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V1.0 v. 06.05.09

2009 NEC Display Solutions

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NEC Digital Signage Software

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User Manual

Summary of Contents for Digital Signage

Page 2: ...e GmbH Landshuter Allee 12 14 D 80637München ElektroG Reg Nr DE 27894704 A company incorporated and registered in Germany Amtsgericht München HRB 131 826 Managing Director Bernd Eberhardt Postfach 190665 80606München Tel 49 0 89 99699 0 Fax 49 0 89 99699 500 E Mail infomail nec displays com All hardware and software mentioned in this documentation are brands and or registered trademarks of the man...

Page 3: ...Changing a Content Projekt 14 2 7 Properties of Content Elements 15 2 7 1 Pictures and Picture Sections bmp jpg png 15 2 7 2 Flash Files swf 18 2 7 3 Video Files mpg avi wmv 19 2 7 4 Templates 19 2 8 Opening an Existing Project 20 2 9 Saving Projects 21 2 10 Sending Content Projects 22 2 10 1 Determining Playtime 23 3 Web Access in the NEC Digital Signage Software Editor 24 3 1 Subscribing to Chan...

Page 4: ...l Services are hosted by authorized providers on a central web platform and updated regularly Channel Services can be subscribed to following the terms of use After they have been subscribed to they can be imported into the individual Content Projects While the application is running the subscribed Channel Services are continuously updated over the Internet After they have been saved Content Proje...

Page 5: ...ll other functions are usable without restriction If an active Internet connection is present you can switch between the function modes by clicking on the tabs Editor and Extras Their respective functions are explained in the following chapters You can change the size of the program window if you click with left mouse and drag the frame of the program window For full screen display please click th...

Page 6: ...ent edit delete With these functions it is possible to compile a program sequence Project The right part of the program window shows the Content List of the active Content Projects with all added Content Elements With new projects this is at first empty When a Content Element is selected its content is shown in the preview monitor on the left side of the program window The operation is also possib...

Page 7: ...nfigurable Content Elements like pictures videos flash animations tickers and Channel Services from the web which are compiled from single files objects In order to create a new Content Projects click on the left icon bar on New or choose the function New in the menu bar file Alternatively you can also use the shortcut Strg N Give your project an appropriate name or confirm the suggestion New Proj...

Page 8: ...w to import these files into the Content Project All Content Elements which have been imported into a Content Project will be displayed in a Content List Cp Chapter 2 5 2 2 1 Add Single Objects By clicking the right mouse button in the Content List or clicking with the left mouse button on Add Content a file selection box opens in which you can search through the content of your local file system ...

Page 9: ... Content Elements Here you can select multiple files and move them into the main window of the NEC Digital Signage Softwares via drag drop dragging while pressing the left mouse button Here too the original files are not moved or modified All selected Content Elements are copied into the NEC Digital Signage Software and taken over into the Content List The content of the first object of the copy l...

Page 10: ...e following the stated terms of use This can be done via the function mode Extras des NEC Digital Signage Softwares Cp Chapter 3 Via the action bar Add Channels Channel Services can be added into the active Content Projects Only already subscribed to Channel Services will be offered Cp Chapter 3 1 Notice Please note that first display of a Channel Services on a NEC Player Systems may take up to 30...

Page 11: ...re dynamic Content Elements like for example news weather sport etc With the function Add Channels you can add Channels into the active Content Project Apart from the function delete the Content Elements cannot be edited further Notice The information channels will be offered in the near future and can be subscribed then via the web platform As described in Chapter 3 1 ...

Page 12: ... ticker and make the ticker visible in the preview click the checkbox Ticker active or choose in the menu bar of the main window Ticker On Now you can individually design your Ticker with content and text You can use up to 999 characters Here also an immediate preview is displayed Optionally a continuously online updated ticker channel can be selected from the list of Channel Services RSS Feed The...

Page 13: ...shows the content of the selected Content Elements Clicking on the green play button the entire Content Project is shown starting with the selected Content Element Besides this the current playtime and the total playtime of the object in the preview monitor is shown Via the red stop button the preview can be stopped Active tickers are always displayed too In the status bar of the program window in...

Page 14: ...eping the left mouse button pressed can be dragged to the desired position drag drop To delete a selected Content Element activate the delete function while pressing the right mouse button or drag the object via drag drop and while pressing the left mouse button out of the Content List The remove button is not supported When clicking an element in the Content List with the right mouse button you c...

