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Harris® InfoCaster™ User Guide

1. 121 Add Inca Port Items 143 Add Inca Port Content 144 Add a Temperature 145 Temperature Items Overview 146 Temperature Quick Editor 148 External Data Sources 15 Use External Data Sources 152 Use Text Files as Data Source 156 Link to XML RSS Data Feed 170 Create ODBC Data Source 175 Add Database to ODBC System List 178 Link Item to ODBC Data Source 180 Schedule Playback Sequences 193 Schedule Playback Overview 194 Schedule InfoCast Pages I9S Schedule Region Items 201 Change Sequence Display 209 SOU TERRES eane ienee 210 Table of Contents Output 217 Output Overiew s csscecastrcniecin 218 Preview Before Playback 219 Play MIMOCASE teste ots rc acs ta ea ts 220 View Playback s t20 16ers texan sas 22l Appendix 225 Additional Tasks 0cceee 226 Log Output eeraa 227 Change Preferences 00064 229 Introduction 2 Welcome to InfoCaster Inscriber InfoCaster is an exciting out of the box communications solution that produces powerful attractive multi zone broadcast quality page layouts for immediate display on video monitors to capture and inform your audience Start InfoCaster Program Monitoring Feature Exit InfoCaster Restart InfoCaster To start InfoCaster double click on the InfoCaster icon on your compu
2. 144 Safe Title Area 58 26 Still Items eee 56 Temperature Items 146 Transparency 2 0 0 0 204 Video Clips 000 eee 108 Video Items 00000 106 Add Item command 44 Add Page command 18 Add Region command 28 Analog Clock Builder 123 Analog Clock Quick Editor 121 Analog Clock Region Items Add Blank Item 120 Add workflow 120 121 Analog Clock Quick Editor 121 Analog Clock Regions Draw Tool eeeeeeeeeeee 30 analog clocks add log note 0 08 123 adjust transparency 123 Analog Clock Builder 123 create Photoshop clock 121 POSILION Sarren oh 122 SAVE S pree taa a n S 123 SCal SIZE naano an 122 Animation Importer 94 Animation Quick Editor 92 Animation Region Items Add Blank Item 0064 90 Add workflow 0cce000 9 Animation Importer 94 Animation Quick Editor 92 TitleMotion ccc cece 92 Animation Regions Draw Tool 0 0ecceeeeee 29 Arrange Region command 32 Arrange Regions 04 36 Arrange Regions command 36 Audio Addeen 75 OPON nni 76 Audio Ducking Level 231 Audio Regions Draw Tool iessen haois 30 Auto Delete Shared Files 230 Auto Save InfoCast 10 Automatically Add Items to Se QUENCE 2s eescteas
3. 0000ecceeee 31 Draw workflow 5 26 LOCK EE E ET 36 Move mrda 35 Open siete 42 Overlap pree daea 36 Pointer tool 000000 28 Pop back region 30 32 PreViCW 0eccceeeeeeeeeeeees 37 RENAME 00 ceeeeeeeeeeeees 35 Reposition 0 0ceeeee 35 RESIZE toreek eisit 35 Roll region 00cceeeeeeee 29 Select zano reoot 42 Select Draw tool 28 Send Backward 066 36 Send to Back ceeeeee 36 Still region cccccceee 29 Switch to Regions window 24 Temperature region 30 Video region 0000eee 29 Workflow 0ceeeceeeeeeee 23 Regions button 0005 24 Regions command 24 Regions menu Add Region 00ccee 28 Arrange Region n 32 Arrange Regions 04 36 Delete Region 000064 35 Edit Item Sequences 43 GPU Acceleration 219 Lock Region 000008 36 Pop back Regions 30 32 Preview All Regions 37 Preview Region 0 06 38 Show Grid Lines 27 Show Page Without Adorn 38 Show Safe Title Area 26 Regions window 0054 26 Display Grid Lines 27 Preview content 37 Switch tO aedo ecisewesens 24 Rename Pages 2 iteskedsereotend tees 20 REGIONS neiere aereis 35 Rename command 10 Rename Item command 35 R
4. 113 Table Quick Editor Rolls 88 TitleMotion Stills 65 Video Clip Quick Editor 108 X XML Data Feed link TO Naa 170 XML Data Source Ser UD auren ar 172 InfoCaster 239 240 InfoCaster Technical Support InfoCaster 241 Technical Support You can get InfoCaster technical support from several places Technical Support from dealer Contact your dealer first Since your dealer helped you configure your system your dealer is also the best resource for system configuration issues and problems If your dealer can t help you If your local dealer is unable to resolve your technical support problems contact Inscriber Technology Corporation Please have your software serial number available when you contact Inscriber Technical Support Your serial number can be found in a number of places including software packaging on the dongle and on your InfoCaster CD ROM e Email support inscriber com You can also post a technical support question on our web site and our support staff will answer your Questions Product Updates You can download product updates from our web site or you can use one of these methods to receive updates e Web site www inscriber com e Email support inscriber com 242 Technical Support InfoCaster
5. 197 Page Sequence o n 196 REGIONS osca iiionoosoissin ose 35 Shared Media Files 230 Delete command 12 Delete Region command 35 Desktop Video Window 219 Details panel Pages civics cic eees 16 REGIONS errosa ss 35 Digital Clock Quick Editor 100 Digital Clock Region Items Add Blank ltem 684 98 234 Index InfoCaster Add workflow cee00 99 Digital Clock Quick Editor 100 Digital Timer Quick Editor 103 Digital Clock Regions Draw Tool cccceeeeeeeeee 29 Digital Timer Quick Editor 103 digital timers count Gown seeeeeeeee 104 COUNEUP peered 104 Format option 103 From option 00006 104 hours minutes seconds 103 S ParatOLs oo eee 104 set leading zeros 104 Start point 104 SLOP POINE inensis 104 TO Option nesccaine 104 Display Change Pages window 17 GridhineS nens Sass 27 Playback Position 224 Safe Title Area 0 00 0 26 Display Playback Position 224 Display Safe Title Area 26 Draw Tools Analog Clock Regions 30 Animation Regions 29 Audio Regions 4 6064 30 Crawl Regions 066 29 Digital Clock Regions 29 Pop back Regions 30 Roll Regions 000006 29 Still Regions 000 29 Temperature Regions 30 Video Regions 0 004 29 Duplica
6. 221 Content Set Offline Graphic 197 Copy InfoCast c0ccceeeeeeee sees 10 Page ooon reri a a S e 18 Region Item 000eeee 53 count down digital timers 104 count up digital timers 104 Crawl Quick Editor 8l Crawl Region Items Add Blank Item 44 80 Add workflow 0000065 80 Crawl Quick Editor 8l Crawl Regions Index InfoCaster 233 Draw Tool ceccceceeeeee 29 create analog clocks 0000006 123 PSD analog clock 121 Creating More Text Lines 44 60 ODBC Database 175 D Data Tags socccideeecceticicset 152 Database Add to System List 178 Create in MS Access 175 Create in MS Excel 177 Default Settings Audio Ducking Level 231 Auto Delete Shared Files 230 Change Auto Logging 232 Change Log File Location 232 Crawl Direction 230 Image File Lifetime Interval 229 Load Last InfoCast 229 Offline Graphic 230 Output Aspect Ratio 231 Roll Direction 230 Set Keep Log Days 232 Store InfoCasts In 229 Store Shared Media Files In 230 VGA Aspect Ratio 231 Delete InfoCast ccccceeeeceeeeeeee 12 Item in Region 0004 54 Item in Sequence 204 Page in InfoCast 20 Page in Sequence
7. Less than 15 OR vimp Equals 20 Value In this example InfoCaster outputs table rows with an ID less than 15 or an ID that equals 20 so rows 1 14 and row 20 184 External Data InfoCaster Select a column heading from the Column list for the selection criteria The Operator and Value condition applies to the selected column For example select the city column from the Column list select Equals from the Operator list and enter Toronto in the Value text box InfoCaster outputs the row of data where Toronto is listed in the city column selection criteria Use Advanced Selection Criteria v Column Operator Value city Equals Toronto amp ID city temp pop current 5 Timmins Sc 10 SUNNY 6 Wawa TE 10 SUNNY 7 Sudbury sc 20 CLOUDY 8 Ottawa VC 60 RAINY 9 Kingston 12 C 60 RAINY table 10 Toronto 13 C 40 CLOUDY an Simcoe 1SC 20 SUNNY entry 12 London 12 C 20 CLOUDY Results Layout cityTag tempTag popTag currentTag output _ Toronto 13 C 40 CLOUDY results Other examples for using the selection criteria option e Ifyou select city from the column list select Equals from the Operator list and enter Toronto in the Value text box InfoCaster only outputs the table row that includes the entry Toronto e Ifyou select city from the column list select Greater Than from the Operator list and enter Milton in the Value text box InfoCaster outputs the table rows w
8. 00004 22 4 Add Items 00000000 40 S SEQUENCE ec cece eee eeees 194 6 OUtPUE oe 218 ADOUE soseste 2 EXit iscdinveregecs ees EE 2 Network Manager option 4 Player Licences 0 006 4 Purchase Options 4 SUM earainn aaeoa 2 InfoCaster CD command 8 II InfoCasts Add Items 0 c 00cceeeeeee 40 Add Pages aino Ss sk 18 Add Regions 60 00 22 GClOSE r aE eens 12 Definition 00 00eee 5 Delete raaa oes 12 Ep Ortan eo Siete E 10 IMPON pesse ana 9 Ope ar seanina esn a e 5 Rename 0 00cceeeeeeeee ees 10 SAVE teense elec S Meese n eea ei 10 Schedule Playback 19S Internet Text Files on 00 008 162 Items Add Content with Editor 50 Add More 00cc00eeeeeeeees SI Add to InfoCast 668 44 Change Item Display 53 Create e EIR Sia 40 Delete in Sequence 204 Duplicate sorses rese 53 a i EEE EE 45 OPEN oraren disita 40 Open Content Editor 44 Open Region 00 eeee 42 RENAME eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 35 Select Region 000 06 42 Switch to Items window 43 Workflow eeeeee cece eee 4l Items command 0 43 Items Library Change Display 53 Items menu Add Item osana troa 44 Delete Item in Library 54 Delete Item in Sequencer 204 Display Playback Position 224 Duplicate Item 004 53 Edit I
9. Chessic nscriber 10 Edges Heightiao S iesdngo Edge ower Face Shean Widih a7 gt kamngos risa Rotstiono S Sento Smi apo To add graphics click on the Graphics plane button at the top of the screen Use the tools in the Tools palette on the right side of the screen to draw ENI pl ine stil Rs graphics plane To create an animation click on the animation button at the 5 top of the screen to switch to the Animation Editor FX ra Select File gt Save TitleMotion closes See the TitleMotion Essentials manual that came with InfoCaster or refer to TitleMotion s Online Help menu for further information on using TitlemMotion 66 Add Still Items InfoCaster Create a Template Format InfoCaster Item with Template Edit Content in TitleMotion or in Content Editor After you add TitleMotion content to the TitleMotion item you can edit the content of the TitleMotion item in TitleMotion or in a Content Editor e To edit the content in the TitleMotion application right click on the TitleMotion item in InfoCaster then select Edit with TitleMotion from the list e To edit the content with the Title Roll Crawl or Animation Quick Editor right click on the TitleMotion item then select Edit Item with Title Roll Crawl or Animation Quick Editor from the list The commands in the list vary according to the type of item you create in TitleMotion Note The Formatting tab in the Title Roll Crawl
10. e Display the region borders with a still image in selected regions only Select the region then select Regions gt Preview Region To remove the still image display from a region select the region then deselect Regions gt Preview Region e Display each region with a still image representing the content but without region borders Select Regions gt Show Page Without Adornments 38 Add Regions InfoCaster Pick Eon APIT A LEITCH 13 05 InfoCaster a Vet bye INSCRIBER STUDIO HD Real t Add Items to Regions Add Region Items Overview Once you have drawn regions on a page in your InfoCast you can add content to your regions Each region opens in the Items window A region type becomes available in the Items Science West window You use the content editors to IMAX today features Into the Deep create region items You can add multiple items to a region You can add a blank item to the region to make the region transparent during playback espace SIRTERED When you schedule the playback sequence for the region you can set when you want P T Re each item to air in the region For example the video region in our example here plays 7 50pm a butterfly video clip followed by a space video clip hildren get to train on the same equipment NASA uses to prq 40 Add Content InfoCaster Workflow A U N Open an InfoCast See Open an InfoCast on page 5 Add pag
11. second 60 frames NTSC second 30 frames PAL second 25 frames You can output your InfoCast so that it starts playing the content that is scheduled to play at specific times in the playback sequences of your InfoCast pages and region items For example if you have a sequence of three items with a sequence start time of 1 00 PM and each item is set to play for one hour starting playback at 2 30 PM would set item number two to play With your InfoCast project open click the Play button on the main toolbar at the top of the screen Alternately you can right click on the page in the Pages window then select Play Page from the menu or you can select File gt Start Playback P owen em o pee Play from location in sequence On Air You can output your InfoCast so that it starts playing the content on the first page and the first region item in your page and item sequence list Right click on the pages or region items sequence window below the sequence list then select Start Playback from the First Page C Sequence 2 Add Sequence Start Playback From The First Page Display Sequence As gt Click the Stop button on the main toolbar at the top of the screen to stop the output Alternately you can select File gt Stop Playback View Playback While your InfoCast is on air you can view the InfoCast in two locations e The Preview window at the bottom left corner of your InfoCaster screen e The selected output de
12. 7 Show Tags warningTag warning all Ih v External Data Sour Use Advanced Selection Criteria Show all new da Operator Transition D E Transition Duration Item Duration Results tog Note Ex Help __ Advanced Formatting lt Back cancel ok External Data InfoCaster 187 Apply Color to Data Use the conditional formatting options to apply color to specific data Select the column that will aa le San di sp ay the color formatti ng SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms CLOUDY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms on output In this example SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms InfoCaster will apply the SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms color formatting to the data in SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms CLOUDY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms 1 1 the warn Ing column RAINY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms RAINY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms bo an Ene OO Ser Er i Er a r CLOUDY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms Data Formatting Column city temp pop current warning Add Prefix Add Suffix lt Conditional Formatting Hide item or color warnYN EH if Select a column Set the formatting conditions In this example InfoCaster applies the color formatting to the data in the war
13. Link to Linear Text The following information describes how to set InfoCaster to read data File directly from the linear text file On output the text displays line by line 1 If necessary complete steps S in the previous section Link Item to Text File on page 160 2 In the Select Text Access dialog choose the Read Data Directly from the Text File option and then click OK to move to the next dialog Select text access mmes Read data directly From the text file O Read data through ODBC driver 3 In the Select Text Sources dialog click on the Choose button 4 In the next dialog box select the location of your text file e Select the Local Files Browsing option if your text file is located on your hard drive or a local network e Select the HTTP FTP Files Browsing option if your text file is located on an HTTP or FTP website 5 Click OK 6 Complete the following steps based on your selection Local Files Local Files Browsing HTTP FTP Files Browsing 162 External Data InfoCaster Browsing or HTTP FTP Files Browsing If you selected Local Files Browsing complete the following steps a Inthe Open dialog select your text file b Click the Open button If you selected HTTP FTP Files Browsing complete the following steps a Inthe Internet File Browser dialog enter the address of the HTTP or FTP site in the Current Path box The address must start with http or ftp b Logon to the si
14. Open the Analog Clock Quick Editor from the Items window 1 Double click on an analog clock region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Analog Clock Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button InfoCaster ships with a number of analog clocks located in InfoCaster Analog Clock Builder Samples Clocks The clock file uses the extension analogclock or psd 1 To add content click on the Choose button 2 In the Open dialog open the NTSC or PAL folder depending if you want an NTSC or PAL clock The folders are located in the InfoCaster Analog Clock Builder Samples Clocks folder 3 Select a clock and then click Open To create a custom clock in Adobe Photoshop you must add the clock elements on specific layers 1 In Photoshop open a new document 2 Add the following six layers in the Layers palette hour minute second face axis center Add Analog Clocks InfoCaster 121 3 Add your clock elements to the appropriate layer fe oa agg es pja Of Lg E p We e Hour Place the image of the hour hand on the hour layer e Minute Place the image of the minute hand on the minute layer e Second Place the image of the second hand on the second layer e Face Place the image of the clock face on the fa
15. e Select Regions gt Edit Item Sequences to switch to the Items window to schedule the region s playback sequence About the Items Window The selected region opens in the Items window The Items window contains the following components e List of content editors for that region type e Toolbar e Items Library that displays all the items in the region e Sequencer with options and its own toolbar Items toolbar Fie Edt Rems Took Help V Sequence Settings 1200 00 am gt Ohl Omi tis Cureton Content editor list Items Library Items Sequencer Add Content InfoCaster 43 Open a Content Editor You use a content editor to add and edit region item content Some region types have more than one content editor You can add as many items as you want in a region To Add Items 1 About Blank Items Select a region in your InfoCast page layout and switch to the Items window See Open Region in Items Window on page 42 for details Select the content editor from the drop down list in the Items window Alternately you can select Items gt Add Item then select the editor from the list Click on the Add button beside the content editor list The content editor opens A description of the editors for each region type is provided after the next section below Also each of the next 10 chapters documents a region type and all of the content editors that pertain to it Fie Edt Rems Took Help EB phon Byrom Eros
16. 4 8 Il NOW ateiname 7 Rename 0ceceeeeeeeeee ees 10 SWEAS enorer rieien 10 Save tO CD ou ceeceeeeeceeeeees II Start Playback 220 Stop Playback 44 220 Font Formatting 48 Assets 73 Format Item with Template 60 Still Items eee 60 Format for digital timers 103 Formatting FONG ora e Ps eedodecapaceses 73 formatting text create templates 67 with template 67 From option digital timers 104 G General tab Preferences 229 Get from CD command 8 GPU Acceleration 219 GPU Acceleration command 219 Graphic Import into Region 69 Update When Source Changes 70 Graphic Importer 5 69 H Help Menu 0 ceeeeeeees 4 TOOMT ips oces 28 hours set for digital times 103 HTTP FTP Region Items 660064 162 ICG file for templates 67 Image Import into Region 69 Maintain Aspect Ratio 70 Scale to Fill Region 70 Update When Source Changes 70 Image File Lifetime Interval 229 Import InfoCastsS ccceceeeeceeeeeeeee 9 Pages EEA 18 Import command 0 66 9 Import Page command 18 Importing ODBC Data 084 175 Inca Port Region Items Add Auietestetis iis tetas 144 InfoCaster l Open InfoCast n os 5 2 Add Pages 00cceee 14 3 Add Regions
17. Add Content InfoCaster 47 Digital Timer Quick Editor Create a digital timer that counts up or down Display the day month and date See Digital Timer Quick Editor on page 103 Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Video Editors Video Clip Quick Editor Import a video file into the selected region See Video Clip Quick Editor on page 108 Live video uk Editor Add Blank Item Live Video Quick Editor Set the region to display live video See Live Video Quick Editor on page 113 Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Analog Clock Analog Clock Quick Editor Editor Use the Analog Clock Quick Editor to import an analog clock into your layout By default the time displayed by the clock is the local time provided by your computer clock See Analog Clock Items Overview on page 120 g Quicl Add Blank Ttem Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Audio Editor Audio Quick Editor Use the Audio Quick Editor to add audio to the page layout to play when you output the audio region Adjust the volume add a delay and select a frequency Play Once or Loop See Add Audio on page 75 ud
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19. Open InfoCast Double click on a page to add regions Draw a region Open a content editor Double click on a Set playback sequence region to add content Add content 194 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Schedule InfoCast Pages Schedule the playback sequence of the pages in your InfoCast using the options in the Sequencer on the Pages window You can set up one or more sequences with one or more pages for playback By default a sequence Sequence I is automatically added to the sequence list and the first page layout in your InfoCast project is set up for output New pages that you create or import are not automatically included in the page sequence for output Add sequence Select sequence and adjust sequence settings Sequencer A V Sequence Settings Start Sequence At 12 00 00 AM Default Transition Snap v Duration 0 0 Js Softness 0 Museum Exhibits v Sequence 1 12 00 AM Specials EIMTIWTIEFIS Museum SIMTWTIFIS v Sequence 2 6 30 PM v Sequence 3 7 00 PM Page Name Page Size VY Page Settings Play ThisPage On sun Mon Tues M Wed Thurs Fri MZ sat C Dont Play Before 2 28 2005 Don t Play After Page Duration 0 h 30 m 0 s Transition Snap w Duration 0 0 s Softness Drag
20. Refer to chapters about adding region items starting with Add Items to Regions on page 39 You can preview a still image of each region item on your page layout in the Regions window workspace See Preview Regions on page 37 for details If you select Desktop Video window as your output device as explained in Select Output Device on page 221 your InfoCast outputs to your computer monitor You can use this method to test your layouts before outputting to the public GPU Acceleration uses your system s graphics processing unit GPU instead of the central processing unit CPU to accelerate certain effects GPU Acceleration is available for progressive VGA output By default it is enabled in new layouts If you are updating an InfoCast that has been created in an earlier version of InfoCaster you need to enable GPU Acceleration To enable GPU Acceleration switch to the Regions window then select Regions gt GPU Acceleration gt All Regions On It is recommended that you leave GPU Acceleration on Output InfoCaster 219 Play InfoCast There are two ways you can output your InfoCast starting from the beginning of the sequence or starting from the scheduled time During playback the ON AIR indicator at the top right corner of the screen lights up Animations play back at the frame rate of the playback device Play at Scheduled Time Play from Start Stop InfoCasts 220 Output InfoCaster ATI
21. 2 In the New Page Layout dialog box name the new layout Duplicate Page To add a copy of an existing page to your InfoCast 1 Select the page in the Page Library 2 Click on the Duplicate button on the Pages window toolbar Alternately you can select Pages gt Duplicate Page A copy of the page is added to the Page Library Import Page You can import pages that were exportedwith the Export Play Page Page command as explained in Export Page on page 19 edt page New Page 1 Right click on a blank space in the Page Library then _ impart Pave Rename Page select Import Page from the menu Alternately you Duplicate Page can select Pages gt Import Page Export Page Delete Page Display Library As gt 18 Add Pages InfoCaster Export Page Edit Page Layout 2 In the Import Page dialog box double click on the folder that is named after the page you want to import then click OK Import Page Look in olun D E 7 N CO DirectX90c 4 5 Infocaster 1 3 Installs My Recent 3 Infocaster 2 0 Install 1 002402054 C5593231 Documents Passmark SRECYCLER J System Volume Information Desktop My Documents J My Computer aoe l J Cx F Cancel My Network To save your page to a new location on your computer without breaking any file paths referenced by the page export the page Note Copying and pasting a page to a new location can Play Page break referenced file paths Edt Page New
22. 43 Log Viewer 00ccceeeeees 227 Pages sete cede 8 16 Plasma Display Control 223 Preview Playback 221 Regions onesies 24 ToolTips command 28 Track Item Position 224 transparency adjust for analog clock 123 Transparent Add Blank Item 204 Tree View list ABOUb keeren oxen 3 Select Page ccececeeeeees 16 Switch to Regions window 24 Triggers aaneen e 210 U Utilities Configuration 004 221 vV VGA Aspect Ratio 231 Video Clip Quick Editor 108 Video Region Items Add Blank Item 6 106 Add workflow 0066 107 Live Video Quick Editor 113 Video Clip Quick Editor 108 Video Regions Draw Tool seeeeeeeeeee 29 W Workflow Add Analog Clock Items 120 121 Add Animation Items 9 Add Crawl Items 80 Add Digital Clock Items 99 Add Items to Region 4l Add Pages to InfoCast IS Add Regions to Page 23 Add Roll Items 6 85 Add RTXport Content 144 Add Still Items 58 107 Add Temperature Items 147 Add Video Items 107 Analog Clock Quick Editor 121 Animation Importer 94 Animation Quick Editor 92 Crawl Quick Editor 8l Digital Clock Quick Editor 100 Digital Timer Quick Editor 103 Draw Regions 06 26 Live Video Quick Editor
23. Check the Display Graphic Overlay checkbox to enable the overlay options 2 Click the Choose button and open your graphic file as prompted When the graphic first loads the image displays in the editor s Preview window at 100 of its original size 3 Check the Scale checkbox to enable the scale options Use the scale options to set the display options for your graphic e Check the Maintain Aspect Ratio checkbox to display the graphic at the aspect ratio stored in the image file Clear the checkbox to size the graphic to the aspect ratio of the region The graphic may 110 Add Video Items InfoCaster appear distorted if you do not maintain the aspect ratio e Use the Scale slider to resize the graphic Click the Best Fit button at the end of the scale slider to scale the graphic to the dimensions of the region If the Maintain Aspect Ratio option is selected the graphic may not completely fill the width or the height of the region 4 Click and drag the image in the editor s Preview window to reposition the graphic Add Audio You can mix audio use the clip s audio or disable audio on the Audio tab InfoCaster Video Clip Quick Editor Name snowboard Content Overlay Audio Enable Audio Clip Audio Source O External Audio File a Level 70 C Enable Audio Ducking Z Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Save Switch to the Audio tab To disable audio clear the Enable Audio chec
24. For example your data source may be unavailable if your data source is stored on a network and the network is down e Select Never if you want to play the last data available to InfoCaster when the data source is unavailable e Select Always if you want to expire the last data available to InfoCaster when the data source is unavailable e Select After and enter a time to set how long the data source can be unavailable before the data is expired The time is displayed in hh mm ss hours minutes seconds When Data Expires Sets what InfoCaster displays when the data has expired e Select the Don t Show Item option if you do not want to play items that have expired e Select the Show Custom Message option if you want to display a message when the data has expired Type in your custom text in the field Click OK to apply your settings and move to the next dialog e If you are linking to a linear text file where InfoCaster reads the data directly from the text file complete the steps in the next section Link to Linear Text File on page 162 e If you are linking to a multiple column text file where InfoCaster reads the data through an ODBC driver and retains column formatting complete the steps in the section Link Item to Database Text File on page 164 e If you are linking to a text file ODBC database complete the steps in the section Link to Database on page 180 External Data InfoCaster 161
