Sharp PN-E421 - User Manual

Table of Contents:

• Page 2 – Introduction; efinitions; rogram Creation/Editin; he main Program Editor window; Conditional Conten; Creating Conditional Content; Creating/Editing a Timetabl; The main; Contents
• Page 3 – Creating/Editing Schedule; he main Schedule Editor window; anel Management and Optio; isplaying break-in programs; Schedule Management
• Page 4 – Schedule Reception/Program Display; rogram Viewer; Monitoring status
• Page 5 – Precautions on use; that a failure or malfunction occurs, contact your retailer.
• Page 6 – Trademarks; subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.; How to read this manual; This manual describes SHARP Digital Signage Software Version 3.0.; ●Icons; indicates pages that contain related information.; ●Notation; • Keyboard keys are indicated with square brackets.
• Page 7 – Definitions; This chart provides definitions of terms used in this manual.; System operation precautions; Points to note when creating content and programs; Playing multiple videos simultaneously is not recommended.
• Page 8 – Continuous operation of target PC
• Page 9 – Features of SHARP Digital Signage Software; Variety of display options and scroll message function; Program distribution workflow; Standalone Version; Program
• Page 10 – Network Version; Server Scheduler; Distributed via a network
• Page 11 – Required operating environment; Item; Signage Software Client Scheduler (
• Page 12 – ●Installing SHARP Digital Signage Software; If using the “SHARP Digital Signage Software CD-ROM”; ) If the setup program is launched automatically, proceed
• Page 13 – The three following versions are available:; Enter the appropriate license code for your version and click; If you entered a temporary license code, you will only be
• Page 15 – ●Setting the environment of the target PC; Auto login settings; Type in “control userpasswords2” (without the inverted
• Page 16 – Welcome Center settings (Windows Vista only); These settings do not apply to Windows XP/7.; Screen saver settings
• Page 17 – Power control; displayed in Program Viewer.; Select “Never” from the “Turn off monitor”, “Turn off
• Page 18 – These settings do not apply to Windows XP/7
• Page 19 – Clear the “Start Sidebar when Windows starts” check; Active desktop settings (Windows XP Only); Turn Active desktop settings off.; IME Toolbar settings; You can also click
• Page 20 – The [Taskbar and Start Menu Properties] dialog box will appear.; the “Auto-hide the taskbar” and “Keep the taskbar on; Windows Update settings; while a program is being displayed in Program Viewer.; off Automatic Updates” option button.
• Page 21 – From the menu of “Important updates,” select the “Never; Resident application settings
• Page 22 – Personal firewall settings; p.80), and the FTP settings for Client Scheduler on the target; click “New Rule” under [Actions] in the pane on the right
• Page 23 – to the settings screen for the next step.; Confirm with your network administrator before; Close the dialog boxes by clicking the
• Page 24 – ●Uninstalling SHARP Digital Signage Software
• Page 26 – ●Launching the Launcher window; The Launcher window will launch.; ●Closing the Launcher window; on the Launcher window.; The Launcher window will close.; ●The Launcher window; editing; ) Button description window; layouts, as well as content and scroll messages.
• Page 28 – Program Creation/Editing; The main Program Editor window; ●Launching Program Editor; “Program Editor” will launch.; ●The main Program Editor window; The name of the program will be displayed here.
• Page 29 – Menu options are as follows:
• Page 30 – ●Valid content files; Content name
• Page 31 – • If the size you want is not in the list, select the
• Page 33 – Using the grid; the grid. The grid can be set with the following procedure:; Display priority order; Background; “Frame4” → “Frame3” → “Frame2” → “Frame1” → “Background”; regardless of the display priority order.; Using a layout you have created; When you save a layout, frame settings are not saved.
• Page 34 – “Content Folder” tree; From the “Content Folder” tree, select the folder where; Confirm that the [Content] tab is selected. If the tab is not
• Page 35 – Select the content you want to use from the “Content; double-clicking them, or dragging them from the
• Page 36 – Content preview; Icon
• Page 37 – Background color when content is not displayed
• Page 38 – the background frame.; ) Picture Transition; screen switching is added.; ●Setting the scroll message; Set scroll message content, order of play and duration of play.
• Page 39 – In step 3, you can also register scroll message files
• Page 40 – Creating scroll message files; Create a message to be displayed in a scroll message.; under the “Content File” list.; Scroll Message Editor will launch.
• Page 41 – Enter a text string that you want to use in a scroll; The longer the text string is, the more memory will be used.
• Page 42 – Tag; Set the display direction of text, font and text color.
• Page 43 – Set the scroll direction and speed of scroll messages.
• Page 44 – ●Setting audio and music; as audio, a movie preview will be displayed in the
• Page 45 – ●Setting the PIP window; A list will appear when you click on a cell in the “Value”; If using a PN-655 monitor; * Items displayed vary according to the “Monitor Model; ●Saving a program; Save program; You can also save by clicking; A confirmation message for creating a thumbnail will appear.
