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1. Standard Display Network Advanced am i y 1 LCD1970NXp M Text Ticker Extension Note You can use the free tool Ticker Extension Calculation let 3146 right 0 If the ticker is arranged over multiple displays set the provided on the installation disk image width of the displays next to the current Tutorial C Picture in Picture Tutorial C Picture in Picture How to create Picture in Picture playback Summary Although it is a good habit not to overwhelm your audience with too much information at once sometimes it is practical to have two or three bits of information presented at the same time This tutorial will show you how to quickly create a video picture in picture PiP effect with a Text Ticker Overlay 1 Check your preferences In this example we are working on a 720p playout resolution so please use the Preferences command in the Presenter Player menu and choose the Preview option to select 1280 x 720 HD720 as your Output resolution 2 Import your media files In this example a background information chart and a video Background jog Video mov You can do this by dragging the media into your assets pane or by using the mport Media command in the Add menu of Presenter Scheduler Tutorial C Picture in Picture 2 a optional ee me Duplicate the video in your library and rename it Video PIP left Presenter Schedule
2. D iTunes Playlist Unsupported in Player Light Name new iTunes Playlist 1 Playlist Fade Qe 5 0 L 0 0 Inspector D iTunes Playlist Unsupported in Player Light Name new iTunes Playlist 1 Playlist STOP CURRENT PLAYLIST Fade Quum oo Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 6 4 Network Message 80 8 Inspector E Network Message This feature allows you to send control commands or text messages that Unsupported in Player Light are part of a playlist to external devices This makes it possible to activate and deactivate displays to control light and sound systems Name new Network Message 1 or to transmit text information to third systems Communica Server 197 168 1173 tion with external devices takes place via TCP IP or UDP Port 5001 The following parameters must be defined in the Inspector _ send as UDP package Ser ver Message Display ON IP address of the external device system Port Port number through which the device system can receive commands messages from external sources C interpret hex bytes e g OxAA Message l Here you enter the message or the specific command append nothing to message for the external device system F label x O88 8 0 interpret hex bytes pas LF poe Check this option if you want to use hex bytes in the Message D 5 window e g 0x540x450x530x54 or 0x54est Note Many devices have a protocol description documenting the accessible c
3. 4 3 Asset Inspector Use the Inspector at the right top to view and adjust asset details oe Duration Choose the desired time Inspector Deinterlace Choose this option if you need deinterlacing for the stream Fill Mode eoo Size your asset to the screen ao ig Background O CO Create transparent backgrounds in certain assets e g HTML NS sedna fow macworidooau Alignment mama Assign a rough position e g upper left corner Info Resolution 320 x 240 pixel Position Ses Add or subtract pixels for fine tuning ea oe Crop Margins Scale into frame C Deinterlace Crop pixels out of the asset top left right and bottom Fill Mode Scale to fill frame Scale Scale to fit vertically i aait z Scale the size of your objects OREA b a a Position 0 0 px Note Use the pin in the upper right corner to keep the display of CRESET 0 inspector parameters for the selected asset This is helpful for e g Multi scale 100 00 screen assets SO you can select other assets and playlists to add them 3 to your video wall setup e fl First Steps Presenter Scheduler Orientation Turn the asset 90 180 or 270 degrees Volume Position 0 0 px Control the volume of the audio stream in some assets Crop Margins 0 Transparency Make assets transparent Fa de in Orientation Standard Define the time the asset sh
4. Apple Europe time euro apple com 16 If possible use a time server for time synchronization mM Set date amp time automatically 12 11 2009 10 44 14 AM i December 2009 SM TW TFS 12a eas 6 7 8 91012 13 14 15 16171819 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3031 To set date and time formats use International preferences Open International aT Th Click the lock to prevent further changes Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 i O ww gt Input Devices Subscriptions Publishing Start Player 000 17 Install and activate Presenter Player or Presenter Scheduler ans 1 General Displays Standard Display Network Advanced Screens Enabled 1 SwitchResxX mi 18 In Presenter Player Setup Displays Give every display a unique Display Name zsutchtesk M Display Name Use this name in the scheduler to playback assets on this display Display Group Add display to a group Certain features such as RFID and sedna Control can target groups Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 Assets and Functions 8 1 Supported Formats Pictures Graphic Formats JPG GIF excluding animated PNG TIF or TIFF Flash Files Formats SWE FLV Flash embedded in HTML Quartz compositions QTZ Important Some Quartz compositions do not work properly or are displayed differently than expected This is due to the nature of Quartz Composer You m
5. Enable RFID support This option must be checked if you want to use a Presenter RFID Reader with this Player Interactive Allow user interaction with HTML assets Check to allow user interaction via mouse keyboard or touch display with HTML assets Idle Time Define a timeout for returning to the default or scheduled playlist after user interaction Interactive Kiosk Mode This option must be checked if you want to have lock down functional ity You can set a password for administrative purposes ee im s X gt General Displays Input Devices Subscriptions Publishing 0 Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 Start Player Startup M start player on login Offline Update sedna RFID Interactive Start the player automatically when the current user logs in m Keep Player Alive Restart player when it quits unexpectedly m Enable content update via removable media Automatically update player content when a drive with an update image is mounted M Show update message during transfer m Enable RFID support Support for starting playlists connected to RFIDs M Allow user interaction with HTML assets Users may navigate web pages inside Presenter Player Idle Time 1 minutes Player switches from the triggered playlist to the scheduled or default content after specified time from 1 minute up to 1440 minutes 24 hours of user inactivity Kiosk Mode Prevents users from switching applicati
6. Preparation of a Mac for sedna presenter OE lochs elke ac Uk Gk AA _ Name and password l Operating system OSX 10 6 or later C Show the Restart Sleep and Shut Down buttons 2 install the latest updates C Show Input menu in login window if the systems are cloned install firmware updates manually ar shows parson hints 3 Give every system a unique name 4 Adjust the appearance of each system a E EE E icons dock background image View as Short name 5 Activate auto login for the Presenter user account Preferences Accounts Login Options LJ Use VoiceOver at login window Presenter Player for Mac Pro 6 For the Scheduler Show all desktop items Aa Sharing _ Finder Preferences General nr 7 Set the name of the system volume to the name of the system 0S See ee you may want to use remote desktop 8 Activate file sharing remote login and remote management us ete full options in system preferences nies 9 Deactivate unused network interfaces airport bluetooth firewire File Sharing Printer Sharing Web Sharing Remote Login Remote Management Remote Apple Events Allow access for All users C Only these users DARODA Internet Sharing Bluetooth Sharing 10 Deactivate Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup when RE _ Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup when no input device is present Nn O IND Ut de VICE IS pres en
7. Your campaign based on a day that is evenly divided into a number of time slots e g 24 time slots with a length of one hour Custom Program You can create custom time slot definitions SEER was sere als ommit Live Test Cal fGn Inspector f__ Content Schedule Duration Until 4 Time Slots 00 00 09 960 11 12 10 11 18 10 00 00 03 11 25 10 12 1 10 Playback J Dolphins 00 01 18 078 11 25 10 12 1 10 Vv Hybrid t Yosemite_ 00 03 56 837 11 25 10 12 1 10 new Playlist 1 00 00 06 11 25 10 12 1 10 paa a a a SS 2 carad vV Sun V Mon VY Tue Wed V Thu VW Fri vV Sat Playback Type Fill Duratii Category Neut t p Valid from 11 25 2010 fil The Campaign Editor In the Parameters sub window you can set Aka MEIE 5 e the playback type see note below pail staan eet ce e the category see note below nee oe e the weekdays see note below aE Ean aaa e the period of time by checking No Expiration Date the asset will CR TIE eee eet never expire Can Zon Zuon Vre Vwd Vmi Vm Ssa e the numbers of repeats in the slot ED al e the slot where the content should be played O Meee 1 Note If assets belong to the same category the Campaign Editor al ways tries to play them so that they don t appear directly after another if possible It also tries to place fill content or other cont
8. 4 Open the Label drop down menu to select a color for the slot Yete Time Slot Name 7 AM 8 AM Note You can change the parameters by double clicking on a time slot eae Start 7 00AM End 8 00AM b Note You can change the start and the end time of a slot with the Duration 01 00 colored bar on top Click on a visualized slot grab the hooks with the i mouse and move them sideways The Campaign Editor 12 3 Editing of Presets You can define time slots presets for every day of the week or special dates For defining presets of time slots Click on the gearwheel icon Click on Add New Definition Select a day of the week or a calendar date Select another preset for the time slot Click OK to confirm the settings aOR oN gt Note Presets are overwritten when using the Setup Assistant Sl LP Commit Live Test Fl Schedule Time Slo s Wednesday gt E Add New Definition Remove Definition for Wednesday eee e 8 e ed os eo B78 Name NN AM ENN AM nran Add Add Time Slot Definitions for Mv sunday sd 1 201 Monday Based on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday OK Saturday The Campaign Editor 12 4 The Schedule The Schedule category is an overview of the defined duration in the Content window From 11 30 2010 gt until 12 6 2010 Include Disabled Content for Check Here you can
9. Videowall stop_overlay This stops all overlay playlists on all Players in the network stop_playlist group Entrance This stops all playlists on all Players in the group Entrance and continues their day schedule or default content if they have any Tutorial F Presenter Control Light Tutorial F Presenter Control Light Presenter Control Light the Application for your Mac that controls your sedna presenter playlists in your network at a push of a button Start a playlist to replace the current playout or run it as an overlay e g for stage and shows Presenter Control Light works with Presenter Player Presenter Player Pro Player for iPad no Overlay support and is available for your Mac as a free download on our website for your iPhone iPod touch iPad in the iTunes AppStore Visit our website for details www sedna presenter com How to use Presenter Control Light for Mac Install your Presenter Control Light on any Mac in your network we suggest to use your Mac the Scheduler is running on a00 Presenter Control Light Lal ry sednatest_Kitchenalias Showl sednatest_Kitchenalias Show2 o amp O Start Playlist Stop Playlist Start Overlay i Stop Overlay Tutorial F Presenter Control Light BOF Inspector 1 Start all of your Playout Macs in your local network that you want to control ie Playlist 2 If you would like to c
10. 1 i i i i i i 1 min 15 min lhr 3hrs Never Put the display s to sleep when the computer is inactive for Sq SOD 15 min lhr 3hrs Never 1 min A Never letting your display sleep may shorten its life Put the hard disk s to sleep when possible Restore Defaults Schedule M a Click the lock to prevent further changes Presenter Player for Mac Pro 13 Deactivate Allow power button to sleep the computer 14 Activate Restart automatically after a power failure 15 Deactivate Check for updates In gt System Preferences gt Software Update Energy Saver a gt Show All Q Sleep Options Wake Options wake for Ethernet network administrator access Other Options l Allow power button to sleep the computer v Restart automatically after a power failure O _ Restore Defaults _ Schedule M rr Click the lock to prevent further changes Software Update aj Show All Q Scheduled Check Installed Updates Software Update checks for new and updated versions of your software based on information about your computer and current software Check Now Last check Software Update ran successfully Tuesday September 9 2008 9 40 AM l Check for updates Weekly Download impe rtant updates automatically notified wt the O Presenter Player for Mac Pro 000 Date amp Time on Date amp Time TimeZone Clock
11. Introduction 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing sednapresenter software the first complete Digital Signage solution for Mac OS X sedna presenter is an application designed to easily manage schedule and display a wide variety of digital media assets Media assets such as movies pictures graphics web pages Quartz compositions etc can be compiled in playlists and scheduled according to playout plans From single displays to perfectly synchronized video walls sednapresenter allows you to manage schedule and deliver digital content to any display anywhere in the world Powerful scalable easy to use This manual has been designed to help you get started and also contains some handy tips on how to use your new software If you require further assistance please contact your local representa tive or visit the Support section of our web page http Support sedna presenter com support form For more information about Scheduler Plus see page 121 Important Installation Notes sedna presenter requires Mac OSX 10 6 Snow Leopard or later on all Player Scheduler and Publisher computers sedna presenter sedna gmbh www sedna presenter com Introduction Important Although Player version 2 can play back projects created with version 1 you may get unusual or undesirable results during play back It is therefore highly recommended that you commit your projects from the Schedul
12. j a Name new Playlist 1 Duration OO h O02 m 24 s 750 ms W enable for External iPad Control label x O First Steps Presenter Scheduler 4 5 Fill Playlist with Assets Presenter Scheduler File Edit Add Calendar 900 The media elements listed in the Assets Section can now be compiled kale in playlists When Presenter Scheduler is first opened the Playlists Back Forward Preview Field is empty To fill the playlist drag elements with the mouse from the Assets Sec tion to the Contents Field Its possible to move several items to the playlist simultaneously The items appear in the order of their compila tion and are shown with details such as Start Time End Time Duration and the four layers Foreground 2 Foreground 1 Content Background Picture 1 Note Presenter Player Light When creating playlists for Presenter Player Light remember that it will only play back assets that are placed in the Content Layer All other layers are ignored First Steps Presenter Scheduler The labels are displayed in the playlist as well The specified start times are automatically calculated according to the length of the contents The total duration is automatically updated and shown in the header of o koe ee the playlist The duration is also visible in the properties display in the snua Inspector Additional insert options are available if an item is moved to the playlist
13. 00 24 00 00 04 09 2010 Saturday 24 00 00 0 00 24 00 00 05 09 2010 Sunday 24 00 00 0 00 24 00 00 06 09 2010 Monday 24 00 00 0 00 24 00 00 07 09 2010 Tuesday 24 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 08 09 2010 Wednesday 24 00 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 09 09 2010 Thursday 19 10 00 00 00 00 19 10 00 4 september 2010 gt Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The Campaign Editor 12 1 How to Use It Open a new project in the menu Click on the Campaign button Select a time slot option in the Campaign Setup Define the time slot setup in the now following window The defined time slots are displayed in Time Slots Click on the button Content Add assets and or playlists from the libraries on the left side into the Content field Noor oN gt Note The Campaign Setup can also be started via toolbar Campaign Campaign Setup Note You can click on the check mark in front of the content for deac tivation You can activate it again with a single click This can be used to quickly exclude include an entry for the campaign BOO Campaign Setup For creating auto scheduled content it is necessary to define time slots in which the content is played This assistant will help you to set up your time slot definitions please choose your favorite campaign type All Day Program Your campaign based on a time slot that covers the entire day or parts of it with a seprate slot for playback at night Time Frame Program
