Allow user to enter custom values checkbox Click OK The new Attribute will be added to all
80. e Node update Node addchild Node update Node addchild Node addchild Node addchild Node addchild Node addchild Node addchild Node addchild Node addchild Node addchild Node addchild Node update Node update Node addchild Node addchild Node Child Type NodeConfigFile SoftwareComponentForNode SoftwareComponentForNode SoftwareComponentForNode SoftwareComponentForNode SoftwarePackageForNode SoftwarePackageForNode SoftwarePackageForNode NodeRequest NodeRequest NodeRequest VideoOutput AudioOutput Child OID 4058A724 B6C AB31DCAS 33F 3EACC453 832 OEFFBA75 877 C9512797 EB5 8755C87B 27F 833B2D9C CF9 28BCC1E7 92A AECB0336 0DE E9984600 4D7 ECSF26E7 33A B524CD71 824 78FCD272 2DE Data lt Node gt lt Node gt lt NodeConfigFile gt lt Node gt lt SoftwareComponentForNode gt lt SoftwareComponentForNode gt lt SoftwareComponentForNode gt lt SoftwareComponentForNode gt lt SoftwarePackageForNode gt lt SoftwarePackageForNode gt lt SoftwarePackageForNode gt lt NodeRequest gt lt NodeRequest gt lt NodeRequest gt lt Node gt lt Node gt lt VideoOutput gt lt AudioOutput gt v Close 3 Click in the Data column to view which fields were modified on the object CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 386
81. e Playlist Properties dialog Data Context Sharing tThe default for this setting is to have the next data row used each time it plays so the context of where are you in the list is maintained for the entire CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 173 m 10 Managing Playlists Halvision Localizing Schedules channel Alternately if unchecked the dynamic content maintains independent contexts and as such plays the same row from within the data table Picker Context Sharing The default for this setting is to have the next playlist item used each time it plays so the context of where are you in the list is maintained for the entire channel Alternately if unchecked the playlists maintain independent contexts and as such plays the same item from within the playlist if they re reset to in order 29 Channeli Channels channel channel1 General Advanced Players QuickSets Security Advanced Playback Settings Wait forall items totransfer before playingthis channel F Allow back to back item selection during weighted playback J Evaluate multipleinstances of scheduleitems in channel data context 7 Evaluate multipleinstances of schedule itemsin channel picker context Apply Changes 1 Cancel Localizing Schedules If your network contains a large number of sites or players you may find that while each player or site has some un
82. e advanced editor bute Lan guage A simpler enabling expression for Language can also be setup In this case a Player attribute Language can be setup CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 159 9 Managing Channels Hailvision Adding Items to a Channel Schedule Properties Dynamic Data Enabling Expression Only play iF Parameter 1 Player Attribute Language Source Player Attributes Language Condition Equals Parameter 2 Source Value Use advanced editor Note that in this case the Picklist values have been automatically populated Clear Expression Two things to remember when setting up Player attributes and Content attributes e Player attributes defined at the player node level will always override Site level at tributes when used in enabling expressions e IfaPlayer Attribute is undefined at the Player Node level it inherits values defined at the Site level If desired check Use advanced editor if you want to review the actual JavaScript used for the enabling expression or if you want to hand edit the expression to add additional logic to the expression For more information on accessing dynamic data through JavaS cript expressions see the Content Scripting technical documentation provided with your software Schedule Properties Dynamic Data Enabling Exp
83. e column header and choose BEST FIT The column will be resized to best fit the data visible in the column wy TIP To tell the grid to resize all the visible columns to best fit the data hold down the Ctrl key while choosing BEST FIT To lock a column width Right click on the column header and choose LOCK COLUMN WIDTH The column will no longer resize automatically when the window is resized Changing which Columns are Visible You can add or remove columns from the data grid if you want to include different pieces of information in your view TIP Visible columns are saved with a view s state CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 Haivision To add columns to a data grid 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Changing the Data Grid Layout 1 Right click on any column header and choose CHOOSE COLUMNS to show the Choose Lists all the avail able columns that haven t been added to the data grid Columns toolbox Choose Columns Available columns Date Created Date Modified Force PlaybackOn Legacy Modified By Owner Preserve Aspect Ratio Scale Mode Scale To Fit Status Thumbnail Transition Transition Color Transition Duration Volume Gain Click to show the internal hidden col umns In most cases you will not find these columns useful C Show hidden columns Best FitAll Click this button to force all columns to resize to best f
84. e content Select Thumbnail select thumbnail Set a thumbnail image for this content Thumbnail Select an image file as thumbnail Browse 5 Click the CREATE tab From this screen you can Select a folder to save your content in Import created content into a CoolSign network 6 Click Finish to save your video capture content CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 80 Haivision 4 About Content Using Web Pages as Content create l E creating content Create 1 5 compatible content script Select a folder to save your CoolSign Content in Import created content into a CoolSign network E importing content Using Web Pages as Content This section provides instructions for displaying internet web pages on a CoolSign Player CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 81 Haivision To display web page content 4 About Content Using Web Pages as Content 1 Open the Network Content Manager and click the Content icon in the navigation sidebar 2 From the Actions menu select the option CREATE WEB CONTENT 5 0_CoolSignNetwork CoolSign Manager 5 0 0 File Edit Views Tools N a _ Edit Content Properties eels Import Content qui Export Content Show Duplicate Content D Con Create Vistar Content Dyn Create Streaming Content P o Gnana iah Contante HD Content
85. e to reflect the changes To delete a playlist e Select the playlist and choose EDIT gt DELETE or right click to select a playlist and then select Delete CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 170 10 Managing Playlists Hailvision About the Playlist Properties Dialog About the Playlist Properties Dialog You can use the Playlist Properties dialog to set or modify the properties of a playlist add scheduled items to the playlist and review which channels currently use the playlist The Playlist Properties dialog is very similar to the Channel Properties dialog 3 On The News Today Landscape Playlist Playlists 7 In rotation items 2 items Playback order aj September 05 2010 b gt pternb Options mW RRs eG We Mame Time Index Starts Stops k Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu Wi Th Fr EX Born on this date L 10 Play 1st Mow Never E Entertanment headlines L OF Play 2nd Mow Never Play one itern Play all terns l Add in rotation item il Edit item il Delete item el disk size 320 KB i pply Changes 1 i oO P Cancel Adding Items to a Playlist The process for adding items to a playlist is identical to adding items to a channel except that you can only add In Rotation scheduled items For more information on adding items to a channel see Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 scheduling a Playlist in a Channel Playlists can be sche
86. e z0 Content Sketchpad nter audio Web Content BofA pS Scheduled Content Mosat iat D ea Web Content www cnn com p Te Web Content www popuptest com data tables P Vice ind Rees Web Content www yahoo com CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 89 m 4 About Content Haivision Using Streaming Content 3 For the Source Type field use the drop down menu to select URL Content Properties Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security SARE Source Type Haivision Furnace Fumace Server URL UPE o S Haivision Furnace Fumace Consumer Key Furnace Consumer Secret Furnace User Name Furmnace Password Stream Settings Furnmace Stations lt select station gt List Stations Apply OK CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 90 4 About Content Haivision Using Streaming Content 4 In the next field provide the Source URL information and click Apply vor This field is comprised of the UDP address and port Content Properties Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Stream Source Source Type URL x Source URL udp 239 239 239 5 4900 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Versi
87. ed volume level of the assets vor You can adjust the overall volume of player from the Player Properties dialog You only need to adjust the volume gain if you want to normalize the volume of a content item relative to the other content WARNING You can only control the volume of SWF files that are version 8 or older With SWF version 9 files it is not possible to control the player volume from CoolSign Transition Allows you to set the effect that is used to transition from the previously playing content into the selected content In general transitions first change to the tran sition color and then into the next content item If the transition type is FadeToBG Cut or CrossFade the color property is ignored Transition Length tuse to set the number of seconds in which the transition will oc cur defaults to one second CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 120 6 Managing Content Hailvision Using the Content Properties Dialog setting Content Resize Settings In the Content Properties dialog you use the Content Resize settings to define how the content should be displayed on players The options are as follows Scale content to fit Scales content to fit the resolution of the player the content is scheduled on If the aspect ratio of the player does not match the content s aspect ratio the content is stretched non linearly to fill the player unless Preserve Aspect Ratio is c
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91. ersion 5 0 Issue 01 143 9 Managing Channels Halvision About the Channel Properties Dialog gt Select the items to add to the schedule Content Playlists content quicksets 4 Duration Resolut Format Thumbnail Activation D Expiration v Show All Items Dynamic Content z h a n coolsign_dudk_quak C Landscape 9 HD Content JD Scheduled Content JO Unscheduled Content coolsign_duck_squeeze 0 20 640x480 CI Landscape CoralReef 1080x1920 WMV3 1 43 1080x19 CI Landscape CROWNE016 L Portrait sect Pre Theater OK Cancel V Only showitems notscheduled in About the Channel Properties Dialog You can use the Channel Properties dialog to modify the properties of a channel and to manage the scheduled items programmed to play when a player is tuned to that channel CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 144 4 9 Managing Channels Haivision acing fern te 4 Chanel The Channel Properties dialog contains a collapsible schedule grid that lets you organize how your scheduled item will play and visualize the schedule ao Channel2 Entertainment Feed Static Content Channels channel channel2 entertainment feed static conte Scheduled Items Y In rotation items 2 items Playback order In Order q Week of September 05 2010 gt Week of September 12 2010 Optiors Name Time Index Starts Stops su Mo W
92. es p ee rs Oo Activates Now At Wednesday Jan 1 1800 Expires Neve At Wednesday Jan 1 3000 To set schedule item properties 1 The default setting is to use the Weighted Frequency picker You can set the relative frequency of the in rotation item from 1 to 10 For more information on pickers Setting the In Rotation Playback Order on page 150 2 Define the times and days for which the scheduled item should be played The blue cells of the schedule grid indicate that the item will be played in rotation with any other active scheduled items The white cells indicate that the item will not play For more information Using Schedule Grids on page 312 3 Set any activation or expiration dates for the scheduled item For more information Setting Advanced Properties on page 156 vor The Use local time or Use UTC time selected above doesn t affect the activation and expiration dates CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 149 9 Managing Channels Hailvision Adding Items to a Channel 4 If you have selected dynamic content and want to override the data bindings for this scheduled item only click the DYNAMIC DATA tab For more information see Overriding Dynamic Data Settings on page 187 5 Click OK to add the scheduled item to the channel setting the In Rotation Playback Order To determine the order in which 1n rotation scheduled items should play back
93. et and then select MAKE PLAY LIST On the Channel and Playlist dialogs select one or more schedule items and then select Make Playlist from selected items The Playlist Properties dialog appears 2 Inthe Name field enter a name for your new playlist CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 169 10 Managing Playlists Haivision Working with Playlists 3 Choose a format for your new playlist from the Format combobox Only content with the same format can be scheduled into the playlist and only channels with the same format can schedule the playlist vor Once you add items to a playlist you can no longer modify its format If you need to change the format of a playlist delete any scheduled items first 4 Add content items and or other playlists to the playlist See About the Playlist Properties Dialog on page 171 5 Click OK To edit an existing Playlist 1 From the PlayList page do one of the following to display the PlayList Properties dia log e Select the channel and choose ACTIONS gt EDIT PLAYLIST PROPERTIES e Right click the channel and choose EDIT PLAYLIST PROPERTIES e Double click on the playlist 2 Inthe Playlist Properties dialog change any available properties or add edit or remove scheduled items in the channel See About the Playlist Properties Dialog on page 171 3 Click OK or Apply Changes Any channels using this playlist will automatically updat
94. f the In Rotation items scheduled in a channel you can use the Loop Duration panel You can check the total duration of all content scheduled in rotation by day You can also set a minimum and maximum loop duration to receive visual indication of when the duration of your loop exceeds or is under your settings Thu 3 30 Never Thu 3 30 Never Tue 3 28 Never Click to open Yellow indicates that the Blue indicates that the Red indicates that the the Loop menu total loop length is less total loop length is total loop length is longer than the minimum set in within the min and max than the maximum set in the loop menu set in the loop menu the loop menu To display the Loop Duration panel 1 Click Options to open the VIEW OPTIONS menu 2 Check Show Loop Duration CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 166 9 Managing Channels Hailvision Cutting Copying and Pasting a Channel s Scheduled Items To set the Max Loop and Min Loop settings 1 Click Loop Duration to open the Loop menu 2 Set the minimum duration in seconds that you want your loop to play If your loop length is less than this value the Loop Duration panel will display a yellow warning color 3 Set the maximum duration in seconds that you want your loop to play If your loop length is greater than this value the Loop Duration panel will display a red warning color Cutting Copyin
