Highness Interactive Technology HD-550001 55 inch interactive kiosk User Manual

Highness Interactive Technology Inc. 55 inch interactive kiosk

Contents

User Manual

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55”Interactive Kiosk
HD-550Z1A01 & HD-A550ZR1A01-WW
Content Management System
User
s Manual
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Main Product Features ......................................................................................................................... 4
2.
CMS
Product installation ...................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 CMS Server Installation ....................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Digital Signage Power-On and Internet Setting .......................................................................... 9
3. CMS Product Login-in ......................................................................................................................... 15
4. Product Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 17
4.1 Android Terminal Setting ............................................................................................................... 17
5. Product Registration ................................................................................................................................ 20
5.1 Confirm Terminal Registration ..................................................................................................... 20
6. Program Production
................................................................................................................................. 21
6.1 Information Publication Programming Production ............................................................... 21
6.2 Introduction of Program Production Interface .................................................................... 26
7. Server and Digital Signage Connection Concept ....................................................................... 49
8. Back-Up for Broadcast Programs .................................................................................................. 53
8.1 Program Export ............................................................................................................................... 53
8.2 Program Import ................................................................................................................................ 55
8.3 Notes for importing programs to terminals ........................................................................... 56
8.4 Scenarios regarding terminal interface when importing programs .............................. 57
9. Terminal Management
............................................................................................................................. 59
9.1 Attributes ........................................................................................................................................... 59
9.2 Remote Control ................................................................................................................................ 60
9.3 Monitor (screen snapshot) .......................................................................................................... 60
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9.4 Download ............................................................................................................................................ 61
9.5 Upgrade .............................................................................................................................................. 61
10. Other Features .................................................................................................................................. 62
10.1 Resource (Resource Management) .................................................................................... 62
10.2 Management of Authorization ............................................................................................... 64
10.3 Send & Check .............................................................................................................................. 67
10.4 Scheduling ...................................................................................................................................... 68
10.5 Schedule ......................................................................................................................................... 69
10.6 Desktop Background ................................................................................................................. 69
10.7 Desktop Shortcut........................................................................................................................ 70
11. CMS Function Comparison Table
.................................................................................................... 71
12. Requirements of Computer Environment
...................................................................................... 72
13. Troubleshooting
....................................................................................................................................... 73
14. Product Warranty
................................................................................................................................... 73
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1.
Main Product Features
Playback of pictures, videos, music, marquee (text), date, time, week, weather, web
pages, container & RSS
Advertising program production
Digital signage terminal management
Resource management
Program Distribution / Approval
Program Scheduling / calendar / statistics
Clearance management (user/role/grouping)
USB offline program update with remote content dispatch
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2. CMS
Product Installation
2.1 CMS
Server Installation
Please prepare a PC, as the server of the digital signage, and switch off the fire-wall
of Windows
CPUIntel 1037u/1.8GHz(and above)/ Memory2GB DDR3(and above)/
Hard-disk500GB(and above)
Microsoft® Windows® XP (32-bit upgrade installation to Service Pack3)
7/8/10 versions (and above)
Please download CMS software of digital signage to the hard-disk of your PC,
per the following URL: http://www.aboway.com.tw/uploadfile/CMS.rar
2.1.1 Once CMS.rar file is de-compressed, please open the folder
CMS\ServerSoftware
2.1.2 Double-click the setup.bat icon, and follow the prompt
Begin to install CMS Digital Signage Server Software
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Click Next
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2.1.3 Please install the catalogue, and hit next step, hitting Close once
installation completion
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2.1.4 To begin installing vcredist_x86, simply click Next step, and if the following
diagram appears, it means the system has already been installed, just click
Close
2.1.5 When the window of Press Any Key to Continue appears, it means the
installation is successful, so please click top-right-corner cross-sign to exit
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2.1.6 After successful installation, the Server shortcut appears on Desktop, and to
execute, simply just double-click the shortcut. If multimedia publication icon
appears in the task bar on the bottom right-hand corner, it means you have
successfully installed the program.
2.2 Digital Signage Power-On and Internet Setting
2.2.1 Once digital signage is connected to display screen and power, please wait
for approx. 1 minute of power-on procedure, as the system will automatically
activate the software of the digital signage, per diagram shown below.
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2.2.2 Software Operation
If operating, via mouse, CMS Digital Signage Software, please
double-right-click your mouse to exit the software. If operating via
touchscreen, please directly tap the screen for setting up, per the diagram
shown below.
2.2.3 Display Output Resolution Setting
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Please click the Setting
icon on the Digital Signage Desktop screen, per the
diagram shown below.
