Sharp PN-Y326 User manual

SHARP Content Distributor
OPERATION MANUAL
Applicable models (as of October 2016) Available models differ according to region.
PN-Y326/PN-Y436/PN-Y496/PN-Y556

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................3
System requirements ...................................................3
Operation manual.........................................................3
LCD monitor .................................................................3
System management cautions.....................................4
Flow of operation.............................................................5
Distributing over a network...........................................5
Copying to external memory connected to the
management computer ................................................5
Install ................................................................................6
About this software .........................................................7
Launching the software ................................................7
Exiting ..........................................................................7
About the screen ..........................................................7
Manage panels .................................................................8
About the screen ..........................................................8
Adding or editing a panel .............................................9
Managing panels..........................................................9
Deleting a panel .........................................................10
Exporting a panel list..................................................10
Importing a panel list ..................................................10
Managing the content list .............................................11
About the screen ........................................................ 11
Creating/editing a content list.....................................12
Deleting a content list.................................................13
Copying a content list.................................................13
Exporting a content list...............................................13
Importing a content list ...............................................13
Distributing a content list ............................................14
Copying a content list to external memory .................15
Create schedule .............................................................16
About the screen ........................................................16
Scheduled distribution mode......................................16
Adding or editing a scheduled distribution .................17
Cancelling scheduled distribution mode.....................18
Immediately distributing a scheduled distribution.......18
Checking a distribution log by schedule.....................19
Deleting a scheduled distribution ...............................19
Settings...........................................................................20
Various logs ...................................................................21
Uninstalling ....................................................................23
Display of licenses of
software components used in this software...............24
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Important Information
• Thissoftwarehasbeenshippedafterstrictqualitycontrolandproductinspection.If,however,youndanyfailure,contact
your product dealer.
• 
Undercopyrightlaw,theuseofthisproducttoduplicate,editorotherwisealtercopyrightedmaterialisonlypermittedincases
wheresuchduplicatedoreditedmaterialisforindividualorhomeuse.Ifmaterialisduplicatedand/oreditedbeyondthisscope,
andifsuchduplicatedoreditedmaterialisused,(exceptincaseswheretheuserthemselvesholdsthecopyrightfortheobject
oftheduplicatedmaterialorwheretheuserhasreceivedpermissionfromthecopyrightholder),thiswillconstituteaviolation
of copyright law and may lead to the copyright holder or other parties claiming compensation for damages. Such use should
thereforebestrictlyavoided.Whenusingphotoimagedata,televisionbroadcasts,videosoftwareorsimilarmaterialwiththis
product,theaboveusesthatconstitutecopyrightviolationshould,naturally,bestrictlyavoided.Using,modifying,orotherwise
alteringimagesofotherpeoplewithoutpermissionconstitutesaviolationofportraitrights,andshouldalsobestrictlyavoided.
• Whenshowingtelevisionbroadcasts,videosoftware,orsimilarcopyrightedprogramsand/ormaterialyoumustobtainthe
permission of the copyright holder or copyright holders.
• PleaseunderstandthatSHARPCORPORATIONbearsnoresponsibilityforerrorsmadeduringusebythecustomerora
thirdparty,norforanyothermalfunctionsordamagetothissoftwarearisingduringuse,exceptwhereindemnityliabilityis
recognized under law.
• 
Transcribingorduplicatingpartorallofthismanualand/orthissoftwarewithoutpermissionfromourcompanyisnotpermitted.
• Asapartofourpolicyofcontinuousimprovement,SHARPreservestherighttomakedesignandspecicationchangesfor
product improvement without prior notice.
• Thescreensandproceduresareexamples.ThecontentsordetailsmayvarydependingonthescreencongurationandOS
version,etc.Windows7isusedasanexampleinthismanual.
• Theexplanationsinthismanualassumethatthesoftwareisinstalledinthefollowingfolder(thedefaultfolder).
C:\ProgramFiles\SHARP\ContentDistributor
• ThismanualdoesnotcontainbasicoperatinginstructionsforWindows.
Trademarks
• MicrosoftandWindowsareeitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/or
other countries.
• Intel,Celeron,andIntelCore2DuoaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofIntelCorporationoritssubsidiariesintheU.S.A.
and other countries.
• Allotherbrandandproductnamesaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveholders.

