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Frequently Asked Questions - Screen Location Setup

 
How do I setup a new screen location?

What is ‘Horizontal Orientation’?

What is ‘Vertical Orientation’?

What is ‘Screen Identification Number’?

Where do I find my ‘Screen Identification Number’?

What time slots should I setup?

Will the player shut down my screen when the business closes for the day?

How do I schedule content to run on a screen?

How do I change the Start and End date of content display schedule?

How do I setup to display my content at specific hours of the day?

How do I setup to display my content on specific days of the week?

How do I suspend content from displaying on a screen?

How do I activate content that was put on hold?

How do I add news or other RSS feeds to my display?
 

 

How do I setup a new screen location?
To setup a new screen location, go to Location Setup >> Add New Location
Enter the name of the screen location and click on the ‘Setup new location’ button
On submitting data, you will be redirected to the ‘Location details’ page
Enter all relevant information about the location
Select ‘Screen Orientation
Default setting: Horizontal orientation
Select the ‘Working days of the week’ - This setting relates to the working days of the screen locations
Default setting: All 7 days of the week are considered as working days.
Example: if a screen needs to be non-operational on Saturday and Sunday, make sure the relevant boxes are ‘Unchecked’
Select your ‘Working hours’ of each individual day of the week - This setting allows you to set your start of day, lunch, close of day timing, etc, so that the screen does not stay ON during non-operational hours. This can be set separately for each day of the week for each screen individually
Default setting: 10 AM to 8 PM
Example: if a screen needs to be turned ON at 7 AM on Monday while the start time needs to be 10 AM on weekends (Saturday and Sunday), make sure the relevant boxes are ‘Unchecked’.
The software will monitor the screen and TURN ON / OFF the screen to save power and extend its screen life.
Click ‘Proceed’ to save the information
You will be redirected to the list of your screen locations
Click on the text ‘Activate’ for the relevant screen

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What is ‘Horizontal Orientation’?
Horizontal Orientation’ is when you set your Digital Signage Display TV screen in the horizontal position, similar to way when you watch regular TV.

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What is ‘Vertical Orientation’?
Vertical Orientation’ is when you rotate the position of your Digital Signage Display TV screen by 90 degrees clockwise and view it standing on its side.
 

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What is ‘Screen Identification Number’ and what do I do with it?
The ‘Screen Identification Number’ is used to identify your screen and treat it as a unique point of display. The doPublicity DigiSignware software uses this information to get the correct content and schedule for your screen, every time it connects to the server.

The first time you setup the doPublicity Plug N Play Player (you will need a keyboard / mouse) it will ask you to provide this information. Once you save the ‘Screen Identification Number’, you have no need for the keyboard or mouse to operate the player. You may then remove the keyboard / mouse and operate the player using the ON / OFF button.

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Where do I find my ‘Screen Identification Number’?
This information is available online. To view the ‘Screen Identification Number’ for your screen, go to: Location Setup >> Edit Existing Location>> Select Location
Click on the text ‘Location details’ for the screen you want to view
You will find this information at the top row of the listed information. It is a 15 character number in the format: DPXXXXX12345678

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What time slots should I setup?
 
Select your ‘Working hours’ of each individual day of the week. This setting allows you to set your start of day, lunch, close of day timing, etc, so that the screen does not stay ON during non-operational hours. This can be set separately for each day of the week for each screen individually.

Default setting: 10 AM to 8 PM

Example: if a screen needs to be turned ON at 7 AM on Monday while the start time needs to be 10 AM on weekends (Saturday and Sunday), make sure the relevant boxes are ‘Unchecked’.

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Will the player shut down my screen when the business closes for the day?
Yes, if you have set the screen to close at a particular time (say 9 PM), the software will monitor and TURN OFF the screen at 9 PM to save power and extend its screen life. The software will continue monitoring the screen re-start time and TURN ON the screen at the designated time (say 9 AM, the next day).

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How do I schedule content to run on a screen?
To schedule content to run on a particular screen, go to Location Setup >> Edit Existing Location>> Setup Content
You will see a listing of all your screen locations; select the screen where you need the content to display by clicking on the ‘Add / Edit Content’ text.
To ‘Add Content
Identify the row of the content that you would like to add to the screen
Click on the picture of the calendar next to the Start Date and select the date you would like your content to START displaying from
Click on the picture of the calendar next to the End Date and select the date you would like your content to STOP displaying
Enter the Duration (in seconds) you would like the content to display before the screen refreshes and displays the next content. In case you are setting up only a singular content, enter the duration based on when you would like the content to refresh and display itself again. Typical setting for most Templates: 30 seconds
Enter the Display % of content. Example: If you were to display 4 unique content, you could enter ‘25’ for each of them to display in equal proportion. You may change this number to increase or decrease the frequency of content as you wish
Click on the button to add the content to this screen
Notes:
  1. The content is setup to display 24 hours - This may be changed by Modifying the selection
  2. The content is setup to display all 7 days of the week - This may be changed by Modifying the selection

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How do I change the Start and End date of content that I have scheduled?
To change the Start and End date of scheduled content, go to Location Setup >> Edit Existing Location>> Setup Content
You will see a listing of all your screen locations; select the screen for which you would like to make changes by clicking on the ‘Add / Edit Content’ text.
Click on the picture of the calendar next to the Start Date and select the date you would like your content to START displaying from
Click on the picture of the calendar next to the End Date and select the date you would like your content to STOP displaying
Click on the button to change the Start and End date of the content

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How do I setup to display my content at specific hours of the day?
To setup specific time slots of display for scheduled content, go to Location Setup >> Edit Existing Location>> Setup Content
You will see a listing of all your screen locations; select the screen for which you would like to make changes by clicking on the ‘Add / Edit Content’ text.
Check’ or ‘Uncheck’ the relevant hour box under the ‘Pick hour of day to display’ column
Click on the button to change the display time of the content



Example of content setup to display from 7 AM to 7 PM

Note: Hour 1 (AM) indicates time slot from midnight to 1 AM, while Hour 1 (PM) indicates time slot from noon to 1 PM.

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How do I setup to display my content on specific days of the week?
 To setup content to display on specific days of the week, go to Location Setup >> Edit Existing Location>> Setup Content
You will see a listing of all your screen locations; select the screen for which you would like to make changes by clicking on the ‘Add / Edit Content’ text.
‘Check’ or ‘Uncheck’ the relevant day under the ‘Day of week’ column
Click on the button to change the display time of the content



Example of content setup to display from Monday to Friday, with no display on Saturday and Sunday

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How do I suspend content from displaying on a screen?
To suspend content from displaying on a specific screen, go to Location Setup >> Edit Existing Location>> Setup Content
You will see a listing of all your screen locations; select the screen for which you would like to make changes by clicking on the ‘Add / Edit Content’ text.
Click on the button to suspend display of this content

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How do I activate content that was put on hold?
To activate content, go to Location Setup >> Edit Existing Location>> Setup Content
You will see a listing of all your screen locations; select the screen for which you would like to make changes by clicking on the ‘Add / Edit Content’ text.
Click on the button to resume display of this content

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How do I add news or other RSS feeds to my display?
To add new or other RSS feeds for display on the screen, go to Location Setup >> Top News Box
Enter the Title of the feed
Enter the URL of the feed in the format ‘http://newsfeed.somesource.com/rssfeed’
Notes:
  1. Top News Box – displays its feed in layout styles B, C, D and E
  2. Bottom News Box – displays its feed in layout styles D and E
To view the different layout styles, go to Content Setup >> Edit Template Content >> Edit Layout

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