25. Overlay tab The selected Overlay graphic displays over the live video 1 Check the Display Graphic Overlay checkbox to enable the options InfoCaster Live Video Quick Editor Name Untitled Live Video 1 Content Overlay Audio Display Graphic Overlay Size 25 100 Duration Auto add to sequence Help J Cancel Ji Save 2 Click the Choose button then open your graphic file as prompted 3 Check the Scale checkbox to enable the scale options Use the following scale options to set the display options for your graphic e Check the Maintain Aspect Ratio checkbox to display the graphic at the aspect ratio stored in the image file Clear the checkbox to size the graphic to the aspect ratio of the region The graphic may distort if you clear the checkbox If you maintain the aspect ratio part of the graphic may extend outside the region s boundaries e Use the scale slider to size the image to fit your region while maintaining the image aspect ratio e Click on the Best Fit button beside the slider to size the graphic to the best fit possible If the Maintain Aspect Ratio option is selected the graphic may not completely fill the region 4 To reposition the graphic drag the image in the editor s Preview window The Duration field displays the set duration of the live video or the playback duration for the graphic You cannot edit the Duration field when live video is
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27. Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout Note You can create your own templates in TitleMotion Next switch to the Audio tab to play audio with your content Save your work in the editor Set up your playback sequence as explained in Schedule Playback Overview on page 194 60 Add Still Items InfoCaster Table Quick Editor Select the Table Quick Editor to quickly create columns for external data in your still or roll region item You can connect each line to a different data source See About External Data Sources on page SI for details Add content on the Content tab Format headers on the Headers tab Format column rows on the Row Formatting tab Add audio to the region item on the Audio tab InfoCaster Table Quick Editor Name EBI Content Headers Row Formatting Audio Number OF Columns 1 Header Use First Entry From Database O Custom Setup Data Source Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Save J Open Content Open the Table Quick Editor from the Items window Editor 1 Double click on a still region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Table Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button SetColumna
28. Video Clip Quick Editor InfoCaster Video Clip Quick Editor Import a video file into the selected region Select which segment to play and set se display options on the Content tab X j apply graphics to overlay the video orason on the Overlay tab and adjust audio wa ml gt m j Ful 00 00 00 01 Trimmed 00 00 00 00 settings on the Audio tab See Video Clip Quick Editor on i page 108 g 25 50 v Auto add to sequence Log Note Cancel Save e Live Video Quick Editor InfoCaster Live Video Quick Editor Set the region to display live video Name Select hardware sources for video and ICAT TEF audio or link to a streaming media iets file on the Content tab apply a source graphic overlay on the Overlay tab and ponerse adjust the audio settings on the Audio SH tab URL Windows Media Video Stream C ct JA See Live Video Quick Editor on Show Ful Screen Duration o0 00 30 00 page 113 scale Maintain Aspect Ratio Invert Fields e eee g e Add Blank Item Auto add to sequence Cancel Save To make the region transparent during oone playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 106 Add Video Items InfoCaster Workflow 1 Draw a video region in the Regions window 2 Switch to the Items window and add or edit content 3 Format the content or apply other options as desired
29. be able to select other regions select Regions gt Pop Back Regions again to remove the checkmark To apply a pop back region see Set Triggers on page 210 To add content to your regions see Add Items to Regions on page 39 34 Add Regions InfoCaster Adjust Region Settings In the Details panel below the Region workspace you can change settings for the selected region These options are the same for all the region types fe ag Hurem asn Sequence 3 Q uss Sequence 1 a Sequece 1 SO 4 Cot Sequerce l X iis rot Sequence 1 S EB Le Opel Clack Sequence 1 oR 17 Anenation E Seance l fca 5 D iB e Hi l Video Video C Lock Sre and postion Regen Permesons E left 109 FromTon 307 Wath 164 ae iog ths Regen Veo agii 7 Details panel Rename To give your regions descriptive names enter a new name for the selected Regions region in the Name field below the Regions workspace Press ENTER to apply the change Alternately you can select Items gt Rename Item Reposition You can change the position of regions on your page layout in two ways Move Regions e Enter values in the From Left or From Top field below the Regions workspace for precise positioning This places the selected region a certain number of pixels away from the left or top of the layout e Drag the region item in the Regions workspace using the Pointer r tool Resize Regions You can
30. box See Change S se y 8 8 8 Preferences Preferences on page 229 226 Appendix InfoCaster Log Output You can log the playback of region items A new log file is created each day so the playback of an entire day is stored in one log file You can automatically set all regions to be logged change the log file location or change the number of days a log file is kept on your system Log Region Playback View Log File To create a log file of all the times the content of a region is aired check the Log This Region checkbox in the Details panel below the Regions workspace as explained in Log Region Playback on page 36 Each day InfoCaster creates a new log file that contains the playback information of the entire day To view the log file after you output the project select Tools gt Log Viewer The Log Viewer opens displaying the log file for the current day Inscriber Log Viewer InfoCasterPlayback log 2005 03 17 0 iclog File View Window Help Player Name Page Name Region Name Event Name Start Date Start Time Stop Date Stop Time Duration ILS 0217 Museum Museum Still1 Still 2005 03 17 14 49 42 2005 03 17 14 49 48 00 00 06 IL5 0217 Museum Museum Roll Rolli 2005 03 17 14 49 42 2005 03 17 14 49 55 00 00 13 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Still1 Stilli 2005 03 17 14 49 49 2005 03 17 14 49 56 00 00 07 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Still Stilli 2005 03 17 14 49 57 2005 03 17 14 50 04 00 00
31. box enter a This will create a CD set containing the current InfoCast name for the CD ROM in Please Name This Disc i i the Please Name This Infochannel Disc field Comments Optional 4 Set your options as follows To add notes about the EER project to the InfoCast file Start Playing InfoCast enter them in the feted Loading InfoCast Comments field The O t a 5 12 2005 comments appear when Save hae oe Files you import the project from the ROM To automatically load the project to the InfoCasts folder C InfoCasts when you import the InfoCast from the CD ROM check the Enable Auto Load checkbox To set a playback start time for the page check the Start Playing InfoCast checkbox then choose one of the following options which apply after the page is imported from the CD ROM e To start playback as soon as the InfoCast is copied to the InfoCasts folder choose Immediately Upon Loading InfoCast e To set the playback time for the project choose the At option and enter a start time and date If you do not want to set the playback start time clear the Start Playing InfoCast checkbox To put the InfoCast file in a central location for shared referencing check the Save Shared Media Files checkbox See Store Shared Media Files In on page 230 for details 5 Click the Burn CD button to copy the InfoCast to the CD The Progress bar displays the level of completion state 6 When the burn is completed click Done t
32. button to set the safe title area back to 86 of the screen e Click on the Slide Bar radio button to enable the slide bar Use the Slide Bar or Percent field to set the safe title area as a percentage of the screen e Click on the radio button next to the Left field to enable these fields Enter values in the Left Right Top or Bottom fields to set the boundary a certain number of pixels from the left right top and bottom of the screen Display Grid Lines on Regions Window To display grid lines on the Regions window to help you draw and line up your regions select Regions gt Show Grid Lines ESO E BSC Add Regions InfoCaster 27 Select a Region In the Regions window select the region tool that corresponds to the type Tool of content you want to add using one of these methods e Select a tool on the left side of the screen You can also select the Pop Back Region tool from the Regions window menu as explained in Pop Back Region Tool on page 30 e Select Regions gt Add Region then select the region tool from the second command list File Edit Regions Tools Help ie pon Bee i lim Qn OB om AmE PageLayout D Sequence 1 g Details Stil E Name Lock Size And Postion Poston 62 Fromieft 39 FromTop 26 woth 188 Hegne tea Tis Region Type S select tool draw region Note To see the name of buttons
33. change the size of regions on your page layout in two ways e Enter pixel values for the selected region in the Width or Height field below the Regions workspace for precise positioning e Drag the region s corner or side border in the Regions workspace R using the pointer tool Delete Regions To delete the selected region use one of these methods Add Regions InfoCaster 35 Lock Region Size amp Position Adjust Overlapping Regions Designate Player Permissions Log Region Playback e Right click on the region then select Delete Region from the menu e Select Regions gt Delete Region To prevent the selected region from being resized or repositioned you can lock the region using one of these methods e Check the Lock Size and Position checkbox below the Regions workspace Name Video Lock Size And Position Position 349 FromLeft 109 FromTop 307 Width 184 Height L Log This Region Type Video e Select Regions gt Lock Region You can still switch to the Items window and edit content when a region is locked To unlock a region remove the checkmark To change the layering order of regions in your page layout use one of these methods e Drag the region up and down in the Tree View list Drag the region up to move the region in front of other regions or down to move the region behind other regions e Use the options in the Regions gt Arrange Region menu If you pur
34. click on the page in the Page Library or in the Tree View list Double click to open the page in the Regions window Switch to With the page selected in the Pages window switch to the Regions window Regions e Double click on the page in the Page Library or in the Tree View list Window e Click on the Regions button on the main toolbar e Click on the Edit button the Pages toolbar e Select Tools gt Regions e Select Pages gt Edit Regions e Right click on a page in the Pages window then select Edit Page from the menu Select page Switch to Regions window tile Edit Pages Tools Help aj new Ey open Gy Pag s E Regions ga Items Qr Q Stop ff Pages Infofast Dra New Edit Rename Duplicate Import Export Delete z PageLayout Page Name PageLayout Page Size 6 67 KB 24 Add Regions InfoCaster The page opens in the Regions window which contains the Region draw tools the Regions page layout workspace and a region Details panel Pointer tool amp InfoCaster 2 0 beta f foCast Regions workspace Region Details selected page Region Draw tools Add Regions InfoCaster 25 Draw Regions On the Page After you selected a page and switched to the Regions window draw regions on the page layout You can display the safe title area and grid lines on your workspace to help you position your regions Workflow To draw regions on a page 1 Select a region tool in the Regions window
35. completely opaque Background Sets background color Color Shadow Adds a shadow to the text checkbox Shadow Sets the scene Custom button shadow distance Distance pixels softness Softness pixels opacity color Opacity 70 and position cow E O O Yo Position O Oo 059 Apply Template You can apply formatting from a TitleMotion template to your title crawl Formatting and roll items 1 In the Title Roll or Crawl Quick Editor switch to the Formatting tab and select the From File option 2 Inthe next dialog box select the icg template file The formatting from the template file is applied to the current item 74 Add Still Items InfoCaster Add Audio You can add audio to your region items or you can add audio directly to your layout When you add audio to your layout the audio plays independently from the other content in the layout You can import an audio wav mp3 or wm2 file Add Audio to Adding audio to your layout allows you to play an audio file independently Layout from all other layout items 1 To add audio to your layout select the Audio region tool 2 Draw an audio region on your layout 3 Double click on the audio region to switch to the Items window 4 Select the Audio Editor from the content editor drop down list 5 Click the Add button to add a new region item Apply Audio You can apply audio to the audio region item or to any item in your layout Opt
36. content editor click Save InfoCaster outputs the selected table entries from your ODBC data source during playback Apply Advanced The advanced formatting options allow you to display specific data in a Formatting to different color hide specific data during output format numeric data and Data add a string of text before or after your data In this example we only want InfoCaster to display the Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms warning if there is a Y in the warnYN column Select Database Items K Selected Database WeatherUpdate_Access city temp pop current Kenora z 10 SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms ThunderBay 8 10 cLouDY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms _ _ _ Geraldton f 10 SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms Inca Station Title Moosonee 20 SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms Timmins 7 10 SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms Name Title Wawa ei 10 SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms Sudbury 7 20 CLOUDY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms Content Formatting Ottawa 60 RAINY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms Kingston i 80 RAINY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms Tags Toronto s 40 cLouDY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms tempTag popTag currentTag Source Column Sort Direction tempTag temp Select a column il Ih popTag pop il Ih currentTag current ill Ih warningTas From Ext
37. default location of the InfoCasts folder see Store InfoCasts In on page 229 Save Copy To save a copy of your InfoCast to the same location 1 Select File gt Save As 2 In the Save As dialog box enter a new name for the InfoCast and click Save InfoCaster saves the selected page to your default InfoCasts folder Note Copying and pasting an InfoCast to a new location can break file paths that are referenced by the InfoCast Rename To save the InfoCast with a different name select File gt Rename then enter the new InfoCast name as prompted Save Export to To save your project to a different location on your computer without New Location breaking any file paths referenced by the InfoCast use the export option Note Copying and pasting an InfoCast to a new location can break file paths that are referenced by the InfoCast 1 Select File gt Export 2 Inthe Export dialog box select a new location for the project and click OK Use the import option File gt Import to open exported projects 10 Open InfoCasts InfoCaster Save to CD To burn an InfoCast project to CD you must have a properly configured CD ROM burner CD Read Write drive connected to your system 1 Insert a formatted recordable CD ROM disk into your CD Read Write drive 2 In InfoCaster select File gt InfoCaster CD gt Save To CD 3 In the Save InfoCast To 5 Save InfoCast To Disc Disc dialog
38. full five minutes and the 10 00 sequence will begin at 10 02 3 Clear the checkbox if you want the next sequence to start at the correct time no matter what is currently playing Set Item You can use item settings to set the playback of individual region items Settings within your sequence You can set the item to play on specific days of the week set the item to not play before or after a specific date set the item to play for a specific length of time and set the transition for the item 206 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Click on an item in the sequence to select it The Sequence Settings panel changes into the Item Settings panel Still Still Item Library Item Settings Play This Item On sun JmMon Jtues M wed Elthfs rri M sat Play Item Between 3 09 40 AM and Don t Play Before 6 2005 C Don t Play After Durati Still Copy Table2 ane Litim i s Transition x Duration s Softness v Sequence 1 Table2 Select item and adjust Item Settings Set Days of the Week for Playback You can set which days of the week your item will play 1 Select an item in the sequence list 2 Inthe Item Settings panel select the checkbox beside the day s of the week that you want your item to play 3 Clear the days of the week that you do not want the item to play You can also click on the buttons that appear beside the ite
39. hats SI B Background Add to ltem ecceee neers 74 Add to Region 0006 32 Blank Items 0066 204 Brief View button 209 Bring Forward 000006 36 Bring to Front 00006 36 build analog clocks 123 Button Analog Clock Regions 30 Animation Regions 29 Audio Regions 664 30 Crawl Regions 0 66 29 Digital Clock Regions 29 Display Names 0 045 28 temsa aeeie eer 43 Pages ic desssusceenussdesereetes 16 Region Permissions 36 REGIONS aerer uniia 24 Roll Regions 000 066 29 Still Regions 29 Temperature Regions 30 Video Regions 00066 29 C CD Open InfoCast on 06 8 Save InfoCast to 66006 ll Change Auto Logging 00 232 Library Display 53 Log File Location 232 Output Device 4 221 Page Display 000006 I7 Region Order 000006 36 Sequence Display 53 clocks add log note analog 123 Analog Clock Builder 123 count down timers 104 count up timers 104 position analog clock 122 save analog clocks 123 scale size analog clocks 122 Close command 0066 12 Close InfoCast ccceeeee 2 Conditional Playback 210 Configuration Utility
40. hector Soot Opee component R Y Show SecontHans Shona Py S Add Analog Clocks InfoCaster 123 124 Add Analog Clocks InfoCaster Add Inca Port Items Add Inca Port Content nv With the purchase of the Inca Port option you can display layers of data created in your RTX application in the Inca Port region in your layout The Inca Port option is also referred to as the RTXport option Add Content Use the Inca Port options in the Regions window to display the content from an RTX application in the Inca Port region in your layout 1 Make sure that RTX is open on your system 2 In InfoCaster select the Inca Port region in the Regions window 3 In the Name field of the region details section below the Regions window enter the name of the RTX surface area exactly as it is found in the RTX exe code This name is set in the SharedID property of the Framebuffer object 4 Run the RTX application to output the region content Note You can open the Inca Port region in the Items window but you cannot schedule Inca Port regions using the Sequencer Inca Port content will output when you play your InfoCast and you run the RTX application 144 Add Inca Port Items InfoCaster Add a Temperature Temperature Items Overview If you have a temperature probe connected to your system you can display current temperature readings in your layout There is temperature probe region content editor This chapter contai
41. item in the layout 82 Add Crawl Items InfoCaster Add Roll Items Roll Items Overview Roll regions scroll text and graphics up or down the region a You can add text or connect to a data source For instructions on creating and linking to an external data source see Use External Data Sources on page 152 You can change the speed of your rolls and set rolls to move up or down See Set Item Settings on page 206 for details on using the Sequence settings To change the default direction of all rolls see Default Roll Direction on page 230 There are three Roll region content editors This chapter contains instructions on how to use them e Roll Quick Editor Create rolling text in your roll region that displays text that you type in or text from an external data source Add text on the Content tab Format the item with a template or with custom settings on the Formatting tab Add audio on the Audio tab See Roll Quick Editor on page 86 e Table Quick Editor Quickly display information from an external data source during output Add content on the Content tab Format headers on the Headers tab Format content font on the Font Formatting tab Add audio to the region item on the Audio tab See Table Quick Editor on page 88 e TitleMotion TitleMotion is a full featured broadcast quality character generator that you can use to create high end titles rolls crawls and anima
42. lines must follow row column protocol I I l 2 2 1 2 2 and so on You cannot edit tag names saved in a template 52 Add Content InfoCaster Change Item Display Duplicate Item To save space in the Items window you can change the size of the items displayed in the Item Library and in the Items Sequence list Change Display of Item Library To change the size of the items displayed in the Item Library select Items gt Show Item Library As then select one of the following Large Thumbnails butterfly2nts Small Thumbnails uy am Ki Text Only butterfly2ntsc 2 Change Display of Items Sequencer To change the size of the items displayed in the Items Sequence list see Change Sequence Display on page 209 To create a copy of the entire item 1 Select the region item in the Item Library 2 Click on the Duplicate S Sui button on the Items toolbar Alternately THe uekedter wast J eat Rename pupicate J _oelte_ you can select Items gt Duplicate Item If you can t see the button change the size of the Sequence list by clicking on the Brief View button double arrows above the Sequence Settings See Change Sequence Display on page 209 for details Exhibit List Add Content InfoCaster 53 Rename Item 1 Select the region item in the Item Library 2 Click on the Rename button on the Items toolbar If you can t see the button chan
43. or Animation Quick Editor is not available when you open the Editor from a TitleMotion item Format the text in TitleMotion Use TitleMotion to create a template for your still crawl or roll items in InfoCaster Once you export the template file you can select the file as your template in the InfoCaster content editors You can apply templates to title crawl and roll items 1 Add text in your TitleMotion workspace If you are sr creating a template for your still crawl or roll items he make sure you have the right layout type selected from the list in TitleMotion 2 Use the tabs below the workspace window to apply formatting options to your text The formatting options are saved with your template and are applied to your InfoCaster items when you select the template View Size amp Attributes Color Texture Styles Logos Ssckground Animation Settings CateTags Arial TT S juj Browse Classic nscriber 10 Edges ee iano Edga over Face Seen Embellished Neon Widthie7 kerning 0 f Rostino S Ssmo S Smicapso lt 3 Select File gt Export gt Export ICG File 4 Inthe Save As dialog save your template file 5 Exit TitleMotion Use the template file to apply consistent formatting to your InfoCaster items You can apply templates to title crawl and roll items 1 In the InfoCaster layout double click on the crawl roll or still item Add Still Items InfoCaster 67 2 Inthe Title Roll or Cra
44. parameters of your data Column Parameters Column Header Data type Char Data Maximum 255 Characters Set Data Preview current 10 SUNNY 10 CLOUDY 10 SUNNY 20 SUNNY 10 SUNNY city Kenora Thunder Bay Geraldton Moosonee Timmins Wawa Sudbury i 10 SUNNY 20 lt Back Finish Cancel 12 To set a character limit for the column text click on a column entry and then type a number in the Data Maximum field Click the Set button Note If you selected Specify My Column Width in the last dialog you need to set the width for each column at this point For information on setting the column width see the following topic Specify My Column Width Option on page 168 13 Click Finish to return to the Select Text Source dialog Select Text Source Please choose a text source O Text File OxXmL RSS opec Database OntarioUpates v Table WeatherUpdatebt Database text file listed as ODBC data source In the Select Text Source dialog notice your database text file is now listed as an ODBC datasource 14 Inthe Select Text Source dialog click OK The Select Database Items dialog opens 166 External Data InfoCaster 15 From the Source Column drop down list link the data tags to the column you want to output For table items the data tag for the first column is l I the data tag for the second column is l 2 and so on Select Database Items Selected Database Onta
45. preset f snow Prefs Day Date Month arrangement The Day Month Date Windows Short Format and Windows o flee Long Format options use the format set in ae the Microsoft Windows Date and Time Windows Shot Pomat Control Panel e Select the second option to enter custom text that appears before the digital clock Enter the text in the text box 4 To display a string of text after the digital clock check the Show Suffix checkbox e Select the first option to choose a preset Day Date Month arrangement The Windows Short Format and Windows Long Format options use the format set in the Microsoft Windows Date and Time Control Panel e Select the second option to enter custom text that appears after the digital clock Enter the text in the text box To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays Add Digital Clocks InfoCaster 101 To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the la
46. saved projects click on the Choose button next to the Store InfoCasts In field then select a new location in the dialog box that comes up Load Last InfoCast on Startup To set InfoCaster to load your last opened project when you start InfoCaster check the Load Last Page Layout on Startup checkbox on the General tab Image File Lifetime Interval To set InfoCaster to delete temporary images after a certain length of time enter a value in the Image File Lifetime Interval field Images from ODBC and HTTP sources are stored in the region s temp images folder each time an image is updated InfoCaster deletes images in the temp images folder when pages transition during output or when playback stops However if you are playing one page for a long period of time and your images are being updated frequently your disk space may become full Appendix InfoCaster 229 Offline Graphic To display a graphic on your output device whenever a page is switched during playback use the Choose button beside the Offline Graphic field to select a graphic file Default Roll Direction To change the default direction that applies to all rolls change the Default Roll Direction option on the General tab Default Crawl Direction To change the default direction that applies to all Crawl items change the Default Crawl Direction option on the General tab Store Shared Media Files In You can save your audio video and animation files in a central
