Sharp PNSV01 manual

SHARP Digital Signa ge Software PN-SS01 PN-SS02 PN-SV01 OPERA TION MANU AL[...]

2 Introduction Precautions on use ...................................................................................................... ..................... 5 T rademarks ........................................................................................................................................ 6 How to read this manual ..............[...]

3 Contents C reating a timetable ........................................................................................................................ 62 ●Registering a program in the timetable .................................................................................................. 62 ●Registering panel control in a timetable .....[...]

4 Schedule Reception/Program Display FTP Server ........................................................................................................................................ 98 ●Launching the FTP Server ....................................................................................................................... 98 C lient Sch[...]

5 Thank you for purchasing SHARP Digital Signage Software. SH AR P D igi tal S ig n ag e S of tw ar e c o me s in t h re e v er si on s : Th e St an da lo ne , N e tw or k, a n d V iew er V er si o ns . Th is manual covers all three versions. Where editions differ in terms of usage restrictions and functionality , this fact is clearly indicated. IM[...]

6 T r ademar ks •Mi cro so ft , W in do ws , W i nd ow s V is ta, P ow er Po in t , an d Wi n do w s Me di a a re e it he r r e gi st er ed  tr ad em ar k s o r trademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries. •Th eM ic ro s of t In te r ne t [...]

7 Denitions Thischartprovidesdefinitionsoftermsusedinthismanual. T erm Denition ControllerPC Th eP Ct hat is  us ed to cr eat ea n d di str ibu te p ro gr ams ,timetables an ds c he du les . Alsoreferredtoasa“ServerPC”. T argetPC A PCthatdispl[...]

8 • Scrollmessagecontent  Di sp la yi ng s c ro ll m es s ag es r eq u ir e s a gr ea t d ea l of  CP U pr oc e ss i ng p ow er . Wh e n u si n g sc ro ll  me ss ag es , programs should be tested by actually displaying them before operation. · Making the background color transparent will i[...]

9 F eatures of SHARP Digital Signage Software SHARP Digital Signage Software is SHARP’ s original content distribution and display software. Easy-to-use user interface Programs can be laid out in editable time schedules similar to newspaper TV guides or calendar-style monthly schedules. V ariety of display options and scroll message function Fram[...]

10 Network V ersion Lay out your chosen content and create a program. (  p.28) 1 Program Editor Assign the hour of the day that your program will be shown. (  p.60) 2 Timetable Editor Assign the dates when daily timetables you have created will be shown. (  p.70) 3 Schedule Editor Distribute schedules and programs you have created to a tar[...]

11 Installing/Launc hing Th is s ec ti on pr o vi de s in s ta l la ti on i n st r uc t io ns a nd in f or ma ti on re g ar di ng t h e n ec es sa ry op e ra ti ng e n vi r on m en t, as w el l as i n st r uc ti on s o n h ow t o st a rt an d c lo se d o wn SH AR P Dig it al Si gn ag e S of t wa r e. B e su r e t o re ad t h is before using the sof[...]

12 Installing SHARP Digital Signage Softwar e  Y oumustloginasanadministratorbeforebeginningtheinstallationprocess. ●Installing SHARP Digital Signage Software 1. Start your PC 2. Close down all applications. 3. Launch the SHARP Digital Signage Software setup program (setup.exe). Double-clickthesetup.exe?[...]

13 5. Software license agreement will appear . Read the entire software license agreement. 6. If you agree to the terms of the agreement, select the “I accept the terms of the license agreement” option button, and click [Next]. 7. Select the version that you have purchased and click [Next]. The three following versions are available: • [...]

14 10. Click [Install]. The installation will start. 1 1. Click [Finish]. The installation is now complete.  If t he f ol lo w in g sc re e n a pp ea rs , c li c k [Y es ]t o re s ta rt y ou r PC. If y ou a re u s in g t he S ta n da l on e or N e tw o rk V er sio ns , a s ho rt cu t t o S H AR P Di git al S i gn ag[...]

15 ● S et ti ng t h e en vi ro nm e n t of t he t a r ge t PC Oncetheinstallationiscomplete,changethesettingsofthetargetPCbeforeusingthissoftware. A  descriptionisgivenbelow ,usingWindowsXP/Vista/7asanexample. Auto login settings IfthetargetPCistobe[...]

16 Welcome Center settings (W indows Vista only)  ThesesettingsdonotapplytoWindowsXP/7. Underdefaultsettings,the“WelcomeCenter”isdisplayedwhen Windows Vista is started. Cl ea r th e “R u n at s ta r tu p ” ch ec k b ox , t o s to p th e “ W elc ome Center?[...]

