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1. Delete You will be prompted for confirmation before any records are deleted 2011 Spye LLC 29 Spyeworks User Guide Managing Multimedia Editor Applications The Spyeworks Scheduler provides the facility to launch an external editor application in order to edit a registered Media Asset To configure the list of editor applications select the File Administration Asset Editors menu option Each multimedia format is listed along with the application command line that will be executed in order to activate the relevant editor application The Default application setting means that Spyeworks will use the default registered Windows Explorer action to open the file You can change the Editor Application setting for any of the listed Asset Editor Configuration i ss Media Asset types by selecting the Media Asset type and clicking on Configured editor applications for each asset type Change Type Editor Cancel Flash Default application In the Asset Editor Properties window browse to the application H MPEG Default application Change executable required for editing the Media Asset The command line A rea ar Clear can be modified to use the Asset file path as a parameter by inserting E MPEG4 Default application O i i J OGG Vorbis Default application 1 into the command line for example aww TAPETA Asset Editor Properti x c program files msoffice powerpnt exe 1 Type JPEG Use
2. Triangle Right Triangle Left Triangle Right Custom Mask Top ottom File Co 7 cane 66 Spyeworks User Guide Layer Properties Each playlist has properties that define how content is played out To control how Assets are played out select the layer and then select Edit Properties Name Set the layer name here Layer Color Specify the background color for the layer Layer Shape Layers can be shaped using one of the predefined shapes or using a black and white mask file By default the layer shape is a rectangle Primary Position Left Top The pixel coordinates of the top left corner of the layer Primary Position Right Bottom The pixel coordinates of the bottom right corner of the layer Switch to secondary layout A layer can be assigned a secondary position either to prevent screen burn or simply to create an alternative display effect The layer will switch between the primary and secondary positions based on a cycle time 2011 Spye LLC 67 Spyeworks User Guide Every Enter the number of seconds between primary and second position switches Lifespan Enter the number of seconds that the layer will spend in the secondary position Maintain Aspect Ratio If this option is selected images that displayed with dimensions different to the display area or layer size will not be distorted to match the aspect ratio of the display area Fit to screen Images that are smaller or bigger th
3. Each Device is represented on the map using an icon that describes the type of Device The following icons are used for each Device type fetoiessete Player Player Server Server Router Router Projector Projector Firewall Firewall Symbols The network map can be enhanced by adding a variety of symbols Each symbol is a visual element that has no network address and cannot be pinged or polled for data The following symbols are available ELLES Plasma Plasma WAN Building LCD Switch Wireless AP 2011 Spye LLC 117 Spyeworks User Guide Manipulating the Map The map can be zoomed out or zoomed in using the two zoom toolbar buttons To move any object select the object by clicking on it or by dragging the mouse cursor along the map creating a selection box To view the previous map click on the Go Back toolbar button Screenshot View The screenshot view will list each Device that produces a digital display in the current Location The example alongside shows a number of portrait style plasma screenshots Retrieving a Screenshot To retrieve a screenshot select one or more Devices and select the Device Request Screenshot menu option or right click on a Device icon and select Request Screenshot You will see a new status line appear at the bottom of the screen This status item will describe the network operation as it progresses to the point of producing a screenshot or a failure related message If failure should oc
4. Location menu option or right click inside the Location window pane The new location will be inserted underneath the Location currently selected in the Location tree ote a Parent USA Parent Name Miami Cancel Description This field details the parent Location for this new item Name Map image file Browse Enter a name for this Location The name may include spaces mixed caps and alphanumeric characters Description Details relevant to this Location such as physical address or contact details can be included in the description 2011 Spye LLC 105 Spyeworks User Guide Map image file When you select a Location the Devices associated with this Location are listed in the Device List window alongside the Location window The Device List window can list Devices in a tabular view a network diagram of a list of screenshots When the Devices are shown in a network diagram you have the opportunity of placing a bitmap behind the network diagram to enhance the map To do this enter the file path of the bitmap or JPEG image file that will be used whenever this location is selected Examples of such a background image could be floor plan a country map or a city map Editing a Location le bot pn Doner pots Yew bep termeocxsvins T To edit a Location double click on the item or select the item and then select Edit Properties Deleting a Location To delete a Location select
5. Spyeworks User Guide CSV Data rs CSV data is a lot simpler to use than XML A easy to use re eme configuration window is supplied to capture the CSV ru nfiguration parameters D ere configuration paramete ae on L cms The CSV Macro syntax is Default value Ol src csv CSV file path row col default value Parameters are separated by semicolon The macro parameters are described as follows SIC CSV Indicates a CSV data source file path The local file containing the CSV data row Data row starting at 1 col Data column starting at 1 default value The value that will be used if the data is not available For example src csv d temperatures csv 4 3 0 Would retrieve the value at row 4 column 3 in d temperatures csv 2011 Spye LLC 98 Spyeworks User Guide INI Data Data can be retrieved from text configuration files known as ini files To retrieve data a window is provided for easy configuration INI data is particularly useful for retrieving information from a configuration file for use in other macros such as a SQL data retrieval macro For example a wayfinding scenario requires an LCD screen to display event scheduling for a specific conference room The media player will have an INI file that indicates the room ID that should be used in retrieving scheduling information from a SQL database The syntax for the INI macro is src ini file pat
6. Edit Macro 2011 Spye LLC 83 Spyeworks User Guide The text that will be displayed can be entered in the Text Content field located at the bottom right hand corner of the display This field can also accept dynamic text macros as a method of displaying external data such as weather news financial date the current time or date and more consult Dynamic Data Macros for more information Inserting a Clock To insert a clock object select the Insert Clock menu option or click on the Insert Clock toolbar button The mouse cursor will change to indicate that a clock object can be inserted into the slide Hold down the mouse button and move the mouse an object sizing rectangle will be displayed Release the mouse button and a new clock object will be placed in the slide The clock type can be set to Analog or Digital and various display characteristics can be modified for the clock object such as line width color etc The clock will reflect the current time on the host Device this time can be adjusted using the Hour offset field Enter either a positive or negative number in the field provided in order to adjust the clock by the specified hours This is useful for displaying international times in a slide 2011 Spye LLC 84 Spyeworks User Guide Inserting a Table A table can be used to display data from an external CSV file SQL database or XML source To insert a table object select the Insert Table
7. Select Event Report if the Sentry will upload directly to a Network Manager or select FTP if you wish to use an intermediate server Address Enter the IP address or hostname of the server that will receive event file uploads Port Specify the port number relating to the server for example port 21 for FTP or 9500 for Event Report Username The username used for authentication during the upload Password The password used for authentication 2011 Spye LLC 133 Spyeworks User Guide Confirm Confirm the password in this field Connect Using Indicate if dialup networking is used to establish a connection or if the connection already exists Security This dialog window is used to control security for incoming management instructions and activity from the Digital Signage Network Manager Password Enter the password used by the Digital Signage Network Manager to authenticate with this agent By default the password is password Confirm Confirm the password in this field 2011 Spye LLC 134 Spyeworks User Guide Player Enable this option if you want the Sentry to monitor the Spyeworks Player The Sentry can report an event if the player is not running and it can be configured to restart the player in the event that the player stops executing Executable Browse to the Spyeworks player executable or enter the file path Restart player if not running Enable this option if you want the Sentry to start the p
8. menu option or click on the nsert Table toolbar button A default table Object will be inserted into the Digital Sign To configure the data source columns and format of the table click on Table Properties The table definition dialog will be displayed Source Type This field is used to select the source of the table data Table Displaying CSV data File path Enter the file path for the CSV file or click on Browse to locate the file Field Delimiter Table Definition ee once o jen File path Field delimiter Repeat table 1 across Z show column headers V Show alternate rows in darker fil shade Default Header Format Default Column Format Heading Text F Draw blank rows at end of table Row height sizing The field delimiter will default to a comma however this can be changed to match the delimiter in your data file 2011 Spye LLC 85 Spyeworks User Guide Table Displaying XML Data File path Enter the file path or URL for the XML file or click on Browse to locate the file Tag Path This field must list the tags that will be followed in order to reach the column data each tag must be separated by a period Consider the following example XML lt NEWS gt lt ITEM gt lt TITLE gt Peace broke out today in the city lt TITLE gt lt DESCRIPTION gt lt DESCRIPTION gt lt ITEM gt lt NEWS gt The TITLE and DESCRIPTION tags will be used for column dat
9. 82 Spyeworks User Guide Inserting a Shape To insert a shape object such as a rectangle a triangle or ellipse click on Insert Shape or click on the Insert Shape toolbar button The mouse cursor will change to indicate that a shape can be inserted into the slide Hold down the mouse button and move the mouse an object sizing rectangle will be displayed Release the mouse button and a new shape object will be placed in the slide By default the shape is set to an ellipse To change the Shadow Border F shape type select the new type from the drop down list in the bottom right hand corner of the Type Elipse M Fill with Solid Color window Color 1 Color 1 Image E Fit to shape The shape can be filled with a solid color a color gradient or an image To set the fill properties use the object format controls found directly above the object shape dropdown list Blend 100 Inserting Text To insert a text object select the Insert Text menu option or click on the Insert Text Content Texttoolbar button The mouse cursor will change to indicate that text can be Text inserted into the slide Hold down the mouse button and move the mouse an object sizing rectangle will be displayed Release the mouse button and a new text object will be placed in the slide To set the font fill and other display properties of the text object use the object properties controls shown above E Insert Macro
10. To access the Administration menu select File Administration and select the appropriate option from the menu presented User Account Administration The User administration window is used to add modify or delete User Accounts To add a new User Account click Add To modify a User Account click Edit and to delete one or more User Accounts select the Accounts in the list and then click Delete you will be prompted for confirmation before any records are deleted 2011 Spye LLC con es User name Full name Close Admin Administrator till Bill Lumberg sAdd Edit Delete 25 Spyeworks User Guide Adding a User Account The User Account properties window is shown below User name Enter a user name containing alpha or numeric characters up to 16 characters in length Password Enter a password containing alphanumeric characters up to 16 characters in length Confirm the password entry in the field below the password field Full name Enter the user s full name User account is enabled The user will not be able to login with the Account if this field has been unchecked User Rights Select the rights that are assigned to this user Read User Rights within the Scheduler for more information on user rights 2011 Spye LLC User Account Properies I Las rene lon Password 00 Cancel Confirm eeeccees Fullname John Smith 7 User
11. User can create edit and delete playlists This right enables a user to manage the list of playlists If the user only has playlist Management rights he she won t be able to view the asset window in the scheduler only an asset management window will be displayed User can approve playlist for distribution This right enables a user to preview and approve a playlist for distribution User can distribute approved playlists This right enables the user to distribute only approved playlists User can distribute playlists This right enables the user to distribute any playlists regardless of the approved status Enable User Login If you have configured user accounts you must enable user login before users will be required to login Select the File Configuration menu option and tick the Require User Login field Close the Scheduler application and execute it again 2011 Spye LLC 74 Spyeworks User Guide Spyeworks Digital Sign Creator The Digital Sign Creator is an authoring tool that can be used to create Digital Signs composed of one or more slides containing shapes images and text objects A variety of display characteristics can be applied to the objects ina SPYE DIGITAL SIGN CREATOR 2011 Spye LLC slide including alpha blending key coloring position size and more A Slide can contain multiple shapes images and text objects in order to create a composite image for advertising welcoming info
12. 10 seconds Title Enter a title for this Asset Path on disk Enter the full path on the player Device where the player software will look for multimedia files All supported files found in this folder will be played out in a loop list Include sub folder Enable this option if sub folders are to be included in the file search Play files with extension Enter a list of allowed file extensions that can be played out Extensions can be specified with or without the period or wildcard i e mpg or mpg or mpg are acceptable Default duration for images Because images have no inherent duration the value specified here will be applied to each image played out 2011 Spye LLC 51 Spyeworks User Guide Layer Move The Layer Move Asset is not a visual Asset itself but it can be used to manipulate the size and position of any of the layers in the Playlist For example a Layer Move Asset can be used to squeeze back a specific video thereby revealing advertising content in the newly visible space Title Enter a title for this Asset Layer Name Enter the name of the layer that must be moved Duration Specify the duration of the move operation A duration of 0 indicates that the move must occur immediately and should not last longer than necessary A value greater than 0 will cause the move operation to be animated for the duration specified Horz Position Title Squeezeback Layer Name Action V
13. 800 Span Down Specifies how many screens the player will span vertically Capture The TV Capture configuration is specific to the device being used as well as the signal infrastructure Refer to equipment suppliers documentation for additional information 2011 Spye LLC 33 Spyeworks User Guide The Scheduler User Interface 4 ROP BRAVAOXHHBSSOG All Assets AN Playlists This category conan al sub categories of registered media This category contains al playlists and sub categories of assets Hotels C B Media Asset Impotted 0005492 G BudLighilim Centerfield 5 5 B Window mm za P nen datetime Daypating at demediadel demediadel 1100 demo_1024 demo_1280 demo_1260 a 8 ne i o Playlist aap D pp jacknihebox MuwtaBobera rssnews Management HOUSE Window neniachy Playlist Asset Preview Window Database connected Planet Scheduled Content for 07 17 2009 00 00 00 FESS lace Tine Tie Format Duration Weo 20 00 z lt Scheduled content Layer List 00 30 00 01 00 00 01 30 00 02 00 00 Eo2 30 0 Switch between Looped and Scheduled Items July 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 5 6 7 8 9 10 u 2 13 M 15 16 17 18 19 2 A 2 3 M 7 2 2 HM A 2011 Spye LLC 34 Spyeworks User Guide The Media Asset Window In Spyeworks all multimedia files are known as Media Assets The Asset Management Window i