47. set for playback However if there is no live video source selected enter a playback duration for the selected graphic file Time is measured in HH MM SS FF hours minutes seconds frames Add Video Items InfoCaster 115 Add Audio to You can mix audio use the live video source s audio or disable audio on the Live Video Audio tab InfoCaster Live Video Quick Editor Name Untitled Live Video 1 Content Overlay Audio Enable Audio Live Audio Source O External Audio File Level 70 De C Enable Audio Ducking Z Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Save Switch to the Audio tab To disable audio clear the Enable Audio checkbox To enable audio check the Enable Audio checkbox Select one of the following options A UU N e To play audio from the live video source select the Live Audio Source option e To play audio from another source select the External Audio File option and click on the Choose button Select the audio file in the next dialog box 5 If you selected external audio change the Level Delay or Loop options as required e To adjust the volume for the audio use the Level option Audio levels range from zero to 100 Zero mutes the audio completely One is the lowest audible level and 100 is the highest e To delay the playback of the audio set a time in the Delay field e To play the audio once and stop select the Play Once option e To continue playing the au
48. the following steps to create a linear text file 1 Open a text editor like Windows Notepad Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Notepad File Edit Format View Help 2 Type your first entry such as a word Weather paere number or phrase Toronto 3 Press ENTER and add another entry sunny External Data InfoCaster 157 4 Continue adding entries as needed 5 Save the file as a txt file See Also For information on linking to a linear text file see Link to Linear Text File on page 162 158 External Data InfoCaster Create Database Database text files contain information that InfoCaster reads as a database Text File table When you set InfoCaster to read the multiple column text file through the ODBC driver the columns remain formatted properly Advanced ODBC settings are available to set the text formatting and display options If you set InfoCaster to read the data directly from the text file rather than through the ODBC driver your items read each line as a single row and ignores the column formatting 1 Open a text editor like Windows Notepad Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Notepad 2 On the first line of text in the file type the name of the first column heading 3 Press the TAB key and enter your oe second column heading You can Ble Edt Format Yiew Help press the TAB key twice for proper fety temp pop current spacing if necessary You do not have to use tabs as the de
49. the sequence list select the sequence heading then click the Delete button above the Sequencer panel 202 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Add Region Items to a Sequence 3 InfoCaster deletes the sequence heading and removes the region items from the sequence list The region items remain available in the Item Library Add region items to the sequence by dragging the item from the Items Library to the sequence heading You can add the same item to the sequence more than once Items that are in the sequence are colored green in the Item Library Items that are not in the sequence are blue Item Library Title Quick Editor wv i Add Edit Add Rename Delete WV Sequence Settings Start Sequence At 12 00 00 4M Default Duration olh olm i s Default Transition Snap v Duration o c s Softne Still1 Table2 E Loop Sequence End Item Before Changing Sequences v Sequence 1 mmm Still SMT ANT IFS mums Table2 SIMTWIMEIS v Sequence 2 4 Name Format icg Size 66 KB Modified Drag item from library to a sequence Auto Add to Sequence If you checked the Auto Add to Sequence checkbox in the content editor when you created your region item the region item was automatically added to the sequence list See Automatically Add Items to the Sequence on page SI for details Sc
50. 008 36 Send Region to Back 36 separators set digital timers 104 Sequencer Display s00cceeeeeeeeees 209 Wes ernea ia 20l EN EE T 16 see also Schedule Playback Set Keep Log Days 232 Show Grid Lines command 27 Show Item Library As 53 Show Page Library As I7 Index InfoCaster 237 Show Page without Adornments 38 Show Safe Title Area command 26 Show Sequence AS 00668 53 Show Sequence As command 17 size analog clock eeeeeee 122 Start InfoCaster 0 cceeeeeeeee ees 2 Play InfoCast 0 220 Start Playback command 220 start point for digital timers 104 Step l Open InfoCast 5 Step 2 Add Page nnnooeneeeo 14 Step 3 Add Regions 22 Step 4 Add Items 39 Step 5 Schedule Playback 194 Step 6 Output 0 218 Still Region Items Add Blank Item 4 57 Add Items overview 56 Graphic Importer 69 TitleMotion 10 0 0 65 Still Regions Draw Tool cenario 29 Stop Playback command 220 stop point for digital timers 104 Store InfoCasts In 229 Store Shared Media Files In 230 T Table Quick Editor ROMS ae sees sew 88 Temperature Region Items Add Blank Item 146 Temperature Regions Draw Tool 0eeeeeeeeeeee 30 temperatures add log note 00e 149 SWE
51. 07 IL5 0217 Museum Museum Roll Roll1 2005 03 17 14 49 52 2005 03 17 14 50 06 00 00 14 IL5 0217 Museum Museum Still1 Stilli 2005 03 17 14 50 04 2005 03 17 14 50 11 00 00 07 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Roll Rollt 2005 03 17 14 50 02 2005 03 17 14 50 15 00 00 13 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Still1 Stilli 2005 03 17 14 50 12 2005 03 17 14 50 19 00 00 07 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Roll Rolli 2005 03 17 14 50 12 2005 03 17 14 50 26 00 00 14 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Still1 still 2005 03 17 14 50 19 2005 03 17 14 50 26 00 00 07 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Still1 Still 2005 03 17 14 50 27 2005 03 17 14 50 34 00 00 07 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Roll Roll1 2005 03 17 14 50 23 2005 03 17 14 50 37 00 00 14 IL5 0217 Museum Museum Still1 Still 2005 03 17 14 50 34 2005 03 17 14 50 41 00 00 07 ILS 0217 Museum Museum Roll Roll1 2005 03 17 14 50 33 2005 03 17 14 50 47 00 00 14 IL5 0217 Museum Museum Roll Rollt 2005 03 17 14 50 43 2005 03 17 14 50 47 00 00 04 IL5 0217 Museum Museum Still1 Still 2005 03 17 14 50 42 2005 03 17 14 50 48 00 00 06 lt Ready To open a different log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer dialog box then select the log file you want The default folder is C Program Files Inscriber InfoCaster PlaybackLogs The date that the data was logged is stored as part of the log file name Appendix InfoCaster 227 Change Logging By default items are not set to be logged You can enable or disable Defaults logging change the storage folder for log files a
52. 105 e For Analog Clock Regions see Add Analog Clocks on page 119 e For Audio Regions see Add Audio on page 75 e For Inca Port Regions see Add Inca Port Content on page 144 e For Temperature Probe Regions see Add a Temperature on page 145 Your content region item is added to the Item Library File Edit Items Tools Help oi ew E on By Pages o ga Q O amp gt ABEN encer S Sequence 1 equence Duplicate Delete Add Rename Delete Elz Exhibit List Tile Quick Editor v a Jat Rename Dino Wak l Environment Sequence 1 12 00 AMG 13 Roll QR Sequence 1 Exhibit List 1 02 3 02 S F Roli E Rolz Dino Walk S H t4 video 0 Us craw Environment Exhibit List ENO EN L6 Animation Of Sequence 1 E Pop Back Region E Pop Back Region Full Scr E Pop Back Region RightSt E Pop Back Region Left Sh E shel close up f6 1 21 Stils 4 lt gt Sequencer icg Sequence 1 Din 04 01 2005 10 28 Add Content InfoCaster Automatically Add Items to the Sequence Add More Items About External Data Sources You can set InfoCaster to automatically add new region items to the end of the currently selected sequence Check the Auto Add to Sequence checkbox in the item s content editor This is a global setting t
53. 2E Tree View or Q 2 N Pagelayot faa V Sequence Settings Rat Sequence At 12000m S Defa Cureton oh Om I s Defa Transition sn z Loop Sequence 7 Erd thom Before Changing Sequences 7 Sequence 1 12 00 amaj Click Add Select content editor Each editor list contains a Blank Item option Select Blank Item to create a blank region item Add the blank region item to your playback sequence to output no content for the set duration without otherwise interrupting your sequence See Schedule Playback Sequences on page 193 for details on sequences 44 Add Content InfoCaster To Edit Items Still Editors To open a content editor for the purpose of editing a region item use one of these methods Double click on the item in the Item Library e Click on the item then click on the Edit button in the Items window toolbar e Click on the item then select Items gt Edit Item With and select the editor from the list The editor that was used to create the content opens There are four Still region content editors Still4 Stil Title Quick Editor Title Quick Editor v Title Quick Editor i menan Add text to a still region on your layout The text can be text that you type in or text from an external data source You can create as many lines of text as you want and are able to display at a time in the selected region You can connect each line to a different data source Format the item with a tem
54. 4 Drag item to 3 Adjust Sequence Settings Adjust Item Settings sequence Schedule Playback InfoCaster 201 Add a New Add multiple sequences to set different playback times for items or to pP play Region organize items in the sequence Sequence V Sequence Settings Start Sequence At 12 00 00 AM Default Duration loih O0 m 1 s Default Transition Snap x Duration s Softness Loop Sequence v End Item Before Changing Sequences v Sequence 1 12 00 AM Space S MIT WITIFIS Dinosaurs SMT WIT IFS v Playing Now 12 00 AM amp Weather SIMMMIMES Mammals SIMITIWITIFIS SIMT FIS 1 Click the Add button above the Sequence Settings panel 2 Inthe dialog enter a name and start time for the new sequence Skip or Play Sequence During Playback By default the checkboxes on the sequence headings are checked so that they play during output To skip a sequence during playback clear the sequence heading checkbox M Sequence 1 12 00 AM Check to include sequence in output To set a sequence to play during output check the sequence heading checkbox Rename Sequence To give a sequence a descriptive name select the sequence heading in the sequence lists then click on the Rename button above the Sequence Settings panel Name the sequence as prompted Delete a Sequence To remove a sequence from
55. Audio Items on page 125 Inca Ports Region Tool Draw an Inca Port region when you want to display layers of data created in your RTX application p Temperature Probe Region Tool Draw a temperature probe region when you have a temperature probe connected to your system and want to display its current temperature reading in the region See Add a Temperature on page 145 Fy Pop Back Region Tool Pop back regions set the size that a region can expand or contract to when you apply a trigger Select Regions gt Pop Back Regions in the Regions window The Pop Back Region tool becomes available See Draw a Pop Back Region on page 32 for more information To use a pop back region see Set Triggers on page 210 30 Add Regions InfoCaster Draw Regions With the region tool selected click in the Regions workspace then drag the mouse cursor across the workspace The region placeholder is displayed in the workspace le Edt Rogos Took Heb Em phon Byrom Blam Qn O Pp EN Clock sexe and poseion B a pl 100 C TE select tool draw region Repeat these steps until you have drawn all the regions in your page lay out To reposition the region or make any other changes to the region see Add Regions InfoCaster 31 Adjust Region Settings on page 35 Fie Edit Regions Tools Help Sequence 1 Still Sequence 1 Sequence 1 Crawl Sequence 1 Roll Sequence 1 Digital Clock Seq
56. Caster see Load Last InfoCast on Startup on page 229 Introduction InfoCaster InfoCaster The InfoCaster workspace consists of the Pages window the Regions Workspace window the Items window and the Tree View list Click on the Pages Regions or Items button on the main toolbar at the top of the screen to switch windows Use the Pages window to add and schedule your InfoCast page layouts Use the Regions window to draw regions on your InfoCast page Use the Items window to add and schedule content in your regions The Tree View list is always available on the left side of the screen and displays all of the pages available in the project as well as the regions region items and region sequences Select a page region or item by double clicking on it in the Tree View list or in the appropriate Pages Regions or Items window You can also select a region in the Preview window below the Tree View list Switch to Pages Regions or Items window Fie Edt Pops Toots Help Tree View gt list ji Pages window Regions pema window E L50 6 Anaiog Ood E FH LB Digtal Clock M gt Items iB an o Exhibit List 1 02 3 02 window Ee e Environment ooo Preview E gt window Introduction InfoCaster 3 4 Purchase Options About This Document InfoCaster is suitable for single installations large scale networks and everything in between InfoCaster offers th
57. ID entry and select Primary Key from the menu In Access every table must have a column that uniquely identifies each table row Lookup Wizard 6 Enter the field names or column headings and data types for your table Your field names are your column headings E Table Table a Field Name ID AutoNumber city Text _ temp Text __ pop Text current Text 7 Select File gt Save In the Save As dialog enter a name for your table 8 Select View gt Datasheet View to view the table cells Enter your information in the table cells and save the table E weather Table fo city temp pop current 176 External Data InfoCaster 1 Kenora 15 C 10 SUNNY 2 Thunder Bay 8 C 10 CLOUDY _ 3 Geraldton 10 C 10 SUNNY 4 Moosonee 39 C 20 SUNNY _ 5 Timmins B C 10 SUNNY _ 6 Wawa 7 C 10 SUNNY m 7 Sudbury 8 C 20 CLOUDY _ 8 Ottawa 11 C 60 RAINY im 9 Kingston 12 C 60 RAINY _ 10 Toronto 13 C 40 CLOUDY El 11 Simcoe 15 C 20 SUNNY El 12 London 12 C 20 CLOUDY _ 13 Samia 14 C 10 SUNNY _ 14 Windsor 14 C 10 SUNNY gt AutoNumber Create Database in MS Excel 6 Enter a name for your Create a database file in any ODBC compliant software such as MS Access and MS Excel When you change the data in this file the data in InfoCaster changes as well To create a database file in MS Excel complete the following steps 1 Open Microsoft Excel E Microso
58. Item TitleMotion Create a layout of text and graphics for your region item You cannot adjust audio settings in TitleMotion You can create templates in TitleMotion The templates created in TitleMotion are available in the Quick Editors See TitleMotion on page 65 Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Roll Editors Roll Quick Editor Create rolling text in your Roll region The RUA text can be text that you type in or text from oo an external data source You can format with ETETE either a template or custom settings See Adba Roll Quick Editor on page 86 Add Blank Item Table Quick Editor Quickly display information from an external data source during output You can create as many columns of text as you want and are able to display at a time in the selected region You can connect each column to a different data source Link the text line in Roll region items that were created in TitleMotion to columns of external data See Table Quick Editor on page 88 46 Add Content InfoCaster TitleMotion Create a layout of text and graphics for your region item You cannot adjust audio settings in TitleMotion You can create templates in TitleMotion The templates created in TitleMotion are available in the Quick Editors See TitleMotion on page 65 Add Blank Item To make the region tran
59. Items window 2 Select a content editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button InfoCaster Title Quick Editor Name Still Content Formatting Audio O Template Custom Font Arial Black x Size 30 S Pixels B ij yu Tracking 0 gt Pixels Width 100 E Opacity 100 Color E Leading 2 Pixels Position 0 Top 0 Left Alignment E 7 3 Edge fi C Background 1 a v Auto add to sequence cae a Help Cancel Save Apply Custom All items share the same standard formatting options The options may Formatting change slightly depending on the item type Options 1 Switch to the Formatting tab 2 Select the Custom option 3 Apply the formatting options to your text See the following table for a description of the options Add Still Items InfoCaster Formatting Option Function Font Lists all the available fonts for your text Select a font to apply the font to the text Size Sets the size of the text B Applies bold formatting i Applies italicized formatting u Applies underline formatting Tracking Sets the space between characters Width Sets the width of the characters By default text is set at 100 of its no
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61. Page 1 In the Pages window right click on the page you want Imor Pase Rename Page to export and select Export Page from the menu Duplicate Page Alternately you can select Pages gt Export Page a 2 In the Export Page To dialog box select a new Display Library As location for the page and click OK To open exported pages import the page See Import Page on page 18 To edit a page s layout use one of these methods e Click on the Edit button the Pages toolbar e Right click on a page in the Pages window then select Edit Page from the menu Select Pages gt Edit Regions The page opens in the Regions window where you can select any region and edit its content See Open Page in Regions Window on page 24 for details Add Pages InfoCaster 19 Rename Page 1 Select the page in the Pages window then click the Rename button in the Pages toolbar You can also right click on the page then select Rename Page from the menu 2 In the Rename Page dialog box enter a new name for the page then click OK InfoCaster changes the page name in the following places e On the page layout in the Pages window both in the Page Library and in the Page sequence list e On the page title displayed in the Tree View list e On the page layout folder located in your InfoCast project folder C nfoCasts project folder page folder Delete Page To permanently delete a page from your InfoCast right click on the page in the Page
62. Preferences dialog box See Load Last InfoCast on Startup on page 229 To open an existing InfoCast on your computer s hard drive 1 Click on the Open button on the main toolbar or select File gt Open 2 In the Open dialog box select the InfoCast project from the InfoCasts folder on your hard drive located at C InfoCasts by default The InfoCast opens in the Pages window To check or change the default location of the InfoCasts folder see Store InfoCasts In on page 229 To open an InfoCast that was saved to CD 1 Select the Get from CD option using one of the following methods e Ifan InfoCast is already open select File gt InfoCaster CD esti itch eot gt Get from CD e Ifan InfoCast is not already open select File gt Get InfoCast Get InfoCast From Disc Comments from CD R v Overwrite old Shared Media Files 2 Insert the CD into your Progress CD ROM drive as prompted 3 In the Get InfoCast From ep Disc dialog box select an InfoCast from the list then click the Get InfoCast button Click Done to close the dialog box The InfoCast opens in the Pages window 8 Open InfoCasts InfoCaster Import InfoCast You can import InfoCasts that were exported with the File gt Export option The Export option exports an entire project leaving all referenced file paths intact 1 Select File gt Import 2 In the Import InfoCast dialog box go to the project folder t
63. R Tree View gt Lew JL ea J Rename trckete imoore JC toot osete BIENE C Creme JLo SENK PageLayout Preview Pages Library Pages Details Pages Sequencer 16 Add Pages InfoCaster Change Page To save space in the Pages window you can change the size of the pages Display displayed in the Page Library and in the Pages Sequence list Change Display of Page Library To change the size of the page display in the Page Library select Pages gt Show Page Library As then select one of the following options Large Thumbnails Small Thumbnails u A ail Text Only butterfly2ntsc ail Change Display of Page Sequencer To change the size of the page display in the Pages Sequence list see Change Sequence Display on page 209 Add Pages InfoCaster 17 Add Copy or Import Page You can add as many pages layouts as you want to an InfoCast You can add a new page make a copy of a page or import a page Each page displays in the Page Library section of the Pages window Add New Page By default a blank page is automatically added to a new InfoCast To add another new page to an InfoCast 1 Click on the New button on the _ infotast Pages window toolbar petra rary J Edt _ Rename Duplicate Import Export Delete New Alternately you can right click in the Page Library then select New Page from the menu You can also K select Pages gt Add Page PageLayout
64. Region Fill Region checkbox Filling the region may increase or decrease the size of the original graphic causing some distortion Use the Maintain Aspect Ratio option to set the graphic to scale to the largest possibile size without changing the aspect ratio of the original graphic Update Image To set the image to be updated when the source file in the referenced location changes select the Update when Source Changes checkbox Add a Log Note To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays 70 Add Still Items InfoCaster Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout Add Still Items InfoCaster 71 Format Text Use the content editors to format the display of your item text Depending on the item type text formatting includes font size spacing alignment position shadow and background options Open Content 1 Double click on a region in the Regions window to switch to the Editor
65. See Select a Region Tool on page 28 2 Click in the workspace then drag the mouse cursor across the workspace to draw the region See Draw Regions on page 31 File Edit Regions Tools Help i new ph open Braves Fiore BAE tens Qr Qs b Fonar i E al PageLayout D Sequence 1 g ic Oo C 4 U Lock Size And Position 69 Framleft 39 From Top 26 f width 188 Height Log This Region select tool draw region Display Safe Title Area When creating layouts it s a good idea to keep your items within the safe title area to avoid having items cut off on certain monitors The safe title area marks a safe area for displaying items on most output screens The default safe title area is set at 86 of the layout window To display the safe title area 26 Add Regions InfoCaster 1 Use the Pointer tool in the Regions tools list to click on an area r in your Regions workspace that is not occupied by a region item Alternately you can select Regions gt Show Safe Title Area 2 In the Page Details panel below the workspace check the Show Safe Title Area checkbox to mark the layout window with a green boundary Note Ifa region is selected the safe title options are not displayed anea Pomen lsh See tock Regen Sres And Posters O S w lc O t Ewe o to 3 To change the safe title area boundary use one of these methods e Click on the Default
66. Sequence Settings panel See Set Sequences to Loop on page 206 Sequence Starts Sets the playback of a sequence to trigger an action Select the page that contains the sequence the region that contains the sequence and the sequence that is used as the trigger Set events to trigger a sequence of other events to occur within your InfoCast Define the logical stepping of events that can occur based on the trigger selected Trigger is caused when EEE v 0n page Museum within region Crawll with sequence Sequence 1 v Schedule Playback InfoCaster 211 When the trigger is aired the sequence either plays once or loops depending on what you selected in the Sequence Settings panel Then scheduled playback resumes GPI Event Setup A Set ts to trii F oth ts te ithi InfoCast Sets a GPI trigger to Bsns tha Dch tapoko Of events thee can ocur bead on the FROT lt aleded trigger an action Select AA z rigger is caused when s the GPI number from the list which contains all ecin mia 2 known GPIs connected to Pulse your system Then check OTone the Pulse radio button to trigger your selections immediately upon touching the GPI trigger or check the Tone radio button to trigger your selection after holding down the GPI trigger for a moment Note The GPI Initiated option is only available after you select the GPI device in the Configuration Utility To do this a Click on the Windo
67. Still Items InfoCaster Title Quick Editor Select the Title Quick Editor to add non moving text in your region item Titles can include multiple lines of text Add content on the Content tab Format the content with a template or with custom settings on the Formatting tab Add audio on the Audio tab Open Content Editor Enter Text in the Title Quick Editor InfoCaster Title Quick Editor Name Still1 Content l Formatting Audio Text Di Dinosaur Exhibit Wh o sa u r C Show Tags C External Data Source Show all new c v Auto add to sequence e em z Help Cancel Save Open the Title Quick Editor from the Items window 1 Double click on a still region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Title Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button To add text in the Title Quick Editor directly type the text in the Text box on the Content tab e For details on formatting your text see Format Text on page 72 e For details on linking your title text to a text file an XML RSS data feed or an ODBC data source see External Data Sources on page ISI Add Still Items InfoCaster 59 Add Multiple Add text lines to display multiple lines of text o
68. The data can be text that you type in or text from one column of an external data source InfoCaster Title Quick Editor Name stillt Content Formatting Audio Text Dinosaur Exhibit You can create as many lines of text as you are able to display at a time in the selected region You can connect each line to one column of different data sources Add text on the Content tab Format the item on the Formatting tab Add audio on the Audio tab Show Tags External Data Source ute v Auto add to sequence See Title Quick Editor on page S9 e Table Quick Editor InfoCaster Table Quick Editor Quickly display information from oe multiple columns of an external data Content seeders ome Femettna tn source during output Add content Miber of cours 7 on the Content tab Format headers Header Use First Entry From Database on the Headers tab Format content Ocustom font on the Font Formatting tab Add audio to the region item on the Audio tab See Table Quick Editor on page 6l e TitleMotion aires Create a layout that consists of text Ee Pe and graphics for your region item 56 Add Still Items InfoCaster Your text content can be text i Inscriber TitleMotion 4 3 0 that you type in or text that you link to from an external data source You create the layout in TitleMotion but apply the link
69. To disable logging clear the checkbox Change Default Log File Location To store log files in a different default folder click the Choose button and select a new folder as prompted Set Number of Keep Log Days To change the default number of days that log files are stored on your system enter another number in the Days field Network Tab When operating as part of the Network Manager solution InfoCaster uses the options on the Network tab to connect to a Network Manager The Network Manager solution includes InfoCaster Network Manager and the players See the online help Help gt Online Help for details 232 Appendix InfoCaster Index A Add Analog Clock Items 120 Animation Items 90 Audio to ltem 00ee 75 Background to Item 74 Blank Item 000668 204 Content to Region 44 Crawl Items 0 00086 80 Data Tags geeeteciecteedeiees SI Digital Clock Items 98 Digital Timer 103 Headings to Text 60 Inca Ports content 144 InfoCast r ceccsosetesdieseeen sts 7 Items to Region 044 44 Live Video 00cceeeeeee 3 More Items 00ceeeeee SI More Text Lines 60 Pages to InfoCast 18 Players a2 Le ee ae 36 Pop back Regions 32 Regions to Page 64 22 Roll Items 00 00eeeeee 84 RTXports content
