The window opens when adding or editing a playlist item.


CONTENT


General tab

Type

Selected slide type. The type is selected at the beginning and cannot be changed later.


Your name

Never shown on the screen is the name that describes the item.


Group

The group name of an item. Allows you to group items in a list for easier management of more items. The group name is not shown on the screen.


File name / background file

If a content type is associated with a file you select it by clicking the button on the right [...]. Once the file is uploaded to the player, it can no longer be changed.


Settings

Additional parameters associated with the selected type of content, for example, for the weather forecast you can choose the form of presentation.


Additional data

Selecting additional data needed for the display, for example, selecting a measurement station for air quality or a locality for the weather forecast.


Title

Displayed content header such as the title of the ad. You can leave the title blank, in which case it will not be displayed. Remember, not all content displays the title.


Description

Text ad content or script for a widget type slide.


Playback time

The time in seconds how much the slide will be shown. A value of 0 (zero) means that the slide will play for the default time for the region (set in the Region Configuration). For videos, the parameter is not used.


Main content margin

A parameter used only for ads with a photo. The photo is moved away from the edge of the area by the entered number of pixels, as this often improves the appearance of the slide. The default is 10 pixels.


Active

Disabling the activity means that the item will not be displayed. With the option, we can temporarily disable the selected item, but not remove it completely.


Appearance

Color scheme for text content, backgrounds, fonts and interactive buttons. The default scheme is defined in the region settings on the Appearance tab, further on the Regions tab. But for selected slides you can set your own color scheme, for example, to improve visibility against a photo background.


To configure individual settings for a given slide you need to:

  1. Click the button Appearance.
  2. Check the Use individual settings option.
  3. Change the settings accordingly.
  4. Confirm with Ok button.

See the topic Appearance, where all options are described.

Zawsze możesz powrócić do ustawień domyślnych zaznaczając Użyj ustawień domyślnych.

 

It is a good practice to define common appearance settings for all content in the Appearance tab so that their appearance is consistent.

Restrictions tab

Activity date range

If a start and/or end date and time is selected, then only during the specified time period will the item be displayed.


Number of plays

Maximum number of item displays. about reaching this limit, the item will stop being displayed.


Use this setting if you are displaying ads and the customer has purchased a certain number of impressions.


Playback frequency

Time how often an item should be shown. You don't have to duplicate playlist items to have them played every so often. Just set the repeat frequency option.


Take advantage of this setting if you display ads and have a time specified in your contract for how often an ad should display.


Attention!
Do not set this option for all playlist items, as you may find that no item can be shown due to the restriction.


Run only on demand

The item will not be shown in the playback loop until the program gets a synchronization packet indicating that the item is playing.


Weekly calendar of restrictions

If you select at least one day then only on the selected days and specified times the item will be displayed.

Speech tab

Functionality for the player to read the text associated with an item.

You can support visually impaired people by reading the ads.


Read text

The text to be read when the item is displayed. You can use tags in text (see Tags in text). You can use a different volume level for each element.

 

Voice level

An option to reduce the reading volume of an item. You can set the overall reading voice level in the region configuration.


Effects tab

Effects that modify the source image. They work only for selected types of content.


Crop

IP camera image cropping option.


Adjustments

Settings for contrast, brightness, saturation of the video stream.

Table tab

Tab active only for the content type Table. Allows you to enter data in the form of a table.


You can use additional content formatting tags in the table. See the article Tags in tables.


Interactive tab

Tab for configuring options related to touch mode operation.

Interactive buttons

Option to configure the list of buttons displayed on an item.


Interactive screen saver

If the region works in interactive screen mode, selected slides can act as a screen saver. They will be shown during idle time (no user action for a certain period of time).


Hide interactive menu

If the region is in interactive screen mode, an additional menu is shown at the bottom or top of the screen. It can be hidden for selected slides.


Configuration of interactive buttons is available in the bottom menu of the Content window under the Interactive button.



Synchronization tab (formerly ArtNet)

Shortcut

You can assign a keyboard shortcut that will launch the selected content. The content will be launched even if it is Disabled. So it may not be displayed as a fixed list item, but only on demand.

 

Use the usb remote to launch the presentation video. when you bring guests.


ArtNet


The ArtNet protocol is a communication protocol used in the stage industry to transmit DMX-512 signals over Ethernet networks. It was developed by Artistic Licence and is widely used in stage lighting control, architectural lighting control, and other compatible equipment control applications.


In the Pictor system, the ArtNet protocol is used to force playback of individual content, allowing synchronization of player content and screen regions within a single Ethernet network.


Remember, the option requires enabling Artnet listening in the player's general configuration on the Start tab.


Type of synchronization

  • None - the item does not respond to data received by ArtNet.
  • Play the item when receiving the channel (status > 100) - if the set Channel takes a value above 100 the item will be played (the currently displayed content will be interrupted).
  • Send synchronization packet with high state of the Channel - before playing an item, an ArtNet packet with high state of the selected Channel will be sent, which can be used to synchronize items on other players or regions of the same player.


In the ArtNet protocol, we configure two parameters:

  • Universe - channel set. One Universe covers up to 512 channels. The default Universe is 1 and you can leave it that way for most installations. In case of a large installation or an installation together with other devices, you can choose a separate Universe number for the Pictor installation so that transmissions do not interfere with each other.
  • Channel- can take a value from 0 to 255. Each channel controls the launch of the selected item if its value is above 100. In one playlist, there should be no items that are launched with the same channel number and the same Universe.
Inactive items will not be started despite receiving a packet with a high state of the selected channel.


Using synchronization, you can use the Run Only on Demand option from the Restrictions tab so that an item is not displayed in a loop with other items.


Read more about Art-net at: https://art-net.org.uk/