95. g and Pasting a Channel s Scheduled Items You can cut copy and paste scheduled items to different channels or you can copy just the schedule properties from a scheduled item and apply it to another scheduled item When you copy and paste a scheduled item you are duplicating the entire scheduled item including the content or playlist that is scheduled When you just copy an item s schedule properties you are only copying the settings for the scheduled item and can then apply those settings to another scheduled item without changing the content or playlist that is scheduled To cut or copy a channel s schedule item s to another channel 1 Open the source Channel Properties dialog 2 Select the scheduled items to be copied using e Ctrl C to copy or Ctrl X to cut e Right click and choose CUT or COPY To paste a channel s schedule item s to another channel 1 Open the target Channel Properties dialog 2 Paste on the scheduled items grid by e Enter Ctrl V or right click CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 167 9 Managing Channels Hailvision Overriding Playlist Scheduled Items Overriding Playlist Scheduled Items You can override the properties of the items within a playlist scheduled within a channel Playlist overrides are applied only for the channel in which you create the override and not anywhere else the playlist is used For more information on overriding scheduled items Overriding
96. ganization purposes each type of a scheduled item is listed in its own collapsible area so you can easily view all types of items or just focus on the items in which you are interested in The channel grid displays the most common properties of each CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 161 9 Managing Channels Haivision Working with the Channel Grid scheduled item as well as a graphical timeline of the item s schedule Simple Channel Channels channel simple channel Y In rotation items 3 items Playback order In Order X q Wieek of January 09 2011 b gt Week of January 16 2011 Name Index Starts Stops Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Tu We Th Fr 30 Play ist Now Never 730 Play 2nd Now Never 115 Play 3rd Now Never Recurring items 0 items gt Timed items 0 items gt Triggered items 0 items Add in rotation itema Edit item Deleteitem ye Apply Changes Using Scheduled Item Collapsible Areas Each type of scheduled item has its own collapsible area in the channel grid You can expand or collapse each area to view or hide the scheduled items When you first open a Channel Properties dialog only the collapsible areas with one or more scheduled items are expanded The other areas are collapsed To expand a collapsed scheduled item type area e Click to expand a collapse area Q TIP To automatically collapse any other open areas hold
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98. gt lt Field gt lt Name gt Person lt Name gt lt Value gt Tom lt Value gt lt Type gt String lt Type gt lt Field gt lt Field gt lt Name gt Score lt Name gt lt Value gt 975 lt Value gt lt Type gt Number lt Type gt lt Field gt lt Data gt lt req gt DataTableID Required Yes Default n a The OID of the data table to update You must specify either DataTablelD or DataTable Name but not both DataTableName Required Yes Default n a The name of the data table to update You must specify either DataTablelD or DataTable Name but not both ShouldAutoCreate Required No Default False If TRUE then if the data table specified by DataTableName doesn t exist it will be created This can only be used when you include the DataTableName parameter The structure of the table is determined by the field information for the row that you are trying to insert CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 362 A Using Flash based Content Haivision ActionScript Methods DataTableComment Required No Default Auto created table If the data table is created by this call this parameter specifies the value to use as the comment ActivationDate Required No Default 1600 01 01T00 00 00 000 Specifies the activation date for the data row in the following format YY Y Y MM DDTHH MM SS FFF The default value means that the row is immediately active Expir
99. he black background If you are using overlapping regions you can use alpha channel transparency to show through from one region to the one below Be sure to delete unwanted alpha channels before importing bitmap content as there is no mechanism for turning off an alpha channel once converted into content Using PowerPoint in CoolSign PowerPoint slides and shows can now be imported through the CoolSign Content Wizard e With PowerPoint versions 2003 and 2007 the jpg format is converted to run slide to slide e With PowerPoint versions 2010 the wmv format is converted to run slide to slide CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 14 4 About Content Haivision Using PowerPoint in CoolSign You can also adjust the duration between slides as well as adjust transitions that are between one content item and other content items that are on the same channel vor Microsoft PowerPoint has to be installed on the same box as the Content Wizard To adjust the slide duration and adjust the transition between content 1 Go to the Content Wizard and select Create ect Thumbnail Create create opy asset file to output Folder keep original Move asset file to output Folder delete original When creating content E ite 1 5 compatible content script Select a folder to save your CoolSign Content in Browse C Documents and Settings Administrator My
100. he content Fan You can select different pre defined display types or define your own custom resolutions You can adjust the content s resize properties to make sure you have the correct settings to CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 101 oa 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Haivision Converting Content ensure that your content looks correct across different display types If you didn t install Direct X you cannot review content vor The Display type and Resolution settings are used for previewing only They do not affect your content settings in any way To select a display to preview your content on 1 Click the OPTIONS menu to open the Preview Options popup menu 2 Do one of the following Select a pre defined display type from the Display type pull down menu The ap propriate resolution is automatically set and the preview window is updated to re flect your choice e Enter custom x and y resolutions into the Resolution fields The preview window is updated to reflect your values 3 Use the transport buttons to control playback and looping of the content preview CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 102 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Haivision Converting Content Step 3 Select Thumbnail In this step you can select a thumbnail image for your asset ontent Wizard 5 0 0 221 Select Thumbnail select thumbnail 4 Set a thumbnail im
101. he item Blue gray pattern Represents the daypart schedule for an item Checkerboard Indicates that a content item is not active on this day because activation or expiration dates were set on the item itself Yellow Weeks for which a scheduled item s daypart schedule has been overridden Selecting the Displayed Weeks By default the timeline view displays the current week along with the number of future weeks set in the View options menu You can select other weeks to view the timeline To change the visible week 1 Right click the week label to open the Week Selector Calendar March 4 2008 k 5M F 5 6 12 13 20 2 Select a day in the week you want to display in the timeline To navigate to the next or previous week e Click the left or right arrows to navigate to the previous or next week CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 165 9 Managing Channels Halvision Working with the Timeline View To change the number of displayed weeks 1 Click Options to open the VIEW OPTIONS menu 2 Set the number of visible weeks from 1 to 8 showing Timelines This option is for loading channel dialog quickly for very complex schedules Uncheck Show timeline if you don t want the timeline section displayed Note that if Show timeline is unchecked the remaining view options are disabled Viewing the Loop Duration If you are interested in managing the total duration o
102. hecked Preserve aspect ratio Forces scaled content to preserve its original aspect ratio when played on players with different resolutions and aspect ratios than that of the con tent The behavior of this checkbox 1s further defined by the following radio buttons Crop edges of content When scaling to fit the content is scaled linearly until the smaller of the content s width or height matches the smaller of the player s width or height This may result in pixels being cropped off the edge of the player Letterbox content When scaling to fit the content is scaled linearly until the larger of the content s width or height fits into the player s width or height The empty area that remains will be black CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 121 m 6 Managing Content Halvision Using the Content Properties Dialog The following images show how a 320x240 MPEG 1 on a 848x480 display screen would appear with the different available content resize settings m Content Resize Settings B When aspect ratio does not match display m Content Resize Settings 7 IM Scale content to fit display Preserve aspectratio whenscaling m When aspect ratio does not match display m Content Resize Settings W Scale content to fit display Preserve aspectratio whenscaling m When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content E Letterbox content
103. hoose a Field Condition Choose a condition Parameter 2 Source value Use advanced editor Following is a basic enabling expression that you can set up to evaluate against Rain being in the Condition field of the data table Weather The intent is for the umbrella advertisement to play each time it rains CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 158 9 Managing Channels Hailvision Adding Items to a Channel Schedule Properties Dynamic Data Enabling Expression Select Data Table Only play if Weather Parameter 1 Source Weather Field Condition Condition Equals Parameter 2 Source Value Rain Use advanced editor Rain appears in the Select the Condition a Value box Equals Clear Expression 9 A more complex enabling expression can be setup as follows In this case a Player attribute Language is compared to a Content attribute Language The intent is for an English player to play its content each time these two attributes match Schedule Properties Dynamic Data Enabling Expression Only play iF Parameter 1 Player Attri Pee bute Lan Source Player Attributes Field Language X a guage Condition Equals bg Parameter 2 Select the Condition Source Content Attributes Field Equals Content Attri uals q Us
104. hrough a series of steps to convert your digital media assets into content that can be played back on a CoolSign Digital Media Network At any point you can click the Prev button to return to previous steps otarting the CoolSign Content Wizard To start the CoolSign Content Wizard 1 Browse to the CoolSign directory and open the Content Wizard folder 2 Double click the ContentWizard exe to open the tool Converting Content Step 1 Choose Asset s to Convert Determine the media assets that you want to create into CoolSign content You can convert a single asset into CoolSign content configure video capture or batch convert multiple assets CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 96 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Haivision Converting Content m Content Wizard 5 0 0 221 Choose Asset choose asset Convert single asset Configure video capture Batch convert multiple assets Select a file to convert to CoolSign content b Browse 4 To convert a single asset into CoolSign content 1 Select the CONVERT SINGLE ASSET radio button 2 Click Browse to locate the asset file you wish to convert If you are converting a Flash asset that needs to load external files such as images at run time make sure that the external files are in the same folder as your Flash asset or in one of its subfolders For example ContentFolder root folder ContentFolder myFl
105. ies are read from the ID3v1 tags embed ded into the MP3 file at import You can modify these properties as desired Duration The amount of time that the audio content plays for Entering a duration that is less than the actual length of the imported MP3 will truncate playback Extend ing the duration beyond the length of the MP3 will play silence File Size The disk space used by the imported MP3 file Volume Gain Use volume gain to modify the overall volume level of all video flash or sound assets used in the content The value can be between 100 and 100 with 0 being the normal unmodified volume level of the assets vor You can adjust the overall volume of the player from the player properties dialog You only need to adjust the volume gain if you want to normalize the volume of a content item relative to the other content AY WARNING You can only control the volume of SWF files that are version 8 or older With SWF version 9 files it is not possible to control the player volume from CoolSign Activation Expiration Date Y ou can use the activation and expiration date to set when your audio content is able to play back in any channels or playlists For more in formation see Setting Content Activation and Expiration on page 123 3 Click OK or Apply Changes Viewing Information about Audio Content You can use the QuickSets Schedule Info and Play History tabs to view or retrieve addi tional inf
106. ign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 118 6 Managing Content Hailvision Using the Content Properties Dialog To edit the properties of a content item 1 From the Content Properties dialog change one or more of the content properties 2 Click OK or Apply Changes Changes are immediately applied to the selected content and on any players where the content is scheduled NOTE Content is only updated on players that are currently online If a player is offline it will automatically receive any updates to modified content as soon as it comes back online 38 JuniorsTops_Landscape Content content juniorstops_landscape General Mame JuniorsTops_Landscape version 2 Format Landscape Resolution 848x460 Size 755 MB Duration O0 00 15 00 Volume Gain Transition In Type Fade ki Length 1 0 seconds Color il Content Resize Settings iM Scale content to Fit display V Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspect ratio does not match display E Crop edges of content O Letterbox content Content Activation Expiration Activates Now At jo rieoio 12 00 00 AM adnia iaaii a Expires B Never O At g7iz0i0 12 00 00 AM User Comment 6 4 2010 5 13 PM Content imported f Add Remove pply Changes l le OK 4 l Cancel CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 119 eS 6 Managing Content Halvision Using the Content Propertie
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108. ince this creates network traffic only very important messages should be written to the application log You can override this behavior by prefixing an underscore to the message ID For example Nike1001 is written to both the application and system logs but Nike1001 is written to just the system log CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 366 A Using Flash based Content Haivision ActionScript Methods msg The message itself This can be any arbitrary text but it is best to include specific information Generic messages are not useful when trying to track down problems ExternalInterface call WriteToSystemLog Info Something interesting happened function ReportError msg String Boolean Returns TRUE if the error was properly reported The error message is viewable by the CoolSign operator After an error is reported the AdPlayer will select another piece of content to play ExternalInterface call ReportError I don t want to play CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 367 roubleshooting Troubleshooting alerts The Home page displays alerts that are raised by the nodes in your CoolSign network This section lists some of the more common alerts and steps to troubleshoot Node offline The CoolSign node is no longer communicating with the Network Controller Abnormal software restart Either the CoolSign Agent or AdPlayer componen