70. When you open an InfoCast you are automatically switched to the Pages window All page layouts are saved in C InfoCasts To change the default folder location see Store InfoCasts In on page 229 By default a blank page is added to a new InfoCast To add another page to an InfoCast 1 Switch to the Pages window To do this click on the Pages button on the main toolbar See Switch to Pages Window on page 16 2 Add anew page copy a page or import a page To do this click on the New Duplicate or Import button on the Pages window toolbar See Add Copy or Import Page on page 18 Add Pages InfoCaster 15 Switch to Pages Window To switch to the Pages window use one of these methods e Open a new or existing InfoCast When you open an InfoCast you are automatically switched to the Pages window e Click on the Pages button on the main toolbar e Select Tools gt Pages e Double click on a page in the Tree View list All the pages in the selected InfoCast are displayed in the Page Library The Pages window contains a toolbar Library Details panel and Sequencer The Pages window area changes into the Regions window or the Items window depending on what level of content you are working on The Tree View list is always available to select pages regions region sequences and region items Pages button Pages toolbar Fle Ed Pages Toos Help Erm Pom Gy reams Bi Brn Qe By LON AI
71. You can import audio to play when the item is on air 4 Save the content Add Video Items InfoCaster 107 Video Clip Quick Editor The Video Clip Quick Editor imports a video clip into the selected region Select which segment to play and set the display options on the Content tab Apply a graphic overlay on the Overlay tab Add audio on the Audio tab Open Content Editor Open Video Clips InfoCaster Video Clip Quick Editor X Name ntitled video Clip 1 Content Overlay Audio e Shared Media A aa tc om gt PLIL Set In bbs Out Full Trimmed Size EI 25 50 100 Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Open the Video Clip Quick Editor from the Items window 1 Double click on a video region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window Select the Video Clip Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button Click the Choose button The Choose button is only available when creating a new region item Open your video clip as prompted To select multiple video clips to import at once hold down the SHIFT or CTRL key as you click When you click on the Save button in the editor a region item for each video clip that you selected is added to the Items Library 108 Add Vi
72. ab Format the content on the Formatting tab Add audio on the Audio tab Open Content Editor Add Roll Content in the Roll Quick Editor InfoCaster Roll Quick Editor Name Rolli Content Formatting Audio Text Lost in Cyberspace 7pm 10pm Lost in Cybers Heartbreak Motel 8pm 2am Raiders of the Lost Art 5pm Spm Heartbreak Mo External Data Source Enable onscreen update when content changes oS Z Auto add to sequence Log Note L E a Cancel Save Open the Roll Quick Editor from the Items window 1 Double click on a roll region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Roll Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button To add text in the Roll Quick Editor directly type the text in the Text box on the Content tab e For details on linking your roll text to a text file an XML RSS data feed or an ODBC data source see External Data Sources on page ISI e For details on formatting your roll text see Format Text on page 72 86 Add Roll Items InfoCaster Add a Log Note Save Content To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time
73. activated Sets output from an Action results in 8 GPO initiating S GPO initiating z v external device to play 0n GPO number 1 M when the trigger has been reached Select the number of the external device in the list Click Save in the Event Setup dialog box The trigger is displayed in the Conditional Playback dialog box E Conditional Playback Page Trigger Event sample_cruises Sequence Day Play Item StThomas sample_cruises Specified time 12 00 00 Everyday Play Sequence Tithe_StThomas m Edit Delete Selected Event Trigger Sequence sample_cruises Still Day Action Play Item sample_cruises Still3 Title_StThomas StThomas You can set your trigger events to be skipped during output When triggers are active the checkbox beside them is checked and they will occur when the InfoCast plays Select Tools gt Conditional Playback In the Conditional Playback dialog box clear the checkbox beside the trigger event you want to skip Schedule Playback InfoCaster 215 216 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Output Overview You can start playing an InfoCast in two ways e Click on the Play button in the main toolbar to output your InfoCast starting from the scheduled time according to the times that are set in the page and region item sequence lists e Right click on a blank space in the pages or items sequence list then select Start Playback from the First Page to ou
74. add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button Check the Show Time checkbox to enable clock display If you deselect this option you can still display the day month and or date Show Prefix or Show Suffix Select clock display options e Select the 12 Hour option to display the clock in 12 hour format or 100 Add Digital Clocks InfoCaster Add a Log Note select the 24 Hour option to display the clock in 24 hour format When you select the 12 hour option you can check the Show AM PM checkbox to display the time of day e Check the Show Leading Zeros checkbox to display the hour with two digits For example if the current time is 9 14 InfoCaster displays 09 14 e Check the Show Seconds checkbox to display seconds on your clock e Check the Offset checkbox to advance or delay your clock by a set amount of time e To advance your clock enter a positive number in the hours hr and minutes min fields For example to advance the clock by one hour ten minutes enter hr 10 min e To delay your clock enter a negative number in the hours hr and minutes min fields For example to delay the clock by one hour ten minutes enter I hr 10 min 3 To display a string of text before the digital clock check the Show Prefix checkbox Then select one of the following prefix options e Select the first option to choose a
75. aenimaton Region Tool Draw an animation region when you want to play animated text and graphics in a region You can import animations You can also create a layout of text and graphics and then animate it The text can be text that you type in or text from an external data source See Add Animation Items on page 89 jz Digital Clock Region Tool Draw a digital clock region when you want to play a real time digital clock that displays local or offset time or a timer that counts up or down Display a date or text before and or after the clock or on its own without the clock See Add Digital Clocks on page 97 Mii Region Tool Draw a Video region when you want to play video clips or live video in the region You can expand or shrink the video or any other region item as explained in Set Triggers on page 210 See Add Video Items on page 105 Add Regions InfoCaster 29 ros Clock Region Tool Draw an analog clock region when you want to play an imported real time analog clock in a region InfoCaster provides a selection of analog clock files that you can use InfoCaster also provides an analog clock building utility See Add Analog Clocks on page 119 oud Region Tool Draw an audio region when you want to play audio that is independent of other region content You can draw an audio region anywhere in the layout Adjust the volume add a delay and select a frequency Play Once or Loop See Add
76. ag list to preview the text file contents Animation Items Select a file for each available line Select a data tag from the Data Tag list to preview the text file content For information on how each item outputs the text see the Region Type table on page 157 Click OK in the dialog to return to the content editor Click Save in the content editor External Data InfoCaster 163 Link Item to The following information describes how to set InfoCaster to read the text Database Text File file through an ODBC driver Reading the text file through an ODBC driver allows you to set ODBC formatting options that apply to multiple column text files After reading the text file through the ODBC driver you can apply advanced formatting options in the Select Database Items dialog 1 164 External Data InfoCaster If necessary complete steps S in the previous section Link Item to Text File on page 160 In the Select Text Access dialog choose the Read Data from ODBC Driver option and then click OK to move to the next dialog Select text access O Read data directly from the text file Read data through ODBC driver In the ODBC Text File Setup dialog click the Browse button to select your text file The text displays in the data preview ODBC Text File Setup Specify the location of the text file by entering the file path and name or click Browse to navigate to the desired file File Path D WeatherUpdat
77. al 229 Load Last InfoCast 229 Logging Tab 0000 232 Network tab 064 232 Offline Graphic 197 230 Output Aspect Ratio 231 Set Keep Log Days 232 Store InfoCasts In 229 Store Shared Media Files In 230 VGA Aspect Ratio 231 Preview Before Output 000 219 in Desktop Video window 219 in Editors eeeeeeeee eee 219 in Preview window 221 in Regions window 37 219 Page Layout 000 cee 37 Preview All Regions command 37 Preview Playback command 221 Preview Region command 38 Preview window 066 3 Program Monitoring 2 PSD analog clock 121 Purchase Options 45 4 R Region Items Enable Onscreen Updates 154 Link to Text File 162 Text Files on Internet 162 Region Permissions button 36 Regions Add Region Items 40 Add Regions 000006 26 Add Transparency 204 Analog Clock region 30 Animation region 29 Audio region 00006 30 Bring Forward 006 36 Bring to Front 00 36 Crawl region 00 0 29 Definition 0 0000 22 Delete irere ee oe 35 Digital Clock region 29 Display Grid Lines 27 Display Safe Title Area 26 Draw Background 32 Draw region
78. and tools on the screen hold the mouse cursor over the item If you don t see text appear select Help gt ToolTips to activate ToolTips r Pointer Tool The pointer tool is automatically selected when you click on a region Use it to select size and move the region or to change region details 28 Add Regions InfoCaster 6 Still Region Tool Draw a still region when you want to play non moving text and or graphics such as titles or logos in a region The text can be text that you type in or text from an external data source You can create as many lines of text as you want and are able to display at a time in the selected region You can connect each line to a different data source See Add Still Items on page 55 bef Region Tool aS Draw a crawl region when you want to display text and graphics that move horizontally across the region The text can be text that you type in or text from an external data source You can display up to 3 pre determined characters space period comma hyphen or ellipsis and or a graphic image animation or video clip before each text entry You can format the background color See Add Crawl Items on page 79 Ere Region Tool Draw a roll region when you want to display text and graphics that move up or down the region The text can be text that you type in or text from an external data source You can format the background color See Add Roll Items on page 83 P
79. ant to output The selected column links to the item data tag If you have more than one data tag you can link to more than one column Select Database Items Selected Database CBC_RSS Trast access Tim Selected Table CBC_RSS txt 1 F2 Stage set for government defeat Cree win key victory in court battle over Wood Buffalo park Bodies found near boat s wreckage Ex PM Mulroney suing author over tapes Toxic slick floating through Chinese city heading for Russia Source Column Sort Direction Select a column al all ull al F2 Use Advanced Selection Criteria Operator Value Edit Query Clear Query Refresh Advanced Formatting Cancel OK Click OK to return to the content editor and then click Save to save the item External Data InfoCaster 173 See Also See Select Database Items for Output on page 181 for more details on the Select Database Items dialog 174 External Data InfoCaster Create ODBC Data Source The Open Database Connectivity ODBC protocol allows different programs like Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel to share information held in database applications You can easily create a database and place almost any type of information in it including weather data TV shows and arrival departure times After you create your database you can link the data to your InfoCaster item Create Database Create a databa
80. are spaced evenly Drag a column separator to customize the width of the columns in your table Use the standard formattiong options on the Row Formatting tab to set the display options for your row text For a description of the standard formatting options see Apply Custom Formatting Options on page 72 In the Table Quick Editor use the Setup Data Source button to link to your external data source For details on linking your table to a text file an XML RSS data feed or an ODBC data source see Use External Data Sources on page IS2 To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Add Still Items InfoCaster 63 Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout 64 Add Still Items InfoCaster TitleMotion TitleMotion is a full featured broadcast quality character generator that you can use to create high end titles rolls crawls and animations You can use the templates prov
81. aster Set Header Formatting Options Set Row Formatting Options Link to External Data Source Add a Log Note 4 To display your column headings on output switch to the Headers tab and check the Show Header checkbox Use the options on the Header tab to set the heading display options 1 2 Switch to the Headers tab Check the Show Header checkbox to enable the formatting options and set the header to display on output Check the Space Below Header checkbox to add extra space between the bottom of the header and the top of the first column row This space is added to the amount of leading that is set on the Row Formatting tab Enter the number of pixels in the Space Below Header item box This adds the amount of space in pixels that you enter between teh bottom of the header and the top of the first column row Use the standard formatting options on the Headers tab to set the display options for your heading text For a description of the standard formatting options see Apply Custom Formatting Options on page 72 Use the options on the Row Formatting tab to set the row display options Switch to the Row Formatting tab Use the padding options to set the space in pixels above and below Vert or to the left and right Horiz of the text Enter a number in the Vert or Horiz fields to se tthe vertical or horizontal padding Use the Custom Widths bar to adjust the width of the columns By default columns
82. ated Enable onscreen update when content changes Transition Dissolve e Select a transition type from the Transition Duration 00 00 01 00 Transition drop down list e Set a transition duration in the Transition Duration field Duration is set in hours minutes seconds frames If you don t want to apply a transition enter 00 00 00 00 in the Transition Duration field When the Enable On Screen Update option is not selected the item is updated with new content once playback starts at the beginning Note The Enable Onscreen Update option is available for both external data and text entered in the Crawl or Roll Quick Editor Set Transition Options The transition and duration options allow you to apply a transition between the layers of external data This option is available for title and table items 1 Onthe Content tab in the editor select a transition from the Transition drop down list The transition applies when the new layer of data display on air 2 Set the duration of the transition in the Transition Duration item box The duration is set in seconds Set Item Duration The Item Duration sets the display duration for each layer of data This option is available for title and table items On the content tab in the editor set the display duration for the external data output in the Item Duration boxes The duration is set in minutes and seconds External Data InfoCaster 155 Use Text Files as Da
83. ation To preview the animation use one of these methods e Drag the top arrow indicator above the timeline back and forth to any position in the timeline e Use the Play buttons to preview your animation ee 4 tt Rewind Stap You can also set the following content options Adjust Transparency To adjust the item s level of transparency select a number in the Opacity box on the Content tab where 0 represents complete transparency Add Audio See Add Audio on page 75 for details on importing audio to play with the item To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Add Animation Items InfoCaster 95 Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout 96 Add Animation Items InfoCaster Add Digital Clocks Digital Clock Items Overview E ET Digital Clock regions play a real time digital clock or a timer that counts up or down There are two digital cloc
84. ayer An InfoCast contains pages Pages contain regions Regions contain region items This chapter also explains how to save and delete your InfoCasts Output InfoCast oncocoeo oe SES ele Es SS E t ota o to e Bi Q Q 1 Open InfoCast Double click on a page to add regions Terminal 1 Draw a region Open a content editor Double click on a Set playback sequence region to add content Add content 6 Open InfoCasts InfoCaster Open New or Existing InfoCast You can start a new InfoCast or open an existing InfoCast from your hard drive CD or another location InfoCaster saves all changes immediately to the default location as you work so your project is always up to date Open New 1 Click on the New button on the toolbar or select File gt New InfoCast File Edit Tools Help cs New PS oven 2 In the New InfoCast dialog box name your InfoCast then click OK The InfoCast opens in the Pages window Fie ER Paps Tods Hep cie phon i es Sh er O JON AIR ke Sequencer oe ese Jerone JLo JL oor J esot Lose BENE ern oe EE Pagetayout Open InfoCasts InfoCaster 7 Always Open Last InfoCast Open on Hard Drive Open on CD To set InfoCaster to load the last project that was opened every time you start InfoCaster select Edit gt Preferences and check the Load Last Page Layout on Startup checkbox on the General tab in the
85. ce layer e Axis Place the image of the clock axis on the axis layer e Center Place a filled pixel on the center layer that anchors the center of the face and the rotation axis of the clock hands 4 Save the clock as a psd file 5 Use the Analog Clock Editor to add the clock to your layout Scale Clock To change the size of the analog clock within the region check Miscale the Scale checkbox then drag ae e the Scale control to the left to decrease the size or to the right to increase the size Note You can also resize the analog clock item box in the layout window Drag the control point on the box or use the Size W width and H height boxes in the Item panel to resize the item box If you resize the item box the analog clock stays the size set in the Content Editor Position Clock To position the clock within the region box enter a number in the Position Top box to move the clock the set number of pixels from the top of the item border Enter a number in the Position Left box to move the clock the set number of pixels from the left side of the item border Top Left 122 Add Analog Clocks InfoCaster Adjust Clock Transparency Add Log Note Save Content Build Analog Clocks Note You can also move the analog region in the Regions window Drag the item box to a new position in the Regions window or use the Pos X and Y boxes in the Details panel to position the region box To adjust the item s level of
86. chased InfoCaster Player licences for additional sites click on the Region Permissions button below the Regions workspace In the Region Permissions dialog box you can set which regions of the page the sites can modify To create a log file of all the times a region is aired check the Log This Region checkbox in the Details panel below the Regions workspace InfoCaster creates a log file that includes the player name page name region name item name start date start time stop date stop time and duration A new log file is created each day so the playback of an entire day is stored in one log file To view a log file or change default log settings such as the status of automatic logging the log file location or the number of days a log file is kept on your system see Log Output on page 227 36 Add Regions InfoCaster Preview Regions As you add content to the regions of your page layout you can view how your layout looks in the Regions window in the following ways e Display only the region borders of the page layout This is the standard view To display grid lines or the video safe title area See Display Grid Lines on Regions Window on page 27 or Display Safe Title Area on page 26 e Display the region borders with a still image representing the content within each region Select Regions gt Preview All Regions LEITCH 13 05 InfoCaster VEE Baad Add Regions InfoCaster 37
87. ct File gt Open in the Log Viewer Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout Add Still Items InfoCaster 77 78 Add Still Items InfoCaster Add Crawl Items Crawl Items Overview Crawl regions move text and graphics horizontally across the region You can add text and text separators and set the crawl speed and direction For instructions on creating and linking to an external data source see Use External Data Sources on page 152 Note that the following characters cannot be used twice consecutively in crawls or amp There are two crawl region content editors This chapter contains instructions on how to use them e Crawl Quick Editor Create a simple line of crawling text in your crawl region that displays text that you type in or text from an external data source Add text on the Content tab Format the item with a template or with custom settings on the Formatting tab Add audio on Cra Prefi the Audio tab See Crawl Quick External Data Source Editor on page 8l InfoCaster Crawl Quick Editor Name SET Content Formatting Audio Text Enable onscreen update when content changes e Add Blank Item onoono Make the region transparent during playback See About Blank Items TA on page 44 aa e TitleMotion TitleMotion is a full featured broadcast quality character ge
88. cters and or a scalable graphic image before each text entry of your crawl item do the following 1 Check the Craw Prefix checkbox on the Content tab 2 Click the Setup button Add Crawl Items InfoCaster 81 3 In the Crawl Prefix dialog box that opens use the four drop down Beas see up to three characters or graphics to be placed before this lists to select up to four imorn Space Elipsis space items For example to place two items in front of your crawl text select an item from the first list and an item from the second list Crawl Prefix Current Crawl Item Each of the last three lists contain the following options e Nothing e Graphic Then select the file in the Open dialog box e Space e Period e Comma e Hyphen e Ellipsis Add a Log Note To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the
89. daca TM ions unicati dcomm assure InfoCaster Athol Island Snorkel 25 hours i Blue Lagoon lt a 5 5 hour me La 2S hours d i EETHEN GReg DIREGTORBTO BOOK ANY ETHE EXCITING SHORE Excurs Sefiu Blue Lagoon w Snorkel Guide ter User Harris InfoCas Copyright 2004 2006 Leitch Technology International Inc All rights reserved Leitch Technology International Inc 26 Peppler Street Waterloo Ontario Canada N2 3C4 No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of ILeitch Technology International Inc Inscriber is a registered trademark of Leitch Technology International Inc InfoCaster is a trademark of Leitch Technology International Inc All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners This document describes InfoCaster Subsequent revisions of the products may provide additional functionality or modify the limits described in this document The information in this document is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Leitch Technology International Inc Leitch Technology International Inc SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT 1 NOTICE THIS IS A CONTRACT BY INDICATING YOUR ACCEPTANCE BELOW YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT
90. data selected for output The Results area displays the table entries sorted for output The Layout number indicates when the content is displayed on output first second third and so on WEATHER UPDATE Weather Update Kenora 15 C Kenora Thunder Bay 8 C 15 C e 10 C 10 M e 9 C SUNNY Timmins 8 C Title Item Example Table Item Example Results Results Layout cityTag tempTag Layout il 1 Kenora 15 C 1 Moosonee 2 Thunder Bay BPC 1 Timmins 3 Geraldton 10 C 4 0 Moosonee 2 Wawa The Layout number indicates what content displays first second third and so on Set Specific Table In the Select Database Items dialog use the Advanced Selection Criteria Entries for Output section to set specific table entries for playback 1 Select the AND option or the OR option from the first drop down list to help set the playback criteria AND Sets InfoCaster to display the table entries that meet the criteria set in the current row and the row above The table entries must have the attributes of both rows Column Operator Value ID Less than 15 AND w ID Greater than E In this example InfoCaster outputs table rows with an ID less than 15 and greater than 5 so rows 6 14 OR Sets InfoCaster to display the table entries that meet the criteria set either in the current row or the row above The table entries must have at least one of row s attributes but not both Column Operator 10
91. de is measured in hours minutes seconds frames HH MM SS FF The left field is for the In point and the right field is for the Out field e During preview click the Set In button to set the current frame as the In point and click the Set Out button to set the current frame as the Out point To scale the video check the Scale checkbox to enable the scale options then use any of these methods Add Video Items InfoCaster 109 e Check the Maintain Aspect Ratio checkbox to display the video clip at the aspect ratio stored in the video file Clear the checkbox to size the video to the aspect ratio of the region The video may appear distorted if you don t maintain the aspect ratio e Use the Scale slider to size the video display in your region Click the Best Fit button to scale the video to the dimensions of the region If the Maintain Aspect Ratio option is selected the video may not completely fill the width or the height e Check the Highest Quality checkbox to display your video with the highest image quality e Click and drag the video in the editor s Preview window to reposition the video display in the region Add A Graphic Apply a graphic to display over the video on the Overlay tab Overlay InfoCaster Video Clip Quick Editor Name snowboard Content Overlay Audio Display Graphic Overlay Size 25 100 Duration 0 V Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Save 1
92. deo Items InfoCaster Save Clip ina Central Location Preview Video Clip Trim Clip Scale Video Clips To put the video clip file in a central location so that other region items can use the same file instead of creating copies of the file check the Shared Media checkbox Then select the shared media location from the following options e All Adds the file to the default location C Shared Media which is set in Preferences See Store Shared Media Files In on page 230 e Audio Adds the file to a sub folder called Audio under C Shared Media e Type in a sub folder name to create a new sub folder under C Shared Media Adds the file to the new sub folder To preview the video use one of these methods e Drag the top arrow indicator nA above the timeline back and forth to any position in the timeline The top indicator shows the current playback position of your preview in the editor e Use the Play buttons to preview your video Previous Frame Next Frame Rewind Stop Play Fast Forward a gt ot po Play Trimmed Clip To set the In and Out points for the clip use one of these methods e Drag the left indicator in the timeline to the frame that you want to use as the In point Drag the right indicator in the timeline to the frame that you want as the Out point e Enter the timecode of the frame you want to use for the In and for the Out point in the fields below the timeline The timeco
