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Smart-A�I SMART AUDIO VIDEO INNOVATION SIGNAGEPRO Digital Signage Player Deliver your message to audiences all over the world with our integrated management solution that is powerful and easy to use Installation Manual...
2. Installing Signage Manager 3. Setting up the SignagePro Client 3.1 Settings and Configurations of Client ................. 10 Table 3.2 Quick Keys and Functions of SignagePro Client ............. 12 4. Adding your company logo 4.1 Sample .slogo file without clock ..................
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual 7. Screen Configuration 7.1 Rotating a Screen ........................72 7.2 Installing and Removing Fonts ..................... 89 8. Updating the SignagePro Clients Via Schedule 9. Update clients firmware via USB Specifications Sample Network Configuration #1 Sample Network Configuration #2...
Because it uses a closed network, your information is safe and secure. SignagePro is capable of playing back all industry standards, such as Flash f iles, Video .MPG, HTML, QuickTime, Power Point, .JPG’s, Java Ap p lets, and more.
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § Disclaimer notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Applica makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for particular purpose.
5. Any replacement product could be new or like new, provided that it has functionality at least equal to that of the product being replaced. 6. Applica limited warranty is valid in any country where the covered product is distributed by Applica. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
2. Installing Signage Manager § 2. Installing Signage Manager This quick setup guide will instruct you on how to install and setup the SignagePro software onto your Server (Host PC) and how to setup the SignagePro client (Player). To ensure proper installation of the server software;...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 1.0.2 Note: If you will be using SignagePro across more than one network, refer to port 13325 when configuring your router port forwarding. SignageServer requires a unique USB key to be installed. You will find your key on back of the SignageServer CD sleeve.
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5. Before the installation completes, you will be asked to create a password for the Administrator account. Leave it blank for the first time. You must sign in as the Administrator for the first time you load the SignagePro Manager. For more information on the User Manager, go to Section 6.1 of the manual.
VGA Cable attached, you won't see the SignagePro player in the Client list of SignagePro Manager! 4. Connect the SignagePro client to a router using Cat5 cable. (If you will be using a wireless router, please refer to your router’s manual for additional information).
3.1.4 A) SignagePro Configuration( Alt + Ctrl + 2): These tabs include: - Server: IP address of the SignagePro server (Host PC with SignageManager installed on it) - Username and Password - Player Name: A unique name given to identify this client on the SignageServer network.
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3. Setting up the SignagePro Client figure 3.1.5 B) Network Configuration menu (ALT + CTRL + 3): Manually enter your IP address or use DHCP Server (figure 3.1.5) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
ALT + CTRL + 5 Allows user to use the Linux terminal. ALT + CTRL + 6 Disconnects USB flash disks ALT + CTRL + 7 Turns media on/off ALT + CTRL + 9 Shut down and turn off the SignagePro client. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
Each logo on the SignagePro server consists of two files; an image file and a text file. The text file describes the placement of the logo and adds a time and date.
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 4.0.2 7. Click on "Install from USB", Select the ‘Logo” tab. (figure 4.0.2) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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8. Select the sample_logo in dialog box and click ‘Ok’ (figure 4.0.3) 9. You can install more logos from USB thumb drive by pressing "Install from USB" button. To remove a logo you can use the ‘Uninstall’ button. (figure 4.0.2) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
‘Y’ coordinate of text inside of logo text_face Font name text_size Font size text_color Font color in HTML format (example: #000000) text_slant Text slant (normal, italic) text_weight Text weight (bold, normal) Table 4.2 (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § 4.3 Add Time and Date to .slogo You have the option of adding time and date to your logo by adding one of the following fields to your .slogo file. (table 4.3) See examp le (table 4.1) The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale.
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The time-zone as hour offset from GMT. Required to emit RFC 822- conformant dates (using "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"). (GNU) The time zone or name or abbreviation. The date and time in date (1) format. (TZ) A literal % character Table 4.3 (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
We recommend to use WPA2-PSK with an AES configuration. 1. Turn Off the SignagePro client. 2. Insert the USB wireless adapter into any available USB slot on your SignagePro client. 3. Boot your SignagePro client with the USB wireless adapter connected.