109. ing ExternaliInterface call EvalLogGet true var msgAdded Boolean Boolean ExternalInterface call EvalLogAdd Some message var bTrue Boolean Boolean ExternalInterface call EvalLogClear var isEnabled Boolean Boolean ExternalInterface call EvalLogGetEnabled var bTrue Boolean Boolean Externalinterface call EvalLogSetEnabled true function Write l oSystemLog level String msglD String msg String Boolean Returns TRUE if the message was written to the system log The system log is used to help debug issues that happen in the field level The lo level of the messa C Severe Error j W arnin j Info Debu A or 2 9 9 9 msgID Message IDs are used to track specific events without having to parse the message itself Using message IDs allows you to change the text of the message and still allow tools and tech support to search for that event Message IDs should be globally unique and normally take the format lt prefix gt lt number gt where the lt prefix gt uniquely designates a particular customer and lt number gt is a value used to keep the message ID unique for example Nike1001 Spaces are not allowed in message IDs Most messages are not assigned an ID and are reported with as the message ID When you supply a message ID the message 1s also written to the application log The application log is then uploaded so that it is viewable by the CoolSign operator S
110. ion GlobalPropertyGet name String String function GlobalPropertyGetAll String function GlobalPropertySet name String value String Boolean function GlobalPropertylsSet name String Boolean function GlobalPropertyDelete name String Boolean function GlobalPropertyDeleteAll Number Global properties are identical to local properties but are shared by all pieces of content var myValue String String ExternalInterface call GlobalPropertyGet MyProperty var myProps String String ExternalInterface call GlobalPropertyGetAll var wasSet Boolean Boolean ExternalInterface call GlobalPropertySet MyAttribute Hello var isSet Boolean Boolean ExternalInterface call GlobalPropertyIsSet MyAttribute var wasSet Boolean Boolean ExternalInterface call GlobalPropertyDelete MyAttribute var count Number Number ExternalInterface call GlobalPropertyDeleteAll CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 365 A Using Flash based Content Haivision ActionScript Methods function EvalLogGet clearLog Boolean String function EvalLogAdd msg String Boolean function EvalLogClear Boolean function EvalLogGetEnabled Boolean function EvalLogSetEnabled enabled Boolean Boolean The Eval log is used for debugging content Messages written to the Eval log can be retrieved by the host application and shown to the user var messages String Str
111. ion Status You can view the status of a player or player region in the Region Status column of the Players page or on the Player Properties dialog FullName amp Format Channel Now Playing Region Status Display Status Devi gt Weather Portrait Unknown Stopped MyPlayer 2 C Landsa Offline Opti 745 with 1650 0utput Portrait Synch Test Portrait DSE_Split5Creen_Left 01 Ok Opti 745 with 1650 0utput Portrait SynchTest Portrait DSE_SplitsCreen_Right_01 Ok Opti 745 with 1650 Output CO Landsa Bills Test Channel Planar Branding UnderSeac Ok Panasonic Test C Landse Offline Unknown Offline The status of a player can be any of the following values CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 382 Haivision D Troubleshooting Troubleshooting player errors OK No issues have been reported and the player or region is playing its tuned channel correctly Content Error One or more of the content items scheduled on the player or region reported an error during playback For more information refer to Trouble shooting display errors on page 384 Offline tThe entire player node is currently offline and not connected to the network Initializing The player or region has just been created and is still starting up This status should be transitory If a player reports the Initializing status for more than a few minutes there may be
112. ique content playing on it there is also a large amount of content that should be played across all the sites as well You can use playlists to optimize your schedules so you can manage a large number of channels across a large number of players but still easily add content to the entire set or a subset of channels For example if you are using CoolSign for a national advertising network you may have national content that needs to play across your entire network regional content that only plays on the West Coast and specific content that plays at each site By using merged play lists you can build up channels for each player or site that can contain both the player specific content items as well as a National and or Regional merged playlist you have CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 174 Haivision 10 Managing Playlists Localizing Schedules defined By scheduling the National playlist into every channel used by every player you can now quickly add or remove scheduled items from every player by just editing the National Playlist once etc Sample localized channels using merged playlists San Francisco Channel Los Angeles Channel New York Channel CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 NY only Content 1 175 OM naging Players The Players page of the CoolSign Network Manager CNM lets you view all the CoolSign players connected to your network You ca
113. is date Schedule Properties Scheduled Item Born on this date L Scheduled Type 55 InRotation Disable this schedule item from playing Schedule Item Properties Frequency This item will play approximately 10 tines per hour lZam l m gam 3am 4am Sam bam Fam fam Yam Mam llam il pm lpm gpm 3pm 4om Som Spm 7pm fom Jpm lpm ilpm lam Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday we r elec Schedie p Dvn Cin 0 Advanced Properties Activates Now At wWednesday Jan 1 1800 12 00 00 4M Expires Never At Wednesday Jan 1 3000 12 00 00 4M There are five ways that scheduled items can be played within a channel In rotation Adding and Editing an In Rotation Schedule Item on page 148 This is the most common way to schedule content or playlists in a channel A channel repeatedly plays its in rotation items unless one of the specialized schedule items described below takes precedence You can choose the order in which in rotation items are played back by setting the channel or playlist picker type The 1n rotation picker can be set to play back items in order shuffled or randomly using a weighted frequency Each in rotation item can additionally be set with a daypart schedule that enables or disables the item during specific hours or days of the week and activation expiration dates that define when the item should start and stop playing Recurring Adding a Recurring Scheduled Item on page
114. ision Creating video capture content Set Options set options Name Best_Photo_Nature Format C Landscape Duration VRUN V Set duration to asset duration Ea Volume Gain Oo Transition None in seconds mAssetProperties Resolution 0x0 Pre rotation No rotation 0 X m Content Resize Settings F Scale content to fit display V Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content Les bad Ea Ld cts Y ContentActivation Expiration Activates Now Expires Never Close i lt Prev Creating video capture content To create video capture content 1 On the CHOOSE ASSET tab click Configure video capture CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 TT 7 4 About Content Hailvision Creating video capture content Choose Asset choose asset D Convert single asset Configure video capture 2 Batch convert multiple assets video Capture Input m Tuner Settings Standard Mode Channel DS Type Resolution Plasma 16 9 standard Country Region 848 x 480 2 Select your desired video capture specifics from the drop down menus and then click Next Video Capture options include e Input Co
115. isplay device Reviewing audit history for an item When troubleshooting problems with your CoolSign network it can be useful to review exactly what actions were performed on an item The item audit history lists every change made to an item when the change was made and which user made the change You can review the audit history for the following items in your network e Content e Audio e Data Tables e Channels e Playlists e Nodes e Triggers To review the audit history for an item 1 Open the properties dialog for the item you want to review 2 On the Security tab click Audit History to open the Audit History dialog CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 385 Haivision D Troubleshooting Reviewing audit history for an item Audit History History log Timestamp 3 14 2012 21 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 a1 3 14 2012 UM Fe 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 1i 3 14 2012 Ti 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 11 3 14 2012 Bi 3 14 2012 cb 3 14 2012 11 18 02 AM 18 02 AM 18 02 AM 18 08 AM 18 21 AM 18 22 AM 18 22 AM 18 22 AM 18 22 AM 18 22 AM 18 22 AM 18 22 AM 18 22 AM 18 22 AM 18 28 AM 18 28 AM 18 28 AM 18 28 AM User system system system system system system system system system system system system system system system system system system Event creat
116. it the visible data Click this checkbox to shade every even row with a light gray color for easier viewing Use the move buttons to move the selected columns between the available and shown lists Lists all the columns that are visible in the data grid Show these columns Format Name Duration Resolution Total File Size Schedule Summary Activation Date Expiration Date Version location Use these buttons to move a selected column up or down in the list Color every other row 2 Select one or more columns in the AVAILABLE COLUMNS list 3 Click the right arrow button to move the columns into the SHOW THESE COLUMNS list 4 Click Close To remove columns from a data grid Right click on the column header and choose REMOVE THIS COLUMN CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 31 saon 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Haivision Managing Views Reordering Columns You can change the order in which the visible columns are displayed to better organize your data Yy TIP Column ordering is saved with a view s state To reorder a column Click on the column header and drag the column left or right to reposition it Managing Views In addition to the predefined views that CNM provides for each manager page you can add additional views to further customize how you work with items The Manage Views dialog allows you to
117. ith dozens of fields and hundreds of records For more details see About Data Tables on page 213 Only play iF Parameter 1 Source Attributes are enclosed with Source Choose a source Field Choose afield Player Attributes He Content Attributes Condition saree Site Properties Weather Parameter urce value Value Use advanced editor CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 157 9 Managing Channels Halvision Adding Items to a Channel vor The enabling expression is evaluated each time a scheduled item is supposed to play If it evaluates to true the scheduled item plays back as scheduled otherwise the item does not play For example if you have a data table that contains the local weather for a player you could use an enabling expression to play back content for umbrellas only in case of rain Enabling expressions can only be used to enable disable an item from playing back as it is scheduled You can t use enabling expressions to force items to play To force items to play based on external data 20 Managing Triggers on page 316 To add or edit an enabling expression 1 Double click an item in a channel and open the Schedule Item Properties dialog 2 Click the Enabling Expression tab Schedule Properties Dynamic Data Enabling Expression Only play iF Parameter 1 Source iy Field C
118. ize 468 KB Apply Changes CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 ly OK l Cancel Channels are the primary tool for scheduling how content will play back on your players Channels are programmed with schedule items that define when and how content will be played back You can schedule individual content items to play in your channel or for more complicated scheduling you can add playlists which are sub schedules of content Once your channel is programmed you can tune as many players as desired to the channel and all the necessary content will automatically be downloaded to the player before the channel starts playing A great advantage of channels is that if you need to change what is playing on your players you can just edit the channel once and all players tuned to that channel will automatically be updated There is no limit to the number of channels that you can create 139 8 About Schedulin Haivision About Playlists Channels are managed from the Channels page of CNM For details see Managing Channels on page 141 About Playlists a2 PlayList of Dynamic Data using Pixel Datatable PlayLists Mame PlayList of Dynamic Data using Pixel Datatable 7 In rotation items 2 items Playback order In Order ca aj September 05 2010 gt September Option Y Mame Time Index Starts Stops Su M Tu We Th Fr Sa Su M Tu We Th Fr
119. k Reset View NOTE You can only reset predefined default views created by CoolSign User created views cannot be reset To restore deleted default views e From the Manage Views dialog click Restore Default Views searching for Items The search box at the top of the manager grid can be used to perform instant and advanced searches About Manager Pages on page 24 When you type in the Search box you are automatically using the instant search function The instant search is performed on the first column only usually the first column is Name but it is not always the case Especially when there are multiple levels of grouping in the grid For example in the audio manager grid if itis grouped by Artist then the first column becomes Title As a result the Instant search searches on Title The advanced search can be done by clicking the button CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 33 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Haivision Using the QuickBar You can also filter which items are displayed in a data grid by using the Search dialog Ki Search Show Advanced Search Define search criteria Field Condition Value Show Internal Fields l Find i Cancel To search for items 1 To display the search dialog do one of the following e Choose TOOLS gt SEARCH e Right click in the QuickBar and choose NEW SEARCH e Type Ctrl F 2 Define the search criteria u
120. l number of times it has played and the percentage of total plays of all played content To view the play log summary 1 Click Play logs in the Player Properties dialog 2 Inthe Play Logs tab select the View Range for which you would like to retrieve playlogs or manually enter a From and To date To edit the properties of a player on page 177 3 Click Retrieve Logs Viewing Detailed Play Logs for a Player In certain situations you may want to retrieve the detailed logs for each player to review the exact time and reason that each piece of content played If the content is enabled to log data slots you can even view the state of any dynamic data fields at each time the content played For more information on enabling content to log dynamic data see Enabling Data Slot Logging on page 134 To view the detailed play logs 1 Select the View Range for which you want to retrieve detailed playlogs or manually enter a From and 0 date To edit the properties of a player on page 177 2 Check the W Show detailed logs checkbox CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 183 BVT 11 Managing Players Halvision Viewing Play Logs 3 Click Retrieve Logs Exporting Logs Once you have retrieved play logs for a player you can export the logs to a file To export play logs e Right click on any column header and choose EXPORT DATA WTP For more information on working with grids see
121. lename this is the name of a file that you found in the table var path String String ExternalInterface call GetDataTableFileName tblOID tblFilename function AddRowToDataTable params String Boolean Adds a new row to a data table This request is sent to the Network Controller and executed there If the local Agent isn t currently connected the requests are queued and sent once a connection is established A return value of TRUE only means that the request was queued not that the row was successfully added var added Boolean Boolean ExternaliInterface call AddRow params CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 361 A Using Flash based Content Haivision ActionScript Methods The params parameter is some XML that contains all the parameters to use when adding the row to the data table Here is what the XML looks like lt req gt lt DataTableID gt OID lt DataTableID gt lt DataTableName gt SomeName lt DataTableName gt lt ShouldAutoCreate gt true lt ShouldAutoCreate gt lt DataTableComment gt some comment lt DataTableComment gt lt ActivationDate gt 2008 01 01T00 00 00 000 lt ActivationDate gt lt ExpirationDate gt 2008 01 01T08 00 00 000 lt ExpirationDate gt lt RelativeActivation gt 0 lt RelativeActivation gt lt RelativeExpiration gt 0 lt RelativeExpiration gt lt BumpTableVersion gt true lt BumpTableVersion gt lt SequenceNumber gt 0 lt SequenceNumber gt lt Data
