PN-SS01 PN-SS02 PN-SV01
OPERATION MANUAL
SHARP Digital Signage Software
Installing/Launching
Contents
Conditional Content
Precautions on use
Panel Management and Option
Creating/Editing Schedules
Distributing schedules
Schedule Management
Schedule Reception/Program Display
Setting the operation environment
Key/Mouse Monitoring
Monitoring status
Introduction
Precautions on use
Trademarks
How to read this manual
Icons
Notation
Definitions
System operation precautions
Points to note when creating content and programs
Daisy chain configuration
Backups
Continuous operation of target PC
PC internal clock
Program distribution workflow
Features of SHARP Digital Signage Software
Easy-to-use user interface
Variety of display options and scroll message function
Status Monitoring Tool
Network Version 1 Program Editor
Distributed via a network
Controller PC Network Version
Required operating environment
Installing/Launching
Installing SHARP Digital Signage Software
Installing SHARP Digital Signage Software
If using the “SHARP Digital Signage Software CD-ROM”
4. In the Welcome to the Install Shield wizard... window, click Next
9. Click Next
7. Select the version that you have purchased and click Next
8. Enter the appropriate license code for your version and click Next
11. Click Finish
10. Click Install
Auto login settings
Setting the environment of the target PC
3. If the User Account Control window appears, click Continue
5. Click OK
Screen saver settings
Welcome Center settings Windows Vista only
If using Windows XP
3. Click OK
If using Windows Vista/7
Power control
2. Select “None” from the “Screen saver” list 3. Click OK
If using Windows XP
If using Windows Vista
Windows Sidebar Gadget settings Windows Vista Only
2. Select “High performance” and click Change plan settings
5. Close the Power Options dialog box by clicking the
IME Toolbar settings
Active desktop settings Windows XP Only
2. Clear the “Start Sidebar when Windows starts” check box
3. Click OK 4. Restart your PC
Windows Update settings
Taskbar settings Windows XP/Vista only
If using Windows XP
3. Click OK
2. Select the “Never check for updates” option button 3. Click OK
Resident application settings
If using Windows
If using Windows Vista
2. Double-click “Windows Firewall with Advanced Security”
Personal firewall settings
Firewall settings for Status Monitoring Tool Windows Vista/7 Only
6. Select the “All programs” option button, and click Next
5. Select the “Custom” option button, and click Next
7. From the “Protocol type” list, select “ICMPv4”
9. Enter a “Name”, and click Finish
4. Select the “Remove” option button, and click Next
Uninstalling SHARP Digital Signage Software
If using the “SHARP Digital Signage Software CD-ROM”