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Introduction
SHARPContentDistributorisusedtobuildanelectronicsignagesystemusingSHARPLCDmonitors.
• Youcancopy(distribute)lesoverthenetworkfor“Autoplayback”toaUSBashdriveorSDmemorycardconnectedtothe
LCDmonitoronwhichthelesaretobeplayed.Youcanalsoeasilycopy(distribute)lesfor“Autoplayback”toaUSBash
drive or SD memory card connected to your computer.
Forinformationon“Auto playback”,seetheoperationmanualfortheLCDmonitor.
• Youcanaccomplishtheentiretask,fromstartuptodistribution,bymeansofsimplesteps.
• Youcaneasilysetadistributionschedule.
System requirements
OS
Windows7(32-bitor64-bitversion),
Windows8.1(32-bitor64-bitversion),
Windows 10 (32-bit or 64-bit version)
CPU IntelCeleron1.6GHzorfaster*
Memory Atleast2GB*
Free space on
hard drive Atleast10GB(freespaceseparatelyrequiredfordatastorage)
Display resolution Full color monitor with a resolution of 1280x1024 or higher
* ThesystemmustmeettheminimumrequirementsforoperationoftheOS.
Operation manual
• ThismanualexplainshowtouseSHARPContentDistributorVersion1.2.
• Thefollowingtermsareusedinthismanual.
Management computer Thecomputeronwhichthissoftwareisinstalled.
Panel LCD monitor
Content(le) Avideoorimageletobedisplayedorplayedonapanel.Pleasepreparecontentlesyourself.
Content list Alistofcontentlesthatyouarrangeintheorderyouwantthelestoplay.
Content information and the playback order are saved.
LCD monitor
Tousethissoftware,themanagementcomputermustbeconnectedtothesamenetworkastheLCDmonitortowhichthe
content will be distributed.
ThefollowingLCDmonitorsettingsarerequired.Tocongurethesettings,changetheinputmodetoamodeotherthan“Media
Player”.
• Congure“LANSETUP”inSETUPmenu.
SetFTPto“ON”.TheTelnetUsernameandPasswordcanbechangedbycontrolcommand.
• Set“POWERSAVEMODE”to“OFF”inSETUPmenu.
• Set“NOSIGNALAUTOINPUTSELECT”to“ON”inSETUPmenu.
• SetthetypeofthelesaretobeplayedautomaticallyinAUTOPLAYoftheSETUPmenu.
* ForinformationonusingtheLCDmonitorsettings,seetheoperationmanualfortheLCDmonitor.
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System management cautions
nBefore use
Beforeusingthesystem,distributethecontentlisttothepanelandplaythecontenttoverifythatitdisplayscorrectly.The
contentmaynotplaycorrectlyifthepanelhasinsufcientprocessingpower.Corruptedlesandunsupportedleswillnotplay.
nContinuous operation of management computer
Whenusingthissoftwarecontinuouslyformorethan24hours,restartthemanagementcomputeronceaday.
nAutomatic start of software
Tohavethissoftwarestartautomatically,setinthesettingsscreen.
nManagement computer power settings
Evenwhenthissoftwareissettoscheduleddistributionmode,thescheduleddistributionwillnotbeexecutedifthemanagement
computerisinsleepmode.Adjustthepowersettingssothatthemanagementcomputerwillnotentersleepmode.
nUsing multiple management computers
Thissoftwareisnotintendedformanagementofasinglepanelbymultiplemanagementcomputers.Beforeregisteringapanel,
make sure that the panel has not been registered by another management computer.
nBackup
Thissoftwaredoesnothaveadatabackupfunction.Duringuse,backup(export)thecontentlistandpanellistregularly.
nExternal memories
Forexternalmemorydevices(USBashdrivesorSDmemorycards)thatcanbeusedwiththepanelandinformationon
connectingmemorydevicestothepanel,seetheoperationmanualforthepanel.
nImages
Whenimagesaresetasthecontent,displayingthesameimageforalongtimemaycauseresidualimageonthepanel.Change
the image at regular intervals.
nContent that can be played
Forthecontentthatcanbeplayed(supportedleformats)onapanel,seetheoperationmanualforthepanel.
nMoving content
Ifyoumovecontenttoadifferentstoragelocation,recreatethecontentlist.
nPanel operation during distribution
Duringdistribution,donotperformanyoperationsonanexternalmemorydevice(USBashdriveorSDmemorycard)thatis
connected to the panel.
nOther software applications
Whenusingthissoftware,donotuseanotherTelnetorFTPclientapplicationatthesametime.