122. ling of Advertising and Other Commu nicative Media and Patent Number 7 228 341 Method and System for Electronically Distributing Displaying and Controlling Advertising and Other Communicative Media CoolSign may also be covered by one or more pending United States patent applications Trademarks The Havision logo Havision Furnace Hail000 Makito Barracuda HaiPLAY Piranha InStream Stingray Torpedo Kraken Viper Madra and KulaByte are trademarks of Haivision CoolSign is a registered trademark licensed to Haivision Systems Inc All other brand or product names identified in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations Adobe Flash Media Server Flash Flash Lite and Shockwave are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States other countries or both Apple iPhone iPad iPod Touch are trademarks of Apple Incorporated in the United States other countries or both All other trademarks and registered trademarks that appear in this content are the property of their respective owners Disclaimer The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Haivision assumes no responsibility for any damages arising from the use of this document including but not limited to lost revenue lost data claims by third parties or other damages If you have comments or suggestions please contact Haivision ATTN Information Developme
123. ll Value in the Grid Each cell in the grid has a color that indicates the value of the property at that time The possible values of a schedule grid and the corresponding colors are different for each type of scheduling grid and are discussed in detail in the documentation for the associated property dialog You can quickly toggle the value of a cell or range of cells between the off and on settings The off and on values of a property differ for each type of scheduling grid For example the on setting for the volume schedule grid indicates a volume of 100 while the on setting for the display control schedule grid indicates that the display s input is set to CoolSign In addition to the off and on settings some scheduling grids allow you to set additional values For example the volume scheduling grid lets you set a volume level from 0 to 100 and the display control scheduling grid lets you set the display to any labeled input To toggle cells between off and on e Left click a cell or left click and drag across one or more cells All selected cells are toggled based upon the first selected cell To set the value of a cell 1 Right click a cell or right click and drag across a range of cells 2 Select or set the value using the VALUE popup menu 3 Click anywhere off the popup menu to close it Using the Zoom in the Scheduling Grid Each cell in the grid represents a block of time during a day of the week By default each block
124. loaded you can review its current status in the status column of the Player Properties dialog The status of each loaded item can be any of the following k Ok The content is loaded and should be playing back as scheduled amp Ok Pending Ok Pending The content is loaded but is pending a future activation date either set in the schedule item or the content amp Ok Expired Ok Expired The content is loaded but has expired due to a past expiration date set in the schedule item or content Expired items are automatically deleted from a channel after 24 hours Inactive Inactive The schedule item has been disabled from the Schedule Item Prop erties dialog Error Error A problem occurred while the content was playing back The status includes additional information about the type of error and the version of the content which is playing For more information on content errors see Troubleshooting display errors on page 384 TIP If the status column is not wide enough to see the entire error status message you can hover the mouse over the column to see a tool tip which displays the full contents of the field offline Offline The entire player is currently offline Quick Tuning a Player to a Channel You can quick tune a player or players directly to a channel without using the Edit Player Properties dialog When using this feature all players or nodes that are currently high lighted are automati
125. m Content Resize Settings if Scale content to fit display F Preserve aspectratio whenscaling m When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content As a general rule you should turn on Scale content to fit display and turn off Preserve aspect ratio This ensures that the content always fills the screen regardless of the resolution and aspect ratio of the display device you are using CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 122 Sr 6 Managing Content Halvision Using the Content Properties Dialog setting Content Activation and Expiration You can use the content activation and expiration properties to globally control when content is enabled to play across all of your channels and players Content Activation You can use content activation to set a date and time when the content should be enabled to start playing wy TP You can use content activation if you want to schedule some content immediately so it is transferred to your players but you don t want it to start playing until a specific date and time Content activation allows you to control the activation date globally across all channels and playlists instead of within each individual schedule To set the activation date of content 1 Click the Activates At radio button 2 Click the Activation Date Editor to edit the activation date at which the content can start playing To set content to be active now e Click
126. m Properties dialog unless Playlist content is added Adding and Editing an In Rotation Schedule Item In rotation scheduled items are the most common way to add items to a channel You can set a daypart schedule for in rotation items For CNM you can also set a frequency setting if the channel is using the Weighted Frequency picker Setting the In Rotation Playback Order on page 150 You can add in rotation scheduled items to a channel For example a day part schedule for in rotation items as well as a frequency setting if the channel is using the Weighted Frequency picker See Setting the In Rotation Playback Order on page 150 To add an In rotation scheduled item 1 Click the Add in rotation item button 2 Select a content item 3 An item is added to the channel with default values such as frequency and activation expiration settings etc 4 Select Edit item to edit any in rotation properties CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 148 ri 9 Managing Channels Haivision acing temo 4 Channel Schedule Item Properties coolsign Schedule Properties Scheduled Type 89 InRotation Disable this schedule item from playing Schedule Item Properties Frequency This item will play approximately 88 times per hour lZam lam Zam Sam 4am Sam Bam 7am Bam Jam 10am llam i pm lpm 2pm Spm 4om Som Spm 7pm fom Spm lem lipm iam Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday gt es
127. mp to any currently overridden weeks to review or modify the overrides The Override Options menu indicates the number of weeks that are currently overridden To jump to an overridden week 1 Click OVERRIDE OPTIONS to display the Override popup menu 2 Choose JUMP TO OVERRIDE to display a submenu of any overridden weeks 3 Choose the overridden week to which you want to jump To jump to the next or previous overridden week Hold down the Ctr key while clicking the Forward or Back week selector buttons If an overridden week is set the schedule grid will jump to that week Clearing Overridden Weeks You can remove all the overrides applied to a schedule or just the override for a specific week To clear all overridden weeks Click OVERRIDE OPTIONS and choose CLEAR ALL OVERRIDES To clear the override from the currently selected week Click OVERRIDE OPTIONS and choose CLEAR OVERRIDE FOR CURRENT WEEK CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 315 NB sing Flash based Content This section provides an overview of what is required to play back Flash based content in CoolSign Preparing Flash Files To play back Flash based content in CoolSign you must convert any SWF file you wish to use into the CoolSign content format To prepare a Flash file for use with CoolSign do the following 1 Design your content in Adobe Flash Include the following line of code in your ActionScript var msg String
128. mposite RGB S Video and Tuner e Standard NTFC and PAL e Channel Channel number e Resolution Resolution standard e Tuner Settings Mode Type and Country Region vor If you select Tuner as your input you ll need to specify the type of antenna or cable along with the country region 3 On the SET OPTIONS tab select the desired video capture settings and then click Next CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 78 4 About Content Hailvision Creating video capture content Set Options set options Name Video Capture Format C Landscape X Duration 00 00 15 00 lt Volume Gain 0 Transition None in o0 seconds AssetProperties Resolution 848x480 Pre rotation No rotation 0 v Content Resize Settings V Scale content to fit display V Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspectratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content ContentActivation Expiration activates Now Oat Wees ss BOO Bpires never Oat Wednesday a 200 4 Click SELECT THUMBNAIL select an external image as the content thumbnail and then click Next vor If no image is specified CoolSign Content Wizard uses the default black thumbnail CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 79 4 About Content Hailvision Creating video captur
129. n CoolSign NOTE The Audio manager currently only supports MP3 files with ID3v1 tags Certain applications notably iTunes only apply IDv2 tags requiring you to use a third party application to set the ID3v1 on the file Tools Actions Eile Type here to search quicksets artist Title Album Release Year Duration Total File Size Mame Tanaan e aerae Alanis Morissette Uninvited MTY Unplugged 1999 00 04 37 6 34 MB 00 uninvited Alanis Morissette You Learn MTV Unplugged i999 00 04 22 5 99 MB 00 you learn Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know MTY Unplugged i999 00 05 01 6 90 MB OO you ough SREY Elissa Bastannak Bastannak 00 03 57 5 43 MB 01 bastanna il 3 Doors Down Right where I Belong Seventeen Daws 200 00 02 35 4 14 MB 01 right whe 3 Doors Down Its Not Me Seventeen Days 200 00 03 14 5 19 ME 02 it s nok me audio Bob Dylan Train of Love kindred Spirits A 200 00 03 24 4 66 MB 03 train of lo dynamic data The BS2s Love Shack Cosmic Thing 1989 00 05 22 6 15 MB D4 love shack 1 Bruce Springsteen Erie Canal We Shall Qverco 00 04 03 9 29 ME erie canal mp2 Sister Hazel Its All For You 00 03 41 2 95 ME mp3 2 mp3 data tables Mr Bungle Super Mario Brothers T 00 03 20 3 05 ME mr bungle s schedules Bruce Springsteen Old Dan Tucker We Shall Qverco 00 02 31 5 77 ME old dan tucker Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Di Wish You Were 00 13 40 12 52 ME pink Floyd sh Queen Radio Ga Ga Greatest
130. n do any of the following on the Players page e Tune a player to a channel e Review both detailed and rollup play history for a player e Set a schedule for the volume level of a player e Remotely configure the player including defining multiple regions and display control e View the current status of both the player and any displays connected to the player e View the current content that is now playing on the player e Organize the players by geographic distribution using the Sites panel e Create QuickSets and QuickSearches to filter which players are visible in the grid e Force content to play immediately on the player About Players and Channels The CNM uses a channel metaphor for scheduling content to play back on your players You create channels and then program content and playlists within each channel Once your channels are designed you can then tune players to that channel Once you tune a player to a channel the CNM automatically takes care of everything required to distribute the content playlists and data tables to the player The CNM checks to see which files need to be transferred and immediately starts sending them across your network to each player Depending on the settings of the channel items in the channel can start playing as soon as they are available or the player can wait for all the items in the channel to be available before switching to the channel If you modify a channel by adding new schedule
131. n to edit the expiration date at which the item should stop playing To set a scheduled item to never expire e Click the Expires Never radio button setting Enabling Expressions Enabling expressions can be used to dynamically control when a player s content plays and under what conditions it plays With this release you can now use enabling expressions to tie into dynamic Data Tables Player Attributes formerly Node Attributes Content Attri butes and Site Properties to create complex behaviors not only from a player node level but also from a site level The following sources and data tables can be used to create these behaviors Player Attributes formerly called Node Attributes Can be displayed within your views in the Content Manager and used within searches or QuickSearches For more details see About Node Attributes on page 298 Content Attributes Users create their own content attributes in user fields such as language company regions store departments etc These attributes are tied to a player s content at the site level and can be used to track additional data about each site that is relevant to your business Site Properties Contains geographic information locations addresses etc For more details see Creating a New Site on page 207 Data Tables Mini databases with a structure that is flexible enough to allow you to store anything from a single piece of information to a complex table w
132. nd federal military markets Haivision acquired the assets of CS Software Holdings LLC including the CoolSign product technology in November 2010 This acquisition brought together Haivision s IP video streaming capabilities and CoolSign s feature rich signage solution with its sophis ticated technology to control schedule distribute display and monitor digital media Haivision is based in Montreal and Chicago with technical centers in Beaverton Oregon Austin Texas and Hamburg Germany This user s guide is focused towards an end user such as a content creator or network system administrator who has a basic knowledge of telecommunications equipment and IP LAN networking concepts and terminology Related Topics e Reliability of Information on page 17 Reliability of Information The information contained in this user s guide has been carefully checked and is believed to be entirely reliable However as Haivision improves the reliability function and design of its products the possibility exists that this user s guide may not remain current If you require updated information or any other Havision product information contact Haivision 4445 Garand Montr al Qu bec H4R 2H9 Canada Telephone 1 514 334 5445 Email info haivision com Or visit our website at https www haivision com Related Topics e Obtaining Documentation on page 18 CoolSign Network Manager Version 5 0 User s Guide Issue 01 17
