Summary of Contents for Forenex e.Frame C/E Series
- Page 1 DSP133 e.Frame C/E Series DSP156 DSP220 Digital Signage Panel User's Manual e.Frame User’s Manual V1.1 ...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Content 1 Introduction of Icons and Functions .................... ‐ 3 ‐ 1‐1 Icons for System Functions ...................... ‐ 3 ‐ 1‐2 New Window Creation and Operation Mode Set Up .............. ‐ 5 ‐ 1‐3 Picture Mode .......................... ‐ 6 ‐ 1‐4 Video Mode ........................... ‐ 7 ‐ 1‐4‐1 Set Up Streaming Media (RTSP) in Video Windows .............. ‐ 7 ‐ 1‐5 Scrolling Text Mode ........................ ‐ 8 ‐ 1‐6 Date & Time Mode ........................ ‐ 8 ‐ 1‐7 Enable Interactive Functions (E series Only) ................. ‐ 9 ‐ 1‐8 Broadcast Device Synchronization .................... ‐ 10 ‐ 1‐9 Set Up Scheduled Display ...................... ‐ 11 ‐ 2 ... -
Page 3: Introduction Of Icons And Functions
1 Introduction of Icons and Functions 1‐1 Icons for System Functions When e.Frame is turned on, the initial screen is shown below (Figure 1) **When e.Frame is playing advertisements, all of the function icons will be automatically hidden. Play: Play newly created advertising project or previously completed advertising project (.ad) or display schedule (.lst) in e.Frame. Pause: Pause playing advertisement and enter edit mode. Refer to section 3‐1. File Management Tool bar: Save the completed advertising project. The default file name extension is “.ad”. Select and open a saved advertising project (.ad) or display schedule (.lst). Delete picture files in the picture gallery. Refer to Section 3‐2. Delete video files in the video gallery. Refer to Section 3‐2. Delete advertising project (.ad) or display schedule (.lst). Refer to Section 3‐2. ... - Page 4 System Tool bar: Collapse or expand the System Tools icons as below. Insert a background of a new advertising project. Change screen to landscape mode. Change screen to portrait mode. Clear full screen. Set up Wi‐Fi ID and password on device. Refer to Figure 2. Set up synchronization of e.Frames on the same network. Refer to Section 1‐8. Set up scheduled display sleep and wake up times daily. Refer to Section 1‐9. Increase the icon size. Decrease the icon size. Adjustment buttons to fine‐tune window position: Use the , and buttons to adjust the window position. The position of the adjustment buttons cluster can be moved anywhere within e.Frame. (Figure 2) e.Frame User’s Manual V1.1 - 4 -...
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Page 5: New Window Creation And Operation Mode Set Up
1‐2 New Window Creation and Operation Mode Set Up Click & Drag the left button of the mouse anywhere in e.Frame from the upper‐left to lower‐right to open a new window and use the drag handles located at A, B, C, D, E to adjust window size. Refer to Figure 3. The window size (ex. 475x352) is shown in lower‐right corner. (Figure 3) Delete the window. Picture button: Open new picture mode window. Video button: Open new video mode window. Scrolling Text button: Open new scrolling text mode window. Date & Time button: Open new date & time mode window. Enable interactive function for each window: Set up to connect to a single page. (.ad) or multiple pages. (.lst) on‐click. Refer to Section 1‐7 Enable Interactive Functions for detail. Only available on E Series. e.Frame User’s Manual V1.1 - 5 -... -
Page 6: Picture Mode
1‐3 Picture Mode In the window, click the Picture button , to set the window as picture mode. Refer to Figure 4. (Figure 4) ** Supported picture formats: JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF. Use the buttons to add or to remove pictures. Click the buttons to adjust the play order. Click Window Shape button to select window frame style. Opacity : Transparency ratio settings. Decrease picture transparency (background become pale). Increase picture transparency (enhance background). ... -
Page 7: Video Mode