14. 4 7 Commit Click on Commit or use 3 U to verify the changes in your playlists Commit and schedules and to transfer them to the Player Keep in mind that changes in the playout e g modified playlists only take effect after using Commit 4 8 Live Test Click Live Test to display your content on your playout system Live Test Live Test allows you to play back and examine the playlists or calen dar entries on the target displays For this purpose synchronization is done with the display computer s In some cases the system may ask the user for a password Player and Scheduler account Live Test only works when the computers are in your own network After the Live Test ends digital replay of the display computer s are reset into their initial status Presenter Scheduler Preferences 5 Scheduler Preferences Using the Preferences option in the Presenter Scheduler menu or us ing allows you define the basic settings of Presenter Scheduler Four sections are available to look at the review settings and edit them if needed General Check if you want to be informed about updates or when importing large images these can be specified at the bottom Activate Request available iTunes playlist if you want to integrate iTunes playlists into your schedules see section 8 2 14 iTunes Playlist Use the Automatic Save option to define a save interval for your proj e
15. Kbit Sec Kbit Sec provide better service to WAN1 512 512 selected network traffic One is Rate Control for WAN2 512 512 minimum bandwidth guarantee bandwidth and maximum bandwidth limit bandwidth by Service and or IP Address The other is Priority for Management Type Type Rate Control Priority services Both functionalities Bandwidth cancontrol Inbound or Outbound traffic Tutorial A Network Setup 9 Going to System Management Bandwidth Management you can configure the maximum bandwidth of the WAN interfaces separately for upstream and downstream By doing so the network traffic trans mitted via the router can be limited LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Systems Inc 10 100 4 port VPN Router m Summary Setup tem Port Setup DHCP Management Management Firewall Support Logout W Enable DHCP Server The Router can be used as a DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration server on your network A Client Lease Time 1440 Minutes DHCP server assigns available IP addresses to Dynamic IP each computer on your network automatically Dynamic IP Range Range Start 192 168 1 100 More Range End 192 168 1 149 Tutorial A Network Setup 10 The DHCP server of the router can be activated and configured under DHCP Setup 11 Under Port Management Port Setup you can specify the connec tion speed of the router s ports or deactivate them LINK
16. Name New Password Confirm New Password Add to list Delete selected users Tutorial B Text Ticker Tutorial B Text Ticker p 000 Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 How to create a Ticker that runs across several screens ra EF A x gt General Displays Input Devices Subscriptions Publishing Start Player Example a Ticker Extension using three 32 standard LCD placing 2er E r PORET pure esx Text Ticker Extension them directly next to each other no air between them O left none 0 If the ticker is arranged over multiple displays set the width of the displays next to the current The setup is as follows yee Peer eee permanently horizontal resolution for each display 1360 pixels yee foe mullion width 213 pixels convert the broad of the mullion in eee T pixel S C Exit on Display Change Total amount of canvas pixels including both mullions comes up to a 1360 x 3 213 x 2 4506 pixels Hence the pixel extension for each Player is ID1 left screen Left O Right 3146 1360 x 2 213x 2 gt two mul Screens zm ZININ 1 LCD1970NXp M Text Ticker Extension lions plus two other screens let 1573 nighe F A If the ticker is arranged over multiple displays set the ID2 center screen Left 1573 Right 1573 one mullion plus one width of the displays next to the current screen on each side ID3 right screen Left 3146 Right O
17. Publish only available in Presenter Player Pro and check the Enable Publishing function If web sharing is not yet active on this system you need to click on Activate Web Sharing If you are using all default values from Presenter Publisher you only need to type a name and export the settings After the export you can import these settings files into any other Player as a subscriptions set ting All these Players will start to update their content from the Player Pro as a Master If you have different data path values e g for several displays you need to distribute these separately by selecting them in the data path drop down menu In a standard installation where content is committed to the Player Pro via Scheduler or Sneakernet it always publishes the whole project to all other Players 000 Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 oo mam a O oa gt General Displays Input Devices Subscriptions Publishing Start Player Publish Content M Enable Publishing Publish content to a public folder which other Players can subscribe to Web Sharing Disable Web Sharing __ Status On Publishing only works with enabled Web Sharing Changing Web Sharing status requires administration rights Data Path Users sedna Library Application Support Presenter Player 1 4 Select Player data path to publish m Publish data path Enable data path for publishing Public Folder Users sedna
18. Sites aS a Change Reset A The folder used for Web Sharing _ _ _ Name source Clean Unique name of published content Accessible URL http sednatest triple 12core local sedna O Show IP Address Export Resulting URL that can be used to externally access the published content Miscellaneous Player Subscription to Player Pro Player Subscription to Player Pro With the standard license of Presenter Player you can subscribe the Player to update the content from another Presenter Player Pro in the same network You need to configure Presenter Player to download a Presenter Scheduler project from a Player Pro Every Presenter Player except Presenter Player Light has a section called Subscription 1 Open the Presenter Player Setup Tool 2 Click Subscriptions 3 Activate Enable content update see the red 1 4 Click Import see the red 2 5 Load the exported settings from the Player Pro Importing these settings is the easiest way to set up the Player but you can also use to add a new location manually 0 00 Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 Ie wz H b General Displays Input Devices Subscriptions Publishing Start Player Web Update Enable content update via web Periodically update Player content via web Data Path Users sedna Library Application Support Presenter Player 1 Zs Select Player path to save up
19. TIN while holding the key 30 EJ new HTML 1 Playlist Assistant You can select the following modes Set to Layer Repeat in Layer Fill up Layer First Steps Presenter Scheduler A particularly powerful feature of the Presenter Scheduler is nested playlists This allows playlists to be included as elements in other playl ists To delete elements from a playlist simply mark the relevant element and delete it using the Backspace lt key the Delete key or use the Delete function in the Edit menu Note that a change to a playlist affects all locations where the playlist is used Example If a movie is added to a playlist this movie is always shown whenever this playlist is used First Steps Presenter Scheduler 4 6 Preview Settings for Local Preview are defined under Presenter Scheduler Preferences in the Preview Section Here you can enter the ID of the display to preview content on if you are working with several displays To see a playlist or a playlist item in the preview mark the relevant item in the content window and click on Preview button in the upper part of the program window Additionally you can also use a Local Preview Clicking on an item of a playlist or a calendar entry in the content window while holding the CTRL key opens the Preview from 00 00 00 option This starts the preview at the designated time Preview First Steps Presenter Scheduler
20. admin account password once if you open this dialog the first time The dialog comes up in activated RFID reading mode 3 Place an RFID tag near to the reader and it will be automatically added to the list 4 Choose a playlist from your project via the drop down menu on the right side this playlist starts by using the connected RFID tag EAEE 5 Click into the text field on the bottom and place a tag next v o10864FF4s Playlist 2 to the reader to set it to stop a running playlist and or 010864F9DD Mavis 3 for returning to a default playlist aes 6 Commit your project to your Player s and connect the RFID Reader to your Player Mac to use it as RFID trigger 000o RFID Settings Te 0108641EF7 Advanced Settings te gt Miscellaneous Presenter RFID Reader 7 Open the Player Setup on your Player Mac and enable the RFID Support see chapter 7 Presenter Player Advanced Settings Use these settings to define a triggered playlist to start as an overlay by making a check define groups of Players to run triggered playlists from the drop down menu define screens to run triggered playlists from the drop down menu Player Pro only If you leave all settings blank a triggered playlist 6808 RFID Settings will play on every available Player in your network __ Stop Reading Hold RFID Tag over reader device and on all screens Player Pro only Add or delete RFID tags manually or duplicate entr
21. e set the period of time e see the content assigned to each day Der For operation GE 4 November 2010 gt 1 Click on the Schedule button ee SS an ONE 2 Click on the Check button for the validation of all settings see how nnm much time is used in each time slot 3 Optionally you can check Include Disabled Content for Check and include content you disabled in the Content window to see how much time is used with these items included 4 Click on the Auto Schedule button to generate the final schedule You can see that the calendar will be filled while this process is running 5 Click on the Commit button to transmit the final schedule to your Presenter Players or use Presenter Publisher to upload it to your Web Server The Campaign Editor The generated Playlists cannot be edited as normal Playlists You can only change the sorting and you can add zero duration items to it like a ticker The changes are overwritten if you click Auto Schedule again for the same timeframe Checking Relaxed Rules for Content Repetition breaks the algorithm of not playing the same assets successively This functionality is designed for situations where there are only assets of the same type Tutorial A Network Setup 13 Tutorials Tutorial A Network Setup Connecting Scheduler and Player via the Internet with dynamic IP a
22. installing the Scheduler and the Player on different Macs If you don t have a second Mac for the Player you can run the Player software on the same computer as the Scheduler but you have to keep switching between the two Make sure that both Macs are in the same network which ideally should be physically wired Ethernet Double click on the sedna presenter x y dmg disk image sedna presenter x y dmg setup Installing Presenter Player 4 Double click on the Presenter Player package okg to launch the installer Presenter Player pkg A 80 Install Presenter Player Welcome to the Presenter Player Installer 5 Click Continue when the installer is ready to proceed Introduction License You will be guided through the steps necessary to install this software Destination Select Installation Type Installation Summary _ sedna presenter GoBack Continue setup Installing Presenter Player 6 Please review the End User License Agreement and click Continue ma a OO Install Presenter Player _ ___ o to proceed if you agree tO the terms Software License Agreement English HH Introduction License End User License Agreement for sedna Software 0 Destination Select The following information represents the contractual conditions for the use of software manufactured by sedna GmbH having its registered office a
23. link during the upgrade process Firmware Download from Linksys Web Site Cisco SYSTEMS Tutorial A Network Setup 5 The firmware is now updated and the router will then be restarted LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Systems Inc 10 100 4 port VPN Router Setup a Port Firewall Management Host Name ry0l Required by some ISPs Domain Name here locall Required by some ISPs LAN Setting MAC Address 00 16 b6 8e 4a 78 Device IP Address Subnet Mask 192 168 1 1 255 255 255 0 Multiple Subnet Setting Multiple Subnet Add Edit Dual WAN DMZ Setting Dual WAN DNZ WAN Connection Type WAN Static IP Specify WAN IP Address 213 61 119 13 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Address 213 61 119 1 Support Logout gt gt The Setup screen contains all of the router s basic setup functions The device can be used in most network settings without changing any of the default values Some users may need to enter additional information in order to connect to the Internet through an ISP Internet Service Provider or broadband DSL cable modem carrier Host Name amp Domain Name Enter a host and domain name for the Router Some ISPs internet Service Providers may require these names as identification and these settings can be obtained from your ISP In most cases leaving these fields blank wil
24. option menu every day every second day etc Clear Current Month Clear before selected Day Create Day Template Export as CSV Show Day in iCal v Fill whole day Append to schedule Fill until date Fill period of time Presenter Scheduler Calendar 10 4 Export Day Templates You can export Day Templates in order to use them in other Presenter Schedulers or to archive them To do so use the Export option Add Group Label Sort by Name Export Export as CSV 10 5 Export as CSV Billing Reporting Proof of Playback You can export Day Templates as a CSV csv file from the Scheduler CTRL Click Day Template for documentation CSV files can be opened and edited with a spread sheet program e g Numbers Excel Add Group Label Sort by Name Export Export as CSV Presenter Scheduler Calendar 10 6 Default Day Template Add Group You can set a Day Template to be the default Day Template by right clicking on the Day Template and choose Default Template The playback priority is ON j Scheduled Playlists gt Default Day Template gt Default Playlist alee as Export Export as CSV Miscellaneous Player Pro Self Publishing 11 Miscellaneous Player Pro Self Publishing The Presenter Player Pro can publish its own content to other available Player s in a network To activate this function simply open the Player Setup Tool and click on
25. qualify you to update or upgrade to the product bundle licensed by this Agreement manently associated with the computer you are installing the software the qualifying licences of your software products will expire by accepting the following contractual conditions These conditions shall on Th iS cannot be U ndone apply to the bundle that may include your software products subject to the upgrade Registration Before the installation of the Licensed Software it is required that you register the Licensed Software in order to receive an authorization key license numbers that enables you to use the y ry Licensed Software on your computer Certain changes of your aA Activation computer CPU operating system etc can require that you apply for a new authorization key Scope of Use sedna grants the Licensee the non exclusive right to use the Licensed Software on one single compatible computer 4 only 4 Decline Accept Presenter Scheduler saine A serial number can only be used once If you proceed it will be permanently associated with this Computer Setup Installing Presenter Scheduler 7 Enter your contact details scthetion First Name John Last Name Doe Organization sedna Country Germany Address Salzufer 13f City Berlin State n a Post Code 10587 Telephone 555 12345678 E Mail info sed na presenter com Back
26. router setup by entering 192 168 1 1 IP address of the router when first delivered Log on as admin using the password admin To view this page you need to log in to area on 192 168 1 1 80 Your password will be sent in the clear Name admin C Remember this password in my keychain Tutorial A Network Setup 4 On the main page of the router you will see in the upper right corner the information about the currently installed firmware of the router If it is older than the software downloaded previously go to the System Management section then to Firmware Upgrade and finally to Search for In the window displayed select the firmware downloaded previously LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Systems Inc 10 100 4 port VPN Router System Port System System Management Setup DHCP Management Management Summary Firewall VPN Log Wizard Support Logout l l l l Firmware Upgrade l Firmware Upgrade U download the Choose File no file selected caterer of firmware into computer in advance and then select the file Finally Firmware Upgrade Right Now click the Firmware Upgrade Right Now button Warning 1 When choosing previous firmware versions all settings will restore back to default value More 2 Upgrading firmware may take a few minutes please don t turn off the power or press the reset button 3 Please don t close the window or disconnect the
27. t 4 If you use a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse and your computer doesn t recognize them when you start your computer the Bluetooth Setup Assistant will open to connect your n keyboard and mouse Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer gt Sys te m P efe T eC nN C es If you use a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse and your computer goes to sleep you can press a key or click your mouse to wake your computer gt Bluetooth Prompt for all incoming audio requests p A d va n C e d Alert me when Bluetooth audio devices attempt to connect to this computer Share my internet connection with other Bluetooth devices This allows other Bluetooth devices to use this computer s Internet connection using the PAN service Serial ports that devices use to connect to this computer On Serial Port Name Biuetooth PDA Sync Presenter Player for Mac Pro 11 Deactivate the screen saver in system preferences JO Desktop amp Screen Saver Oe ETTE Screen Savers Preview Apple 0 gt Arabesque i gt Flurry gt iTunes Artwork i RSS Visualizer FEY Shell io Spectrum wy Word of the Day Pictures I P MobileMe and RSS E LJ Use random screen saver Options Test E i moan Start screen saver i i T 3 5 15 30 1hr 2hr Never G 12 Deactivate energy saver in system preferences 00r E a r Show All Sleep Options Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive for P 9
