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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V9.0.3) Glossary

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Table of Contents

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Welcome to Black Box Digital Signage

................................................................................................................................... 101.1 Terms you need to know

................................................................................................................................... 121.2 Logging on

................................................................................................................................... 121.3 Using the web interface

................................................................................................................... 141.3.1 Drag and drop file upload

......................................................................................................................................................19

Creating Digital Signage

................................................................................................................................... 192.1 Using Schedules

................................................................................................................... 202.1.1 Creating a Schedule

................................................................................................................... 212.1.2 Schedule entries

................................................................................................................... 242.1.3 Overriding the schedule

................................................................................................................................... 252.2 Using Layouts

................................................................................................................... 252.2.1 Manage Layout Page

................................................................................................................... 262.2.2 Adding a new Layout

................................................................................................................... 262.2.3 Editing a Layout

................................................................................................................... 262.2.4 Layout properties

....................................................................................................................................................................... 27- Adding a soundtrack to a Layout

................................................................................................................... 272.2.5 Interaction Properties

................................................................................................................................... 272.3 Using Zones

................................................................................................................... 282.3.1 The Layout editor

................................................................................................................... 302.3.2 Editing a Zone

................................................................................................................... 312.3.3 Editing a Zone's properties

................................................................................................................................... 332.4 Using Playlists

................................................................................................................... 352.4.1 Adding Media item files to a Playlist

................................................................................................................... 352.4.2 Adding Special items to a Playlist

................................................................................................................... 362.4.3 Adding folders to a playlist

................................................................................................................... 362.4.4 Playing content items to test them

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Understanding Media Types

................................................................................................................................... 393.1 Media managed by iCOMPEL

................................................................................................................... 393.1.1 Text

................................................................................................................... 403.1.2 News feeds

................................................................................................................... 423.1.3 Clocks

................................................................................................................... 423.1.4 Tables

................................................................................................................... 453.1.5 RS-232 outputs

................................................................................................................................... 463.2 Media run from disk

................................................................................................................... 463.2.1 File Manager

....................................................................................................................................................................... 46- Using Files and Folders

....................................................................................................................................................................... 47- Uploading content files

....................................................................................................................................................................... 48- Editing content files

................................................................................................................... 483.2.2 Video

................................................................................................................... 493.2.3 Text files

................................................................................................................... 503.2.4 Images and photos

................................................................................................................... 503.2.5 Audio

................................................................................................................... 513.2.6 Presentations