1‐4 Video Mode In the window, click the Video button to set the window as video mode. Refer to Figure 5. ** allow playing one or more videos as one playlist. ** supported file formats for video: MP4、AVI、MP ** supported Max. Resolution: FHD‐1080p (Figure 5) Click the buttons to add or remove a video. Click the buttons to adjust video play order. Click the Window Shape button to select window frame style. ... -
Page 8: Scrolling Text Mode
1‐5 Scrolling Text Mode In the window, click the Scrolling Text button to set the window to be scrolling text mode. Refer to Figure 7. Edit: Edit text here. Font style: Select the font style. Font size: Select the font size (12 – 99). Color: Select the font color. (Figure 7) Speed mode: Select scrolling text display speed mode (fast, normal, slow, fixed) Select background for scrolling text (Default background is transparent) ... -
Page 9: Enable Interactive Functions (E Series Only)
1‐7 Enable Interactive Functions (E series Only) In the newly created window, click the Interactive button to set up interactive function of the window. Click the interactive category, using the setting dialog show below. Refer to Figure 9. (Figure 9) Once the interactive function has been set up, the whole area of the window will function as a button. When pressing the area of the window, it will automatically play the content which was set up in the target link or in the text dialog. Marked Target linking: Set up automatically to display a single page(.ad) or multiple pages(.lst) after the area of the window is pressed. Marked Text Dialog: Automatically create a new window, then click the button to add a graphics text file. Refer to Figure 10. (Figure 10) e.Frame User’s Manual V1.1 - 9 -... -
Page 10: Broadcast Device Synchronization
1‐8 Broadcast Device Synchronization Any e.Frame advertising content can be synchronously displayed on multiple e.Frame devices on the same network. Click the System Toolbar button , and then click the Synchronized button . A new dialog box will show other e.Frame devices on the same network. Refer to Figure 11. (Figure 11) The individual e.Frame device IP addresses and Wi‐Fi names will be listed in the dialog box. Select the “Sync” checkbox beside the devices to display synchronized content. ... -
Page 11: Set Up Scheduled Display
1‐9 Set Up Scheduled Display Click the System Toolbar button , then click the Scheduled Display button . Set a display schedule (.lst file) for one or more advertisements: ... -
Page 12: Sample Advertising Project
2 Sample Advertising Project This section provides step‐by‐step instructions to complete the sample advertising project see below: Refer to Figure 14. (Figure 14) Step 1：Add full page advertisement background: ... - Page 13 Step 2：Make two picture mode windows: a) Click & Drag the left button of the mouse anywhere in e.Frame from the upper‐left to lower‐right to open a new window. b) Click the Picture button to create a new picture mode window. c) Click to add one or multiple display picture, and click , to control carousel sequence, Refer to Figures 16/ 17. d) Click Window Shape button to select a window frame style. e) Click & Drag the window to its desire position. Refer to Figure 18. f) Repeat steps a) – e) for a second picture mode window. (Figure 18) (Figure 17) ...
- Page 14 Step 4：Make a scrolling text window for a welcome greeting: a) Click & Drag the left button of the mouse anywhere in e.Frame from the upper‐left to the lower‐right, to open a new window. b) Click the Scrolling Text button to create a new scrolling text mode window. Refer to Figure 22. c) Enter “Welcome to our wedding” as the text. Select the font, size, color and banner scrolling speed. Click& Drag the window to its desire position. Refer to Figure 23. (Figure 23) (Figure 22) Step 5 : Make an animated GIF mode windows: a) Click & Drag the left button of the mouse anywhere in e.Frame from the upper‐left to lower‐right to open a new window. b) Click the Picture button to create a new picture mode window. c) Click to add an animated GIF file. Refer to Figure 24. Click & Drag the window to its desire position. Refer to Figure 25. (Figure 24) (Figure 25) ...