17 • If using Windows Vista/7 1. R ig ht -c li c k o n an e mp t y a re a of t h e d es k to p an d f ro m t he m en u t h at a pp ea r s, cl ic k [P e rs o na li ze ] a nd then [Screen Saver]. The[ScreenSaverSettings]dialogboxwillappear . 2. Select “(None)” from the “Screen saver” list. 3. Click [OK]. Power control A[...]

18 • If using Windows Vista 1. F ro m th e W in do ws T as kb a r , cl ic k [S ta r t] , [ Co nt ro l P a ne l ], [ Sy st e m a nd M ai nt e na n ce ], a nd th e n [Power Options]. The[PowerOptions]dialogboxwillappear . 2. S el ec t “H i gh pe rf or ma n ce ” a nd c li c k [ Ch a ng e pl an settings]. 3. S el ec t “N e ve [...]

19 2. Clear the “Start Sidebar when Windows starts” check box. 3. Click [OK]. 4. Restart your PC. Th e Wi nd ow s S id eb ar ( G ad ge ts ) w il l n o lo ng e r ap pe ar  fr om t he nexttimeyoustartWindowsVista. Active desktop settings (Windows XP Only) T urn Active desktop settings off. These settin[...]

20 T askbar settings (Windows XP/V ista only) Ad ju st t he  T as kb ar s et ti ng s s o t ha t th e  T as kb ar is n o t d is pl ay ed  wh en a p r og ra m is  be i ng d is pl a ye d in P r og ra m Viewer . 1. Right-click on an empty area of the T askbar , and from the menu that appears, cli[...]

21 •If using Windows Vista 1. F ro m th e W in do ws T as kb a r , cl ic k [S ta r t] , [ Co nt ro l P a ne l ], [ Se cu r it y ], a nd t h en [T ur n a ut om a ti c updating on or off]. The[Changesettings]dialogboxwillappear . 2. Select the “Never check for updates” option button. 3. Click [OK]. 4. If the [User Account Cont[...]

22 Personal rewall settings If y ou p la n t o di st ri b ut e co nt e nt  ov e r a ne tw o rk , y ou m us t f r ee a T CP/ IP po rt f o r th is s o ft w ar e to u s e w he n th e distributionportisassignedtoapersonalfirewall.  If y ou h av e i ns[...]

23 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”. 8. S et “ Pr ot o co l a nd P or t s” , “ Sc op e” , “ A ct i on ”, a nd “Prole” in order as necessary . Click [Next] to be taken to the settin[...]

24 ●Uninstalling SHARP Digital Signage Software If t hi s so ft w ar e f re qu en t ly s hu ts  do w n in co rr e ct l y wh en a p ro gr a m is b ei n g di sp la y ed  or c re at e d,  yo u sh ou l d mo di fy t he p r og r am . If t h e p ro bl em p e rs i st s e ve n af t er do in g so , w e r e[...]

25 5. Click [Y es]. The uninstallation will start.  If t he S er ve r S c he du le r o r th e Cl i en t S ch ed ul e r ha s be e n st ar te d , a m es sa ge  wi l l ap pe ar . In  th i s ca se , cl ic k [ Y es ] . Th e Se rv er S ch e du l er a nd t h e Cl ie nt  Sc h [...]

26 Launching and c losing the Launcher windo w ●Launching the Launcher window 1. On the desktop, double-click the short cut. TheLauncherwindowwilllaunch.  TheLaunchercanalsobestartedbygoingtotheWindowsT askbarandclicking[Start],[AllPrograms],  [SHARPDigitalSignageSoftware][...]

27 3 ) Timetable c re at io n/ ed it in g ( F p.60) Th is b ut to n l au n ch es “ T imetableE di to r” .  T imetableE dit or le ts  yo u c re at e o ne - da y timetables by  as si gn in g programs you have created to be shown at desired times. 4) Schedule creation/editing ( F p.70) Th is b ut to n?[...]

28 Program Editor Pr og r am Cr ea tion/Editing Createprograms(content)todisplayonapanel. T he main Pr ogr am Editor window ●Launching Program Editor 1. Click on the Launcher window . “ProgramEditor”willlaunch. As s oo n as P r og r am E di to r l a un ch es , f ou r p re -d efi n ed f ra[...]

29 Program Editor 2) Menus Menu options are as follows: Menu option Description Re lev ant page File CreateNewProgram Opens a new program. - Open Program Loadsasavedprogram. F p.47 Save Program Overwrites the currently edited program. F p.45 Save Program As Saves the currently edited program under a different name. F p.46 Delete Prog[...]

30 Program Editor Creating prog r ams ●V alid content les Filetypesthatcanbeusedascontentareasfollows: Content name File type Background, Frames1-4 MPEG,MPEG-1,MPEG-2,MPEG-4, WMV(WindowsMediaVideo–filetypeplayablewithWindowsMediaPlayer), Flash(filetypeplaya[...]