133. ndle the challenges posed by large and diverse digital signage networks vor CoolSign Content Creator a powerful authoring tool for creating digital assets is available separately The CoolSign toolset provides extensive support for managing content e Supports the most popular standard digital file formats used by today s content creation applications including MPEG 2 H 264 Windows Media 9 Flash and Photoshop bitmaps e Converts Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 presentations to JPG format and PowerPoint 2010 presentations to WMV format e Integrates seamlessly with Vistar Media a third party content provider or ad broker to help you meet the growing demand for relevant content to populate your screens e Allows you to stream live content and display web pages Creating Coolsign Content Text graphics and multimedia assets to be used within CoolSign can be authored using any of the many available professional content authoring tools like Microsoft PowerPoint Adobe After Effects Adobe Photoshop Adobe Flash and Apple FinalCut Pro Once you have created the digital assets for your content you can convert those assets into CoolSign content by using the CoolSign Content Wizard optional CoolSign You can then use CNM to import the CoolSign content into a CoolSign network For more information please refer to the following documents available from the Haivision Download Center at https www haivision com download cen
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135. nt 4445 Garand Montr al Qu bec H4R 2H9 Canada Telephone 1 514 334 5445 Email info haivision com While every effort has been made to provide accurate and timely information regarding this product and its use Haivision Systems Inc shall not be liable for errors or omissions contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the CoolSign Network Manager Version 5 0 User s Guide Issue 01 3 Haivision furnishing performance or use of this material The latest information available can be acquired from our web portal at http www haivision com download center vor A login is required to access the Haivision Download Center CoolSign Network Manager Version 5 0 User s Guide Issue 01 Contents About This Book Introduction About Ta RO iE ee ee eee ees 17 CCL Se ce ee ee ee ee re ee ne ee ee eee 17 Reliability of Information cccecce ccc e cece eee e eee e eee sees esas seat seat sean eeneennnenas 17 eee LE dances Sate etes od oes eecee eeenaueds sued E ee 18 G0 ge ee ee ee nee eens Tee EA E ee 18 Bole ins Sakis Oe ee en 19 Typographic Conventions and Elements ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 19 Admoniiion Eleme ee ee ene eas 19 Darana LOONE gga seen pe ec eee on ere E EET 21 What s New in the CoolSign Network Manager 5 0 Release cccceeeene ees 21 Features Not Supported in CoolSign 5 0 ccccccececee eee eeeeeeeeeeeee eae
136. nt is available to start playing Content can be scheduled at any time but if its activation date is set to something other than Now it does not play until the current date and time is past the set date e Content Expiration Automatically delete content after the specified date and time Content that has expired is deleted from a CoolSign network including any players it was scheduled on and moved to the Content Recycle Bin All schedule and play history is lost when the content expires Previewing Content The Preview content window displays a preview of your content and how it looks on different display types Content Wizard 5 0 0 2271 Set Options set options y Name C5 cct tmp ex tread Format C Landscape Duration Li Set duration to asset duration CLASS DETAILS Volume Gain TREAD TRAK AssetProperties Resolution 1280x720 Pre rotation No rotation 0 ki m Content Resize Settings M Scale content to fit display E Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspectratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content ContentActivation Expiration Access the Preview Content window from the Options drop down menu Note These settings can be used for previewing asset pr ion and content pre rotati resize settings on different resolution and aspect ratio devices The preview settings are not stored with t
137. ntent Properties Dialog on page 118 WARNING You can only control the volume of SWF files that are version 8 or older With SWF version 9 files it is not possible to control the player volume To directly set the volume of a player 1 Click the Set Volume radio button 2 Enter a volume for the player from 0 to 100 with 0 being no audio and 100 being the maximum volume vor Setting the volume on a player volume is equivalent to setting the Master Volume in the Windows Mixer The Wave Volume in the Windows Mixer will always be set to the maximum To schedule volume on a player 1 Click the Set Volume according to Schedule radio button 2 Do one of the following e Click or drag a range of cells to toggle the volume on and off for the selected time e Right click ona cell or range of cells to set a specific volume level for the selected time CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 186 m 1 11 Managing Players Haivision Overriding Dynamic Data Settings Sound Volume Set volume to o Set volume according to schedule BEF ga 9 pa a co 10 90 go PMH M ga go no 0 co 10 a0 go HM Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 01 00 00 4 Overrides 0 set For more information on using schedule grids see 19 Using Schedule Grids on page 312 Overriding Dynamic Data Settings Normally when you schedule dynamic content into a channel the content
138. on 5 0 Issue 01 117 m 6 Managing Content Halvision Using the Content Properties Dialog To delete content 1 In the Content Manager data grid select the content you want to delete You can select multiple items 2 Do one of the following e Choose EDIT gt DELETE e Right click and choose DELETE e Press the Delete key on your keyboard Using the Content Properties Dialog The Content Properties dialog allows you to modify certain properties of selected content and to view useful information about how your content is scheduled and how many times it has played To display the Content Properties dialog Do one of the following e Select the content item in the Content screen and choose ACTIONS gt EDIT CONTENT Properties e Double click the content item e Right click on the content item and choose EDIT CONTENT PROPERTIES Editing Content Properties After importing you may find it necessary to modify one or more properties of your content Rather than having to change the content externally and reimport you can adjust many of the content s properties directly from the Content Properties dialog vor You can only modify properties of the content item itself You cannot edit or change the individual assets used within the content If you want to modify an asset for example change a bitmap or edit an MPEG 2 video you must re import the entire content item to replace the existing item in CoolSign CoolS
139. on 5 0 Issue 01 91 Haivision 4 About Content Working with Templates 5 Switch to the General tab and define the content Name and Duration fields Content Properties Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Name New Streaming Content Example Version Format Landscape Resolution Size Duration 00 1 00 00 Volume Gain o Transition In Type Cut T Length 0 seconds Color E Content Resize Settings Scale content to fit display Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content Content Activation Expiration Activates Now At Expires 5 Never _ At Comments Apply 6 Click the OK button At this point the content can be scheduled into a channel like any other CoolSign content See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 i y Cd Gd cy a ava y a a hna aia a C Cc N OTINATA Ld vy a a a J C Cl CA Z 6 Cd J C UU J J J J J UU J N CAN C aa D C N C a ata ata ry ma CY nanara a a a C ara ON a Cr JT OUNTO C y y v v Ci Ci Use To JU C UO UT C A C cy C a ava C ory CY A 2 7 a ata a ma CY a_1taaka cy C a ava Mm A ATY a aavava CI O v e Ci Ci O OD v JTC v C s wae CAS 9 9 O CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 92 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard The CoolSign Content Wizard guides you t
140. or equipment or minor to moderate injury It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices CoolSign Network Manager Version 5 0 User s Guide Issue 01 20 PMB Using Coolsign Network Manager CoolSign Network Manager CNM provides easy customizable access to all the informa tion and data you need to manage a digital signage network With CNM you can import content create channels and playlists tune players and monitor network transfers and Status Topics Discussed About Manager Pages ce hee wed ee Oe ewe ee we ee 24 Working with Items in the Data Grid osoo 27 Selecting Items in the Data Grid ooa eae 27 Performing Context Sensitive Actions on an Jtem 27 Changing the Data Grid Layout a aona ee 28 Sor ng Columns lt asce aione ae Pee he de ee ew ee 28 Grouping Columns i oi bee ee a a ee ee Ee 28 Resizing Columns aoaaa 29 Changing which Columns are Visible onoo a 30 Reordering Columns on ee Re EA ee 32 Managing Views aooaa 32 Importing and Exporting Views 2 2 0 000 eee eee ees 32 Resetting and Restoring Default Views 0000 33 Searching lot Heme oo he ew ee irtad eee ERE WE 39 Using the QuickBar ok we EERE OEE EERE EY ERR e ES 34 About the QuickSet Panel 2 0 0 00 eee eens oo Love OMES E ee aani EE EERE Bw SO 39 Using QuickSearches oc ce ee ee 36 Organizing QuickSets and QuickSearches 04 oF Printing and Exporting Data aoao ee
141. ormance In these cases it is CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 73 4 About Content Hailvision Using bitmaps in CoolSign recommended that you export into AVI or QuickTime format and then encode to H 264 or WMV formats using a standalone encoding application vor Refer to Using Flash based Content on page 356 or the CoolSign Tech Note Creating Flash Based Content for CoolSign available from the CoolSign Software Download Site at http support haivision com Using bitmaps in Coolsign If you don t require animation in your content CoolSign supports displaying static bitmap assets Bitmap assets can be authored in any software that supports the following formats e Photoshop psd Photoshop version 3 0 or higher supported Layered files will be flattened Only RGB mode is supported Only the first alpha channel will be used e Windows Bitmap bmp Windows Bitmap can be saved as either 24 bit or 32 bit e JPEG jpg JPEGs should be saved with maximum quality settings to minimize compression artifacts e Portable Network Graphics png e Graphics Interchange Format gif GIF animation is not supported Assets should be saved at 16 bit 24 bit or 32 bit color depth 1 bit and 8 bit images are not supported NOTE CoolSign fully supports 32 bit images If you are displaying 32 bit bitmap with an alpha channel the transparent regions will be transparent to t
142. ormation about how your audio content is organized scheduled and how often it has played The use of these tabs is identical to the Content Properties dialog CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 137 7 Managing Audio Halvision Scheduling and Playing Audio Content e For more information on managing QuickSets see Using QuickSets on page 35 e For more information on viewing content schedule info see Viewing Where Content is Scheduled on page 126 e For more information on retrieving content play history see Retrieving Play History for Content on page 126 ocheduling and Playing Audio Content CoolSign doesn t treat audio content any differently than standard content in how it can be scheduled transferred or played back other than the fact that audio content does not display anything visually when played All audio content is automatically created with the Audio format You cannot modify the format of audio content You can only schedule audio content into channels created with the Audio format and can only play back on players or regions set to the Audio format Batch Import Audio 1 Right click the grid and then select BATCH IMPORT AUDIO 2 Import all audio files inside the selected folder 3 The Select QuickSet dialog appears From there you can e Create a QuickSet e Select from an existing QuickSet e Don t use a QuickSet 4 The audio files are imported and are put
143. other issues with its configuration that are preventing it from starting o Paused Display off Occurs when any or all of the displays connected to a player have been set or scheduled to OFF using the Display control Paused Display set to X input All the displays connected to a player are set or scheduled to a non CoolSign input No Channel Either a new player has not yet been tuned to a channel or the channel a player was tuned to has been deleted Empty Channel The channel that the player is tuned to has no scheduled items No Active Scheduled Items tThe channel has items but none of the items are currently active due to pending activation expiration or disabling Unknown No status is reported by the player Please try restarting the player remotely No Product Key The player does not have a valid product key See About Product Keys on page 80 Unsupported Resolution A player is configured to a video output resolution that is not supported by the video card Refer to Configuring Players and Devices on page 190 Fatal Error A player encountered a severe error that prevents it from starting up successfully Fatal errors can be a result of improperly installed software decoders or video drivers In most cases if rebooting the player does not clear a fatal error you must reinstall the CoolSign software onto the player vor Review the event logs for detailed information on the e
144. ou are importing NOTE To import content directly from the Content Wizard you must have Write Content capability For details see 21 About Security on page 322 in the Coo Sign Network Mangager User s Guide When the CoolSign Manager login dialog appears enter your user name and password and select the CoolSign network where you wish to import the content After verifying your login credentials the Content Wizard imports the content into the CoolSign network then disconnects you from the CoolSign network Completing the Content Wizard After completing each step in the wizard click Finish to convert the selected asset s into CoolSign content The wizard creates your content in the destination folder ready for import into a CoolSign network For more information see Managing Content on page 106 of the CoolSign Network Mangager User s Guide CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 105 SHE Managing Content CNM provides a rich set of features to help you organize and manage the content in your CoolSign network You can use CNM to stream import or update content modify content properties like duration transitions scaling and volume review play history and sched uling statistics and even preview the content as it will appear on your CoolSign players Working with Content Importing Content Content in CoolSign must be imported into the system before it can be scheduled or played on the Cool
145. our content For example you can review where your content is scheduled any issues that the content may be having and retrieve play history reports for the content Viewing the Assets Used Within Content You can view the names of the asset files that are part of a content item from the Assets tab of the Content Properties dialog To view the assets used within a content item From the Content Properties dialog select the ASSETS tab To edit the control script for a content item 1 Inthe Assets tab of the Content Properties dialog click the Edit Control Script button 2 Inthe Edit Control Script dialog make any desired changes to the control script XML 3 Click OK to close the dialog 4 Click OK or Apply Changes to save your changes NOTE You should only attempt to edit the control script of content if you are familiar with hand editing content scripts Invalid content scripts will result in content errors and will prevent your content from being played CoolSign CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 125 Haivision Viewing Where Content is Scheduled 6 Managing Content Viewing Information About Content You can quickly view all the channels and players where a selected piece of content is scheduled from the Schedule Info tab of the Content Properties dialog Site Player a bl Channel backtobacktest6 Forrest AP crash scenario 8 tuned players Default AOpen Demo Site Op
