vSignage (SW-028) User Guide Model No.
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Contents Overview Category: ............................................................................................ 1 i. Dashboard ii. Campaign Manager 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Campaign: Change Campaign Name ......................................... 7 Playlist: Edit – Edit this playlist, go to Edit Presentation Page ... 7 Playlist: Copy – Copy this playlist ............................................... 7 Playlist: Rename – Rename this playlist ....................................
3.8.3 3.8.4 3.8.5 3.8.6 3.8.7 Widget: Clock – Set clock ...............................................................14 Widget: PowerPoint – Import one PowerPoint................................14 Widget: RSS – Set RSS URL .........................................................15 Widget: Weather – Set weather ......................................................15 Widget: Web Page – Set web page URL ........................................15 3.
Overview Category: Campaign: A campaign is the player’s entire playlist. Campaigns can contain several playlists. One playlist contains several presentations and could be played in multiple time slots. Playlist: An accumulation of presentations. Several Playlists can go into a campaign. Presentation: Segments of content that will be played. Multiple presentations can go into a playlist. Player: The device playing content Group: Players in the same group play the same campaign (content).
i. Dashboard A2: A3: Information: Date, time, IP address, player name, version number, update button. Displays thumbnails of each group. Shows schedule information for the group currently selected. B1/B6: B2/B8: B3/B7: B4: B5: B9: Go to Group Manager shortcut. Go to Campaign Manager shortcut.
If in portrait mode, area A3 will not be shown. See below for reference.
ii. Campaign Manager Campaign: A campaign is the player's entire playlist. Campaigns can contain several playlists. One playlist contains several presentations and could be played in multiple time slots.
If in portrait mode, area A3 will not be shown. See below for reference.
After a playlist has been selected: B1: B2/B6: B3: B4: B5: B7: Go back before saving content settings Sort playlist or schedule list Create new playlist Edit the selected item Remove selected item Save all playlists and scheduled content 6
2.1 Campaign: Change Campaign Name 2.2 Playlist: Edit – Edit this playlist, go to Edit Presentation Page 2.
2.4 Playlist: Rename – Rename this playlist 2.5 Playlist: Remove – Remove this playlist 2.6 Playlist: Edit time slot – Edit this time slot 2.
2.8 Playlist: Add a time slot – Add new time slot 2.
iii. Edit Presentation A1: A2: Show all presentations Editing area for selected presentation B1: B2: B3/B5: B4: B6: B7: B8: Go to Group Manager Go to Dashboard Go to Campaign Manager Add new presentation. [3-1] Preview [3-10] Save [3-11] Play.
3.1 Add presentation – Add one presentation to this playlist 3.2 Rename presentation – Rename this presentation 3.3 Copy presentation – Copy this presentation 3.
3.5 Video Template – Add “1 video only template” 3.5.1 Import Video / Change Video – Click “Import” to import video and then change to another video 3.5.2 Change video settings – Enable/disable loop / mute 3.
3.7 Widget Template – Add “3 widgets template” 3.8 Widget: 7 types supported – Calendar, Carousel (image and video), Clock, PowerPoint, RSS, Weather, Webpage; click save to put modifications into effect 3.8.
3.8.2 Widget: Carousel – Import image or video 3-8-2-1. Widget: Carousel/Change Duration – Duration only effect at images/videos that will play. 3.8.3 Widget: Clock – Set clock 3.8.
3.8.5 Widget: RSS – Set RSS URL 3-8-5-1. Widget – RSS: Change color. 3.8.6 Widget: Weather – Set weather 3.8.
3.9 Image / Text template – Add “ViewSonic QSR 34 fields template” 3.9.
3.9.2 Text Zone – Click the text area (users can change text and text settings) 3.
3.11 Save: Click “7 Save”; save the playlist and sync to other players 3.
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If in portrait mode, area A3 will not be shown. See below for reference. Group: Players in the same group play the same campaign (content). Player will check for updates every 2 minutes. a. Select several players b. Click“4 Change/Create Group”. c. Dropdown box, select PC group d. Click“Join group”.
4.1.1 Edit Players name a. Select player b. Click“5 Device Setting” c. Edit name d.
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vi. Frequently Asked Questions 1. How do I get back to the dashboard while content is playing? There are two methods to get back to the dashboard: on the remote control to go to the dashboard. or a. Press up button b. - If you click on the corner area. The area becomes a "clickable area" and the user can click on the web link in the area. In this case, it will not exit even if you press it again.
2. How do I create a sample campaign and sync it to the player? a. At Dashboard - Click“4 Group Manager” b. At Group Manager - Select one player, set this player to user’s group [ see details on section 4-1] - Click Tab: “Edit Presentation” c.
3. How do I export a campaign? a. Select Campaign b. Click the Export Campaign button and a “Prepare campaign archive” message will appear c. Click“OK” on the “Exported campaign ready”message box d. Select a file location to save the exported Campaign.
4. How do I import a campaign? a. Select Campaign b. Click the“Import Campaign”button c. Select the exported Campaign.cpn file to import and a confirmation message box will appear d. Click“Yes”to confirm the file import e. When the“In progress”message box is closed, the Campaign has been imported successfully.
5. How do I design multiple contents? a. At Dashboard - Click“6 Campaign Manager” b. At Campaign Manager - Select“+ New playlist” [2-9] - Set time [2-6] - Select “Edit scheduled content”[2-2] - After editing has been completed, select “7 Save”[3-11] - Return to “Campaign Manager” - Select another schedule - After editing has been completed, select “7 Save”[3-11] - Click“9 Play” Content will be played according to your play schedule. 6.
b. Plug in a USB pen drive with the license loaded onto it to upload the license file, for example USBE:\ license-20XXXXXXXXXXX.PKG c. Select the “Chose File” button to install the license automatically d. Once the license has been installed, a “License install success” message will appear. Please close this application and restart. e. Use the remote control to turn the display off and then turn it on again f.
vii. Other Information Customer Support For technical support or product service, see the table below or contact your reseller. NOTE: You will need to provide the product serial number. Country/Region Website T= Telephone C = CHAT ONLINE Email Australia New Zealand www.viewsonic.com.au AUS= 1800 880 818 NZ= 0800 008 822 service@au.viewsonic.com Canada www.viewsonic.com T = 1-866-463-4775 service.ca@viewsonic.com Europe www.viewsoniceurope.com http://www.viewsoniceurope.
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