31 Program Editor ●Positioning content (Layout) [Layout]window Screensandcontentsizeandposition,etc.,aresetinthe [Layout]window .  Wh en “L ay o ut  Lo ck ed .”  is  di sp la ye d i n t he c en t er  of t he l a yo u t wi nd ow , th e l a yo u t ca nn ot  b[...]

32 Program Editor 4. Set [Frame Layout]. 1) Checkthecheckboxesbesidetheframes,scroll messages, or PIP that you want to display .  Y oucanalsoclickthe button at the top right hand corner of a frame or scroll message to hide it. 2)  Se t “X ” , “ Y ” ,“ Wi dt h” , an d “ [...]

33 Program Editor Using the grid Us in g th e gr i d ma ke s i t e as y to p o si t io n it em s a c cu ra te ly . It em s c an b e d ra g ge d wi th  th e mo us e a n d al ig ne d o n the grid. The grid can be set with the following procedure: 1. From the [Option] menu click [Grid Setting[...]

34 Program Editor ●Setting the background/frames 1-4 Setcontent,orderofplayanddurationforcontentinthebackgroundandframes1-4. “ContentFolder”tree “ContentFile”list Playlist 1. C li ck a ny of th e [B ac k gr o un d] o r [ Fr a me 1 ] – [F ra m e4 ] tabs. 2. F ro m th e “ Co n te nt [...]

35 Program Editor [Viewer Path] tab Displaysthecontentfilespecifiedwith“FilePathOnViewerPC.” Y ou ca n sp ec if y a n E XE fi le . E nt e r a pa th  th a t c an b e re f er e nc ed b y t he targetPC.ForanEXEfile,“Parameters”canbeadde[...]

36 Program Editor Content preview Y oucanpreviewcontentfilesinthe[ContentPreview]window . Click[ContentPreview]fromthe[View]menutopreviewthefiles. Previewsforthefollowingtypesoffileswillnotbedisplayed  immediately .T opreviewthesefiles,click[...]

37 Program Editor Background color when content is not displayed Whencontentisnotbeingplayed,framescanbefilledinusinga  specifiedcolor . Cl ic k th e co l or s wa tc h t o d is pl ay  th e [ Co lo r]  di a lo g bo x a nd change the background color . Properties of content [...]

38 Program Editor 5) Layout • “Keepingaspectratio”,“Notkeepingaspectratio”,and“Inoriginalsize”optionbuttons  Y oucanselect“Notkeepingaspectratio”whenthecontenttypeisastillimageorFlash.  Y oucanselect“Inoriginalsize”wh[...]

39 Program Editor Clickingthebuttonsatthebottomofthe“ContentFile”listperformsthefollowingactions: Icon Menu option Description Cr eat eN ew Scr o ll Message La unc hes Sc r ol l Mes sag eE d it or an da llo ws y ou t oc rea te new  sc ro ll messages. EditScro[...]

40 Program Editor Creating scroll message les Createamessagetobedisplayedinascrollmessage. 1. Click the [Message1] or [Message2] tab, and then click under the “Content File” list. ScrollMessageEditorwilllaunch. 1) Title bar A filenamewillbedisplayed. Wh en S cr ol l M es s ag e [...]

41 Program Editor 2) Menus Menu options are as follows: Menu option Description File CreateNewScroll Message Opensanewscrollmessagefile. Open Scroll Message Loadsasavedscrollmessagefile. Save Scroll Message Overwritesthecurrentlyeditedscrollmessagefile. Save Scroll Message As Savesthecu[...]

42 Program Editor Ch ec ki ng t he  [U se H TM L t ag] ch ec k b ox a ll ow s y o u to u se thefollowingHTML tagsinthe“Scrollmessageeditbox”to  definethefontcolor ,sizeandotherstyles. Ta g Explanation <FONT> De fine st he tex t . T ak e s [...]

43 Program Editor 5. Set “Scrolling.” Set the scroll direction and speed of scroll messages. 1) Selectthe“Direction”from“Leftward,”“Rightward,”  “Upward”and“NoMove”optionbuttons.  • Ifthe“V ertical”optionbuttonisselectedin “MessageFormat,”the?[...]

44 Program Editor ●Setting audio and music Set audio and music (background music) for program display .  Iftwoormorecontentfilescontainingaudioaresetindifferentframes,bothwillplay . 1. Click the [Sound] tab. 2. F ro m th e “ Co n te nt F ol d er ” t re e, s e le c t t he f ol de r w h er e the [...]

