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Table of Contents Table of Contents Overview ....................................................................................................................1 Supported Platforms.......................................................................................................... 2 The PictureFrame Work Area............................................................................................ 2 Menu Bar...........................................................................................
Table of Contents Disabling A Panel Link ........................................................................................................... 10 Album Management ........................................................................................................ 11 Adding A New Album ............................................................................................................. 11 Removing An Album ...................................................................................
Overview Overview PictureFrame allows for the management of images displayed on G4 panels. Images located on a local server or the internet are displayed on panels, made possible with dynamic images. Key functionality of PictureFrame includes: HTTP Local Server - The server acts as an HTTP host where it receives requests from the panels, determines which album and picture to use, resizes the picture and streams it back to the panels.
Overview Supported Platforms PictureFrame operates on: Windows 98® SE (with at least 48 MB of installed memory). Windows NT 4.0® Workstation (service pack 6A or greater, with at least 64 MB of installed memory). Windows 2000® (service pack 3 or greater) Professional (running on a Pentium 233 MHZ processor (minimum requirement); 300 MHZ or faster recommended, with at least 96 MB of installed memory).
Overview Tool Bar The tool bar is a collection of commonly used PictureFrame functions. Album Information Window The Selected Album drop down list is a collection of created albums associated with PictureFrame. When checked, Default Album designates the album selected in the Album Drop Down List as default. Enabling Random Order will serve images, in the selected album, in a random manner. Default Image Duration is the amount of time each image within the album will display at the panels by default.
Overview Images for Album: Window Once an album is selected from the drop down list, associated images are displayed in the Images for Album: window. Images can be viewed by either thumbnail or detail. This feature is toggled in the View menu. The up/down arrows move images up or down the service order.
Overview The Menu Bar File Menu The File menu contains options relating to management of file changes and exiting PictureFrame. The options in this menu include: Save Albums - saves album data to XML file. Exit - exits PictureFrame application. Server Menu The Server menu contains options relating to HTTP server options. Start Server - starts HTTP server if it is not already running. Pause Server - pauses HTTP server and continues with the next image upon restart.
Overview Panel Links Menu The Panel Links menu contains options relating to panel management and link creation: Add Panel Link - adds panel link to the selected album via the Panel Link Entry Dialog. Remove Panel Link(s) - removes selected panel link from the album. Enable Panel Link(s) - enables link from panel to album. Disable Panel Link(s) - disables link from panel to album. View Menu The View menu contains options relating to Image appearance within the albums.
Basic Operations Basic Operations Image Management Adding A Local Image Images located on a local drive can be added to an album for service to a panel. 1. Go to Images > Add Local Image to open the Open Image Dialog. 2. Navigate to and select the desired image file. 3. Click Open. Adding An Internet Image Images located on the internet can be pulled through PictureFrame and displayed at the panels. 1. Select the album from the drop down menu. 2.
Basic Operations Moving Images PictureFrame displays images in a linear fashion by default. The images can be moved up or down the display list. To move an image up by one (1): 1. Select the album from the drop down list. 2. Select the image within the Images for Album: window. 3. Go to Images > Move Up. To move an image down by one (1): 1. Select the album from the drop down list. 2. Select the image within the Images for Album: window. 3. Go to Images > Move Down.
Basic Operations Panel Management PictureFrame has two different formats for resolving Panel Links to albums: Device:System This option allows for any button on the panel to use that link. Device:System is a more general option and is sufficient if there is only one dynamic image on the page. Device:Port:System:Code This option allows for more specific linking and is the correct way of handling multiple dynamic buttons on the same page.
Basic Operations Port: 16-bit integer representing the port number (in the range 1 through the number of ports on the device) System: 16-bit integer representing the system number (0 = this system) that the device belongs to. For example, 128:1:0 represents the first port on device 128 on this system.
Basic Operations Album Management Adding A New Album New albums can be added to PictureFrame: 1. Go to Albums > Add Album to open the Add Album Dialog. 2. Type the album's name in the Album Name field. 3. Set the default image duration (in seconds or minutes) in the Image Duration field. (range = 5 to 1800 seconds) 4. Click OK. To make the album the default, check the Default Album option. Removing An Album Albums can be removed from PictureFrame: 1. Select the album from the drop down list. 2.
Basic Operations Server Management Using The HTTP Server PictureFrame can stop, pause and resume serving images to the panels via the HTTP server. To Stop the server, select: Server > Stop Server. To Pause the server, select: Server > Pause Server. To Start the server, select: Server > Start Server. Changing Views The Album Management window toggles between a detail list and a thumbnail view of the images within the albums. Select View and either Details or Thumbnails.
Basic Operations Additionally, port= and code= can be specified with the port and code parameters available to the button as defined in the G4 documentation. $ parameters can be directly stated: pfserver.htm?device=10001&system=1&width=200&height=200 User, Password and Confirm are also unused. Refresh Rate indicates how often the panel asks for an image, not how often the image changes. Command Line Options There is a command line option for PictureFrame.
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Program Reference Program Reference Dialogs Add Album Dialog The add album dialog contains two fields for creating a new album: Album Name - Text field for naming the album. This name will appear in the Album Drop Down List. Default Image Duration - The length of time, in seconds or minutes, the image will display on the panels. Cancel - Cancels adding a new album to PictureFrame. OK - Accepts the new album into PictureFrame.
Program Reference Internet Image Dialog When adding an image that is not located locally it is necessary to provide the URL. Enter Image URL - The URL location of the image being added to the PictureFrame album. Protocol - Protocol for transfer of the image to PictureFrame. The default is HTTP. Cancel - Cancels the addition of the URL image to PictureFrame. OK - Accepts the addition of the URL image to the PictureFrame album.
Program Reference Save Changes Warning Dialog When exiting PictureFrame and changes have been made without saving, a prompt to save will appear. Yes - Changes are saved and PictureFrame will continue exiting. No - Changes are not saved and PictureFrame will continue exiting. Context Menus Image Context Menu Right-click within the Album Management window to open the Image Context menu. Add Image - adds local image to the selected album via the Open Image Dialog.
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