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Flow of operation
Distributing over a network
Distribute(copy)contentlesviayournetworktoaUSBashdriveorSDmemorycardconnectedtothepanel.
Panel (LCD monitor) settings
• ConnecttheUSBashdriveorSDmemorycard.
• Conguretherequiredsettings.(Seepage3.)
Connecting to the network
• Connect the management computer to the same network as the panel.
Launchingthesoftwareandconguringsettings
1. Register the panel
• Registerthepaneltowhichcontentwillbedistributed.(Seepage9.)
2. Create a content list
 • DraganddropcontentlesfromExplorerorothertooltothesoftwaretocreateacontentlist.(Seepage12.)
3. Distribution
 • Distributethecontentlisttothepanelviathenetwork.(Seepage14.)
You can use scheduled distribution. (See page 17.)
4. Play
 • Thecontentautomaticallyplaysonthepanel.
Copying to external memory connected to the management computer
Youcaneasilycopy(distribute)lesfor“Autoplayback”toexternalmemory.
Connecting external memory
• Connectanexternalmemorydevice(USBashdriveorSDmemorycard)tothemanagementcomputer.
Launchingthesoftwareandconguringsettings
1. Create a content list
 • DraganddropcontentlesfromExplorerorothertooltothesoftwaretocreateacontentlist.(Seepage12.)
2. Distribute (copy)
 • Copythecontentlisttoexternalmemory.(Seepage15.)
3. Play
 • Connectexternalmemorytothepanelandplayautomatically.

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Install
Thesetupprogramisrequiredinordertoinstallthesoftware.
ReadythesetupprogramdownloadedfromthewebsiteorontheCD-ROM.
Caution
• Youmusthaveadministratorprivilegestoperformthisprocedure.
1. Exit all running software applications.
2. Double-click the setup program.
• Ifasecuritywarningscreen(“Thepublishercouldnotbeveried.”)appears,click“Allow”.
• Ifthe“UserAccountControl”dialogboxappears,click“Continue”.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
TIPS
• “.NETFrameworkVersion4.5.1”orhighermustbeinstalledonthecomputeronwhichthissoftwarewillbeinstalled.Ifa
messageappearspromptingyoutoinstall“.NETFramework”becauseitisnotinstalledoranolderversionisinstalled,follow
the instructions on the screen to install.

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About this software
Launching the software
1. On the desktop, double-click the “Content Distributor” shortcut icon ( ).
 Youcanalsoclick“AllPrograms”-“SHARPContentDistributor”-“ContentDistributor”fromthe“Start”buttontostartthe
software.
TIPS
• Ifamessagesimilarto“WindowsFirewallhasblockedsomefeaturesofthisprogram”appearsthersttimeyoulaunchthe
program,selectallcheckboxesandthenselect“Allowaccess”.
Exiting
1. Click “ ”.
About the screen
1 4 52 3
1. Content tab
Shows the screen for editing and distributing content list. (See page 11.)
2. Schedule tab
Shows the screen for managing scheduled distributions. (See page 16.)
3. Panel tab
Shows the panel management screen. (See page 8.)
4. Settings icon
Shows the settings screen for the software. (See page 20.)
5. Exit icon
Exit the software.

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Manage panels
Thissectionexplainshowtomanagepanelstowhichacontentlistisdistributed.
Clickthe“Panel”tab.
About the screen
3 4
8
5
7
1
2
6
1. Panel selection checkbox
Selectthepanel.Afterselecting,clickicons3and7.
2. Select all checkbox
Selectallpanels.Afterselecting,clickicons3and7.
3. Check connection icon
Use this to check the network connection status of a registered panel. (See page 9.)
4. New panel icon
Select to add a new panel. (See page 9.)
5. Panel information area
Shows information on the registered panel.
6. Resultofconnectionstatusarea
Shows the connection status. (See page 9.)
7. Panel operation icon area
: Shows a distribution log by panel. (See page 10.)
: Delete a registered panel. (See page 10.)
: Edit a registered panel. (See page 9.)
8. Panel list operation icon area
: Shows the panel list import screen. (See page 10.)
: Shows the panel list export screen. (See page 10.)