146. page Rather than scheduling content directly onto a player you use channels to program how content should play and then tune a player to the channel Multiple players can all be tuned to the same channel If at any point you modify a channel by adding editing or removing scheduled items any players that are tuned to that channel will automatically be updated with the changes For more information on tuning players to channels see Tuning a Player to a Channel on page 178 Working with Channels You can use the Channels page of CNM to create new channels edit or delete existing channels and to program content or playlists within channel To navigate to the Channels page e Click the Channels icon in the navigation bar To create a new channel 1 From the Channels page do one of the following e Choose ACTIONS gt NEW CHANNEL e Right click on the Channels Manager grid and choose NEW CHANNEL The Channel Properties dialog appears 2 Enter a name for your new channel in the Name field 3 Choose a format for your new channel from the Format combobox If you select either of the Portrait or Landscape format options only content with the same format can be scheduled into the channel and only players with the same format can tune to the channel For example you can only schedule portrait content into a por trait channel and only portrait players can be tuned to portrait channels If you select the ANY option content
147. place based advertizing Streaming Live Content With CoolSign 5 0 you can stream live video content to your CoolSign displays Video streams including those with FEC or encryption from the Havision Furnace solution are supported as are HD and SD streams from the Havision Makito encoders Unencrypted video streams from other sources are also supported For more information see Streaming Content on page 112 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 70 4 About Content Halivision Supported File Formats Displaying Web Pages Another much requested feature that has been added to CoolSign 5 0 is the ability to include internet web pages as content on CoolSign displays You can schedule and present news weather sports and other rich web content from any valid URL on your CoolSign network Integrating Vistar Media Vistar Media www vistarmedia com operates a marketplace for digital place based advertising Vistar Media s platform automates the delivery of ads from buyers to digital signage networks This enables advertisers to connect seamlessly to ad networks to sell their ads Vistar Media effectively acts as a broker between ad sellers and ad buyers The CoolSign Vistar Content feature gives CoolSign administrators the ability to schedule ad content purchased through Vistar Media an increasingly popular solution for filling spare capacity in a pipeline A CoolSign administrator can schedule a pie
148. play and click the Apply button Content Properties Content New Web Content General Web Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Source Settings Site URL 4 Switch to the General tab and define the content Name and Duration fields Content Properties mE rX Content New Web Content General Web Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security MMMM A Name New Web Content Version Format Landscape Resolution mixed Size mixed Duration 0 00 15 00 Volume Gain 0 Transition In Type Cut X Length 0 seconds Color a Content Resize Settings Scale content to fit display Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content Content Activation Expiration Activates Now At 5 29 2013 12 00 AM Expires Never at 5 29 2013 11 59 PM _ Comments Apply CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 83 eS 4 About Content Halvision Using Streaming Content 5 Click the OK button At this point the content can be scheduled into a channel like any other CoolSign content See Adding Items to a Channel on page 145 A NOTE To display web content you will need to install the Mozilla Firefox browser and corresponding Flash plug in on the Player Node if you want to display web pages that contain Flash for example YouTube Using S
149. player Refer to the following discussion Trouble shooting display errors on page 384 Unknown Offline The player is currently offline and the current display status cannot be determined Error status Any other status values are reported directly from the display device and are dependent on the error messages for that device Troubleshooting display errors Unfortunately providing an exhaustive resource on troubleshooting every possible make model and configuration of display device is beyond the scope of this document If you are getting a No Connection display status for a display you believe to be connected you should check the following conditions Confirm that the display properties match the actual display device Both the brand and model must match the actual device exactly Confirm that the display is configured to use the correct COM port Verify the display is receiving power and shows a signal with the OSD Check that the serial cable is securely connected to both the player PC and the display device Verify that the serial cable is not defective by using it on another player that is already working or by doing a continuity check on all pins CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 384 m D Troubleshooting Halvision Reviewing audit history for an item If you are receiving a display specific error status please check with the manufacturer s documentation provided with your d
150. project CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 357 Se A Using Flash based Content Haivis on Preparing Flash Files 3 In the General tab of the Project Settings dialog specify the title layout and dimensions for the new project Name Curation Display hype Chrient ation La Resolution 4 Inthe Data Tables window create or import the table structure that your content will use The names that you assign to your data table fields determine the structure of the XML you can access from Flash ActionScript For the example in Step 1 you would create two data table fields named City and Temperature since that is what you designed your Flash content to expect z i Ta ilen shls g OTe Data Table P pepes ata table tal 5 Select the menu item ASSETS gt IMPORT FILE and import your completed Flash content into CoolSign Content Creator CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 358 A Using Flash based Content Halvision Preparing Flash Files 6 Center and size the Flash asset to fill the Media Window If your Flash content is script driven as opposed to linear timeline based enable the Timeless property on the Flash asset Save the project to a folder on disk and then close CoolSign Content Creator 9 Navigate to the project folder on disk and open the file Control xml using a text edi
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152. r stop playing at some future date and time you can set the activation date and expiration date for the item Items will not become active until their activation date and will be indicated with a Pending status Items set with an expiration date will immediately stop playing at their expiration date and time vor Activation and expiration dates are evaluated based on the local time zone of the player For this reason expired scheduled items are not automatically deleted from a channel until 24 hours after the expiration date to ensure that the content continues to play in all time zones until the local expiration date is passed y TIP Activation and expiration dates for scheduled items are applied to the current channel only If you want to globally activate or expire content everywhere that it is scheduled you can set Content Activation and Expiration dates from the Content Properties dialog To set the activation date of a scheduled item 1 Click the Activates At radio button 2 Click the ACTIVATION DATE EDITOR drop down to edit the activation date at which the item can start playing CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 156 T 9 Managing Channels Halvision Adding Items to a Channel To set a scheduled item to be active now e Click the Activates Now radio button To set the expiration date of a scheduled item 1 Click the Expires At radio button 2 Click the Expiration Date Editor drop dow
153. represents a full hour during the day You can use the zoom controls to zoom in and out of the scheduling grid to decrease the block of time that a cell represents so you can schedule at finer resolutions than on the hour To zoom in e Click to zoom into the grid You can zoom to the following time resolutions 1 hour 30 minutes 15 minutes 5 minutes or 1 minute To zoom out e Click to zoom out of the grid Overriding the Recurring Schedule By default when you are using the schedule grid you are creating a recurring schedule that will repeat every week If you want to modify the schedule for a specific week you can use the override week features For example you may want to schedule displays to be on for CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 313 19 Using Schedule Grids Hailvision Overriding the Recurring Schedule extended hours during the week before Christmas at a department store or you may want to disable a schedule item from playing on a certain Tuesday in November for some reason With the scheduling grid override functionality you can schedule any overrides to the base recurring schedule for any future week Click Override Options to display the Override menu ee ARERNRRERARERAEETSAN lt 2ck oF 3 23 2008 p dyanced Properties Clear Override For Current Week Clear All Overrides Activates Ee Mow Use the forward an
154. ression Only play iF GetValuet Function Get alue return GetAttributef Language GetContentAttribute Language To clear an enabling expression e Click the Clear Expression on the Enabling Expression tab CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 160 9 Managing Channels Halvision Determining when a Channel Can Start Playing Determining when a Channel Can Start Playing When you tune a player to a new channel CoolSign automatically starts transferring the content required by the channel down to the player Depending on the speed of your network and the number and size of the content files required for the channel this can take anywhere from a few seconds to hours For each channel you can decide if you want the player to start playing items in the channel as soon as they are available or if you want the player to continue playing the current channel or black if there is no channel until all the items have transferred To mark a channel to wait for all items before playing e On the Channel Properties dialog check Wait for all items before playing TIP You can review the transfer status of the items in a channel to a player from the Player Properties dialog or the Transfers tab of the Node Properties dialog for the player node Working with the Channel Grid The channel grid on the Channel Properties dialog displays all of the items scheduled in the channel For or
155. rmation in the remaining fields on the page and then click the Apply button ae NOTE This field is comprised of the UDP address and port Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Stream Source Source Type Haivision Furnace rene a ft TOSS o fees Cd i f Stream Settings Furnace Stations lt select station gt List Stations CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 87 4 About Content Haivision Using Streaming Content D Switch to the General tab and define the content Name and Duration fields Content Properties Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Name New Streaming Content Example Version Format Landscape Resolution Size Duration 00 1 00 00 Volume Gain o Transition In Type ut x Length 0 seconds Color E Content Resize Settings Scale content to fit display v Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspect ratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content Content Activation Expiration Activates Now CJ At 5 28 2013 12 00 AM Expires 8 Never at 5 28 2013 11 59 PM Comments Apply 6 Click the OK button At this point the content can be scheduled into a channel like any other CoolSign content See Adding Items to a Channel
156. roperties dialog e Volume level of a player Player Properties dialog e Display control for a display connected to a player Configure Players dialog e The hours that a site is open Site Properties dialog e Bandwidth limiting for a node Network Properties dialog Working with the Schedule Grid The scheduling grid provides a powerful interface that can be easily used for most common scheduling while also providing advanced features that allow you to build very complex schedules quickly All scheduling grids share the same interface save for a context sensitive popup menu that allows you to schedule the specific values available to the property you are scheduling Every Sun Every Mon Every Tue Every Wed Every Thu Every Fri Every Sat Depending on what you are scheduling the colors of cells indicate different values for the property For properties like volume and bandwidth limiting each cell visually displays the percentage level of a value as shown above By default clicking a cell or dragging across cells toggles the cell value between the minimum or off value and the maximum or on value Right clicking on a cell or right click dragging across cells displays a context sensitive popup menu to enable you to set any additional value available to that property CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 312 19 Using Schedule Grids Hailvision Overriding the Recurring Schedule setting a Ce
157. rrors It doesn t guarantee that all the errors have an event log entry however most will For more information on event logs see About Event Logs on page 302 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 383 Haivision D Troubleshooting Troubleshooting display errors Understanding display status You can view the status of any display devices being serial controlled by CoolSign in the Display Status column of the Players page or on the Display Properties dialog for a display The Display Status of a player can be any of the following values blank This player is not configured with any display control The player cannot retrieve status from any connected display devices Display OK The display device is reporting an OK status to the player and is set to the configured CoolSign input Display OK Set input is XXX The display device is reporting an OK status and its display control has been directly set to the indicated input from the Display Properties dialog Display OK Scheduled input is XXX The display device is reporting an OK status and the current input is set to the indicated input as defined in the display s input schedule Waiting for status on new display Newly configured displays will report this status until the display device first reports its status to the player No Connection Indicates that the display device configured for this player is not reporting any status to the
158. s Dialog In the Content Properties dialog the General tab allows you to view and or modify the following properties of the selected content Name The content s name is used wherever the content is referred to including playlogs and scheduled items V ersion Each time the content is modified or updated the version number is incre mented Format Displays the player format that this content was authored for Content can only be scheduled in regions that match their format This value cannot be modified Resolution Displays the pixel height and width at which the content was authored Size Displays the total size of the content including all its assets Duration Use this property to adjust the length of time for which the content plays If the content includes video or flash assets setting the duration to less than the video s duration will cut off the video playing Setting the duration to longer than a video as set s duration will cause the video to hold on the last frame for the remainder of the content play When the content contains a data panel and is set to Auto fit duration the duration can not be adjusted and will display Dynamic duration The duration 1s determined by the number of rows of its binding data table Volume Gain uUse volume gain to modify the overall volume level of all video flash or sound assets used in the content The value can be between 100 and 100 with 0 being the normal unmodifi