93. dio until the item finishes playback select the Loop option 6 If you selected external audio click on the Preview button to hear the audio 116 Add Video Items InfoCaster 7 Check the Enable Audio Ducking checkbox to set the item s audio to trigger a reduction in the audio level of other items that are currently playing The trigger occurs when the item s audio is sent to air Add a Log Note To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout Add Video Items InfoCaster 117 118 Add Video Items InfoCaster Add Analog Clocks Analog Clock Items Overview Analog clock regions play a real time analog clock There is analog clock editor This chapter contains instructions on how to use it e Analog Clock Quick InfoCaster Analog Clock Quick Editor Editor Name AnalogClock1 Import the clock and format it on the Co
94. e Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button Open 1 Click the Choose button Animations The Choose button is only available when creating a new region item 2 Open your animation as prompted To select multiple animations to import at once hold down the SHIFT or CTRL key as you click When you click on the Save button in the editor a region item for each animation that you selected is added to the Items Library Save Animation To put the animation file in a central location so that other region items can in a Central use the same file instead of creating copies of the file check the Shared p Media checkbox Location Then select the shared media location from the following options 94 Add Animation Items InfoCaster Preview Animation Format Content Add a Log Note e All Adds the file to the default location C Shared Media which is set in Preferences See Store Shared Media Files In on page 230 e Audio Adds the file to a sub folder called Audio under C Shared Media e Type in a sub folder name to create a new sub folder under C Shared Media Adds the file to the new sub folder The timeline indicator on the Content tab represents the entire duration of the animation The arrow above the timeline shows the animation s current display position The Duration box displays the animation dur
95. e Inca Ports option you can air data created in your RTX application See Purchase Options on page 4 e Temperature regions display a temperature reading from a temperature probe connected to your system e You can create a pop back region and use it to expand or shrink region items during output See Draw a Pop Back Region on page 32 e You can create a background that fills up any part of your screen using any of the regions types See Draw a Background on page 32 Add Regions InfoCaster Output InfoCast d go B Goe De D M Go O Boce 4 Tr eerHl Open InfoCast Double click on a page to add regions Terminal 1 Draw a region Opena content editor Double click on a Set playback sequence region to add content Add content Workflow 1 Select the page then switch to the Regions window To do this you can double click on the page in the Pages window or Tree View list See Open Page in Regions Window on page 24 2 Draw regions on the page To do this select a region tool then click and drag the mouse cursor across the workspace See Draw Regions On the Page on page 26 3 Adjust region settings as needed See Adjust Region Settings on page 35 Add Regions InfoCaster 23 Open Page in Regions Window To add regions to a page layout select the page and switch to the Regions window Select a Page To select a page
96. e displays as the table name 8 Set your playback options Playback Option Description Retrieve Data Sets when InfoCaster checks the text file for new information e Select On Demand to set InfoCaster to update items when the data source is updated InfoCaster does not play any item when the data source is not available e Select Every and enter a time hours minutes seconds to set how often InfoCaster should look for new information InfoCaster plays the last available data if the data source is not available This prevents your output from disappearing 180 External Data InfoCaster Playback Option Description Expire Retrieved Sets when InfoCaster will expire external data if Data the data source is unavailable For example your data source may be unavailable if your data source is stored on a network and the network is down e Select Never if you want to play the last data available to InfoCaster when the data source is unavailable e Select Always if you want to expire the last data available to InfoCaster when the data source is unavailable e Select After and enter a time to set how long the data source can be unavailable before the data is expired The time is displayed in hh mm ss hours minutes seconds When Data Expires Sets what InfoCaster displays when the data has expired e Select the Don t Show Item option if you do not want to play items that have expired e Select the Show Custo
97. e following additional options that you can purchase to meet your needs e The Inca Ports option enables you to create a region in which you can display layers of data created in your RTX application The Inca Ports option is also sometimes referred to as the RTXports option e InfoCaster Player licences enable you to display your InfoCasts at additional sites e InfoCaster Network Manager enable you to manage multiple InfoCaster systems and effectively target localized audiences This document introduces you to all the major features and tasks available in InfoCaster It is designed to get you up and running as quickly as possible You can also select Help gt Help in InfoCaster to refer to the online help for further information To display the name of buttons and tools hold the mouse cursor over the item on the screen If you don t see any text come up select Help gt ToolTips to activate ToolTips This document assumes knowledge of Windows based computers For instructions on how to use basic Windows features please refer to the Microsoft web site or to documentation that came with your computer Introduction InfoCaster Open an InfoCast Open InfoCast Overview The first step for creating digital signage layouts for video display is to open a new or existing InfoCast An InfoCast is the project file that contains all the pages that you can output in a project Only one InfoCast is aired at any given time on an output pl
98. e is only visible to you and can only be used on the current machine 178 External Data InfoCaster 8 e If you re connecting to an Access Microsoft Excel lt j Driver xls Click the Finish button a to add the selected Eee driver to the system and to continue with the database set up Select Database Database Name Directories WeatherUpdate mdb dS Create New Data Source d at a b ase s el e ct Select a driver for which you want to set up a data source TE ae ed M l crosoft Access Driver da Microsoft para arquivos texto txt csv db Driver do Microsoft Access mdb 4 D river Mm Driver do Microsoft dBase dbf 4 1 N Driver do Microsoft Excel xls 4 e If you re connectin 8 A Driver do Microsoft Paradox db 4 Driver para o Microsoft Visual FoxPro 1 to an Excel o Microsoft Access Driver mdb 4 Microsoft Access Treiber mdb 4 spreadsheet select Eo E gt In the new dialog enter a name for the data source Select your external data source e For Access data click the Select button In the dialog navigate to and select your database Clear the Read Only checkbox if necessary e For Excel data click the Select Workbook button In the dialog navigate to and select your spreadsheet Clear the Read Only checkbox if necessary ODBC Microsoft Access Setup 2 Data Source Name WeatherUpdate_Access OK Description fo ntario Cancel Databas
99. e pea Database Help Select Create Repair Compact Advanced Cancel InfoChannel mdb B di Tea WeatherUpdate mdb Docs List Files of Type Drives Misc D Help I Read Only T Exclusive Options gt gt Access Databases m d z Network Click OK in all the dialogs until you return to Windows External Data InfoCaster 179 Link Item to ODBC Data Source You can create your ODBC database in any ODBC compliant program including MS Access and MS Excel Before linking your item in InfoCaster to your ODBC database you need to add your database to the ODBC system list See Add Database to ODBC System List on page 178 for details Link to Database The following steps describe how to link to your ODBC data source in InfoCaster 1 In InfoCaster double click on the region to open the Item Library 2 Click on a region item in the Item Library 3 Select a Quick Editor from the Editor list and click the Edit button 4 In the Content tab select the external data source option e For the Crawl Roll Title and Animation Quick Editors check the External Data Source checkbox and then click the Setup button e For the Table Quick Editor click the Setup Data Source button 5 In the Select Text Source dialog select the ODBC option Select a database from the Database list Select the database table from the Table list For text file databases the text file nam
100. e txt Browse i Data Source Name OntarioUpdates Make Data Source Name specific to this user User DSN oO Data Source Name is available to all users with access to the system System D Data Preview FO cityO OtempOpopO current KenoraD 0 15CO10 OSUNNY Thunder BayO8CO10 OCLOUDY GeraldtonO10C0 10 OSUNNY MoosoneeO9CO20 DO SUNNY TimminsO O8CO 10 O SUNNY Wawa007CO10 OSUNNY SudburyOO8CO20 OCLOUDY Enter a name for the data in the Data Source Name field Set the user availability option for the data source name e Make Data Source Name Specific to this User registers the text file database for the current logged on user If someone else logs on to the computer the database is not visible e Data Source Name is Available to All Users registers the text file database in a global location on the computer and is visible for any logged on user Click Next 10 In the next dialog select the delimiter column separator used in the text file from the Delimiter list Comma Tab Specify Column Width or Custom If you used a custom delimiter enter the character in the Custom item box Note The Specify My Column Width option allows you to separate your columns by setting a column width in the next dialog For details on setting the column width see Specify My Column Width Option on page 168 Check the Set first row as the column headers checkbox if you want to change the first row of text entries into col
101. eas been reached Select the Stadia page region and sequence from the list with sequence Sequence 2 Mi Note Only sequences that are disabled in the sequence list are available in the Action list as explained in Disable Sequence Page or Item on page 210 Play Page Define the action that will occur when the trigger is activated Action results ins Sets a page to play when the trigger has been snare Museum x reached Select the page from the list Note Only pages that are disabled in the sequence list are available in the Action list as explained in Disable Sequence Page or Item on page 210 Pop Back Resize Define the action that will occur when the trigger is activated Sets a region to be Actioniresitsini N v resized to a pop back 0n page Museum z region size when the within region Animation v trigger has been reached and it resizes to Pop Back Region Full Screen Select the page that the region is in then the region In the And It Resizes To field select the pop back region that you want the region to resized to To return the region of a pop back action to its original size create another trigger event and select Its Original Size in the And It Resizes To field For details on pop back regions see Draw a Pop Back Region on page 32 214 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Save Skip Trigger Events Define the action that will occur when the trigger is
102. em click the Small Text Only Small Thumbnails Sequere r n a Thumbnaiils button in EE the Sequencer title bar gt sequence Settings Start Sequence At 12 00 00 AM To display just the name of your page or region item click the Text Only button in the Sequencer title bar Schedule Playback InfoCaster 209 Set Triggers You can set the playback of certain events to trigger other events to action in InfoCaster The trigger event can be a region item a region item sequence a time or a GPI trigger The action event can be play item play item sequence play page output in pop back region or output GPO Disable In the sequence list disable the sequence page or item that you want to Sequence use as the resulting action of the trigger Page or Item 1 Switch to the Pages or Items window 2 Clear the checkbox in the page or region sequence heading See Skip or Play Sequence During Playback on page 196 for details You may need to put an item in its own sequence then disable the sequence Open 1 Select Tools gt Conditional Conditional Playback Triggers button Conditional Playback or click on the Conditional Playback prno Playback button on the main toolbar x Dialog located next to the Stop Qro Qs Ry ON AIR button 2 In the Conditional Playback dialog box click New to create a new conditional playback event Conditional Playback Trigger Duration Selected Event Trigger Act
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104. eorder Pages in Sequencer 197 Reorder Regions 05 36 Reposition Lock Region Position 36 REGIONS oversees isien 35 Resize Lock Region Size 36 REGIONS sisstesee330esse desn 35 resize analog clocks 000 122 Roll Region Items Add Blank Item 66 85 Add workflow 0066 85 Table Quick Editor 88 Roll Regions Draw Tool 0cc 0eceeeeee 29 RSS Data Feed Link TO woe ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 170 RTXport Region Items Add workflow 00568 144 S save analog clock content 123 temperatures 000 149 Save As command 664 10 Save InfoCast ccceeeeeee 10 Save to CD command ll scale analog clock size 122 Scale checkbox in Analog Clock Editor 122 Schedule Playback Change Item Display 53 Change Page Display I7 Delete Item from Sequence 204 Delete Page from Sequence 197 Delete Sequence 196 Item Sequence Settings 206 OverVieW cceeeeeeeee eee 194 Region Item Settings 206 Region Items Sequencer 20 Rename Sequence 196 Schedule Pages 0 195 Schedule Region Items 201 Set Offline Graphics 197 Set Triggers peiriers 210 Skip During Output 196 See TOOITIPS esiis 28 Select Page in InfoCast 24 Regionie sssini 42 Send Backward c
105. es the hours minutes and seconds Leading Zeros Sets the timer to display the time in two digits For example 8 00 displays as 08 00 Count Up Sets the timer to count up Count Down Sets the timer to count down From options Sets the timer to start counting either at 0 00 or at the time set in the available field To options Sets the timer to stop counting at 0 00 at the time set in the available field or when you choose to stop the timer playback Stop option Add a Log Note To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout 104 Add Digital Clocks InfoCaster Add Video Items Video Items Overview H Add video clips or live video to your video region using the content editors in the Items window There are two video region content editors This chapter contains instructions on how to use them s
106. es to the InfoCast See Add Pages to InfoCast on page 13 Add regions to the page See Add Regions to Page on page 2l Add content region items to each region See Open a Content Editor on page 44 Output InfoCast te Oo toe tee oe Co Bom Qe C5 gepre gh m0 b iTe 7 jaa mert lom Open InfoCast Double click on a page to add regions mee Terminal 1 Draw a region Case Open a content editor Double click on a Set playback sequence region to add content Add content Add Content InfoCaster 41 Open Region in Items Window To add content to your regions select the region that you want to add region items to then switch to the Items window Select a Region To select a region use one of these methods e Click on the region in the Regions Library e Click on a region in the Tree View list e Click on a region in the Preview window switch to Items window Fie Edt Rogers Tools Help Eher phon Ber Te Percer O E n C E te E ton select region in Tree View Preview or Regions window 42 Add Content InfoCaster Switch to Items Window To switch to the Items window use one of these methods e With the region selected click on the Items button on the main toolbar e Select Tools gt Items e Double click on the region in the Page Library in the Tree View list or in the Preview window
107. ettings Set Sequence Start Time 1 Select a sequence heading 204 Schedule Playback InfoCaster 2 Enter a time in the Start Sequence At field When you start playback the region sequence that is set for output at the current time plays Set Roll and Crawl Speed You can set the speed at which rolls and crawls move across the screen 1 Select a sequence heading in a roll or crawl region 2 Drag the speed slider right to increase the speed 3 Drag the speed slider left to decrease the speed Set Roll and Crawl Direction You can set the direction rolls and crawls move across the screen To change the default direction for all rolls and crawls change the setting in the Preferences dialog 1 Select a sequence heading in a roll or crawl region 2 Use the Direction radio buttons to set the direction your roll or crawl e Set your crawls in the sequence to move To Left or To Right e Set your rolls in the sequence to move Up or Down Set Default Item Duration 1 You can set how long non moving items play in the region until the next item plays This option is available for still digital clock analog clock and temperature regions Select a sequence heading 2 Enter a duration in the Default Duration fields in hours minutes and seconds Set Default Transition You can apply a transition for when items switch in your sequence 1 Select a sequence heading 2 Select a transition from the Default Transition dr
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109. feed to your layout To use the XML RSS data feed in your item first select XML RSS as your data source and then set up the data feed Select XML RSS as Use the External Data options to select the XML RSS data feed as the data Data Source source for your item 1 In InfoCaster double click on the region to open the Item Library Select Text Source Please choose 4 text source 2 Click on a region item in the Item Oran P xmM RSS Library Sax 3 Select a Quick Editor from the percha Editor list and click the Edit rte b utton Playback Retrieve data 4 Inthe Content tab select the on demand external data source option Say e For the Crawl Roll Title and 7 bint E Animation Quick Editors Onever check the External Data Oar Source checkbox and then xa click the Setup button AE e For the Table Quick Editor pe ese ee click the Setup Data Source button 5 Inthe Select Text Source dialog select the XML RSS option 6 Set your playback options 170 External Data InfoCaster Playback Option Description Retrieve Data Sets when InfoCaster checks the text file for new information e Select On Demand to set InfoCaster to update items when the data source is updated InfoCaster does not play any item when the data source is not available e Select Every and enter a time hours minutes seconds to set how often InfoCaster should look for new information InfoCaster plays the last available data if the data
110. ft Excel Book1 al File Edit wiew Insert Format Tools HEREA MENFE Ti EIEC EME We Ma We Mere a Bl S 2494 EN D1 Xv amp current 2 Enter your column headings in the first cell of the column InfoCaster uses the heading to refer to the column text 3 Enter your information in the table cells 4 Highlight all of the cells you want included in your table Make sure to include the headings as well You can highlight the cells by clicking and dragging your mouse over the cells or by clicking on the first cell and then SHIFT clicking on the last cell E Microsoft Excel Book1 il File Edit view Insert Format Tools Data windo ild f i arial ao Dm ataa A OA A Reny wit current SUNNY CLOUDY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY CLOUDY RAINY RAINY CLOUDY SUNNY CLOUDY SUNNY SUNNY 5 Select Insert gt Name gt Define Define Name table and then click the LEE Add button The name weather must be one word only and must not contain spaces underscores slashes or dashes Click OK to close the dialog Refers to 7 Save the Excel Sheet A 1 D 15 spreadsheet External Data InfoCaster 177 Add Database to ODBC System List After you create your database tables add the database to your system list You need to add your database to the system list before InfoCaster can read the database content Add Database to To add an MS Access or MS Excel file to an ODBC system list comp
111. ge the size of the Sequence list by clicking on the Brief View button double arrows above the Sequence Settings See K Change Sequence Display on page 209 for details 12 00 AMS 3 In the Rename Item dialog box that opens rename the item Delete Item To permanently delete an item from a region right click zanen on the region item in the Item Library then select Delete eat rem Item from the menu that comes up a E Rename Item Duplicate Item Delete Item Alternately you can select Items gt Delete Item in Library Select in Sequence To delete an item from your region sequence see Delete Items from Sequence on page 204 z Display Library As gt Preview To preview a still image of your region items in a page layout see Preview Regions Layout Regions on page 37 54 Add Content InfoCaster Add Still Items Still Items Overview a Still regions play non moving text and or graphics such as titles or logos in a region You can enter text or connect each text line to a data source For instructions on creating and linking to an external data source see Use External Data Sources on page 152 There are four still region content editors This chapter contains instructions on how to use them Note that because crawl roll and animation regions use similar editors this chapter refers to them when required e Title Quick Editor Add text to a still region on your layout
112. h column entry during output select the column in the Column list and then select the Add Prefix checkbox Enter the text in the text box 3 To display a string of text after each column entry during output select the column in the Column list and then select the Add Suffix checkbox Enter the text in the text box External Data InfoCaster 191 192 External Data InfoCaster Schedule Playback Sequences Schedule Playback Overview Use Sequencer and Conditional Playback to schedule the playback sequence s of your InfoCast pages and region items e Schedule page playback sequences in the Sequencer in the Pages window You can set the page start time transition duration and days of the week for for page playback For instructions on setting page playback see Schedule InfoCast Pages on page 195 e Schedule region playback sequences in the Sequencer in the Items window You can set the region start time transition duration looping and days of the week for region item playback For instructions on setting region playback see Schedule Region Items on page 20l e Set events to be triggered in the Conditional Playback dialog You can set sequences items times and GPI triggers to trigger a pop back resize or the playback of other items sequences pages or GPO output For instructions on using triggers for playback see Set Triggers on page 210 Output InfoCast BOCs mE 10
113. hat you want to import and double click on the folder Import InfoCast Look in C InfoCaster lt ML My Recent Documents Desktop My Documents gs My Computer Path SE v a Cancel My Network 3 Click OK to import the InfoCast The InfoCast copies to your InfoCasts folder located at C InfoCasts by default 4 Ifan InfoCast is already open click on the Open button on the main toolbar and select the imported InfoCast from the list that comes up If an InfoCast is not already open the InfoCast you selected automatically opens in InfoCaster The InfoCast opens in the Pages window Note You can also import individual pages See Import Page on page 18 Open InfoCasts InfoCaster 9 Save InfoCast InfoCaster automatically saves your work to a default location You can change the default location You can also save an InfoCast to a different location on your hard drive or on a CD and copy an InfoCast without breaking the file paths that are referenced in the InfoCast Auto Save InfoCaster saves all changes immediately to the default location C InfoCasts as you work so your project is always up to date You never have to save your InfoCast as you go Even if something happens to your system like a power outage your projects load with your latest changes intact All InfoCast projects are saved in the format C InfoCasts InfoCast name folder page name folder To check or change the
114. hat applies to all content editors Selecting the checkbox in one content editor applies the setting to all editors To add another item to the same region select a content editor then click on the Add button on the toolbar Add content in the editor that opens You can create more region items in the same region when you want the content in that region to change during output The items can loop during playback For example you could add multiple items to a still region displaying movie titles and times The movie items would loop continuously displaying one list of movie times followed by the next list of movie times You can link text lines in still crawl roll and animation region items to the following types of external data sources For instructions on how to link to an external data source see Use External Data Sources on page 152 e A text txt file on your hard drive e An HTTP or FTP page on the internet e Text from an XML RSS source on the internet e Text from an ODBC data source About Data Tags Every text line in a Still Crawl Roll or Animation region item that you create in a Quick Editor or TitleMotion editor contains a data tag A data tag is a name label that InfoCaster uses to link the text line to an external data source During output the selected content of the external data source is displayed in the text line External text displays one entry at a time for stills and animations You set the ite
115. he sequence list The pages remain available in the Page Library 196 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Check to include sequence in output Add Pages to a Add pages to the sequence by dragging the page from the Page Library to Sequence the sequence heading You can add the same page to the sequence more than once WV Sequence Settings Start Sequence At 12 00 00 AM Default Transition Snap w Duration s Softnes Museum v Sequence 1 12 Specials EMTWTAS Drag page from library to a sequence Change Order of Pages in the Sequence To change the playback order of pages drag the page up or down in the sequence list Delete Pages from the Sequence To remove a page from the sequence use one of these methods e Drag the page from the sequence back to the Page Library e Right click on the page in the sequence then select Remove Page from the menu e Select the page then select Pages gt Delete Page from Sequence The page remains available in the Page Library so you can add it to the sequence at a later time Set an Offline Graphic To display an image on your output device whenever a page is switched during playback select Edit gt Preferences Use the Choose button beside the Offline Graphic field on the General tab to select a graphic file See Offline Graphic on page 230 for details Set Sequence When you schedule a page sequence you can set the sequence start time Sett
116. hedule Playback InfoCaster 203 Set Region Sequence Settings Add Blank Item to Sequence To make the region transparent add a blank item to the sequence To do this select Add Blank Item from the region item editor list See About Blank Items on page 44 for further information Change Order of Items in Sequence To change the playback order of items drag the item up or down in the sequence list in the Items window Delete Items from Sequence To remove an item from the sequence while keeping the item in the Item Library use one of these methods e Drag the item from the sequence list back to the Item Library e Right click on the item in the sequence list then select Remove Item from the menu e Select Items gt Delete Item in Sequencer When you schedule a region item sequence you can set the sequence start time the playback duration of some region items the transition between items and looping options Sequence Settings are applied to every item in a sequence Click on a sequence heading in the sequence list to select it The Sequence Settings panel becomes available Sequence Settings Start Sequence At 9 00 00 AM Default Duration Ojlhlojlm ils Default Transition Snap w Duration s Softness Still1 Copy Table2 Loop Sequence End Item Before Changing Sequences A v Sequence 1 9 00 AIA 4 at Table2 SMT MIT IFS Select sequence and adjust Sequence S