Click HDMI in Device icon, per the diagram shown below.
If your display supporting Full HD/1080P output resolution, please click HDMI
Resolution icon, and select 1920x1080p-60, per the diagram shown below.
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2.2.4 Network Setting
Please click the Setting
icon on the Digital Signage Desktop screen, per the
diagram shown below.
If intending to use Wireless networking connection, please click Wi-Fi in the
Wireless & Networks menu, and turn on WiFi to enter into set procedures, per the
diagram shown below.
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If intending to use Ethernet networking connection, please click More Options in the
Wireless & Networks menu, and click Ethernet to enter into set procedures, per
the diagram shown below.
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3.
CMS Product Login-in
3.1 To ensure Information publication system server on the server is operational, (per the
icon illustrated in the bottom-right-hand corner taskbar)
Please confirm that the built-in firewall of the Windows system has been turned off.
Activate Control Panel -> Network & Sharing Center -> Local Area Network, then
click Details to check IPv4 address
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3.2 Open up Google browser, and entering the IP address confirmed by Step 3.1 :
After http://Server IP:6101 (e.g. http:/120.24.78.70:6101) is confirmed,
and login-in page appears, please fill in the preset Login-in Name: admin, and
Password: admin, before clicking to log-in.
Note: We recommend you to use GOOGLE CHROME browser or FIRE FOX
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browser for system Login-in
3.3 After successful Log-
in, the following picture shall appears, and you may begin to
edit/create programs.
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Product Setting
4.1 Android Terminal Setting
The Digital Sig
nage needs to be connected with CMS server so as to allow CMS
Management System to upload program content onto Digital Signage device-end.
Please note that, this chapter contains outlined intro for Server CP and Digital Signage
in the same intranet segment. For other connection format, please refer to Chapter
7 Server and Digital Signage Connection Concept.
4.1.1 Maintain the terminal operation
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4.1.2 Quick double-click right-key of your mouse, or Return Key to have pop-up the setup
window
4.1.3 After clicking Setting, input Server IP Address and terminal name
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4.1.4 After successful set-up, connection status shall indicates Yes within one minute
NOTE: If after a while the connection status is still No, then please confirm
whether SERVER computer and Digital Signage terminal are connected
to internet, as well as the network is in the same subnet.
4.1.5 Please open the back-end page on the browser, and double-click terminal
management, and if you can see one terminal being online (as displayed in color
and kindly make sure the terminal name matches), then the set-up is complete.
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5. Product Registration
5.1
Confirm Terminal Registration
After opening Google browser and logging- in successfully, please double-click Terminal
Registration o
n your Desktop to confirm whether the Digital Signage terminal has been
registered. And if not, please immediately contact distributors and our company for
assistance.
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6.
Program Production
6.1
Information Publication Programming Production
6.1.1 After successfully logging into back-end, double-click Program Production, click
New Program, entering Program Name, selecting Program Resolution,
entering Program Category, and click Yes
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6.1.2 Dragging a built-in or uploaded background picture or frame as program background.
6.1.3 Within resource list, click Right-Mouse-Key to build New Folder (per the illustration)
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6.1.4 Click Pictures folder icon with Right-Mouse-Key and click Upload Materials to
upload pictures.
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6.1.5 As the upload list prompt appears, click up-right-corner to close.
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6.1.6 Click elements of Picture, Video or Weather and adjust them to suitable sizes
while placing them in the suitable position, while dragging the to-be-uploaded picture
or video files to the corresponding Pictures and Video frames.
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6.1.7 Clicking Send to the terminals selected from Terminal list.
6.1.8 The operation of terminal programming for videos, weather are similar with
pictures.
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6.2
Introduction of Program Production Interface
Separate Introductions for 4 frames framed in RED, as illustrated above.
6.2.1 The top-layer functions in the program production window, as shown below
New Program: Create one new program
The following window appears after clicking New Program
Program Name: User to define Program Name
Program resolution: Select Output resolution to TV (After initial set-up, resolution can
adjust to suit)
Program Category: to set the location of program saved
Deleted Selected: To delete the selected Program Elements
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Save: Saving the current program
Save As: Save the current Program as another New Program
Preview: To create HTML page to preview the current program in focus (however, not
all the effects in the program shall be completely demonstrated)
Send: To broadcast current program in focus to the terminal player
Zoom In/Out: Zoom In & Out for the window of the program
Show Grid: Show Grid lines for the ease of aligning program elements.