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Page 15: Appendix
3 Appendix: 3‐1 Entering Edit Mode ● To enter edit mode, left‐click the mouse button 5 or more times, or touch the screen 5 or more times. The click or touch rate must be at a uniform rate. When the system has recognized 5 or more uniform‐rate click, the pause button be shown on the left‐top corner of the panel. ● Click the pause button to enter edit mode. 3‐2 File Management ● Add picture/ video files: Via USB flash device/MicroSD card: Plug in a USB flash device or a MicroSD card into e.Frame. The e.Frame device will automatically read and copy all photo and video files to the correct e.Frame folder. ● Delete files: To delete (.ad) or (.lst) files: Click the Delete Project button . The file list dialog will be shown on screen. Refer to Figure 26. Highlight the files to delete ... - Page 16 To delete picture files: Click the Delete Picture button . The files in the picture gallery will be shown on screen. Refer to Figure 27. Highlight the files to delete and click the “Delete” button at the bottom of the picture gallery dialog, to remove the pictures from the device. (Figure 27) To delete video files: Click the Delete Video button . The files in the video gallery will be shown on screen. Refer to Figure 28. Highlight the files to delete and click the “Delete” button at the bottom of the video gallery dialog, to remove the videos from the device. (Figure 28) e.Frame User’s Manual V1.1 - 16 -...
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Page 17: Use Mobile Device To Edit Broadcast Content
3‐3 Use Mobile Device to Edit Broadcast Content Provide a method for users to edit advertisement content on a mobile device without interrupting the playing advertisement. ● To establish the editing connection between an Android mobile device and e.Frame: 1.) Download the “eFrame‐mobile” from Android’s play store. 2.) Turn on Wi‐Fi on mobile device. 3.) Selecting the e.Frame ID (factory ID is: FORENEX) to connect to e.Frame. ● The function button placement on the “eFrame‐mobile” are similar to e.Frame. Refer to Section 1. Introduction of Icons and Functions for detailed description. The description of some special icons are: Download: download the currently playing advertisement content (picture/ video/GIF etc.) from e.Frame to begin editing immediately. Upload: After editing the advertisement in “eFrame‐mobile”, update the completed content to e.Frame and display immediately. ... -
Page 18: Use Pc To Edit Broadcast Content
3‐4 Use PC to Edit Broadcast Content Provide a method for users to edit advertisement content on PC. 1. Executive PC software. It is shown as below screen. ( Refer to figure 29) (Figure 29) 2. Click Synchronized button , it is shown an IP window. ( Refer to figure 30) ... - Page 19 ● One to Many “Host IP” (Shown according to network address ): After typing “Host IP” on each e.frame device ( location for enter IP address, please refer to paragraph1‐8.) , e.frame device and PC have connection, e.frame devices are shown on the right block. (Refer to figure 31) (Figure 31) Select the chosen e.frame device, click System Toolbar button , then click upload button , update the completed content to e.Frame and display immediately. e.Frame User’s Manual ...
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Page 20: Define Own Window Frame Style
3‐5 Define Own Window Frame Style Choose one picture, for an example Taiwan’s map below(refer to Figure 32 Use a picture editing tool to change the background of any picture to transparent. The remaining non‐transparent picture/shape will become the new window frame style. For example, change the black part of Figure 32 to transparent, as shown in Figure 33 Save the edited picture as a .PNG file (required). Add the modified .PNG picture onto a USB flash drive or SD card. Follow the instructions in section 3‐2 File Management (Add picture/video files) to automatically load the new frame style into e.Frame. Then select the new frame style for use in e.Frame designs. Refer to figure 34 (Figure 34) (Figure 32 (Figure 33) 3‐6 Limitations for Creating Video Windows ● If displaying video at 1080p resolution, video windows can support up to 3 videos in the same advertisement page. ● If displaying video at 720p or lower resolution, video windows can support more than 3 videos in the same advertisement page. e.Frame User’s Manual V1.1 - 20 -...
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