Creating the Leader Presentation
- Select New Presentation in the Dashboard
- Select Standard as the Presentation Type
- Enter a Name (for example, "Upper Left")
- Select Start
- This will take you to a new window. Double-click on the zone in the center panel.
- Switch the Interactive slider at the top right to make the presentation interactive.
- Drag your starting image onto the screen to prepare for synchronization as well as a video.
Image 1
Setting the Synchronization Commands
- Add a Timeout event to the image and drag it to the video (see Image 1)
- Add a Media End event to the video and drag it to the image
- Select the Timeout event on the image and open the Advanced tab. Select Add Command:
- Select Link under Command
- Chose Synchronize as the Command Parameter
- Choose the down arrow and then enter "play" as the Keyword (see Image 2)
- On the Media End event on the video, select Add Command:
- Select Link under Command.
- Chose Synchronize as the Command Parameter.
- Choose the down arrow and then enter "stop" as the Keyword.
- You can optionally add a UDP Media event to the image and name/label it "play", and add a UDP Media event to the video and name/label it "stop". Select the UPD Media event icons and under the Advanced tab, select Add Command:
- Select Link under Command
- Chose Synchronize as the Command Parameter
- Choose the down arrow and then enter "play" as the Keyword for the image UDP Media event and enter "stop" as the Keyword for the video UDP Media event
- Select Publish in the top right corner and Save
- This will take you to the Schedule tab. Select a networked unit to play the presentation by clicking the correct box under Networked Units.
- Select Publish. Your display screen will now receive the presentation you sent it over the network.
Image 2
Creating the Follower Presentations
- While the player reboots, return to the presentation in the Presentation tab
- Select Save As and give the presentation a new name (for example, Upper Right)
- Remove the Timeout and Media End events from the image and video and add a Synchronization event to the image:
- Drag the event from the image to the video.
- Enter "play" under Specify synchronization keyword (see Image 3)
- Add a Synchronization event to the video:
- Drag the event from the video to the image.
- Enter "stop" under Specify synchronization keyword
- Select Publish in the top right corner, and Save
- In the Schedule tab, assign this presentation to the correct player (for example, the upper right player) by clicking the correct box under Networked Units
- Repeat these steps until each player has been assigned a separate presentation
Image 3