Step 1     Choose  > Media Management Solution.

Step 2     Click New.

Step 3     Enter a name for the solution and set its categories, and click Next.

Step 4     Select a frame template and click OK. The Solution Settings tab of the frame template attribute page and the week timetable will appear. An example of a solution with only one frameset is shown in Figure 5-2. Description of the page is shown in Table 5-4. If the solution has more framesets, it is required to schedule each of the framesets respectively.

Figure 5-3 The Solution Settings tab

Table 5-4 Description of the Solution Settings tab

No.

Function

Description

1

Schedule buttons

  • Create: Click this button, and the Create dialog box appears.
  • Edit: Select a schedule in the timetable and click this button. Then the Edit dialog box appears.
  • Delete: Select a schedule in the time table and click this button to delete the schedule.
  • Clear: Click this button to clear schedules.

2

Date buttons

  • Day: Show the timetable in day view.
  • Week: Show the timetable in week view.
  • Month: Show the timetable in month view.
  • Schedule: List all schedules and the media contained in each schedule.

3

Common buttons

  • Save: Save configuration.
  • Reset: Restore configuration.
  • Save&Close: Save configuration and close the attribute page.

4

Date switching buttons

  • : Switch to a previous date by day, week or month.
  • : Switch to a subsequent date by day, week or month.
  • Today: Switch the timetable to current day.
  • This Week: Switch the timetable to current week.
  • This Month: Switch the timetable to current month.

5

Schedules

The default way to display timetable is by week.

Step 5     Click dayweek or month to enter relevant timetables. Perform any of the following operations to create the solution.

Step 6     Select a playlist in the Playlist tab of the Create dialog.

Step 7     Select the Play plan tab and set play duration and date or play duration and period.

Step 8     Select the Option tab and set the schedule color displayed in the timetable.

Step 9     After the configuration is completed, click OK. The schedule is graphically displayed in the timetable.

For the timetable in day and week views, the schedules will be displayed side by side in the timetable if the schedules have overlapped timeslot. In Figure 5-4, three schedules in the week timetable are taken as an example. VNNOX supports following operations on the schedules:

Figure 5-4 With overlapped timeslot

Drag the three schedules in Figure 5-4 until they don’t have overlapped timeslots. Then the schedules is displayed as the Figure 5-5.

Figure 5-5 Without overlapped timeslot


Step 1     Choose  > Media Management Solution.

Step 2     Click New.

Step 3     Enter a name for the solution and set its categories, and click Next.

Step 4     Select a frame template and click OK. The Solution Settings tab of the frame template attribute page and the week timetable will appear. An example of a solution with only one frameset is shown in Figure 5-2. Description of the page is shown in Table 5-4. If the solution has more framesets, it is required to schedule each of the framesets respectively.

Figure 5-3 The Solution Settings tab

Table 5-4 Description of the Solution Settings tab

No.

Function

Description

1

Schedule buttons

  • Create: Click this button, and the Create dialog box appears.
  • Edit: Select a schedule in the timetable and click this button. Then the Edit dialog box appears.
  • Delete: Select a schedule in the time table and click this button to delete the schedule.
  • Clear: Click this button to clear schedules.

2

Date buttons

  • Day: Show the timetable in day view.
  • Week: Show the timetable in week view.
  • Month: Show the timetable in month view.
  • Schedule: List all schedules and the media contained in each schedule.

3

Common buttons

  • Save: Save configuration.
  • Reset: Restore configuration.
  • Save&Close: Save configuration and close the attribute page.

4

Date switching buttons

  • : Switch to a previous date by day, week or month.
  • : Switch to a subsequent date by day, week or month.
  • Today: Switch the timetable to current day.
  • This Week: Switch the timetable to current week.
  • This Month: Switch the timetable to current month.

5

Schedules

The default way to display timetable is by week.

Step 5     Click dayweek or month to enter relevant timetables. Perform any of the following operations to create the solution.

Step 6     Select a playlist in the Playlist tab of the Create dialog.

Step 7     Select the Play plan tab and set play duration and date or play duration and period.

Step 8     Select the Option tab and set the schedule color displayed in the timetable.

Step 9     After the configuration is completed, click OK. The schedule is graphically displayed in the timetable.

For the timetable in day and week views, the schedules will be displayed side by side in the timetable if the schedules have overlapped timeslot. In Figure 5-4, three schedules in the week timetable are taken as an example. VNNOX supports following operations on the schedules:

Figure 5-4 With overlapped timeslot

Drag the three schedules in Figure 5-4 until they don’t have overlapped timeslots. Then the schedules is displayed as the Figure 5-5.

Figure 5-5 Without overlapped timeslot