45 Program Editor ●Setting the PIP window Se t th e fr am e s i ze , as pe c t r at io , in p ut  so u rc e, a nd  au d io s ou rc e f or t he  PI P fr am e.  Thi sf un ct i on c an b e u s ed onlywiththeSHARPLCDmonitor(PNseries). 1. Click the [PinP] tab. 2. Select t[...]

46 Program Editor Save program as Usethisoptionwhenyouwanttosavethecurrentlyeditedprogramunderadifferentname. 1. From the [File] menu, click [Save Program As]. The[SaveProgram As]dialogboxwillappear . 2. S el ec t th e p r og ra m fo l de r i n wh ic h t h e p ro gr am i s t o b e sa[...]

47 Program Editor ●Opening a program Loadaprogramthatyouhavealreadysavedanduseit. Editingonlytheplacesyouwanttochangeinanexistingfileandsavingthefileunderanewnameisan  effective way to create programs. 1. From the [File] menu, click [Open Program]. Y[...]

48 Program Editor ●Preview Program Display Settings Ifyoucheck“SetConfigurationbeforePreviewProgram”onthe [V ie w] men u, t h e “ Pr e vi ew p ro g ra m se tt i ng ” sc re e n ( *a s cr ee n image displayed on the screen) will be displayed during the pr og ra m pr ev i ew . Y[...]

49 Program Editor ●Displaying program properties Changeprogramnamesandprogramcolors. 1. Click [Properties of Program] from the [File] menu. Y ou can also display and change program properties by clicking . The[PropertiesofProgram]dialogboxwillappear . Informationaboutthe“ProgramName”,“Durat[...]

50 Program Editor ●Importing/exporting a program Exporting a program TheexportfunctionisusedtowriteoutaprogramsothatitcanbeusedwiththisproductonanotherPC. 1. From the [File] menu, click [Export Program]. The[ExportProgram]dialogboxwillappear . 2. Select the program f[...]

51 Program Editor Creating programs Importing a program TheimportfunctionisusedtoloadanexportedprogramthathasbeencreatedwiththisproductonanotherPC. 1. From the [File] menu, click [Import Program]. The[Selecttheprogramtoimport]dialogboxwillappear . 2. Select a (.prg)[...]

52 Conditional Content Editor Conditional Content Wh en c re at in g P l ay li st s w it h t he p ro g ra m e d it or , m os t of t h e c on te nt i s t h e sa me , a nd in m an y c as e s, mu lt ip le Pl ay li st s wi t h o nl y on e d if fe ri ng p ar t ar e c r ea te d. I n t h es e ca se s , y ou c an d i sp l ay Pl ay li st s w i th o nl y t h[...]

53 Conditional Content Editor Basic Screens for SHARP Digital Signage Software Conditional Content Editor 2) Menus Thefollowingarethecontentsofthe[File],[View],and[Help]menus. Menu option Description File Cr eat eN ew Con d it io nal Content Opensanewfile. OpenConditionalContent Reads saved [...]

54 Conditional Content Editor Creating Conditional Content Creating Conditional Content ●Compatible Content File Formats Thefollowingfileformatscanbeusedascontent. T ype s o f C ond iti ona l Content Compatible File Extensions Background,Frame .jpg,.jpeg,.gif,.png,.bmp,.avi,.mpeg,.mpg,.wmv ,.[...]

55 Conditional Content Editor Creating Conditional Content 1. Fro m th e “C on t en t F ol de r” tr e e, Se le ct t h e f ol de r wh e re th e co nt e nt l es y ou wa n t to u se ar e located. The [URL] T ab DisplaystheHTML ofaspecifiedURL ascontent. EnteraURL thatcanbereferencedbytheT arge[...]

56 Conditional Content Editor Creating Conditional Content 3. Click the icon. Contentfilesareaddedtotheendoftheconditionlist. Formoredetailsabouttheconditionlist,refertoPage59.  • InStep3,youcanregistercontentfilesbydouble- cl ic ki ng t he m o r?[...]

57 Conditional Content Editor Creating Conditional Content Clickingthebuttonsonthetoprightofaplaylistperformsthefollowingactions: Icon Menu option Description Sh ow the pr ope r ti es of th e content Displaysthepropertiesofthecurrentlyselectedcontentfile. See below for more details. Se[...]

58 Conditional Content Editor Creating Conditional Content 3) Background If t he c on te n t i s a st il l i m ag e fil e a nd  yo u ha ve  ch e ck ed t he  “K ee pi ng  as pe ct r a ti o ” op ti on  bu t to n, y ou  ca n specify a background color for the content. Clickthecolor[...]

59 Conditional Content Editor Creating Conditional Content Play Condition Setting Fromtheconditionslist,selectacontentfileandclick todisplaythe[PropertiesofContent]dialogbox. Selectfilesfromthelistandright-clickthem.Thedisplaywillremainvisibleevenwhen?[...]