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Adding or editing a panel
nAdding a panel
1. Click .
 Theaddnewpanelscreenappears.
2. Enter the information of the panel to be added.
Panelname* Setanamethatenableseasyidenticationofthepanel.
IP Address Set the IP address of the panel. You can check the IP address of the panel in the
“INFORMATION”screen.
Location* You can set the location where the panel is installed and comments.
 * Amaximumof32characterscanbesetforthepanelnameandlocation.Alphanumericcharacters,spaces,andsymbols
canbeused.Thefollowingsymbolscanbeusedinthepanelnameandlocation.
 !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~
 • Click“Advancedsettings”toset“FTP(Username,Password)”,“Telnet(Username,Password)”.
Thedefaultsettingsareshownbelow.Changetomatchthesettingsofthepanel.
FTPUsername: admin FTPPassword: admin
TelnetUsername: Notset TelnetPassword: Notset
3. Click “OK”.
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• A maximum of 20 panels can be registered.
nEditing a panel
1. Select the panel you want to edit.
2. Click .
 Theeditpanelscreenappears.
3. Change the items you want to edit.
4. Click “OK”.
Managing panels
nCheck the connection status
1. Select the panel you want to check.
2. Click .
 Checkthenetworkconnectionstatusoftheregisteredpanel.Theresultofcheckconnectionappearsintheresultof
connection status area.
OK Thepanelisconnectednormally.
ERROR Theconnectionwasnotconrmedduetoaproblem.