• Page 46 – Save program as; Select the program folder in which the program is to be; Program thumbnails
• Page 47 – ●Opening a program; You can also open a program by clicking; ●Checking a program; If you want to preview a program at its original size, click
• Page 48 – ●Preview Program Display Settings; Select the program folder containing the program.
• Page 49 – ●Displaying program properties; You can also display and change program properties by clicking; and change the program color.
• Page 50 – ●Importing/exporting a program; Exporting a program; A screen like the one on the right will appear during
• Page 51 – Importing a program; A screen like the one on the right will appear while; Select the program folder in which the program is to be
• Page 52 – Conditional Content; Signage Software” – “Tools” – “Conditional Content Editor” in order.; This will launch “Conditional Content Editor.”
• Page 53 – Menu option
• Page 54 – ●Compatible Content File Formats; The following file formats can be used as content.; ●Configuring Conditional Contents; Content Folder tree
• Page 55 – has been displayed correctly.; Select the content files you want to use from the Content; code are transferred to the same location, or a
• Page 56 – Click the; • In Step 3, you can register content files by double-; Preview Content; You can preview content files in the [Show Content Preview
• Page 57 – Properties of content; From the playlist, select a content file, and click
• Page 58 – specify a background color for the content.
• Page 59 – Play Condition Setting; characters you enter.; Conditional Content and Total Duration
• Page 60 – The main Timetable Editor window; ●Launching Timetable Editor; “Timetable Editor” will launch.; ●The main Timetable Editor window; Control list; Creating/Editing a Timetable
• Page 62 – ●Registering a program in the timetable; The program list will be displayed here.; This is the time of day when the program will be played.; Repeat steps 2 to 4 as necessary and set all the
• Page 63 – ●Registering panel control in a timetable; A list of panel control commands will be displayed.
• Page 64 – Select the panel control command you want to use from; The [Add Panel Control Command to Timetable] dialog box; over the course of the day.
• Page 65 – ●Adjusting a timetable; Click a program or panel control command positioned on the; Changing the timetable span; The new times will be reflected in the timetable.
• Page 66 – Adjusting the scale; Select intervals of 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes from the “Scale”; ●Saving a timetable; Save timetable; You can also save a timetable by clicking; The timetable file will be overwritten and saved with the same name.; Save timetable as; Select the timetable folder in which the timetable is to be; The timetable will be saved with a different name.; ●Opening a timetable; way to create timetables.; You can also open a timetable by clicking; The timetable you selected will be loaded into Timetable
• Page 67 – ●Checking a timetable; Check a timetable using the program preview function.; ●Deleting a timetable; Delete unnecessary timetables.; Select the timetable folder containing the timetable.; The selected timetable is now deleted.; ●Changing timetable name and timetable color; Check the “Name” and “Color”.
• Page 68 – ●Importing/exporting a timetable; Exporting a timetable
• Page 69 – Importing a timetable; Select the timetable folder in which the timetable is to be; If the same program already exists on the PC
• Page 70 – Creating/Editing Schedules; The main Schedule Editor window; ●Launching Schedule Editor; “Schedule Editor” will launch.; ●The main Schedule Editor window; The name of the schedule will be displayed here.
• Page 71 – Timetables are positioned on the calendar to create schedules.
• Page 72 – Creating a schedule; ●Registering a timetable in the schedule; Select the timetable folder containing the timetable.; • If you check the “Select the week(s) of the month; Repeat steps 2 to 3 as necessary and add all the
• Page 73 – The calendar; • Select a timetable and press [Delete] to delete it from the calendar.
• Page 74 – ●Saving a schedule; Save schedule; You can also save a schedule by clicking; The schedule file will be overwritten and saved with the same name.; Save schedule as; Select the schedule folder in which the schedule is to be; The schedule will be saved with a different name.; ●Opening a schedule; way to create schedules.; You can also open a schedule by clicking; The schedule you selected will be loaded into Schedule
• Page 75 – ●Deleting a schedule; Delete unnecessary schedules.; Select the schedule folder containing the schedule.; The selected schedule will be deleted.; ●Changing schedule name; Check the schedule name and change it if you wish.
• Page 76 – ●Importing/exporting a schedule; Exporting a schedule
• Page 77 – Importing a schedule; Select the schedule folder in which the schedule is to be; If the same program name or timetable name
• Page 78 – Panel Management and Option; Managing panels; This function is only available with the Network Version.; ●Launching Panel Control Management; ●The main Panel Management window; ) The “List of registered panel” tree; ) The “List of registered
• Page 79 – Name; ●Adding/editing a panel; same. Panels can also be edited after they have been added.