14. check the Reboot Device option 2011 Spye LLC Move files from cout Target folder will be created if it does not exist c program files demedia content Quote_april30 swf seamen l P Display Width 1024 Display Height 768 Orientation deg Color Depth 32 bit Bd E Reboot device for changes to take effect 123 Spyeworks User Guide The Remote File Explorer The management application provides a File Explorer type interface that allows direct access to the file storage on the remote Device To activate the File Explorer click on Device Remote File Explorer By default no files will be listed and only the root directory for each disk will be listed on the left side of the window To open a drive double click on the folder or select the folder and then click on Refresh Files located in the selected folder will be displayed on the right side of the window and sub folders will be listed underneath the selected folder The file listing will be stored in a cache file on the local hard disk for future viewing To refresh the cached list simply select the folder and then click on the Refresh button To delete a file directly from a remote disk select the file and click on Delete You will be asked to confirm the delete operation before the file is deleted The Remote File Explorer will retrieve drive and directory listings on demand When the file expl
15. click Next to continue When installation process has completed the installer will exit and Spyeworks will be ready for use 2011 Spye LLC 18 Spyeworks User Guide Required Components The following software components are required for the Spyeworks Player to function correctly For Flash Content Playback Macromedia Flash Player 6 0 or higher Visit http Awww adobe com for more information For MPEG1 amp MPEG2 Playback Microsoft DirectX 9 0 or higher For MPEG2 playback you will need to license a CODEC that supports MPEG2 playback Visit http www microsoft com directx for more information For HTML content playback Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 or higher Visit http Avww microsoft com for more information For PowerPoint playback Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or higher For QuickTime playback Apple QuickTime 6 0 or higher We recommend using Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Home Windows Vista or Windows 7 as the operating system 2011 Spye LLC 19 Spyeworks User Guide Scheduler Configuration The application can be configured using several dialog windows available via the File Configuration menu option Application Configuration Select File Configuration Application to activate the configuration window Require user login Enable this field if you require user authentication before the scheduler can be used Preview on Second Display If y
16. how and where the object will be displayed The common properties are Property Description Name Object name X Horizontal pixel coordinate with O representing the left hand side of the slide Y Vertical pixel coordinate with O representing the top of the slide Width Width in pixels Height Height in pixels Blend Alpha blending level 100 totally opaque and 0 invisible Key Colored Specifies color that will be excluded from the object display Angle Reserved for future use In addition each object will include all or some of the following property sections Border Property Description Style Can be solid dotted dashed or none Color The color of the border Size Size of the border only applicable to solid border style 2011 Spye LLC 91 Spyeworks User Guide Fill Property Description Style Type of fill effect Can be Solid color Gradient Image or none Color 1 Color of the fill effect for gradients this is the first color in the gradient Color 2 Second color in gradient Fit to shape Applies to Image fill style Image Image file path Blend Alpha blending level 100 totally opaque and 0 invisible Font Property Description Face The font face Size Font point size Color Text color Text is shadowed Text includes color shadow Bold Font is bold Italic Font is Italic Underline Font is Underlined
17. network In most cases this error occurs when the Windows firewall is enabled on the player or there is a router configuration problem on the network cannot connect to the player even though the address and port are correct Ensure that the Windows firewall on the remote Device is disabled or has been configured to allow connections through on port 9000 PowerPoint files aren t being played out at all If the path and file name of the PowerPoint presentation file exceed 218 characters then the file cannot be viewed by Spyeworks This is a due to a limitation in the Microsoft Office programs Consult the Microsoft Knowledge base article http support microsoft com kb 416351 for more information 2011 Spye LLC 136 Spyeworks User Guide 10 6 PowerPoint files open in a new window in the player This will occur when the Browse in Same Window option is not enabled for the PPT or PPS file types in the Windows Explorer configuration To remedy Open Windows Explorer Locate the PowerPoint file that you are attempting to play Right click on the file select Open with Select Internet Explorer In the dialog window that opens de select Always ask this question Click on Open Close Internet Explorer and restart the player SOO BOON 10 7 Screenshots are blank when video is being played For Spyeworks players enable VMR by entering the following line in the spyeworksplayer ini file or use the player configuration utility to
18. overlay your digital signage display Report error messages as events When an error dialog is detected by the scanner the actual error text can be reported back to the server as an event File Transfer The File Transfer settings control the ability of the Sentry to receive files using the DFT protocol Allow incoming file transfers If you are using the Spyeworks Scheduler to distribute content to a player you must enable this option Port Enter the port number that this file transfer host will listen on for incoming connections The default value is 8448 Username Enter the username this value must match the username specified in Detailed List of Devices under the networking tab of the device properties in the network manager Password Enter the password and confirm the password using the same value specified in Detailed List of Devices as discussed above Maintain 3G dial up connection Enable this option if you want the Sentry to ensure that a 3G or Dial up connection is always connected 2011 Spye LLC 132 Spyeworks User Guide Event Upload Send Events to Network Manager To enable event reporting to a Digital Signage Network Manager application enable event report by checking Send Events to Network Manager Let Network Manager configure this option Enable this option to allow the Network Manager to automatically configure event uploading the next time it connects to this Sentry via a poll operation Protocol
19. set this value dshow Usevmr 1 Ensure that Hardware Acceleration is disabled Open the Windows Control Panel Double click on the Display settings icon Click on the Settings tab Click on the Advanced button Click on the Troubleshooting tab Disable all hardware acceleration Note For more troubleshooting and support please visit http Awww spyeworks com support on 8 D 2011 Spye LLC 137 Spyeworks User Guide Technical Notes and Specifications Spyeworks Minimum Hardware Specifications The minimum hardware requirements for a Spyeworks Player are Intel Dual Core Processor 512 MB RAM 1024 MB is recommended for improved Flash playback 80 MB hard disk space VGA graphics adapter PCI express or onboard The minimum software requirements are XP Service Pack 2 or Vista DirectX 9 0c 2011 Spye LLC 138 Spyeworks User Guide In addition while the following software components are optional they are required in order to play out specific multimedia formats Multimedia Format Requirement MPEG video DirectX 9 0c Flash SWF Macromedia Flash 6 0 or higher Quicktime MOV Apple Quicktime 7 0 or higher Windows Media Windows Media Player 10 or higher Windows Media Windows Media Player 10 or higher Streaming HTML Internet Explorer 6 0 or higher 2011 Spye LLC 139 Spyeworks User Guide Hardware Compatibility and Integration Video Capture Cards Spy
20. style Scroll Left RSS update cycle 600 seconds Scroll speed 7 1 to 10 where 1 is the fastest 2011 Spye LLC 45 Spyeworks User Guide Type your message below File name URL Depending on the message source you may enter a message in this field alternatively enter the file name for the file that contains the message that will be displayed in this ticker or if the message source is an RSS feed enter the URL If you enter a URL ensure that you supply a protocol prefix such as http or rss Background The scrolling ticker can be displayed with a background color or a background image To display a color as the background click the color button and select the color from the list provided If you want a background image behind the scrolling ticker text click the image button and then click the browse button to locate the file on disk Logo Divider If you want a logo to be displayed between each item in the ticker click the logo button and then click the browse button to locate the logo file on disk Side logo If you want a logo on the left or the right side of the scrolling ticker click the side logo button and then click the browse button to locate the image file on disk Scroll style Select whether the message will be scrolled left right or vertically RSS update cycle The number of seconds before the ticker will connect to the data source and look for updates If the source is a file on di
21. the display and drop them into the active loop list or scheduled items window Loop List items Media Assets listed in the loop list will be played in the order they are listed whenever scheduled content is not due Scheduled Items Playlist Item Duration amp Timing Restrictions The assets listed in the scheduled list are assigned a playback time and optionally a specific date By default when you drag an asset into this list the asset will automatically be scheduled to play every day at the pecic de zi kak Tody scheduled time If you hold down CTRL when you drag the asset into the Sig schedule list the asset will only be scheduled for playback on the current a ee Bae V Tue V Fri Time Schedule day as per the calendar alongside the schedule To change the Wed Bis start date and time double click the item or right click and select Duration amp Playback ss Asset Title BudLightLimeBeauty Duration 00 00 10 00 HH MM SS FF Dur ation amp Timing File name C Program Files demedia content BudLight Lime Beauty jpg Time Specify a start time for this asset OK Cancel 2011 Spye LLC 64 Spyeworks User Guide Date Select a playback date using the drop down calendar control or specify that the asset must be played on specific days of the week Restrictions poten Duration amp Timing Restrictions Click on the restrictions tab to specify an end date after which the asset ek an
22. the relevant item and click on the Delete location toolbar button or select Edit Delete e LE ve Tea a Please When you delete a Location all ee Rape note Devices and locations stored under this Location will also be deleted Er 2011 Spye LLC 106 Spyeworks User Guide Moving a Location To move a Location underneath another Location select the Location that you wish to move and select the Edit Move to Location menu option Select the target Location from the list presented The Device List The Device List window pane lists the Devices for the current Location in three styles as a tabulated listed of Devices a network diagram and a list of Device screenshots To switch between the three view styles Listing Map E Screenshots select the appropriate view style from the three tabs located at the bottom of the Device List window Detailed List of Devices The Device List window lists all the Devices currently associated with the selected Location Each Device is listed along with its description network address status Playlist and any message relating to the latest management activity taking place on the Device Devices can be added changed or deleted in this view Adding a New Device To add a Device select the Insert Device menu option or right click in the Device List window and select Insert Device 2011 Spye LLC 107 Spyeworks User Guide Gene
23. 00AM only these items will be played 00 00 01 00 em 11 00 AM day parting 00 00 10 00 00 00 29 07 00 10 00 00 00 03 54 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 00 After 11 00AM only these items will be played 54 Spyeworks User Guide Website A live Internet website can be registered as an asset URL Enter the URL of the website and display duration Horz Offset amp Vertical Offset You can hide portions of the website content by using a horizontal and vertical pixel offset Automate website login To automate authentication on a website enter the username and password and the field names for the login page 2011 Spye LLC wr a Title Facebook Duration 0030 00 00 HH MM SS URL http www facebook com You can exclude portions of the website by setting a horizontal and vertical pixel offset below Horz Offset 0 Vert Offset 0 V Automate website login User Name yourusername email com Password TTET Confirm CELLES By default DC Media will attempt to auto detect the fields used for authentication however you can override this behaviour by supplying the field names below User field name email Password field name password 55 Spyeworks User Guide Playlist Creation Once you have registered and created your multimedia assets you need to create a playlist with one or more layers to display the assets A Playlist has one or more layers that represent an independe
24. 011 Spye LLC Default file actions V Upload assets with playlist E Aways replace content on upload E Append date and time to playlist file path File distribution method Use Digital Courier Upload directly to each player using up to 259 concurrent sessions Use Distribution Server Address 172 192 1 100 User Name username Password 22 Spyeworks User Guide Append date and time to playlist file name If this option is enabled Spyeworks will post fix the date and time to every playlist that is distributed across the network File distribution method Use Digital Courier Select this option if you are going to distribute content via a Digital Courier distribution service When you select this option the Courier Configuration button will be enabled To configure your courier link the following dialog window is available via this button Upload directly to each player This is the default setting Select this option if you want the Scheduler to upload content and playlists directly to each player By default the Scheduler will use up to 250 concurrent file transfer sessions to distribute content Use Distribution Server Select this option if you want to upload the content and playlists to a Spyeworks Distribution Server the server will then distribute the content to each player using multiple concurrent file transfer sessions 2011 Spye LLC 23 Spyeworks User Guide Digital Courier
25. 132 133 134 135 135 136 13 Spyeworks User Guide Technical Notes and Specifications Spyeworks Minimum Hardware Specifications Hardware Compatibility and Integration Video Capture Cards USB Webcams Integration Plasma and LCD Screens Video and Audio Switches Digital Projectors Network Security Configuration 2011 Spye LLC 138 138 140 140 140 141 141 141 141 142 14 Spyeworks User Guide Spyeworks Scheduler and Player Spyeworks Digital Signage building capability with support for Spyeworks can be used in Software powers dynamic and a wide range of multimedia formats everyday locations including robust digital communications over and unlimited layouts Backed by offices hotels retail stores public a wide variety of successful digital the most advanced management transport restaurants and more signage projects in corporate platform available today Spyeworks brings motion to public and retail locations Spyeworks provides a previously static methods of comprehensive digital signage communications Spyeworks promotes ease of use platform geared towards customer whilst retaining powerful signage satisfaction and empowerment SPYE NETWORK SCHEDULER 2011 Spye LLC 15 Spyeworks User Guide Introduction Spyeworks is a software based digital signage solution that provides content management scheduling distribution playback and network management services Each player is unique in
26. Account is enabled User Rights User is system administrator V User can create register edit and remove assets W User can create edit and delete playlist User can approve playlist for distribution User can distribute approved playlists V User can distribute all playlists 26 Spyeworks User Guide Editing a User Account To edit the User Account select the relevant item in the list of User Accounts and click Edit or double click on the item in the list Modify the properties accordingly and click OK to store the changes or click Cancel to discard any changes made Deleting a User Account Select the User Accounts that you wish to delete and then click Delete When prompted click Yes to confirm the delete request or click No to cancel 2011 Spye LLC 27 Spyeworks User Guide System Table Administration The System Tables hold information about Asset Genres and Languages Genres and Languages are used for information purposes only In order to modify these tables use the System Table configuration option available under the menu option File Administration System Table Adding Modifying and Deleting Genres System Table p To add a new Genre click Add Enter the new Genre name and click OK to Category Genres z kese store the record or click Cancel to discard the new entry Data gt add amp Action To edit a Genre select the entry and click Edit or double click the item in