117. ick on the region to open the Item Library Select Text Source Please choose a text source Text File 2 Click on a region item in the Item Om irs Library S 2 Select a Quick Editor from the Editor list and click the Edit button parie Retrieve data On demand O Every Expire retrieved data when 3 Inthe Content tab select the external data source option e For the Title Roll Crawl and eae Animation Quick Editors check Oabways the External Data Source es checkbox and then click the Setup button e For the Table Quick Editor click rE the Setup Data Source button Dont show item O Show custom message cancel OK 4 In the Select Text Source dialog select the Text File option 5 Set your playback options Playback Option Description Sets when InfoCaster checks the text file for new information Retrieve Data e Select On Demand to set InfoCaster to update items when the data source is updated InfoCaster does not play any item when the data source is not available e Select Every and enter a time hours minutes seconds to set how often InfoCaster should look for new information InfoCaster plays the last available data if the data source is not available This prevents your output from disappearing 160 External Data InfoCaster Playback Option Expire Retrieved Data Description Sets when InfoCaster will expire external data if the data source is unavailable
118. ided in TitleMotion or create your own templates for still crawl and roll items You cannot attach audio to TitleMotion items select template select Text or optional Graphic plane i_Inscriber TitleMotion 4 3 0 GW File Edt Element Attributes Tools Help El BSE N i 2 0 Default Template Line1 STYLE 9 POS 007 039 BASE 71 LAYER 1 select item format content add content with in playlist with tab options Tools Palette options Open Content Open TitleMotion from the Items window Editor 1 Double click on a still roll crawl or animation region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select TitleMotion from the content editor drop down list Add Still Items InfoCaster 65 Add TitleMotion Content 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button To create a still crawl roll or animation in TitleMotion 1 6 Select the type of content you want to create Still Crawl Roll or Animation from the list at the top of stil E the screen Enter the text in the main workspace Make sure that the Text plane button is selected 1x plane sa ne e graphics e Use the tabs below the workspace to format the text View Sige Astritates Color amp Texture Styles logos Background Animation Settings OateTags Arial TT e juj Browse
119. idth field and then click lt Back Finish Cancel the Set button to apply the width e If some of the characters from your first column move to the second column click an entry in the first column again and increase the number in the Column Width field e If some of the characters from the second column stayed in the first column click an entry in the first column again and decrease the number in the Column Width field ODBC Text File Setup Specify the parameters of your data Column Parameters Column Header Data type Column Width Characters Data Preview temp pop current omg 15C 10 SUNNY 8C 10 CLOUDY 10C 10 SUNNY lt Back Finish Cancel 168 External Data InfoCaster Click on the first entry in the second column and enter the number of 3 characters for the column in the Column Width field Click the Set button to apply the width ODBC Text File Setup Specify the parameters of your data Column Parameters Column Header Data type Char Column Width 5 Characters Data Preview city temp pop current Kenora 15C 10 SUNNY Thunder Bay 8c 10 CLOUDY Geraldton 10C 10 SUNNY lt Back Finish Cancel 4 Continue setting the column width for the remaining columns External Data InfoCaster 169 Link to XML RSS Data Feed You can link your layout to an XML source like an RSS data feed When you link to an RSS data feed RSS sends the latest updates from the data
120. ific days of the week set the page to not play before or after a specific date set the page to play for a specific length of time and set the transition for the page 198 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Click on a page in the sequence to select it The Sequence Settings panel changes into the Page Settings panel Add Rename Delete WV Page Settings Play This Page On Yisun V Mon Tues Wed v Thurs v Fri v Sat Don t Play Before Page Duration 0 n 30 m 0 s Don t Play After Transition Snap w Duration Softness v Sequence 1 12 00 AM EMTATFS ee v Sequence 2 6 30 PM Specials SIMTIWITIFIS Now Playing f EIMTATIFE Select a page and adjust Page Settings Set Days of the Week for Playback You can set which days of the week your page will play 1 Select a page in the sequence list 2 Inthe Page Settings panel select the checkbox beside the day s of the week that you want your page to play 3 Clear the days of the week that you do not want the page to play You can also click on the buttons that appear beside the page in the sequence list to set which days the page is to play Set Timeline for Page Playback If you only want the page to play for a certain number of days use the Don t Play Before and Don t Play After Controls 1 Select a page
121. iguration Utility select one of the following output devices from the Select Output Device drop down list on the Video Audio Standard Change tab Inscriber Configuration Utility Auto Login Player Server E Mail Settings Folder Mode Distribution Video Audio Standard Change Debug Logging Multiple Instances Extemal Triggers Video Select output device VGA Out v Confidence Preview Video Standard 1024 x 768 Rotation loli O20 O Output Monitor Second v 180 Live Video Yes have live video input PCi 100 NTSC v O No do not have live video input Audio Yes have audio capabilities O No do not have audio capabilities PCI 100 Select this option to output to the output device that is connected to your PCI 100 card Desktop Video Window Select this option to output to your lt Ee E Inscriber Desktop Video computer 5900 C monitor via the n Desktop Video i I News Loge window Now Playing for e VGA Out Select this option to output to the VGA output device that is connected to your ATI card e TV Out Select this option to output to the TV output device that is connected to your ATI card Matrox G450 G550 Select this option to output to the output device that is connected to your Matrox card Blackmagic DeckLink Select this option to output to the output device that is connected to your BlackMagic DeckLink card To output to more source
122. in Regions Window 24 Draw Regions On the Page 26 Adjust Region Settings 35 Preview REBIOMSE cies ur Sohrtts 37 Add Items to Regions 39 Add Region Items Overview 40 Open Region in Items Window 42 Open a Content Editor 00 44 Add Content with the Editor 50 Add Still Items 55 Still Items Overview 0608 56 Title Quick Editor wo 59 Table Quick Editor 00 cc 6l TitleMotion a3 ake cteie cen takes 65 Graphic Importer sca s2 ccestna tees 69 Format Text cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 72 Add Audioaren naa a tas 75 Add Crawl Items 79 Crawl Items Overview 80 Crawl Quick Editor 0 0 00000 8l Add Roll Items 83 Roll Items Overview 0 00000088 84 Roll Quick Editor 0cccc eee 86 Table Quick Editor cccc 88 Add Animation Items 89 Animation Items Overview 90 Animation Quick Editor 92 Animation Importer 00 94 Add Digital Clocks 97 Digital Clock Items Overview 98 Digital Clock Quick Editor 100 Digital Timer Quick Editor 103 Table of Contentsi Add Video Items 105 Video Items Overview 0 106 Video Clip Quick Editor 108 Live Video Quick Editor 113 Add Analog Clocks 119 Analog Clock Items Overview 120 Analog Clock Quick Editor
123. in the sequence list 2 Ifyou don t want the page to play before a certain date check the Don t Play Before checkbox and enter a date in the field 3 If you don t want the page to play after a certain date check the Don t Play After checkbox and enter a date in the field Schedule Playback InfoCaster 199 Set Page Duration You can set how long pages play before the next page in the sequence is displayed 1 Select a page in the sequence list 2 Enter how long the page should play in the Page Duration field in hours minutes and seconds Set Page Transition You can set what kind of transition is used to transition to the page If the default transition for the sequence is dissolve but you want one page to snap on screen select the page that you want to snap on screen and choose the Snap transition 1 Select a page in the sequence list 2 Select a transition from the Transition drop down list 3 Set how long the transition should take in seconds in the Duration field 4 Ifyou have selected a Wipe transition and are using Progressive VGA for output with GPU Acceleration enabled enter a number in the Softness field to set how hard or soft the edges of the transition appear Increase the number to increase the softness 200 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Schedule Region Items Schedule the playback sequence of the items in each region using the options in the Sequencer on the Item window You can set up one or mo
124. ing playback For example if you output to a 16 9 display select 16 9 in the Preferences dialog box To select an aspect ratio for your output screen select an option from the Output Aspect Ratio drop down list To select an aspect ratio for your computer display select an option from the VGA Aspect Ratio drop down list VGA Aspect Ratio To select an aspect ratio for your computer display select an option from the VGA Aspect Ratio drop down list See Output Aspect Ratio on page 231 for details Audio Ducking Level If you are playing several items with audio you may want to shut off or reduce the audio levels when one specific item plays This is known as audio ducking When you enable Audio ducking for an item all other audio that is playing ducks goes quiet by the percentage indicated in the Audio Ducking Level field The default ducking level is 30 of the normal audio level To change the default audio ducking level enter a new audio ducking level percentage in the Audio Ducking Level field on the General tab Appendix InfoCaster 231 Logging Tab InfoCaster Preferences General Logging Network v Enable Logging Store Playback Logs in C Program Files Inscriber InfoCaster PlaybackLogs Keep logs for the last 30 days Change Status of Automatic Logging By default items are not set to be logged To set all items to be logged check the Enable Logging checkbox on the Logging tab
125. ings and the transition between pages Sequence Settings are applied to every page in a sequence Schedule Playback InfoCaster 197 Click on a sequence heading in the sequence list to select it The Sequence Settings panel becomes available Add J Rename ji Delete V Sequence Settings Start Sequence At 12 00 00 AM Default Transition Snap Duration s Softness Yo v Sequence 1 Specials EIMTIWTIFIS Museum SMT MAT IFS v Sequence 2 v Sequence 3 f Select a sequence and adjust Sequence Settings Set Sequence Start Time 1 Select a sequence heading 2 Enter a time in the Start Sequence At field When you start playback the page sequence that is set for output at the current time plays Set Default Transition You can apply a transition for page switches in your sequence 1 Select a sequence heading 2 Select a transition from the Default Transition drop down list 3 Set how long the transition should take in seconds in the Duration field 4 If you have selected a Wipe transition and are using Progressive VGA for output with GPU Acceleration enabled enter a number in the Softness field to set how hard or soft the edges of the transition appear Increase the number to increase the softness Set Page You can use page settings to set the playback of individual pages within Settings your sequence You can set the page to play on spec
126. io Add Blank Item 48 Add Content InfoCaster Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Temperature Temperature Probe Quick Editor Probe Editor Temperature Probe Tem If you have a temperature probe connected to your system use the Temperature Probe Quick Editor to display current temperature readings in your layout Format the item with custom settings Temperature Probe Quick Editor N rere erature Probe 7 wick Editor Add Blank Item Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Add Content InfoCaster 49 50 Add Content with the Editor Use the options on the content editor that you selected to add content to your region to format the content and to attach audio to the region item when available The next 10 chapters describe the content editors for each region type Refer to the following 10 chapters for details on using the content editors e For Still Regions see Add Still Items on page 55 e For Crawl Regions see Add Crawl Items on page 79 e For Roll Regions see Add Roll Items on page 83 e For Animation Regions see Add Animation Items on page 89 e For Digital Clock Regions see Add Digital Clocks on page 97 e For Video Regions see Add Video Items on page
127. ion 210 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Select Trigger From the Trigger drop down list in the Event Setup dialog box select one of the following items to trigger the start of the next action Item Starts Sets the playback of an item to trigger an action Select the page region sequence and item from the drop down lists When the trigger is aired the item plays once then Event Setup Set events to trigger a sequence of other events to occur within your InfoCast Define the logical stepping of events that can occur based on the trigger selected Trigger is caused when Choose Trigger Select a trigger to define the LEME events within your InfoCast em Starts Sequence Starts GPI initiated Reaching specified time Define the action that will occur when the trigger is activated Action results in Choose Action Select an action to define when the trigger has been activated Cancel Event Setup Set events to trigger a sequence of other events to occur within your InfoCast Define the logical stepping of events that can occur based on the trigger selected Trigger is caused when TSE 4 0n page Museum within region Crawl se with sequence Sequence 1 on the Following item Crawlt scheduled playback resumes If you want the item to loop during playback place the item in its own sequence then select the Loop option in the Items
128. ions e To apply audio to an independent audio region double click on the region and open the Audio Editor from the Items window e To apply audio to a region item double click on the region in the Regions window select the region item in the Items window select a content editor and click the Edit button In the content editor switch to the Audio tab InfoCaster Title Quick Editor Name Still1 Content Formatting Audio Enable Audio Dinosaur v Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Save Add Still Items InfoCaster 75 Option Description Enable Audio Enables the audio options to add audio to the checkbox region item Choose Launches the Open dialog where you can choose your audio file Shared Media Enables the shared media option to put the audio file in a central location for shared referencing Then select the shared media location from the drop down list Shared Media Folder list Sets the shared media location from the following options e All Adds the file to the default location C Shared Media which is set in Preferences See Store Shared Media Files In on page 230 e Audio Adds the file to a sub folder called Audio under C Shared Media e Type in a sub folder name to create a new sub folder under C Shared Media Adds the file to the new sub folder Level Adjusts the volume for the audio Audio levels range fro
129. isplayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Save Content Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout 112 Add Video Items InfoCaster Live Video Quick Editor The Live Video Quick Editor sets the region to display live video during playback Select hardware sources for video and audio or link to a streaming media file on the Content tab Apply a graphic overlay on the Overlay tab Adjust audio on the Audio tab Video appears at the size it was rendered in InfoCaster Live Video Quick Editor Name IE Tene Ea Content Overlay Audio Video Device Source Audio Device Source URL Windows Media Video Stream C Show Full Screen Duration 00 00 30 00 Scale Maintain Aspect Rati Invert Fiel Set Picon Size ea 25 Log Note Z Auto add to sequence r Open Content Open the Live Video Quick Editor from the Items window Editor 1 Double click on a video region in the Regions window to switch to 8 8 the Items window 2 Select the Live Video Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the ite
130. ith entries that come after Milton alphabetically e Ifyou select city from the column list select Not Like from the Operator list and enter Ottawa in the Value text box InfoCaster outputs all the table rows that do not have the entry Ottawa To delete the current row from the Advanced Selection Criteria section select the DELETE option from the row s first drop down list To clear all the information in the Advanced Selection Criteria section click the Clear button To quickly edit the database selections click the Edit Query button External Data InfoCaster 185 186 External Data InfoCaster The Edit Query window opens where you can edit the parameters of your selections in the text line When you click OK the edits are saved in the Edit Query window and are applied to your item on output SELECT Lists the columns connected to the data tags FROM Lists the database table WHERE Lists the advanced selection criteria ORDER BY Lists the sort order and direction When you click OK in the Edit Query window the options in the Select Database Items dialog are disabled Click the Clear Query button to remove the edits and to enable the options in the Select Database Items again To view the data selected for output click the Refresh button The Results area displays the table entries sorted for output If you do not want to apply advanced formatting to specific data see next topic click OK In the
131. k region content editors This chapter contains instructions on how to use them e Digital Clock Quick Editor Create real time clocks displaying local or offset time The time display is based on your computer clock Set the time and date display options on the Content tab Format the content on the Formatting tab Add audio on the Audio tab See Digital Clock Quick Editor on page 100 e Digital Timer Quick Editor Create a digital timer that counts up or down Display the day month and date Set the timer display options on the Content tab Format the content on the Formatting tab Add audio on the Audio tab See Digital Timer Quick Editor on page 103 e Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 98 Add Digital Clocks InfoCaster InfoCaster Digital Clock Quick Editor Name ZASA Content Formatting Audio v 2Hour 24 Hour V Show AM PM Show Leading Zeros Show Seconds Show Prefix Show Suffix Log Note Offset Time JS mr Auto add to sequence Cancel Save InfoCaster Digital Timer Quick Editor Name JAE Content Formatting Audio Format hh mm ss Separator colon V Show Leading Zeros Count Up O Count Down From 0 00 O To O S
132. kbox To enable audio check the Enable Audio checkbox Select one of the following options A UU N e To play audio from the video source select the Clip Audio Source option e To play audio from another source select the External Audio File option and click on the Choose button Select the audio file in the next dialog box 5 If you selected external audio change the Level Delay or Loop options as required e To adjust the volume for the audio use the Level option Audio levels range from zero to 100 Zero mutes the audio completely Add Video Items InfoCaster 111 One is the lowest audible level and 100 is the highest e To delay the playback of the audio set a time in the Delay field e To play the audio once and stop select the Play Once option e To continue playing the audio until the item finishes playback select the Loop option 6 Ifyou selected external audio click on the Preview button to hear the audio 7 Check the Enable Audio Ducking checkbox to set the item s audio to trigger a reduction in the audio level of other items that are currently playing The trigger occurs when the item s audio is sent to air Add a Log Note To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is d
133. l data source and set audio options To use the Animation Quick Editor create an animation in TitleMotion as explained in the TitleMotion manual that came with your InfoCaster product or in the TitleMotion online help Then edit the animation in the Animation Quick Editor You cannot add an animation with the Animation Quick Editor Add text on the Content tab Add audio on the Audio tab To format the content use TitleMotion Open Content Editor Enter Text in Animation Quick Editor InfoCaster Animation Quick Editor x Name Content Formatting Audio Text C Show Tags C External Data Source v Auto add to sequence E i T z Help Cancel Save Open the Animation Quick Editor from the Items window 1 Double click on an animation region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select an item in the Items window 3 Select the Animation Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 4 Click the Edit button To add text in the Animation Quick Editor directly type the text in the Text box on the Content tab e For details on formatting your text see Format Text on page 72 e For details on linking your animation text to a text file an XML RSS data feed or an ODBC data source see External Data Sources on page ISI Add Animation Items InfoCaster Format Content Add a Log Note Save Content Use the options on the Fo
134. layback the other region items are visible on screen again 2 Enter a duration for the live video display in the Duration field Time is measured in HH MM SS FF hours minutes seconds frames 3 To enable the scale options check the Scale checkbox Then use the following scale options to set the video display in the region item e Check the Maintain Aspect Ratio checkbox to display the live video at its original aspect ratio Clear the checkbox to size the video to the aspect ratio of the region The video may distort if you clear the checkbox e Use the Scale slider to size the video display in your region Click the Best Fit button to scale the video to the dimensions of the region If the Maintain Aspect Ratio option is selected the video may not completely fill the width or the height 4 To reverse the field order of the incoming live video check the Invert Field checkbox Use this option if your input device inputs video in the opposite field order to your output device 5 To set the frame currently displayed in the preview as the image for representing the live video click the Set Picon button below the Preview window The image displays in the Items window s Item Library and Sequence list 6 To reposition the video display in the region click on the video in the editor s Preview window then drag the video to its new location 114 Add Video Items InfoCaster Add a Graphic Apply a graphic to display over the video on the
135. lect an option from the second drop down list to set a parameter for the conditional formatting Enter a word number or phrase in the text box The entry in the text box completes the selection from the second list Check the Hide Item or Color checkbox to hide the item on output On output the weather warning is hidden for items meeting formatting conditions WEATHER UPDATE On WEATHER UPDATE YA vy Kingston 12 C 80 RAINY Weather Watch Severe Thunders warning in set color warning hidden If you want to clear the formatting options choose Select a column from the first drop down list in the row Format Numeric Data Use the data formatting options to format your numeric data 1 In the Select Database Items dialog click the Advanced Formatting button 2 Inthe Format dialog select the numeric column from the Column list and then choose an option from the Thousands Separator Decimal Point and Decimal Places lists Gare N Data Formatting ea 1 ky pals Thousands Separator Space x 2 temp Text Decimal Point Period 4 current Test Decimal Places XXX v 5 number Numeric jig Clade Prefix Add Suffix Add a Prefix or Suffix Use the Add Prefix and Add Suffix options to display text before or after your text on output 1 190 External Data InfoCaster In the Select Database Items dialog click the Advanced Formatting button To display a string of text before eac
136. lete ODBC System List the following steps If you are using a differnt application the steps will differ slightly 1 In Windows open the Data Sources ODBC option e In Windows XP view Select Start gt Control Panel gt Performance and Maintenance gt Administrative Tools gt Data Sources ODBC e In Windows Classic view Select Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Data Sources ODBC 2 Select the User DSN tab or the System DSN tab e The User DSN tab registers the database for the ODBC Data Source Administrator User DSN System DSN File DSN Drivers Tracing Connection Pooling About User Data Sources cu rrent logged on Name Driver Add dBASE Files Microsoft dBase Driver dbf user If someone Excel Files Microsoft Excel Driver xls Remove MS Access Database Microsoft Access Driver mdb _ else logs on to the School Closures Text File Microsoft Text Driver txt csv Configure WeatherCity Microsoft Text Driver txt csv computer the database is not visible The System DSN tab registers the database in a global location on Cancel the computer and is visible for any logged on user 3 Click the Add button to open the Create New Data Source dialog 4 Select the driver from the list for your database a An ODBC User data source stores information about how to connect to 2 the indicated data provider A User data sourc
137. limiter column separator between your columns You can use commas or your own custom delimiter You will set the delimiter type when you link to the text file in InfoCaster 4 Enter the remaining column headings using the TAB key or other delimiter to move to the next column 5 Press ENTER to move to the second line The data begins on the second line 6 Add the first data entry suchas f9 AEREE a word number or phrase PSM R NE ET under the first column heading city temp pop current e Fe ie EM Thun ig 7 Press TAB or other delimiter fceratdton to c 10 SUNNY Moosonee o C 20 SUNNY to move to the second column rimmins a c 10 SUNNY wawa 7 C 10 SUNNY and add the column entry Sudbury Bc Z0 CLOUDY Ottawa p a Cc 60 RAINY 8 Add the remaining column arto e doe EUY A i 15 20 entries using the TAB key or fondon 12c 20 CLouDY oe Sarnia 14 C 10 SUNNY other delimiter to move to the windsor 14 C 10 SUNNY next column 9 Press ENTER to move to the next line of text as needed 10 Continue adding your column entries in each new line using the TAB key or other delimiter to move to the next column 11 Save the file as a txt file to a unique folder See Also For information on linking to a database text file see External Data InfoCaster 159 Link Item to Text File The following steps describe how to link to your external data source in InfoCaster 1 In InfoCaster double cl
