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Updated : 2016/06

Introduction to SignApps Express


Download and Launch
Introduction to User Interface
How-to

Edit Playlist
Edit Presentation
Edit Schedule
Export Playlist
Firmware Update

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Easiest digital signage software


Any average user can make professional digital sign with it

Flexible with media content types


Video, image, audio, PowerPoint and HTML5

Auto discover all players on LAN network


No need of IT person to get start

Video

PowerPoint

Image

Image
Video

Widgets

Music
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Install SignApps Express to your Windows PC (WindowsVista/7/8/10)


Design the content to show on screen from template
Export your content to screen via network or USB

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Download SignApps Express package


http://support.iadea.com/forums/21368854-SignApps-Express

Double click the package file to install, setup wizard will take you through the
process

After installation, double click the shortcut to launch SignApps Express

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Introduction to User Interface

User Operation Flow


Main Menu
Template List
Presentation Editor
Schedule Editor
Event Editor
RS-232 serial protocol configuration
Light Bar Control
Save/Load Playlist

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Start SignApps Express

Create new playlist or start from existing


playlist
Add presentation from template
Edit presentation (add text, image, video,
widget or logo)
Edit schedule

Already
have
playlist?

Create new playlist

Yes
Select template

Select from existing playlist

Add more event schedule if needed


Add more presentation if needed

No

Edit
presentation

Export to player
Edit
Schedule

Export to Player

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Add more
presentation

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Tool bar
- File
- Language option
- Help information
Playlist name field and
Playlist create button
List of existing Playlists
Playlist preview and info
The associated players of
the playlist
Refresh button
Player name, IP, status
Adding player manually by
its IP

New

1 Template

filter

2 Available

templates

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2

Show all
templates
when no filter
is selected
Multiple filter
selection are
allowed

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Back to Main menu

Edit Playlist
Schedule

Save and export

Select export target


(player or USB)

Discard all changes

Editing zone

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1 Volume control
2 Screen off control
3 Switch presentations
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4 Expand/Hide tool menu


5 Editing zone
6 Zoom options
7 Fit options
8 Change content
9 Confirm/Cancel change

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Media list for this zone


Add more media files
Media information
Thumbnail
File name
Options

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Add event schedule


Existing events
Event information
Time slot
Event Day/Date
Event Type
Add new
presentation to
current event
Enable event trigger
for devices
Existing
presentations in
current event
Presentation
thumbnail and
duration

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Name of the event


Event type (available when add new event)
Recurrence type
Day picker for weekly event
Time slot
Day picker for monthly event
Day picker for specific day event
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How-to
Edit Playlist
Edit Presentation
Edit Schedule
Export Playlist

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Double click a template to make your selection

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Move mouse around the editing zone, editable


area will be highlighted
Click to start editing

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Simply drag and drop media


from file explorer to the zone to
add media files (mp3 audio file
not supported)
Select a zone then expanding
the option panel
Use the
button to add more
media to the zone
Use the
button to add
special media to the zone
Widget
A/V input

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Tip: drag and drop media to


change the playback order

Focus (image only) and Fit


option can be configured from
editing zone directly

Playback duration and other


options can be configured from
Option dialog, to launch the
Option dialog:

New
Icon

double click on media item


click right mouse button and select
Option..

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Tip : To select multiple


items, click the first item, press
and hold down the Ctrl key, and
then click the next item

Browse other media to


replace it

Zoom-in / out
(Tip: mouse wheel also works)

Drag to change image


focus

Confirm / Cancel

Configurable options:
Playback duration
Display Option:
Crop/Fit/Stretch

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Fit

Stretch

Add video files to a zone, a


video thumbnail will display
here

Display options :
Fit or Stretch

Double click the video to


preview the playback in
Windows application

Configurable options:
Display option: Fit /Stretch

Note: only 1 zone is


allowed to contain video
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Add PowerPoint file to a


zone, a thumbnail will display
here
Choose to fit inside
the zone or stretch the
PowerPoint to the zone
Double click the file to edit in
PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint
2003/2007/2010/2013/2016
must be installed in same
computer
Configurable options:
Display option : Fit/Stretch
Unspecified slide duration :
duration for each slide

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Click on LOGO icon to edit


LOGO (LOGO only
supported in limited
templates)

Zoom-in / out
(Tip: mouse wheel also works)

Drag to change LOGO focus


Configurable
options: N/A

Note: LOGO zone do not


support looping playback

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Add widget to a zone, a widget


thumbnail will display here
Configurable options :

Widget

Supported Options

Common
Options

Playback duration : seconds


Color: background color
foreColor: text color

Clock

timeFormat : 12h/24h

Calendar

timeFormat : 12h/24h
Align: right/center/left

Weather

Cities: type city name listed HERE


Scale : C/F
New
Key: worldweather online API Key

RSS

Urls: RSS URL


Writing direction: Right to Left/Left to
Right

Webpage URL: website URL

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Choose one of the empty


templates to use ticker
In the Tools panel, check Ticker to
enable it
Select a preferred ticker mode
from one of the options:
Personal text:
to display text content from a .txt file
Widget:
to display a widget in the ticker zone
(ex. RSS widget or custom widgets)