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5. Wireless Configuration figure 5.0.2 5. Select Encryption Type (WPA 1/2 stands for WPA or WPA2) and enter the appropriate encryption key. (figure 5.0.2) 6. Hit “connect”. You should now be connected to your wireless network. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
§ 5.1 Connecting to a Hidden Network 1. Turn Off the SignagePro client. 2. Insert the USB wireless adapter into any available USB slot on your SignagePro client. 3. Boot your SignagePro client with the USB wireless adapter connected. 4. Once the unit is in the main screen (blue taskbar), go to CTRL+Alt+3. Hit the “refresh”...
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6. Type the name of the network and click on Connect. (figure 5.1.3) figure 5.1.4 7. Now you will see the new network in your list with "Hidden Network" name. Go to the Properties of that network. (figure 5.1.4) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 5.1.5 8. Select Encryption Type (WPA 1/2 stands for WPA or WPA2) and enter the appropriate encryption key. (figure 5.1.5) 9. Hit “connect”. You should now be connected to your wireless network. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
2. You will first be prompted with a ‘Server Logon settings’ dialog box. The default IP address is 127.0.0.1. In the user name and password fields use the new Administrator user and password you created in the installation process and hit ‘OK’. (figure 6.0.1) figure 6.0.2 (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual 3. Once the SignageServer Station Manager is loaded. You will see the following: Connected SignagePro clients. Loopback IP. (127.0.0.1) Your user name and password. Click Save Password to stay logged in. (figure 6.0.2) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
To have different users log in, always click on 'Configuration' then 'Login server.' Click 'Save Password' while logged in. To log out, uncheck 'Save Password'. (figure 6.1.2) After you log into the SignagePro manager, you can create new users by clicking 'Run,' then clicking on 'User Manager' (figure 6.1.3)
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual 6.1.4 Click 'Save'. You will then see the new user in the list. (figure 6.1.3) To create a new user, right click or click on 'User' then 'New User.' The user properties window will open. Here is where you enter in your new user information (figure 6.1.4): •...
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § 6.2 Task Manager The main feature of SignagePro is the Task Manager. This is where you set up and manage all of your presentations. To open the Task Manager: figure 6.2.1 · Select Run then click on the Task Manager. (figure 6.2.1) Once you are in the Task Manager you can begin setting up your presentations.
6. Schedules, Tasks, Templates, RSS § 6.2.A Create a new Task figure 6.2.2 1. Explore Task tab and select ‘New Task’. (figure 6.2.2) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 6.2.3 2. Select the type of file you are going to use. (figure 6.2.3) You can select from a wide variety of file types such as Creeping lines (marquis text), Web Pages, PowerPoint, Video, PDF, Images and more)
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· Restart Current Task - will cause the task to repeat itself without going to the next task. The window properties of the file. (window size, full-screen, etc.) Look to section 6.6 on how to add Creeping Line(s) to a task. Note: You can override these configurations in the ‘Schedule’ menu. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § 6.3 Schedules - Creation, Export, Import A schedule is where you combine all of the different tasks that you’ve created in chapter 6.2. A and put them into one place. From here you create the programming schedule. You can select a variety of task to run at specific times, run once, or loop continuously.
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The task within the schedule will run in order starting from the task at the top of the list. You can arrange tasks by selecting them and using the up and down buttons. d. You also have the option of deleting the task from the schedule or clearing the schedule (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual entirely. § 6.3.A Modifying Tasks within the Schedule Once you have added your tasks to the schedule, you are ready to modify the tasks properties! While in the ‘Schedule Properties’ dialog, double-click the task you wish to modify from the ‘Scheduled Tasks’...
