•Control commands

Commands that specify control of the PDP (Plasma Display Panel) power switch or GPI (General Purpose Interface) pulses for devices connected to the network players are created and used as materials.

Commands for NSP-100 control, such as to adjust volume, are also created and managed. (They are only used in an urgent playout procedure, however, and cannot be inserted in the playlists.)

You can create a "playlist" that lists the playout order of these materials, and send it to the network players. Then, each of the network players plays the materials out according to the playlist you created.

The following list shows the main operations that can be carried out using this software.

•Set up of the system.

•Prepare materials

Create materials using the BZNP-100

•Capture of video from a VCR or a camcoder connected with an i.LINK (IEEE 1394) cable and creation of AVI files.

•Conversion of video and graphics files into NSP format.

•Creation of files for subtitles, by typing in text and specifying how to display it. Or, import materials and playlist modules created by the BZNP-A1 authoring software.

•Creation of device control commands to control devices connected to the network player, such as a PDP.

•Creation of playlists.

•Sending of playlists to the network players. (Materials that are not stored on the destination network player are automatically sent with the playlist.)

•Checking the status of playlist transfer and each network player in the system.

•Retrieval of playout logs from the network players, and check the playout results.

Hint

During operation, pressing the F1 key on the keyboard displays information (help) related to the window/dialog box currently holding the focus.

Limitations of the BZNP-100LE

The BZNP-100LE is supplied with the NSP-100, and is a subset of this software. It has the following limitations:

•It manages only one network player.

•The Scheduling Application is not available.

As the scheduled playlists are not supported, the automatic scheduled playlist sending function is not available.

•Video capturing is not available.

•Importing of materials is not available. (Materials and playlist modules created by the BZNP-A1 cannot be used.)

•Video previewing on a PC is not available.

•Fonts installed on a PC cannot be used for text material, therefore, only the font installed on the NSP-100 can be used, and multicolor text and specification of font

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