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nChecking a distribution log by panel
1. Select the panel to be checked.
2. Click .
 Checkthedistributionlogoftheregisteredpanel.Thedistributionlogbypanelconsistsofthefollowinginformation.
Date and time Date and time of distribution
Result Distribution result (See page 21.)
Resultdetails Details of distribution result (See page 21.)
Schedule Schedule name (indicated if distributed by distribution schedule)
Content list name Name of distributed content list
IP Address Information (IP address) registered in the software
Location Information (location) registered in the software
3. Click “OK”.
Deleting the Panels
1. Select the panel or panels to be deleted.
2. Click .
3. Click “OK”.
Exporting a panel list
You can save the current panel list. All panels will be saved.
1. Click .
2. Specifythenameandsavelocationofthepanellistle,andclick“Save”.
 Thepanellistle(.pnl)issaved.
Importing a panel list
Youcanrestoreapanellisttothestateitwasinbeforeitwasexported.Ifascheduleddistributionisset,reselectthepanelin
the scheduled distribution.
TIPS
• Whenyouimportapanellist,thecurrentlyregisteredpanelsaredeleted.
1. Click .
2. Read the cautions and click “OK”.
3. Selectthepanellistle(.pnl)tobeimportedandclick“Open”.
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Thissectionexplainshowtomanagethecontentlistsdisplayedonapanel.
Clickthe“Content”tab.
About the screen
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1. Distribution icon area
Distribute or save a content list that you created.
: Shows the distribution screen. (See page 14.)
: Shows the scheduled distribution edit screen. (See page 17.)
: Shows the external memory save screen. (See page 15.)
2. Refreshicon
Refreshestheinformationshowninthecontentlisteditarea.
3. Content list selection area
Select the content list to be edited or distributed.
4. Content list icon area
Create or edit a content list.
: Create a new content list. (See page 12.)
: Change the name of the selected content list. (See page 12.)
: Delete the selected content list. (See page 13.)
: Make a copy of the selected content list. (See page 13.)
: Show the content list import screen. (See page 13.)
: Show the content list export screen. (See page 13.)
5. Content list edit area
Shows the content registered in the selected content list.
6. Content icon area
Add or delete content.
: Show a screen for selecting content to be added. (See page 12.)
: Delete the selected content from the content list. (See page 13.)
7. Thumbnailiconarea
Changesthumbnailsofthecontentles.
: Do not rotate content thumbnails.
 :Rotatecontentthumbnails90°totheleft.
 :Showcontentthumbnailsinlarge,medium,orsmallsize.
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Creating/editing a content list
nUsablecontentles
Theleformatsthatcanbeusedforcontentareindicatedbelow.Forthecontentthatcanbeplayed(supportedformats)ona
panel,seetheoperationmanualforthepanel.
Imageles .jpeg.jpg
Videoles .wmv
• Donotusealethatislargerthan2GB.
nCreating a new content list
1. Click .
2. Enter a name for the content list and click “OK”.
 Thecontentlistiscreated.
nChanging a content list name
1. Click .
2. Change the name of the content list and click “OK”.
 Thecontentlistnamechanges.
nAdding content to a content list
1. Select the content list to which you want to add content.
2. DraganddropacontentlefromExplorer,orclick andaddacontentle.
TIPS
• Amaximumofupto50contentlistscanbesaved.
• Amaximumofupto30contentlescanbeaddedtoacontentlist.
• Contentlistsaredividedintoimagecontentlists( ) and video content lists ( ),dependingonthecontentaddedrst.
Images and video cannot be mixed together in a list.
• YoucanselectmultiplecontentlesinExploreranddraganddropthemallatonce.
• Thecontentlesareaddedasthumbnailstothecontentlisteditareainorderfromlefttoright.Thenameoftheleanda
numberindicatingthepositionoftheleintheplayorderappearbeloweachthumbnail.
• ThedisplayedthumbnailsarethesameasthethumbnailsthatappearinExplorer.
• Ifthecontentlelinkhasbeenbrokenbecausethecontentlewasmovedorthenamechanged,theiconbelowappears.
Deleteandre-addthecontentle.
• Youcanaddthesameimagetothecontentlistseveraltimesinsuccessiontoshowthatimageforalongertimethantheset
changingtimeoftheslideshow.However,displayingthesameimageforalongtimemaycauseresidualimageonthepanel.
Takecaretochangetheimageperiodically.
• Youcancopycontentsinthe“Contentlisteditarea”toanothercontentlistbydragginganddroppingthecontentstotheother
listinthe“Contentlistselectionarea”.
• Youcansortthecontentlistbydraganddrop.
• Bydragginganddroppingcontenttoacontentlistinthecontentlistselectionarea,youcancopycontenttoadifferent
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nChangingtheplayorderoflesinacontentlist
1. Selectthethumbnailofthecontentle.
2. Drag the thumbnail to change the order.
nDeletingthecontentlesfromacontentlist
1. Selectthethumbnailsofthecontentles.
2. Click .
 Youcandeletetheregistrationofthecontentlesinacontentlist.TheleswillnotbedeletedfromExplorer.
nEditingthecontentsofacontentle
1. Double-clickthethumbnailofthecontentle.
 Thesoftwareapplicationassociatedwiththecontentlelaunches.
2. Editthecontentle
3. Whenyouhavenishededitingandsavingthecontentle,updatetheinformationwith .
Caution
• Whenyouedit,theoriginalleinExplorerisedited.
Deleting a content list
1. Select the content list to be deleted.
2. Click .
3. Click “OK”.
 Thecontentlistisdeleted.
TIPS
• Whenyoudeleteacontentlist,anyschedulesinwhichthecontentlistissetarealsodeleted.
Copying a content list
You can make a copy of a content list.
1. Select the content list to be copied.
2. Click .
 Thecontentlistiscopied.
Exporting a content list
You can save a content list.
1. Select the content list to be saved.
2. Click .
3. Specifythenameandsavelocationofthecontentlistle,andclick“Save”.
 Thecontentlistle(.clist)issaved.
Importing a content list
You can import a saved content list.
1. Click .
2. Selectthecontentlistle(.clist)tobeimportedandclick“Open”.
3. Specifythesavelocationofthecontentlistle,andclick“SelectFolder”.
 Acopyofthecontentlistinformationandcontentleissavedinthesavelocation,andthecontentlistisadded.

