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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V8.1.1) Glossary

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Table of Contents

......................................................................................................................................................10

Welcome to iCOMPEL Digital Signage

................................................................................................................................... 101.1 Terms you need to know

................................................................................................................................... 111.2 Logging on

................................................................................................................................... 121.3 Using the web interface

......................................................................................................................................................15

Creating Digital Signage

................................................................................................................................... 152.1 Using Schedules

................................................................................................................... 162.1.1 Creating a Schedule

................................................................................................................... 162.1.2 Schedule entries

................................................................................................................... 202.1.3 Overriding the schedule

................................................................................................................................... 202.2 Using Layouts

................................................................................................................... 212.2.1 Layout Page

................................................................................................................... 212.2.2 Adding a new Layout

................................................................................................................... 222.2.3 Editing a Layout

................................................................................................................... 222.2.4 Layout properties

....................................................................................................................................................................... 23- Adding a soundtrack to a Layout

................................................................................................................... 232.2.5 Interaction Properties

................................................................................................................................... 232.3 Using Zones

................................................................................................................... 242.3.1 The Layout editor

................................................................................................................... 262.3.2 Editing a Zone

................................................................................................................... 272.3.3 Editing a Zone's properties

................................................................................................................................... 292.4 Using Playlists

................................................................................................................... 312.4.1 Adding Media item files to a Playlist

................................................................................................................... 312.4.2 Adding Special items to a Playlist

................................................................................................................... 322.4.3 Adding folders to a playlist

................................................................................................................... 322.4.4 Playing content items to test them

......................................................................................................................................................35

Understanding Media Types

................................................................................................................................... 353.1 Media managed by iCOMPEL

................................................................................................................... 353.1.1 Text

................................................................................................................... 363.1.2 Newsfeeds

................................................................................................................... 383.1.3 Clocks

................................................................................................................... 393.1.4 Tables

................................................................................................................... 413.1.5 RS-232 outputs

................................................................................................................................... 423.2 Media run from disk

................................................................................................................... 433.2.1 File Manager

....................................................................................................................................................................... 43- Using Files and Folders

....................................................................................................................................................................... 44- Uploading content files

....................................................................................................................................................................... 45- Editing content files

................................................................................................................... 453.2.2 Video

................................................................................................................... 463.2.3 Text files

................................................................................................................... 463.2.4 Images and photos

................................................................................................................... 483.2.5 Audio

................................................................................................................... 493.2.6 Presentations