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1. csseeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeees 36 Applying the Schedule causing new content to be played ccc eccccccccccccccceeessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaeeeeeees 37 Notifying menu boards to update slides non HQ mode snnnnnnnnnsssssssssssssssseeerresssssssssssssseereresesessss 37 Notifying stores in one or more regions to update slides HQ mode ce eseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 37 SS seta sta sce ea E E E names taatanemseoen A E E eaten nea tashackach 38 Regions Defining groups of stores to share content HQ mode cc ceessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeaeeeeeees 39 Addin AST OO sca teasrnces hates A oie ea attack Mean ane aa antes data E E A nunca tohase 39 Re Tid OY 1 A OI 1a recs oats Sete E a stannic A E 39 SEG Aone Gi NO co prea Ren er on TE E EE SE RAE E ORT TR Sa EE OO RE 40 PROCESSIMS O SORES ANG dea AEE E E E EEA 40 Adde AG LOR araa a E E aca tae SB acide se oP Goat E EE 40 Editing a store Changing login password or region sseeeeeesesssssssssssseeteereessssssssssssseeeereessessss 40 BeON ESO acts esc cect aa r E E eeecnenaieusat se 40 Clock Set Setting Che Cate and Te sipsi E E EAEE 41 Back Up Copy images and slides into and out of Electromenu esenseessssssssoeeeererrssssssssssssseeerrrrssssssss 41 Copyanimase Terona msp Mamb OVE aaeei n E E N 42 Dele mane Esana a E I E E EN 42 Copy Slides irom region 10 Tegion HO mode Only ecrin A E E2. ny Burger jpg Chili jpg 1 Place an X next to Use Picture a rgeripg o mo 24kb 126kb K Chz cake jpg Chzsteak jpg x CHZ CAKE JPG e CHZSTEAKJPG a 129kb l4kb Cookies jpg Croissan jpg COOKIES JPG CROISSANJPG SIkb Tl4kb Z ny e 10kb E 4 FRIESJPG rz Fries jpg E x K f m 132kb 49kb Hoagie jpg Icecream jpg HOAGIEJPG ICECREAMJPG 9 e k cG P 99 143kb 28kb IC et Picture Muttinjpg MUPFFINJPG 141kb ha Mushroom jpg Onion jpg MUSHROOMJPG ONION JPG 3 Select a picture in the list eu aus 2 4 Press Open 5 Select a display option Stretch Scale or Center e Stretch makes the picture fit the object e Scale makes the picture fit the object proportionally e Center displays the picture in the middle of the object at actual size Notes v Only BMP JPG and GIF images are supported v Animated GIFs are supported in Picture Objects but not as object backgrounds Removing a picture from the background Simply clear the X next to Use Picture 12 Style The style settings define the shape bevel and border of an object Radius is how round the corners are e Set this to zero for a square object e If the radius is non zero the bevel cannot be more than the radius Border is how wide the border 1s e Set this to zero for no border e The border color can also be set here E New Text Box Bevel defines how an object s edges are shaded e Set to zero for a
3. v Ifa store is not making any log entries there may be a problem with the internet connection at the store v If no stores are making log entries you may have a problem with the internet connection at your headquarters v The HQ unit must have a static IP address on the internet and open ports for the FTP protocol You must contact your internet service provider to obtain a static IP 36 Applying the Schedule causing new content to be played Menu boards check in periodically with the store controller for changes to content If you have multiple stores they also check in periodically with your HQ unit for new content Notifying menu boards to update slides non HQ mode 1 From the main menu press Schedule EQ Time Periods Name and define parts of each 24 hour day of the week E Weekly Content Select slides to play during each normal weekly time period FER Exceptions Content Set dates to display different slides from the normal week Done 2 Then press Done eS Notifying stores in one or more regions to update slides HQ mode 1 From the main menu Press Schedule Save Clock Set Version 0 81 Save As S Back Up Which Region Region No Stores Store o OO 0 Local Files Eagleville Ardmore 2 Select ar egion Pine Castle Coleman Bithlo Windermere skip to apply to all regions 3 Press Apply Schedule Cancel 4 Choose Selected Region or Selected r
4. avoiding the tomato Picture Box object This is because the tomato is a child of the Toppings object Non Child Objects Children of the background Take the hamburger shown above in the Burgers Sandwiches Hot Dogs menu group Notice how the menu items are not avoiding the hamburger Picture Box object This is because the hamburger is not a child of the Burgers Sandwiches object Relationship Tree View Object relations in a slide Move your mouse to the upper left side of the screen to display the Relationship Tree Relationship Tree The first object in the list is the background object gt All slides have at least a background object ena gt The name of the background object is the name of the slide Burgers Sandwiches Hot Dogs Stock Ticker Objects are listed in the order they are drawn The last object ee in the list is drawn last and is therefore on top of all other objects Tomato Hamburger Child objects are indented under their parents gt Notice how Tomato is indented under Toppings since it is a child of Toppings gt Notice how Hamburger is at the same indentation as Burgers Sandwiches Hot Dogs and is therefore not a child of it You can click an object in the Relationship Tree list to select it or just move your mouse to the right of the list to close it without making a selection The Menu Bar Move your mouse to th
5. flat object e The bevel color is normally the same as the object s background However you can set it to any color by clicking here Flat checkboxes allow you to flatten each of the four sides of the object separately e Corners adjacent to flat sides are square e Flat sides have no bevel Examples of object styles New Text Box 3D In The shading is reversed al New Text Box Radius set to 20 The corners and the Bevel are rounded E Right side flat Daw Teci Bos The border remains on the flat side but the corners become square and the bevel is removed 13 Group Settings menu group Menu Groups are multi column objects for display of Menu Items and their prices v Menu Items and their optional Comments go in the left most column Y Upto 8 price columns follow e Each price column has an optional header such as Small Large etc e Price columns may also be used for calorie counts or non numeric comments To edit menu group settings y minea Bring to Front aaa Vertical Center 1 RIGHT click a menu group a erential e eier To create a new group see Create Menu page 8 OF 9 Settings 2i Choose Group Settings T i gt edit Prices Menu Items configures menu item font color and P Heivetica 24pt Hamburger spacing Ul Helvetica _12pt_ Comments configures Jeol 5 is fio comment location font Price Columns pp 2
6. To access the backup function click Back Up from the main menu The Source location is on the left Files are copied from here The Target location is on the right Files are copied to here T Folder shows the folder within the Main Drive CA Thumbdrive ON cm le cme source or target location ai A images A images ca reg E 5 schedule m P d Qaa E slides Ra Below folder are sub folders Se a al 128color_bin 87kb e 128color bin 877kb D 128COLORBIN ALEX128W DSF i 128COLORBIN ALEX128W DSF ae Okb Alex128w dstf Okb Alex128w dst E l l b l l h h f ld Alex18 dsf 4kb Alex18 dsf 4kb ver y ocation Cgins with the tolder ALEXI8DSF ALEX24DSF ALEXISDSF ALEX24DSF EM d h th b fi l d kb Alex24 dsf kb Alex24 dsf al a SUDIOIOCTS Alexs2w det lek Alex32w dst 16k ALEX32W DSF ALEX lt 40W DSF ALEX82W DSF ALEX40W DSF o Images 5kb Alex40w dst 5kb Alex40w dst Alex4Sw dst 44kb Alex48w dst 44kb ALEX48W DSF ALEX64W DSF ALEX48W DSF ALEX64W DSF S chedule 17kb Alex64w dsf 17kb Alex64w dsf 1 Alexogy dst 87kb Alex96w dst 87kb o Slides saN EW DSF ARIATW DSF ALEXO6W DSF ARIATIW DSF 66kb Ariall2w dsf 66kb Ariall2w dst eat he iy Skb Ariall0 dst 3kb ARIALIODSF ARIAL12DSF ARIAL IODSF ARIAL BDSF E After you select a location and EB select an Deselect An C New Folder X Delete Fie pane folder the files are shown If INVALID appears