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Distributing a content list
Youcandistributethecontentsofacontentlist(copythecontentstoaUSBashdriveorSDmemorycardconnectedtoapanel
in a format that enables auto play).
1. Select the content list to be distributed.
2. Click .
 Thescreenbelowappears.
3. Select the checkboxes of the panels to which you want to distribute the content list.
 Todistributetoallpanels,selectthe“All”checkbox.
4. Click “OK”.
 Thecontentlistisdistributedtotheselectedpanels.
5. When distribution is completed, the distribution result appears. Check the result and click “OK”.
 Tocheckdetailedinformation,click“Showdistributionlog”.Thedistributionlogconsistsofthefollowinginformation.
Date and time Date and time content list was distributed
Result Distribution result (See page 21.)
Resultdetails Details of distribution result (See page 21.)
Content list name Name of distributed content list
Panel name Information (panel name) registered in the software
IP Address Information (IP address) registered in the software
Location Information (location) registered in the software
TIPS
• Duringdistribution,donotperformanyoperationsonanexternalmemorydevice(USBashdriveorSDmemorycard)thatis
connectedtothepanel.Thedatamaynotbeproperlyretained.
• Ifyoucancelwhiledistributionisinprogress,thepanelpowermayturnoffordatamaynotbeproperlyretained.
• Ifdistributionwasnotsuccessful,youcanclick“Redistribute”toretrydistribution.
• DistributionwillnotbepossibleifthereisinsufcientfreespaceintheUSBashdriveorSDmemorycard.Inadditionto
spaceforthecontent,workingspaceisalsorequired.Makesurethatthefreespaceissufcientlylargerthanthecontentto
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Copying a content list to external memory
Youcancopythecontentsofacontentlisttoanexternalmemorydevice(USBashdriveorSDmemorycard)connectedtothe
managementcomputer.Thecontentsarecopiedinaformatthatenablesautoplayonthepanel.
TIPS
• Youcanconnecttheexternalmemorywiththecopiedcontentstoapaneltoautomaticallyplaythecontentsofthecontent
list.Forexternalmemorydevicesthatcanbeusedandtheproceduresforoperatingthepanel,seetheoperationmanualfor
the panel.
1. ConnecttheUSBashdriveorSDcardtothemanagementcomputer.
 MakesuretheUSBashdriveorSDcardiswritable.
2. Select the content list to be copied.
3. Click .
 Thescreenbelowappears.
4. Select the external memory to which the contents will be copied and click “OK”.
 • Thecontentsarecopied.
 • Ifacontentlist(autoplayles)hasalreadybeensavedintheexternalmemory,thecontentlistwillbeoverwritten.
5. Click “OK”.
6. Execute the removal process for the external memory and remove the external memory from the management
computer.
Whenyouconnecttheexternalmemorywiththecopiedcontentlisttothepanel,autoplaystarts.
TIPS
• Copyingwillnotbepossibleifthereisinsufcientfreespaceintheexternalmemory.Makesurethattheamountoffreespace
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Thissectionexplainshowtosetaschedulefordistributionofacontentlist.
Clickthe“Schedule”tab.
About the screen
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1. Scheduled distribution selection checkbox
Selectascheduleddistribution.Afterselecting,clickicon5.
2. Select all checkbox
Selectallscheduleddistributions.Afterselecting,clickicon5.
3. Execute scheduled distribution icon
Activate scheduled distribution mode and execute distribution according to the schedule. (See below.)
4. Scheduled distribution information area
Shows information on the set scheduled distribution.
5. Scheduled distribution icon area
: Shows distribution log by schedule. (See page 19.)
: Delete set scheduled distribution. (See page 19.)
: Edit a set scheduled distribution. (See page 18.)
: Immediately distribute a set scheduled distribution. (See page 18.)
Scheduled distribution mode
• Tousescheduleddistribution,changethesoftwaretoscheduleddistributionmode.Scheduleddistributiononlyfunctions
when the software is in scheduled distribution mode.
• Youcanactivatescheduleddistributionmodefromthedialogboxthatappearswhenyouaddascheduleddistribution(page
17) or from (above).
• Ifscheduleddistributionissetwhenyoulaunchthesoftware,scheduleddistributionmodeactivates.Youcanalsosetthe
software to not start in scheduled distribution mode (page 20).
• Whileinscheduleddistributionmode,youcannotmovetothe“Content”tabor“Panel”tab,oraddascheduleddistribution.
• Evenwhenthesoftwarestartsinscheduleddistributionmode,ascheduleddistributionwillnotbeexecutedifthe
managementcomputerisinthesleepstate.Adjustthepowersettingssothatthemanagementcomputerwillnotentersleep
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Adding or editing a scheduled distribution
nAdding a scheduled distribution
1. In the content list management screen, select the content list that you want to schedule for distribution.
2. Click .
 Thedialogboxbelowappears.
3. Specify the scheduled distribution settings.
Set the items below.
Select panel Selectthepanelstowhichthecontentwillbedistributed.Todistributetoallpanels,select“All”.
Schedule name Specify the schedule to be set.
Only schedules that have not been set will appear.
Content list
Thecontentlistnametobedistributedappears.
Thiscannotbechangedwhenthescheduleddistributionisbeingsetfromthecontentlist
management screen.
Day of week Select the day of week on which the content will be distributed.
Time Select the time at which the content will be distributed.
4. Click “OK”.
5. The screen for activating scheduled distribution mode appears. Click “OK” or “Cancel”.
 • Click“OK”toactivatescheduleddistributionmodeandstartscheduleddistribution.Whileinscheduleddistributionmode,
youcannotactivatethe“Content”tabor“Panel”tab,oraddascheduleddistribution.
 • Click“Cancel”tonotactivatescheduleddistributionmodeandcontinueworkinginthesoftware.
TIPS
• Amaximumofupto7scheduleddistributionscanbeset.Toaddascheduleddistributionwhen7havealreadybeenset,
delete a previously set scheduled distribution.
• Whenscheduleddistributionsaresetonthesamedayofweekandtime,thescheduleddistributionthatappearsatthetopof
thescheduleddistributioninformationareawillbedistributedrst.Remainingscheduleddistributionswillbedistributedwhen
the previous scheduled distribution is completed.
• Ifthetimeforascheduleddistributionarriveswhileapreviousscheduleddistributionisstillinprogress,thescheduled
distribution will start after the current scheduled distribution is completed.
• DistributionwillnotbepossibleifthereisinsufcientfreespaceintheUSBashdriveorSDmemorycard.Inadditionto
spaceforthecontent,workingspaceisalsorequired.Makesurethatthefreespaceissufcientlylargerthanthecontentto
be distributed.