Page 15: ...ntent List a properties window opens These changes depending on the kind of Content Element Notice This function is not available for Channel Services Cp Chapter 2 3 2 2 7 1 Pictures and Picture Sections bmp jpg png Pictures contain the following information Name of the picture file original resolution in pixels display time of the picture chosen transition effect to the following picture as well ...

Page 16: ...re Transitions Every transition between two pictures can be adjusted individually The desired transition is chosen from the available options The selected transition is shown in the preview window Via the option Use in all Picture Items the selected setting for all transitions and all pictures is activated Cp Chapter 4 2 Notice Picture transitions can only be chosen for consecutive pictures If ano...

Page 17: ... the Preview and allows to choose and set an image section in 16 9 format The so called trimming function allows images with formats other than 16 9 to be cut out and generated into an image with the correct aspect ratio The relative quality of the image is shown constantly in the left corner vial a slider During the image editing only the imported copy of the picture in the Content Project in cha...

Page 18: ...les swf In the properties window the filename and a preview window are shown By clicking on the start button the file is played in the preview window and the elapsed time is shown Clicking on Stop stops the preview and by clicking on Ok the properties window closes and the chosen display time is taken over With this you can also cut the length of flash files ...

Page 19: ...Display Solutions all rights reserved Seite 19 von 29 2 7 3 Video Files mpg avi wmv Here the filenames and the playing time of the videos are displayed No changes can be made 2 7 4 Templates The editing functions for templates which are used as Channel Services are described in Chapter 2 3 1 ...

Page 20: ... Project click in the left Icon bar on Open or choose in the menu bar under File the function Open and choose the desired project with the file ending sms Alternatively a project can also be opened by double clicking the appropriate file in the Windows Explorer If the NEC Digital Signage Software is not yet running the application will start automatically For this the software has to be correctly ...

Page 21: ...all rights reserved Seite 21 von 29 2 9 Saving Projects To save an active Content Project click on the left icon bar on Save or choose Save from the menu bar under File Alternatively the shortcut Strg S can also be used Choose an appropriate file name and save the project in the selected folder or click save ...

Page 22: ...ename Displays here The sending of the Content Projects to the attached NEC Player Systems starts with a click on the button Send In order to being able to send the Editor PC and the Player PC have to be connected via a local network During sending only new or not previously transferred content is sent to the NEC Player Systems incremental update To all data a checksum is added in order to verify ...

Page 23: ... the display time of the currently running project ends If no playtime is given the playback on the player starts immediately after the successful content transfer For a pre timed playtime please click on the dropdown arrow on the date and choose the play date via the opening calendar In the same way choose the desired playtime Notice Please make sure that the system times of the involved Editor a...

Page 24: ...omers and through an existing Internet connection The web portal gives access to concise product information usage information templates and services some fee based to control the customer specific program sequence and their control The offered range of services starts with one attractive offer and is expanded continuously In growing extent authorized providers will provide their specific content ...

Page 25: ...sometimes in multiple versions and the conditions for acquiring the usage rights are shown Select the desired option and confirm the terms of use in a guided dialogue Afterward you can import the subscribed to Channel Services in Editor mode into your Content Projects Cp Chapter 2 3 und 2 4 3 2 Changing Subscriptions to Channel Services In order to change expand or if necessary terminate Channel S...

Page 26: ...ings A window opens with which the program properties can be set via four menus The selection of the submenus is made via tabs 4 1 Language Selection In the category general choose the language settings for notices and dialogues via the selection menu The standard setting is automatic in which the language is the same as the operating system language If there a non supported language is set then E...

Page 27: ...rom that the settings for every image can be adjusted individually Cp Chapter 2 7 1 Notice In saved Content Projects no changes can be made 4 3 Aspect Ratios of Images Via the Tab Aspect Ratio you can choose if and how image files that are not available in 16 9 format or are larger than the 16 9 format can be scaled and cut during the transfer to a Content Project If the function is deactivated St...

Page 28: ...hich has been resized to 16 9 should be displayed In order to set this function after your own needs you should test this function with a couple of images in order to get the desired result You can find more options for editing images in Chapter 2 7 1 3 4 4 Setting of the Send and Receive Ports Via the tab Network you can change the preset settings of the send and receive Ports during sending of a...

Page 29: ...d to initiate the whole system consisting of the NEC Digital Signage Software and the NEC Player Systems Through the Licence Manager the licence keys that are needed for activation are generated Notice The licence generation is only possible if the PC is connected to the Internet The method of operation and the handling of this function are described in depth in a separate Product Description of t...

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