7. v Comments are used to describe menu items Font fie Helvetica a E acir v Comments are line wrapped as necessary S Bold S 5 i Font and Color affect only the menu item s comment text After Title causes the comment to start on the same line as the menu item s title Below Title causes the comment to start beneath the menu item s title Indent is the pixels to the right of the menu item title to start the comment Spacing is the line spacing between the comment and the menu item title Menu Items Background Y Menu Items can have a background superimposed over the object background v Menu Item Backgrounds can be styled in the same ways as the object background v The sample previews Menu Items Comments and Menu Items Background nu Items Ci H This example shows menu items with Color Hamburger Hot and juic no background acti juicy This example shows menu items with Menu Items Backgrounc an orange background and some bevel Color Hamburger ESAE Hot and juicyT a B Menu items have spacing set to 1 4 Border Li mma here so that you can see the object 5 Sie background between them oe Solid amp Sa See the following pages for more examples and Price Column set up 15 Hamburger Hot and juicy Menu Items indent from Background o Font a Helvetica 24pt Indent ae None o Example 1 e Menu Items BSN oe SEY Jo o
8. 2 Press ENTER to bring up the properties editor The Electromenu Object Properties editor Title Text and Sub Text define how and where an 0 Heketca 24pt_ C _A msde Top Let El E L 4 HO object is captioned Helvetica 12pt_ T A Inside Top Left Background defines an E x x ho object s background color and E optionally a pi m s ptionally a picture ea Seals B o D Style defines the object s shape border and bevel colors New e Box Cancel discards any changes made on this screen Cancel OK OK saves changes You can view all changes immediately in the Sample area Each area is detailed on the following pages 10 Title Text e Title Text serves as the name of an object e When an object is created it has a generic name such as New Text Box e Title Text is shown in the Relationship Tree to identify an object x lt The left side sets the text appearance e Text color font and font options are available e The Hide setting causes the object to have no visible title text or background This is useful for describing an object without showing the Title Text Select The background color is used to fill the area behind and around the text The border setting is how many pixels above and below the text are also filled with the background color It also serves as the offset from the left or right side for justification Th
9. Bacon Hamburger Indent and 2 x 2 rT 60 Us Cheeseburger UE Helvetica 12pt E Indent from x io z 2 Background is zero e Menu Items have no Background e Comments have no indent Menu Items indent from Background o Example 2 Menu Font ee Spach Hamburger Items are given a o Ihe background color 2 Ul Helvetica 12pt_ x 5 lt O fo Hamburger HOt and juicy Bacon Hamburge Cheeseburger Menu Items indent from Background o Font a Helvetica 24pt Indent eae XI Bold Shadow Example 3 Menu Items are given an Indent of 10 pixels Ul Helvetica 12pt_ jo fo xX D lt Example 4 Indent from Background Menu Items Indent from Backgrounds Font BEJ Helvetica 24pt indent Spacin Hamburger was increased to 5 ise h2 IE pixels aS Bacon Hamburge 1 m 7 Cheeseburger lt lt o o go E Menu Items Indent from Background 5 Example 5 SEE neia 24 1 nnn Hamburger Comment Indent was Bold X Shadow h2 ica Bacon Hamburge set to 10 ts eS Mil Helvetica 12pt Cheeseburger 2a x 20 fo Menu Items indent from Background 5 _ Font BEB Helvetica 24pt Indent Spacin Hambur er Example 6 Menu Bold E h2 l Hot and juicy Item Background Bacon Hamburge i Radius was set to 61 W Helvetica i2pt S Cheeseburger AT 2d fo E Example 7 Menu Items Indent fro
10. Done To access the region log press View Region Log from the HQ schedule area See Accessing the Schedule Area HQ mode on page 29 Schedule 3 Slides Schedule 3 Slides Schedule 3 Slides Schedule 3 Slides North Hills Springtield Pre Smithville leur ata Jonesburg Ipar al DE 25 2011 DE pay e Daal 10 14 Eua ey ak 10 14 DE Se 0 aL ab L G 3 aL Notes North Hills ose ao 2011 Bor thea lilsS Sop ae We Se 2a TOTES No Updates Spr ina to La pacal se p aAa al TOSA No Updates Smithwille Eri BEA Eal Lo 3s No Updates Jonesburg Lae ae OS 2527 2041 Lo Se No Updates Harthi fi lis i Sus ayes Ws 2o2 2011 hig Ss No Updates Side Ete 2 ae el ax aoe SAA eee aL al TOSS No Updates Smithwille Lage geet Bs 25 200 TERAS No Updates Jonesburg Bacet S25 201 yp Le No Updates Hor ehon eels Piet DEA A D el ga iLi p n No Updates Spring fie bel age ach i YS eee ead Us aa bh LAL p AT No Updates Smithville pagal OE 2 de lee Le No Updates Jonesburg pag al se So a TRAS No Updates Updates V Stores will not update slides unless you apply the schedule See next page v Only stores in the selected region will show in the log To view stores from another region return to the main menu and press Schedule See Accessing the Schedule Area HQ mode on page 29 VY Stores generally are set to sign in every 10 minutes but this setting may be different depending on how many stores there are
11. Enter a unique description for this slide a e the file name is automatically ia ee generated from the description Seen aoe acks SLACKSEM Specialties Sa SPECIA3 EMH 4 Press Save To over write an existing slide select it before pressing Save Delete File You can remove a slide by selecting it and pressing this New Folder You can create a sub folder using this However you cannot schedule slides unless they are in the default location so using this is not recommended Saving a Slide to a new file Save As HQ mode If you are saving a slide in HeadQuar ters NORTHWEST __ C EM REG NORTHWES T EMISLIDES emh E mode do the same as above but remember to select a region to save the slide into 3008kb Sandwiches ZACSANDEMH Salad Bey 2 SALABEV2EMH Local Files NORTHWEST SOUTH EAST Regions can only schedule slides that have been saved into that region Note The Local Files choice is only for slides that will be scheduled and played locally Many HQ units will not use this at all Previewing a Slide After a slide is loaded you can preview how it will look when it is played In preview mode the picture objects will transition and stock tickers will tick This allows you to adjust the times pictures display for example To preview a slide 1 Make sure a slide is loaded see page 4 Save Clock Set Sav
12. 42 Overview of Slides Objects and Schedules Electromenu designer software allows you to build and schedule slides for use with one or more Electromenu Player units called menu boards If you have purchased a Headquarters license your designer allows you to schedule slides for display on menu boards in multiple stores and regions Slides are scheduled for display one at a time on a menu board for a specified time Slides contain one or more objects All objects have properties Title Sub Text background color border color etc These properties work the same for all object types There are several types of objects each with special properties Generic objects have no special properties Menu Group objects display Menu Items Descriptions and Prices Stock Ticker objects display horizontally sliding text Text Box objects display free flowing text Picture Box objects display up to 8 JPEG pictures or GIF animations List Box objects display a list in one or more columns Slides are scheduled by Weekday and by Time Period e Time Periods day parts are defined in the Schedule area per weekday Days have regular consecutive time periods breakfast lunch dinner Days have special time periods that overlap regular periods happy hour Time periods are the same for all menu boards in a region Special time periods can be enabled separately one each menu board Schedule Excep