60 Timetable Editor SetprogramscreatedwithProgramEditortodisplayatasethouroftheday . Th e m a i n Timetable E d i t o r w i n d o w ● L au nc hi ng Timetable Ed it or 1. Click on the Launcher window. “T imetableE di to r”  wi l l la un ch . Wh en  T imetableE dit or la un c he s, [...]

61 Timetable Editor 2) Menus Menu options are as follows: Menu option Description Re lev ant page File Cr eat eN ew Timetable O pen s a ne w timetable. - Op en Timetable Lo ads a sav e d timetable. F p.66 Sa ve Timetable Ov erw rit es the cu rr ent ly edi ted timetable. F p.65 Sa ve Timetable As S av e s t h e c ur r en t ly ed i t e[...]

62 Timetable Editor C re a ti ng a timetable ● R eg is te ri n g a pr og ra m in t he timetable 1. Check that the [Program] tab is selected. Ifitisnot,clickthe[Program]tabtoselectit. The program list will be displayed here. Therearefourcategoriesinthelist:“ProgramName”, “Duration”,?[...]

63 Timetable Editor ● R eg is te ri n g pa ne l co n t ro l in a timetable 1. Click the [Panel Control] tab. A list of panel control commands will be displayed. Therearetwocategories:“CommandName”and“InputSource”.Commandsareasfollows: Command Description T urn On Display * 1 T urns the panel (monitor) p[...]

64 Timetable Editor 2. Select the panel control command you want to use from the “Command Name” and click . Th e [A dd P an e l Co nt ro l C om ma nd  to  Timetable] d ial og b ox will appear . 3. Set the “Time”. Thisisthetimethatthecommandwillbeexecuted. Specifytimesbetween00:0[...]

65 Timetable Editor ● A dj us ti ng a timetable Cl ic ki ng t he  bu tt on s o n t he t op r i gh t o f t he timetable pe r fo r ms t he f o ll o wi ng a ct i on s: Icon Menu option Description Preview Program Displaysapreviewoftheselectedprogramatitsoriginalsize. Preview Progra[...]

66 Timetable Editor Adjusting the scale Selectintervalsof5,10,15,30or60minutesfromthe“Scale” list. ● S av in g a timetable S av e timetable Us e th is o pt i on w he n y ou w an t t o s av e t he c ur r en t ly e di te d timetable un de r it s or i gi n al n a[...]

67 Timetable Editor ● C he ck in g a timetable Ch ec k a timetableu si n g th e pr o gr a m pr ev ie w f un ct io n . A ll th e re gi st er e d s ch ed ul e d at a a n d ti me ta b le da ta i s e ra s ed i n th e S H AR P Di git al S i gn a ge S of tw a re standaloneversion(PN-SS01). 1. Fro m th e [F il e ] m en u, c li[...]

68 Timetable Editor ● I mp or ti ng / e x po rt in g a timetable E xp or ti ng a timetable Th e ex po rt f u nc t io n is u s ed  to w ri te  ou t a  timetables o th at  it  ca n be u s ed  wi th t hi s p r od uc t on  an o th er P C. Ex po rt ed timetable da t a i nc lu d[...]

69 Timetable Editor I mp or ti ng a timetable T he i m po rt  fu nc ti on i s u se d to l o ad a n ex po r te d timetableth at ha s b ee n cr ea t ed w it h t hi s p ro du ct  on  an o th er P C. 1. Fro m th e [F il e ] m en u, c li c k [ Im p or t Timetable]. Th e [S el ec t t he ?[...]

70 Schedule Editor Cr ea ting/Editing Sc hedules Se t timetables cr ea te d w it h Timetable Ed it or  to d is pl a y on a s e t d ay . T he main Schedule Editor windo w ●Launching Schedule Editor 1. Click on the Launcher window. “ScheduleEditor”willlaunch. Wh en S ch ed ul e E di to r l au n[...]

71 Schedule Editor The main Schedule Editor window Menu option Description R ele v an t page File Save Schedule Overwrites the currently edited schedule F p.74 Save Schedule As Saves the currently edited schedule under a different name. F p.74 Delete Schedule Allows the user to specify and delete saved schedules. F p.75 Properties of Schedule All o[...]

72 Schedule Editor Creating a schedule Creating a sc hedule ● R eg is te ri n g a timetable i n th e sc he du le T imetable folder 1. Select the timetable folder containing the timetable. 2. Se l e c t a timetable f r o m t h e “ Timetable” l i s t a n d c l i ck , o r a lt er na ti ve l y , do ub le -c li ck th e timetable, o r f r o m t h e[...]