28. to the project data on the webspace You can also trigger the nae ooh Ral update manually by using the update function Both options Test eS A A User admin and Update can be found in the subscription section ee a EER a i Upload Settings Workflow E xample Add sources for pl If there are a lot of Players in one network it will normally take a long Obvery Day Or CRTA 15 time to commit content to all Players Instead of committing projects to D oe digh i P unda M EZTZTETETTTTT Treeren all Players you can use one Player Pro with activated self publishing G a vee ou All Players in the network with a subscription to this Player Pro will start Midnight Noon Midnight Monday M EZZETTZEETTTI PEPEPEPE updating their content automatically at the desired time n Miscellaneous Presenter RFID Reader Presenter RFID Reader About Presenter Scheduler With the Presenter RFID Reader available in the sedna presenter f f i f Pref 2 Online Store you can trigger playlists on your Presenter Player s via Project Settings 3 RFID tags The Presenter RFID Reader is a small box with a USB inter SIE Settings face that works with standard RFID tags License Check for Updates Services b 1 Connect the Presenter RFID Reader to your Scheduler ea r N f Hide Others 3H Mac via USB Show Presenter Scheduler 2 Start Presenter Scheduler and go to the RFID Settings menu Quit Presenter Scheduler Q You have to enter your
29. to whatever is appropriate for your display t Set the Anchor to lower left u Set Position to 20 5 78 v Check the Animate In box w Set Start Time to 2 and Duration to 1 ere Inspector E Date amp Time Font HelveticaNeue Light 35 9 pt Text Color L h mm ssa ooo Time Zone Europe Berlin ji Format Transparency 0 00 Position 20 5 78 Size 29 84 12 22 Constrain Proportions W Animate In Effect Fade he Option none H Start Time 2 sec Tutorial D Composition Creator x Your composition is completed You can preview it by clicking the Preview button in Composition Creator y Quit Composition Creator and save the changes Your final composition should look like this 000 Composition Creator THIS WEEK S EVENTS Monday Golf Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Polo Saturday Wellness 5 38 52 PM Tutorial D Composition Creator 5 Double click the playlist PiP playback enhanced to edit it Drag your new composition PiP Background onto the background item Background to replace it Your playlist should look like this PiP playback enhanced Items 2 0 NY Times News 0 Video PiP PiP Background eo i g B B PiP playback enhanced Done You can examine your playlist using the button Preview button and tweak your parameters as you wish Tu
30. transparent Note We recommend deactivating FrontRow VoiceOver Screen Cap ture check shortcuts etc Page Load M visible Alignment E 7 Important Interactive HTML is different from a browser engine like b al g Safari Not all functions that you might expect are supported You m u ol may have to experiment to achieve the results you desire Position 0 i px 0 Crop Margins m Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions The lockdown feature can be password protected as well For this you assign an administrator password in the box Presenter Player Setup General Section which can be entered via the keyboard to unlock the Presenter Player system again The interactivity feature needs to be checked on both sides of Presenter Scheduler and Presenter Player Note Tutorial files are available on our website www sedna presenter com 000 l af General Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 Ms 4w gt Displays Input Devices Subscriptions Publishing Start Player Startup Offline Update sedna RFID Interactive M start player on login Start the player automatically when the current user logs in m Keep Player Alive Restart player when it quits unexpectedly M Enable content update via removable media Automatically update player content when a drive with an update image is mounted M Show update message during transfer m Enable RFID support Support for star
31. 0 Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 5 Script Assets Script assets allow you to automate certain aspects of the playout system and gain more flexibility and control from other assets Playlist 3N iPad Playlist 8 5 1 AppleScript Group TEN Import Media AppleScript allows system wide control of all Player computers Mac Generator e Pro Mac mini etc Theoretically any system process or service can Media d E Capture and Streaming p be started stopped any command can be executed and additional Script J AppleScript applications can be used Miscellaneous gt Shell Script Example You can use the new iTunes Playlist asset to play local music playlists in the background of a Presenter playlist Here is an example of how to fade out a music playlist before starting a video with sound and fade in the music after the video is over Note Check the Apple website for further information on AppleScript Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions iTunes Script 1 Fade out music playlist set i to 90 repeat while i gt O tell application i Tunes set the sound volume to end tell set itol 1 delay 0 02 end repeat iTunes Script 2 Fade in music playlist again set i to O repeat while lt 90 tell application i Tunes set the sound volume to end tell set i toi 1 delay 0 02 end repeat 80 0 AppleScript Name scriptCode Label Comment Inspector Un
32. Cancel OK 8 Click Submit once the activation server is successfully connected OID Activation Press the Submit button to transmit the registration data and activate Presenter Scheduler on this computer Setup Installing Presenter Scheduler 9 Write down or print your registration info and keep it in a safe place Activation Click on Close Activation Successful Your Licensing Information Product Presenter Scheduler Registered to John sedna Country Germany Address Salzufer 13f City Berlin State n a Telephone 555 12345678 E Mail info sedna presenter com Serial Number AK2AAAAASRDDSDNK Print Close 10 Select a location in which to create and save your projects For ex rena Create New Project ample you might want to select your Documents folder Save As Demo a a b as m 9 Documents aa Q search Y DEVICES 11 Give your project a name and click Save iil sedna player L Macintosh HD Y PLACES Desktop A Applications ig Pictures Movies lp Music fi Documents II setup Installing Presenter Player 3 2 Installing the Presenter Player Note The installation process for Presenter Player is quite different please follow these steps carefully I Choose a system for the Presenter Player installation Make sure you have all of the latest Mac OS updates installed We recommend
33. Page your screen s e Set Fade In to 2 1 Font HelveticaNeue Bold l i M Loo 4 Create a new Ticker via Text Ticker command in the Add menu oats uh Text Color L a Rename it to NY Times News Feed Background Fade in uf OS Delay Qe EEEE EE E E 9 0 c Click on the RSS button on the very right of the address field Speed mmm 2 33 Mire A R ee Rie le oie ee b Open Safari go to www nytimes com d Copy the RSS feed URL Pil Pe RS a ee A ia Pee 9 tag oe e Go back to Presenter Scheduler paste the URL into the text field lael x O8806 of your new Text Ticker Comment f Set the Font to Helvetica Neue Light Tutorial C Picture in Picture g Set the Text Color to a 25 gray use the gray scale slider of the color picker h Set the Background Color to be completely transparent i Set the Height to 0 08 j Set the Altitude to 0 02 5 Create a New Playlist In this example we ll call the playlist PiP playback a Rename the playlist to PiP playback b Drag your PiP video into the playlist This will set the video to the content layer c Drag your picture to the background layer behind the video in the playlist view d Drag your ticker on top of the playlist You can now examine your playlist using the Preview button and tweak your parameters as you wish Tutorial D Compositi
34. Pd sedna presenter Presenter 2 8 Manual sedna presenter Digital Signage for Mac Version 2 8 Rev A User Manual Table of Contents Inhalt 1 Introduction Overview Media Formats 2 lechnical Information System Requirements Feature Comparison List 3 Setup 3 1 Installing the Presenter Scheduler 3 2 Installing the Presenter Player 3 3 Connecting the Player and the Scheduler 4 First Steps Presenter Scheduler 4 1 Create New Project 4 2 Import Assets 4 3 Asset Inspector 4 4 Create a Playlist 4 5 Fill Playlist with Assets 4 6 Preview 4 7 Commit 4 8 Live Test 5 Scheduler Preferences General Preview 28 39 40 40 41 Durations Advanced 6 Presenter Scheduler Project Settings 6 1 Connecting Scheduler and Player in a Local Network LAN 6 2 Connecting Scheduler and Player outside a Subnetwork WAN 6 3 Connecting Scheduler and Player via the Internet 6 4 Player for iPad Licensing 6 5 Order Players 7 Presenter Player Setup General Displays Network Advanced 7 1 Mac Pro 7 2 Setup Recommendations 8 Assets and Functions 8 1 Supported Formats 8 2 Generator Assets 8 2 1 Add Text Ticker 8 2 2 Add Text 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 44 45 45 46 46 47 48 49 54 54 57 59 60 Table of Contents 8 2 3 Add a Color 61 9 Playlists Projects 100 8 2 4 Composition Creator 62 9 1 Length Duration 100 8 3 Media Assets 71 9 2 Import Playlists 100 8 3 1 Image 71 9 3 Export Playlis
35. Project Export Project Create Update Image First Steps Presenter Scheduler 4 2 Import Assets Clicking on File Import or pressing the keys O I opens the dialog to import media contents Choose and import your assets in the dialog box Newly imported elements are listed at the end of the assets list Presenter Scheduler Edit Add Campaign Calendar View Winc New Project Open Project 0 Download Project from Player Recent Projects Ie Import THI Commit Project HU Save Project 5 Consolidate Project Export Project Create Update Image You can also add assets by simple drag amp drop Mark one or more elements in the source folder drag them into the asset area You can import several elements or even entire folders simultaneously including their labels First Steps Presenter Scheduler After importing the elements are displayed in the asset area with file names and a symbol showing the media type picture movie etc The properties of an asset can be viewed in the Inspector window and some of them can be edited name duration scaling etc You can add labels and comments to the elements Double click an item in the asset library to get a preview Double clicking in the playlist view will not start the preview but rather show the playlist in the schedule view Note See Assets and Functions chapter 8 for more information First Steps Presenter Scheduler
36. SYS A Division of Cisco Systems Inc 10 100 4 port VPN Router Port Management System Summary Port Setup Basic Per Port Config Setup Firewall VPN Log Wizard Support Logout System Port Management Management Port ID Interface Disable Priority Speed Duplex Auto Negotiation 1 LAN Normal 10M 100M Half Full Enable A AAEE 2 LAN C Normal 10M 100M Half Full Enable 3 LAN LJ Normal 10M 100M Half Full Enable 4 LAN B Normal 10M 100M Half Full Enable DMZ Internet WAN2 Lal 10M 100M Half Full Enable prioritize performance on Internet WAN1 10M 100M Half Full W Enable ur LAN poris Tutorial A Network Setup 12 For routers connected to the Internet by dial up and for which the Internet provider has assigned a dynamic IP address you can enter under the menu item Setuo More DDNS the dynamic registration of the router selecting a provider of dynamic DNS e g DynDNS www dyndns org LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Systems Inc 10 100 4 port VPN Router System System Port Summary Setup DHCP Management Management Firewall VPN Log Wizard Support Logout Summary O Tunnelfs Used 50 Tunnel s Available VPN Ines eA Tunnel Status GroupVPN Tunnel Status Status and VPN Client Add New Tunnel Summary It shows the Jump to 1 1 page 3 entries per page am
37. TION COMPLETED NAME TYPE 08 02 02 AM_ _08 00 54 AM 147188 NO sedna Movies QuartzComposi 08 02 02 AM_ _08 00 54 AM 147188 NO Ice Ages Movie 08 02 02 AM_ _08 00 54 AM 147188 NO Cinemaxx New QuartzComposi 08 02 02 AM_ _08 00 54 AM 147188 NO iceage QuartzComposi 08 02 02 AM_ _08 00 54 AM 0 YES Ticker off TextTicker 08 02 32 AM_ _08 02 02 AM 30000 YES sedna Webcam QuartzComposi 08 02 32 AM_ _08 02 02 AM 30000 YES webcam Rotes QuartzComposi 08 02 32 AM_ _08 02 02 AM 30000 YES webcamicon QuartzComposi 08 03 02 AM_ _08 02 32 AM 30000 YES sedna Webcam QuartzComposi 08 03 02 AM_ _08 02 32 AM 30000 YES webcam emst r QuartzComposi 08 03 02 AM_ _ 08 02 32 AM 30000 YES webcamicon QuartzComposi 08 03 32 AM_ _08 03 02 AM 30000 YES sedna Web Nex QuartzComposi 08 03 32 AM_ _08 03 02 AM 30000 YES webcam unter QuartzComposi 08 03 32 AM_ _08 03 02 AM 30000 YES webcamicon QuartzComposi 08 04 02 AM_ _08 03 32 AM 30000 YES sedna Web Nex QuartzComposi 08 04 02 AM_ _08 03 32 AM 30000 YES webcam muse QuartzComposi 08 04 02 AM_ _08 03 32 AM 30000 YES webcam icon QuartzComposi 08 04 32 AM_ _08 04 02 AM 30000 YES sedna Web Nex QuartzComposi Commit Project aU Save Project 5 Export Project Create Update Image Presenter Scheduler Playlists and Projects 9 6 Export Projects via Sneaker Network New Project Open Project 0 If your Scheduler and Player s don t have a network connection you Bossload Proiect Troni Pleven can export your pro
38. a stream into the Video Stream Inspector and adjust it as desired Duration Choose the desired time Address Insert the Multicast Streaming IP Address Port insert the Port where you receive the Multicast Stream Deinterlace Choose this option if you need deinterlacing for the stream Fill Mode Choose a mode to scale the Video Stream 86 0 6 Inspector S4 Video Stream Unsupported in Player Light Name new Video Stream 1 a Duration OO h OO m 301s O00 ms 239 1 0 1 Port 9001 Address C Deinterlace Fill Mode Scale to fill frame he Position 0 0 px Crop Margins ta 0 oO D Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Alignment n _ Assign a rough position e g upper left corner and add pixels in OO e a Position for fine tuning Saiianrsane Crop Margins gm Define the pixels to be cropped out of the Video Stream top left e a a right and bottom Orientation Position O 18 px Turns the Video Stream 90 180 or 270 degrees Crop Margins 0 Volume ik Controls the Volume of the Audio Stream COO eee Scale 100 00 Transparency Makes the whole Video Stream transparent Orientation Standard Fade in Fade out ENE Defines the time the Video Stream should appear disappear kae ee Label Transparency loo Can be assigned TEPEE at eae ne ER Fade In amp 0 0 The following streaming format
39. ay have to experiment with Quartz Composer to achieve the results you desire especially if you have a vertical display orientation Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Movies supported Video Formats MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MOV MA4V MP4 MP4 MP4 MPG MPEG MPG H 264 Video H 264 Video H 264 Video 16 bit Integer Big Endian H 264 Video 16 bit Integer Little Endian Apple XDCAM EX 16 bit Integer Big Endian Uncompressed 8 bit 4 2 2 AAC Sorenson Video 3 Decompressor 16 bit Integer Big Endian Sorenson Video 3 Decompressor 16 bit Integer Little Endian Apple OpenDML JPEG Video with 8 bit Unsigned Integer Mpegable AAC Apple Animation Apple Animation Apple Animation Apple Animation AAC AAC 5 1 AAC AAC 5 1 16 bit Integer Big Endian 16 bit Integer Little Endian Apple Photo JPG Video 16 bit Integer Big Endian H 264 Video with AAC Audio MPEG 4 Decompressor libavcodec with AAC MPEG 2 Muxed 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 MPEG 2 Muxed 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 MPEG 1 Muxed Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions MPEG MPEG 1 Muxed WMV Windows Media Audio 9 Standard Video with Windows Media Video 8 Audio WMV Windows Media Audio 9 Standard Video with Windows Media Video 9 Audio Audio supported formats mp3 mp2 wma m4a mpa wav aif iTunes playlists Note
40. ayouts and templates compositions possible for the following assets RSS Feed date time color and gradient color rectangle image movie LEXI Quartz composition Data such as time and date an optional number of RSS feeds videos images and text objects or generate semi transparent masks with the Rectangle Tool can be easily and intuitively added to the Composition creator with drag amp drop Furthermore all assets can have special ef fects Known as in and out transitions You can use the generated com positions in the Presenter Scheduler as separate assets in your playlist sc Composition E Unsupported in Player Light Name new Composition 2 Edit Composition Duration 00h 00m 30s 000 ms Position 0 0 px Scale 100 00 label x O 6 SO Comment sedna presenter Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator How to Use it Generate a new Composition asset Menu Add Composition Select the composition and activate the Inspector Use Edit Composition to start the Composition Creator 008 Composition Creator Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator Using drag amp drop you can place scale and position the assets on a work surface The size of this Surface can be adjusted as desired and defined in accordance with the resolution and aspect ratio of the dis plays At the lower left margin of the Composition Creato
41. cheduler Assets and Functions 8 2 1 Add Text Ticker The Text Ticker option is used to create a new Ticker Text The properties of the ticker are defined in the Inspector window You can also determine manual text or dynamic ticker texts for example generated from RSS feeds Give Text Ticker a name and enter your text or an RSS feed into the frame An RSS feed can only be used if the Player is connected to the Internet Other options loop it font and background color or transparency speed time to fade in time to delay the ticker max 10 sec the height of the characters the altitude you want the ticker to run across the screen Note The Text Ticker should be on top of a playlist To stop the ticker even if it is looped simply add a new Text Ticker without text See Tutorial B How to display a Text Ticker across several screens ADO Inspector T Text Ticker Name new Text Ticker 1 Text type your text here or add an adress of a R55 feed Font HelveticaWeue Bold Loop Text Color Background Fade In a Se ni I I l I I 0 5 n Delay CEEE NET 0 0 I I l l I I I I I I Speed E E ag Height gt jaa ar 0 10 I i of tft 0 f 0 Pf Oo of zs Altitude p 0 00 es nee a Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 2 2 Add Text BO 6 Inspector T jE Static text elements can be created using the Text option D i Relevant properties are