13. Bagels 1 2 iz E Bagels 2 3 Ei Bagels 3 Bagels 1 Bagels 2 Notice how time period buttons appear in this example Bakery Copy Content Paste Content You can copy the content slides of one exception to another Be sure to first create the exception you intend to paste over see previous page Select the exception to copy gt __ Menu Board Start Daie End Date Schedule ae 55 7 03 Bar May 10 May 10 Frida e Press Copy Content Copy Mf e Select the exception to paste over Press Paste Content Paste Content Use this to change the start date end date or schedule of an exception To change the menu board the exception applies to you must add a new exception and remove the old one a 35 Region Log HQ mode only Verify when stores picked up content Each store periodically signs into the Electromenu HQ unit to retrieve content e After a successful sign in and content check the store makes a Region Log entry e The entry contains the store name when the update occurred and what was updated if anything e The log may be sorted by clicking any of the column headers D Time Periods Name and define parts of each 24 hour day of the week Fir Weekly Content Select slides to play during each normal weekly time period FEE Exceptions Content Set dates to display different slides from the normal week Peo View Region Log See when stores last checked in
14. menu board Copy Paste Week 1 Choose a menu board whose week you want to copy 2 Right click any day at the top and choose Copy Week 3 Choose a menu board to paste over 4 Right click any day at the top and choose Paste Week This copies all time periods for all days on the selected menu board Copy Paste time period 1 Right click any time period at the top and choose Copy Period 2 Right click any other time period and choose Paste Period This copies only the selected time period for the selected day and menu board Copy Paste menu board 1 Right click a menu board on the right and choose Copy Board 2 Right click another board and choose Paste Board This copies all days and time periods for the selected menu board Copying a menu board copies schedule exceptions as well Schedule exceptions override the weekly schedule They are described on the next page 33 Schedule Exceptions Schedule exceptions override the normal weekly schedule defined in Weekly Content Y Exceptions are by day by menu board v Exceptions run for one or more days Vv Exceptions may be made up to 1 year in advance The list shows all exceptions currently scheduled Menu Board is which menu board the exception applies to Start date and End Date are when the exception applies Schedule is which weekday is used for time periods e All days in the exception have the same time periods e f sch
15. region to region HQ mode only l 2 3 A 42 On the source left side Choose the region to copy from Click slides under source Select the slide s to copy Hold CTRL to select multiple On the target right side Choose the region to copy to Click slides under target Press Copy
16. the current slide e The created object will be a child of the selected object e If you do not want the new object to be a child of anything select the background first Options menu Schedule Set up time periods day parts and schedule slides Set Up Name menu boards perform backups and update software Manipulating Object size and location Selecting moving and sizing an object is always done with the LEFT mouse button Select an object Click the object to select it The object will be ae surrounded by a blinking purple square ______ ______ as If an object is covered by another object or is too small to click you can use the Relationship Tree to select it from a list See Relationship Tree on page 7 Tomata Mushrooms Move an object Drag an object by the small black dot in the center Sauerkraut Use your left mouse button to drag Shon Resize an object You can grab an object on the sides or corners of the blinking purple box to shrink or enlarge it Sweet eppers Move or Resize using the keyboard You can move or resize an Fried Onions object using the keyboard and mouse together Mayo 1 Press and hold your mouse on the center or side of the object e OES Ty 2 Use the keyboard arrow keys to move 1 pixel at a time or CTRL arrow keys to move 10 pixels at a time Notes v When you move an object the object s children move with it v If an object has ch
17. 3 Et Prices Default Default Default Default Default Default Default Default Default Omit Item causes the item to not be shown This is useful for temporarily running out of something Product Code is used for a point of sale item number It is not shown on the menu slide 19 etings Default Default Cancel Save Edit Ticker stock ticker Stock Tickers display horizontally sliding text In this area you can edit the text that is displayed and how it appears v Text always slides from right to left v Upto 8 different text styles can be used Color Font acne v Ticker speed can also be adjusted Edit Ticker To create a Stock Ticker choose Stock Ticker from the Create menu See the Menu Bar page 8 To Edit a Stock Ticker 1 RIGHT click a ticker object 2 Select Edit Ticker Styles of text are shown on separate lines followed by color font and bold settings Each style of text is displayed left to right in the ticker Add or Insert new text styles by t EB a T pressing the buttons SE o o Remove a text style by pressing the x buttons Sample displays the ticker in motion as it will look in your slide Ticker Speed determines how far the ticker moves each tick Cancel X Offset is how many pixels from the sides of the object to indent the ticker Notes v The background color of the ticker is set in Object Prop
18. Adding an animated GIF Animated GIFs are short animations You can mix animated GIFs with still pictures in a picture box 1 Press Get Picture CAEMIIMAGES ANIMATE Meeper gif w Any y 221kb A4 Patrotic gif Ngbbs450 gif NGBBS450 GIF Sikb C STATION Pulse gif PULSE GIF 7kb Rain gif S cloud gif RAIN GIF S CLOUD GIF 38kb 226kb Sign_coc gif g Snow gif 2 Choose an animated GIF file coe PATROTICGF SIGN_COC GIF SNOW GIF rA a mr b 46kb ecceri 175kb 5kb sma OO SPOONGIF E e Stop ani gif 24kb STOP ANIGIF wo 174kb Stormeld gif STORMCLD GIF Sunl5 gif SUNIS GIF 1I6kb 6kb Tumbir_l gif TUMBLR_L GIF 445kb Sun_shin gif SUN_SHIN GIF 4kb Vol3_dd_ gif VOL3_DD_ GIF 3 Press Open e A dialogue appears to notify you of how many frames are in the animation C EM IMAGES ANIMATEISPICEY GIF This animated GIF file contains 9 frames e If you choose First frame still image How would you like to load it the GIF 1s treated as a still JPEG or BMP All d 4 Choose All Frames animated e The animation is loaded and the first frame shows in the preview e Click View Picture to see the whole animation See the next page Notes V Remember to set the seconds to enough time for the entire animation to display The next picture shows when the seconds elapse just as in a still p