27. Ant aliased Font is smoothed Outlined Font has black outline 2011 Spye LLC 92 Spyeworks User Guide Margin Property Description Alignment Horz Specify horizontal alignment within object rectangle Can be left center or right Alignment Vert Margins Left Specify vertical alignment within object rectangle Can be top center or bottom Left Margin within object rectangle Margins Top Top Margin within object rectangle Margins Right Margins Bottom Right Margin within object rectangle Bottom Margin within object rectangle 2011 Spye LLC 93 Spyeworks User Guide Dynamic Data Macros Overview Dynamic Data Macros can be inserted into Text objects and Image file paths in order to use external data as part of the rendered text or image For example in order to display the date and time in a slide a macro must be used instead of the actual date and time An image object can be updated to display an image file based on a file path that includes specific data such as the day of the week the time of the day or any other data driven condition Macros are always enclosed by square brackets for example dayName The macro is replaced in the text whenever the text is rendered For example Today is dayName is rendered as Today is Wednesday 2011 Spye LLC 94 Spyeworks User Guide Macros can also be used to retrieve data from a XML file a CS
28. Configuration ignore this section if you are not using a Digital Courier service Courier Address Enter the IP address or host name of the Digital Courier distribution server that will provide playlist and content distribution services Courer Cent ii a Use the Courier Service available via Port Courier Address 127 0 0 1 Cancel _ Enter the port number that the Digital Courier distribution server is listening on for incoming distribution requests Port 0 Default Upload to Courier using Upload to Courier using Protocol DFT Server KA Port 8448 Protocol User Name username Select the appropriate file transfer protocol that will be used to upload playlists content and distribution requests Password 00000000 Confirm The Connect using The relevant port number for the protocol selected For FTP this value is 21 for Dit Neweing Dill Sein DFT the value is 8448 eae Username Enter the username that is used during file transfer authentication Password Enter the password that is used during file transfer authentication 2011 Spye LLC 24 Spyeworks User Guide Connect using Dial Up Networking Select this option if you want Spyeworks to establish a dial up connection before connecting to the Digital Courier distribution server LAN connection Select this option if you want Spyeworks to connect directly to the Digital Courier distribution server Scheduler Administration
29. Default value Ji ali 100 Spyeworks User Guide Parameters are separated by semicolon The macro parameters are described as follows src sql Indicates a SQL data source connect string The OLEDB connection string Query The SQL query that will be executed Field The field that must be retrieved default value The value that will be used if the data is not available For example src sql select title description from news order by logged desc title Add On Macros Digital Sign Add On DLL s can be also be used for macro replacement Each DLL supports a custom list of macros that can be used to obtain dynamic data values Consult the user manual for the add on to see the list of macro s that can be used and how to use them Macros within Macros Macros can be embedded within other macros For example using INI file data to build a SQL query in order to retrieve data that must be displayed src sql select title from events where roomid src ini c room ini settings roomid 0 order by schedule desc title 2011 Spye LLC 101 Spyeworks User Guide 2011 Spye LLC 102 Spyeworks User Guide Digital Signage Network Manager The Digital Signage Network Manager is the most advanced network manager for digital signage networks available today The manager provides a wealth of management features that ensure you have full control over your digital signage network and
30. Digital Signage Network Manager Using the Digital Signage Network Manager Locations Creating a New Location Editing a Location Deleting a Location 2011 Spye LLC 104 105 105 106 106 11 Spyeworks User Guide Moving a Location The Device List Detailed List of Devices Adding a New Device Editing a Device Deleting a Device Moving a Device The Network Map Devices Symbols Manipulating the Map Screenshot View Retrieving a Screenshot Device Management Polling a Device Actions 2011 Spye LLC Executing an Application Rebooting the Device Terminating a Process Updating the Registry Setting the Date and Time on the Device Deleting Files Copying Files Moving Files Setting Device Master Volume 107 107 107 107 114 114 115 116 117 117 118 118 118 119 119 119 120 120 120 121 121 122 122 123 123 12 Spyeworks User Guide Setting the Device Resolution The Remote File Explorer The Remote Task Manager Reporting Proof of Play Reports Playlist Integrity Report Device Event History Report Device Telemetry Report User Management Adding a User Modifying a User Record Deleting a User Record The Digital Signage Sentry The Sentry Application Window Sentry Configuration General File Transfer Event Upload Security Player DSMAP Troubleshooting 2011 Spye LLC 123 124 125 126 126 127 127 127 128 128 129 129 130 130 131 131
31. Spyeworks 5 4 User Guide Spyeworks User Guide SPYEWORKS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity and MediaSight Incorporate MediaSight for the Spyeworks Digital Signage software Software that accompanies this EULA which includes computer software and may include associated media printed materials online or electronic documentation and Internet based services An amendment or addendum to this EULA may accompany the software YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE DO NOT INSTALL COPY OR USE THE SOFTWARE 1 DEFINITIONS 1 1 Software shall mean the computer program s referred to as Spyeworks Digital Courier and The Digital Signage Network Manager together with any updates additions associated media printed materials online or electronic documentation and Internet based services or components provided by MediaSight 1 2 Licensor shall mean MediaSight or Legal Entity authorized by MediaSight to act as a Licensor of the Software 1 3 EULA shall mean the End User License Agreement described in this document 1 4 Licensee shall mean any individual or entity that uses or installs the Software onto any computer under this Agreement including but not limited to your employer on whose behalf yo
32. To execute an application select one or more Devices and select the menu options Device Action Execute Enter the full file path of the executable in the field provided and then enter any command line parameters below the executable file path You do not need to include quotation marks in the executable file path Click on OK to send an instruction to execute the application The on i Executable file path c servicepack exe Cancel Command line parameters application must reside on the target Device before this instruction can be sent Monitor the Status window at the bottom half of the application window for status information relating to this command Rebooting the Device To reboot one or more Devices select the Devices and then select the menu options Device Action Reboot You will be prompted to confirm the reboot command before the command is sent If you click No then the reboot command will be cancelled Terminating a Process To terminate a process on one or more Devices select each Device and then select the menu options Device Action Kill Process Click OK to send the command If the executable is found in the process list on the remote Device it will be terminated Monitor the Status window at the bottom half of the application window for status information relating to this command 2011 Spye LLC fl oo o E Executable upload exe C
33. V file a INI file or an SQL database The following macros are supported Macro day month year dayName dayName3 daynum MonthName 12hr 24hr min sec ampm exepath exedrive 2011 Spye LLC Function Day of the month as a number padded to two digits e g 02 Month as a number padded to two digits e g 12 Year as a number Day of the week name with first letter uppercase dayname returns day of the week name in lowercase DAYNAME returns day of the week name in uppercase Day of the week name abbreviated to 3 letters dayname3 returns same name in lower case DAYNAME3 returns name in uppercase Day of the month with postfix e g 3 or 21 Number is not padded Name of the month monthname returns name in lowercase MONTHNAME returns name in uppercase Current hour between 1 and 12 padded to 2 digits Current hour between 0 and 23 padded to 2 digits Current minute padded to 2 digits Current second padded to 2 digits AM or PM depending on time of day Current directory path used by executable e g c program files spyeworks Current drive used by executable e g d 95 Spyeworks User Guide XML Data The XML data macro syntax is fairly complex to simply enter in the text XML Date Source aa content field To ease the task of macro configuration a window is XML fleURL http fepchosted demediods com miffeed neatherl u provided in the macro selection p
34. a the tag path used to reach these tags is news item Table Displaying SQL Data DSN Connection String Enter the name of the ODBC DSN that will be used to connect to the database alternatively enter a the OLE DB connection stirng SQL Query Enter the SQL query that will be executed in order to retrieve column data 2011 Spye LLC 86 Spyeworks User Guide Common Table Configuration Columns The table must contain at least one column Click Add to create a new column in the table or select an existing column and click Modify to edit the column properties Click Delete to delete a column Repeat table across Use this field to indicate how many times the columns should repeat in the table This is useful for building wide tables that list many rows Show column headers Enable this option to make column headers visible Show alternate rows in a darker shade Enable this option to have the table automatically darken every other row based on the color scheme you have chosen for the table Draw blank rows at end of table If this option is enabled the table will be drawn with blank rows until the full table height is covered Row Height Sizing Select Fixed and enter the row height to have all rows the same height If variable sizing is selected each row will determine its height based on the content of the row 2011 Spye LLC 87 Spyeworks User Guide Capacity behavior This option controls how the table will handle a
35. a Device select the item and select the Edit Delete menu item or right click and select delete 2011 Spye LLC 114 Spyeworks User Guide Moving a Device To move a Device to another Location select the Device and select Edit Move to Location or right click and select Move to location Select the target Location from the list provided to complete the operation You can move multiple Devices at once simply by selecting all the Devices that you wish to move before selecting the Move to location menu option 2011 Spye LLC 115 Spyeworks User Guide The Network Map The network map view provides a network diagramming tool that can be used to visualize a digital signage network Each Device in the current Location as well as any Locations that are grouped into the current Location are represented on the map using an object These objects can be moved around to create a network map Objects can be linked to illustrate networking by enabling the link tool The link tool is enabled by selecting the Edit Link menu option When the link tool is active objects can be linked simply by clicking on the first object and then dragging the line onto the second object If you wish to remove a link select one of the Ready linked objects and then select the Edit Unlink menu option All links to the selected object will be removed 2011 Spye LLC 116 Spyeworks User Guide Devices
36. an the display area will be resized to fit the display Horizontal Alignment Items that do not fit the display dimensions will be aligned to the horizontal alignment setting specified here Vertical Alignment Items that do not fit the display dimensions will be aligned to the vertical horizontal alignment setting specified here Audio Priority Select the audio priority for this item or Playlist If an item in another layer Playlist is due to play and the item have a higher audio priority all lower priority items will be muted and the higher priority item will be given the speaker Transition between slides Select the transition that will be applied between the current and the next image JPEG Bitmap or PNG to be displayed Transitions are not applied to video 2011 Spye LLC 68 Spyeworks User Guide Effect Select either Alpha blending Sliding or Swipe effects Type Select the sub type of effect For fade effects the effect can fade to a color fade from a color or fade between images crossover Duration Enter the duration of the transition in frames 2011 Spye LLC 69 Spyeworks User Guide Re arranging Layers Layers are displayed in the scheduler from top to bottom in order of precedence where the topmost layer will always be displayed over the bottom most layer If you intend using layer moves to squeeze back a layer ensure that the layer being e la 5 3 ES Designer squeezed back is higher in precedence
37. ancel 120 Spyeworks User Guide Updating the Registry Select the menu options Device Action Update Registry Enter the updated registry entry keys in the text entry field or click on reg File to browse to an existing reg file on disk This is the preferred method of performing registry updates Setting the Date and Time on the Device To set the date and or time on one or more Devices select the Device Action Set Date amp Time menu options Enter the new date and time and click on OK to send the command or click on Cancel to abort 2011 Spye LLC Entries Windows Registry Editor Version 5 00 HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software CPC dsagent aeappcrash demediaplayer ex e abend YES lastcrash ymd2008 07 31 11 32 27 msg An application has generated an exception and will be terminated Filename C program flles dcmedia_debug dcmediaplayer exe count 2 Action Set Date amp Time EE o mer Time 02 19 43 PM Cancel 121 Spyeworks User Guide Deleting Files To delete one or more files on any number of Devices select the Device Action Delete Files menu option Delete files matching the following specification cane Enter the full file path in the field provided or specify a wildcard in the file path to delete multiple files matching the specification WARNING Files are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered from the re
38. ayback of multimedia assets for a specific date or date period 2011 Spye LLC 16 Spyeworks User Guide Terms Used in This Guide Media Asset A multimedia file such as a video or photograph Enhanced Asset A script used to define a non file based Media Asset such as a Live TV source or RSS feed Display A Plasma Screen LCD screen TV or VGA monitor or Projector Player The Spyeworks Software that is used to playback multimedia files in a defined layout 2011 Spye LLC 17 Spyeworks User Guide Installation and Configuration Software Installation The Sypeworks software is downloaded via the Internet You are provided an Activation Key which authenticates the software Spyeworks is provided in three install packages Scheduler Network Manager Player If you are installing Spyeworks for a dedicated player device execute the Player install package If you are installing Spyeworks on the computer that will be used for scheduling and network management execute the Scheduler and Network Manager install packages When you execute an install package the Install wizard will display relevant licensing information and will require that you click Next to continue to the following installation page Read the End User License Agreement EULA and if you agree to the terms contained therein click Agree and then click Next to continue Select the destination path where Spyeworks will be installed and
39. ck the mute toggle button Le m G PLAYING _4 00 00 05 00 located at the bottom of the preview window Creating an Asset The Spyeworks Digital Sign Creator application is an authoring suite for creating Digital Signs containing one or more slides To create a new Digital Sign Asset select the Media Assets menu option and then select Create Once you have created the Digital Sign and saved it to disk the file will automatically be registered as an Asset Read Content Authoring for detailed information on how to author content using the Digital Sign Creator 2011 Spye LLC 42 Spyeworks User Guide Editing an Asset Spyeworks Digital Sign Assets can be edited in the Digital Sign Creator simply by select Media Assets Edit Spyeworks also supports the linking of 3 party applications to specific multimedia formats in order to facilitate quick editing directly from within Spyeworks An example of this is the linking of Microsoft PowerPoint to the PowerPoint format To edit a PowerPoint Asset highlight the relevant item and click the Edit Asset toolbar eae ket Sect i button or select Edit from the Media Assets menu option If you have Tite New Find Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer the multimedia file Description tise will be opened inside the PowerPoint application ready for editing To Avine manage the list of applications that can be linked to each multimedia type see Managing M
