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