19. Electromenu Main Menu Clock Set Version 0 77 Save As Back Up The main menu serves as a starting point of the Electromenu designer software From most screens pressing ESC on the keyboard brings up the main menu Overview of slides ODjEcts and Schedules a sgetanscvne cons ouasandsvasesaieracnawesuacennceeatananrmestaacaeedseusveasesedasadendeeeectne 3 OPa FS ls TN E E OO ne saeea EE cues nasuerneedseanieerecatner 4 Opon an Existine Slide HO Mode sissasesiccssscncevesttsinswe case eroa E EO EERTSE 4 S hy Ne a E E E E E E E E E E O T 5 Savile a Slide toa New DO Save AS Fooien E EEE E aa 5 Saving a Slide to a new file Save As HQ mode u eeeccececcccccccccccceceeeeesssseeeeececccceeceseaeaaeesssseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeaaaas 5 Be Te VS 1 r E E E E 6 Panon GS TAC r E E cosacessusannadieeectnaleotetaaie 6 E e OCI E E E E E E EAE A E E ES 7 Object Relations and OV er apie ccscecensetassinntaceencacsiondoaddasndensetencinedsendoosctinadnaddusabosdesleantaddacheveucsleadond santosseshadense 7 ORE COS eso R O TEA T EE E N etlen die disngeanesoadanndaeneonr esnadonk 7 Non Child Objects Children of the background cccecssseseeeceececeeeeeeeeaeeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseaaaaeseseses 7 Relationship Tree View Object relations in a slide ce eeeeeceeeeececceceeeceeeeaeaeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaeeeseees 7 The Monu AU octets seg na castes A ign en cn sd dais a S oaeseasiendunisusequncedendinss 8 Ft AAU nse stae E n
20. ao aate ea nice sie cena E E le Teen seine aviaslautduinsdaaeaniayledeucion idee avieeadeudunidaneanadevendioss 8 FE UN TA E E E sant doa E E EEE E S 8 Create menu Create new objects in the current slide 0 0 0 cceesssssseseeeeeececececeeeneeeessssseseeeeeeceeeeeeeeaaas 8 PO TACT esc csecben teanennsenssttensrasdanseeaeeesamdaadecsocmenesnadiaanerstacnncsancensenssseautls aesucauaaiennseianezetecdbaserdlonaamaecesenene 8 Manipulating Object size and location ic asiies sstasisaaanteanscndeceseneseh on tancandavanedlesnecnsanssecauseasdeaderineaneteemeterdveanses 9 Using Object Context Men s srasni aer a a eaa A aAa aaa aaia 9 Object Properties all object types scsusasesccsnatanventacuneansbvapesadoradinnuashanideuseodswausl aaa anaa 10 T TE n E E E T A 1 RU isa oacesensaninae E bebaawatiaanaheeostaacaasaanaendba saeaotnonstadeatnueseos oysendhannnengouapanadmehseonaaianasaase 1 Ale Fe CE OUI osae A e cabasose sans sandeatiuaeesacooned a yasanaceca e E E 12 Choosing a background color ce ccccccccccessssessseseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeaaaseeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasaaeaasssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaas 12 Adding a picture as a background ccceeseeeeeeccceeeceeeeaaaaseesssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaasseeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaseeesees 12 Removing a picture from the background 2 0 0 0 cccccccccccssessssesseeeeecceeeeeeeeeeeauseesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaeaeeesees 12 IY E A A T T A E E A E E A E EA E E 13 Group Settings menu grou sicssevesversaste
21. e Jonesburg Smithville North Hills Springfield Pine Castle Coleman Bithlo Windermere Select the region to be removed Make sure it contains no stores Press Remove Confirm by pressing Remove Region ww SOUTH WEST You will lose ALL content in this region There is no way to undo this opertion What do you want to do Remove Regon I CANCEL Stores HQ mode P Set Up VY Stores are members of a region v The content and schedule is the same for all stores in a region J V Stores sign into the Head Quarters unit to retrieve their content and schedule Accessing the Stores area Stores area Ardmore EAST t 1 From the main menu Eagleville EAST _ ea Sealer nonmwesr a C li ck et p Smithville NORTHWEST Jonesburg NORTHWEST Bithlo SOUTH p c6 99 4 Windermere SOUTH 2 Click Stores in Set Up sail Pine Castle Coleman SOUTH All stores are listed along with the region each store is in Cancel Adding a store Click Add l 2 Give the store a name 3 Give the store a password no spaces 4 Choose a region for the store s content East O O 5 Press Save Cancel Notes e A store s name and password are used to log in to the HQ unit e Therefore the name and password must agree with what is set at the store e You can move a store to another region without changing the store s name or password see next section Editing a store Chang
22. e As i Back Up 2 Press ESC to display the Main Menu 3 Press Preview 4 When you are finished previewing press ESC to return to the main menu Running the Schedule The designer software is usually run on Board 99 You can make a schedule for Board 99 just like any other board see page 29 You can run the schedule on Board 99 by pressing Run Schedule from the Main Menu Press ESC to return to the Main Menu All other local menu boards automatically run the schedule When you enter and exit the schedule area they will pick up the changes within 20 seconds Editor Screen Overview On the editor screen all controls are hidden so that you can see how your slide will look when it is displayed Burgers Sandwiches iamburger a acon Hamburger Neeseburger acon Cheeseburger acon Mozzarella Burger ouble Burger w Cheese ac Double Burger w Chez uffalo Fred Chicken Sand Buffalo Grilled Chicken Sand Fned Chicken Parm Sand Gred Chicken Parm Sand Chicken Sandwich Carilead Chicken Sandwich Flounder Sandwich Crabcake Sandwich Hot LOG LO Fried Onions Cheese Dog Hot Sausage mmm Db Pc Chicken Nuggets We Now Have To return to the Main Menu press ESC e Picture Box e Stock Ticker Mayo Mustard e Menu Group e List Box Object Relations and Overlap Child Objects Take the tomato shown above in the Toppings list box object Notice how the list items are automatically
23. e location menu allows you to place the text at the top EO A Inside Top Left or bottom of the object and to justify it as left center or Inside Top Center right Inside Top Right Inside Bottom Left Inside Bottom Center Inside Bottom Right Sub Text e Sub Text is can be set to any location that the Title Text can be e Itcan be used to further describe an object i e Fresh Hot and Delicious Sub text goes here Helvetica T2pt a EC A Inside Top Left Pd Bold De O o _ Most settings for Sub Text are identical to the Title Text If Sub Text and Title Text are both set to the same location the Sub Text either is to the left of the Title or below it as shown here If the Sub Text is set to the bottom while the Title occupies the E D Inside Bottom Left E top it gets its own background color setting as shown here ho 1 Background The background area defines the shape and color of an object s background Choosing a background color 1 Click the color sample to choose a new background color A 6 FO DY bY DY DY BS EN 2 Choose a color from picker real be o 8 9 2 3 Press Select Notes e You can choose color 127 Clear to have no background e If you are editing the background object 0 clear is not a choice Adding a picture as a background ST agog apifile E Drive c stanon i BAGELJPG BUFFCHX JPG T9 gt 99
24. e top of the screen to display the hidden menu bar File Edit Create Options The name of the slide you opened is shown at the upper right File menu Open Opens an existing slide see page 4 Save Saves an open slide Save As Saves the open slide to a new name Exit Exits the Electromenu designer Edit menu Bring to Front Brings the selected object to front of others e This effectively moves the object down in the Relationship Tree See page 7 e This does not change relationships parents stay behind their children Vertical Center Centers the selected object vertically on its parent Horizontal Center Centers the selected object horizontally on its parent Cut Copies the selected object and its children to the clipboard before deleting them Copy Copies the selected object and its children to the clipboard Paste Pastes the clipboard as a child of the selected object If you do not want to paste the clipboard as a child select the background first Using Cut and Paste is an easy way to change object relationships Delete Deletes the selected object e This function does not delete children of the selected object e Children of the selected object become children of the selected object s parent Properties Shows the Generic properties for the selected object If no object is selected the background s properties are shown Create menu Create new objects in