Transparency: Adjusting the transparency of program elements
6.2.2 Functions in the left-hand-
side columns in the program production window, as shown
below
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Introduction of function buttons in the column of program list:
Send: To broadcast the selected program to terminal player for playback
Preview: To create HTML page to preview the selected program (however, not all the
effects in the program shall be completely demonstrated)
Remove: To remove the selected program
Program Category: Used to create or delete different categories of programs
Export Selected: To export the selected program (Please refer to the following chapters
for detailed introduction)
Import: To import compressed file of the program
Refresh: To refresh page/content
Reource list: All folders of usable materials are shown here, and all those materials can be
dragged to be used as program elements.
6.2.3 Functions in the right-hand-side columns in the program production window, as
shown below
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Layout: Program elements can be displayed in the programs in the following 2 ways
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Layout by absolute:
Users are able to freely compose program elements in program
layout, as shown below
Please note that, elements of programs created prior will be superimposed upon by
elements created currently. In another words, if picture elements are created first,
and then video is created afterwards, the video will be displayed over the pictures, as
shown below
After modification as shown below, video is superimposed over by the pictures
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B.
Layout by Time:
Elements generated will be played based on the order in which they
are generated, or the time they are set to be played. When in
playback, the heights and widths of all program elements are the
same as those of the overall program. The playback length of all
contents can be set as designated, as program rotation.
6.2.4 Introduction of functions of program elements
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Signage Program Element Basic Listing, per the diagram tables shown below
ID: ID number generated for elements by the system
Name: Names of elements, which can be modified, as required
Type: Type of element frames
Left: X-Coordinates of the left-hand-top corner of element frame
Top: Y-Coordinates of the left-hand-top corner of element frame
Width: The horizontal resolution of element frame
Height: The vertical resolution of element frame
P.S. Only when the layout of program elements is Absolute, the width and height of
elements frame are hence changeable.
6.2.4.1
Picture:
Drag material file to picture element frame showing the picture (supported
formats: png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp)
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Remove: To remove the selected item
Clear: To clear all the deployed materials
Preview: To preview selected items
Mode (Norm/Synchronized): If Synchronized is selected, it will synchronize all terminals
broadcasting this particular program
Set all playing time(second): Uniformly adjusting broadcast length of all materials
Set all playing animation: Uniformly adjusting broadcast effect of all materials
NO.: Broadcasting order can be scroll-adjusted by users
Length : Broadcast length of time of materials
Animation: The special effect for changing frame of pictures
URL: Path to Material, listed in the resource table
6.2.4.2
Video Setting:
Drag material file to video element frame showing the video (formats of
mp4, 3gp, rmvb, avi, wmv, mkv, mpg, flv, mov are supported)
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Remove: To remove the selected item
Clear: To clear all the deployed materials
Preview: To preview selected items
Mode (Norm/Synchronized): If Synchronized is selected, it will synchronize all terminals
broadcasting this particular program
Set all volume: Uniformly adjusting broadcast volume of all materials
NO.: Broadcasting order can be scroll-adjusted by users
Volume: To adjust volume
URL: Path to Material, listed in the resource table
6.2.4.3
Sound Setting:
Drag material file to sound element frame playing the sound (formats of
aac, arm, m4a, mp2, mp3, ogg, wav, wma are supported)
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Remove: To remove the selected item
Clear: To clear all the deployed materials
Set all volume: Uniformly adjusting broadcast volume of all materials
NO.: Broadcasting order can be scroll-adjusted by users
Volume: To adjust volume
URL: Path to Material, listed in the resource table
6.2.4.4
Text (Marquee Setting):
Adding texts, as marquee text, to content
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Add: To add text to current display
Direction: Can be set right to left
Background Transparency: When selected, background becomes transparent
Speed: Speed at which texts moves in display
Times: Times at which texts appear in display
Remove: To remove the selected item
Clear: To clear all shown(marquee) texts.
NO.: Broadcasting order can be scroll-adjusted by users
Content: Content of (marquee) texts
6.2.4.5
Date:
Support display of date information (provided that terminals are connected to
internet)
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B : To embolden text
I : To italicize text
Fore Color: Setting the color of texts
Back Color: Setting the color of background
Transparent: When selected, background becomes transparent
Format: Setting the display format of date
Font family: Setting of font
Font Size: Setting font size
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6.2.4.6
Background Transparency:
When selected, background becomes transparent (provided
that terminals are connected to internet)
B : To embolden text
I : To italicize text
Fore Color: Setting the color of texts
Back Color: Setting the color of background
Transparent: When selected, background becomes transparent
Format: Setting the display format of date
Font family: Setting of font
Font Size: Setting font size
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6.2.4.7
Week:
Support displaying Weekly information (provided that terminals are connected to
internet)
B : To embolden text
I : To italicize text
Fore Color: Setting the color of texts
Back Color: Setting the color of background
Transparent: When selected, background becomes transparent
Format: Setting the display format of week
Font family: Setting of font
Font Size: Setting font size
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6.2.4.8
Weather:
Adding city information to display weather information of cities in each region
(provided that terminals are connected to internet)
Add: To add new city, by clicking Add City and key-in city name (either Chinese or English),
and once system search generated results, then the city name can be added.