40. cordance with the Software License Agreement which the Licensee should read carefully before commencing use of the software Except as permitted by such license no part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of MediaSight 2011 Spye LLC 4 Spyeworks User Guide Copyright All rights title interests in and to copyrights in the Software including but not limited to any software components product documentation and associated media sample files extension files tools and utilities miscellaneous technical information and any copies of the Software are owned exclusively or licensed by MediaSight The Software is protected by International copyright laws and treaty provisions Therefore you must treat the Software like any other copyright material except that Customer may either i make one copy of the Software solely for backup or archival purposes provided Customer reproduces and includes MediaSight copyright and trademark notices contained in the original distribution media on such backup copy or ii transfer the Software to a hard disk provided Customer keeps the original solely for backup and archival purposes Customer may not copy the printed materials accompanying the Software The Software is licensed not sold Reproduction or disassembly of embodied programs and database
41. cur a red cone is placed on the screen alongside the Device icon to indicate a problem 2011 Spye LLC cere File Insert Edit Device Reports View Help SB0RPGX eS asaelan Foe el a SS a2S 8808888 2 FES BM Boston Su fa BB NewYork si Screenshot Viewer 4B North Carolina Request Screenshot size Listing Map Screenshots Date amp Time Device 2008 07 31 14 01 55 Player 2008 07 21 13 57 03 Playert 2008 07 31 14 01 29 Player4 2008 07 31 13 57 01 Player 2008 07 21 13 57 39 Player Request Screenshot Screenshot Poll Screenshot Screenshot Progress Successful Failed Started Failed Failed Result Operation completed successfully Failed to connect Unable to connect to 172 192 1 6 port 9000 No connection could be made bec Retrieving playlist name Failed to connect Unable to connect to 172 192 1 6 port 9000 No connection could be made bec Failed to authenticate Access denied invalid username and or password amp Status C Alens O Tasks 118 Spyeworks User Guide If you require a large screenshot right click on the screenshot and select More Screenshots A dialog window will be displayed where you can select the size of the screenshot that you require To view a live sequence of screenshots click Go Live and a continuous stream of images will be displayed To stop the stream deselect Go L
42. cycle bin Wildcard deleting in the root folder of C drive the Windows folder and the System32 folder is blocked by the application Copying Files To copy one or more files from one location on disk to another select the cyte ii Device Action Copy Files menu option Copy fies from rm Specify the source folder and specific file name or wildcard Files Target folder wil be created if it does not exist matching the source specification will be copied to the target folder The ne target folder will be created if it does not already exist 2011 Spye LLC 122 Spyeworks User Guide Moving Files To copy one or more files from one location on disk to another select the Device Action Move Files menu option Specify the source folder and specific file name or wildcard Files matching the source specification will be moved to the target folder The target folder will be created if it does not exist Setting Device Master Volume To set the master output volume on one or more Devices select the Devices and then click on Device Action Set Volume Set the new volume using the slider control in the Set Volume window Setting the Display Resolution The display resolution on a remote Device can be changed by selecting Device Action Set Display Resolution Enter the required changes and click on OK to send the command If the Device must be rebooted for the change to take effect
43. d in the management application is a Remote Task Manager interface that E winlogon exe a allows direct access to the list of running processes on the remote Device To aaa T activate the Task Manager click on Device Remote Task Manager e AE Mi svchost exe 1076 17324 0K8 Each process is listed along with the relevant PID and current memory usage Moston ue ooe E statistic To end a process select the process and click on End Process FE 2011 Spye LLC 125 Spyeworks User Guide Reporting Reports can be generated on proof of play data Playlist integrity events and telemetry In order to generate a report the data must be collected from the Device beforehand The following topics describe the data collection process and subsequent report generation steps Proof of Play Reports Proof of play log files are generated by the player whenever content is Prootof Play Repon i ES played out To collect the proof of play report select the Device and then Para select the Device Retrieve Proof of Play menu option Date 2008 06 09 Jy To 2 2 canei To retrieve only a single days proof of play data select the Single Day option and enter the date required If you would like to retrieve data for a period of time select the Date period option and then enter the start and end dates required Click on OK to initiate data retrieval Monitor the Status window at the bottom half of the application window for s
44. default application l Cancel Command line c windowssystem32 mspaint exe 1 Browse 2011 Spye LLC 30 Spyeworks User Guide Player Configuration By default no configuration changes are required after installation in order for the Spyeworks Player to display content and use playlists however the PlayerConfig application is provided for the customization of player parameters The PlayerConfig application playerconfig exe has three configuration windows accessed using Tabs displayed at the top of the Player Config application General Display Capture All configuration parameters are stored in a file called spyeworksplayer ini stored in the Spyeworks application folder General EA oc vecia Paye Conf Player Name a Enter a unique name for the Player this name will be used to prefix all proof SE Playername SYNAPSE of play files and will also be used for DSMAP authentication Zp Code TARGET content Zip Code nus Enter the zip code for the area where the player is installed This entry does Vfansaushes on pot B900 not affect player operation and is used primarily by Digital Signs for dynamic A VI Create a playlist for content copied from USE drive content such as weather Content Folder Enter the path where playlists and content for this player can be found Run Status Host on Port This item specifies the port number that the player will listen on for incoming
45. duler The default password for the Admin account is password The user account properties dialog window enables you to select user rights for various activities in the scheduling environment These rights are User is a system administrator If this right is assigned the user may create modify and delete other user accounts as well as Manage assets create playlists and distribute playlists 2011 Spye LLC ae User name Full name Close amp Admin Default Administrator account amp Content Guy The Content Management Guy amp Playlister Playlist Management Person amp Supervisor The User Account Propertie User oar Password sessesesssssst Confirm eesesossessoo The Content Management Guy Full name V User Account is enabled User Rights E User is system administrator M User can create register edit and remove assets E User can create edit and delete playlist E User can approve playlist for distribution E User can distribute approved playlists E User can distribute all playlists 73 Spyeworks User Guide User can create register edit and remove assets This right enables a user to manage the list of registered assets If the user only has asset Management rights he she won t be able to view the playlist window in the scheduler the asset management window will be the only window displayed
46. e date of receipt by the Licensee 18 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law in no event shall MediaSight be liable for any special incidental indirect or consequential damages whatsoever including without limitation damages for loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information or any other pecuniary loss arising out of the use of or inability to use the Software or the failure to provide support services even if Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages In any case 2011 Spye LLC 3 Spyeworks User Guide Licensor s entire liability under any provision of this license agreement shall be limited to US 5 00 Licensor will make commercially reasonable efforts to solve any problem To the extent allowed by applicable law implied warranties on the Software if any are limited to one hundred and eighty days 180 days 14 APPLICABLE LAW If you acquired this Software in the United States this EULA is governed by the laws of the State of Washington If you acquired this Software in Canada unless expressly prohibited by local law this EULA is governed by the laws in force in the Province of Ontario Canada and in respect of any dispute which may arise hereunder you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal and provincial courts sitting in Toronto Ontario If you acquired this Software in the European Union Iceland Norway or Switzer
47. ect File Configuration Database to activate the following configuration dialog Database Engine Select either Spyeworks or Microsoft SQL Server depending on your configuration Server address name Enter the SQL Server address or computer name Database name Enter the name of the database on the SQL Server 2011 Spye LLC Database engine Server address name Database name Authenticate using User name Password Confirm PostgreSQL xj localhost L demedia postgres ooo 21 Spyeworks User Guide Authenticate using Specify whether the SQL Server connection uses SQL Authentication or Trusted Connection If you are unsure select Trusted Connection Username If you have selected SQL Authentication enter the username used to authenticate the SQL Server connection Password If you have selected SQL Authentication enter the password used to connect to the SQL Server database Content Distribution Select File Configuration Content Distribution to activate the following configuration dialog Default file actions Upload assets with playlist Enable this option if you want to distribute multimedia files along with the selected playlists If this option is disabled only playlists are distributed to players Always replace content on upload Enable this option to ensure that all content is always replaced existing content on players is always over written 2
48. ed Device Spyeworks will leave the capture Device in its default input state whether This is an advanced setting Leave the field empt to use the reer P 7 r lt this input is S Video Composite or TV Tuner RS Captioning Enabled pA Channel Freq If the Input parameter is set to TV Tuner enter the channel number or frequency Values less than 99998 are considered to be channel numbers values greater than 99997 are considered to be exact frequency values 2011 Spye LLC 48 Spyeworks User Guide Device This field is provided for playback Devices that have multiple capture sources such as a capture card and a webcam or two capture cards To ensure that Spyeworks uses the relevant capture Device enter the Device ID in this field To view a list of capture Device ID s execute the dcmdiag exe utility supplied with the Spyeworks Player software on the remote computer The output from this utility would look as follows Spyeworks Diagnostics Version 2 0 c 2009 MediaSight Inc WDM Video Capture Device Device pnp usb vid_046d amp pid_0920 5 amp 3816cc72 amp 0 amp 1 65e8773d 8f 56 11d0 a3b9 00a0c9223196 global WDM Video Capture Device Device pnp pci vid_052d amp pid_0921 5 amp 1821cc72 amp 0 amp 1 23e8773d 8f 56 11d0 a3b9 00a0c9211196 global As with the example above the Device ID s consist of a lot of text any portion of this text can be used as the Device ID so long as the text is unique to the De
49. eld you need to enter a start time and end time during which this Device can be polled for status information If auto polling is enabled Devices that are not always powered up will only be checked during their specified power up times Last known status Indicates that last know status from an automated poll a telemetric poll operation or screenshot retrieval operation Display Tab This Device Produces a Digital image This field must be checked in order to support screenshot retrieval Dee Pope iS General Display Content Networking Monitoring Remote Control V This device produces a digital image Virtual Display Number Enter the Windows Desktop number that this Device uses to display pannes e content It is possible to run multiple Spyeworks players on a single Conte ns Device with each player using a specific desktop number ee Le Pixel height 768 Screen type Plasma Screen Orientation Set the display orientation as Portrait or Landscape This setting is used by the screenshot display window to display the screenshot in the correct orientation i 2011 Spye LLC 109 Spyeworks User Guide Pixel width Defines the width of the display in pixels Pixel height Defines the height of the display in pixels Screen type This field is used for documentation purposes only it is used to describe the type of display technology attached to the Device Conte
50. erate this report ensure that you have already polled the Device see Poling a Device 2011 Spye LLC 127 Spyeworks User Guide User Management By default the management application has no defined users and authentication is mL SR not required in order to use the application Full control is provided in this mode and Username Fulname Cose tee 4 5 a bobsmith Bob Smith it is recommended that the application be secured by defining one or more users To sonore Someone Eke Add add modify or delete users click on the File User Management menu option Edi When the application is has no users defined this menu option is accessible a however once users have been defined only authorized users may select the User Management menu option Adding a User To add a new user record click on the Add button User name Enter the user name in this field The user name may contain spaces uppercase and lowercase characters and numeric digits The user name may not exceed 16 characters Uncheck an Password Enter the users password the password may contain spaces uppercase and lowercase characters and numeric digits The password may not exceed 16 characters Confirm Confirm the password in the field provided 2011 Spye LLC 128 Spyeworks User Guide Full name Enter the user s full name Rights Select the rights assigned to this user For convenience rights can be assigned accord
51. eworks has been successfully tested with the following video capture Devices ADS Tech InstantTV FM PCI Gigabyte Global TV PCI Gigabyte USB TV Leadtek Winfast TV2000XP Expert Leadtek Winfast TV2000XP Deluxe Leadtek Winfast TV USB II Deluxe Z Cyber Genie Wonder Pro Hauppauge WinTV PVR 150 Hauppauge WinTV 1600 VideoMate S350 YUAN FunTV USB Webcams Logitech QuickCam Express Acer OrbiCam 2011 Spye LLC 140 Spyeworks User Guide Integration Hardware integration is possible via the Spyeworks Plug in architecture The following Devices have been successfully integrated with Plasma amp LCD Screens Sony LCD Panasonic Plasma NEC LCD Video and Audio Switches Kramer VS601 Kramer VS162AV Kramer VP719XL AMX Netlinx Series Digital Projectors Panasonic PT series Panasonic DLP series 2011 Spye LLC 141 Spyeworks User Guide Network Security Configuration The Spyeworks and Digital Signage Network Management applications used the following network ports for all file transfer remote control and status monitoring operations Port Type Description Protocol HTTP Web Interface used to configure Digital Courier Agent and check 8181 TCP agent status HTTP authentication is required before any configuration HTTP 1 1 changes can be made DFT file transfer protocol DFT is a proprietary Digital Courier file transfer 8448 TCP protocol Authentication is required before a file transfer