25. edule says none all days in the exception have only one 24 hour time period L B Adding an exception 1 Select Menu Board 2 Select Start Date 4 Select Schedule 1 e Click Add Exception 01 Left Counter a None no time periods 02 Right Counter C Sunday ee 99 Designer Monday Tuesday C Wednesday C Thursday C Friday Saturday 2 Choose a menu board 3 Pick a start date and end date 4 Choose a weekday for time periods e All days in the exception have the same time periods e Choose none for all days to have one 24 hour time period 5 Click Save Removing an exception 1 Choose the exception in the list 03 Bar May 10 May 10 name 2 Click Remove Exception 34 Edit Content for an exception In this area you choose which slides run during an exception to the weekly schedule To edit or choose slides to run during an exception 1 Select an exception from the list Menu Boara 03 Bar May 10 Mey 10 aL 2 Choose Edit Content Edit Content 3 Drag slides from the Available Slides right side into the left area ewers Snowball 1 Sandwiches 4 Press Save Specialties 3a 53 Pizza Examples The exception in this screenshot has no time periods In this screenshot the exception follows the schedule for Friday and so it has Friday s time periods 1 0 20
26. egion NORTHWEST All regions as appropriate Which schedules do you want to apply Selected Region All Regions CANCEL 37 Set Up Set Up Many functions in Set Up are not needed after the initial install Set Up screen for a stand alone system Set Up screen on a HQ system Hame Menu boa Bao UP Eacaton Name Menu Boards Back Up Locations Update Software File Locations Update Software File Locations Scale Pictures on Save E Confirm Object Delete Hl Disable Blink in editor E Scale Pictures on Save I Confirm Object Delete E Disable Blink in editor HQ Multi Store Settings Scale Pictures on Save Enable this option to reduce the resolution of Pig nln le od teak i pictures to the displayed size when a slide is Content for every store in a region is idential saved This reduces the size of the slide on disk i he i ai Sres Done Confirm Object Delete Enable this option to ask before deleting an object Disable Blink Enable this option to display a non blinking box around selected objects The following should not be changed without good reason or consulting with your dealer Name Menu Boards This is used when a new menu board is added It allows you to name the board and it also causes it to show in the Schedule editor Update Software This should only be used under direction of your dealer It installs a pre built update package from either a flash drive or an FTP server File Locati
27. erties See page 12 v Tickers tick at 36 frames per second in the Player but the sample is at 18 fps Therefore the ticker plays smoother than the sample v Tickers are always on top of other object types regardless of their relationships Therefore tickers do not avoid obstacles 20 Bring to Front Vertical Center Horizontal Center Edit Text text box Text Boxes contain free flowing text Z OUr GOAI To create a text box select Text Box from the Create menu See the Menu Bar on page 8 bid Center fto fo Ga Helvetica 14pt EJ We want to exceed your expectations in every way To Edit a Text Box 1 RIGHT click a text box 2 Choose Edit Text From our certified Angus beef to our fresh baked buns nobody makes a better burger than we do Color Font and Justify apply to all text in the field Indent is how many pixels to indent from the sides of the object all sides E Cancel H Save Fie Spacing is vertical spacing based on the font height Open File allows you to load text from a text file Save File allows you to save the text in the object to a file Clear deletes all text from the object Skip Obstacles causes text to only flow above and below obstacles Otherwise text flows to the sides also Example 1 Left justified text flows around an obstacle on the left Example 2 Left justified text flows through an obstacle in the ce
28. gion menu Before selecting a slide to Open NORTHWEST pick the region from this menu i ie gt ewe PIZZAIEMH SALABEY2EMH e 3008kb 502kb SLIDES one SST A Ea first 7 F ZAC ae EMH a Remember that you can only schedule slides to run in a region that were saved to that region If you have several regions with the same slide you can open the slide in the first region and use z Save As to save it to each other region Saving a Slide 1 Press ESC to display the Main Menu gt Save Clock Set Version 0 77 2 Press Save Save As iy Back Up If you have not previously saved the slide you will automatically be taken to Save As The slide you loaded cannot be overwritten If you are editing a slide that came from HeadQuarters and attempt to Your changes must be saved to a new file of type EM save it you will get this message teen tees Simply choose Save As to display the file dialogue see below Save As Slides will not show on your menu boards until you schedule them See Schedule on page 29 If a slide 1s already scheduled see Applying the Schedule on page 37 Saving a Slide to a new file Save As C EM SLIDES emh em 1 Press ESC to display the Main Menu i ee c STATON Old Style G k Coffee Cup Part e Gree DINERCOF EM c STATION C ege ht iia 2 Press Save As ENSI mmm See ES 3
29. icture ee ee v To find out how many seconds an animation is see the next page Viewing an animated GIF 25 Viewing an animated GIF Once an animation is loaded you can use this area to preview it in motion CEY Get Picture fem eh 925 ahas The total seconds for this animation is shown at T Seconds The T Seconds is generally the minimum amount you would fill in for seconds to allow the entire animation to play before the next picture is shown When View Picture is first opened the animation is playing Play button is lit green You must press the stop button in order to make any modifications ______ Modifying the speed of an animated GIF Once the animation is stopped you can use the scrollbar to step through each frame The frame number follows the scrollbar I Each frame is shown for a Duration of seconds e You can modify the duration for each frame separately e Apply All copies the current frame s duration to all frames T Seconds is simply all durations for all frames added together Setting repeats of an animated GIF By default the animation will repeat until the seconds have elapsed This is designated by entering 0 for Plays S TES e Enter 1 to play the animation only once 2 for twice etc e The picture box shows the last frame of the GIF when the animation finishes 26 Edi
30. ildren the parent cannot be resized smaller than its children Using Object Context Menus Context menus are displayed by clicking an object with the RIGHT mouse button e The title of the menu shows the object number and type Object numbers are unique for each object in a slide e The first several items are the same as the Edit menu on the menu bar See Menu Bar Edit menu on page 8 Bring to Front Vertical Center Horizontal Center Cut Vertical Center Horizontal Center Vertical Center Horizontal Center Cut Vertical Center Horizontal Center Vertical Center Horizontal Center eae Settings Edit Prices e The last item s vary by type of object Notice how Generic objects have no special properties Object Properties all object types All objects have the Properties described in this section There are three ways to bring up the Properties editor for an object Properties via the context menu 1 RIGHT click the object with your mouse to display the context menu 2 Choose Properties a hw gt fit Properties via the menu bar 1 Select the object by LEFT clicking it OR pick it from the Relationship Tree page 7 2 Move your mouse to the top of the screen to display the menu bar page 8 3 Choose Edit then Properties Properties Properties via the keyboard 1 Select the object by LEFT clicking it OR pick it from the Relationship Tree Page 7