42. chnical Information sedna presenter was specifically designed for the Mac platform lts features and interaction concepts follow current Mac systems System Information System Requirements You need a Presenter Player License for every Playout Mac Mac mini iMac or Mac Pro and at least one Scheduler License ideally on a separate Mac with a network connection to all Player Macs to provide the Players with assets playlists and schedules If no network is avail able read section 9 6 Export Playlist via Sneaker Network Presenter Scheduler Presenter Player Presenter Player Light plays only one content layer plus one ticker Presenter Player for iPad Presenter Player Pro Presenter Publisher Presenter Toolbox All of these versions run on any IntelMac Mac mini iMac MacBook MacBook Pro with MacOSX 10 6 or higher Recommended Configuration for Players Intel Core 2 Duo 2 0 GHz or faster 1 GB RAM or more Note Your Mac s speed and capabilities determine the resolution and complexity of the media you can play back on it The faster your Mac and graphics card the better Presenter Presenter Presenter Presenter Content Options Player for iPad Player Light Player Player Pro Movies incl Audio Pictures Quartz Compositions PDF Support Flash swf Web Pages html Interactive Web Pages html RSS Feeds Ticker Texts Text Messages Audio Compositions Overlays VNC Remote D
43. ct 00 Preferences vi Check for updated versions m Large image warnings m Request available iTunes playlists Import warnings when importing more than 100 files when importing more than 100 MB m Automatic Save Save every minutes Presenter Scheduler Preferences P revi ew 0O00 Preferences a ee Preview settings are saved individually for each project New projects Seea Meen Dators Advanced start with the settings from the previous project Resolution 1400 x 900 WXGA FA 1400 x 900 m Scale down to half size Orientation Standard H l Disable Countdown You can set Resolution Choose the resolution of the Preview Display or define one Scale down to half size Display ID default Reduce the size of the preview by half F Play audio Orientation F Networking Stored in project Background Image Disable Countdown Disable the countdown before each preview Disabling this option might cause assets to play back out of sync Play Audio Enable or disable audio for preview play back Networking Enable network traffic from assets scheduled in Preview Player Background Image Place a background image for your Preview Player if desired Video Input Choose your video input device if needed Video Input Built in iSight HH Presenter Scheduler Preferences Durations Define standard durations for the different ty
44. date data Display s L SwitchResX4 LDT461V 2 SwitchResX4 LDT461V 3 SwitchResX4 LDT461V source_edge Source Name source_edge URL http 10 10 120 207 sedna User Password ae o Upload Settings Add one or more redundant sources for Player content Every Day Per Day Check every 15 minutes Define update time slot s Miscellaneous Player Subscription to Player Pro 6 The next step is to set up the day s time slot and time interval for updating the Players project data For example a timeframe from O Every Day Per Day Check every 15 minutes 04 00 to 04 00 means that the Player looks for updates for 24h a day Midnight Noon Midnight Sunday p 1 H P G PI zoi i u 06 00 AM 08 00 PM 7 Please activate Start Player on login and Keep Player alive in the REL e aru general section to make sure the download settings will proceed ia r 3 06 00 AM 08 00 PM accurately and without interruptions Midnight Midnight Tuesday WM MN iil EEE Be ke once re 8 Now start Presenter Player as soon as Player Pro is done publish Midnight Noon Midnight i Wednesday M MERE iroscaas ing of its content the Player will start updating accordingly to its og am me update timeframe Define update time slots here 9 If you are not sure about your settings you can check the connec peer as ark aes tion
45. ddresses using DynDNS If Scheduler Mac and Playout Mac are located at different sites and the Internet provider assigned a dynamic IP address to the Playout Mac we recommend the use of the DNS service DynDNS www dnydns org At DynDNS you can register and enter an Internet address for your Playout Mac e g myPlayer1 dyndns org Then you install the DynDNS Updater for Mac htto www dyndns com support clients Mac html which sends your dynamic IP address to the DynDNS service and ensures accessibility to your Playout Mac at the address myPlayer1 dyndns org Connecting Scheduler and multiple Players via Internet behind a Router If you want to access several Playout Macs via the Internet which are located behind an Internet router we recommend assigning fixed IP ad dresses to the Playout Macs If the Internet provider only assigns a dy namic IP address to the router we recommend using the DNS service DynDNS www dnydns org Tutorial A Network Setup At DynDNS you can register and enter an Internet address for your ki router computer e g myrouter1 dyndns org via which it can be ac an cessed from the Internet The standard routers already have an inte grated updater function for DynDNS so that you only have to enter the sedna O O 000 O user name and password of the DynDNS service here The router thus transmits the dynamically allocated IP address to the DynDNS service If your router does
46. defined in the Inspector window Name new Text 1 Duration 00 h 00 m 20 s 000 ms Give the text a name and time of duration type or copy your text into Text type your text here the frame and choose a font and color Alignment Assign a rough position e g upper left corner and add or subtract pix Text Color els in the Position if desired for fine tuning Fade In Fade Out and Labels are adjustable as well Alignment T a i m a wl Position 0 o px Fade In _ ni l I l I 0 5 Fade Out mfg l I I I x Label x 0o ep Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 2 3 Add a Color 8 0 0 Inspector The Color option allows you to define a color which can be used for example as interim picture during a transition from one movie to the Name next The corresponding settings are defined in the Inspector window rew coor Duration looh 00 m olls 000 ms To change the color simply click on black and choose a new color Color Use the color picker magnifying glass to copy colors from anywhere et ry on your screen You may also define a time of duration and a time to f amp amp 2 fe fade the color in and out A label can be assigned too Fade Out 0 0 label xX too 8 8 Comment Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator 8 2 4 Composition Creator The Composition Creator is a powerful tool that makes graphical gen eration of dynamic l
47. eck your Player settings if Allow user interaction C Torce reload with HTML assets is enabled Interactive W User interaction allowed Duration Duration 00 h 00 m 30 s O00 ms Choose the desired time Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Fill Mode Choose a function to scale the web page Render Size Choose auto to display the whole web page or set separate values Interactive W User interan Page Load Show a web page while it is loading Duration 00h OO m 30s 000 ms If deactivated the web page will be displayed as soon iain qh meee J as the page is loaded completely Scale into frame Back d Y Scale to fill frame Render Size i auto acKkgroun Scale to fit horizontally Set to transparent if a background IS Scale to fit vertically Background _ transparent i Ma Stretch to fill frame defined within the web page D Page Load i visible Alignment Assign a rough position e g upper left corner Alignment n Position a i Add or subtract pixels for fine tuning Position b Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Crop Margins Add Pixels that should be cut off the web page ss cia he top left right and bottom Te LEU ne ya 0 0 Orientation Turn the web page 90 180 or 270 degrees Scale 100 00 Volume 4 21 Orientation Standard B Control the volume of the Audio Stream 90 Transparency oH Se a o
48. efined in seconds W Constran _ IM Animate In Effect Move Option from left Start Time 1 52C aaa Duration 1 SEC Animate Out n Muu Option De Start Time 10 SEC Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator Start Time 0 seg Assets and Specific Settings Parameters in the Inspector era Inspector Qa Date amp Time Text This function allows you to generate text objects Font eabfeiveticaneue Bold 20 0 pr Specific settings parameters font type font size font color alignment Text Color Date amp Time Faia Specify the time zone relevant for the Player in the Inspector Define the Time Zone praal f desired format for time and or date You can directly edit the format Transparency HH mm MM dd yy Format Anchor G Era designator D Day in year y Year F Day of week in month M Month in year W Week in year Position 90 28 88 13 d Day in month W Week in month h Hour in am pm 1 12 a AM PM marker AER Be H Hours in day 0O 23 K Hour in day 1 24 konitan Proportions m Minute in hour K Hour in am pm 0 11 a Animate In S Second in minute Z Time zone 0 11 Effect ada SSS Millisecond i Escape for text Option none E Day in week i Single quote Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator R SS Fi eed 00O Composition Creator In the URL field you can enter the URL of a feed using copy amp paste Important You must be connected to the Internet to display RSS feeds as preview i
49. ent in between DAY TEMPLATES In the drop down menu Playback Type you can define the playback behavior of each asset playlist There are three options Exact plays the content back as defined in Count see next page Hybrid plays content back as defined and if there is time left in the time slot it plays back more often depending on the duration of Hybrid content Fill Content is for filling gaps between playlist items To use the same asset as Fill Content you need to add the item a second time into the Content Editor The Campaign Editor Adding of time slots to an item LJ Yosemite Yisun Ymon VTue Vwed VThu vei V sat 1 Click on the plus button mans E a Category Media 2 Choose between one or more slots Valdma 11 25 2010 C 3 Enter the playback counts of the slot in the now opened window D In case of multi selecting slots select a spreading option of the slots in the now opened window see note below After it go back 00 59 12 555 Total 25 Selected to the Content window 4 Set the parameters on the left side and on the top of the laa aaa Time Slots table a 5 Click on the Check button for automatically controlling free spaces The tem wili be played the avn number of times eveniy for new time slots If there is not enough space for them you will Ee ere eters get an error message length ofthe chosen time secs we aceount o E Do no
50. enter Player Pro 2 8 0 ES See Tutorial B How to display a Text Ticker across several screens oO W gt Canal Displays m Devices whem Publishing Start Player l l meer Standard Display Network Advanced With the audio option you can choose whether your Player plays audio C et Ticker Extension 2 SwitchResX M a or not SiswitchResX a If the ticker sane r multiple displays set the width of the ds aa ys next to the current M Audio The Exit on Display Change option is checked by default You need a ee to deactivate this option if you are using for example a MacBook Pro ce ee eee eae where the Display Configuration can change within the runtime If this ass option is checked the Player restarts when the Display setup changes aera a ieaeyt to make sure the Player is running in Full Screen ne aso If you use the default path all Players will use the same playout data By changing the Player data path you can specify an individual Player data path for each Player Display This allows you to have up to 4 individual Players on a Mac Pro configuration Please note that the offline update via removable media does not work if you do not use the default data path Presenter Player for Mac Pro 7 1 Mac Pro 0 O0 om a ww gt ral Displays mE Subscriptions Publishing Player Setup for Mac Pro Standard Display Network Advanced 1 SwitchResX M 2 SwitchResX m Wit
51. eo Group N Using this function opens an open dialog with a Video only file Import Media filter enabled Use this to import your videos into the assets list Canaio p Image 8 3 3 Audio Capture and Streaming P video Script Audio Using this function opens an open dialog with an Audio only Miscellaneous P Quartz Composition file filter enabled Use this to import your audio files into the HTML assets list 8 3 4 Quartz Compositon Using this function opens an open dialog with a QTZ only file filter enabled Use this to import your external Quartz Composi tions into the assets list Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 3 5 HTML To add a web page to your play out simply copy a URL into the HTML Inspector and adjust it as desired Example htto www sedna de Note The HTML asset requires an Internet connection on your play out computer Some web pages do not work correctly e g embedded QuickTime cannot be displayed You may have to experiment to achieve the desired results 8 0 0 Wapacias amp HTML Force reload Name new HTML 1 Check if you want to reload the complete web page instead of just using the cashed version from memory HTML Source URL Interactive User interaction allowed Y URL Check to allow interaction via mouse keyboard or touch display ee A aksa as ELE i Safari webarchive file for this website on your Player Mac Directory with index html Note Ch
52. er after upgrading your Players Overview sedna presenter has a client server architecture Resources of one or more display computers are administered and managed via a user interface Administration takes place locally first then the playout system is synchronized via a network connection sedna presenter consists of the following software applications Presenter Scheduler The control and management application for compiling and displaying media contents Presenter Player The playout application displays the digital assets according to sched ules developed in Presenter Scheduler The Player must be installed on the computer s that control the display s Presenter Publisher The publishing application distributes Presenter Scheduler Projects over the Internet Technical Information Media Formats sedna presenter makes it easy to manage a variety of media formats to be used on image generating systems The following media formats are supported movies including transparency aloha channel support pictures including transparency support video streaming realtime video capture up to HD SDI realtime computer capture HDMI DVI text text crawls RSS feeds etc Quartz compositions qtz web pages HTML interactive HTML Flash files Swf audio mp3 mp2 wma m4a mpa wav aif any third party application via VNC PowerPoint Director Office etc 2 Te
53. esktop Streaming Video Video Wall Mode Multiscreen support Control of External Devices iTunes Playlist Control Web Cloud Updates Subscriptions Self Publishing Video Capture SD Video Capture HD HDMI Capture Content Layers No of Tickers No of Screens per Player Computer Playlists and Overlays can be triggered with external Devices Presenter RFID support Kiosk Mode Playlist on touch Feature Comparison List Setup 3 Setup You need an Internet connection for registration and licensing your soft ware You should not install the Player License and Scheduler License on the same Mac Please make sure you install both the Scheduler and at least one Player do not mix versions Please remember that once activated the license key is permanently and irrevocably associated with the computer on which the activation process is executed Important Installation Notes sedna presenter requires MacOS X 10 6 Snow Leopard or later on all Player and Scheduler computers Although Player version 2 can play back projects created with version 1 you may get unusual or undesirable results during play back It is therefore highly recommended that you commit your projects from the Scheduler after upgrading your Players Setup Installing Presenter Scheduler 3 1 Installing the Presenter Scheduler l Ensure that all of the latest MacOSX updates 10 6 or later have been installed Important After upgrad
54. f you are using the same computer for both Player and Scheduler you can hide Presenter Player by typing H To quit the Player you can use Q or alt Q Then use the 6 Tab keys to switch between apps sSsed na presenter R Setup Connecting the Player and the Scheduler 3 3 Connecting the Player and the Scheduler Please see Jutorial A Network Setup for the configurations Fixed IP address Dynamic IP address Multiple Player via Internet connected by a router Example Configure Player in your local network LAN If the Scheduler Mac and the Playout Mac are arranged in the same subnet DHCP can be used as Bonjour finds all Playout Macs auto matically Select the desired Players in your Project Settings 1 Go to the Scheduler Mac and select Project Settings in the Pre senter Scheduler menu About Presenter Scheduler Preferences 4 Project Settings ot RFID Settings Triggered Playlist Settings License Check for Updates Services ir Hide Presenter Scheduler 3 H Hide Others 36H Quit Presenter Scheduler 0 Setup Connecting the Player and the Scheduler 2 Add a Player via the Button and choose your preferred method Add Bonjour Add Player by host Add Player manually Add iPad Player manually 3 You now see a list of all of the systems running Presenter Player Select one or
