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iCOMPEL Digital Signage User Guide (V9.2.3)
1. Welcome to Black Box Digital Signage
Welcome to the iCOMPEL user guide. Here you will find comprehensive information about how to create digital signage with
the iCOMPEL and how to manage the iCOMPEL unit.
Find the subject you are looking for in the table of contents or in the PDF bookmarks. Track down the location of specific
topics with the index at the end of the guide or by using the Adobe Reader search facility.
If you are new to the iCOMPEL, how it operates, and what it can offer, you will find helpful orientation by reading through
the
Terms You Need to Know
description of
the iCOMPEL user interface features
The more experienced may wish to go straight to the information about creating and controlling digital displays:
Creating Digital Signage
Understanding Media Types
manages them.
You can also find background Information on setting up and managing the iCOMPEL:
Player and System Status
Setup
– Performing configuration and maintenance tasks.
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1.1 Terms You Need to Know
The iCOMPEL provides powerful facilities to help you to design, structure, and control sophisticated and effective content
display. Before you can make full use of those facilities, you need to be familiar with some core concepts.
The iCOMPEL is a digital signage player that displays content on a screen. The screen is physically attached to the
iCOMPEL and is usually an LCD panel or LCD TV. To design what appears on the screen, and to manage the iCOMPEL
itself, you connect to it over your network using a web browser running on your PC.
To understand how you use the iCOMPEL to manage display of content, it is important to understand how certain key
features relate to each other. The following diagram illustrates the critical relationships between Schedules, Layouts,
Zones, and Playlists:
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. Following that, check through the steps needed to
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– Getting started with designing and implementing your display.
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– Understanding the different types of content you can display and how the iCOMPEL
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– Keeping your iCOMPEL running smoothly.
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log on to the iCOMPEL
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