• Page 80 – • FTP settings for adding a panel can be set in advance. (; ●Adding/editing a group; • A group can be created within a group
• Page 81 – ●Controlling a panel manually; Set this option when you want to control the target PC manually.; Check the check boxes next to the panels or groups that; Select a “Control Command”.; ●Deleting a panel or group; Select the panel or group that you want to delete.; If you select a group, all the panels assigned to that
• Page 82 – Option; ●Launching Option; ●Checking version information; Registering a license code
• Page 83 – ●Adding default panel settings for panels; The initial default values are:
• Page 84 – The main Schedule Distribution Tool window; ●Launching Schedule Distribution Tool; “Schedule Distribution Tool” will launch.; ●The main Schedule Distribution Tool window; Log window; ) Distribution settings button; Launches a wizard for system and distribution method settings.; Distributing schedules
• Page 85 – ●Distributing via a network; Distribute schedules to the target PC via a network.; Select the “Distribute the schedule through the network”; The [Selection the Schedule to Distribute] dialog box will
• Page 86 – Check the check boxes for all the panels and/or groups; Clicking the buttons in the top right of the window will allow; • “Distribute at specified date time” option button
• Page 87 – If you selected the “Distribute now” option button in step; schedule and program distribution.; ●Distributing to your own PC; These instructions only apply to the Standalone Version.; Select the “Distribute the schedule to your PC (My
• Page 88 – The distribution will be executed.; A screen like the one on the right will appear. Check that; ●Distributing with USB memory or other external storage device; The [Selection of Distribution Methods] dialog box will appear.; Select the “Distribute the schedule using external
• Page 89 – If you would like to add the selected schedule to the currently; Select the drive to which you want to transfer the schedule to.; Remove the USB memory or other storage device from
• Page 90 – Displaying break-in programs; ●Distributing via a network and making a break-in display; • This function is only available with the Network Version.; Select the “Distribute the program through network and make a; The [Selection of the Distribution Target] dialog box will appear.; Check the check boxes for all the panels and/or groups that the
• Page 91 – Starts program display at the set time.; Set a “Display Time”; Turns the panel on before displaying the break-in
• Page 92 – A screen like the one on the right will appear. Check that; • If the set time has already passed the break-in program; ●Distributing to your own PC and making a break-in display; This function is only available with the Standalone Version.; Select the “Distribute the break-in program to your PC
• Page 93 – Set a “Display Time”
• Page 94 – A screen like the one on the right will appear. Check that
• Page 95 – ●List of Reserved Distribution; Deleting reserved distributions; ●List of Distribution Log
• Page 96 – Deleting the entire distribution log; The distribution log can be output as a CSV file.
• Page 97 – Do not exit Server Scheduler unnecessarily.
• Page 98 – This function is available on the Viewer Versions.; FTP Server; ●Launching the FTP Server; If the service is not started click “Start the Service”.
• Page 99 – ●Launching Client Scheduler; Setting; contain the following settings:
• Page 100 – that can be played with Windows Media Player,
• Page 101 – When the display area of the program and the resolution
• Page 102 – A list of connected panels appears when you click; Scheduler is launched.
• Page 103 – Sets the details of USB distribution.; Displaying the log; Click the [View the Log] menu to display a log of Client Scheduler; Pausing a program; restart program display.; Deleting Schedule Information
• Page 104 – Version information; You may be asked to provide version information in; Exiting Client Scheduler; Set the target PC to “Contents direct distribute mode.”
• Page 105 – • Contents are executed in ascending order of the file names.; Remove the external storage device such as USB memory from the PC.; Program Viewer
• Page 106 – Key/Mouse Monitoring Tool Window; ●Launching the Key/Mouse Monitoring Tool window; From the menu that appears when the icon in the Task Tray is; Configuration; Set the operation mode of the Key/Mouse Monitoring Tool.
• Page 108 – • “Play program again, if no input has come for a certain time” check box; About; Displays the version of the Key/Mouse Monitoring Tool.; Exit
• Page 109 – The main Status Monitoring Tool window; ●Launching Status Monitoring Tool; “Status Monitoring Tool” will launch.; ●The main Status Monitoring Tool window
• Page 111 – Displays groups registered in Panel Management.(
• Page 112 – Acquiring and displaying panel status; ●Acquiring status of selected panels; Select a group from the group tree, and then select a; • To select all panels in the panel list, either click; Status acquisition of selected panels will start.
• Page 113 – ●Setting panels for which status will not be obtained; Select panels from the “Panel list with getting status”.; To reset a panel so that its status will be acquired,; ●Controlling target PC power; The target PC can be turned on and off, and restarted.; A confirmation dialog box will appear.
• Page 114 – A screen like the one on the right will appear. Check that; ●Displaying detailed information for a panel
• Page 115 – ●Changing thumbnail size; Small
• Page 116 – times can be selected.