Vlume 3 DIGITAL SIGNAGE SOFTWARE MANUAL Yur ttal tlkit fr clud-based digital signage A Quick Start User Guide
1 A Quick Start User Guide Table f Cntents
2 Intrductin Page. 1 Step 1: Getting Started Page. 2 Step 2: The Creative Screen Page. 2 Step 3: Select Template Page. 3 Step 4: Edit & Create Page. 3 Step 5: Create Playlist Page. 5 Step 6: Send Playlist t Display Page. 5
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Chapter 2 Intrductin Welcme! Thank yu fr chsing Green Edge Systems. This manual will walk yu thrugh the steps needed fr yu t create and manage yur digital signage, by using the Online Studi. Online Digital Signage Studi Editr Our Online Digital Signage Studi Editr is a web-based full design studi that can be accessed frm any cmputer, at any time. N technical r design skill are required t use the Studi. With the Online Studi, yu will be able t create media-rich digital signage cntent. By using the built-in drag-and-drp widgets; images, vides, vibrant slideshws, RSS feeds, scrlling text tickers, web pages, Facebk and Twitter feeds, YuTube streams, and much mre, yu will be able t create beautiful and dynamic digital signage cntent! Custmizable Templates Included with studi editr are fully custmizable digital signage templates. Text, images, vides and ther widgets in the template that can be edited, deleted, resized r mved. Yu can als add new drag & drp widgets t the layut. Templates fr educatin, menus, live scial walls, htels, clinics & healthcare, crprate, retail, hspitality, spa & salns, internal cmmunicatin are all included. Advanced Scheduling, Admin Cntrl, and Reprting Frm ne PC, yu can bradcast yur cntent, in minutes, t any number f screens and lcatins. Using the Online Studi, yu will have the ability create yur playlist cntent and then schedule it t play, by day, time, recurring times and set up a specific time fr the cntent expire. Yu can als create sub-user accunts fr lcatin managers that grant limited r full access t editing r managing cntent. Als, cmplete reprts can be generated, that prvide real-time data. The mnitr feature: allws yu t cntrl the status f all media players (ON/OFF) and the last time new cntent was sent t display. Device perfrmance reprt: this feature generates a list f hw many times the cntent played, the user that manages the accunt, media player name, and the expsure time. Prf-f-play (media perfrmance reprt): gives yu a detailed list f all media assets that played, expsures, expsure time and player cunt. Lgging In Step 1: Getting Started Required actin: Lg-in t yur accunt: 2
Descriptin: This is the website that yu will g-t t lg-in t yur Online Studi accunt. Once lgged in, yu will have full access t edit, update, and manage cntent. After lgging in, the page will appear featuring a gray tp bar that cntains the NviSign lg in the upper left side with the fllwing tabs Creative, Playlists, and Screens. Step 2: The Creative Screen Select the buttn titled Cmpse. Descriptin: This page is called CREATIVE. At the tp f the screen is a gray bar with three tabs (just right f NviSign lg) titled: CREATIVE: these are yur creatives (the building blcks fr any playlist) PLAYLISTS: this is the cntent (a playlist can be made f ne r mre creatives) t be assigned t yur media players. Schedule by week, day, hur and expire r by recurring times SCREENS: send yur playlists t a single display r a grup f displays Under the grey bar are a series f range buttns titled: Add : uplad yur media files t yur Media Library (r just access it), where yu have all yur vides and images stred at Cmpse : takes yu t Creative Cmpser, t create new cmpsed creatives (thse with the cl widgets within) Duplicate : this makes a cpy f an existing creative that yu have made (useful fr backup r fr creating similar creatives) CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Edit : select a creative then click Edit. This pens the creative in edit mde s that yu can edit it Add t New Playlist : add a selected creative t a new playlist Delete : this deletes a selected creative Step 3: Select template A) Type a name in the Creative name text bx and add a Descriptin. This will be the name f the creative that yu create 3