31. imated GIP sss ssrscvancsscsectaoy a 26 SClMNS Tepeats OF amani mated CE seits soon ciiee a E E N 26 ECLISSE CLIS DOS eannan a a r E NT 2T Paans Fist Hemso a a a Giemuyiaele 2I Liet hens appe aran E aae E demand sasnes eeuanuiaat 28 List hems ACK OLOUING eies n a a E dena ennnes leeuaruiaats 28 OC LS aaeei E 29 INOCESSING the schedule Area oesi a E Gleewnanuiaat 29 Accessing the schedule area HO Mode kreienn e E dena nnnes leemaswiaue 29 Time Perros eeren ne e a O O uate 30 Resular time penodS orrai A A A i 30 Special time penodS sssrinin a a a 30 Ed ie Time Pernods oraait e AA 31 Weekly Content weekly slide schedule Jiiiireneinnon e ieee ee eA 32 Edit Sle s d rauonmand transo a a a a a a a a 32 Enabling Special Hiie PeriOdS si c fsrciec tarda cosas sndansueteaaatecse edna a fassecwueladsondaieeaeauenet meron 33 Copy 14 la A par nr ra ON gO A Cer SON a 33 Sehedule Exco 0 G1 1 hs Pama ne creer ta nC EP OO IC PK Oem ee 34 Addins an CCE DELO soe cis ce cats ouasacestissstetata adel mda sadaseaustenmainasasieieana eaea eatearauu s eaeatsuca bassiarelada ona tuateau enue tume seveanee 34 Removin AIMS eC SL OU oo ics aa as reels aa co a sae estan aati a ae Satis datas tee ae Pe edna date ae 34 Edt Content Or Al CXCepulOM israr non i ooa a E aE O O EAE 35 Copy Contents Paste Conte Malasusa E EEE e O EEE aED 35 CHANG 6 ALS n E EE O O O eueradabiactauenencanseubeonoe 35 Region Log HQ mode only Verify when stores picked up content
32. in the grey area the location you selected is unavailable You may need to restart the Electromenu unit after attaching a USB thumb drive See the next page for instructions on copying files deleting files etc 41 Copy an image file from a usb thumb drive l Delete image files l 9 Choose for the source location thumb drive Source is the left side emama DA NORTHWEST C EM REG NORTHW amp SOUTH CAEM REG SOUTH a EAST CA EM REG EAST Click images under source folder images Thumbdrive reg E schedule C images 5 slides ne Select the image s to copy left side z Hold CTRL to select multiple images BURGER JPG Burger jpg amp Thumbdrive DA Choose for the target location Main Drive gt EM Target is the right side Thumbdrive DA D images NORTHWEST CA EM REG NORTHW SOUTH CAEM REG SOUTH schedule aw EAST C EM REG EAST gt slides Click images under target folder mages ee Thumbdrive DA apt a Press Copy to perform the copy Buttchx jpg 24kb BUFFCHX JPG BURGER JPG 7ko Burger jpg Choose for the target location Main Drive Target location is the right side of the screen Click images under target folder Select an image to delete right side EE Sooners Cookies jpg Press Delete File EEF rios po ICECREAM PG Ma Copy slides from
33. ing login password or region Select the store to edit Press Edit Enter a new name or password make sure these are changed at the store also Choose a new region if desired the store will use content from the new region Press Save PER a a Removing a store 1 Select the store to remove Notes e Removing a store will disallow the store from logging in to retrieve content e Removing a store does not delete any content since content is stored by region e To remove a region first remove all of its stores then see page 39 40 Clock Set Setting the date and time v Menu boards at a site get their time from the store controller Board 99 Y Remote stores set their time from the Head Quarters unit HQ mode vV Electromenu does not automatically update the clock for daylight savings To set your clock Clock Set p 1 From the main menu click Clock Set 2 Enter a new date as appropriate Use the format MM DD YYYY 3 Enter a new time as appropriate Use the format HH MM followed by a or p Cancel Set 4 Press Set Back Up Copy images and slides into and out of Electromenu The backup function serves as ElectroMenu s file manager v You can copy files to and from the back up locations that are set in Set Up page 38 v Back up locations include at least the main drive and the usb thumb drive v Head Quarters units will also list each region as a backup location
34. k Select hide to do this Location sets where on the picture to place the caption Background is a background color for the caption Initial Delay is used when coordinating several picture objects e The first picture of the 8 is delayed by the initial delay when the slide is first shown e This staggers the picture transitions in this box from another box with no initial delay e When staggering two picture objects the seconds of all pictures in both objects should be the same 23 View Picture and setting a clear color Once a picture is added previous page you can view it and optionally set a clear color e A clear color will show the background of the picture box e This section is for viewing a JPEG or BMPs Animated GIFs are on the next page The title bar shows the picture s file name dimensions size date and time The file name is shown for reference only all pictures are copied into the slide when you load them Stretch Scale Center is here only for previewing Clear Color either shows None or a color in the picture that will be clear To pick a clear color 1 Click under clear color where 1s says None 2 Click in the picture on the color to make clear When a clear color is selected the R G B combination of the selected color shows under Clear Color To make no clear color Click under clear color to make it say None 24
35. l menu boards Special time periods e Each day of the week may have one or more special time periods Examples include Happy Hour Band Night e Special time periods overlap regular time periods e Special time periods are enabled on a board by board basis in the schedule For example a regular time period of Dinner applies from 5pm to 9pm A special time period of Happy Hour applies from 7pm to 8pm The menu board in the bar area has the Happy Hour special period enabled so the bar board shows a happy hour schedule from 5 to 9 But during all other times the Bar menu board follows the regular time periods Menu boards in other parts of the restaurant do not have the Happy Hour period enabled and so during all of dinner they follow the dinner schedule The next page discusses editing time periods 30 Editing Time Periods From the schedule area click Time Periods Then choose a day of the week Regular periods are on the left Friday e Since they cannot overlap rer tart Time Nar Tk a Time regular periods only have a Ar 600pm 7 00pm starting time e The last regular period ends at midnight Cancel Special periods are on the right e Special periods overlap regular periods and may even overlap each other e Special periods have a start and end time but they may not run past midnight Copy and Paste time periods e Copy a day s time periods by right clicking the day na