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The following features let you control when your schedules will play up to the minute. (figure 6.3.7) Days of week, Month, Day(s) of month, Years, Start time, End time, Duration, and Intervals. figure 6.3.6 (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
6.3.7 § 6.3.B Run Schedule after a power failure If you need a schedule to start by itself even if you disconnect the SignagePro Player from a network and re-plug the power, you will need to follow those steps: a) We will need to have SignagePro Player to be connected to the network so the server would see it and that would allow us to apply new settings.
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(figures 2 and 3). In the properties of the “Day and Time” tab you can find a little box that states “Run after power failure”, check that box if you want this schedule to start by itself even if the box is offline. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
§ 6.3.C Export Schedule and upload it to an offline box via USB figure 1 1) Open SignagePro Manager, go to "Run" and click on the "Task Manager". (figure 1) 2) Prepare a schedule and a task that you want to upload to an offline Player via USB.
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6. Schedules, Tasks, Templates, RSS figure 2 3) Go to the properties of the Schedule, choose an appropriate task and move it to the task-list by pressing the small arrow button. (figure 2) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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4) Go to the "Day and Time" properties of the schedule and in the "Schedule Start Type" select "Run at User logon". This setting will allow SignagePro Player to run the schedule as soon as you reboot the player. (figure 3)
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6. Schedules, Tasks, Templates, RSS figure 4 5) Go back to the "Task Manager", click on "File" on the top menu bar and choose "Export Schedule". (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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– the .sch (schedule) file and the related task files. 8) Take the USB Thumbdrive and connect it to the SignagePro Player, after few seconds it will prompt you to remove the usb drive. Restart the player and the schedule should start after reboot.
1) Go to the "Task Manager" and click on the "Import Schedule". (figure 1) figure 1 2) Locate the folder where you have exported schedules and tasks and find a .sch file, select it and click on the "open" button. (figure 2) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 2 The process of importing schedules and tasks (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
4. The Client Filter tab will allow you to specify the clients that will download and run your Super Schedule. 5. The View tab must always remain checked on View 1. Click 'Ok' and your new Super Schedule will be shown in the Schedule list. figure 6.4.1 figure 6.4.2 (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § 6.5 Template Creator The Template creator is powerful feature of SignagePro. Templates allow users to create and assign regions. This gives you the ability to run several tasks simultaneously on one screen. The result is the integration of high-resolution graphics with dynamic video and scrolling text messages and news feeds.
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6. Schedules, Tasks, Templates, RSS figure 6.5.2 3. Once the Template Creator window is open you can now create regions. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 6.5.3 4. To create your first region click on the ‘Add View’ icon and drag your mouse across the white display editor. (figures 6.5.2 and 6.5.3) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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6. Schedules, Tasks, Templates, RSS figure 6.5.4 5.You may continue adding, deleting, resizing, and moving regions until you are satisfied with the results. (figure 6.5.4) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 6.5.5 6. You can also assign a background image to your layout by clicking the ‘Properties’ icon and selecting an image from your hard drive. (figure 6.5.5) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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7. Once you are satisfied with your layout, save the template file on your computer hard drive. (figure 6.5.6) Now you are ready to assign views. This is where you select which task will be displayed into the different regions you’ve just created. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 6.5.7 8. From the ‘Schedule Properties’ dialog double click on any of the tasks for this schedule. This will bring up the ‘Schedule Task Properties’ dialog. (figure 6.5.7) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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6. Schedules, Tasks, Templates, RSS figure 6.5.8 9. Select the view from the dropdown menu you where you would like the task displayed. Then click “ok” (figure 6.5.8) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
6. Schedules, Tasks, Templates, RSS § 6.6 Creeping Line Editor SignagePro’s Creeping Line Editor enables you to create a scrolling marquis anywhere on your screen. You can use RSS feeds, text from a file, or simply type text directly into the editor.