1. Start your PC 2. Close down all applications
6. Click Finish
5. Click Yes
The uninstallation will start
The uninstallation is now complete
Launching the Launcher window
Launching and closing the Launcher window
Closing the Launcher window
The Launcher window
4 Schedule creation/editing Fp.70
3 Timetable creation/editing Fp.60
5 Schedule distribution Fp.84
6 Panel control Fp.78
The main Program Editor window
Program Creation/Editing
Launching Program Editor
The main Program Editor window
2 Menus
5 Settings window
3 Toolbar
4 Tabs
Creating programs
Valid content files
3. Set the “Screen Size”
Positioning content Layout
2. Set a Screen Top-Left Position
4. Set Frame Layout
Using a layout you have created
Using the grid
Display priority order
2. Set the “Frame Layout”
The URL tab
Setting the background/frames
1. Click any of the Background or Frame1 - Frame4 tabs
4. Click
3. Select the content you want to use from the “Content File” list
Viewer Path tab
Playlists
Content preview
Properties of content
Background color when content is not displayed
1 Content File Path
4 Volume Control
5 Layout
Setting the scroll message
6 Picture Transition
1. Click the Message1 or Message2 tab
4. Click
For more details about Scroll Message Editor, refer to p.40
1 Title bar
Creating scroll message files
2 Menus
4 Settings window
3 Toolbar
Program Editor
4. Set “Background.”
3. Set the “Message Format”
6. Click Save Scroll Message from the File menu. Or click
5. Set “Scrolling.”
1. Click the Sound tab
Setting audio and music
3. Select the content you want to use from the “Content File” list
4. Click
If using a PN-655 monitor
Setting the PIP window
Saving a program
Save program
Program thumbnails
Save program as
Program Folder
2. Select the program folder in which the program is to be saved
Checking a program
Opening a program
2. Select the program folder containing the program
3. From the “Program List”, select a program, and click Open
Deleting a program
Preview Program Display Settings
3. Select a program from the “Program List” and click Delete
4. Click Yes
1. Click Properties of Program from the File menu
Displaying program properties
You can also display and change program properties by clicking
2. Click OK
Exporting a program
Importing/exporting a program
3. From the “Program List”, select a program, and click Export
2. Select the program folder containing the program
1. From the File menu, click Import Program
Importing a program
3. Select the program folder in which the program is to be saved
4. Enter a “Program Name”, and click Import 5. Click Yes
1 Title bar
Conditional Content
Launching SHARP Digital Signage Software Conditional Content Editor
4 Tabs
5 Settings Window
Conditional Content Editor
2 Menus
Compatible Content File Formats
Creating Conditional Content
Configuring Conditional Contents
Conditional Content Editor
The URL Tab
2. Select the content files you want to use from the Content
Viewer Path Tab
File List
3. Click the icon
Preview Content
Conditional Content
1 Content File Path
Properties of content
Moves the selected content fle one place backward down on the list
2 Duration
4 Volume Control
7 Parameters
3 Background
5 Layout
Conditional Content and Total Duration
Play Condition Setting
1 Condition Name
2 Term
The main Timetable Editor window
Creating/Editing a Timetable
Launching Timetable Editor
The main Timetable Editor window
6 Timetable
5 Program/Panel Control list
2 Menus
3 Toolbar
Registering a program in the timetable
Creating a timetable
Select the program folder containing the program
or alternatively, double-click the program
1. Click the Panel Control tab
Registering panel control in a timetable
Command
Timetable Editor
the “Command Name” and click
2. Select the panel control command you want to use from
3. Set the “Time”
The Add Panel Control Command to Timetable dialog box will appear
3. Click OK
Adjusting a timetable
Changing the timetable span
Saving a timetable
Adjusting the scale
Opening a timetable
Save timetable
Deleting a timetable
Checking a timetable
Changing timetable name and timetable color
1. From the File menu, click Preview Timetable
Exporting a timetable
Importing/exporting a timetable
3. From the “List of Timetable”, select a timetable, and click Export
2. Select the timetable folder containing the timetable
1. From the File menu, click Import Timetable
Importing a timetable
3. Select the timetable folder in which the timetable is to be saved
4. Enter a “Timetable Name” and click Import
The main Schedule Editor window
Creating/Editing Schedules
Launching Schedule Editor
The main Schedule Editor window
5 Calendar
4 “Timetable” list
3 Toolbar
Schedule Editor
Edit menu, click Add Timetable to Schedule
Select the timetable folder containing the timetable
3. Set a “Span”
Creating a schedule Registering a timetable in the schedule
The calendar
Opening a schedule
Saving a schedule
Save schedule
Save schedule as
Changing schedule name
Deleting a schedule
3. From the “List of Schedule”, select a schedule, and click Delete
2. Select the schedule folder containing the schedule
Exporting a schedule
Importing/exporting a schedule
3. From the “List of Schedule”, select a schedule, and click Export
2. Select the schedule folder containing the schedule
1. From the File menu, click Import Schedule
Importing a schedule
3. Select the schedule folder in which the schedule is to be saved
4. Enter a “Schedule Name”, and click Import
Managing panels
Panel Management and Option
Launching Panel Control Management
The main Panel Management window
2 Buttons
Adding/editing a panel
Click Edit to edit an existing panel
2. Set the options
4. Click Add or Cancel
3. Click Add or Cancel
Adding/editing a group
To edit a group, select the group you want to edit and click Edit
Deleting a panel or group
Controlling a panel manually
1. Click Manual Control
3. Click Execute
Launching Option
Option
Checking version information
Registering a license code
1. Click the FTP Setting tab 2. Set the Default to Add the Panel
Adding default panel settings for panels
Distributing schedules
1 Distribution settings button
The main Schedule Distribution Tool window
Launching Schedule Distribution Tool
Distributing via a network
Distributing schedules
1. Click Distribute schedule or program to the panel
3. Select a schedule
7. Select a “Distribution Date Time”
6. Click Next
8. Set “Distribution Options”
Panel Management window Fp.78
1. Click Distribute schedule or program to the panel
Distributing to your own PC
3. Select a schedule
4. Click Next
1. Click Distribute schedule or program to the panel
Distributing with USB memory or other external storage device
8. Click Yes
5. Select the drive to which you want to transfer the schedule to
9. Click OK
10. Remove the USB memory or other storage device from the PC
Distributing via a network and making a break-in display
Displaying break-in programs
3. Select a program, and click Next
5. Click Next
6. Set the “Display Time of Break-in Program” area
11. Check the distribution settings, and click Finish
7. Set a “Display Time”
10. Click Next
3. Select a program, and click Next
Distributing to your own PC and making a break-in display
1. Click Distribute schedule or program to the panel
4. Set the “Display Time of Break-in Program” area
9. Check the distribution settings, and click Finish
5. Set a “Display Time”
8. Click Next
Schedule Distribution Tool
List of Reserved Distribution
List of Reserved Distribution/List of Distribution Log
List of Distribution Log
Deleting reserved distributions
Outputting CSV File of Distribution Log
Deleting the entire distribution log
2. Enter a “File Name”, and click Save
Updating
Server Scheduler
Schedule Management
Launching the FTP Server
FTP Server
2. Click the Processes tab and confirm that “FTPD.exe” is displayed
If using Windows XP
Client Scheduler
Setting
Launching Client Scheduler
Client Scheduler menu
“Smooth contents change” check box
Display Area tab
Power Control tab
FTP Server tab Sets the FTP Server
Panel Control tab
Test connection
USB Distribute tab
Pausing a program
Displaying the log
Deleting Schedule Information
Exiting Client Scheduler
1. Set the target PC to “Contents direct distribute mode.”
Version information
3. Remove the external storage device such as USB memory from the PC
Program Viewer
Key/Mouse Monitoring
Configuration
Key/Mouse Monitoring Tool Window
Launching the Key/Mouse Monitoring Tool window
3 Click OK
2 Set the options
1 Click Detail
2 Set the options
Exit
About
1 Click Detail
2 Set the options
The main Status Monitoring Tool window
Monitoring status
Launching Status Monitoring Tool
The main Status Monitoring Tool window
Status Monitoring Tool
2 Toolbar
Menu option
Description
4 Panel list
3 Group tree
Acquiring status of selected panels
Acquiring and displaying panel status
Controlling target PC power
Setting panels for which status will not be obtained
2. Select panels from the “Panel list with getting status”
3. Click Add
Displaying detailed information for a panel
3. Check the settings, and click Close
2. From the Panel menu click Property, or alternatively, click
The Panel property dialog box will appear
Status Monitoring Tool
Changing thumbnail size
1. Click the buttons on the toolbar Small , Medium , Large
3. Click OK
Setting the operation environment
2. Set the options
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