159. s indicate CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 154 T 9 Managing Channels Halvision Adding Items to a Channel that the item will not play For more information see 19 Using Schedule Grids on page 312 6 Set the activation and expiration date for the scheduled item For more information Setting Advanced Properties on page 156 Ifyou have selected dynamic content and want to override the data bindings for this scheduled item only click the Dynamic Data tab For more information see Overriding Dynamic Data Settings on page 187 Click OK to add the scheduled item to the channel Adding a Merged Scheduled Item Merged scheduled items are a special type of scheduled item that can only be used with playlists A merged playlist schedule item treats the items in a playlist as if they had been added directly to the channel For example you could create a National playlist and schedule it as merged within all of your channels The items in the National playlist would play back as if scheduled directly within each channel except that you could update items centrally from within the playlist without having to edit each channel For more information on playlists and scheduling strategies 10 Managing Playlists on page 169 To add a merged scheduled item 1 Follow the steps to add a new scheduled item to the channel remembering to select from the Playlists tab rather than the
160. show from one to eight weeks and to calculate the total loop duration of scheduled content You can also directly modify a scheduled item s activation and expiration dates by clicking and dragging within the timeline Understanding the Timeline The timeline indicates the active state of the content during the current week and for two to eight weeks into the future Right click the date to directly Use these arrow buttons to move Click the Options menu select a week to display to the previous or next week to set additional options to configure the timeline Week of Mar 26 2006 gt Week of Apr 02 2006 Options Y This pattern rep resents the dayp art schedule for an HDBHHHH I You can drag the han EA i the item dles to change the activation expiration dates for an item Indicates that this week has an overrid den daypart schedule The checkerboard pattern indicates that the content is not active or has expired on these days The following colors and patterns are used to indicate the active state of an item CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 164 Se 9 Managing Channels Halvision Working with the Timeline View Solid blue Indicates that the schedule item is active during the displayed days for the entire day White Indicates that the item is not active on this day due to an activation or expiration date on t
161. sing the Field Condition and Value controls or click in the search box at the top of the manager grid for advanced search capabilities 3 To create a search expression that contains multiple criteria check the Show Advanced Search box 4 Click Find The results of your search are displayed in the data grid and a temporary Search item is created in the QuickSets panel vor Temporary search items are no longer available after you restart CNM To make the results of your search available to subsequent sessions you can save your temporary search as a QuickSearch For details Using QuickSearches on page 36 Using the QuickBar Each manager page except for the Home page has a quickbar that contains tools to help you organize and filter the items that appear in the data grid While each manager page can have page specific quickbar features all the quickbar panels contain the QuickSet panel CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 34 Haivision 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Using the QuickBar About the QuickSet Panel The QuickSet panel is available for every manager page except for the Home page and lets you create QuickSets QuickSearches and Folders to help you organize your data This is a QuickSearch quicksets Show All Items CoalContral Debug This is a QuickSet This is a temporary search gt J Dynamic Content 2 Expire
162. ssets in Folder to recursively add all the assets located in a spe cific folder and subfolders to the batch list e Click Add Asset to add a single asset to the batch list e Click Remove Asset to remove a selected asset from the batch list 3 When you ve added all the assets you want to batch convert click Next to proceed to the Set Options step CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 98 Ao 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Haivision Converting Content Step 2 Set Options In this step you can set properties regarding your content and preview how your content looks on different types of displays m Content Wizard 5 0 0 221 Set Options set options Name CS cct tmp ex tread Format CI Landscape r Duration T Set duration to asset duration CLASS DETAILS Volume Gain a Transition in seconds AssetProperties TREAD TRAK Lucy Resolution 1280x720 Pre rotation No rotation 0 7 Content Resize Settings V Scale content to fit display Preserve aspect ratio when scaling When aspectratio does not match display Crop edges of content Letterbox content ContentActivation Expiration Activates Now WMAt Expires Never MAt setting Content Properties You can set the following properties for your content Name Set the name of this content as you wish
163. t Content Halvision Using Flash in CoolSign The following are some applications that can be used to encode Windows Media 9 e Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro www adobe com e Discreet Cleaner XL www discreet com e Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 www microsoft com Windows AVI Although AVI is a supported technology it s enclosed encoding must have a corresponding decoder on the player for proper playback CoolSign Encrypted Video Format In cases where security of digital video assets is important the CoolSign EVF format is available to encrypt MPEG 2 video so that only CoolSign can playback the assets For more information please contact your sales representative Using Flash in Coolsign CoolSign supports Shockwave Flash SWF vector animation format created in applica tions like Adobe Flash Adobe LiveMotion and Adobe After Effects SWF files exported as Versions 4 9 are supported AY WARNING You can only control the volume of SWF files that are version 8 or older With SWF version 9 files it is not possible to control the player volume from CoolSign A NOTE SWF files for use with CoolSign should be authored at a playback speed of 30 frames per second Lower frame rates can be used but playback will appear choppier than movies created at full 30 fps Take care to avoid animating complicated vector shapes large bitmaps and numerous objects simultaneously as this can result in poor playback perf
164. t click on the column header of the Play History grid and choose PRINT GRID CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 128 6 Managing Content Haivis on Viewing Information About Content Using the Attributes Tab You can define your own custom attributes for content if you want to track specific infor mation with each content item For example you may want to add a Client field so you can track the name of the client within a media advertising network Attribute fields can be displayed within your views in the Content Manager and used within searches or Quick Searches Using Enabling Expressions Enabling expressions can be used to dynamically control when a player s content plays or doesn t play in other words determine when or if content plays You can use enabling expressions to tie into dynamic Data Tables Player Attributes formerly Node Attributes Content Attributes and Site Properties to create complex behaviors not only from a player node level but also from a site level The following sources and data tables can be used to create these behaviors NOTE Attributes can only be used to help organize and manage content within CNM You cannot access the attributes as dynamic data or to display within content playback CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 129 p 6 Managing Content Haivision Viewing Information Noi Content To add an Attribute to content 1 From th
165. t data and then import it into a CoolSign data table Channel Manager Channels are the master schedules that you tune your players to You can use the Channel Manager to create new channels and schedule content or playlists into channels Once a channel is created you can then use the Player Manager to tune players to your channel so they start playing the scheduled content Playlist Manager Playlists are specialized sub schedules that you can insert 4 into channels Playlists provide extensive flexibility in how you create your sched ules You can use the Playlist Manager to create edit or delete playlists and to schedule content within the playlists Player Manager Players are the nodes in your network that play back content MD ona display device The Player Manager provides functionality to manage your players including the ability to remotely configure players divide a player into multiple regions tune a player to a channel and review the play history for a player Network Manager Lets you see every node of your network and manage il technical properties like software versions bandwidth control and configuration Primarily intended for technical users the Network Manager enables you to trou bleshoot network issues and take corrective action when necessary To navigate to a manager screen e Click the manager s icon in the navigation bar on the left side of the screen or e Choose VIEWS gt Go To gt and selec
166. t the appropriate manager About Manager Pages With the exception of the Home Manager each of the manager screens share similar layouts and functionality While the type of item that each screen manages differs each CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 24 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Hailvision About Manager Pages manager provides the ability to customize how your data is displayed and to organize the data in ways that make sense to your specific use of the digital media network Coolsign Network CoolSign Manager 4 5 File Edit Views Tools Actions Help ae nte nt Format al Type here to search home quicksets Duration Resolution Format Thumbnail Activatio content Show All Items 2 Dynamic Cote Provides instant and Change the view of A aO oke you tools to quickly 401 f advanced search the data grid from capabilities this combobox filter or view sets of audio iO Unscheduled Content m items in the data grid dynamic data DATA i i amp Edit Content Properties data tables scheduks Import Content Export Content snapcount 20 00 03 550x350 CI Landscape J Duplicate Content channels gt z Remove from QuickSet a Z am S x Delete rc playlists nodes coolsign_duck_dynamic 640x480 CI Landscape Ci You can right click an The ra bar you how item to display a con many items you
167. tent search 1 General Filter Duration Is greater than 20 Cancel The QuickSearch Properties dialog appears 2 Click the Edit button to modify the search criteria 3 In the Search dialog define the search criteria then click Find For details see Searching for Items on page 33 4 Click OK To delete a QuickSearch e Right click on the QuickSearch and choose DELETE QUICKSEARCH Organizing QuickSets and QuickSearches Folders allow you to better organize your QuickSets and QuickSearches You can create folders and then drag QuickSets and QuickSearches into the folder Clicking on a folder will display all the items in every QuickSet in the folder vor You can use folders to help organize your QuickSearches but folders do not aggregate the results of the QuickSearches stored in the folder To create a new folder 1 Right click anywhere in the QuickSet panel and choose NEW FOLDER 2 Enter a name for the new folder 3 Click OK CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 37 saon 2 Using CoolSign Network Manager Haivision Printing and Exporting Data To add QuickSets or QuickSearches to a folder Drag and drop the QuickSet or QuickSearch onto the folder You can also nest folders within folders by dragging a folder onto another folder To remove a QuickSet or QuickSearch from a folder Drag the QuickSet or QuickSearch out of the folder into the lower blank area
168. tent The preview window automatically updates to reflect the content resize settings so you can dynamically preview the options The following options are available e Scale Content To Fit Scales content to fit the resolution of the player the content is scheduled on If the aspect ratio of the player does not match the content s aspect ratio the content is stretched non linearly to fill the player unless Preserve Aspect Ratio is checked e Preserve Aspect Ratio Forces scaled content to preserve its original aspect ratio when played on players with different resolutions and aspect ratios than the content s The behavior of this checkbox is further defined by the following radio buttons e Crop edges of content When scaling to fit the content is scaled linearly until the smaller of the content s width or height matches the smaller of the player s width or height This can result in pixels being cropped off the edge of the player CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 100 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard Halvision Converting Content e Letterbox content When scaling to fit the content is scaled linearly until the larg er of the content s width or height fits into the player s width or height The empty area that remains is black setting Content Activation and Expiration Content can be set to activate and or expire at a certain date and time e Content Activation Restrict when conte
169. ter e Chapter 5 Using the CoolSign Content Wizard CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 69 4 About Content Haivision Acquiring Content e CoolSign Content Creator User s Guide Coolsign Content Wizard The CoolSign Content Wizard is included with all CoolSign software and is designed to convert supported file formats into CoolSign content The Content Wizard has a simple interface that allows you to import a file set content properties like name duration and transition select a thumbnail frame and save CoolSign content all in a few quick steps For installation instructions see the CoolSign Network Installation Manual CoolSign Content Wizard can also be used to convert media files to CoolSign content by pointing to one or more media assets However when CoolSign Content Wizard creates video capture content it doesn t have a media file Instead 1t requires specific information to convert a media file such as Input Standard Channel Resolution etc This information is output to a file called Control xml which prompts CoolSign players to play the specified video capture content For detailed instructions see Creating video capture content on page 77 CoolSign CoolSignCoolSignCoolSign WARNING Acquiring Content In addition to authoring your own content you can acquire content from other sources such as streaming live content displaying web pages or subscribing to
170. the Actions menu select the option CREATE STREAMING CONTENT 2 SergiosCoolSignNetwork CoolSign Manager 5 0 0 File Edit Views Tools MMMM Help Edit Content Properties Import Content Export Content Duplicate Content Create Vistar Content D Content Netflix Create Web Content 2 HD Content eo Content Sketchpad anten audio IE Web Content BofA amami data pS Scheduled Content Oean eia ao P Teac Web Content www cnn com p Templates Web Content www popuptest com data tables i Wiese Web Content www yahoo com CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 85 7 4 About Content Haivision Using Streaming Content 3 For the Source lype field verify that the Haivision FURNACE Default drop down menu item is selected Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Stream Source Source Type Haivision Furnace Furnace Server URL URL Haivision Furnace Fumace Consumer Key e Furnace Consumer Secret Fumace User Name Fumace Password Stream Settings Furnace Stations lt select station gt x List Stations Apply OK CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 86 7 4 About Content Haivision Using Streaming Content 4 Provide the appropriate Furnace info