138. location for shared referencing All the region items that use the same file refer to the shared media folder instead of referring to copies of the same file in different places To use this feature you must select the Shared Media option in a content editor when you add a region item to a region See Add Items to Regions on page 39 for more information about region items InfoCaster saves your shared media files to the default location C Shared Media This is true when saving an InfoCast to CD as well InfoCaster automatically creates the directory folders it needs To change the default location for shared media click on the Choose button next to the Store Shared Media Files In field on the General tab in the Preferences dialog box Then select a new file location for your shared media Automatically Delete Shared Media Files To automatically delete files in the Shared Media folder that are no longer referred to by any InfoCasts check the Automatically Delete Stored Media Files That Are Not Referenced or Being Used By Any InfoCast checkbox 230 Appendix InfoCaster Output Aspect Ratio You can set the aspect ratio for your output monitor and for your computer display The aspect ratio is a global setting applied to all page layouts you open in InfoCaster so individual layouts do not store aspect ratio information Selecting the right aspect ratio ensures that objects maintain their proper shape without appearing skewed dur
139. m Message option if you want to display a message when the data has expired Type in your custom text in the field 9 Click OK to apply your settings and move to the next dialog Select Database In the Select Database Items dialog you can select specific data for output Items for Output set the data output order and apply special formatting to specific table entries 1 If necessary complete steps 7 in the previous section Link to Database on page 180 2 Select a column name from the Source Column drop down list to link the data tag on the left to the database column If you do not want a External Data InfoCaster 181 column in your database to display during output do not link the column to a data tag On output item data tags Data tags in content editor display linked column content ica Stal baiia WE THER UPDATE On vy Select Database Hems Selected Database Weathertindate_ Access Selected Table weather 10 Joy Jime p cament 1 Kenora 15C 10 SUNNY 2 Thunder Bay ec 10 cLoubY 3 Geddon we 10 SUNNY 4 Marsanna st ax SUNNY 5 Tien ec 10 SUNNY 6 Wane rt 10 SUNNY 7 Sudbury sc ax cLoupy Otawa We Ox RAINY s Krg on Izt ar RAINY E Show tags 10 Torde 17t 40 c oupy External Date So Source Cohan Drein Link data tags to Select a column to database columns order content output 182 External Data InfoCaster For table i
140. m duration and transition using the options in the sequence list as explained in Schedule Playback Sequences on page 193 Rolls and crawls gradually display all the selected entries from the external data source as the item moves across the screen A Crawl item contains only one text line or data tag A Still Roll and Animation region item can contain more than one text line each with its own data tag Each text line can be linked to a different data source View Data Tags By default TitleMotion displays the data tags in the workspace Add Content InfoCaster 51 To display the data tags in a Quick Editor check the Show Tags checkbox on the Content tab The Content Formatting Audio Tags Text Local tags are displayed to the left of the raima text fields in the editor Gkbal Data Tag Names Fishen Tiss By default InfoCaster names the data tags as follows e The Quick Editors name the data tags Line I Line 2 and so on e The Table Quick Editor which is available for stills and rolls names the cells using the row column protocol I I 1 2 2 1 2 2 and so on e TitleMotion automatically names the data tags in Still and Animation items Linel Line2 and so on and names data tags in rolls and crawls I and so on To link text lines in a Still or Animation item created in TitleMotion to more than one column of your external data the data tags names of your text
141. m in the sequence list to set which days the item is to play Set Timeline for Item Playback If you only want the item to play for a certain number of days use the Don t Play Before and Don t Play After Controls 1 Select an item in the sequence list 2 If you don t want the item to play before a certain date check the Don t Play Before checkbox and enter a date in the field 3 If you don t want the item to play after a certain date check the Don t Play After checkbox and enter a date in the field Schedule Playback InfoCaster 207 Set Item Duration You can set how long non moving items play before the next item in the sequence is displayed This option is available for still digital clock analog clock and temperature regions 1 Select an item in the sequence list 2 Enter how long the item should play in the Duration field in hours minutes and seconds Set Item Transition You can set what kind of transition is used to transition to the item If the default transition for the sequence is dissolve but you want one item to snap on screen select the item that you want to snap on screen and choose the Snap transition 1 Select an item in the sequence list 2 Select a transition from the Transition drop down list 3 Set how long the transition should take in seconds in the Duration field If you have selected a Wipe transition and are using Progressive VGA for output with GPU Acceleration enabled enter a nu
142. m in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button Add Video from You can add video from a video device connected to your system Video Source 1 Select the Video Device option on the Content tab 2 Select a hardware device from the Video Device list The list displays all available hardware devices capable of delivering video The video device must be installed on the same computer that is running InfoCaster Add Video Items InfoCaster 113 3 Select a source from the Source list The list displays the sources available within the selected video device 4 Select an audio device from the Audio Device list The list displays all available hardware devices capable of delivering audio The audio device must be installed on the same computer that is running InfoCaster Add Streaming You can add video from an asx or asf media file streaming over the Video internet 1 Select the URL option on the Content tab 2 Type in the URL or file path for the asx or asf media file or click the Browse button next to the field and browse to the file location You can have an asx file stored locally which manages the connection to asf media files 3 Click the Connect button to start streaming the asx or asf media file Set Live Video 1 To display the live video at full screen size during output check the Options Show Full Screen checkbox The live video plays over top of all other regions After the video region item finishes p
143. m zero to 100 Zero mutes the audio completely One is the lowest audible level and 100 is the highest Delay Delays the audio playback from the start of the region item by the set time measured in hours minutes seconds Play Once Sets the audio file to play once and then stop Loop Sets the audio file to continue playing while the region item is on air The audio plays whenever the region item plays in the sequence Once the region item stops playing the sound stops Preview button Plays the audio file so you can hear the audio before sending it to air Enable Audio Ducking checkbox Sets the audio to trigger a reduction in the audio level of other items that are currently playing The trigger occurs when the item is played You can set the audio ducking level on the General tab in the Preferences dialog Edit gt Preferences 76 Add Still Items InfoCaster Add a Log Note Save Content To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file sele
144. mber in the Softness field to set how hard or soft the edges of the transition appear Increase the number to increase the softness 208 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Change Sequence Display You can change how much information is displayed in the Sequencer depending on whether you want to make more room to see your items or your sequence list Set Sequence Display Set Sequence Settings Display Set Sequence Item Display SE Brief View Extended View quenc Lads Rename _ osteto V datati k Play This PageOn Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri sat Hides Displays Settings panel options Don t Play Before Don t Play After Page Duration 0 h 30 m 0 s s Softness Yo Transition Snap Duration Hides Displays sequence list To display the Sequence Settings panel click on the Extended View button double arrows on the Sequencer toolbar The Extended View button becomes the Brief View button To hide the Sequence Settings when you want more room to work on the items in the Library click on the Brief View button To display or hide the Sequence Page or Item options click on the triangle beside the Sequence Settings in the Sequence Settings panel To display or hide the sequence list click on the triangle in front of the sequence heading To display the name and a thumbnail of your page or region it
145. n output Lines of Title 1 To add text lines place Text your cursor in the text box then press the ENTER key s Press ENTER again to add Content Formatting Audio another line Test InfoCaster Title Quick Editor 2 To view the data tags check the Show Tags checkbox Each line of text in the Title Quick Editor is labeled with a data tag Data tags are used to link to external data sources The external data feature if flexible so you can link one or all of your text lines to an external data source For details on linking your title text to a text file an XML RSS data feed or an ODBC data source see External Data Sources on page ISI Remove a Text To remove a line of text in the Title Quick Editor select the text in the text Line box and press BACKSPACE to delete the text When the text box is empty press BACKSPACE again to delete the line Add a Log Note To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer
146. n the external file on output Maintaining your data in an external file allows you to update your information easily You can link your items to text files XML RSS data feeds and ODBC data sources Data Tags Still roll crawl and animation items use data tags to link to the external data source See the following table for a description of the data tags in each editor Region Type Still Data Tag Description e Title items use multiple data tags to link to multiple external data sources or to multiple columns feeds in one data source You can edit the name of the data tag in the Title Quick Editor e To view the data tags check the Show Tags checkbox on the Content tab in the Title Quick Editor e To add a new data tag text line in the Title Quick Editor click in the text box and then press ENTER e To remove a data tag text line select the text in the text box and press BACKSPACE to delete the text When the text box is empty press BACKSPACE again to delete the tag e Table items use multiple data tags to link to multiple columns feeds in one data source Each column in the Table Quick Editor has a labeled data tag The first column s data tag is l 1 the second column s data tag is l 2 and so on The data tag labels are visible when you link to your external data source Roll Roll items have one data tag that you can link to one external data source The data tag is labeled I I and is visible when you li
147. nd Set up your columns and heading display options on the Content tab Header Options Add Still Items InfoCaster 61 1 Inthe Number of Columns field on the Content tab enter the number of columns you want your table to contain Select Text Source 4 select text source gt Please choose a text source Text File ORM RSS Ooopec Playback Retrieve data On demand O Every Expire retrieved data when data source unavailable InfoCaster Table Quick Editor Name Tablet Never O Always Odftter when data expires Content Headers Row Formatting A umber OF Columns 1 Header Use First Entry From Da O custom Don t show item O Show custom message Setup Data Source Auto add to sequence l Help Cancel Save select Setup Data Source select column heading enter number of columns you want 2 Select the header options e To use the first row of data in each column of your database as the column header select the Use First Entry from Database option e To create your own custom column headings select the Custom option The Column options are enabled 3 If you selected the Custom option select a column from the Column item list and then enter a name for the column in the Header field Repeat this step for each column header you want to label 62 Add Still Items InfoC
148. nd change the number of days that log files are stored on your system To change logging defaults select Edit gt Preferences and select the Logging tab in the Preferences dialog box See Log Region Playback on page 227 for details InfoCaster Preferences General Logging Network v Enable Logging Store Playback Logs in C Program Files Inscriber InfoCaster PlaybackLogs Choose Keep logs for the last 30 days 228 Appendix InfoCaster Change Preferences Select Edit gt Preferences to change your default settings in the Preferences dialog box General Tab InfoCaster Preferences General Logging Network Manager Player InfoCast Settings Media Store Settings Store InfoCasts In Store Shared Media Files In C InfoCaster Layouts C Shared Media Load last InfoCast on startup Automatically delete stored media files that are not referenced or being used by any InfoCast Image file life time interval 0 minutes Presentation Settings Output Settings Offline Graphic Output Aspect Ratio YGA Aspect Ratio Default Roll Direction up t O Down 4 Audio Ducking Level as The background aud ed by this when Default Crawl Direction Left ORight an additional audio s Store InfoCasts In InfoCaster saves your InfoCast projects to C InfoCasts by default Pages are saved to C InfoCasts project folder To change the location for
149. nerator that you can use to create high end titles rolls crawls and animations See Add TitleMotion Content on page 66 for details Workflow 1 Draw crawl region in Regions window 2 Switch to Items window and add or edit content 3 Format the content or apply other options as desired You can import audio to play when the item is on air 4 Save the content 80 Add Crawl Items InfoCaster Crawl Quick Editor Use the Crawl Quick Editor to add text and text separators and add a log note Add content on the Content tab Format the content on the Formatting tab Add audio on the Audio tab Add Crawl Content in the Crawl Quick Editor Add Text Separator InfoCaster Crawl Quick Editor Name Content Formatting Audio Text Crawl Prefix Extemal Data Source Enable onscreen update when content changes aoa V Auto add to sequence Log Note Help Cancel Save To add text in the Crawl Quick Editor directly type the text in the Text box on the Content tab Note that the following characters cannot be used twice consecutively in crawls or amp e For details on linking your crawl text to a text file an XML RSS data feed or an ODBC data source see External Data Sources on page ISI e For details on formatting your crawl text see Format Text on page 72 To add a video clip animation or graphic and up to three other pre determined chara
150. ng events to occur when the trigger is reached Event Setup Set events to trigger a sequence of other events to occur within your InfoCast Define the logical stepping of events that can occur based on the trigger selected Trigger is caused when Choose Trigger Nj Select a trigger to define the sequence of events within your InfoCast Define the action that will occur when the trigger is activated Action results in Choose Action Choose Action Item playing Sequence playing 4 page playing Pop Back resize 4 GPO initiating Select an action to define wi has been activated Note Only pages items and sequences that are disabled in the sequence list are available in the Action list as explained in Disable Sequence Page or Item on page 210 Play Item Define the action that will occur when the trigger is activated Sets an item to play when lt lt C the trigger has been 0n page Specials reached Select the page ext BOCES video region sequence and aa sequence On the Following item snowboard 2 E item from the list Note Only items that Schedule Playback InfoCaster 213 are disabled in the sequence list are available in the Action list as explained in Disable Sequence Page or Item on page 210 Pl ay Se q uence Define the action that will occur when the trigger is activated Aari x Sets a sequence to play when the trigger has p
151. ning column only if there is a Y in the warnYN column 1 Inthe Select Database Items dialog click the Advanced Formatting button 2 In the Format dialog select the column from the column list that will display the color formatting 3 From the first list in the conditional formatting area select the column that determines which entries display the color formatting on output This may be the same column you selected in the last step or a different column Selecting a column activates the other options in the row 4 Select an option from the second drop down list to set a parameter for the conditional formatting Enter a word number or phrase in the text box The entry in the text box completes the selection from the second list 5 Click the color chip to open the Color Picker and use the Color Picker tools to select a color for the column entries 188 External Data InfoCaster If the NTSC or PAL warning appears click the warning box to select a video safe color InfoCaster applies the selected color to the column entries that meet the set conditions If you want to clear the formatting options choose Select a column from the first drop down list in the row Hide Data During Output Apply conditional formatting options to hide specific column entries on output 1 Inthe Select Database Items dialog click the Advanced Formatting button 2 Inthe Format dialog select the column from the column list that co
152. nk to your external data source 152 External Data InfoCaster Region Type Data Tag Description Crawl Crawl items have one data tag that you can link to one external data source The data tag is labeled Field and is visible when you link to your external data source Use the prefix options to set the characters between the text entries in the external file Animation Animation items can have multiple tags that you can link to one external data source You can edit the tags in TitleMotion when you create your animation e To view the data tags check the Show Tags checkbox on the Content tab in the Animation Quick Editor e To add a new data tag text line use the Data Tags tab in TitleMotion e To remove a data tag text line open the animation in TitleMotion and delete the data tag External Data The item type determines how the external data displays during output Output See the following table for details Region Type Output Still e Titles display one entry at a time during output Each entry displays for the amount of time set in the Item Duration field in the content editor The transition and duration options are available after you link to your external data source Tables displays the number of entries that fit in the title table item For example if the item box is sized to display six rows and the data source contains six entries all six entries display on output If the item box is si
153. ns instructions on how to use it e Temperature Probe Quick Editor Add a temperature reading to the region e Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 146 Add Temperatures InfoCaster Workflow 1 Drawa temperature region in the Regions window 2 Switch to the Items window and add or edit content 3 Format the content or apply other options as desired You can import audio to play when the item is on air 4 Save the content Add Temperatures InfoCaster 147 Temperature Quick Editor Use the Temperature Quick Editor to display the current temperature in your layout You can enter the temperature manually or set InfoCaster to read the temperature from a temperature probe connected to your system Open Content Editor Set Up Temperature Probe InfoCaster Temperature Probe Quick Editor Name emperatureProbe1 Units Celsius O Fahrenheit Temperature Probe ARISE 576100 or ST6150 Com Port 2 B Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Save Log Note Open the Temperature Quick Editor from the Items window 1 Double click on a temperature region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Temperature Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items
154. ntains the data you want to hide on output Select the column that Jace leanta Watch Severe Thunderstorms Jeanni contains the data you want to CLOUDY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms hide on output In this example SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms InfoCaster will hide the data SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms in h Way rn i n mn CLOUDY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms the a colu RAINY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms SUNNY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms RAINY Weather Watch Severe Thunderstorms m Ren te Se er r ar r a a CLOUDY Weather watch Severe Thunderstorms Data Formatting Column city temp pop current warning Add Prefix Add Suffix lt gt Conditional Formatting Hide item or color CO if warnYN is Hide item or color if warnyn w is not if Select a column E Set the formatting conditions and then check the Hide Item or Color checkbox In this example InfoCaster hides the data in the warning column if there is not a Y in the warnYN column From the first list in the conditional formatting area select the column that determines which entries are not shown during output This may be the same column you selected in the last step or a different column Selecting a column activates the other options in the row External Data InfoCaster 189 6 Se
155. ntent Audio Content tab InfoCaster provides a selection of BkBorder_NTSC analogclock analog clock files that you can use InfoCaster also provides an analog clock building utility Position e Top p e Left Adjust the audio settings on the Audio tab By default the v Scale 25 100 Opacity Percent time displayed by the Z Auto add to sequence clock is the local time Hep provided by your computer clock See Analog Clock Quick Editor on page 121 e Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Workflow 1 Draw an analog clock region in the Regions window 2 Switch to the Items window and add or edit content 3 Format the content or apply other options as desired You can import audio to play when the item is on air 4 Save the content 120 Add Analog Clocks InfoCaster Analog Clock Quick Editor You can import an existing analog clock file into an analog clock item in your layout InfoCaster ships with sample analog clocks to use in your layouts or you can use the analog clock building utility to create your own analog clocks The time displayed by the clock is the local time provided by your computer clock Import the clock and format it on the Content tab Adjust the audio settings on the Audio tab Open Content Editor Add Clock Create a Clock in Photoshop
156. o close the dialog box Open InfoCasts InfoCaster 11 Close or Delete InfoCast You can close or delete an InfoCast Close InfoCast To close an InfoCast project in InfoCaster select File gt Close The active InfoCast project closes leaving the InfoCaster workspace blank Delete InfoCast To permanently delete an InfoCast project 1 Select File gt Delete 2 In the Delete InfoCast Layout dialog box select the InfoCast project from the list 3 Click the Delete button The InfoCast is deleted from the InfoCasts folder located at C InfoCasts by default 4 Close the dialog box 12 Open InfoCasts InfoCaster Add Pages to InfoCast Add Pages Overview After you open an InfoCast you add pages to it Every InfoCast project consists of one or more pages A page is the layout of the full screen digital signage image that displays on the output screen Page layouts consist of regions and scheduling information Pages open in the Regions window as explained in Open Page in Regions Window on page 24 echt a D FQ O O Output InfoCast Open InfoCast Double click on a page to add regions m Terminal 1 Draw a region Open a content editor Double click on a Set playback sequence region to add content Add content 14 Add Pages InfoCaster Workflow All the pages that exist in the InfoCast are displayed in the Pages window You work with pages in the Pages window
157. oCaster reads one line at a Text File time The item type determines how the text displays on output Region Type Output Still e Titles display one entry at a time during output Each entry displays for the amount of time set in the Item Duration field in the Title Quick Editor The transition and duration options are available after you link to your external data source e Tables display the number of entries that fit in the table item in the layout window For example if the item box is sized to display six rows and the data source contains six entries all six entries display on output If the item box is sized to display three rows and the data source contains six entries the first three entries play for the amount of time set in the Item Duration field in the Table Quick Editor followed by the next three entries The transition and duration options are available after you link to your external data source Roll Gradually displays the content as the text moves across the screen Crawl Gradually displays the content as the text moves across the screen If you use a prefix separator between your crawls the prefix displays before the content on each line Animation Displays one entry at a time during output Each entry displays for the amount of time set in the Item Duration field in the Animation Quick Editor The transition and duration options are available after you link to your external source Use
158. op down list 3 Set how long the transition should take in seconds in the Duration field If you have selected a Wipe transition and are using Progressive VGA for output with GPU Acceleration enabled enter a number in the Softness field to set how hard or soft the edges of the transition appear Increase the number to increase the softness Schedule Playback InfoCaster 205 Set Sequences to Loop You can set the sequence to play through once or to continue playback until another sequence is scheduled to play This option is not available for still regions 1 Select a sequence heading 2 Check the Loop Sequence checkbox to set the sequence to start from the beginning when the sequence finishes until the next sequence is set to play 3 Clear the Loop Sequence checkbox to set the sequence to play through once and then stop Set Items to Finish Playback Before Next Sequence Begins You can set InfoCaster to finish playing the current sequence before playing the next sequence or set sequences to play when they are scheduled no matter what is currently playing This option is not available for still regions 1 Select a sequence heading 2 Check the End Item Before Changing Sequences checkbox to set InfoCaster to let the current item finish playback before the next sequence begins For example if you are playing a 5 minute video clip at 9 57 and the next sequence is scheduled to begin at 10 00 the video clip will play for the
159. options You cannot add an animation with the Animation Quick Editor Show Tags Add text on the Content tab Add Eemal Data Source audio on the Audio tab Format the ama content in TitleMotion See Animation Quick Editor on page 92 Auto add to sequence i i oo Cancel _ Save e Animation Importer InfoCaster Animation Importer Import an animation into the selected region Attach or adjust audio using Conte a the audio options on the Audio tab a5 Choose See Animation Importer on page 94 v Auto Add To Sequence Cancel e Add Blank Item 90 Add Animation Items InfoCaster To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Note that animations play back at the frame rate of the playback device e ATI second 60 frames e NTSC second 30 frames e PAL second 25 frames Workflow 1 Draw an animation region in the Regions window 2 Switch to the Items window and add or edit content 3 Format the content or apply other options as desired You can import audio to play when the item is on air 4 Save the content Add Animation Items InfoCaster 91 92 Animation Quick Editor Select the Animation Quick Editor to edit the text in animations that you created in TitleMotion You can also link animation text to an externa