B) Chse a template t custmize r create a creative frm scratch, using the blank template C) Once yu select a template, an range bx will encmpass the template D) After selecting the template, click the buttn titled Create (upper right bx screen) E) The Creative Cmpser will then lad Additinal Details: T change the rientatin f the cntent, in step B abve, select drp-dwn titled "Template" and change the default ptin named Wide screen 16: 9 t anther available rati. Step 4: Edit and Create Descriptin: Here yu will be able t create the cntent fr yur digital sign. It cnsists f fur primary features: (1) Drag & drp widgets: 24 feature icns lcated n the left-hand page f the screen. T view all widgets, click the buttn titled Mre. (2) Canvas: this is where yu add yur widgets t create the cntent fr the sign (3) Prperties bx: right panel, where yu can adjust the settings fr each widget (4) Preview: few secnds preview f the cntent that yu made CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 A) Select drp-dwn list titled Fill (inside f Prperties bx), select yur backgrund clr B) Click and drag a widget t the canvas C) Once drpped nt the screen, yu can resize/adjust the widget t yur requirements D) Widget settings can be fund in the prperties bx lcated n the right pane E) T preview what yu have made click the range buttn titled Preview. 4
F) Once yu have yur template created, click the Save" buttn and then click Clse Editr. Additinal Widget Details: Drag & drp widgets include: Step 5: Create Playlist Descriptin: CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Playlist: where yu can set the play rder f creatives and schedule them t play n specific days, times, and set expiratin dates. The PLAYLIST page cnsists f fur primary features: Add Playlist: Click this ptin fr creating a new playlist Duplicate: this makes a cpy f an existing playlist 5
Edit: select a playlist, then click Edit. This pens the playlist in edit mde Delete: select and delete a playlist 1) Click the Add Playlist buttn 2) Add a new playlist name and type the descriptin f the playlist use 3) Click buttn Add Creative. 4) Drag the creatives that yu want in the playlist nt the white bx a. T change the rder f the creatives, click and drag any f them t rearrange b. T schedule a specific creative t play, click the calendar icn c. T schedule hw lng yu want each creative t play, click the 10S text. This cntrls the duratin (in secnds) f each creative in the playlist Step 6: Send Playlist t Display Descriptin: This is where yu send yur playlist s f cntent t a media player. Screens in the "SCREENS" page are suppsed t represent screens in the real wrld. The page cnsists f fur primary features (range buttns lcated under the gray tp bar): Add Screen: add a new screen that yu want t send cntent t Edit: edit an existing screen Add t New Grup: send the same cntent t multiple screens Delete: delete the screen frm the system (this des nt affect its chsen cntent) Under the set f range buttns is a table. In the upper right side f the table are ne textbx (fr searching) and three sub-tabs: Search : search fr a screen name Screens : manage the cntent f the screens Grups : send the same cntent t multiple screens all at nce Cnfiguratins : send a set f cnfigured app settings t any screen The table is brken dwn int categries: CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Name : name f the screen Descriptin : descriptin f the screen this culd be lcatin (better name yur screens accrding t their lcatin, s yu'll be able t knw wh is what and where, i.e., if yu have 6
a cuple f screen in the University f Texas and ne f them is in the cafeteria f the faculty f humanities, yu can name it "Texas uni. - humanities cafe frnt") Grup : indicates if the screen belngs t a grup f screens Cnfig : shws if there is a selected cnfiguratin which was applied n that screen Screen Link : the ability t live preview (in yur brwser) the cntent playing n the screen Hw t Send Cntent t One Screen: 1) Select the Add Screen range buttn. 2) Add a new screen and fill the descriptin f the display use 3) Drag and drp the playlist t the bx belw; a. T change the rder f the playlists (a screen can have multiple playlists if yu like), click and drag it t rearrange b. T schedule a specific playlist t play, click the calendar icn 4) Press the "Create" buttn 5) Yur screen will then take yu back t the primary SCREENS tab 6) Yu can live t preview the cntent by clicking the screen link 7.) Yu can email the live preview cntent t smene else t view the screen key: Click the Send t Email buttn Hw t Send the Cntent t Multiple Screens: 1) Select the screens that yu wuld like t send the same cntent t all at nce 2) Select the Add t New Grup buttn CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 3) Type in Grup Name and add Descriptin. 4) Press the "Add Playlist" buttn 5) Drag and drp the playlists (ne r mre) that yu want that grup f screens t play 6) Press the Create buttn 7) Yu are dne! The cntent will update and begin playing n the screens in yur grup Nte: Make sure that yu have added the Screen Key t each Onlie Studi Editr app that is installed nt the media players r displays. The screen key is the ID f the app this way the app knws wh it is, and the Studi knws t send that signage device with that app, which has that unique ID, the cntent which yu have assigned it, in yur Studi. 7
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