Operation Manual

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FTP Server/Client Scheduler
• Theareasetunderthe[DisplayArea]tabwillbethedisplayarea(exceptwhenaprogramisspecified).
• “Smoothcontentschange”checkbox
 Checkthischeckboxtoswitchbetweencontentssmoothlybypreparingtheplaybackofthenext
contentbeforetheendofthecurrentcontent.Alsocheckthischeckboxwhenitisnecessaryto
synchronizethecontentdisplaybetweenframes.
Clicking [Preload Setting] allows you to set the content that is to be read in advance.
 •Makingtheswitchingofcontentssmoothwill
increasetheloadontheCPUandthememoryuse
amount. It is recommended that tests be conducted
by actually displaying programs before operation.
•Whenperformingadvancedreadingofacontent
that can be played with Windows Media Player,
the video accelerator is disabled. Check that your
PC has enough performance to display contents
without the video accelerator. (Windows XP only)
•IfacontentthatcanbeplayedwithInternet
Explorerisreadinadvance,Flashcontentsand
banners embedded in the content may be started
from the middle.
• “Setlimitofprintscreenarea”checkbox
When you are outputting multiple screens on a viewer
PC, the Screen Capture function captures the entire
desktop.Checkthisboxtocapturejustapartofthe
screen output.
 Click[AreaSetting]anddefinetheareayouwantto
capture.
• “Don’tmovefocuswhileprogramviewerstarts”checkbox
 Thisboxisusuallyleftunchecked.
 CheckthisboxifyoudonotwanttheProgramViewerfocustomovewhenyoulaunchtheProgram
Viewer.
• “Hidetaskbarwhileshowingprogram”checkbox
 Whenthischeckboxischecked,thetaskbarishiddenwhenProgramViewerislaunchedanditis
re-displayed when Program Viewer is closed.
• “Play*.movfileswithWindowsMediaPlayer(Windows7only)”checkbox
 ThisboxcanonlybecheckedwhenusingWindows7.Checkthisboxtoplay.movfilesonWindows
Media Player.
• “MyContentsfolder”:Enterthepathofthefolderinwhichcontentstobedistributedinadvancearetobe
saved.
The initial default values are:
•MyContentsfolder:C:\ProgramFiles\SHARP\SHARPDigitalSignageSoftware\MyContents\
 (ForWindowsVista/7,C:\ProgramData\SHARP\SHARPDigitalSignageSoftware\MyContents\)
• “SetPanelAttribute”
You can set Viewer PC panel attributes and “Panel name,” “Group” and “Comment”. This setting is for
playing different content in each panel during conditional content playback.