MultiQ Digital Signage – DSMS 3 User’s Manual Ver. 2, 2010-06-08
5
Preparations
In order to make the exercises you will need the following:
•
One Media monitor 4, 5, 6 or 7 or a Media player 4 or 5. If a Media player 4 or 5 is used for the
exercises you will need a touch panel monitor to be able to do the interactivity parts.
•
As an option the MultiQ POS (Point of Sale) Pole with rotatable attachment for the monitor can be
used. This makes it easy to rotate the monitor between landscape and portrait orientation (pivot).
Portrait orientation is not used in the exercises but a rotatable attachment is recommended when
developing applications.
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A PC with a web browser.
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Your DSMS 3 content management account address and password*.
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A broadband connection allowing for HTTP- and FTP traffic (see to that there are no restrictions in
your firewall preventing you from using the content management server) **
•
The content- and tool files required for your exercises (can be downloaded from the MultiQ
website,
www.multiq.com
).
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A web page creation tool according to your preferences. Serif Web Plus SE is a suitable choice and
is used in this manual (can be downloaded for free from
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/webplus/index.asp
).
•
As an option an external website where you can build your own website may be useful.
•
If you wish to try the Client Open API interconnectivity features you will need more than one Media
Player (preferable on Media monitor and one Media player with a separate widescreen monitor)
and a gateway router (NAT box).
*) Required for centrally managed mode only
**) Required for centrally managed mode. An Internet connection is also required when using the media
player/monitor as a web kiosk or when retrieving other content from external servers on the Internet.