36. lar font TERMEN Price Color is the default color for prices Individual menu items can over ride this color in Edit Prices Column Header Location is either within the object s title or below it Surgers Below object header Below Object Header P m me gt 30 2 PAMDBUGET Hot andivon ET Center of Object Header Surgers Center of object header E Le ma Ta gt i i y 616 Hamburger pot and juicy 2 99 3 99 Vertical Offset is how far below the column headers the prices start Burgers Vertical offset of 5 Hambur Hot and juicy 2 00 3 00 Vertical offset of 25 ff i a l Hot and juicy 2 4 3 00 17 Avoid Obstacles Obstacles are child objects that menu items in the group must try to flow around or avoid e Menu items may flow to the left or right of an obstacle e If the obstacle is too far from either side menu items simply skip over it vertically e The method of avoiding is chosen based on where the obstacle is placed The following examples illustrate the handling of a hamburger obstacle Example 1 Menu Items avoid the obstacle by flowing to the right Example 2 Menu Items avoid the obstacle by flowing to the left Example 3 Menu Items avoid the obstacle by skipping it vertically amburger Hot and juicy Example 4 Menu Items are not avoiding the hamburger at all In this example only the hamburger is not a child of the menu group and so it is not
37. lide to the schedule by dragging it from the list on the right into the scheduled slides area Remove a slide from the schedule by clicking it and then clicking the X beside it Scheduled slides information Sequence number in the slideshow drag to change Display duration minutes seconds Slide Name Transition icon Edit a slide s duration and transition 1 Select a slide on the scheduled slides area 2 Click the pencil for Edit 3 Make changes as necessary to duration and transition 4 none Click Save explode i i Reveal Center ES Blinds azo LE Scron Lett E f Scroll Right f Wipe Left Cancel Save TaB J Wipe Right 372 Circles Enabling Special time periods Special time periods show in the schedule editor in the dark yellow Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday SENECAM Saturday Ea Moning Breakfast A E Late NO ZT When you select one a box appears in the upper right of the scheduled slides area oL ooe oo e EEEE Happy Hour Left Board Selecting Enable this period enables the special period for the selected day and board only Copy and Paste To make setting up your schedule easier you can copy and paste several ways Copy Paste Day 1 Right click a day and choose Copy Day 2 Right click another day and choose Paste Day This copies all time periods for the selected day and
38. lt 1 laelxX 20 i Single Double _ color and spacing Helvetica Mpt E Hevetca up E 8 8 Mier EK ten E Menu Items Background Menu items may be given a colored background in 00 00 1 00 00 Helvetica _24pi _ Heivetica_24p E the same manner as Helvetica_20pt__ Helvetica_ 200 2l 8 8 Object Style Page 13 Center of Object Header EI iS Left and Right s Cancel Price Columns defines the appearance of each price column 2 in this example e Up to 8 price columns can be defined e Insert a new price column by clicking the e Remove a price column by clicking the X Remember Inserting or removing columns affects all menu items in the group Once a menu group is set up menu items you add to the group will simply follow the settings of the group To add menu items to the group see Edit Prices on page 19 The new few pages detail each area of Menu Group Settings 14 Menu Items o i fo no Font and Color affect only the menu item s title i e Pizza Hamburger etc sa Helvetica 24pt g Indent is the pixels of indentation from the left and right side of the object for the entire menu item prices included Spacing is line spacing between menu items Itis relative to the font height Indent from Background is the amount of Menu Item Background to surround each menu item on all sides left right top bottom
39. m Backgrounds i l i Font BEB Helvetica 24pt Indent _ Spacin Hamburger Comment spacing Bold J Shadow he Hog zines Joey increased to 2 e Bacon Hamburge 1 Ea SJpold DZ 20 Jeo Menu Items indent from Background 5 X z Example 8 Item Font dent Spacing Hamburger spacing increased to 2 Bold X Shadow Hot and juicy amp CEESTI x 20 Jeo On the next page setting up Price Columns is covered 16 Price Columns Price Columns go to the right of menu item names Up to 8 price columns may be defined Price Columns can be added by clicking any of the buttons Price Columns can be removed by clicking the X buttons A menu group may have no price columns if desired The Header Names section defines Price Columns ap Q 1 PIM 20 Singe Double __ the name and appearance for each Double price column s header Helvetica 14pt Helvetica 14pt 4 8 8 You can omit the header i Lett I Let completely by clicking Hide E a l 4 The Price Format section defines a 00 00 00 00 i the appearance of prices in each Helvetica 24pt E Helvetica 24pt 4 column Helvetica 20 fA Helvetica 20pt 4 8 8 e Dollars and Cents may have different fonts and sizes The numbers align across the top X X X Genter of Gbject Header e All Price Format choices are numeric except Plain Text e Plain Text uses only the Dol
40. me and choosing Copy Schedule e Paste to another day by right clicking that day and choosing Paste Schedule Adding a regular time period 1 Click Add under Regular Time Periods 2 Enter a name for the period 3 Enter a start time The end time is the start time for the next period 4 Click Save Adding a special time period 1 Click Add under Special Time Periods 2 Enter a name for the period fn 3 Enter a start and end time End times must be later than start times 4 Click Save Cancel Removing a time period 1 Select the period in the list 2 Click Remove Note Removing a regular time period makes the period before the one you removed run longer This is because regular time periods must cover all 24 hours in a day 31 Weekly Content weekly slide schedule In this area you pick slides to run for each Menu Board by day and by time period If you have not set up time periods yet see the previous page 1 Click Weekly Content to bring up the Weekly Content editor 2 Choose a day of the week 3 Choose a time period mE E 4 Choose a menu Bago board 022 ue r Bagels 2 02 JEE Bakery Designer 99 BW sand Scheduled slides show in the ae large center area BE lt lt Slides that are available to schedule show on the right Cancel In HQ mode only slides for the selected region will be listed Add a s
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42. nter Example 3 Skip Obstacles is selected So the text does not flow on either side of the obstacle Edit Pictures picture box Picture box objects can display up to 8 different pictures in sequence Pictures may be JPG BMP or animated GIF To create a picture box choose Picture Box from the Create menu See the Menu Bar on page 8 To edit a picture box 1 RIGHT click a picture box object 2 Choose Edit Pictures F Edit Pictures Each picture in the picture box shows one at a 1s time for the specified number of seconds Adding a still picture JPEG BMP 1 Press one of the buttons 2 Press Get Picture Burger Platter Half Pounder Helvetica 14pt Helvetica 14pt E Top Center C Top Center Cancel 3 Choose a picture still pictures are JPEG or BMP 4 Press Open S 22 Stretch Scale Center These settings control how a picture is made to fit into an object Stretch Scale Center Replace a picture by pressing Get Picture under the picture to replace Seconds is how long the picture will show Time is counted from the when the transition completes Transition is what visual effect will be used to show the picture none k Explode Reveal Center ES Blinds J Expand Left P Expand Right Caption is shown in the selected font and color It may also be used as a remar