52. h section key default value nooo M E INI File path I Section Value name Default value c program files dcmedia config ini settings playerid ol xe Parameters are separated by semicolon The macro parameters are described as follows SIC CSV Indicates an INI data source file path The local file containing the INI data Section Section example settings Key Data key example name test default value The value that will be used if the data is not available 2011 Spye LLC 99 Spyeworks User Guide For example to retrieve the room ID from the INI file the macro would look as follows src ini c program files spyeworks room ini settings roomid 0 And the INI file would be settings roomid 3 SQL Data Data can be retrieved directly from a SQL database using a database query contained within a macro A macro configuration window is provided By default the OLE DB Connect field can be left blank in which case the current Spyeworks connection string will be used If no connection is configured the connection string must entered in the field provided The Field type can be left blank until further notice The syntax for the SQL macro is src sql connect string query field field type default value 2011 Spye LLC OLE DB Connect SQL Query select title description from news order by logged desc Field name title Field type
53. he store a reference number or ID for a master tape or a backup storage copy of the Media Asset 2011 Spye LLC 39 Spyeworks User Guide Duration The duration of the Asset using Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers SMTPE notation HH MM SS FF where refers to Hours between 0 and 99 refers to Minutes between 0 and 59 refers to Seconds between 0 and 59 refers to Frames between 0 and 999 File size This field is for display purposes only the value displayed here is the actual file size of the Media Asset expressed as bytes Kilobytes KB Megabytes MB or Gigabytes GB Frame rate No always applicable to audio files The number of frames per second Spyeworks will attempt to detect this value If you change the value here the SMPTE duration will automatically be updated Frame count No always applicable to audio files The total number of frames in the Media Asset Spyeworks will attempt to detect this value If you change the value here the SMPTE duration will automatically be updated 2011 Spye LLC 40 Spyeworks User Guide Frame width No applicable to audio files The value displayed here is the width of a frame in pixels Spyeworks will attempt to detect this value Frame height No applicable to audio files The value displayed here is the height of a frame in pixels Spyeworks will attempt to detect this value Audio bitrate The encoded bitrate of the audio track in the Media Asset Aud
54. ideo Move Duration 0 Horz Position Vert Position 0 Width 20 Height 574 aa Cancel seconds The horizontal pixel coordinate that will be used as the leftmost position for the layer Vert Position The vertical pixel coordinate that will be used as the topmost position for the layer 2011 Spye LLC 52 Spyeworks User Guide Width The new width for the layer Height The new height for the layer 2011 Spye LLC 53 Spyeworks User Guide Day Parting A day parting is used to break a loop list of content into groups that are only played before the time specified in a day parting Day Parting Properties For example if you create a Day Parting asset with the time 11 00 am any content listed in a playlist before the day parting will only be played before 11 00 am all content listed after the day parting will only be played after 11 00 am The following diagram illustrates this concept Title Format Qiiackinthebox intern Quicktime i HOUSE JPEG Ls FidsDemo 1Departures Digital Sign E dstv Live TV 2 Despertar WMA ry Dayparting at 11 00 Day Parting E dcmediadefault Playlist demediadefault Flash La datetime Digital Sign Centerfield MP3 K BudLightLimeBeauty JPEG 10 0085492_G001 JPEG 2011 Spye LLC Duration 00 00 31 00 00 00 10 00 01 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 05 07 09 This day parting starts at 11 00 24 hour format HH MM Before 11
55. ing to pre defined roles simply by click on the User Supervisor or Administrator buttons Modifying a User Record To modify a user record double click on the username or select the username and click on Modify Deleting a User Record To delete a user record select the user name and click on Delete You will need to confirm the delete operation in order for the record to be deleted 2011 Spye LLC 129 Spyeworks User Guide The Digital Signage Sentry All management functionality provided through the management application is implemented in the Digital Signage Sentry The DS Sentry must be installed on a Device in order to execute any management function The DS Sentry runs as a minimized application with a small icon that is visible in the system tray The agent application window can be restored to a visible state by right clicking on the icon and selecting the Open menu option The Sentry Application Window The Sentry application window lists the agent extension DLL s located on disk along with information relating to the filename and enabled state of each extension The topmost configuration button is used to configure the Sentry application The Configure button located alongside the list of extension DLL s is used to configure each extension 2011 Spye LLC FF kev on DSMAP Configure Server 209 139 209 160 port 9998 Device ID CPCTEST Status Connected Agent Extensions Extensi
56. io frequency The encoded frequency of the audio track in the Media Asset Audio mode The type of audio in terms of Mono Stereo Dual Stereo etc Colors Only applicable to images the value displayed here represents the number of colors in the Media Asset Meta data table The Meta data tags defined in the system tables are displayed here The user registering the new content can use these tags to store extra information about the Media Asset such as location of shoot director actor style soundtrack etc This information will assist in searching for particular Media Assets 2011 Spye LLC 41 Spyeworks User Guide Deleting an Asset To de register one or more Assets select the relevant Assets and press Del on the keyboard or select the Edit Delete menu option You will be prompted for confirmation before any records are deleted You will be prompted to delete the associated multimedia file from disk or not Previewing an Asset To preview one or more Media Assets select the relevant Assets and then select B Gates B1 B6 View Preview or press the Space bar on the keyboard Each Media Asset will Terminal i i i E F be opened in a separate preview window _ Concourses amp Children s Museum Medical Center T4 gt 9 The Media Asset will begin playing immediately To replay the content click the Play button and playback will begin again i z To mute the audio for the Asset being previewed cli
57. ion purposes only the name listed in this field is the name of the current Asset Category Title Enter a title for this Media Asset File path This field describes the location on disk for the multimedia file Click Browse to locate the file using the Windows Explorer interface It is recommended that you select the file path before entering any further data as Spyeworks will attempt to automatically detect various properties of the Media Asset Once a multimedia file has been selected you can preview the content by clicking on the Preview button Log Playback Enable this field if you want playback of this Asset to be logged in a Proof of Play file for audit purposes Read Proof of Play Reports for more information on Proof of Play logging Description Enter a detailed description for the Asset Genre Select the Genre for this Asset 2011 Spye LLC 38 Spyeworks User Guide Language Select the language used in the Asset content Format Spyeworks will attempt to recognize the format of the file by its file extension however you may select the format from the list MPAA rating Select the appropriate The Motion Picture Association of America MPAA rating The following rates are available No rating G General audiences PG Parental Guidance suggested PG13 Parental Guidance required R Restricted NC 17 Author Enter the name of the author or authoring company Extern Ref This field can be used to t
58. it any other Slide in the Sign simply click on the Slide thumbnail To delete a Slide right click on the Slide thumbnail and select Delete from the context menu or click on the Edit Delete menu option 2011 Spye LLC 77 Spyeworks User Guide Slide Objects A Slide can contain multiple shapes images and text objects in order to create a composite image for advertising welcoming information or entertainment Each object can be moved and resized in the editing window as well as ordered in a layered structure Objects overlap according to the layered structure Objects currently selected are displayed with a dotted rectangle surrounding the object Clicking on an object will select the object and any other object currently selected will be deselected To select more than one object simultaneously hold down the Ctrl key before clicking on the object The rightmost portion of the interface is used to display the properties for the slide or the object currently selected in the slide To view the Slide properties select all objects by clicking in an unpopulated portion of the screen External Dependencies mes i If you have objects that contain or reference external images data and add on DLL files the external files are included in the digital sign file when the sign is stored on disk By storing external dependencies the digital sign becomes highly portable when it is played out on a player device the dependency files are e
59. ive Device Management Device management activity falls into two Categories Read operations that generally result in status data being collected and Write operations that result in configuration changes User management will ensure that only authorized users are permitted to execute Write type instructions Users restricted to Read type instructions will be required to enter a supervisor User Name and Password if they attempt to execute a Write type instruction Polling a Device In order to retrieve telemetry data from agent extension DLL s the Device must be polled This is done by select one or more Devices and then selecting the Device Poll menu option The management application will connect to each Device and retrieve polling data this data is then encoded and stored in the database By default polling data includes player execution state version Sentry version current Playlist volume current date and time platform and more This data is extended to include any additional telemetry data provided by the extension DLL s An example of an extension DLL is a UPS monitor that collects information from an external UPS Device via RS232 Actions The digital signage management application provides a list of actions that can be executed directly on the remote Device to assist with Device administration and configuration The following actions are available 2011 Spye LLC 119 Spyeworks User Guide Executing an Application
60. iy will no longer be played This asset is always valid and does not expire This asset may only be played between Playback Expiry Wednesday January 13 2010 9 00 00 AM By default an asset will always be valid however you can specify a and period of validity by entering a start date amp time as well as end date amp Wednesday Jenuery 20 2010 E7 9200 00 PA sia time If you select this option the asset will only be played between the E Delete the asset after playback has expired start date amp time and the end date amp time You can also indicate if you wish to have the asset deleted from the hard disk when it expires 2011 Spye LLC 65 Spyeworks User Guide Removing a Media Asset from a Playlist To remove one or more Assets from a Playlist select the relevant Assets and then drag the items out of the Playlist window Release the mouse button once the mouse cursor has left the Playlist window and the items will be removed from the Playlist alternatively select the Assets and then select the Edit Delete menu option 2011 Spye LLC Layer Properties General Size and Position Playback Name Default Layer color Il Color E mE r Oval Rounded Inverted Semi Rectangle Girde Left JF w D Inverted Semi Inverted Semi Inverted Semi Semi Cirde Let CirdeRight CirdeTop Cirde Bottom q a PF Semi Crde SemiCirde SemiCirde Triangle Left Right Top tom T bd 4
61. l Disk Carousel Layer Move Day Parting Website ONO OIE GUN EE 2011 Spye LLC 44 Spyeworks User Guide Scrolling Ticker The Scrolling Ticker Media Asset is used to display text and images scrolling left right or vertically in a portion of the display area The information contained in the scrolling ticker can be entered directly into the ticker Asset definition or it can be obtained from a file on disk or from a published RSS source on the Internet RSS content can be stored in a disk file and read out from the file at the remote site in the event that the player computer does not have a live Internet connection The following property dialog is used to define a scrolling ticker Scrolling Ticker Properties Title Tite for this ticker Sctoling Ticker Provide a title for this scrolling ticker Asset es ue are crc Type your message below Message Comes From MERS pe AEM St RSS Fie Select the message source from the list provided The message can either be entered directly into the space provided or read from a file on disk or downloaded from an Internet based RSS feed Altemate text if RSS is not available Background Loge Divider Side Logo Templates mego Mo Bowen Click on the Templates button to open the Spyeworks Content Library you can select pre made scrollers from the list of available Font Arial v Ske 40 B Z Cou EAntaiased templates Welcome to the new ACME Storg Scroll
62. land then local law applies If you acquired this Software in any other country then local law will apply 15 ENTIRE AGREEMENT SEVERABILITY This EULA including any addendum or amendment to this EULA which is included with the Software is the entire agreement between you and Licensor relating to the Software and the support services if any and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications proposals and representations with respect to the Software or any other subject matter covered by this EULA To the extent the terms of any Licensor policies or programs for support services conflict with the terms of this EULA the terms of this EULA shall control If any provision of this EULA is held to be void invalid unenforceable or illegal the other provisions shall continue in full force and effect 2011 MediaSight Inc All rights reserved Spyeworks 5 4 Operations Manual This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not in and of itself be construed as a commitment by MediaSight MediaSight assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book The copyright software that accompanies this manual is licensed for use by the Licensee only in strict ac
63. layer if the player is not running Report player events If the agent detects the player has stopped or fails to start the player it will report an event back to the manager DSMAP The Digital Signage Management Access Protocol DSMAP will allow direct connections to the Sentry or file transfers and management without requiring router configuration port mapping or dynamic DNS If you have a DSMAP account profile for this player device enable this option and enter the DSMAP server address port and password 2011 Spye LLC 135 Spyeworks User Guide Troubleshooting 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 The Player won t play the playlist that have selected distributed Check the date and time on the Player device If the date and time are ahead of the start date and time specified in the playlist then the Player won t select the playlist for playback get the error message Failed to connect Unable to connect to address port 9000 No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it Whenever try to retrieve a screenshot from the player The Sentry is not running on the remote device Restart dsagent exe and try again get the error message Connection timed out A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond whenever try to connect to a player across the
64. nce of an audio player by selecting Use Current Audio Player in Sign instead of Create new audio player instance Thereafter select whether the audio player will display the progress bar album art etc This approach allows the freedom to create an audio player display with varying color font size and placement of audio properties 2011 Spye LLC Create new audio player instance Use current audio player in sign Audio files Display Album Art Browse 89 Spyeworks User Guide Inserting an Add On Add On objects allow for the expansion of the Digital Sign capabilities by using DLL files as plug ins for example a table of departing flights or arriving flights can be inserted into the sign using the FIDS in a Box add on To insert an Add On object select nsert Add On or click on the Insert Add On toolbar button The sign creator will scan the Spyeworks content folder for Add On DLL s these files will be listed in the Insert Add On window Select the Add On that you wish to insert and click on the Select button If the Add On can be configured a Configure button will be displayed under the object properties window 2011 Spye LLC o Fins ina Box cn 8 Browse Progress Bar Title Progress Bar Description Displays a progress bar based on a dynamic value 90 Spyeworks User Guide Object Display Properties Each object has a number of properties that define