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nEditing a scheduled distribution
1. Select the scheduled distribution to be edited.
2. Click .
 Theinformationofthesetscheduleddistributionappears.
3. Edit the items.
4. Click “OK”.
TIPS
• Youcanchangethecontentlisttobedistributedbyscheduleddistributioninthescheduleddistributioneditscreen.
Cancelling scheduled distribution mode
1. Click .
Scheduled distribution mode is canceled.
TIPS
• Whilescheduleddistributionmodeisactivated, appearson“Schedule”tab.
• Youcanalsocancelbyclickingthe“Content”tabor“Panel”tab.
Immediately distributing a scheduled distribution
You can immediately distribute a set scheduled distribution.
1. Select the scheduled distribution to be distributed immediately.
2. Click .
Distribution is executed.
TIPS
• Whenascheduleddistributionisdistributedimmediately,thedistributionresultdoesnotappear.Theresultisrecordedinthe
distribution log by schedule.
• Ifyoucancelwhiledistributionisinprogress,thepanelpowermayturnoffordatamaynotbeproperlyretained.

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Checking a distribution log by schedule
1. Select the schedule to be checked.
2. Click .
 Youcancheckthedistributionlogbyscheduleofasetscheduleddistribution.Thedistributionlogbyscheduleconsistsofthe
following information.
Date and time Date and time of scheduled distribution and immediately distributed scheduled distribution
Result Distribution result (See page 21.)
Resultdetails Details of distribution result (See page 21.)
Content list name Name of distributed content list
Panel name Information (panel name) registered in the software
IP Address Information (IP address) registered in the software
Location Information (location) registered in the software
3. Click “OK”.
Deleting a scheduled distribution
1. Select the schedule to be deleted.
2. Click .
3. Click “OK”.

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Settings
Thesectiondescribesthesettingsscreenofthissoftware.
Click to display the screen below.
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1. Show the version information of the software.
2. Select to automatically activate scheduled distribution mode at startup when a scheduled distribution is set.
3. Select to not show the startup message screen.
4. Select to use power management on the management computer.
“Thepowerwillturnoff(shutdown)atthespeciedtime.”or“Willrestartatthespeciedtime.”Selectaradiobuttonandset
the time.
5. Select to automatically start the software when you log on.
6. Selecttoadjustthepaneltimetothemanagementcomputertimebeforedistribution.