73 Schedule Editor The calendar ThecalendarcandisplaydatesbetweenJanuary2005andDecember2020. Da ys o n wh ic h a timetable is r e gi s te re d sh o w t he “ timetablec ol o r”  an d th e “ timetablen a me ”. The buttons and lists at the top of the calendar perform the f[...]

74 Schedule Editor Creating a schedule ●Saving a schedule Save schedule Usethisoptionwhenyouwanttosavethecurrentlyeditedscheduleunderitsoriginalname. 1. From the [File] menu, click [Save Schedule]. Y ou can also save a schedule by clicking . Theschedulefilewillbeoverwrittenandsave[...]

75 Schedule Editor ●Deleting a schedule Delete unnecessary schedules. 1. From the [File] menu, click [Delete Schedule]. The[DeleteSchedule]dialogboxwillappear . 2. Select the schedule folder containing the schedule. 3. Fro m th e “L is t o f S ch ed ul e ”, se l ec t a sc h ed u le , an d c li c k [Delete]. 4. Click [Y es]. [...]

76 Schedule Editor Creating a schedule ●Importing/exporting a schedule Exporting a schedule Th e ex po rt f u nc t io n is u s ed  to w ri te  ou t a  sc he du le  so t ha t i t c an b e us e d w it h th is  pr o du ct o n a no t he r PC . Ex po rt ed s ch e du l e da ta i[...]

77 Schedule Editor Importing a schedule Th e im po rt f u nc t io n is u s ed  to l oa d a n e xp or te d s ch ed ul e t ha t ha s b ee n cr ea t ed  wi th t hi s p r od u ct o n an o th e r PC . 1. From the [File] menu, click [Import Schedule]. The[Selectthescheduletoimport[...]

78 Panel Management and Option P anel Mana gement and Option WhendistributingprogramstomultiplepanelswiththeNetworkV ersion,youmustfirstsetthepanels. Managing panels This function is only available with the Network V ersion. ●Launching Panel Control Management 1. Click on the Launcher window . The[[...]

79 Panel Management and Option 2) Buttons The buttons perform the following actions: Name Description Relevant page Add Panel Adds a new panel to be managed. F Below AddGroup Adds a new group. F p.80 Edit Changesthecontentoftheselectedpanelorgroup. F Below ,p.80 Delete Deletes the selected panel or group. F p.81 Manual[...]

80 Panel Management and Option Managing panels 4) MACaddress  SettheMACaddressforthetargetPCifyouwanttoturnitonfromthecontrollerPC. 5) FTPSetting  En te r th e “U s er  na me ” (w i th i n 30 a lp h an u me ri c ch a ra ct er s) , “ P as sw or d”[...]

81 Panel Management and Option ●Controlling a panel manually SetthisoptionwhenyouwanttocontrolthetargetPCmanually .  WhencontrollingthetargetPCmanually ,(whenturningonthepanelPC),theW akeOnLANfunction thatoperatesbyMagicPacketssentfromthe?[...]

82 Panel Management and Option Option Option Option allows you to check product version information and to set values for adding panels in advance. ●Launching Option 1. Click on the Launcher window . The[Option]dialogboxwillappear . ●Checking version information The[V ersion]tabdisplaysversioninformation.  Regis[...]

83 Panel Management and Option ●Adding default panel settings for panels SetdefaultvaluesforFTPsettingsthatareappliedtoallnewly-addedpanels. 1. Click the [FTP Setting] tab. 2. Set the [Default to Add the Panel]. •Username(within30alphanumericcharacters)  • Pa ss wo rd ( w it hi n?[...]

84 Schedule Distribution T ool DistributeschedulescreatedwithScheduleEditortothetargetPC. T he main Schedule Distribution T ool window ●Launching Schedule Distribution T ool 1. Click on the Launcher window. “ScheduleDistributionT ool”willlaunch.  Sc he du le D is t ri bu ti on  T oo lc an [...]

85 Schedule Distribution T ool Distributing schedules Sc he du le s ca n b e d is tr ib u te d i n th e f ol l ow i ng w ay s: •Di str ib ut e d to a t a rg et P C v ia  a n et wo rk ( N et w or k V er si on o n ly ) • DistributedtoyourownPC  • DistributedviaUSBmemoryorot[...]

86 Schedule Distribution T ool Distributing schedules 5. Check the check boxes for all the panels and/or groups th at t he s ch e du l e is t o b e s en t to . Clickingthebuttonsinthetoprightofthewindowwillallow  you to add or edit panels and groups in the same way as the [PanelManagement]window( F p.78)[...]

87 Schedule Distribution T ool 1 1. If you selected the “Distribute now” option button in step 7, a s cr ee n l ik e t he o ne on th e ri gh t w i ll ap pe ar . C he ck that the distribution was successful and click [Close]. I f yo u se le c te d t he “ Di s tr i bu te a t s pe c i e d da te t i me ” option button in step 7, a screen lik[...]

