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presentation. A help system is included. The MX-100CC system will be preloaded with a few useful
templates. More are available at
http://www.westpond.com/templates
The best way to learn about this is to click on a few and see what can be done.
The presentations tab also allows you to:
Delete a presentation
Browse and modify files within a presentation (drag and drop)
Create a new presentation by copying an existing presentation
Download a presentation to your PC to edit it. (Zip file)
Preview a presentation in your browser (sans video)
Configure a presentation using the presentation specific configuration tool
Create a new presentation by uploading a Zip file with the appropriate files
The presentation preview
launches the presentation in a browser window. This is a good way to
test your presentation changes. Run time errors, if there are any with your content as it is run in a
playlist, will be reported in the system log. This is also available in the webUI.
Playlists
While presentations themselves can
control the HTML content on the
screen, a second layer of control is
provided via Playlists. Playlist provide
the MX-100CC administrator with a
mechanism for changing
presentations over time. For
example, perhaps the morning
presentation contains breakfast and
lunch offering while and afternoon and evening presentation shows dinner and after hours dining
information. It is also possible to use the playlist to switch off the
HTML and use full screen video for a period of time during the day.
Playlist can be scheduled to wall clock time, but are typically run
continuously (default). If you make a change to a playlist, or the
content of a presentation that is actively in use by the playlist, you
may need to refresh the channel. See “Channels” below. On the
playlist tab playlists can be created “New Playlist”, modified (properties)
, deleted
, and