65. nday January 01 2007 12 00 004M Valid until Friday December 31 2038 ir 11 59 59 PM j liow user playlist swap outs with the following playlist filenames Once you have created your playlist the default layer properties window will be display in the rightmost window pane 2011 Spye LLC 57 Spyeworks User Guide A single layer is created with dimensions matching your playlist dimensions Each layer in the playlist has a Looped Content section and a Scheduled Content section The Looped Content section list a list of assets that will play in a continuous loop inside the layer This loop list can be sub divided using Day Parting assets see Day Parting The Scheduler Content section has time slots for a 24 hour period Assets can be added to these timeslots and scheduled for specific times of the day The play back day can be a specific date everyday or a selection of week days To add layers or to change the dimension of a layer click on the Designer button All Playlists Playlist Demo 1 Looped Content This category contains al playlists and sub categories of fo ee E playlists S amp s 5 Designer Tite Format Duration testing 76841024 demo_1024 demo_1280 demo_1280 dp FIDS mh kemettest newlacky nomal Playlist x Looped Content Scheduled Content Playlist Playlist Playlist fssnews Spotcast table 2011 Spye LLC 58 Spyeworks User Guide The Visual Pla
66. ng an Asset Searching for Assets Enhanced Media Assets Scrolling Ticker Media Streaming Live Video and Audio Capture Clock Disk Carousel 2011 Spye LLC Spyeworks User Guide Layer Move Day Parting Website Playlist Creation Creating a Playlist The Visual Playlist Editor Adding Media Assets to a Playlist Loop List Items Scheduled Items Removing a Media Asset from a Playlist Layer Properties Re arranging Layers Distributing Playlists and Content Displaying the Digital Signage Network Window Selecting a Playlist for Distribution User Rights within the Scheduler Enable User Login 2011 Spye LLC 52 54 55 56 57 59 64 64 64 66 67 70 71 71 72 73 74 Spyeworks User Guide Spyeworks Digital Sign Creator Content Authoring Slide Management Slide Objects External Dependencies Creating a Digital Sign Editing a Digital Sign The Editing Environment Zooming Grid Display and Snap to Grid Object Sizing Object Alignment Object Layering Inserting Objects Inserting an Image Inserting a Shape Inserting Text Inserting a Clock Inserting a Table Table Displaying CSV Data Table Displaying XML Data Table Displaying SQL Data Common Table Configuration 2011 Spye LLC Spyeworks User Guide Inserting an Audio Player Inserting an Add On Object Display Properties Border Fill Font Margin Dynamic Data Macros Overview XML Data CSV Data INI Data SQL Data Add On Macros Macros within Macros
67. nitoring Remote Control Network address EEREPARIE Connection type TCP IP connection to device 5 7 This device can receive files Protocol DFT x Port 8448 Usemame usemame Password Digital Courier Ste Name 111 Spyeworks User Guide Username Enter the username used for authentication NOTE This is not the Windows username and password but rather a proprietary username and password used by the network manager Password Enter the password used for authentication Confirm this password in the Confirm field Digital Courier Site Name This field is optional and is used only by the Digital Courier Agent If you are unsure of what to enter here enter the computer name as the Digital Courier Agent adopts the computer name as its own during installation 2011 Spye LLC 112 Spyeworks User Guide Montioring Tab Device can be monitored with ICMP ping Check this field if the Device responds to ICMP ping packets during monitoring This Device supports Sentry polling on port The Digital Signage Agent should be installed with the relevant agent Device rope i extensions by default the agent will listen on port 9000 for polling ET ertors Ree Ca connections When an agent is polled data is collected from each agent ER RE W This device supports DS Agent polling on port 9000 extension and sent back to the server including volume date and time platform version and more Password a Enter the
68. nt Tab Dece properes i lS Content Path General Display Content Networking Monitoring Remote Control Enter the full path where the content used by this Device is stored ee re Spyeworks requires this path in order to direct content and Playlists to Plait path the right location on disk f the playist path is empty the Content path willbe used for both playlists and content Playlist Path For current versions of Spyeworks this path is not used its purpose is reserved for integration with other Digital Signage software solutions Caneel 2011 Spye LLC 110 Spyeworks User Guide Network Tab Network Address Enter the IP address computer name or host name for this Device Connection Type In most cases this field should be set to TCP IP connection to Device In cases where Digital Courier is used for satellite distribution the field can be changed to Digital Courier however this should only be done when there is no direct IP connection to the Device This Device can receive files Check this field if this Device can receive files over the network Protocol Select the file transfer protocol that must be used to transfer files to this Device Options include FTP DFT a proprietary protocol used by Spyeworks UFTP reliable multicast TFTP and UNC Network Shares Port Enter the network port that is used for file transfer 2011 Spye LLC General Display Content Networking Mo
69. nt portion of the display each layer has a list of assets that are scheduled to play in a sequenced order loop list or at specific dates and times scheduled items When Spyeworks plays out a playlist each layer in the playlist will play items scheduled for specific dates and times and if no scheduled items are due assets in the layers loop list will be displayed Navigating the Playlist window is done using the same user interface guidelines described in The Scheduler User Interface 2011 Spye LLC 56 Spyeworks User Guide Creating a Playlist To create a Playlist select the Playlist Insert Playlist menu option or right click in the Playlist view the center pane and select Insert Playlist A Playlist property window will be displayed Name Enter a name for this Playlist Description Enter a description for this Playlist Display Dimensions Select the dimensions of the Playlist in pixels specified as width x height By default the Playlist dimension is set to 1024 x 768 You can select a predefined dimension from the drop down list or you can enter your own custom dimensions Start Date If you wish to restrict this Playlist to a specific start date enter the date in the fields provided End Date You may specify an end date for this Playlist Playlist Properties eos Name Demo 23 Description Cancel _ j This is a demo playlist Display Dimensions 1366x768 Valid from Mo
70. on 2011 Spye LLC 80 Spyeworks User Guide Select Modify Make same width or Modify Make same height to update the objects according to your requirements In the example above we ve selected Make same width and the results are shown Object Alignment In the same manner as Object Sizing described above multiple objects can be aligned to match a selected object To align multiple objects select the objects that must aligned and then holding down the Ctrl key select the object that the selected D a objects will be aligned to match Select either Align Left te Align Right Align Top or Align Bottom to align the objects accordingly Object Layering Objects are layered in the order in which they were inserted To bring and object closer to the front of the slide select and object and click on Modify Arrange Bring forwards to adjust the object layering one layer at a time or Modify Arrange Bring to front to bring the object to the top layer immediately At any time during the editing process hold down the left Ctrl key on the keyboard to highlight all the objects in the slide This is particularly useful for text objects that do not contain any text or that have a color making them difficult to locate 2011 Spye LLC 81 Spyeworks User Guide Inserting Objects Inserting an Image The Digital Sign Creator supports JPEG BMP and PNG image formats Select the Insert Picture menu opti
71. on the mouse cursor will change to indicate that an object can be placed and sized Hold down the mouse button and move the mouse an object sizing rectangle will be displayed Release the mouse button and a new image object will be placed in the slide To specify the image file that must be displayed inside the object ensure the image object is selected and then enter the file path in the Image file field located at the bottom right hand corner of the application window To locate the image file using Explorer click on the browse button Image file d content back1 jpql Dynamic file path Image scale Horz 100 Vert 100 The file path for the image file can be dynamically constructed using macros for example you may require an image that relates to external data such as weather or finance A variety of macros are available for XML CSV INI or SQL data selection for more information consult Dynamic Data Macros The image will always be scaled to match the size of the object to set the image to display at 100 its original size enter 100 in both the Horz and Vert scale entry fields or set the image object size in the object properties Images can also be inserted in the slide using drag n drop actions Select the image file in the Windows Explorer window and then drag the file into the slide An image object will automatically be created to display the image at 100 of its original size 2011 Spye LLC
72. on Status Filename 130 Spyeworks User Guide Sentry Configuration Configuration of the Sentry is done by click on the topmost Configuration button General This configuration window provides general configuration options Delay Polling Enter the number of seconds that the agent will use to delay extension polling This is useful to prevent false events being uploaded to the server during Device startup For example a satellite DVB S receiver Device may require a period of time to establish signal and the relevant extension DLL s must be delayed from polling in order to prevent false low signal events Report agent startup Tick this option if you require an event whenever the agent is started in effect signaling Device startup Allow incoming status connections on port By default this option should not be disabled the management application uses this port to retrieve status information and download instructions This port should only be disabled if the Device is excluded from external management for a time period Allow incoming event reports on port Tick this option to support event logging from external applications for instance an external LED screen monitor can log faulty LED panels via this port 2011 Spye LLC 131 Spyeworks User Guide Start error dialog scanner Tick this option to start the error dialog scanner This scanner will detect and remove any error messages or dialog windows that may
73. operation is Proprietary granted Spyeworks Player Status the Sentry will connect to this port via localhost in order to retrieve playlist and other status information The player can also be controlled via this port Authentication is required before any commands can be issued The Sentry listens on port 9000 for incoming status requests and 9000 TCP commands Authentication is required before any command or status Proprietary request is granted 8900 TCP Proprietary 9500 TCP Used by the Sentry to upload event messages to the Network Manager Proprietary 9998 TCP Used by the Sentry to maintain a DSMAP connection to a DSMAP server Proprietary 2011 Spye LLC 142
74. orer is first opened the list of hard disks on the remote device is listed To view the files on a hard disk double click on the relevant disk The current path will become the root of the selected hard disk and this root path will then be displayed at the top of the window as the Current Path If you double click on a folder listed in the root the files and folders located in the folder will then be retrieved and the Current Path will be updated Remote File Explorer CurentPath C nuitimed 2011 Spye LLC 124 Spyeworks User Guide Viewing Remote Files To view a file located on a remote device select the file in the listing and then click on the View button The file will be downloaded to your current temporary path and then displayed using the default application for the selected file type Downloading a Remote File Using the same technique as Viewing this option enables you to download the file to custom location on your hard disk Create a remote folder Click on the Create Remote Folder button and enter the folder name Fa Deleting a remote file 7 To delete one or more remote files select the files and click on the File Delete button Refreshing the list of files To refresh the file listing click on the Refresh button Remote Task Manager Paye Ex Process PID Mem Usage The Remote Task Manager Fi mit ro PE smss exe 620 384 0KB E PM csrss exe 6 y Include
75. our computer has a dual display configuration you can configure Spyeworks to play all content previews on the second display Default Asset duration The duration entered here will be used for any Media Assets that don t have an inherent duration such as bitmaps JPEG images and PNG images these Assets only have 1 frame and therefore do not include a duration Spyeworks Player This field contains the full path to the Spyeworks Player executable Click Browse to locate the file using the Windows Explorer interface 2011 Spye LLC General Plugins Require user login Preview on second display Default asset duration 10 seconds DC Media player C Program Files amp 86 demedia demediaplayer exe Content folder C Users Public Documents demedia content Enable User Tips 20 Spyeworks User Guide Content Folder This field contains the full path to the multimedia content used by Spyeworks Click Browse to locate this folder Enable User Tips Click on this button to re enable messages that assist the user in operating the software Database Configuration When Spyeworks is installed it will automatically install the Spyeworks Database Engine unless it detects an existing installation of a Microsoft SQL database engine and will also automatically configure the data settings Database Configuration is therefore only for advanced users who wish to user another database configuration Sel
76. ow Spyeworks will detect the multimedia format and properties for each file and register the files that are recognized to be one of the many supported file formats By default the name of the file will be used as the title Manual Asset Registration To register an Asset manually select the Media Assets Insert Asset menu option or press the Ins key on the keyboard Using the Insert Asset window select the asset Insert Asset Please select the type of multimedia asset that you would like to insert Digital Sign Live Video TV HTML Multimedia Layer Move Stream a Q ca Hel 2 ta Audio Day Parting MS Office Document S Scrolling Ticker Website PDF Browse Templates Select this asset type for all Video files induding MPEG 1 MPEG2 QuickTime DivX 3GP MPEG4 Flash Video FLV ASF and Windows Media Video Click Next to browse for files of this type format that you would like to register and click Next to locate the media file or enter the asset properties 2011 Spye LLC Spyeworks User Guide Modifying the Properties of a Registered Asset To modify the properties of a Media Asset select the Asset listed in the Media Asset window and then select the Edit Properties menu option or press Enter on the keyboard Modify the properties accordingly and click OK to store the changes or click Cancel to discard the changes Category This field is displayed for informat
77. password defined in the Sentry configuration on the remote ajja player The default password is password Address This Device has a webcam monitor Check this field if the Device can be monitored via webcam Connection Type The webcam can be attached via a USB port or it can have its own network address Address Enter the webcam address if the webcam connection type is set to HTTP 2011 Spye LLC 113 Spyeworks User Guide Remote Control Tab Supports Web browser access on port Check this field if the Device supports HTTP access This allows the network manager to open a web browser interface with the site address entered automatically via a toolbar button and makes for easier management without having to re enter network addresses Supports remote player control on port Spyeworks players support remote player control via port 8900 The operator can play pause stop select the previous item or advance to the next item in the Playlist uses the player control over a network link Supports remote desktop sharing on port Check this option if the Device supports Remote Desktop VNC TightVNC Timbuktu or any other remote desktop sharing platform Command line The command line that will be used to connect to the remote desktop software can be configured in this field Editing a Device To edit the properties for a Device double click on the item or right click and select Properties Deleting a Device To delete
78. pye LLC 35 Spyeworks User Guide Media Asset Categories A Media Asset Category is used to group related Media Assets and sub Categories of TRS AE Media Assets Preview pace Create Asset To create a new Category select the Media Assets menu option and then select Insert DEEE Category or right click in the Media Asset window pane and select nsert Category from kentasa Ins the menu presented Delete Del Cut Ctrl X In the Category properties dialog shown below enter a name an optional description for Se Cory the new Category Edit Export Scrolling Ticker Name Fillers Description This category contains all the fillers that are non revenue generating Click OK to store the new Category or click Cancel to abort the operation 2011 Spye LLC 36 Spyeworks User Guide Registering an Asset To register a new Media Asset navigate to the appropriate Category using the Media window Once inside the Category you can either drag and drop multimedia files into the Category directly from the Windows Explorer window for automatic registration or you can manually register each Asset using the Media Assets Insert Asset menu option Drag and Drop Asset Registration Using the Windows Explorer select the multimedia files that must be registered any number of files can be selected simultaneously Using the mouse pointer hold down the left mouse button and drag the files into the media browser wind