171. the Content icon in the navigation sidebar to open the Content screen 2 From the Actions menu select the option CREATE STREAMING CONTENT File Edit Views Tools JMB Help Edit Content Properties B Import Content home Export Content content audio dynamic data J TemplateInstances DATA E i Templates data tables J Unscheduled Content Duplicate Content Create Vistar Content Create Web Content J HD Content i Scheduled Content schedules fer CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 ctivation Date 112 Se a 6 Managing Content Hailvision ork inct with Contant 3 For the Source Type field verify that the Haivision FURNACE Default drop down menu item is selected s _ Content Properties s ee f Content New Streaming Content General Streaming Schedule Info Play History Attributes Quick Sets Security Stream Source Source Type Haivision Furnace v Furnace Server URL URL Haivision Furnace Furnace Consumer Key Furnace Consumer Secret Furnace User Name Furnace Password Stream Settings Furnace Stations lt select station gt List Stations 4 Provide the appropriate Furnace information in the remaining fields on the page see C Configuring Devices to Stream Content on page 375 and then click the Apply button CoolSign Network Manager User s
172. the activation Starts or expiration Stops date from the Channels grid 2 Select a new date and time to use for activation or expiration or click Activates Now or Expires Never to remove the activation or expiration date NOTE If the scheduled content has an activation or expiration date set from the Content Properties dialog the activation and expiration dates will appear in red A content item s activation and expiration dates always take precedent over a scheduled item s You cannot set the scheduled item s activation or expiration date outside the range defined by the content but you can set it later or earlier CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 163 9 Managing Channels Halvision Working with the Timeline View Editing Content Properties You can open the Content Properties dialog for any content scheduled in your channel if you want to quickly view or edit settings for the content To edit content properties for a scheduled content item e Right click on the scheduled item and choose EDIT CONTENT PROPERTIES Showing Content Thumbnails You can view the thumbnails for content in your channel To display content thumbnails in the channel grid e Right click in any column header and choose SHOW THUMBNAILS Working with the Timeline View The graphical timeline in the channel grid visually displays when a scheduled item is active across a span of weeks You can configure the timeline to
173. ti330 F Default opti755 Output 1 gt Left E Default DSi5 1 J Default opti755 Output2 gt Player 1 Default psis 4 Dallas Dallas Office Default 1540 Number 1 Default AOpen Demo Site Opti330 Retrieving Play History for Content You can retrieve the play history of one or more selected content items from the Play History tab of the Content Properties dialog Play history provides a summary of the number of times a piece of content has played on each player it is scheduled over a period of time CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 126 6 Managing Content Haivision Viewing Information A on Content coolsign_duck_price Content Include day by day breakdown Only show logs from during site business hours Show 0 play Players Player Dn Plays B Site Dallas Dallas Office 120702 Total Plays at Dallas 120 702 Site Default Opti74s 29468 1540 Number 1 122009 Ds15_1 121260 AOpen 96440 optivas 108588 D5154 120483 D5153 116580 Total Plays at Default 714 828 E Site Demo Site Opti330 120967 Total Plays at Demo Site 120 967 To retrieve the play history for content 1 From the Play History tab of the Content Properties dialog select the View Range for which you wish to retrieve the content s play history Alternatively you can manually enter the From and To dates using the date and time editors
174. to GetScript Duration var scriptTime Number Number ExternalInterface call GetScriptTime function GetScriptTime Number Returns the time of the current media script in seconds This value can range from 0 to GetScriptDuration var scriptDur Number Number ExternalInterface call GetScriptDuration function ExpandDataslotstring str String String Returns a string in which each data slot reference is replaced with the current value of the data slot A data slot reference is encoded as dataslotname For example the line ExpandDataSlotString Hello Name you re in City might return Hello Bob you re in New York var msg String String ExternallInterface call ExpandDataSlotString Hello Name function GetAttribute str String String Returns a string that contains the value of the specified attribute var msg String String ExternallInterface call GetAttribute MyAttribute CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 360 A Using Flash based Content Haivision ActionScript Methods function GetDataTableFilename tblOID String tblFilename String String Returns the path to a file that belongs to the given data table usually a media file The file should be considered read only the media player checks for changes and will not use a file if it has been tampered with var tblOID String get the oid of the table from the table s XML var tblFi
175. tor such as Notepad 1O In the file Control xml find this line lt ControlInfo gt Paste the following code immediately after it lt DataSlot gt lt DefaultExpression gt GetDataTableAsxXml function GetDataTableAsxXml 1 load the xml values from the data table rows var myXml for i 0 i amp lt myTable Size i myxXml myXml myTable Row i ASXML return amp lt table amp gt myXml amp lt table amp gt lt DefaultExpression gt lt LogValue gt False lt LogValue gt lt Name gt GetDataTableAsxXml lt Name gt lt Type gt Text lt Type gt lt UserProperties gt lt RowIndex gt 1 lt RowIndex gt lt UserProperties gt lt DataSlot gt 1 1 Save and close the file The content is now ready to be deployed using the CoolSign Network Manager CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 359 A Using Flash based Content Haivision ActionScript Methods Actionscript Methods The following methods can be invoked from ActionScript function CoolSignVersion String Returns the name and version of the CoolSign Media Player var csVersion String String ExternalInterface call CoolsignVersion function GetScriptName String Returns the name of the current media script var scriptName String String ExternalInterface call GetScriptName function GetScriptDuration Number Returns the time of the current script in seconds This value can range from 0
176. treaming Content There are two ways to acquire streaming content e Direct via Furnace v6 3 e URL via Makito Streaming Direct This section provides instructions for playing a live stream on a CoolSign display vor You can configure the player into multiple reqions if you want to show the live feed in only a section of the screen See Configuring Multi Region Players on page 191 Furnace Setup For information on how to set up an output stream please refer to the Furnace product documentation available from the Haivision Download Center www haivision com down load center e Follow the instructions in the Furnace Quick Start Guide to power on the unit and log in to the Web Interface e Refer to the Furnace Users Guide or the online help available from the Web Interface for instructions on how to configure a Furnace Encoder to provide an FEC stream to a CoolSign Player v IMPORTANT The Furnace device should be on the same subnet as the player CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 84 4 About Content Halvision Using Streaming Content Content Acquisition Once the Furnace Encoder is configured its output video stream can be displayed on a CoolSign Player Node across the LAN or Internet as determined by the Network Admin istrator To stream content from a Furnace source 1 Open the Network Content Manager and click the Content icon in the navigation sidebar 2 From
177. ts have been restarted multiple times within a short period of time This may indicate severe issues with the CoolSign node or software configuration You can troubleshoot this issue by doing any of the following e Ensure that no one has been physically accessing the PC for maintenance or other reasons e Review the Home page application logs to check if a user has remotely issued restart software component commands e Review the event logs for the node to determine if additional information regarding the software restart is available For more information on event logs see About Event Logs on page 302 Unexpected reboot The CoolSign PC has rebooted multiple times within the previous 24 hours This may indicate issues with the CoolSign software or hardware problems You can troubleshoot this issue by doing any of the following e Check that no one is physically rebooting the PC or working on the power at the location e Review the Home page application logs to check if a user has remotely rebooted the node e Review the event logs for the node to determine if additional information regarding the node reboot is available CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 381 D Troubleshooting Ha IVIS O nN Troubleshooting player errors Not enough free space on disk The available disk space on the hard drive ofa CoolSign PC has fallen below the configured low disk space threshold CoolSign automatically a
178. ttempts to free up disk space by deleting any unused files You can troubleshoot this issue with any of the following actions e Check that you haven t scheduled more content than you have total disk space You can check the total required disk space for each piece of content from the Content Properties dialog and you can check the total required disk space for a channel from the Channel Properties dialog If the total disk space required by a channel is too large you may need to unschedule some content or upgrade your hard disk e Remove any other non CoolSign applications or files that may be installed on the PC e Force the node to garbage collect See Cleaning Up Space on a Node on page 306 e Manually clean up the CoolSign log folders You can delete any local log files by manually deleting the LogMegr folder in the CoolSign Agent folder by using the remote console command on the Advanced Node Properties dialog Display error A serial controlled display has reported an error or is no longer communicating with the CoolSign node For more information see Troubleshooting display errors on page 384 Task succeeded Task timed out These alerts are raised when a task succeeds or fails within the configured time limit For more information on tasks and configuration see Tasks on page 310 Troubleshooting player errors CNM provides a number of tools to help you troubleshoot problems with your players Understanding Reg
179. urrently available on the Player node and begins playing after the content has been transferred to the Player Clicking Play Next or Play Now causes the selected content to be transferred to the Player node amp Play Now on 1540 Number 1 Content Playlists content quicksets 4 Dur Reso Thumbn Activatio Expirati Show All Items Dynamic Content J Expired Content JD HD Content 1 for 3mins 3 00 50x50 CI Landsa 1 Never JD Scheduled Content Repeat 1 times po Play Next a e PlayNow a p Close 2 Play Now on 1540 Number 1 Playlists _ playlists quicksets Name Y Format PlayListi In Rotation CI Landscape PlayListi C Landscape PlayList within Playlist C Landscape an Show All Items PlayList Drew scenariot C Landscape duck_price_intemet C Landscape duck_price_everybody C Landscape duck_price CI Landscape duck_internet_price C Landscape duck_internet_everybody_duck C Landscape duct internst suanshacys Cl landerons Repeat 1 times Play Next Play Now 4 Click Play Now The new content begins to play immediately in the selected player region CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 189 WES Musing ochedule Grids You can use the scheduling grid to schedule a number of different properties of your CoolSign network including any of the following e Dayparting a schedule item within a channel Schedule Item P
180. will play back using whatever data table bindings set during import of the content or from the Content Properties dialog If you want to change which dynamic data table a content item uses for a specific player or channel without needing to duplicate the entire content item you can override the bindings from the Scheduled Item Properties dialog To override data bindings at schedule time 1 Do one of the following e Right click on the scheduled item and choose OVERRIDE ITEM e Double click on the scheduled item 2 From the Scheduled Item Properties dialog click to display the Dynamic Data tab 3 Ifyou want to override a binding select a new data table to use for this scheduled item only 4 The Dynamic Data tab allows you to edit the data in a data table directly from the dialog You can add or delete rows and edit data as needed vor Edits to a data table are applied globally to the data table everywhere that it is used You cannot override the values in a data table for a scheduled item you can only override which data table is used For more information on localizing data see Localizing Data on page 217 CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 187 11 Managing Players Halvision Playing Content On Demand Play Content Now 5 If you want to override the master expression prescript click Edit Prescript Expression 6 Click OK For more information on dynamic data and content binding see
181. you wish to export 2 Choose ACTIONS gt EXPORT CONTENT 3 Select a destination folder from the Browse for Folder dialog 4 Click OK A content export progress dialog will appear vor You should always back up your content externally from CoolSign in case you experience any issues that result in loss of data or corruption Duplicating Content You can duplicate content that has been imported into CNM To duplicate content from your CoolSign network 1 In the Content Manager data grid select one or more content items that you want to duplicate 2 Choose ACTIONS gt DUPLICATE CONTENT or right click and choose DUPLICATE CONTENT 3 Enter a name for the duplicated content If you are duplicating multiple content items a default name Copy of content name is used Deleting Content If you no longer plan to use a content item you may choose to delete it from the network Deleted content is immediately removed from any channels or playlists and ceases playback on all players where it is scheduled AY WARNING Previous versions of CNM provided a recycle bin from which you could recover deleted content This functionality is no longer available in CNM Deleted content cannot be recovered Be sure that you have a backup of your content outside of the system If you want to export your content from the system before deleting refer to the above section on Exporting Content CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Versi
182. ype The Type field is only used when auto creating the data table and must be one of the following Text Number Boolean Date Time CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 363 A Using Flash based Content Haivision ActionScript Methods function LocalPropertyGet String function LocalPropertyGetAll String function LocalPropertySet name String value String Boolean function LocalPropertylsSet name String Boolean function LocalPropertyDelete name String Boolean function LocalPropertyDeleteAll Number Local properties are private to a single piece of content In fact they are local to a single instance of a piece of content if a piece of content is in a schedule twice each instance has its own set of local properties var myValue String String ExternalInterface call LocalPropertyGet MyProperty var myProps String String ExternalInterface call LocalPropertyGetAll var wasSet Boolean Boolean Externalinterface call LocalPropertySet MyAttribute Hello var isSet Boolean Boolean Externalinterface call LocalPropertyIsSet MyAttribute var wasSet Boolean Boolean ExternaliInterface call LocalPropertyDelete MyAttribute var count Number Number ExternalInterface call LocalPropertyDeleteAll CoolSign Network Manager User s Guide Version 5 0 Issue 01 364 A Using Flash based Content Hailvision ActionScript Methods funct

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