55. g Name AirPort 2 Disks Findiaisetting Port Mapping Setup Assistant hoose a service from the pop up menu or enter ze e public and the private IP address and ports that you want to mai eS Service Choose a service m Public UDP Port s Public TCP Port s 30001 Private IP Address 192 168 1 11 Private UDP Port s Private TCP Port s Q Revert J Update D Tutorial A Network Setup Connecting Scheduler and multiple Players via VPN Connect multiple Players SubNet via a VPN Via a VPN endpoint router you can use a remote subNet with Play out Macs per VPN via the Internet In this case the Playout Macs should have fixed internal IP addresses assigned to them e g 192 168 1 1 80 Then set up a connection via the VPN to access the remote network You can access the Playout Macs at the internal IP ad dresses e g 192 168 1 1 80 and add them in the project settings via Add by Host with standard port 22 Note You can only access and synchronize the remote Playout Macs as long as they are connected via the VPN Tutorial A Network Setup ExXcCursus Sample configuration of a Cisco Linksys RVO42 VPN router 1 Download the latest firmware for the router from the Linksys website www linksys com htto www cisco com en US products ps9925 index htm Connect the router to your computer or integrate it into your network Via the browser go to the
56. g occurs it is marked in red Fill 09 06 2010 Fill Options Fill whole day B Fill whole day Append to schedule Fill until date Fill period of time Presenter Scheduler Calendar Append to schedule Places the playlist at the end of any program elements that have al ready been scheduled If this leads to a backlog it is marked in red If the day has no entries yet the playlist is placed at the top Fill until date The inserted playlist is repeated until the date specified in the option menu There are additional options for daily repetitions repetitions on certain days of the week or repetitions on every second day Fill period of time The inserted playlist fills the period of time defined in the option menu according to the pattern specified every day every other day etc 10 2 Day Week View La ES week _ gt Drag amp drop a playlist into the schedule view day or week view Switch a between the day and a week view and roughly adjust the start and end Start 011 15 oo em time of a playlist by pulling on the upper or lower end Double click on mm End 04 o0 00 Pm the start or end time of a playlist a window will pop up to define them j o4 7 Pa more precisely Duration O2 45 00 Presenter Scheduler Calendar Use CTRL click or right click on the desired playlist for the following options 08 45 AM Playlist July 09 Use Pla
57. h a Presenter Player Pro license a maximum of four displays can TR isplay Name LEDA ooo O be used on one Mac It is strongly recommended to install a separate Displey Nare VE eee graphics card for each Player in the Mac Pro If using a second port of i teas a graphics card you may experience performance problems One Player eae ee can only be used on one monitor output ee pah deaa The Player setup requires the following settings to be specified under Standard The column view lists all connected displays Upon selection you re ceive an ID for identifying the relevant display You can now activate deactivate each display by marking the Enable display checkbox On the right side you can assign a Display Name and Display Group to each display This is necessary for the Presenter Scheduler when using Multiscreen assets see section 8 2 9 Multiscreen to differentiate between the displays Presenter Player for Mac Pro The Start Player button on the upper right allows you to start all acti vated Players immediately If no content was provided in the Scheduler all activated displays show the sedna presenter logo You may store your own background images for each display under Display by using drag amp drop If displays are deleted added or connected to other graphics outputs it may be necessary to reconfigure the Player setup 7 2 Setup Recommendations a gt Automatic login sedna
58. ice vrientation Standaru Volume ir a ra EC EE low high Transparency qpa 0 0 l L I l I l l I I I Fade in m y l I I l l ri Fade Out 0 0 I I I I I label x oa Comment Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 4 2 QuickTime Stream URL Inspector The QuickTime Stream URL option allows you to add a video to your playout by way of real time streaming This makes it possible to acquire cake Tinie aa streaming video such as live TV broadcast annoucements and so forth Name new QuickTime Stream 1 URL To add a QuickTime Stream to your playout simply add the correspond ee ee ing URL RTP RTSP to the URL field Now you can make adjustments pacis Ko BAN Ku 200 in the Inspector as desired Fill Mode Scale to fill frame Ali t E wl wy Duration ja Choose the desired time b a a Fill Mode p Choose a function to scale the live video input e n s Alignment Crop Margins 5 0 5 Assign a rough position e g upper left corner and 4 add or subtract pixels in the Position if desired for fine tuning Crop Margins Add pixels that should be cropped out of the live video input top left right and bottom Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Orientation Turns the live video input 90 180 or 270 degrees Scale 10000 Volume T a Orientation Standard HH Control the volume of the audio input g Tran
59. ies on the right side at the bottom Use Duplicate to trigger two or more playlists h in e g different groups and or displays with only pee one RFID tag Advanced Settings Add Manually N Miscellaneous Presenter RFID Reader Wildcard The Wildcard is essentially a generic RFID tag setting that allows your Players to react to RFID tags regardless of what their actual number is This saves you time if you re working with a large amount of RFID tags since you don t have to enter each card into the system individually To enable the Wildcard feature 1 open the RFID Settings menu and add your RFID tags as described above 2 set all of the tags to the relevant playlists and displays and be sure that the RFID settings on the Players are enabled 3 add a Wildcard to the list of tags and assign a playlist to it Any time a Player detects an unknown RFID tag it starts the playlist that you assigned to the Wildcard This gives you a chance for some personalization Workflow Example In a store with four Players with RFID abilities you can create a contest by distributing hundreds to RFID tags to the customers When they swipe the cards unrecognized RFID tags Wildcards will start a generic playlist perhaps a message or an advertisement The card or cards with a specifically assigned RFID tag will indicate the winner Miscellaneous Interactive HTML Idle Mode Interactive HTML Idle Mode Interacti
60. imate In box set the Start Time to 2 and the Duration to 2 A Image Reload Background2 jpg Size 1280 x 720 pixels Transparency q Ps a S e a ee a ee 0 00 O Invisible Position 0 Ilo 6 Size 200 200 W Constrain Proportions O Animate In Effect Fade Option none Start Time 0 SGC Duration 1 seg gt a OUT Tutorial D Composition Creator g Double click the Text asset in the library view to create a new text Rename Text to THIS WEEK S EVENTS in the Inspector h Set the Alignment to center i Set the Font to Helvetica Neue Light 96 pt j Set the Anchor to Top k Set the Position to 0 96 Check the Animate In box m Set the Effect to Move n Set the Option to from left o Set the Start Time to 1 and Duration to 1 p Double click the Date amp Time asset in the library view to create a new real time clock q Set the Font to Helvetica Neue Light 36 pt Tutorial D Composition Creator r Set the Text Color to a 25 gray use the gray scale slider of the color picker s Set Format to h mm ss a If this isn t present in the drop down list you can enter it manually Basically this gives you a 12 hour clock without preceding zeros plus an AM PM indicator Set the Time Zone
61. ine the idle time in Pre senter Player 000 Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 In the Presenter Player setup under General check Interactive Allow a mean aan nthe aia user interaction with HTML assets Startup M Start player on login Start the player automatically when the current user logs in m Keep Player Alive The idle time can be set in minutes Restart player when it quits unexpectedly Offline Update m Enable content update via removable media Automatically update player content when a drive with an update image is mounted M Show update message during transfer sedna RFID m Enable RFID support Support for starting playlists connected to RFIDs Interactive m Allow user interaction with HTML assets Users may navigate web pages inside Presenter Player Idle Time 1 minutes Player switches from the triggered playlist to the scheduled or default content after specified time from 1 minute up to 1440 minutes 24 hours of user inactivity Kiosk Mode Prevents users from switching applications or using the keyboard to exit Presenter Player without a password juit Passworc Miscellaneous Sync Group Settings Sync Group Settings About Presenter Player Save Player Settings S In Presenter Player you can change the sync group for each Player All Open Update Image Players with the same sync group are synced We strongly recommend eli using Only addresses in the 239 0 16 space because th
62. ing graphics hardware it may be the case that contents are not displayed frame accurately Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions How to Use it Presenter Scheduler Menu Add Multiscreen Select a Multiscreen asset and activate the Inspector Using the mouse pull assets or playlists without clicking the mouse directly to the con tent column of the Inspector Switch by Display Group This setting helps you to take advantage of Display Groups in Mul tiscreen assets You can either control your Multiscreens by Display Name or Display Group In the left column you can assign the desired target Display or Display Name of the desired Player to the content either via pull down menu or by entering text manually Then you can place the Multiscreen asset in a playlist as with any other asset Note In a Multiscreen asset you can only place either playlists or as sets Mixing both is not possible If you re only using assets they must be all of the same type Mixing movies images HTML compositions etc is not possible however it can be done by using playlists 000 1 SwitchResX 2 SwitchResX 3 SwitchResX nable 0 Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 W gt Goma ja s Input Devices On Publishing Start Player Standard Display Network Advanced a M M m Display Name LED_A Use this name in the scheduler to playback ts on this display Display Group od splay to a g
63. ing your Players you need to commit your projects from the Scheduler Double click on sedna presenter x y dmg to open the image x y stands for the current version Drag the Presenter Scheduler application icon to the applications folder on your Mac or use the embedded link Note If you cannot place the icon into your applications folder try restarting your Mac PLACES E Desktop a A Applications Ea Pictures Presenter Scheduler Double click on Presenter Scheduler icon in the applications folder to launch the program sedna presenter x y dmg Setup Installing Presenter Scheduler 5 Be sure to review the License Agreement and click Accept or License Decline Declining the terms of the End User License Agreement End User License Agreement for sedna Software stops the installation Process The following information represents the contractual conditions for the use of software manufactured by sedna GmbH having its registered office at Salzufer 13 14 10587 Berlin Germany sedna by you the end user Licensee By installing the software on your computer and by registration you 6 Enter you r serial num ber are declaring yourself to be in agreement with the contractual A conditions so please read the following text carefully Important A Serial number Can only be used once and will be per If you are owner of sedna software products which
64. is space is not en be used by other devices In some special cases you may need to try a oe gt different IP address space Hide Presenter Player Setup H Hide Others CEH Quit Presenter Player Setup Q Syne Group M Enable custom sync group 239 O O 124 Close The Campaign Editor Presenter Scheduler Plus Introduction Presenter Scheduler Plus is an enhanced version of the award winning Presenter Scheduler Application The Plus version includes a power ful yet easy to use module for creating ad campaigns and automatic schedule creation You can define time slots and validation dates for your assets and playlists and simply define how many times you would like your assets to play back in your slots Presenter Scheduler Plus will do all the math for you creates schedules automatically and even fills in the gaps with the content you define 12 The Campaign Editor The Campaign Editor is the module you can activate to access these powerful features sedna presenter Scheduler Plus sedna gmbh www sedna presenter com meinerste p Commit Live Test n inspecto Schedule From 02 09 2010 until 09 09 2010 _ Include Disabled Content for Check Day All 02 09 2010 Thursday 19 10 00 00 00 00 19 10 00 Slot2 02 25 00 00 00 00 02 25 00 Slot3 98 35 00 0 08 35 00 Slot 02 40 00 0 02 40 00 Slot4 95 30 00 0 05 30 00 03 09 2010 Friday 24 00 00 2
65. ject and transfer it physically Recent Projects b Choose File Create Update Image and save it on your Desktop Import ox Export HE Export as CSV Save Commit Project AU Save As Lobby oas JA Save Project s Where 4 sedna HH Consolidate Project Cancel C Save Export Project Create Update Image Choose this option to burn the playlist on a CD or save it and transfer it by removable media e g USB device a Disk image created The disk image homeuse prim has been created in Users admin Desktop Burn Done Simply connect the USB Stick to the computer on which the Player is installed start the Player or insert the USB Stick while the Player is running and the Player will update automatically You can set an update message in the Player settings to be shown while updating Presenter Scheduler Playlists and Projects 9 7 Consolidate Project oa ated Open Project 0 Download Project from Player The function Consolidate Project cleans up your project files It deletes Recent Projects gt unused and previously deleted files from your project If you use this ORI function you also lose all undo steps Commit Project U Save Project 3S Export Project Create Update Image 9 8 Show Unused Items This function available via View Show Unused Items marks Hide Calendar all items in your asset library which are not used in a playlist Show Unused Item
66. l work LAN Setting This is the Router s LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask The default value is 192 168 1 1 for IP address and 255 255 255 0 for the Subnet Mask More Tutorial A Network Setup 6 After restarting the router you can log on again and change the router s allocated internal IP address as desired by going to Setup and then to Network 7 The WAN IP of the router is also configured on this page You can change the admin password under Setup Password LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Systems Inc 10 100 4 port VPN Router System Management Summary Setup DHCP System Port Management Management Firewall VPN Log Wizard Support Logout Diagnostic Diagnostic DNS Name Lookup Ping L n Name Lookup and Ping built in which will help with Ping trouble shooting network Ping host or IP address 192 168 192 2 Go proie Cisco SYSTEMS Tutorial A Network Setup 8 After the IP addresses has been entered you can check the oper ability of the router s Internet connection under System Manage ment Diagnostic LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Systems Inc 10 100 4 port VPN Router Setup System System Port Summary Setup DHCP Management Management Firewall VPN Log Wizard Support Logout Bandwidth Management l Bandwidth Management The Maximum Bandwidth Upstream Downstream provided by ISP ssnansaste
67. layout Mac iPad are located at different sites and if a fixed IP address has been assigned to them by the Internet provider they can be added to the project settings using Add Player by host Note For Internet connections with a dynamic IP address via DynDNS connection and further possibilities see Tutorial A Network Setup 6 4 Player for iPad Licensing This is a feature for iPad See the Player for iPad manual for more infor mation Add Bonjour Add Player by host Add Player manually Add iPad Player manually vee layer Host QOC Player Host 192 168 1 123 auto detect Presenter Scheduler Project Settings 6 5 Order Players If you have added several Players to your project you can sort them by Display Name This is very useful for Multiscreen Setups Video Walls where the order of the Players is used for the list of Displays Check Order Players by Display Name in the Project Settings Alternatively you can sort them individually by drag amp drop in the list Presenter Player Setup 7 Presenter Player Setup General Start Player on login Start the Player automatically when the current user logs in Keep Player alive Restart Player when it quits unexpectedly Offline Update Enable for Sneaker Network e g CD DVD or USB storage devices Note that the offline update via removable media does not work if you do not use the default data path