88 Schedule Distribution T ool Distributing schedules 5. Check the distribution settings, and click [Finish]. Thedistributionwillbeexecuted. Distribution data can be packaged and saved as asinglefilethatincludesscheduleinformation  in cl ud in g pr o gr a ms , timetables, a n d co nt en t . C li ck  [S av e t[...]

89 Schedule Distribution T ool 3. Select a schedule. If y ou w ou ld li k e to a dd th e s el ec te d s c he d ul e to t h e c ur re nt ly op en sc he d ul e on t h e t ar ge t PC , c h ec k t he “ Ad d t h is sc he du le o n t he r un ni n g sc he du l e i n th e ta r ge t p an el .”  ch[...]

90 Schedule Distribution T ool Displaying break-in programs Displaying break-in pr og r ams ●Distributing via a network and making a break-in display  • ThisfunctionisonlyavailablewiththeNetworkV ersion. •If or di na r y sc he du l e di st ri b ut i on a nd b r ea k- in d i st ri bu ti o n[...]

91 Schedule Distribution T ool 6. Set the “Display Time of Break-in Program” area. • “Displaythebreak-inprogramassoonasdistributionhasbeen  completed”optionbutton  Displaystheprogramassoonasthedistributionwizardexits. • “Startthebreak-inprogramatthe[...]

92 Schedule Distribution T ool Displaying break-in programs 12. A screen like the one on the right will appear . Check that the distribution was successful and click [Close].  •If th e se t t im e ha s a l re ad y pa s se d th e b re a k- in p ro g ra m will not be displayed. •On ce th e b re ak -i n[...]

93 Schedule Distribution T ool 4. Set the “Display Time of Break-in Program” area. • “Displaythebreak-inprogramassoonasdistributionhas  beencompleted”optionbutton  Di sp la ys t he  pr og ra m a s so on a s t h e d is tr ib ut i on w iz ar d exits. • “ St ar t [...]

94 Schedule Distribution T ool Displaying break-in programs 10. A screen like the one on the right will appear . Check that the distribution was successful and click [Close].  • Ifthesettimehasalreadypassedthebreak-inprogramwillnotbedisplayed. •On ce th e b re ak -i n p ro gr am h a s?[...]

95 Schedule Distribution T ool List of R eser ved Distribution/List of Distribution Log ●List of Reserved Distribution Clickthe[ReservedDistribution]tabtodisplaythelistofcurrentlyreserveddistributions.Therearefive ca te go ri es : S ch ed ul e N am e, D is t ri b ut i on  T ar get ,R[...]

96 Schedule Distribution T ool List of Reserved Distribution/List of Distribution Log Deleting the entire distribution log The entire contents of the distribution log can be deleted by either of the following two methods: • Right-clickintheDistributionLog,andfromthemenuthatappears,click[Delete AllDistr[...]

97 Server Scheduler Sc hedule Mana gement This function is only available with the Network V ersion. Ser v er Sc heduler Se rv er S ch ed u le r co nt r ol s r es er ve d d i st ri bu ti o n sc he du l es t ha t h av e b ee n re s er ve d wi t h “ Sc he du le  Di st ri bu t io n T ool”,anddistributes[...]

98 FTP Server/Client Scheduler Sc hedule R eception/Pr og r am Display This function is available on the Viewer V ersions. ThissectiongivesdetailsfortargetPCsettingswhenschedulesandprogramsaredistributedfromthecontroller  PCusingtheNetworkV ersion. FTP Ser v er Th e FT P Se rve r?[...]

99 FTP Server/Client Scheduler Client Scheduler ClientSchedulerisusedonthetargetPC. It l oa ds t he  sc he du le s a nd b re a k- i n pr og ra m s th at h a ve  be en r ec e iv ed b y t he  FT P Se rve r , an d co nt ro ls  th e ProgramViewertodisplayspecified?[...]

100 FTP Server/Client Scheduler • Theareasetunderthe[Display Area]tabwillbethedisplayarea(exceptwhenaprogramisspecified). • “Smoothcontentschange”checkbox  Ch ec k th is c h ec k bo x t o s wi tc h be t we e n co nt en t s s mo ot hl y b y[...]

101 FTP Server/Client Scheduler [Display Area] tab • “Displayareafordistributedprogram” When the display area of the program and the resolution of the panel are different, this tab allows you to display the program regardless of the display area set for the program.  Checkthe“Alwaysdisplaythedistributedpr[...]

102 FTP Server/Client Scheduler • [T estconnection]  Ch ec k th e co n ne ct io n t o co nfi rm  th a t t he p an el  ca n be c o nt r ol le d.  Af te r th e co n ne c ti on i s e st ab li sh e d su cc es sf ul ly , th e m od el n am e o f th e p an e l is a cq u ir[...]