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual 2. In the ‘General’ tab Creeping Line Property Sheet you are given several options; figure 6.6.3 figure 6.6.4 (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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· Control the speed of your scrolling text. (figure 6.6.5) · Preview the text directly on your desktop. figure 6.6.6 3. Customizing fonts - Select the ‘Font’ tab to adjust the size, style and color of your font. (figure 6.6.6) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § 6.6.C Window and Transparency figure 6.6.8 In the Text Window and Transparency dialog box you are given several adjustment options. (figure 6.6.8) · Background Color · Window Border: · Transparency · Transparent Color figure 6.6.9 (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
The Window Position dialog lets you decide where you would like the scrolling text to appear on your screen. You have the option of either docking your window to the top or bottom of your screen, or positioning it exactly where you want it. (figure 6.6.10) (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
Note: You can preview your changes anytime by clicking the ‘Preview’ button. § 6.6.E Line in a Task The new Creeping Line Manager allows SignagePro users to add multiple Creeping Lines in a Task rather than in a Schedule. You can now add multi Creeping Lines into specific Tasks.
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'Edit.' To add existing Creeping Lines, click on 'Add' and browse for your file. (figure 6.6.14) figure 6.6.15 4. You can add more than one Creeping Line in each task. To stop a previous Creeping Line (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual in a different Task that is running in one Schedule, click on ‘Stop previous Creeping Lines.’ (figure 6.6.15) 5. 'Enable Creeping Line documents below:' must be checked for the Creeping Lines to play. (figure 6.6.15) 6. You can change the Creeping Lines in Tasks that are already placed in Schedules by going to your Task properties via the Schedule Properties.
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § 7. Screen Configuration - Once you turn on the client, you are greeted with the SignagePro Splash Screen. - After the kernel initiates you are given approximately 15 seconds to press ‘F2’ and enter the configuration console.
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Settings to configure keyboard. · Configure monitor Each time you connect a new display to the SignagePro Client you will need to add or edit the monitor settings; - Select the horizontal sync range that corresponds to your monitor. (figure 7.4) figure 7.4...
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7.5 · Configure screen Each time you connect a new display to the SignagePro Client you will need to add or edit the screen settings. - Select either ‘Edit Screen’, ‘Add new screen’, or ‘Remove screen’ from the Screen Configuration Menu.
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Use your mouse to place the cursor within the white area of your screen and ‘click’. b. Type ‘Exit’ in the command line and press “Enter’ to exit the test results page. c. Type ‘reboot’ in the command line to exit configuration and reboot the SignagePro client. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § 7.1 Rotating a Screen In this chapter we will describe how to rotate the image on the SignagePro Client screen and how to apply templates to it. 1) In order to get to the screen configuration menu you need to press F2 at the initial startup of the Signage Pro Client ( Player ) It will take you to the configuration console.
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7. Screen Configuration figure 8.1.2 3) Select "OK" and press "Enter", it will create xorg.conf file based on menu selections you make. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 8.1.3 4) After you type "axorgcfg" command you will be given the following options: Each time you connect a new display to the SignagePro Client you will need to add or edit the monitor settings; (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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7. Screen Configuration figure 8.1.4 5) Select "Edit Monitor0" and click on "OK". (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 8.1.5 6) Select the horizontal sync range that corresponds to your monitor. It is recommended that you select a sync range that accommodates the highest resolution for your display. If you are unsure, please refer to your display manual.
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7. Screen Configuration figure 8.1.6 7) Select the vertical refresh rate that corresponds to your monitor - If you are unsure of this setting, please refer to your display manual. - Select ‘Finish’ and press ‘Enter’ (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 8.1.7 8) Each time you connect a new display to the SignagePro Client you will need to add or edit the screen settings. - Select the "Configure Screen" option - Select ‘OK’ and hit ‘Enter’ (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 8.1.9 10) Select appropriate rotation directions, such as clockwise or counterclockwise, and click on "Next". In our example we will rotate screen ClockWise. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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7. Screen Configuration figure 8.1.10 11) Found any unnecessary resolutions that are checked and uncheck it by selecting them and pressing the "Spacebar". (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 8.1.11 12) Find the resolution you are using on your Screen, select it and Check the box next to it by pressing on "Spacebar". For this example we are using 1024 by 768. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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7. Screen Configuration figure 8.1.12 13) Select "Write xorg.conf and quit" and click on "Ok". (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 8.1.13 14) Write configuration file by clicking on "Ok". (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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This is the example of the source code for the template that we are using for vertical rotation: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www. w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="1800" /> <title>Template</title> </head> <body scroll="no" style="margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 0pt; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 768px; height: 1024px;"> (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual The final layout of the rotated screen (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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§ 7.2 Installing and Removing Fonts 1. Logging into the configuration console. · Once you turn on the client, you are greeted with the SignagePro Splash Screen. · After the kernel initiates you are given approximately 15 seconds to press ‘F2’ and enter the configuration console.
