Audio Player

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The players are remote devices, connected to a monitor/TV screen or with an integrated display, playing audio/video content (clips) and an independent audio soundtrack.

A player can be used to play audio only (eg. in-store radios). In the case of mixed use priority will be given to the audio schedule and the audio soundtrack of the video clips will be muted. 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).

 

 

 

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.