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Configurable options for personal


text

Options

Notes

File

Path to the .txt file

Duration

Playback duration in seconds

Size

The text size of the ticker


Available options:
small/normal/large

Effect

Transition effect of the ticker


Available options:
Static: no transition effect between
lines
Crawl: ticker crawls from right to
left
Scroll: ticker scrolls up

Background Select ticker zone background


color
color from color palette
Background Level of transparency of the
opacity
ticker background

Text color

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Select text color from color


palette

After enabling the


ticker, you can:
Change the location of
the ticker to Bottom or
Top
Adding more .txt file or
widgets to the zone

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Click a price to edit

Edit any text from


pop-up message

Change any Text

Change any logo

Change any images

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Toggle Logo
display

Change color
theme in one click

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Toggle
background
music

Click edit to open music


playlist menu to add/remove
background music

Note: background music only works with image or PowerPoint presentation. If


presentation contains video, an information message will show up to ask user to remove
video from presentation before adding background music
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Appear when
more than 1
presentation
exist in same
schedule

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Click Edit schedule to enter schedule editor

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1 Click Add event schedule


2 Edit the event schedule
3 Select template
4 Edit the newly added presentation

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1 Specify event name


2 Choose an event type ( available only
when add event)
Presentation
Screen off

3 Select recurrence type and the day


4 Select the playback period
All day
Specific time slot

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Weekly
Check/uncheck the weekdays

Monthly
Enter days separated by comma
Or period connected by dash
Ex: 1,5,9,15-18 will play on 1st ,5th ,9th
,15th ,16th ,17th ,18th of each month

Specific day
Pick start day and end day from the
calendars

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Default presentation is the initial


schedule which is defaulted to play
24/7.It has lowest priority, will be
surpass whenever there are
overlapping with other schedule.

As shown on diagram at the left,


specific day(s) event has the highest
priority of playback when schedules are
overlapping, Monthly schedule has 2nd
highest priority then it's weekly schedule.

Among same recurrence type, newly


added schedule takes higher priority
( e.g. Weekly 2 is the newly added
schedule )

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1 Click Add presentation


2 Select template
3 Edit the newly added presentation

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1 Right click a presentation and select


Duplicate to
2 Select a destination:
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Current schedule
An existing schedule
New event schedule

1 Right click a schedule and select


Duplicate OR click duplicate button of a
schedule
2 Edit schedule of new event
3 Click OK to save new event

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1 Enable event trigger


2 Add trigger to current presentation

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Touch
Button

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Motion
Sensor

PIO-101

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Name of the trigger event


Trigger type: simple trigger or motion sensor
Schedule up to 10 simple triggers
Advanced control for simple trigger
Advanced: control button light effect
Advanced: option to disable interrupt for the trigger
Advanced: option to disable loop back to default presentation
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Manage display on/off by sending serial command to player via


1. Select target playlist then enable serial
RS-232 protocol.
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3.

protocol (RS232)
Configure Commands(Ascii or Hex), Baud
rate, Send EOL, Video on (display power
on),Video off(display stand by).
Modify serial protocol configured value of
serial protocol if necessary

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1. Choose HD 10 signboard layout


2. The settings will list in Presentation setting

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1. Click Enable light bar


2. Choose Change color along
contents
Blink interval: Set up the interval
that light bar blinks.
3. User can set up different light bar
color for each content.
Light bar button: User can choose
color
from color table

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1. Choose Change color


independently to playlist
2. Blink interval: Set up the interval
that light bar blinks.
3. Color button: User can choose
color from color table.

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Save all the contents and playlists on drives.

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Click Save playlist from menu


Choose the destination
Tick the playlist which will be saved
Click save

Save all the contents and playlists on drives.

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1. Click Save playlist from menu


2. Choose the location of *.pls
3. Click save

1. Click Load playlist from menu


2. Choose playlist file from drive
3. Show playlist loaded to destination

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Next to export your task via USB or via network

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Choose Save and


export to USB

Select a location to
save

If the target player


device has a security
password, please
enter the password
here.

Once save to USB successfully, there are files in USB drive:


SMIL folder
config.xml (Only if users set a password in last step)

And also can see another 2 files in SMIL folder:

media folder
index.smil

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Insert the USB to target device and the system will run the
SMIL automatically.

Note: If system doesnt run the SMIL, please check if there is a security password set
for the system.
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Scan devices on your network or


add them by typing their IPs
Select devices for export
After export, the selected
players will be associated with
this playlist
Note:
If a player is already associated
with another playlist, it will show
what playlist being associated
previously here

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Export
status
displays
here

User can navigate away


to continue work on
other playlist
Export status displays
in main menu as well

After export, the players are associated with the playlist and will be listed under the
playlist in the main menu
You can also assign player to playlist by dragging player and drop to playlist in the
main menu

Associated
players

Drag and drop


to add

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Click Help Firmware update


Select firmware
package
Select players to
update

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For Business Inquiry


contact
IAdea Sales Support
sales@IAdea.com

For Technical Support


contact
IAdea Technical Support
support@IAdea.com

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