68. n eas Make the whole web page transparent if desired o E iney Fade In Fade Out Define the time the web page should appear disappear Fade n G 0 0 Label Fade Out pe 0 0 Give the asset a color for easy organization rs Comment label x OG 8 6 Enter a comment for later reference e g name production Comment notes etc Transparency does not work with Flash files and may lead to unexpected results with some web pages ns Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Interactive HTML ao Inspector S HTML Interactivity is supported for HTML assets except Presenter Player Light and Player for iPad You can use HTML controlled by touch systems ee ne HTML keyboard entries and mouse easily HTML Source URL E Simply add an HTML asset in Presenter Scheduler and open the Inspector Be sure to check the Interactive option URL http www sedna de Next open the Presenter Player settings where you want to commit the O force reload project In the General section you can find two more checkboxes ined em User interaction allowed Allow user interaction with HTML asset needs to be checked ll ees M ea A ea Duration OO h OO m 30s 000 ms Furthermore you can restrict user interaction by activating Kiosk Mode This entry prevents users from switching applications or using Fill Mode the keyboard to exit Presenter Player Render Size M auto i Background
69. n the Scheduler or as playout on the Player Specific settings parameters font type font size font color direction content soeed and smoothing Rectangle Generate rectangles Specific settings parameters Fill Type Color Fill Fill Type Gradient Fill Color End Color Angle sednapre Recommendation Define the opacity of the colors in Gradient Fill to generate semi transparent masks Image This option allows you to import image formats Note Alpha channels are supported Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator Movie 200 Composition Creator This option allows you to import movie formats Note Aloha channels are supported Specific settings parameters loop function Recommendation Use the Creator only for short movies e g logo animations If you use longer movies it s better to import and place them as assets in the Scheduler not in compositions QTZ This function allows you to import Quartz compositions seana pr Specific settings parameters loop function Note Due to the nature of Quartz Composer some files may not be dis played as expected You may have to experiment with Quartz Composer to achieve the desired results Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 3 Media Assets 8 3 1 Image Using this function opens a open dialog with an Image only file filter enabled Use this to import your images into the assets list Playlist N iPad Playlist 8 3 2 Vid
70. new Live Video Input 1 Duration 00h 00 m 30 s 000 ms oO Original size Fill Mode Scale into frame Fill Made Scale to fill frame H Choose a function to scale the live video input Scale to fill frame Scale to fit horizontally Alignment Scale to fit vertically Alignment Stretch to fill frame Assign a rough position e g upper left corner and add or subtract pixels in the Position if desired Position 0 o px for fine tuning Crop Margins D o Crop Margins Add pixels that should be cropped out of the live video Scale 100 00 input top left right and bottom Standard Orientation Standard sd 90 Orientation aid Se Turn the live video input 90 180 or 270 degrees Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Volume Control the volume of the audio input Transparency Make the whole live video input transparent Fade In Fade Out Define the time the live video input should appear disappear Label Give the asset a color for easy organization Comment Enter a comment for later reference e g name production notes etc Recommended Video Hardware Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro capture card Blackmagic Multibridge Pro capture card Blackmagic Design Decklink Extreme HD or SDI capture card AJA Kona LHe or any QuickTime compatible capture device up to Full HD and higher You may have to experiment with your favorite capture dev
71. not offer this option you can install the DynDNS Updater for Mac httpo www dyndns com support clients Mac html on one of the Playout Macs The dynamic IP address is then transmit ted from this Mac to the DynDNS service and allows accessibility of the router using the address myrouter1 dyndns org To access several Playout Macs behind the router Port Forwarding must be set up on the router Normally a Playout Mac can be accessed at port 22 SSH To access more than one Playout Mac a separate port is allocated for each playout computer which is routed to a specific Playout Mac IP with port 22 e g 30001 for the first Playout Mac with the internal IP address 192 168 1 11 30002 for the second with the internal IP address 192 168 1 12 30003 etc Tutorial A Network Setup Example Apple Airport Extreme The playout computers can then be added in the project settings under Add by Host as follows As Host you enter your DynDNS address e g myrouter1 dyndns org Under Port you can specify the port you have assigned to the Playout Mac on the router when Port Forwarding For the Playout Mac with the internal IP address 192 168 1 11 the port is 30007 If you want to use Apple Remote Desktop you have to enter the relevant ports in Port Forwarding as well The needed ports are Public TCP and UDP port s 3283 5900 AirPort Uti may ha gt amp Q Settin
72. nter Player Application and give your Dis play a unique name in the Display Name field You will need this ID later to run playlists on explicit Displays e g via Multiscreen assets external control or RFID Readers You can also put several Displays into one Group if you want to send one playlist to a number of displays It is not necessary to assign names a default name is provided but it is recommended to choose a meaningful ID i Ne P Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 pima a a Input Devices Subscriptions Publishing Start Player i onan Enabled Standard Display Network Advanced 1 SwitchResxX v 2 SwitchResX vi 3 SwitchResX vi Display Name LED_A Use this name in the scheduler to playback assets on this display Display Group Add display to a group Certain features such as RFID and sedna Control can target groups Setup Installing Presenter Player 19 Now click on the Start Player icon at the upper right corner of the Player setup window Player Start Start Player The Player starts as soon as you click on Start Player The Player Setup Tool closes automatically if the Keep Player alive function is enabled If you want to change something in your Player Settings you have to open the Player Setup Tool again This closes the cur rently running Player You should now see the sedna presenter logo on the designated display of the playout system Note I
73. ommands Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions append to message Some devices systems require a line break at the end of a command line depending on the ASCII format a line feed LF a carriage return CR or both LR CR If commands are not executed the cause of the error is often a line break that was not set Note To control devices with a serial communication interface e g RS232 you can use standard serial device servers with an ethernet to serial interface Such converters have a LAN interface and an IP ad dress and can receive a network message of the Presenter Player via the connected network and forward it to external devices using your own serial interface A Network message can be placed in any layer of a playlist entry How ever please note that it has a duration of O and therefore cannot be placed on the same line as time based assets that have a defined duration like movies pictures web pages etc The network message needs a separate line or may possibly be combined with other time less assets such as text ticker overlay multiscreen and AppleScript in one line The network message is sent out immediately after the line is reached in the playlist Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Important In the Player Setup you must activate the Networking option under Displays Network This is the second most common cause for failed messages commands Presenter Sched
74. on MBP Introduction License k F Click Install to perform a standard installation of Destination Select this software on the volume MBP Installation Type Installation Summary Change Install Location sedna presenter GoBack Install 9 Once the installer is complete the system must be restarted After the restart go to the applications folder and double click on the ia Presenter Player application Presenter Player setup Installing Presenter Player 10 Please review the License terms carefully and click Accept or De License cline Declining the terms of the End User License Agreement stops End User License Agreement for sedna Software i i The following infi i h I diti f Ha he use of software manufacured by sera Gmbt having registered office at Salzufer 13 14 10587 Berlin Germany sedna by you the end user Licensee By installing the software on your computer and by registration you are declaring yourself to be in agreement with the contractual conditions so please read the following text carefully If you are owner of sedna software products which qualify you to update or upgrade to the product bundle licensed by this Agreement the qualifying licences of your software products will expire by accepting the following contractual conditions These conditions shall apply to the bundle that may include your sof
75. on Creator Tutorial D Composition Creator How to make your Playback with Composition Creator more interesting Summary In Tutorial C we saw how to create a simple PiP playlist Now we want to add a little something more to it like displaying a real time clock and transitions using the Composition Creator 1 Open the project you used to create Tutorial C either by double clicking the project file or using the Open Project command in the File menu 2 Duplicate the playlist of Tutorial C and rename it PiP playback en hanced We will use the old playlist as a starting point so we don t have to start from scratch 3 Create a new composition by using the command Composition of the Add menu and rename it to PiP Background New Project Open Project 380 Download Project from Player Recent Projects p Import C I Commit Project aU Save Project 3S ate Project Undo Z Z foject pdate Image A Copy C Duplicate D Delete Select All A Properties p Playlist p Day Template gt Label bs Special Characters CST Playlist 3 N iPad Playlist Group TEN Import Media Generator Text Ticker l gt Media gt Text AT Capture and Streaming gt Color C Script gt p P Miscellaneous Tutorial D Composition Creator 4 Click on the Edit Composition button in the Inspector to launch the Back Forward Preview Composition Edi
76. ons or using the keyboard to exit Presenter Player without a password Presenter Player Setup Dis la S 000 Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 O Aia Jaj a Ow gt Choose a background image to display when no content ara e A MOA is scheduled The default image is the sedna presenter logo 2r OE 1 SwitchResX mi Background NERE 4 Player background Drop Image 3 SwitchResxX m image for this 7 Here screen Choose Standard or select the preferred screen orientation pen Let the Player adjust the format according to the connected screen a DOS Rotate screen by this angle or choose Set Playout Resolution for individual resolutions that may A Gacaaet toe width 1920 height 1080 d iffe r fro mMm th e sta nN d a rd S C re e nN re S O U ti O nN Set playout resolution that differs from the screen resolution M Full Screen Try to set the monitor to this resolution in full screen 0 0 00 Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 Network epea a X gt Input Devices Subscriptions Publishing Start Player See Tutorial E External Control Standard Display Network Advanced Screens Enabled 1 SwitchResX mM 2 SwitchResX M 3 SwitchResxX m M Networking Enable network traffic from assets running on this display M External Control Enable the external control interface for live playlists and overlays Presenter Player Setup Advanced eA Pres
77. ontrol Presenter Playlists with your Presenter Name new Playlist 1 Control Light you need to enable each playlist with a check mark r men me Duration 00h 02 m 24 s 750 ms in the Inspector first w enable for External iPad Control 3 Commit the changes to your Players Players e 4 Start your Presenter Control Light 5 Click the icon Ma sednatest_Kitchenalias paa IBC Mini 03 local v 6 A window will open and show all the available Players in your network Playlists 7 Double click on the desired Player s 8 The Player will show all playlists starting with lt space character gt Stop Playlist Start Overlay Stop Overlay 9 Click on the playlist and it will be shown in Favorites Tutorial F Presenter Control Light 10 Select a playlist you would like to control Blue button start stop playlist orange button start stop overlay Remember that the overlay plays on top of the current schedule this may affect the overall performance of the Player iPad does not support Overlays arrange your selected playlists in the window with a delete a playlist with C stop all playlists or overlays from your selection with 2 Le Tutorial F Presenter Control Light How to use Presenter Control Light with an iPhone iPod touch or iPad 1 Start all your Playout Macs in your local network that you want to control 2 If you would like to control Pre
78. ould appear a ba TIELE Fade out 270 Transparency 0 0 Define the time the asset should disappear Fade in qmm Label Fade Out Qa o o Assign a color label Comment ee eee eee Comment Enter a comment for later reference e g name production notes etc Preview Window Click on the gt to see a preview Note Some of the assets that cannot be played back with QuickTime may give unexpected results when you click on the Preview triangle sedna presenter First Steps Presenter Scheduler 4 4 Create a Playlist New Playlist Use the Playlist option in the Add menu or the key combination d6 N to add a new playlist New iPad Playlist Use the iPad Playlist option in the Add menu to add a playlist which can be used for Player for iPad projects Note For further information see the Player for iPad manual Double clicking on the Playlist activates it Its existing contents are displayed in the Contents Field The Inspector shows the properties of the playlist Enable External iPad Control in the Inspector if you want to use playlist s with the Presenter Control Light application or control iPad playlist s externally See Tutorial F Presenter Control Light for more information Playlist N iPad Playlist Group N Import Media Generator Media Capture and Streaming Script Miscellaneous TYF YF YF Y Of Inspector i gt Playlist
79. ount of Tunnel s Used m and Tunnel s Available Phase2 Local Remote Remote Tunnel No Name Status Enc Auth Grp Group Group Gateway Test Config RV042 supports 50 tunnels Detail Click the Detail button to see the details of VPN Summary and users can use the tools on the top E Te a to save export or print the c Gror JpVPN Si tatus details of VPN Summary Connected Phase2 i Tea Enc Auth Grp Local Group Remote Client 0 Tunnel s Enabled 0 Tunnel s Defined Tunnel Remote 3 Group Name Client Status Test sete Tutorial A Network Setup 13 VPN dial in is configured on the topic VPN at the beginning of this tutorial The final configuration can be exported or imported on the topic System Management Setting Backup at the beginning of this tutorial As soon as the Enable PPTP Server option is activated users can connect to the router via PPTP over the Internet The usernames and the related passwords are also specified on this page Connected users are listed in VPN Summary If the VPN router is not directly con nected to the Internet ports 47 and 1723 must be forwarded from the Internet gateway to the VPN router S A Division of Cisco Systems Inc Firmware Version 1 3 9 450 10 100 4 port VPN Router RV042 VPN E Enable PPTP Server IP Address Range Range Start 192 168 1 200 Range End 192 168 1 204 Users Setting User
80. pes of assets Advanced Choose advanced settings for the display of your content window in your Scheduler if desired Layers ordered defines the arrangement not the playout order of the Layers Background Content Foreground 1 and Foreground 2 You can also choose the number of hours 8 12 18 or 24 and define the start and end of a day for your displays 00 Preferences oF Default Durations Asset Duration seconds Image 3 Composition 30 Quartz Composition 30 Color 1 Text 20 Video Stream 30 Live Video Input 30 HTML 30 VNC Remote Screen 30 orn Preferences Layers ordered Descending Show 8 Day starts at 12 18 Day ends at Descending HH 24 HA hours at a time 2 8 00AM gt m 6 00 PM v Presenter Scheduler Project Settings 6 Presenter Scheduler Project Settings 6 1 Connecting Scheduler and Player in a Local Network LAN see chapter 3 Setup 6 2 Connecting Scheduler and Player outside a Subnetwork WAN If the Scheduler and the Playout Mac iPad are located in different sub networks a fixed IP address must be assigned to the Playout Mac iPad since Bonjour does not operate beyond network borders Play out Macs iPad can be added in the project settings using the Add by Host or the Add iPad Player manually options 6 3 Connecting Scheduler and Player via the Internet with a fixed IP address If Scheduler and P
81. r you can see a drop down menu where you can set the resolution The work surface is transparent but can be filled either with a color or an image using the Inspector Assets placed on the work surface are selected by using the mouse or the tab key Shortcut 3 Tab selection forward 3 Tab selection backward Assets can be freely arranged at levels either above or below each other Shortcut F bring forward 36 B sent backward It is possible to duplicate assets Shortcut 8 D Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator Inspector Use the preview option shortcut R to get a preview of the generated composition Relevant properties parameters etc can be individually defined using the Inspector 3 1 Save the composition and close the Composition Creator to return to the Scheduler There you can place the composition in the playlists as this is possible with any other asset While editing a composition you cannot work in the Scheduler Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator Global General Settings Parameters in the Inspector Reload Click on the name of the image to load the latest version from your file system e g if it has been changed in an image editing program Transparency You can specify an individual transparency value for all objects assets Invisible This option is used to place invisible assets objects e g duplicates as placeholder
