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2 Table of Con tents Introduc tion ............... ...... ............ ................ .......... ................ ........... ............... ........... ................ ......... 3 Disclaimer Notice ......................... ........... ..........
3 Introd ucti on Congrat ulatio ns o n your purcha se o f the Si gnWare - P ro Digital Signage Solution . Please read the instruc tion s care fully be fore usi ng. SignWare - Pro is a digital sign age solution that creates new mark eting and in formation sharing portal s to re ach targe t audie nces with real time inf ormation.
4 Disclaimer Notice The in format ion co ntained i n this d ocum ent is subj ect to c hange wi thout no tice . Smart AVI m akes no warranty o f any ki nd with re gard to this ma terial , incl uding but no t limi ted to , implie d warrant ies o f mercha ntabili ty and fit ness for parti cular pu rpose .
5 What’s in th e Box ? PART NO. QTY DESCRI PTION AP - SNWP - 8GS 1 SignWa reP ro C lient* - Figure A AP - SNW - SW 1 SignWa re - Pro Software - Figure B PS5 VD 3 A* 1 5- Volt 3- Amp Power S upply* -.
6 Limited War ranty Statement A. Ex tent of Li mite d Warranty 1. Sm artAVI, Inc. warra nts to the end - use r cust omers that the S martA VI produc t speci fied ab ove will be free from defe cts in mat erials and work manshi p for the du ration o f 1 year, which duration begins on the date of purc hase by the cu stome r.
7 Section 1 Setting u p the SignWare- Pro Se rver Softwa re 1. Getting Started This quick setup guide will in struct you on ho w to inst all and s etup the SignWare - Pro soft ware onto your Serve r (Hos t PC) and ho w to se tup the Si gnWare - Pro client.
8 2. Inst alling SignWare - Pro Serve r SignWare - Pro Se rver requ ires a unique seria l number to be ins talled. You wil l find your ke y on bac k of the SignWare - Pro Se rver CD s leeve. In additi on, you must co mple te the online regis tratio n for your co py of Si gnWare - Pro Serve r.
9 3. Set ting u p the S ignWare - Pro Client 1. S etting u p the Sign Ware - P ro Client a. Connec t the po wer supp ly cabl e to the S ignWare - P ro cl ient and plug the ca ble int o a grounde d powe r outle t. ( Figure 3 .1 ) b. Attach the HDMI fro m the mo nitor or dis play to the HDMI po rt on back of the clie nt.
10 4. Navigat ing the SignWare - Pro Clie nt 1. Once you’ve logg ed in, connect the keyboard and press CTRL+ALT+2 to open t he Si gnW are- Pro Con figur ation Pan el ( Figu re 4.
11 G ate way, an d DNS. 3 . Re solu t ion S etti n gs ( Fi gu re 4.2 ) • Use the ‘Tab’ key ( Figure 4. 2 ) to tab to the Re soluti on drop do w n b ox and use th e ar row keys to scr o ll thro ugh the d if f er ent s e l ec ti ons. P ress the ‘OK’ bu tto n to sel ect th e r es olution.
12 5 . Upda ting t he Si gnWa re - Pro Cli ent In an effo rt to pro duce the bes t digit al signa ge syste m on the m arket, we will co ntinue to make upgrades to o ur product s. To upda te to the newes t version of the Sig nWare - Pro client , you w ill need t o do the fo llow ing; 1.
13 Section 2 Using the SignWar e- Pro S erver Softw are 6 . Runni ng SignWare - Pro Server So ftware fo r the first time 1. Double cli ck on the Si gnWare - Pro Server Station M anager ic on eit her on yo ur deskto p or start m enu. 2. You w ill firs t be prom pted with a ‘Serve r Logon s ettings ’ dialo g box .
14 6 .1 Fir ewall SignWare - Pro us es t he TCP/I P suite to comm unicate b etween t he serve r and cli ent, pro per sett ings o f your firew all and ro uters w ill be neede d.
15 6 .2 Use r Manage r Our us er mana ger no w al low s SignWa re - Pro users to mana ge and c ontro l the ir ow n user da tabas e. Window s lo gins are no longer requi red.
16 After yo u log into the SignWa re - Pro ma nager, you c an cre ate new us ers by clic king ‘R un,’ then clicking on ‘User Manager ’ ( Fig ure 6 .2 .3 ) To creat e a new u ser, r ight click or click on ‘Use r’ then ‘N ew User.’ The us er pro pertie s wi ndow w ill open.
17 7. Task Manager The m ain fea ture of S ignWare - P ro is the T ask Manage r. This is w here yo u set up and ma nage al l of your pres entat ions . To ope n the Tas k Mana ger: • Sel ect Run then cl ick on t he Ta sk Mana ger. ( Figure 7 .1 ) Figure 7 .
18 Setting up Tasks: In the T ask menu opti on, yo u can create , dele te, and vie w the prope rties of al l the files you w ish to run on S ignWare - P ro . Fig ure 7 .2 To create a new task: 1. Select Tas k and s elect ‘Ne w Task’. ( Fig ure 7 .
19 Fig ure 7 .3 Creating Schedules A sche dule is w here yo u combine all of the differe nt tasks that yo u’ve crea ted in ste p 8 and put them i nto on e place. From here you cre ate the progra mmi ng sche dule. Yo u can se lect a va riety o f task to run at s pecif ic times , run onc e, or loo p continuous ly.