8. Updating the SignagePro Clients Via Schedule § 8. Updating the SignagePro Clients Via Schedule 1. Select Run then click "Task manager" 2. Create new Task and select "Upload" type, click on "Browse" button and point to the folder where you have the new firmware saved. For example, source folder could be - C:\signagepro-2.7.1\...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 9.0.2 Screen that attached to the SignagePro Client will become RED saying not to shutdown the player. The process of writing new firmware into the Client will take approximately two or three minutes. After updating is done client will reboot itself automatically.
(figure 10.0.1) figure 10.0.1 2.Format your USB thumbdrive.Check the letter of the drive, in this example removable drive have letter E: (figure 10.0.2) figure 10.0.2 3. Begin writing the Linux SignagePro firmware onto it by doing this : (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual figure 10.0.3 - On your PC, go to START->RUN->CMD (figure 10.0.3) and change the directory from the default location (c:\documents and settings\user… etc) to the folder where the unpacked firmware is saved, so for example type in: CD C:\signagepro-2.7.1\...
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9. Update clients firmware via USB figure 10.0.4 4. After the USB writing is done, bring the USB to the SignagePro client and insert into the USB port. 5. Boot the client and hit DELETE on the keyboard, which is attached to client, serveral times to enter into the BIOS.
SmartAVI SignagePro Manual § Specifications Form Factor uATX (6.75 inches by 6.75 inches [171.45 millimeters by 171.45 millimeters]) Processor Integrated Intel® Celeron® processor 215 with a 533 MHz system bus Memory • One 240-pin DDR2 512mb SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets •...
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• Adobe Acrobat (PDF) • PowerPoint (PPT) • Audio (MP3, WMA) • News (RSS) Server Requirements Processor: Intel Pentium 4 HT Operating System: Windows XP Professional, Windows 2003 Memory: 1GB RAM Networking: 10/100/1G Page 59 of 64 (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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IP number correctly from the DHCP server, the result should look similar to the following: Sample of DHCP Network configuration on the SignagePro Manager PC, an IP Address in this example is 192.168.0.185 The IP address on the above example is '192.168.0.185. These numbers are needed for the SignagePro client to connect to the server.
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Sample Network Configuration #1 * Same Network means that Client and Server are in one broadcast domain, so they can communicate to each other without gateway. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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§ Sample Network Configuration #2 Configuration #2 Router/Switch/Hub without a DHCP server in a same network* Connect the SignagePro server and the SignagePro client to a hub using CAT-5 or CAT-6 cables. · Manually assign IP numbers to the server.
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Sample Network Configuration #2 2. Double-click on the Network Connections Icon. 3. Right-click on the Local Area Connection Icon (or your current connection) and click Properties. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Click the Properties Button. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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5. Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS Servers. For an example please see the beginning of this chapter where it says "Manually assign IP address to the server". · Manually assign IP numbers to SignagePro Client A sample might look like the following: Client IP number: 192.168.0.25 Client IP Mask: 255.255.255.0...
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SmartAVI SignagePro Manual The command for the network configuration on the SignagePro is "Ctrl Alt + 3". * Same Network means that Client and Server are in one broadcast domain, so they can communicate to each other without gateway. (c) 2010 SmartAVI...
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