82. r registration info and keep it in a safe place Click on Close 15 Start Presenter Player The Scheduler and Player communicate via SSH which means you have to activate remote login on the Mac the Player is installed on 16 If remote login is not enabled a dialog window comes up Select OK and go to the Menu System preferences Sharing Activation Press the Submit button to transmit the registration data and activate Presenter Scheduler on this computer Remote login is not enabled Please enable remote login on this machine in order to schedule content for the players Do not show this message again Cok setup Installing Presenter Player 17 Enable remote login with a check mark you may have to enter your administrator password Sharing La gt show ait_ q Computer Name sedna playerl Computers on your local network can access your computer at sedna player 1 local On _ Service Remote Login On uJ DVD or CD Sharing Remote Login lets users of other computers access this computer using SSH Screen Sharing MM FileSharing Printer Sharing Web Sharing MM Remote Login Allow access for All users M Remote Management C Only these users Remote Apple Events Internet Sharing Bluetooth Sharing Th Click the lock to prevent further changes E setup Installing Presenter Player 18 Switch back to the Prese
83. r under project settings can replay individual contents Generate panorama pictures or high resolution movies as separate elements according to their resolution and the aspect ratio of the displays and present them on several displays as a combined picture again ers Inspector M Multiscreen Name new Multiscreen 1 label x Gee Comment Switch bie A Group oo Display Content MacMinil gt Moviel MacMini gt Movie MacMini3 gt Movies MacMini4 gt Movied Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Example Use the Multiscreen asset on a Mac Pro with a Presenter Player Pro License to run different playlists or assets on up to 4 con nected displays simultaneously Note For each of the maximal four Players the Mac Pro needs a sepa rate graphics card so that a synchronous frame accurate output of all Players can be archived Using the second graphics port of a graphics card is not recommended Synchronous and frame accurate output even works in a computer network e g several interconnected Mac Pros Gigabit Ethernet is recommended can be combined to form a video wall The Multiscreen asset also allows you to assign individual content to a number of Mac minis In this case the contents are played synchro nously and in a frame accurate form as long as all Mac minis belong to one network Gigabit Ethernet is recommended Note A mix of Mac Pros and Mac minis is possible but due to their vary
84. r will not duplicate the file but rather create a Copy 32C reference copy which doesn t take any hard disk space actually a Duplicate 38D Delete few bytes for the parameters to be exact This way you can have Select All XA multiple copies of the same video with different parameters position _ 1 n Oo Inspector scale volume fade values etc for different playlists and uses Properties a E 2 Playlist gt Name sedna flow Day Template b 3 Edit the parameters of the video in the Inspector to create a PiP Label x higa poum insert sedna presenter tutorials oona Special Characters XT g pear ay ia a Set the Fill Mode to Scale to fit horizontally This will make sage sure that the scale parameter is consistent even when distributing saris Fill Mode Scale to fit horizontally the content to screens with different aspect ratios Agrment FT in Lant b Set the Alignment to left Postion 5o o Jp Orientation Standard E cn POR Ta a TT Transparency a a ea A Fe 0 0 jacked sere one erent OO Fade Out Gamm 0 0 label x O SO Tutorial C Picture in Picture c Set the Position to 50 0 This adds 50 pixels on OO NOS OT ea the right to the video r Text Ticker Name NY Times News Feed d Set the Scale to 50 Since you ve set the fill mode to Scale cers ege manatee to fit horizontally the video size will be exactly half of the width of Home
85. re devices you have to select a device for a atta video and audio in the Presenter Player for each playout system Video Input Audio Input Built in Line Input B Select your video device for the Capture asset Select audio input device for the video capture asset Audio Delay Time Q 000 Set audio delay between 0 0 and 2 0 seconds to compensate video signal delay Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Custom Input Resolution In the Inout Devices section of the presenter Player Setup Tool you will find the Custom Resolution option This option can be used to set the input device resolution Some devices e g the Canopus ADVC 55 only work if you use this option Choose e g 640 x 480 or 720x480 or 960x720 for SD content Depending on the input signal other values may work too Audio Input Select your audio input device for the capture asset Audio Delay Time If there is a video delay caused by the capture device you can manu ally set an Audio Delay Time Note Using DV input devices attached via Firewire Presenter Player only supports Video In and not audio Use the analog audio input of your Mac to feed the audio signal into the Player Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions AOO Inspector Now you can set your adjustments in the Inspector of your Presenter Scheduler as desired ia Live Video Input D Unsupported in Player Light Duration Choose the desired time Name
86. ro op eana n features such s RFID and sedna Control c A ups Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Specific Settings Parameters Duration The asset placed first or the playlist placed first defines the duration of the Multiscreen asset If you change the duration of this asset or this playlist this change is also made for and updated in the Multiscreen asset The duration of the Multiscreen assets can be modified manually Assets playlists with a longer duration are cut off Assets playlists which are shorter are stopped and the background image defined in the Player setup is shown see section 7 1 Mac Pro Note The Display Name and Display Group are specified in the Player setup of the Presenter Player see section 7 1 Mac Pro Under Menu Presenter Scheduler Project Settings you can define the commit targets or Players see chapter 6 Presenter Scheduler In the Player column the user can check which Display Names are active by computer Mac Pro max 4 Players Mac mini max 1 Player Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions How to work with the Multiscreen group feature Imagine you have a large store with different floors and you want to use sedna presenter to control all signage displays in this store with one project Your players on each floor are in one separate group like floor01 floor02 etc By using the Multiscreen asset with groups you can control all displays on all floors
87. s Anchor Position Size In the Composition Creator the positions of objects are not defined in absolute terms but relative to the zero point center of the work sur face This means that the position of an object is defined in 100 relative to the zero point Example The center of an object is located exactly in the center of the workspace if the value 0 0 is entered in the Inspector By using the Anchor function you can define the midpoint of the object as the point of reference to the zero point boa Inspector T Image Reload presenter_screen_XXXL Long Size 477 x 352 pixels Transparency Anchor Position 0 oO 7a Size 100 98 2 W Constrain Proportions W Animate In effect pg Option fromhet Start Time 1 5e a car Presenter Scheduler Compostion Creator Imported assets movie picture Quartz composition are usually placed as follows Position 0 0 Size horizontal 100 from 50 to 50 vertical in proportion to its horizontal size J Scaling is done proportionally if you activate the Constrain Proportions option Using the shortcut N you can always restore the relative propor tional size of imported assets Animate In Animate Out Use the function Animation In amp Out to assign special dynamic effects so called transitions to assets such as dissolve move expand and contract The starting time and duration of a transition can be d
88. s all playlists which are not used in any schedule SS with a small unused tag T Presenter Scheduler Calendar 10 Calendar You can use the Calender to complie playlists into daily schedules for displays In the day fields a colored bar at the lower margin shows for which part of the day digital contents have already been scheduled When double clicking on a day field the system shows the overview of this day with all its entries in the contents window Presenter Scheduler Calendar 10 1 Creating Schedules To use playlists for day schedules various options are available Drag amp drop in the day view in the content window Double clicking on a day in the calendar view displays that day s schedule You can add playlists easily using drag amp drop to the opened day view Just move the playlist to the desired date a blue marker shows the current insert position To insert more than one playlist mark all the desired playlists and drag amp drop them together Drag amp drop on the calendar s day field Alternatively you can move a playlist directly to the desired day field of the calendar A dialog window appears in this case here you can select the insert mode for the playlist to be added Available options are Fill whole day Fills the entire day with the playlist to be inserted If the playlist s dura tion is shorter than 24 hours it is repeated as often as needed When a backlo
89. s are Supported UDP Multicast Mpeg2 TS Fade Out es 0 0 Recommended Hardware Mpeg2 TS Encoder SD eel a eae ae ae Teracue ENC 100 www teracue de Comment Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 4 5 VNC Remote Screen The VNC Remote Screen option links to a new external computer source This is a powerful feature because it allows you to include the displays of other computers on the network into your playlists and schedules independent of their operating system For instance you can access a Windows or Linux PC with any application e g Power Point running on it The required properties such as server and port name as well as the password are specified in the Inspector window Mac OSX Leopard and Snow Leopard have a VNC Server built in Refer to MacOSX help for help setting it up go to the Finder helo menu and type VNC to begin For access to a PC Be sure that a VNC Server e g UltraVNC is installed For access to a Mac Be sure that screen sharing is activated in sharing in your settings and that a VNC password is generated 8 0 0 Crop Margins r Inspector VNC Remote Screen ja Unsupported in Player Light Name new VNC Remote Screen 1 Duration 00 h 00 m 30 s 000 ms Server 1927 168 1 123 Pert 5900 Fill Mode Scale to fill frame 7 Alignment e cris asl e MA d m u a Position 0 o px Scale 100 00 Orientation Standard Transparency 0
90. sedna presenter currently does not play back AC3 audio tracks Use AAC 5 1 if you need surround sound encoding Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 2 Generator Assets In addition to the existing media elements such as pictures and movies you can generate assets directly in Presenter Scheduler For example you can create ticker texts or text new colors and compositions As with external assets the Inspector allows you to display information and properties of the generated assets Playlist N iPad Playlist Group lt P N Import Media Generator Media Capture and Streaming Script Miscellaneous Text Ticker dl Text ET Color C Composition TYF YY Y Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions Note You can use the search field to search for assets and playlists in Q the list Use the Find Replace Delete function to update content files in any playlist r vere Find in Playlists Previous Replace C Search all Playlists Delete Replace Delete amp Find Replace amp Find _Deleteall Replace All Add p Note The Lift amp Stamp option allows you to copy the Inspector Add to Campaign settings from one asset to another Set to Custom Defaults over writes the properties on the selected assets with what was Stored as Label b Custom Defaults rt by N Lift Properties 5 ad Store as Custom Defaults Import Media Presenter S
91. senter Playlists with your Presenter Control Light you need to rename them first by adding an asterisk followed by a space character at the beginning of the name Example Live should be renamed to gt Live 3 Connect your iPhone iPod touch or iPad to the Wi Fi Network of your Presenter Players All Players on your network will be shown in the Players section 4 Tap on the Playlist button of a Player of your choice and select a playlist or an overlay you would like to control Blue button start stop playlist Orange button start stop overlay iPad is not supporting Over lays Remember that the overlay plays on top of the current schedule this may affect the overall performance of the Player The selected playlist will be added to the Playlist section of Presenter Control Light CRC HEC TEC IE EC HEC HF Known Issues Known Issues Some Quartz compositions do not work properly or are displayed differ ently than expected This is due to the nature of Quartz Composer You may have to experiment with Quartz Composer to achieve the results you want especially if you have a vertical display orientation Software Errors At the time this manual was printed no information was available about any possible software errors Despite thorough testing it cannot be guaranteed that errors may not exist We kindly ask you to report any software errors that might occur Web Content Some web
92. several playout systems for your project and click on OK Setup Connecting the Player and the Scheduler A green light indicates an active connection between the Scheduler and Player Mac A yellow light indicates that no Player application can be found or that the version found is outdated A red light indicates that there is no connection between the Sched uler Mac and the Player Mac First Steps Presenter Scheduler 4 First Steps Presenter Scheduler Start Scheduler Using the Presenter Scheduler is quite easy There are three basic con cepts Importing assets The basis for using sedna presenter is organizing media contents movies pictures etc or creating them directly in the Presenter Sched uler Generating playlists Similar to standard media management tools assets can be arranged in playlists and combined as desired Day Templates Scheduling playlists into daily programs and synchronizing them with the Player of the corresponding display The user interface and program are structured so that users can work intuitively Many features are operated by simple drag amp drop First Steps Presenter Scheduler 4 1 Create New Project Calendar Presenter Scheduler Edit Add Campaign New Project View Window Help Open Project 0 Download Project from Player Recent Projects p Import CHI Commit Project aU Save Project dS Consolidate
93. sites may not be displayed as expected This includes some HTML5 web pages with transitions animations etc Support If you require Support assistance please contact your local representa tive or visit the Support section of our web page htto support sedna presenter com support form aigsversantcla s Trademark Acknowledgement Imprint Apple Mac OS Finder Mac Mac Pro iMac Mac mini MacBook MacBookAir iPad iPhone iPod touch AppleScript Quartz Quartz Composer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Inc Cupertino CA USA Flash and Director are trademarks of Adobe Systems MS Windows MS PowerPoint MS Excel and MS Office are trademarks of Microsoft Corp Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners 2010 sedna gmbh Salzufer 13 F 10587 Berlin Germany www sedna presenter com info sedna presenter com
94. sparency eT WE 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 HGH Make the whole live video input transparent T ransparen Fade In Fade Out US caemetreons eso mermeror kam Define the time the live video input should appear disappear Fade n G 0 0 Label Fade Out 0 0 Give the asset a color for easy organization a a Comment label xe Enter a comment for later reference e g name production notes etc Comment Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 4 3 QuickTime Stream SDP You can also add QuickTime Streams to a presentation with the Quick Time Stream SDP option This allows you to add the stream with predetermined settings and parameters stored in the sdp file To add a QuickTime Stream SDP simply select the file from the dialog box The advantage to an sdp file is that all of the relevant settings for the stream have already been determined These appear automatically in the Inspector once you ve added the QuickTime Stream SDP asset Please refer to the manual of your Streaming Application e g Quick Time Broadcaster on how to create SDP files Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 4 4 MPEG2 Stream The MPEG2 Stream option creates an asset for a stream source Settings such as stream address port orientation volume hiding mo dus etc are available in the Inspector window To add a streaming signal to your presentation simply set the Multicast IP Address and Port of
95. supported in Player Light Music fade in set i to 0 repeat while i lt 90 tell application iTunes set the sound volume to end tell xeo ogaoga fade in music and play again Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 5 2 Shell Script The Shell Script asset allows you to execute custom shell commands on your playback Mac e g mount or unmount external volumes or move or copy files for backups Note Be sure that you hold the necessary user rights for the com mands on the Player Macs Example Copy proof of playback files to backup volume cp Library Logs presenterPlayer Volumes MYBACKUP oroofOfPlayback AOO Inspector E Shell Script Unsupported in Player Light Name COPY PROOF scriptCode cp Library Logs presenterPlayer Volumes MYBACKUP proofOfPlayback label x OG es s Comment Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 6 Miscellaneous Assets Playlist 2N iPad Playlist Group TaN Import Media Generator p Media gt Capture and Streaming Script b Miscellaneous Multiscreen Overlay iTunes Playlist Network Message 8 6 1 Multiscreen The Multiscreen asset can be used to synchronize several displays e g create a video wall With the Multiscreen asset all Players Mac Pro Mac mini etc of a Scheduler project can be equipped with different assets and different playlists This way each commit target addressed in the Presenter Schedule
