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