103 FTP Server/Client Scheduler [USB Distribute] tab SetsthedetailsofUSBdistribution. • “Showtimeofthedialogtocanceldistribution” If you set a time longer than one second, the distribution canceldialogboxisdisplayedwhenUSBmemoryor  anotherexternalstoragedeviceisi[...]

104 FTP Server/Client Scheduler V ersion information Cl ic k th e [V er si o n]  me nu . The C li e nt S ch ed u le r [V e rs io n]  di al og boxwillappear .   Y oumaybeaskedtoprovideversioninformationin  the event that you need to contact SHARP regarding a problem with SHARP Digital[...]

105 FTP Server/Client Scheduler Program Viewer 2. Copy the content to be distributed to USB memory or another external storage device. CopythecontenttothefoldersetinStep1-(3). The contents placed in folders lower than the set folder are not displayed.  • IntheContentsdirectdistributemode,HTML?[...]

106 Key/Mouse Monitoring T ool K ey/Mouse Monitoring This function is available with the Viewer V ersions. Thissectionexplainsthefunctionofswitchingdisplayedprogramsusingkeyboardandmouseoperations. K ey/Mouse Monitoring T ool W indow ●Launching the Key/Mouse Monitoring T ool window 1. Fro m th e Wi nd ow s T[...]

107 Key/Mouse Monitoring T ool 1) Click the option to be edited and click [Edit]. A dialogboxwillappear . 2) Set the options. • “KeySetting” Set the combination of keys to be registered. • “Operation” Set the action of the registered key . •If yo u se l ec t “V iew p re s et  pr og ra m, ” ?[...]

108 Key/Mouse Monitoring T ool • “Playprogramagain,ifnoinputhascomeforacertaintime”checkbox Whenthischeckboxischecked,thenormalprogramisresumedifthekeyormouseisnotoperatedfora  certain period of time. 1) Cl i ck [D e ta il ]. The“Con?[...]

109 Status Monitoring T ool This function is only available with the Network V ersion. TheStatusMonitoringT oolallowsyoutocheckpanelstatusandcontroltargetPCpower . T he main Status Monitoring T ool window ●Launching Status Monitoring T ool 1. Fro m th e Wi nd ow s T as kb ar , c lic k [S t ar t] , [A l l [...]

1 10 Status Monitoring T ool The main Status Monitoring T ool window Menu option Description Re lev ant page Panel Po wer co ntr ol ofcontrollerPC Power on T urnsonthetargetPCofselectedpanels. F p.1 13 Reboot RestartsthetargetPCofselectedpanels. F p.1 13 Power off Turnsof fthetargetPCof[...]

111 Status Monitoring T ool 3) Group tree Displays groups registered in Panel Management.( F p.78) Whenagroupisselected,allthepanelsthatbelongtoit(exceptforpanelssetwithoutstatusacquisition)are  displayed in the panel list. Wh en “ (S el ec t a l l pa ne ls ) ” is s el e[...]

1 12 Status Monitoring T ool Acquiring and displaying panel status Acquiring and displaying panel status ●Acquiring status of selected panels 1. Sel ec t a gr ou p f r om t he g r ou p t r ee , an d t he n s el ec t a panel from the panel list.  •T o se lec t al l p a ne l s in t he  pa ne l li s t, e it he r c [...]

1 13 Status Monitoring T ool ●Setting panels for which status will not be obtained Itispossibletosetpanelsforwhichstatuswillnotbeacquiredsothattheywillnotbedisplayedinthepanellist. 1. From the [Option] menu click [Panel setting without status acquisition]. 2. Select panels from [...]

1 14 Status Monitoring T ool Acquiring and displaying panel status 4. A s cre en l i ke th e on e o n t he ri gh t wi l l a pp ea r . Ch ec k th at the distribution was successful and click [Close]. ●Displaying detailed information for a panel 1. Sel ec t a gr ou p f r om t he g r ou p t r ee , an d t he n s el ec t a panel from the panel list. 2[...]

1 15 Status Monitoring T ool ●Changing thumbnail size Itispossibletochangethesizeofthethumbnailsofthescreencapturesacquiredfromthepanels. 1. Click the buttons on the toolbar . (Small: , Medium: , Large: ) Or alternatively , from the [Option] menu, click [Thumbnail size], and select the size you w[...]

1 16 Status Monitoring T ool Setting the operation en vironment Setadvancedsettingsforpanelstatusacquisition. 1. From the [Option] menu click [Operation environment]. The[Settingofoperationenvironment]dialogboxwillappear . 2. Set the options. 1)  Ch ec k th e “ Re s po ns e co n fir ma ti on [...]

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