43. of each 24 hour day of the week Version 0 77 FER Exceptions Content Set dates to display different slides from the normal week Sav Sav E Weekly Content Select slides to play during each normal weekly time period Accessing the schedule area HQ mode 1 Bring up the Main Menu by pressing ESC 2 Click Schedule Version 0 81 Which Region Eagleville Ardmore Pine Castle Coleman Bithlo Windermere 3 Select a region from the list 4 Press Edit Schedule When the schedule window opens the selectedt gion shows on the title bar Time Periods Name and define parts of each 24 hour day of the week F Weekly Content Select slides to play during each normal weekly time period FE Exceptions Content Set dates to display different slides from the normal week sf 0 View Region Log See when stores last checked in Time Periods Electromenu allows you to divide your days into parts called Time Periods v Each day of the week can have different time periods VY Slides are scheduled by day and by time period v You must set up time periods before scheduling slides There are two kinds of time periods Regular time periods e Each day of the week has one or more regular time periods Examples include Breakfast Lunch Dinner and Late Night e Regular time periods do not overlap each other and they fill the entire 24 hour day e Regular time periods are the same times for al
44. ons Default locations for Slides Images and Text Files are set here When a screen shot is taken it is written to the Screen Shots location Back Up Locations These locations show for Source and Target in the Back Up area Locations may be local drives or FTP servers on the internet e By default the main drive C and the flash drive D are listed e On HQ units the Back Up function automatically lists all regions as well On the next page regions and stores are discussed This applies only to HQ units 38 Regions Defining groups of stores to share content HQ mode VY Regions consist of one or more stores y Content for every store in a region is identical Y Each store must be in a region Since each store must be in a region you have to add at least one region before adding any stores l 2 From the main menu click Set Up Click Regions in Set Up Eagleville Ardmore Jonesburg Smithville North Hills Springfield Pine Castle Coleman Bithlo Windermere Existing regions are shown along with their stores Click Add Give the region a name 11 characters maximum Press Save Cancel Removing a region v y v You cannot remove a region if it contains any stores If a region contains stores move them to another region or delete them See page 40 Removing a region erases all slides and content for the region Eagleville Ardmor
45. t List List box List boxes contain items that you wish to list without prices You can configure the list to have one to twenty columns To create a list box choose List Box ea oppings from the Create menu See the Menu Tomato Bar on page 8 i Mushrooms To edit a list box 1 RIGHT click a list box object 2 Choose Edit List _ Edit List ie The appearance of the list box items is set on the right side On the left the items in the list are fj xt 2 shown xt Mushrooms X Sauerkraut Helvetica wept iq Lett Onions SZ SA N Lettuce e You can rearrange the items ext Pickles ext Hot Peppers by dragging them in the list ae See neces Mayo Mustard Ketchup e The icon to the left of each item shows the item s color e Below the list is buttons to Add Clone Edit and Remove items Default Default Editing List Items When Add Clone or Edit is pressed the Edit List Item screen is shown e Fach item in the list may have its own text color and background color Cancel e When a color is left at default it uses Save the colors set on the main screen e Omit Item causes a list to not draw the flagged item e Hide causes an item to stay in the list but display no text 21 List Items appearance List items are in one or more columns Each column is evenly spaced by the width of the List Box object 2 a E Helvetica wept 2 4 Le
46. tions override the regular weekly schedule e Exceptions are done per Menu Board for a range of dates e Exceptions use time periods from a specified weekday OR they have no time periods Open an Existing Slide Version 0 77 Clock Set 1 Press ESC to display the main menu 3 Ml Back Up if it is not displayed gt 2 Press Open to display the file dialogue fy Open mm Old Style Greek Coffee Cup Party Trays supeEs ssid DINERCOF EM PARTTRAY EM SLIDES E 728kb a F 7385kb 4a E W Pasta Night Pizza Oo PASTNIGHEM a 1PUDGIESEM 3054kb E 2627kb 3 Select a slide from the list Pizza Piva bubble d le PIZZA EMH PIZZBUBB EM 3008kb 1247kb lt gt Pizza Only Menu Potatoes A PIZZAEM Batis POTATOESEM 1766kb 926kb Salad Bey 2 K Sands amp Burgers j SALABEV2 EMH SANDWICHEM es 1502kb m RJ 1844kb iW Sides ZACSIDEEM gt eat 2453kb Skewers Sea Slacks m SKEWERSEM I SLACKSEM 2298kb s 3081kb i F CAEM SLIDES 3260kb BES 2028Kb Snowball 1 lt a poe Specialties 3a SNOWBAIEM SPECIAS EMH 4 Press Open Electromenu slides created on a HQ unit have names ending in EMH Electromenu slides created on a regular designer have names ending in EM Once a slide is open you are on the editor screen See the overview on page 7 Open an Existing Slide HQ mode In HeadQuarters mode the File Dialogue has an additional Re
47. treated as an obstacle Left and Right You can limit menu item flow to the left or right with the Avoid Obstacles menu e Left and Right is the default Menu Items flow to either side e Right only Menu Items flow only to the right if possible Left only Menu Items flow only to the left if possible Right only Left only Neither side e Neither side Menu Items will only skip obstacles as in example 3 above 18 Edit Prices menu group This area is used to enter Menu Item names comments and prices into a Menu Group You must first have the group created and configured See the previous several pages To Edit Prices 1 RIGHT click a menu group 2 Choose Edit Prices To create a new group see Create Menu page 8 3 Select a menu item to edit Bacon Hamburger Cheeseburger Bacon Cheeseburger 4 Press Edit or Add to create a Bacon Mozzarella Burger new menu item Default All Colors returns all menu items to default colors Text icon left of each item name shows the color of each item Clone adds a new item using the selected one as a template i Remove deletes a menu item Hot and juicy Name Comment and Prices are set on this screen Only prices from columns set up in Group Settings will be shown Default colors use colors set in Group Settings D lt bs gt lt D lt 2 lt gt K D4 gt lt See Group Settings page 14
48. tt Sis 4 2 xX Color is the default text color This setting can be over ridden for one or more items See Editing List Items on previous page Font Justify determines the font and justification for all items in the list Indent is how far apart list items are from the sides of the object It also determines the space between columns Spacing is how far list items are spaced vertically It is based on the font height Indent from Background is how much space to leave around the text on a list item Note The sample area shows the effect of any settings immediately However the sample area will not show more than two columns since it is narrow List Items Background E The background of list items can Tomato ot Pepp be styled the same way as the Mushroom Sweet Pe object background Sauerkrat Fried Onic Onions Mayo If no list item background is desired set the color to Clear none Lettuce Mustard 4 i Ketcnup The object background color is set in Object Properties Page 12 Any changes made will show immediately in the sample area on the right 28 Schedule Slides are displayed on menu boards according to their schedule This section describes how to set up Time Periods and then how to schedule slides within time periods by menu board Accessing the schedule area 1 Bring up the Main Menu by pressing ESC 2 Click Schedule lt lt Time Periods Name and define parts
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