20 8 . Crea ting a nd w ork ing wit h sche dul es 1. In the T ask Mana ger sel ect ‘Sc hedule ’ and cl ick ‘New Sc hedule ’. The Sc hedule Prope rties Dialog will appear. ( Fig ure 8 .1 ) 2. In the ‘G enera l’ tab gi ve your sc hedule a name.
21 Modi fying T asks wit hin the Sch edule 4. While i n the ‘Sc hedule Properti es’ d ialog , double - c lick the task you w ish to modify from t he ‘Sche duled T asks ’ sectio n. This brings up the ‘Sc hedule T ask Prope rties ’ dial og. From here you are given s everal options ; ( Fi g ure 8 .
22 5. Day and Tim e: Use the ‘ Day and Tim e’ ta b to control when a nd for how long the s che dule will play. The Day and Time d ialog controls the following ; a. Sched ule st art type: This fe ature s elects ho w the schedu le wi ll ope rate. ( Fig ur e 8.
23 8 .1 Super S chedul es Super Sc hedule s we re designed t o all ow mult iple sche dules to run in o ne, also allowi ng a drag and drop fri endl y user i nterfa ce. To use the Supe r Schedul e, o pen up the T ask Manager a nd then c lick on ‘Schedul e’ the n selec t ‘New Super Sc hedule ’.
24 9. Template Crea tor The T emplate creato r is powe rful fea ture of SignWare - Pro . T empla tes allo w users to c reate and ass ign regi ons. Thi s gives you the abi lity to run several task s simult aneou sly on on e scree n.
25 4. To c reate your firs t regio n cli ck o n the ‘A dd View’ i con a nd drag yo ur mous e ac ross t he white displ ay edito r. ( Figure 9. 3 ) Fig ure 9.
26 5. You m ay conti nue adding , dele ting, re sizi ng, and m oving re gions until you a re sat isfie d. ( Fig ure 9. 4 ) Fig ure 9. 4.
27 6. You c an also assign a ba ckgroun d image to yo ur layout by c lick ing the ‘ Properti es’ i con and sel ecting an i mage fro m your hard dri ve.
28 7. Onc e you are s atisfi ed with yo ur layout , save the templ ate fi le on your c ompute r hard drive. ( Figure 9. 6 ) Fig ure 9. 6.
29 Now you are rea dy to ass ign views . This is where you sel ect whi ch task w ill be dis played i nto the differe nt regio ns yo u’ve jus t cre at ed. 8. Fro m the ‘ Schedul e Prope rties ’ dialo g doubl e clic k on a ny of the t asks for this sch edule.
30 9. Se lec t the vie w from the dro pdown m enu you w here yo u wou ld like the task di splaye d. Then cl ick “o k” ( Figure 9. 8 ) Fig ure 9. 8.
31 10 . Cree ping Line Edito r SignWare - Pro Creepi ng Li ne Edit or enabl es yo u to crea te a sc rolli ng marqui s anyw here o n your scre en. You c an use RS S feeds, text fro m a file, o r simply type t ext di rectl y into the edito r. 1. Openi ng the Cre eping Li ne E ditor.
32 2. To create a nd edit scrolling text, select ‘ Opti ons ’ and click ‘Cree ping line o ptio ns’ ( Figure 10. 2 ) a. In the ‘G enera l’ tab Cre eping Line Prope rty Shee t you are given s everal options ; b. Input tex t: T ype your te xt direc tly into the edi tor.
33 Figure 10. 3 Figure 10. 4 3. Customizi ng fonts a. Sele ct the ‘Fo nt’ tab to adjus t the s ize, style and co lor of yo ur font. ( Figure 1 0. 5 ) Figure 10.
34 4. Adjus t windo w tex t and transpa rency. ( Figure 10. 6) a. In the T ext Wi ndow and Trans parenc y dialo g box you are give n seve ral adj ustment optio ns. i. Backgrou nd Colo r ii. Window Bord er: • Trans parenc y • Trans parent Co lor Figure 10.
35 5. Set the posi tion of your c reepin g text. a. The Wind ow P osition d ialog lets you d ecide where you would lik e the sc rollin g text t o appear o n your screen. i. You have th e option of eith er doc king y our wind ow to the t op or b ottom of your s creen .
36 Figure 10. 8 The ne w Cree ping Line Manager al low s SignWare - P ro users to a dd multi ple Creepi ng Lines in Ta sks rather tha n in a Sc hedule .
37 To a dd Creepi ng Lines into a Task : 1. Clic k on the T ask Prope rties of the T ask you wa nt to add the Creepi ng Line i nto . 2. Click on the bu tton tha t is labe led ‘ Ba ckgrou nd Manage r’ ( Figure 10. 10 ) 3. In the Cre eping Li ne Mana ger, you can add e xisti ng Creeping L ines o r crea te new one s.
38 11 . Registr ation and Activat ion SignWare - Pro s oftw are require s regi strati on and a ctivatio n for s uccess ful use o f the Si gnWare - Pro Manage r soft ware afte r 30 days . To register , go to ‘H elp’ and click ‘Registr ation’ ( Fig ure 1 1 .
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40 Alphab etical In dex Crea ti ng and wo rking w ith sch edules . ................... .............. ........... ............... ........... ................ ........ 22 Creepi ng Line E ditor ...... .............. ........... .......... ............
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