Operation Manual

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•Scrollmessagecontent
 DisplayingscrollmessagesrequiresagreatdealofCPUprocessingpower.Whenusingscrollmessages,
programs should be tested by actually displaying them before operation.
· Making the background color transparent will increase the load.
·ScrollmessageswithalargerdisplayareaplacealargerloadonthePC.Donotmakethescrollmessage
display area unnecessarily large.
· If there are a lot of characters in a scroll message line, display may become distorted. If this occurs, start a
newline.(Upto100charactersperlinerecommended.)
•PowerPoint
Set PowerPoint data so that it plays repetitively by setting slide transition to advance slides automatically
(automatic slideshow).
 PowerPointViewerisnotcapableofsimultaneousmultipledisplay.DonotassignPowerPointfilestomultiple
frames in the same program. It should also be noted that PowerPoint Viewer only proceeds to play slideshows
when the focus is on itself. Do not click other frames with the mouse or another tool when PowerPoint content
is displayed.
 PowerPointViewer2003/2007/2010isrequired.EvenifyoualreadyhaveMicrosoftPowerPoint
2003/2007/2010installedonyourPC,youmustmakeaseparateinstallationofPowerPointViewer
2003/2007/2010.
 PowerPointViewer2010requirestimetostartplayingfiles,especiallywhenstartingthefirstplaybackafter
startingupthePC.Makesuretogiveenoughtimeforplaybacktostart.
 Althoughitispossibletoplayfileswitha.pptxor.ppsxextensionusingPowerPointViewer2007,itwilltakea
while to start playback.
 Itisrecommendedthatfileswitha.pptor.ppsextensionareusedwhenplayingonPowerPointViewer2007.
Continuous operation of viewer PC
Thissoftwareisnotdesignedforcontinuous24-hour-a-dayoperation.BesuretorebootontheviewerPC
everyday.(RefertoPowerControlonp.86)
PC internal clock
ThissoftwareexecutesschedulesbasedonthePC’sinternalclock.YoushouldensurethatyourPC’s
internalclockisalwaysaccuratebysynchronizingitwithaninternettimeserverorothermeans.
Accuracy of program display time
Programdisplayiscontrolledbyatimerthatstartsat0secondseveryminute.Programscannotbeswitchedat
intervalsoflessthan1minute,orduringa1minuteinterval(i.e.inintervalsoflessthan60seconds).
Be aware that there may be some delay before content is actually displayed depending on the time taken to
launchapplicationsthatdisplaycontentandthetimetakentoloadcontentfiles.
Backups
Thissoftwaredoesnothaveabackupfunction.Youshouldmakeregularbackupcopiesofcontentfiles,
etc., during operation.
Daisy chain conguration
The Network Version of SHARP Digital Signage Software can send different panel control commands (monitor
powersupplyON/OFFandpanelinputcommands)toSHARPLCDMonitors(PNSeries)connectedinadaisy
chain.(RefertoPanelManagementandOption,p.84)
System operation precautions