79. r sizing during design To resize a layer position the mouse cursor over a gray block anchor point hold down the left mouse button and move the anchor point until the required size is achieved To move a layer position the mouse cursor anywhere inside the layer rectangle and click the left mouse button Hold the mouse button down and move the layer around the display 2011 Spye LLC 60 Spyeworks User Guide The following toolbar functions are available 2011 Spye LLC 61 Spyeworks User Guide Each toolbar button is described below Cut Cut the selected layers from the display and store in the clipboard Copy Copy the selected layers to the clipboard Paste Paste layers stored in the clipboard into the display Properties Displays a dialog containing the properties for the selected display dynamic Undo Undo the last change made Delete Delete the highlighted layer Save Changes Store changes made to the database Display Size Use this option to define the display size at the remote site E El Dx 2s SB oe 4 3 Aspect Ratio Adjust the aspect ratio of the selected layer to a 4 3 ratio Adjust the aspect ratio of the selected layer to a 16 9 ratio 16 9 Aspect Ratio New Layer Add a new layer to the display layout Duplicate Duplicates the selected layer by adding a new layer with the same width and height Constrain within Display Enable this item to prevent la
80. ral Tab Location The Location field indicates the current Location for this Device Name This name is used in identifying the Device throughout the Spyeworks application suite The name does not necessarily need to match the computer name or Device host name Description Enter a description for this Device Device Type Select the type of Device from the list presented The type of Device is used primarily for documentation purposes and it will also be used to determine the management options available to you for the specific Device Style General Display Content Networking Monitoring Remote Control Location USA Name Player23 Descrption Device type Player She Free standing DS Software DC Media T This device is always on Powered up between 53 HH MM 24 hour format Last known status Additional information error message This field is merely for documentation purposes and describes whether the Device is free standing or rack mounted DS Software Enter the product name of the Digital Signage software or hardware that powers this display If you are unsure the agent can attempt to auto detect the software platform If you require auto detection ensure that Auto detect is checked 2011 Spye LLC 108 Spyeworks User Guide This Device is always on If the Device is always powered up and playing content then this field should be left checked If you uncheck this fi
81. rl conte 50 2008 04 02 13 14 43 Tes 1721921 ia DC Media _ Listing f Map Screenshots Date amp Time Device Request Progress Result gt 2008 07 31 13 27 23 Player2 Screenshot Failed Failed to connect An attempt to lookup host Player2 failed The requested name is valid but no data of the requested type was found Statu sS Wi nd OW Screenshot Failed Failed to connect An attempt to lookup host Player3 failed The requested name is valid but no data of the requested type was found 2008 07 31 13 27 16 Players Screenshot Failed Failed to connect An attempt to lookup host Player3 failed The requested name is valid but no data of the requested type was found amp 2008 07 31 13 27 18 Players Ping Failed Failed to lookup host Player amp i 2008 07 31 13 26 57 Player Screenshot Failed Failed to connect An attempt to lookup host Player9 failed The requested name is valid but no data of the requested type was found B Status Alerts O Tasks Ready 2011 Spye LLC 104 Spyeworks User Guide Locations The leftmost window in the user interface is used to create and manage a structured hierarchy of Locations these Locations can be physical locations or virtual groupings When a Location is selected in this view the Devices associated with this Location are listed in the Device List window located on the right hand of the Location window Creating a New Location To create a new Location select the nsert
82. rmation or entertainment Each object can be moved and resized in the editing window as well as ordered in a layered structure Objects overlap according to the layered structure 75 Spyeworks User Guide Content Authoring The application can be used to edit multiple Digital Sign files simultaneously with each open file shown as a Window Tab at the bottom of the application window The Sign file currently being edited is represented with a white Window Tab and the remaining open Sign files are represented with gray tabs BY Dc Media Digital Sign Author SoH File Edit Insert View Align Modify Window Help Al Ex JARO 56 Width 636 47 Height 129 Key colored Blend 100 Angle 0 Position Shadow Border Fil Font Face Arial Size 72 v Color ViTextis shadowed B VIBold E italic E underlined J Antialiased F Gutined Text Content Weekend Getaway travelsign dsn 2011 Spye LLC 76 Spyeworks User Guide Slide Management Each Slide in the Sign file that is currently selected is displayed as a small thumbnail down the left File Edit Insert Ve most window pane The window pane in the center of the application window is the edit space where d Hlg amp the current Slide in the selected Sign is edited The Slide currently being edited is highlighted with a blue frame To insert a blank slide select the Insert Slide menu option To ed
83. rocess in order to capture relevant XML Too Te parameters The actual macro syntax is IE Value is financial use images to represent value sre xml file path or URL tag path item default value Poste va Zero value NC Negative value Parameters are separated by semicolon The macro parameters are described as follows sre xml Indicates an XML data source file path or URL The local file or online URL for the XML data A dotted notation of each tag that must be opened in order to reach the data see tag path example below Item The last tag that contains the data default value The value that will be used if the data is not available 2011 Spye LLC 96 Spyeworks User Guide For example srce xml http cpchosted spyeworks com xmi feed weather xml cabs_tabdata row id THURSDAY column id gfx In this example the XML looks as follows lt cabs_tabdata gt lt row id THURSDAY gt lt column id day gt THURSDAY lt column gt lt column id min gt 2 lt column gt lt column id max gt 22 lt column gt lt column id desc gt Fine lt column gt lt column id gfx gt sun lt column gt lt column id ldesc gt light westerly lt column gt lt column id date gt 2008 04 24 lt column gt lt row gt The value retrieved is sun and this value can be used in an Image object file path to specify the image that must be used in the daily weather report 2011 Spye LLC 97
84. s prohibited 2011 Written and designed at MediaSight Microsoft Windows DirectX and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation Flash and Macromedia are registered trademarks of Macromedia Inc Other product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged 2011 Spye LLC 5 Spyeworks User Guide 2011 Spye LLC Spyeworks User Guide Table of Contents Spyeworks Scheduler and Player Introduction Terms Used in This Guide Installation and Configuration Software Installation Required Components Software Configuration Application Configuration Database Configuration Content Distribution Digital Courier Configuration Scheduler Administration User Account Administration Adding a User Account Editing a User Account Deleting a User Account System Table Administration Adding Modifying and Deleting Genres Adding Modifying and Deleting Languages Meta Data Administration 2011 Spye LLC 15 16 17 Spyeworks User Guide Adding Modifying and Deleting Meta Data Managing Multimedia Editor Applications Player Configuration General Display Capture The Scheduler Interface The Media Asset Window Media Asset Categories Registering an Asset Drag and Drop Asset Registration Manual Asset Registration Modifying the properties of a Registered Asset Deleting an Asset Previewing an Asset Creating an Asset Editi
85. s used to register and manage these Assets by storing them in user defined Categories with i the option of adding Meta data tags descriptive text to each Asset Hep Preview Space Close All Previews Media Assets can be previewed in the Asset Preview Window simply by select the relevant Assets and pressing the space bar or clicking on the Preview toolbar button Toolbar vV Status Bar Report The left most window pane of the Spyeworks user interface is the Media Asset window The Media Asset Window can operate as a large icon view a small icon view a report view or a list oe view depending on which option is selected by the user To change the view style click the Large Icons appropriate toolbar button or select the icon view style from the View menu option 7 Spyeworks can group Media Assets into Categories for easier searching and navigation To create a Category see Creating a Playlist Once a Category has been created the user can view the contents of this Category by double clicking on the Category icon The Media Asset view will be refreshed to list all the Media Assets and sub Categories contained within the selected Category To navigate back to a parent Category double click the icon listed at the top of the Media Assets window amp The same navigation principles applied in the Media Asset window are applied to the Playlist window located in the center of the Spyeworks user interface 2011 S
86. scribed in this EULA 10 DISTRIBUTION Licensor grants you the license to use the software within your own organization You may not distribute the software outside your organization You may make one copy of the so networks Internet FTP and HTTP based sites You may not make any of the Software components or the Software itself available for download ware for backup purposes You may not store copies of the Software on any publicly accessible server including file sharing mediums peer to peer 11 TERMINATION Without prejudice to any other rights Licensor may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA In such event you must remove all installed instances of the Software and destroy all copies of the Software and all of its component parts 12 LIMITED WARRANTY a Except as specifically stated in this agreement the Software is provided and licensed AS IS without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose b Licensor does not warrant that the functions contained in the Software will meet your requirements or that operation of the Software will be either error free or appear precisely as described in the documentation c Licensor warrants that the Software will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying documentation for a period of 90 days from th
87. situation where the number of rows exceeds the visible space in the table If None is selected rows that are not visible will not be drawn Select Smooth scroll items for each row to be scrolled slowly up the table in a continuous loop with rows repeating at the bottom of the table Skip row per cycle and Display next page are variants of the scrolling option Default Header Format Click on Modify to define the default header display attributes Default Column Format Click on Modify to define the default column display attributes Inserting an Audio Player An audio player object can be used to play a list of MP3 and WMA files as well as display the album art progress bar title album name and artist for each mp3 To insert an audio player select the Insert Audio menu option or click on the Insert Audio Player toolbar button The audio player requires a one of the following A path to the MP3 files A specific file name of an audio file A text file listing audio files AM8U playlist file Specify the source of the audio files or click on Browse to locate a playlist file Select the display characteristic of the audio player i e select whether the audio player will display album art title artist album progress bar or duration 2011 Spye LLC 88 Spyeworks User Guide To display multiple characteristics of the audio file being played insert another audio player and configure the object to use an existing insta
88. sk the file date and time will be checked periodically as defined by the number of seconds in this field Scroll speed Enter the ticker scroll speed ranging from 1 to 10 where 1 is the fastest speed 2011 Spye LLC 46 Spyeworks User Guide Multimedia Streaming Spyeworks can display the contents of a Microsoft Media Services Video Title Streaming Video or Audio stream as a Media Asset Duration 00 30 00 00 HH MM SS Cancel Published point URL Title Provide a title for this Asset http cpctest dnsdojo com streamtest asy Duration Enter the default duration that this Asset The duration must be supplied in the format HH MM SS where HH can range from 0 to 23 MM can range from 0 to 59 and SS can range from 0 to 59 Published point URL Enter the URL for the published stream usually an ASX link The stream format must be compatible with Microsoft Media Player 2011 Spye LLC 47 Spyeworks User Guide Live Video and Audio Capture A WDM compatible Video Capture card is required for this Media Asset to function Consult Video Capture Cards for a list of Video Capture cards tested with Spyeworks Title cone Pores Enter a title for this Asset i Title CNN Input Duration 00 30 00 00 HH MM SS Cancel Select the video source from the list of input types This list includes Input TV Tuner m Channel Fieg 191250000 Default S Video Composite and TV Tuner When Default is select
89. status connections This port does not need to be changed unless multiple players are installed on the same computer 2011 Spye LLC 31 Spyeworks User Guide Copy content and playlists from USB drives If this item is enabled and the player detects the insertion of a USB drive the player will scan the drive and copy all content and playlists from the USB drive to the content folder If the USB drive does not include any playlists but does include content the Player will automatically create a playlist for the new content Create a playlist for content copied from USB drive Disable this option to prevent the player from creating a playlist for new content copied from the USB drive Play in Windowed Mode If this option is enabled Spyeworks Media Player will run as a standard application window with a close button caption and window title 2011 Spye LLC 32 Spyeworks User Guide Display Display number Select the display that Spyeworks will use for content playback Span Across a If your display configuration has multiple monitors configured horizontally you can _ lt specify how many displays the Spyeworks Player should span when it displays content For example if you have a dual monitor configuration and you specify the Span Across value to be 2 Spyeworks will display content across both screens as na Span across 1 show below sus F Duplay device NVIDIA GeForce S300M GS Resoktion 1280x
90. t can assist with Sign editing for example the editing window can be zoomed in or out during the editing process a grid can be displayed to assist with object placement and objects can be sized to match other object sizes Menu options are also available to alter the object layering structure of each Slide 2011 Spye LLC 79 Spyeworks User Guide Zooming To Zoom In on your Sign select the View Zoom In menu option or click on the applicable toolbar button A keyboard shortcut is also available for this action simply press the Cir and keys together To Zoom Out select the View Zoom Out menu option or click on the toolbar button or simply hold down Ctrl and minus Grid Display and Snap to Grid A grid can be displayed as a guide for object placement To view the grid select the View Show Grid menu option or click on the relevant toolbar button Object movement can be constrained within the grid rectangles by select the View Snap to Grid menu option The grid size can be defined by selecting Edit Preferences and entering a new grid size in the field provided Object Sizing While objects can be sized individually using the mouse cursor objects can also be sized to match the size of a specific object in the Slide To size multiple objects select the objects that must sized and then holding down the Ctrl key select the object that the selected objects will be adjusted to match The diagram illustrates this acti
