The players are remote devices, connected to a monitor/TV screen or with an integrated display, playing content (clips) produced, managed and broadcast through the Web Signage platform. Every player belongs to a group, a logic set of player. It is possible to register, display and change the player settings using the platform.
The player configuration must be done after the its registration on the Web Signage platform.
It is possible to create, retrieve, update and delete a player.
| 1. | To create a new record, click on the New button and fill the detail page shown. |
| 2. | To update an existing record, select the desired record from the list and click on the Edit button. An editable detail page is shown. |
| 3. | To delete a record, select the desired record from the list and click on the Delete button. |
The following functions are provided to help you select and search the records:
Find: Performs a search, looking for the text in the box within the record fields. The search is started after pressing the go button.
Group: Is a drop down list containing the list of all groups and the option All. You can use it to filter the list showing all records (All) or all records belonging to a specific group.
Alphabetic buttons
All: All records are shown
[0-9]: Only the records with the value of the first column starting with a number are shown.
[a,b...]: Only the records with the value of the first column starting with the selected letter are shown.
Paging: Using the << (previous page) and >> (next page) it is possible to scroll through the pages if they exceed the maximum number of records displayed in single page..
Display filter
The options available in the Show combo box change following the privileges grant by the user roles.
The Shared option is always visible, the other available options are:
| 1. | Owner: All records owned by the current user are shown. |
| 2. | Service: All records owned by users belonging to current user's service are shown |
| 3. | Area: All records owned by users belonging to current user's area are shown |
| 4. | All: All records are shown |
| 5. | Shared: All records shared by other users are shown. The additional privileges for record change, deletion and in-context task availability are grant by the record owner. |
Meaning of the icons shown in the player list
As well as in the start page, there are four icons used to display the player status:
Indicates that the player is active, meaning that a connection has been established with the platform within the update interval set in the detail page.
Indicates that the player is not connected, meaning that a connection has not been established with the platform within the update interval set in the detail page.
Indicates that the player is not activated yet or that has been disabled.
Indicates that the player is on stand-by as programmed.
Note: A player with the name shown in italics indicates that its configuration has been changed and not published yet.
Player details
The detail page for the selected object contains the record fields, the in-context tasks and the scroll buttons.
The record list available is shaped by the selections and filters applied to the summary. The active filters are shown below the title, at the right of the 
icon.
The Name field is required and is used to identify the Bluetooth sender during a connection with a mobile device (Windows XP only).
The Notes or description field is optional..
The Group list box is used to set the group the player belongs to. In order to create a player at least one group is required.
The Refresh list box is used to set the refresh interval used by the player while checking for schedule or content changes. The update interval spans from 5 minutes to 24 hours.
The Volume list box is used to set the audio volume of the clip soundtrack. The volume spans from 0% (disabled) to 100% (the clip's design volume).
Player registration
The Serial Code field is used to enable the player with the auto-generated code bound to hardware where it is run. The serial code must be copied from the player configuration window and pasted here. To complete the player registration you need to save and publish the settings of the player.
As a simpler alternative, start the Player registration wizard on the player machine and let it do all work (it even creates the player group if needed).
Location
Among the fields that describe the player, there is the possibility to define its geographical location. The location is found using an interactive map where you can search by city and address, or simply clicking with the mouse on the map.
Define the location of the player is useful when a player has features that will depend on its geographical context, such as weather and local news or when a geo-marketing criteria is applied to the content distribution logic.
Display layout
It is possible to configure for each player the presence of fixed information elements, not related to the the area (Stage) used to execute the scheduled content. These elements are called respectively and Ticker Widget. The ticker is associated with a standard RSS feed, from which reads and displays the title fields in sequence using one of several graphic effects available (slide, pop, etc).
A widget is a dynamic flash application which can display, for example, the current time, information on weather forecasts, a queueing system, etc.
Several predefined widgets are available and it is possible to develop and upload custom tickers and widgets linked to external data sources for dynamic information display. In addition to these items, it is possible to define for each layout a background image or texture, and set various display and object positioning properties.
A layout is associated to a player selecting it from the drop down list. The None option will remove the widget and the ticker leaving the stage at full screen. After selecting the layout, confirm your choice clicking on Apply. Changes will be final after saving the player and publishing the player.
A layout preview is shown by pressing the Preview button. A window with the preview of the selected layout is open with real size and proportions. If the size of the selected layout exceeds the size of the current screen, the preview will be scaled proportionally.
A player layout can be:
| 1. | Updated: the saved layout is the same of that applied to the player. |
| 2. | Changed: the saved layout (or one of its objects) has been changed and is different from that applied to the player. In this case the option is shown in light blue and its state is indicated by an icon and a description. |
| 3. | Deleted: the layout applied to the player is no longer available. It will be used by the player until a new layout will be selected and the old layout will be discarded. The option is shown in red along with an icon and a description. |
Screensaver
A screensaver clip is used when the player schedule is empty and when the player is waiting for content download. It is possible to show the screen saver clip periodically(eg. as a network ad) setting the clip length and its frequency. The default screensaver shows the Web Signage logo. It is possible to change it for an existing clip, avoiding clips using those based on the HTML or WEB templates and clip using on line content and thus requiring an active connection to be played correctly. The screen saver execution will not be saved in the playlog.
Bluetooth
The Bluetooth settings are used to enable the function on the player and to configure the resend interval in minutes. The resend interval is used by the player to know how often a content will be sent to the same device. The Bluetooth device status is shown by the icon:
indicates that the Bluetooth hardware is not available or malfunctioning
indicates that the Bluetooth is installed and available.
The Operational state indicates the time of last player connection.
Right below it is possible to enable automatic power management and to program the power on/off times.
Clicking on the On check box the player will be turned on at the time specified (7:00 in the example) and turned off at the time specified beside the Off label (21:30 in the example). The Days check boxes are used to set the days of the week with the player turned on (all days except Sundays in the example).
It is important to note that the settings will be applied after publishing it and the player will download the new settings according with its refresh interval.
The Disabled check box is used to make the player not operative without deleting it. A disabled player will stop the schedule execution and start to show the screensaver.
To better control the player operation it is possible to enable e-mail alerts to notify when the player disconnects and reconnects. It is possible to set different e-mail address for the two events.
For your convenience the player sends to the platform its current screen resolution and orientation. This information is shown in the properties panel.
At the lower bottom of the page, the following buttons are available:
| 1. | Cancel: goes back to the summary leaving the record unchanged. |
| 2. | New: clears all fields and prepares for a new record creation. |
| 3. | Save: This button is enabled only if there is unsaved data. Clicking on it the data is saved and a label showing the last change date and time is shown. |
| 4. | Publish: if enabled by the user role, makes the last changes available to the remote player machine. |
| 5. | Delete: upon confirmation, this button deletes the current record. The record will not be deleted if associated to other objects. |
| 6. | Scroll to first (<<) and to last record (>>) |
| 7. | Scroll to previous record (<) or next record (>) |
| 8. | At the right of the buttons is shown the number of the current record along with the total number of records (record no./record total). |
| 9. | The  icon indicates that there are unpublished changes.To make the last changes available to the player machine a publishing is needed. |