Remove: To remove the selected item
Clear: To delete all items
Style: 3 Built-in display styles
Unit: Celsius/Fahrenheit
NO.: Broadcasting order can be scroll-adjusted by users
Name: City Names
Length: Time duration of display
Amination: Special effects for switching between different weather displays
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6.2.4.9
Web Page:
To add URL to show web page content, supporting formats such as, aac,
arm, m4a, mp2, mp3, ogg, wav, wma, (provided that terminals are
connected to internet.)
Add: Add new URL
Remove: To remove the selected item
Clear: To delete all items
Preview: To preview selected items
Setting all Time(Second): Synchronize all web pages time
ToolBar: Showing Tools
ScrollBar: To show up-and-down scroll-bar
Mobile phone: The page will be shown in mobile phone as well.
NO: Broadcasting order can be scroll-adjusted by users
Length: Time duration of web page display
URL: Web page URL Address
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6.2.4.10
Container:
Mainly used to embed other program elements, as all kinds of elements to
be placed within the same frame.
Simple explanation, put one program within another program
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6.2.4.11
RSS:
To display content of RSS subscription
Add: Click to add new edited RSS content
Direction: To set direction of text movement
Transparent: When selected, background becomes transparent
Speed: Speed of text movement
Remove: To remove the selected item
Clear: To delete all generated items
NO.: Broadcast order can be scroll-adjusted by users
RSS URL: URL path for RSS
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6.2.4.12 Touch ButtonTo design an area that can active by touch the touch-screen. (This
function apply for CMS02 and CMS03)
Only graphic file can be used for this element.
RemoveTo remove the selected item
ClearTo delete all of used elements
Set all playing time:Set the display time for all of elements
Set all playing animationSet the animation for all of elements
NO.Playing orderingcan be adjusted by dragging the element
length:The playing time length
animationThe animation effect during the element change
urlThe resource path for the element
ActionTo select the interactive as blank Home Page Return
AssociateClick to lunch the advance setting:
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EditTo edit the active content
RemoveTo remove the selected item
ClearTo clear the item
Set all timeoutTo set the time that back to home page
AddTo add the active item:
Show AreaThe area to active after touch
Interactive Type
dataTo disply graphic, video, web page, program
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condition(This item only apply for windows based media player)
nextTo display next content
previousTo display previous content
playTo display current content
pauseTo pause the display
stopTo stop the display
rewindTo rewind the display
fastforwardTo forward the display
No touch returnTo set the time return to home page without any touch
Interactive Content
To select picture, video, web site, and linked Program if you
selectthe data in Interactive Type.
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6.2.4.13 StreamvideoTo disply the stream video from the hyper link with rtsp:// head
address. (This function only apply for CMS03)
AddTo add a new hyperlink address
RemoveTo remove the selected item
ClearTo clear the used item
Set all playing time:Set the playing time for all of web page
No.:Play orderingcan be adjust by dragging the item
length:The play time length
urlThe hyper link address for rtsp://
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6.2.4.14 countdownThe timer for countdown (This function only apply for CMS03)
B:To set the font type with Blod
I:To set the font type with Italics
Fore color: To set the color for the prospect
Back color: To set the color for the background
Transparent To select and make the background as transparent
Font FamilyTo select the font type
Font SizeTo set the font size
FormatTo set the date and time display format
EndTo set the countdown time and date
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6.2.4.15 Ad AreaTo create an area to display a temporary ad content during the regular
program. (This function only apply for CMS03)
To edit the ad content in Ad Management
A. Click the Add to create a new addouble clink the item and star edit
B. Dragging the picture or video elements
C.
Before to push the ad to media player, please make sure the element should be in
examination passed status
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D. To set the display time and date
7.
Server and Digital Signage Connection Concept
CMS Signage Content Management System provides centralized CMS (Content
Management System) through internet connection. And via server control, it provides
trilateral remote-control mechanism to operate the Digital Signage under networking
connection. From that, there are 3 roles of Server-End, Console-End and Player, per the
explanation below
Server
Server: In charge of mission management of back-end database and operation
management, execute console-end and Player.
Console
Connected to the operation interface of Server, mainly through web pages, to
provide management, design and scheduling functionalities, and also uploading to server.
Player
Playback terminal device that receives program content broadcast
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