91. tatus information relating to this command Once data collection has completed select the Reports Proof of Play menu option You will once again be presented with the date selection dialog shown above Click on OK to generate the report 2011 Spye LLC 126 Spyeworks User Guide Playlist Integrity Report The Playlist integrity report indicates the integrity of the current Playlist by listing each Asset in the Playlist along with a status indicator relating to the content being found in the required location To retrieve Playlist integrity data click on Device Check Playlist Integrity Monitor the Status window at the bottom half of the application window for status information relating to this command Once data collection has completed select the Reports Playlist Integrity menu option The report will be generated and displayed Device Event History Report This report details the list of events received from the Device along with any status updates for each event To generate this report click on Reports Device Alert History Device Telemetry Report Each agent extension DLL on the remote Device is called by the Sentry to provide telemetry data in response to a poll command Accordingly the same DLL s are called by the management application to decode the stored telemetry data and present the information in an HTML format The report generated will list all telemetry data retrieved during the latest poll command To gen
92. than the layer being revealed during the squeeze back Playlist demo_1280x800 To move a layer up in the order of precedence select the layer and then click on the Up arrow button located at the top of the layer list To move the layer down click on the Down arrow To delete a layer select the layer and then 9 click on the Delete layer icon 2011 Spye LLC 70 Spyeworks User Guide Distributing Playlists and Content Displaying the Digital Signage Network window When you are ready to distribute a playlist select the Distribution Distribute Content menu option Upload Assets with Playlist Enable this option if you want Spyeworks to distribute multimedia files along with the selected playlists If this option is disabled only playlists are distributed to play out sites Overwrite Assets on upload Enable this option if you would like all content listed in the playlist to be uploaded regardless of whether it exists on the remote player device Send at a later date and or time rag one or more playlists onto the destination cel ga ss g T Upload assets with playlist 2 oo Eal Li Overwrite assets on upload gv 9 3 Send at a later date and or time 95258 Ph Queens Brooklyn Playlist Display Folder Player Player Player 3 Player4 Player 5 Select All Deselect All Enable this option if you wish to schedule the distribution of playlists and content for a later date or
93. that you are able to detect and resolve any points of failure minimizing screen downtime and maintaining customer satisfaction SPIE NETWORK MANAGER 2011 Spye LLC By deploying the management agent on a player Device you will be able to control playback execute applications update the registry control the display resolution audit the hardware retrieve screenshots and more The agent will also monitor for any popup dialog windows appearing over your digital signage displays when a popup is detected the agent closes the window and relays the window message back to the management server The Digital Signage Network Manager can be used to monitor any digital signage network that is based on Windows XP or Vista simply by installing the agent software 103 Spyeworks User Guide Using the Digital Signage Network Manager The main application interfaces is divided into several sections as shown below W Digital Signage Network Manager Si File Insert Edit Device Reports View Help L on Bx taAa Bde GRR aloaegaa sagegsagan CFE re Doom on Binet Vol State Platform Ve Playest 1721921 n a i D Pape Played ss North Carolina Playerti Player n a Locations lon Paye va Device List Playe Pi na amp Paye a wa Network Map Players Players n a amp Piyes Payet na Screenshot View Player Player n a 8 Piyes Played a Played Player c playe
94. the ae list 5 Biographical Comedy 5 Documentary To delete one or more Genres select the relevant items and click Delete You will be prompted for confirmation before any records are deleted 29 Infomercial Adding Modifying and Deleting Languages To add a new Language click Add Enter the new Language name and click OK to store the record or click Cancel to discard the new entry To edit a Language select the entry and then click Edit or double click the item in the list To delete one or more Languages select the relevant items and click Delete You will be prompted for confirmation before any records are deleted 2011 Spye LLC 28 Spyeworks User Guide Meta Data Administration Meta Data tags store extra information about Media Assets that can assist in searching and cataloging The Meta Data Administration window is available via the File Administration Meta Data menu option Adding Modifying and Deleting Meta Data To add a new Meta Data Tag click Add Enter the new Meta Data Tag u a Close name and click OK to store the record or click Cancel to discard the new Es entry Es Culture s Add E Customer i P E Director Edt To edit a Meta Data Tag select the entry and then click Edit or double E Holiday click the item in the list E Lead Role Delete Eb OVERRIDETIMER To delete one or more Meta Data Tags select the relevant items and click lt
95. the digital signage network and can be addressed individually or as part of a group Content is registered in the content management database the genre multimedia format duration display characteristics and associated meta data are recorded for each item The meta data can be expanded to include custom fields for easy searching at a later stage Spyeworks currently supports MPEG1 MPEG2 MPEG3 Audio MPEG4 Windows Media WMA amp WMV ASF Apple QuickTime HTML Microsoft PowerPoint BMP JPEG TIF Fr and PNG images Windows Media Streaming Live Video Macromedia Flash WAV audio fytchen Appliances AVI VOB DVD Disk Carousels Digital Signs and scrolling ticker messages im Dining Each player display can be layered to play out more than one item of multimedia simultaneously these display layouts can be altered dynamically during playback The Spyeworks Digital Signage Management system provides several management functions including hardware auditing screenshot retrieval hard disk management the ability to reboot execute applications and update the registry heartbeat monitoring of players playlist monitoring version reporting and event management Players can be polled for current playlist information and can be configured to report any anomalies or playlist changes to a central location Playback log files are delivered back to a central location for processing by a log file manager Reports can be retrieved detailing pl
96. time 2011 Spye LLC 71 Spyeworks User Guide Selecting a Playlist for Distribution To distribute a Playlist select the relevant Playlist icon and drag onto a specific player or a group of players Each Player in your network is listed with a blue screen icon Players A location is listed with a building icon New York If you drag a playlist onto a location icon the playlist will be distributed to all the players located in that location When you drag a playlist onto one or more players distribution items will be listed in the outbox located on the right hand side of the network dialog Click Upload to send the Playlist and content files to the selected players To configure your list of players you must use the Spyeworks Digital Signage Network Manager 2011 Spye LLC 72 Spyeworks User Guide User Rights within the Scheduler By default the Scheduler can be accessed without a user name or password It is possible to configure a user list and provide user rights for asset management playlist management and playlist distribution To manage the list of users select the File Administration User Accounts menu option To create a new user account click on the Add button and to modify an existing user account select the user and click on Edit To delete a user account select the account and click on Delete You will be prevented from deleting the Admin account as this will lock you out of the Sche
97. u are acting in using or installing the Software 2 GRANT OF LICENSE Licensor grants you the following rights provided that you comply with all terms and conditions of this EULA You may install use access display and run the Software on any computer such as a workstation server terminal or other Device provided the number of installed copies of the Software does not exceed your licensed seat count at any time regardless of whether the Software is active or inactive This licensed seat count applies to installed instances of the Software 3 RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND OWNERSHIP Licensor reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this EULA The Software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties Licensor or its suppliers own the title copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Software All title and intellectual property rights in and to the Software the accompanying printed materials if any and any copies of the Software are owned by Licensor All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Licensor The Software is licensed not sold 4 LIMITATIONS ON REVERSE ENGINEERING DECOMPILATION AND DISASSEMBLY You may not reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the Software This limitation includes any contracted party or any persons accessing the Software on your premises 5 NO RENTAL Under no circumstances may you rent lease or lend the Software 2011 Spye LLC 2 Spye
98. ultimedia Editor Applications Filename Format JPEG image x Genre all Genres x Category all Categories z Metadata x contains Search Results Item Duration abstract 00 00 10 00 F retail 00 00 10 00 F retail 00 00 10 00 retail3 00 00 10 00 16892121 00 00 10 00 Finance_JSEToday_24102007 00 00 10 00 Finance_forex_24102007 00 00 10 00 2011 Spye LLC Finance_Commodities_ 24102007 m 00 00 10 00 r 43 Spyeworks User Guide Searching for Assets To find one or more Media Assets select the Media Assets Find menu option The following search criteria window will be displayed Each field in the window is optional and if left blank will not be used in the search query To define search criteria enter specific keywords in the relevant fields and click Find The search results are listed at the bottom of the dialog Once search results have been displayed you can preview one or more items in the result list or you can drag the Assets into the loop list or schedule list for the current playlist Enhanced Media Assets Spyeworks provides several special function Media Assets that are not based on multimedia files but rather on external data such as RSS new feeds Live TV capture multimedia streams etc The following enhanced Assets are available Scrolling Ticker Multimedia stream Live video amp audio capture Real time clock analog or digita
99. vice you are using in the example above the ID used could be PCI vs USB in the other Device ID 2011 Spye LLC 49 Spyeworks User Guide Clock Spyeworks can display a real time analog or digital clock as a Media Asset GRAS Tite Clock Title Duration 23535900 HHMM SS Cancel Format Digital 24 hour Background Enter a title for this Asset Image Browse Fo rmat Solid Color The Clock can be displayed as a 12 hour digital clock 24 hour digital or Analog Gredent sut MEd clock Line color ER V Show hours Color Offset time by Enter a positive or negative number in this field to display a time that is relevant to another time zone V Show minutes Color 7 Show seconds Color Offset time by 0 hours 2011 Spye LLC 50 Spyeworks User Guide Disk Carousel Disk Carousel Properties i O ce Title Carousel The Disk Carousel Asset will playback all supported multimedia files Berea 00 30 00 00 ee Gus found in folder on disk The specified folder will be scanned for ARE multimedia files that conform to the specified filter or if the filter is d incoming EN empty all multimedia files will be played and playback will begin At the F Include sub folders end of every Asset the folder is re scanned for any new multimedia Play files with extension e g mpg swf ipg or use for all compatible files files mpg swf ipd Default duration for images
100. works User Guide 6 ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE SERVICES This EULA applies to updates supplements add on components or Internet based services components of the Software that Licensor may provide to you or make available to you after the date you obtain your initial copy of the Software unless we provide other terms along with the update supplement add on component or Internet based services component Licensor reserves the right to discontinue any Internet based services provided to you or made available to you through the use of the Software 7 UPGRADES To use Software identified as an upgrade you must first be licensed for the software identified by Licensor as eligible for the upgrade After upgrading you may no longer use the software that formed the basis for your upgrade eligibility for a period not exceeding 6 months since the upgrade 8 EVALUATION The So ware may be used within a specified Evaluation Period during which the Licensee is bound to all conditions laid out in this EULA This Evaluation Period must fall within a time period agreed to between the Licensee and Licensor and may not exceed 30 days from date of installation At the end of the Evaluation Period you must uninstall the Software and destroy all copies of the Software and all of its component parts 9 NOT FOR RESALE SOFTWARE The Software is not for resale It may not be sold or otherwise transferred for value or used for any purpose other than that which is de
101. xtracted to hard disk before playback occurs Extraction of dependency files will not occur if the file already exists on the hard disk and has been updated by the user For example if you include a text file in the digital sign and the text file contains a message for display the text file will be extracted to the hard disk before playback If however the text file exists and has been edited by the user the file will not be overwritten 2011 Spye LLC 78 Spyeworks User Guide Creating a Digital Sign To create a new Sign select the File New menu option The Sign Template window will be displayed To create a blank Sign click on the Blank icon and click on OK alternatively pre made Sign templates are available under the Categories represented in the window by each folder icon To view the available templates in each Category double click on the Category icon Each template in the Category will be displayed as a thumbnail To view more details on the template click on the icon and a description and larger preview will be displayed in the Sign Preview section of the window When you select a template a new Sign is created using the contents of the template Sign You are then able to add change or remove objects as required Editing a Digital Sign This section describes in detail the various actions that can be taken to create and edit a Digital Sign The Editing Environment The editing window has various options tha
102. yers from moving outside of the display area 2011 Spye LLC 62 Spyeworks User Guide a oo oO P 2 P Load Image or digital sign Send Backwards Send To Back Bring Forwards Bring to Front Display Grid Define Grid Size Snap to Grid Zoom to 50 Zoom to 75 Zoom to 100 2011 Spye LLC Provides a file browser window whereby the user can select a bitmap JPEG PNG or Digital Sign DSN file for display inside the layer window This is used to size layers to match specific content You will be prompted with the option to automatically resize the layer window to match the size of the image Moves the selected layer behind the next layer in the order of visibility Moves the selected layer to the back of the order of visibility Moves the selected layer forward in the order of visibility Moves the selected layer to the front in the order of visibility Toggles the grid display Provides a dialog whereby you can define the size of the grid square in pixels Toggles the Snap to Grid option When enabled all mouse movement is constrained along the grid square size Zoom in by a factor of 10 Zoom out by a factor of 10 View the display layout at the actual resolution 63 Spyeworks User Guide Adding Media Assets to a Playlist To add one or more Assets to a Playlist select the Assets in the Media Asset Window using the mouse and then without de selecting the Assets drag the items across
103. ylist Editor Arranging the layout of layers in a Playlist is done EE visually using the Layout Editor To open the Layout Eo TEESE ESELELE Editor select the Playlist Open Designer menu option or click on the Designer button Each layer is represented on the display with a rectangle These rectangles can be moved around and resized according to the layout design that you wish to create Inside each layer rectangle the name of the layer width height and position are displayed as illustrated below Name Default Position 485 16 Size 451 364 2011 Spye LLC 59 Spyeworks User Guide The position is displayed as the horizontal pixel coordinate followed by the vertical pixel coordinate horizontal vertical The size of the layer window is displayed as the pixel width and the pixel height width height The display area is divided into two areas the outside area is drawn in dark gray and this area represents coordinate space that is not part of the actual display Layers placed in this area will not be displayed on the screen during playback The inner portion of the display represents the actual display area on the playback screen In the screenshot on the next page three layers are represented The layer drawn with a photograph background has gray blocks at each corner these blocks are used to indicate the active layer in the editor the layer space The editor provides an image loading function to facilitate laye

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