96. t Salzufer 13 14 10587 Berlin Germany sedna nstallation by you the end user Licensee By installing the software on your computer and by registration you are declaring yourself to be in agreement with the contractual conditions so please read the following text carefully If you are owner of sedna software products which qualify you to update or upgrade to the product bundle licensed by this Agreement the qualifying licences of your software products will expire by accepting the following contractual conditions These conditions shall apply to the bundle that may include your software products subject to the upgrade If you are not in agreement with these conditions you must not install and or may not use the software a i I sednapresenter Print Save GoBack Continue nstallation Type Summary 7 You now see a dialog box requesting a final confirmation of accep tt y km y oo To continue installing the software you must agree to the terms tance You may click Agree or Disagree Declining the terms of of the software license agreement the End User License Agreement stops the installation process Click Agree to continue or click Disagree to cancel the installation and quit the Installer Read License Disagree Agree setup Installing Presenter Player 8 Click Install to install Presenter Player eon mee aar aa Standard Install
97. t spread out over time slots The item will be played the given number of times in each time Note The weekday selection is the major instrument to decide whether slot chosen an item is played or not on a specific weekday L canei J ox Note The Playback Count dialog offers three different ways of spread ing items Here you can determine if items are spread proportionally ae Count uniformly or the same time over each slot l Number of times the item should be played 10 Note The number of counts can also be changed later by double clicking in the Count field The Campaign Editor 12 2 Time Slots The Time Slots category defines and visualizes the slots to be played Here you can e add or delete time slots e name the time slot e change the duration e give the time slot a colored label e define a time slot to be the standard slot for new items 5 5 00 AM SAM 7AM 00 AM yz Fy3 3 S z F iS J Ss gt of s ooN n sss N Ere A 2358 222 o o B 888 Sicha ZEEE ace 1 ke s 3 g Ss 3 00 PM S S os 388 e 222222 2 s 9 00PM 01 00 01 00 To add a new time slot ses i 1 Click on the plus button i 2 Give it a name in the new window 3 Choose a start and an end time with the up down arrows in the fields Start and End
98. the Scheduler CTRL click Playlist Day Tem plate or a Date in the calendar for documentation These CSV files can be opened and edited with a spreadsheet program e g Numbers Excel New Project Open Project 0 Download Project from Player Recent Projects p Import O I Export OSE Export as CSV Commit Project SU Save Project 5 Consolidate Project Export Project Create Update Image New Project Open Project 0 Download Project from Player Recent Projects b Import THEI Export THE Export as CSV Commit Project U Save Project 5 Consolidate Project Export Project Create Update Image Presenter Scheduler Playlists and Projects A Proof of Playback incl a time stamp the actual transmitted program of a Player can be found as a CSV file on the respective Player Mac User Library Logs presenterPlayer Choose the desired date and open it with a spreadsheet program The duration time is specified in milliseconds ms 9 5 Export Projects Projects can be exported in order to use them in other Presenter Schedulers or to archive them To do so use the option Export accessible via the context menu of the Playlists field click on the desired Playlist while holding the CTRL key Choose Complete Export if you want to include all media files assets playout for display 0 id kitchen on sedna presenter kitchen local 01 29 2009 END TIME START TIME DURA
99. ting playlists connected to RFIDs Allow user interaction with HTML assets Users may navigate web pages inside Presenter Player Idle Time 1 minutes Player switches from the triggered playlist to the scheduled or default content after specified time from 1 minute up to 1440 minutes 24 hours of user inactivity C Kiosk Mode Prevents users from switching applications or using the keyboard to exit Presenter Player without a password Assets and Functions Presenter Scheduler Playlist 2N 8 4 Capture and Streaming Assets iPad Playlist Group 7 36N Capture and Streaming assets allow you to add high quality videos Import Media both live and recorded to a playlist These assets make it possible to Canarator gt utilize video sources from various inputs and to show them on your Media gt TF E Players Script gt QuickTime Stream URL Miscellaneous gt QuickTime Stream SDP File 8 4 1 Live Video Input To add a Live Video Signal to your playout you need a capture device on your playout systems This can be for example an iSight or PCI Firewire USB or capture card If you have more than one playout system and want to show live video you need a QuickTime compatible capture device on each playout sys tem W Presenter Player Pro 2 8 0 o Displays jee Subscriptions Publishing MPEG2 Stream VNC Remote Screen 0 Select video device for the video capture Note To use these captu
100. tor P ASSETS Start Time End Running Compo 000 a Delete the default image sedna presenter logo by pressing the Delete amp key or using the Delete command in the Edit menu el Q Composition Creator b Set the aspect ratio of the composition to HD 720 the same aspect ratio as your target output HD 1080 DV NTSC DV PAL Custom Tutorial D Composition Creator ANN Composition Cr titi ee c Double click the Image asset in the library pane to import the background image named Background2 jpg a rr e m Tutorials 4 Q search gt DEVICES j a Ena B 4 gt SHARED gt PLACES Background jpg Background2 jpg gt MEDIA b a N Tutorial v Cancel Open 4 Table 0 lc a Tutorial D Composition Creator d Open the Inspector by pressing the Ga button and set the pa rameters for the imported image Check the Constrain Propor tions box enter 200 in the first Size box The Background2 image will fill the complete canvas e Double click the Image asset in the library pane to import the foreground image named Table jpg f Open the Inspector by pressing the m i button and set the pa rameters for the imported image Check the Constrain Propor tions box enter 200 in the first Size box The Table image will fill the complete canvas Check the An
101. torial E External Control Tutorial E External Control How to control playlists and overlay playlists externally All commands need to be sent to a running Presenter Player also Player for iPad except Overlay via TCP IP on port 27182 that has External Control enabled This option can be found in the Network section of the Presenter Player Setup application lt command gt value lt string gt id lt string gt group lt string gt lt command gt is mandatory and may need a value id lt string gt and group lt string gt are optional to constrict the command to a specific group and or Player All values need to be enclosed in quotation marks The following commands can be used Start_playlist start_overlay These start a playlist or overlay a playlist respectively The playlist name needs to be the same as it appears in Presenter Scheduler Tutorial E External Control stop_ playlist stop_overlay These stop a playlist or overlay a playlist that has been invoked by the start commands respectively Examples start_playlist value Special group Lobby This starts the playlist Special on all Players in the group Lobby start_overlay value Emergency Message This overlays the playlist Emergency Message on all Players in the network start_overlay value Sale id Center group Videowall1 This overlays the playlist Sale on the Player Center in the group
102. ts 101 8 3 2 Video 71 9 4 Export as CSV Billing 8 3 3 Audio a Reporting Proof of Playback 101 8 3 4 Quartz Compositon 71 9 5 Export Projects 102 8 3 5 HTML 12 9 6 Export Projects via Sneaker Network 103 8 4 Capture and Streaming it 9 7 Consolidate Project 104 8 4 1 Live Video Input 9 8 Show Unused Items 104 8 4 2 QuickTime Stream URL 81 10 Calendar 105 8 4 3 QuickTime Stream SDP 83 10 1 Creating Schedules 106 8 4 4 MPEG2 Stream 84 10 2 Day Week View 107 8 4 5 VNC Remote Screen 86 10 3 Day Template 109 8 5 OCript 87 10 4 Export Day Templates 110 8 5 1 AppleScript Sf 10 5 Export 4s CSV 7 Billing 8 5 2 Shell Script 89 Reporting Proof of Playback 110 8 6 Miscellaneous 90 10 6 Default Day Template 111 8 6 1 Multiscreen 90 11 Miscellaneous T12 8 6 2 Overlay 95 Player Pro Self Publishing 112 8 6 3 iTunes Playlist 96 Player Subscription to Player Pro 113 8 6 4 Network Message 97 Presenter RFID Reader Tio Sync Group Settings 120 a Rele s mem xelaitsialts Presenter Scheduler Plus Introduction 12 The Campaign Editor 12 1 How to Use lt 12 2 Time Slots 12 3 Editing of Presets 12 4 The Schedule 13 Tutorials Tutorial A Network Setup Tutorial B Text Ticker Tutorial C Picture in Picture Tutorial D Composition Creator Tutorial E External Control Tutorial F Presenter Control Light Known Issues Support Trademark Acknowledgement Imprint 121 121 121 122 125 126 t27 129 129 142 143 147 155 157 161 161 162
103. tware products subject to the upgrade Registration Before the installation of the Licensed Software it is required that you register the Licensed Software in order to receive an authorization key license numbers that enables you to use the Licensed Software on your computer Certain changes of your computer CPU operating system etc can require that you apply for a new authorization key Scope of Use sedna grants the Licensee the non exclusive right to L use the Licensed Software on one single compatible computer 4 only b Decline Accept setup Installing Presenter Player 11 Enter your serial number Important A serial number can only be used once and will be perma nently associated with the computer you are installing the software on This cannot be undone Presenter Player A serial number can only be used once If you proceed it will be permanently associated with this Computer 12 Enter your contact details Activation First Name John Last Name Doe Organization sedna Country Germany Address Salzufer 13f City Berlin State n a Post Code 10587 Telephone 555 12345678 E Mail info sed na presenter com Back _ Cancel D OK setup Installing Presenter Player 13 When the activation server is successfully connected click Submit to activate Presenter Player on your computer 14 Write down or print you
104. uler Playlists and Projects 9 Playlists Projects Duration 9 1 Length Duration Define the length of the duration or use CTRL click for more options 9 2 Import Playlists OG Edit Add Calendar View New Project l Open Project 0 Assets of an imported playlist are only shown in the assets window after Donniiad Promet hom Matar they have been double clicked in the playlist This helos to keep the as Recent Projects b E On emizec Export HE Special Case Importing a playlist from older versions Export as CSV Your old projects can be used with newer versions If you open an old Commit Project U project with the Presenter Scheduler you will be asked whether you Save Project 5 l Consolidate Project want to convert the project into the new version or save a backup z Export Project Create Update Image Presenter Scheduler Playlists and Projects 9 3 Export Playlists Playlists can be exported in order to use them in other Presenter Schedulers or to archive them To do so use the Export option accessible via the context menu of the Playlists field click on the de sired Playlist while simultaneously pressing the CTRL key A dialog window appears asking you to enter the name and storage location of the Playlist 9 4 Export as CSV Billing Reporting Proof of Playback A chart of playlists day templates or of a specific date can be exported as CSV csv files from
105. vity HTML is supported with an optional idle mode Define a timeout continuing the default or scheduled playlist after user interaction To enable this mode you have to make some changes in the Presenter Player as well as in Presenter Scheduler which are as follows Add a Playlist in Presenter Player and check Triggered Playlist from con text menu The dialog box Triggered Playlist opens automatically The Triggered Playlist can be played as Overlay Select the Display and Group for the playout s where the Triggered Playlist belongs to Example You may want to play default content scheduled as a de fault playlist or as a day schedule The triggered playlist is meant for user interaction As long as there is no interaction the default playlist day schedule continues playing When user interaction starts e g by touching the screen or using the mouse or keyboard the content of the triggered playlist will start playing at the desired display or group The default playlist is shown again after the defined idle time without user interaction Add Playlist Add iPad Playlist Add Group Add to Campaign Label b Deftaul list Triggered Playlist Shuffle Contents Store as Custom Defaults he Ld Tt D Il Export Export as CSV Triggered Playlist Playlist Triggered M as Overlay Display Display 1 Miscellaneous Presenter RFID Reader Activate the HTML asset functionality and def
106. without Knowing exactly how many Players are on each floor New Players can be added easily to the project by setting this Player into the right group add it to the Project Settings and commit again You do not need to change your playlist or assets because the Multiscreen group only takes care of groups All Players in one group play the same content synchronously You can ex pand this Multiscreen experience by using RFID or interactive triggered playlists to control either the groups or single displays in your setup Hint If you have a lot of groups or Players you can pin the inspector upper right corner to add multiple items to the Multiscreen asset Presenter Scheduler adds the assets playlists to your players groups automatically You can also change this arrangement manually Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 6 2 Overlay You can use an Overlay if you want to display a playlist on top of several other playlists Simply drag amp drop the desired playlist into the Inspector Playlist The length of the Overlay is defined by the length of the chosen playlist Level You can use up to 4 independent Overlays with Presenter Player Pro Each Overlay runs on a separate layer level To stop an Over lay you can use an empty Overlay on the level you want to stop The Display order is as follows RFID and Interactivity Overlays are on top of all other Overlays followed by Level Overlay 1 also displayed by Pre senter Pla
107. yer Standard Overlay Level 2 Overlay Level 3 Overlay Level 4 Foreground 2 Foreground 1 Content Background see diagram on the right Note To stop an Overlay at any time simply add a new Overlay without any content similar to the Text Ticker This can be used to play asynchronous playlists e g a picture slide shown on top of several movies or Live TV ens Inspector AV Overlay Unsupported in Player Light Name new Overlay 1 Playlist drop playlist here Clear C Loop Leve 1 P 7 Player Pro only Labe 3 Player Pro only 4 Player Pro only Backround Content Foreground 1 Foreground 2 Presenter Scheduler Assets and Functions 8 6 3 iTunes Playlist The iTunes Playlist asset is designed to help you to include iTunes playlists in your schedules Activate Request available iTunes playlists in your preferences first To use iTunes Playlists you have to create the desired playlist on your Player first Note Make sure iTunes updates are disabled Open the iTunes asset and the Scheduler will search though your active Players for all available playlists Choose the desired playlist To stop the playback add a second iTunes asset and choose STOP CURRENT PLAYLIST in the playlist field Note The playlist is only played on the Player computer Player systems without available playlists still open iTunes but don t play back BOO inspector
108. ylist s Original Duration plays exactly the duration of the playlist Complete Last Item completes playing the last item even if it exceeds the schedule 52 nee ER Stop Before Last Item stops the last item from playing if it exceeds the schedule Combine Adjacent Scheduled Items Use Playlist s Original Duration i Complete Last Item selects two or more identical playlists and combines them into one Stop Before Last item Combine Adjacent Scheduled Items If no playlist is scheduled the default content background image or playlist is displayed Presenter Scheduler Calendar 10 3 Day Template Complete day entries can be saved as Day Templates in order to use them for other days To do so CTRL click or right click on the desired date which is filled with a whole day schedule and choose Create Day Template Using day templates To use day templates move them to the desired calendar day An option menu opens offering you various fill options Fill whole day schedules the template for the entire day Fill until date inserts the template and repeats it up to the date specified in the op tion menu Additional options exist that allow daily repetition repeti tions on certain days of the week and repetitions on every second day Fill period of time inserts the template and fills the period of time defined in the option menu and according to the pattern specified in the

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