160. or still roll crawl and animation items 1 On the Content tab in the Title Table Crawl Roll or Animation Quick Editor check the Show All New Data at Least Once checkbox to playback all data in the text file once before it renders new data The option is available after you link to your external data source 2 Click the Save button to save the setting Disabling this option sets InfoCaster to render and display new data almost immediately as the data source is updated Enable On Screen Update The Enable On Screen Update option sets InfoCaster to display your updated text immediately on screen Updates you make in the content editor or in an external source are immediately updated during output The option is available for roll and crawl items The Enable On Screen Updates option is recommended if your text contains information like temperatures or sports scores where the spacing remains constant The option is not recommended if the length of your text entries change since the spacing of the text will not adjust until the item playback starts from the beginning For example a text entry that is 154 External Data InfoCaster longer than the current entry will not display entirely and a text entry that is shorter than the current entry will contain extra space 1 Onthe Content tab in the editor check the Enable On Screen Update checkbox on the Content tab 2 Set the transition options that apply when the information is upd
161. page 36 Each day InfoCaster creates a new log file that contains the playback information of the entire day The log includes the player name page name region name item name start date start time stop date stop time and duration To view a log file or change default log settings such as the status of automatic logging the log file location or the number of days a log file is kept on your system see Log Output on page 227 While your InfoCast is playing you cannot adjust regions in the Regions window or change the crawl or roll speed but you can add delete and modify content and rearrange the sequence Changes apply the next time InfoCaster plays that item To skip a sequence during playback clear the sequence heading checkbox H Sequence 1 12 00 AM6 Check to include sequence in output To set a sequence to play during output check the sequence heading checkbox To skip or enable a trigger see Skip Trigger Events on page 215 gt gt gt gt 7 gt Appendix Additional Tasks In addition to creating InfoCasts and airing them you can also do the following in InfoCaster Log Output Create log files view log files or change default log settings such as the status of automatic logging the log file location or the number of days a log file is kept on your system See Log Output on page 227 Change Change your default settings in the Preferences dialog
162. plate or with custom settings Add audio See Title Quick Editor on page 59 Table Quick Editor Quickly display information from an external data source during output Link text lines in Still region items that were created in TitleMotion to columns of external data See Table Quick Editor on page 6l TitleMotion Create a layout of text and graphics for your region item You cannot adjust audio settings in TitleMotion You can create templates in TitleMotion The templates created in TitleMotion are available in the Quick Editors See TitleMotion on page 65 Graphic Importer Import a still image from a variety of file formats into the selected region You can set the graphic to fill the entire still region or to maintain the image aspect ratio Attach audio to graphics using the audio options on the Audio tab See Graphic Importer on page 69 Add Content InfoCaster 45 Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Crawl Editors Crawl Quick Editor c 1 Crawl Create a simple line of crawling text in your rawl Crawl Crawl region The text can be text that you type in or text from an external data source Link the text line in Crawl region items that were created in TitleMotion to external data See Crawl Quick Editor on page 81 Crawl Quick Editor x Crawl Quick Editor R TitleMotion Add Blank
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164. re sequences with one or more region items for playback If you had selected the Auto Add To Sequence checkbox in the region item editor all your region items are added to the sequence by default See Automatically Add Items to the Sequence on page SI for details on this option Add sequence File Edit Items Tools Help Ea new FS oven Bay Paces ER Resions BF tte Qr Q op BON AIR PageLayoutl E E L1 Crawl GB L2 Stil Item Library Ej G PageLayout2 E 1 stil Title Quick Editor v ade eat J add Rename Delete _ Blank L2 stila S L3 stilz V Item Settings B L4 Stil Play This Item On Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat J L5 Temperature Probe _ n m e L6 Audio aranna Play Item Between 9 26 12 AM and 9 26 12 AM Ed e H 7 video Don t Play Before 3 1 2005 C Dont Play after 3 1 2005 fea L8 Digital Clock ae w E L9 Animation still2 Duration h 0Ojm 1 s 2 Lic Rol Transition snap Duration 0 0 s Softness o E E L11 crawl ap S L12 stil Qf Sequence 1 v Sequence 1 12 00 AM amp a E sin stilt STATES E Sequence 2 ay Still2 EMTWTFIS v Sequence 2 12 30 AM Name Stilli Format icg Size 66 KE Modified 02 2 f2005 16 0
165. reri eirioes 149 templates create in TitleMotion 67 format TEX dedcsvveveewerserecee 67 ICG file eessen 67 text format with template 67 238 Index InfoCaster Text File Link to Region Item 162 Text Files on Internet 000068 162 Text Files on Internet Region Items 0006 162 text formatting create templates 4 67 Text Lines Add 066 60 Text Add Headings 60 Timer Add ccecceeeee ee 103 timers Format options 103 From option 00006 104 hours minutes seconds 103 SEPALALOMS erisso ironinen 104 set leading zeros 104 Start point ee 104 Stop point eee 104 TO Option coastei 104 Title Quick Editor Formatting tab 60 TitleMotion Animation Module 92 CG Module 000000 65 create templates 4 67 edit content c ccceeeee 67 SUIS genene esceveesocetes 65 To option digital timers 104 ToolBar Conditional Playback 210 Trigger button 4 210 Toolbar Items button cceeeeee 43 New button 00eeeee 7 Open button 0 0 0 0 eee eee 8 Pages button 00 060006 l6 Play button 0 00006 220 Regions button 0604 24 Stop button 220 Tools menu Conditional Playback 210 EMS score Bete eset
166. rioUpates g Selected Table WeatherLpdate txt city temp current Kenora 15 C Thunder Bay sc Geraldton 10 C Moosonee sc Timmins ec Wawa FC Sudbury sc Ottawa 1C Kingston 12 C Toronto 13 C lt Tag Source Column Sort SUNNY CLOUDY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY CLOUDY RAINY RAINY CLOUDY Direction 1 1 city thee temp Select a column 1 3 Pop Operator Use Advanced Selection Criteria il Ih all Ih all lh al Ih Value Results Advanced Formatting lt Back 20K l Cancel 16 Click OK to return to the content editor and then click Save to save the item See Also See Select Database Items for Output on page 181 for more details on the Select Database Items dialog External Data InfoCaster 167 Specify My Column Width Option If you selected Specify My Column Width as the Data Delimiter option in the first ODBC Text File Setup dialog see step 7 in the previous procedure you need to set the number of characters in each column so your columns display properly 1 Inthe last ODBC Text File Setup Column Parameters dialog click Column Header on the fi rst Data type Char row Column Width 255 Characters ODBC Text File Setup Specify the parameters of your data 2 Enter the Data Preview number of temp pop current characters for ie ieee the first column in the Column W
167. rmal width Increase the volue to expand the text and decrease the value to compress the text Opacity Sets the text opacity Zero is completely transparent and 100 is completely opaque Color Sets the text color Click the color chip to open the Color Picker Select a new color for the text face using the Color Picker tools Leading Sets the amount of space between lines in your roll or title Position Positions the text within the region box Enter a Top Left number in the Top position field to move the text X number of pixels from the top of the region Enter a number in the Left position field to move the text X number of pixels from the left side of the region To position the region item within the page layout see Reposition Move Regions on page 35 Position Positions the crawl text at the top middle or Top Middle bottom of the region This option is for crawls only Bottom Alignment Aligns the text to the left center or right side of Left Centre Right the item box Add Still Items InfoCaster 73 Edge Adds an edge to the text Click on the Color chip to select the edge color Edge Width _ Sets the edge width Formatting Option Function Edge Color Sets the edge color Background Adds a background to the region Click on the Color chip to select color Background Sets background color opacity Zero is completely Opacity field transparent and 100 is
168. rmatting tab to set the text display options For a description of the standard formatting options see Format Text on page 72 Add Audio See Add Audio on page 75 for details on importing audio to play with the item To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button on the Content tab The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout Add Animation Items InfoCaster 93 Animation Importer Use the Animation Importer to import an animation file into the selected region Attach or adjust audio using the audio options on the Audio tab InfoCaster Animation Importer Name Content Audio Duration 100 Auto Add To Sequence Help Cancel Open Content Open the Animation Importer from the Items window Editor 1 Double click on an animation region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Animation Importer from the content editor drop down list 3 Click th
169. s you can purchase player licences See Purchase Options on page 4 for further information 3 Select a video standard from the list 4 To connect to live video input a Select the Yes I have live video input radio button The PCI 100 checkbox and the video standard drop down list become available b If you have a PCI I00 card check the PCI I00 checkbox c Select NTSC or PAL from the video standard drop down list 4 Click OK to continue Restart InfoCaster as prompted Control Plasma You can use a serial trigger to turn your plasma monitor on or off Display Screens 4 jn the Pages window select Tools gt Plasma Display Control 2 In the Plasma Display Control dialog box select the COM port that connects to your plasma display screen from the Com Port list InfoCaster Plasma Display Control COM Port v Plasma Display NEC PlasmSync Plasma Display 42PD2 50PD1 Enable Automatic Display Control Sunday Until Monday Until Tuesday m Until Wednesday Until Thursday Until Friday Until Saturday Unti Cancel OK 3 Select your plasma display s make and model from the Plasma Display list If your model is not listed contact support inscriber com for assistance 4 Check the Enable Automatic Display Control checkbox to enable the scheduling options Clear the checkbox to disable InfoCaster s automatic control of the display screens 5 Schedule the selected plasma display screen by
170. s 24 Preview Layout 466064 37 RENAME sich ese eaa 20 Schedule Playback 195 Select reeter ari 24 SeQUEnCer noseesososoeseoeeeeeeee l6 Set Default Transition 198 Set Page Playback 198 Set Sequence Settings 197 Set Sequence Start Time 198 Switch to Pages window 16 Workflow 00c ceeeeeeeeee ee IS Pages button 00 ee 16 Pages command 006 16 Pages menu Add Page s c siteeceseeneuessss 18 Delete Page from Sequence 197 Delete Page in Library 20 Duplicate Page 004 18 Edit Regions ossessi 19 Export Page cc0cceeee 19 Import Page osssesssesseeeeeeeeo 18 Show Page Library As I7 Show Sequence AS 2 65 17 Pages window SWitch tO wo ei IS Photoshop ananlog clock 121 Plasma Display Control 223 Playback OUEPUE c s c0adedecsstes 218 Schedule Sequences 194 see also Schedule Playback Player Licence option 045 4 Region Permission 36 Pointer tool onseren 28 Pop back Regions Bi o 2s O EA 32 Pop back Regions command 32 position analog clocks 00 122 Preferences Audio Ducking Level 231 Auto Delete Shared Files 230 Change Auto Logging 232 Change Log File Location 232 Default Crawl Direction 230 Default Roll Direction 230 General tab 0 00008 229 Image File Lifetime Interv
171. s in the Table Quick Editor To add text or graphic content select a tool from the Tools palette on the right Line1 side of the screen The first row of tools are for text The other tools draw graphics Then enter your text or drag your mouse in the workspace to draw your shape Format your content using the tabs below the workspace You cannot add audio in TitleMotion You can create templates in Eine Gee Coe CEN TitleMotion that become available in the Quick Editors See TitleMotion on page 65 Graphic Importer InfoCaster Graphic Importer Import a still image from a variety of file e formats into the selected region You Content audo can set the graphic to fill the entire Still region or maintain the image aspect ratio Add content on the Content tab EET YI Add audio on the Audio tab See a hen saree tes Graphic Importer on page 69 Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during v Auto add to sequence Cancel playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Add Still Items InfoCaster 57 Workflow 1 Drawa still region in the Regions window 2 Switch to the Items window and add or edit content 3 Format the content or apply other options as desired You can import audio to play when the item is on air 4 Save the content 58 Add
172. s window then select Delete Page from the menu Alternately you can select Pages gt Delete Page in Library To delete a page from your InfoCast sequence see Delete Pages from the Sequence on page 197 20 Add Pages InfoCaster Add Regions to Page 22 Add Regions Overview After you have opened an InfoCast and selected a page add regions to the page Regions are playback zones or containers on your page layouts into which you place the content region items that you want to output You can add many region items in each region to output at different times You can create 10 types of regions in your InfoCasts Then open each region to add content Each region opens in the Items window as explained in Open Region in Items Window on page 42 e Still regions play static text or graphics such as titles or logos Science West e Crawl regions play text and graphics that move horizontally across the region e Roll regions play text and graphics that scroll up or down the region e Animation regions play animated text and graphics dlet to train n tha dht NASA uses to pte e Digital Clock regions play a real time digital clock or digital timer digital clock still roll video still background e Video regions play video clips or live video animation crawl e Analog Clock regions play an imported graphical clock e Audio regions play audio independent of other region items e With th
173. se file in any ODBC compliant software such as MS Access in MS Access and MS Excel When you change the data in this file the data in InfoCaster changes as well To create a database file in MS Access complete the following steps 1 Open Microsoft Access and start a new Blank Access Database Depending on the version of Access you use the Blank Access Database option is accessed in different ways If you re unsure where the option is select File gt New 2 In the New Database window enter a name and select a location for your database Click the Create button File New Database Saveni lt Locais vy X Gy Ee Took My Recent MSOCache Documents Desktop My Documents My Computer 3 File name WeatherUpdate mdb he My Network Places Save as type Microsoft Office Access Database mdb v Cancel 3 In the Database window double click on the Create Table in Design View option f WeatherUpdate Database Access 2000 file format MEE Boren bZpesin new X 22 EB pts Tables 5 Create table by using wizard e3 Create table by entering data Queries Forms Reports Q Pages 2 Macros Modules Groups L Favorites External Data InfoCaster 175 4 Inthe new Table window enter ID in the first Field Name text box and select Auto Number as your Data Type Table Table Field Name Data Type ID Text y 5 Right click on the
174. selecting one of the following options for each day of the week e Select the On From radio button then enter a start display time in the first field and an end display time in the second field InfoCaster keeps the plasma display on from the time set in the first field to the time set in the second field e Select On All Day to keep the plasma display on all day e Select Off to turn the plasma display off for that day Output InfoCaster 223 Track Output Change Content During Playback 224 Output InfoCaster You can track which item in the sequence list is currently playing in any region You can track the playback of region items in log files Track Playback Item in Sequence List To highlight the item that is currently playing 1 Open the region in the Items window to c Space SMITA TIF IS display its sequence Dinosaurs SIMTWTIFIS list See Open Region in Items Playing Now 12 00 AM amp Window on page 42 Weather EMTATIFE 2 Select Items gt Mammals ESIMTIWTIFIS The Core SIMiT Mu TIF IS Display Playback Position in the Items window to enable this feature 3 Click the Play button to output the InfoCast Track Playback of Region Items in Log File To create a log file of all the times the content of a region is aired check the Log This Region checkbox in the Details panel below the Regions workspace as explained in Log Region Playback on
175. source is not available This prevents your output from disappearing Expire Retrieved Data Sets when InfoCaster will expire external data if the data source is unavailable For example your data source may be unavailable if your data source is stored on a network and the network is down e Select Never if you want to play the last data available to InfoCaster when the data source is unavailable e Select Always if you want to expire the last data available to InfoCaster when the data source is unavailable e Select After and enter a time to set how long the data source can be unavailable before the data is expired The time is displayed in hh mm ss hours minutes seconds When Data Expires Sets what InfoCaster displays when the data has expired e Select the Don t Show Item option if you do not want to play items that have expired e Select the Show Custom Message option if you want to display a message when the data has expired Type in your custom text in the field 7 Click OK to apply your settings and move to the next dialog External Data InfoCaster 171 Set Up XML Data In the Select Data Source Structure dialog you can select the data for Source output 1 If necessary complete steps 5 in the previous section Select XML RSS as Data Source on page 170 2 Inthe XML Data Source Setup dialog enter the path to the XML file If the XML RSS data is located on the internet start the URL wi
176. sparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Animation TitleMotion Editors Animation Animation Use TitleMotion s CG module to create yOUr frere layout that consists of text and graphics TitleMotion Then switch to TitleMotion s Animation Rnmation Quek Eater module to add motion to your objects You ds mem lt can create as many lines of text as you want and are able to display at a time in the selected region You can connect each line to a different data source in the Animation Quick Editor See TitleMotion on page 65 Animation Quick Editor Quickly edit text in animations that you created in TitleMotion You can connect each line that you created in TitleMotion to a different data source Set audio options See Animation Quick Editor on page 92 Animation Importer Import an animation into the selected region Attach or adjust audio using the audio options on the Audio tab See Animation Importer on page 94 Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Digital Clock Digital Clock Quick Editor Digital Clock Digital Clock Editors Create real time clocks displaying local or offset time The time display is based on your computer clock See Digital Clock Quick Editor on page 100 Digital Timer Quick Editor Add Blank Item
177. ta Source The text line s in a still roll crawl or animation contain data tags InfoCaster uses these data tags to link the content of an external data source to your item The external data displays as the item content during output Before linking to your external data source you need to create your data source This section describes how to create and link to a text file Text File Types There are two main types of text files you can use in InfoCaster linear text files and database text files that contain multiple columns See the following table for a description of the two types Text File Type Description Linear Text File Contains information that InfoCaster reads line by line InfoCaster reads the data directly from the text file one line at a time Link Method Set InfoCaster to read the data directly from the text file Database Text File Contains two or more columns that InfoCaster reads as a database table When InfoCaster reads the text file through the ODBC driver the column formatting is retained and you can apply additional settings to the text data Advanced ODBC settings are available to set the text formatting and display options Link Method Set InfoCaster to read the data through the ODBC driver You can then link to the file as an ODBC database and apply advanced formatting options 156 External Data InfoCaster Create a Linear Linear text files contain information that Inf
178. te Item command 53 Duplicate Page command 18 E Edit Data Tag Names 645 SI Page Layouts 0 0000 19 Region Item Content 4S Region when locked 36 edit TitleMotion content 67 Edit Item Sequences command 43 Edit Item With command 45 Edit menu Preferences 00c00eee0ee 229 Edit Regions command 19 Editors Analog Clock Quick Editor 121 Animation Importer 94 Animation Quick Editor 92 Crawl Quick Editor 8l Digital Clock Quick Editor 100 Digital Timer Quick Editor 103 Live Video Quick Editor 113 Preview Content 219 Table Quick Editor Rolls 88 TitleMotion Animations 92 TitleMotion Stills 65 Video Clip Quick Editor 108 Enable OnScreen Update check DOX ssieS lensed 154 Exit InfoCaster 0 ceceeeeeee sees 2 Exit command 00 00000 2 Export Rages isteach n fies 19 Export command 05 10 export ICG file 67 Export Page command 19 Extended View button 209 External Data 0 066 152 features iaer tnia eso 154 Formaten nene 187 Link TO en a 153 Select Items for Output 13 External Data Source Region Items n 162 F File menu 0 E E EA 12 Delete tanei i 12 i E E 2 EXPOML an e 10 Get from CD 0eceeeeee 8 IMport sesno n s 9 InfoCaster CD
179. te by selecting one of the following Login options e If the site permits anonymous login select the Anonymous option e If the site requires a name and password select the Name option then enter a Name and Password c Click the Go button to go to that site The files that are available at the HTTP or FTP site are displayed in the lower portion of the dialog d Select the text file and then click OK 7 Back in the Select Text Sources dialog box the name of the file you selected is displayed in the Field box and the text is displayed in the lower portion of the dialog box Title Item Select Text Sources For the tag Use the text From the file Data Tags gt Fed WeatherLpdate_City txt C choose Field2 WeatherUpdate_Temperature txt _choose _ i Field3 WeatherUpdate_Conditions txt Data Tag list gt fed v currently contains ThunderBay Geralton Moosonee Timmins v Taranta You can select more files depending on the region type Crawl Items Only select one file Roll Items Only select one file Title Items Select a file for each available line Select a data tag from the Data Tag list to preview the text file content Table Items Select a file for each available line Each line represents a table column The first line with the data tag l 1 represents the first column The second line with the data tag 1 2 represents the second column and so on Use the Data T
180. tem with 45 Rename Item 000068 35 Show Item Library As 53 Show Sequence AS 66 53 Items window Change Item Display 53 Switch tO cceeceeeeeeeeee ees 43 L leading zeros digital timers 104 Library Papes o en i aia l6 Live Video Quick Editor 113 Load Last InfoCast 229 Local Files Browsing Region Items 00000 162 Lock Region command 36 Log Change Defaults 228 Create File seyans r 36 Log Viewer dialog box 227 Preferences 0000008 228 Track Playback 224 View Log File 4 227 log note for analog clocks 123 for temperatures 149 Log Viewer command 227 M minutes for digital timers 103 Monitor select 0008 221 Index InfoCaster 235 move analog clocks 00 122 Move Regions 2 0006 35 N Names of Buttons display 28 Network Manager option 4 Network tab 0 048 232 New command 0 00608 7 New InfoCast Open 4 7 O ODBC Data Source Creates nanne aie 175 Link TO ede 180 ODBC Text File Create ede ceshen tess cleans 159 Link TO oo eeceeeeeeeeee econ 164 Offline Graphic 197 Online Help command 4 opacity adjust for analog clocks 123 OPEN aione aose ent 65 Configuration Utility 221 In
181. tems that display multiple columns of text the data tags in the Table Quick Editor are set as l I for the first column l 2 for the second column and so on When you link the data tag to the database column InfoCaster displays the column contents as a list on output Selected Database Weathertindate_Access 2 Igor 10 Toy temo 1 Kenma 15 2 Thunder D sc 3 Geradton oc 4 Monee st 5 Tireni ec 6 Wana T 7 Sudbury c 8 Otawa We s Kraon zc On output 1 1 data tag displays data 10 Toronto 17t ja ana from the city database column and 1 2 data tag displays data from the temp database column Table item data tags 1 1 data tag is the first column in the item 1 2 data tag is the second column in the item From the Sort drop down list select a column for ordering content output If you do not select a sort column InfoCaster plays the text in the order listed in the table Select the ascending or the descending option located beside the Sort list to determine if the selected column content is sorted in ascending order or descending order e Columns with numerical data are sorted from smallest number to largest ascending order or largest number to smallest descending order e Columns with textual data are sorted alphabetically from A Z ascending order or in reverse alphabetical order from Z A descending order External Data InfoCaster 183 Click the Refresh button at the bottom of the window to view the
182. ter desktop Q InfoCaster Included with InfoCaster is a program monitoring InfoCaster Monitor feature that automatically restarts InfoCaster after a system interruption such as a program closing or the 0 siom computer rebooting The monitor icon is displayed on the task bar at the bottom right corner of your computer screen For the most efficient operation you should keep the program monitor turned on If there is a system interruption the monitor automatically logs in if required restarts InfoCaster and starts the last layout that was playing However under some conditions such as for software installations you might want to turn the program monitor off so the automatic function does not interfere with other activities To exit InfoCaster use one of these methods e Select File gt Exit If InfoCaster automatically restarts the program monitoring feature is on Use the next method to exit InfoCaster Shut Down InfoCaster 12 5 sim e Right click on the monitor icon and select Shut Down InfoCaster For details on the monitor icon see Program Monitoring Feature on page 2 To start InfoCaster with the program monitoring feature on right click on the monitor icon and select Start InfoCaster To start InfoCaster with the program monitoring feature off double click on the InfoCaster icon on your computer OQ desktop To set InfoCaster to always load your last opened project when you open Info
183. th http XML Data Source Setup XML File Path or URL http irss cbc ca topstoriesnews xml Data Source Name CBC_RSS 3 Enter a name for the XML source in the Data Source name field 4 Click OK The Select Data Source Structure dialog opens Select Data Source Structure XML File Structure Data Source Structure rss Column Name lt Cancel 5 Inthe Select Data Source Structure dialog select an item in the XML File Structure list that you want to display in your region 172 External Data InfoCaster 6 Click the right arrow to move the item to your data structure and set the item to play the data feed on output Select Data Source Structure XML File Structure Data Source Structure rss Column Name version lt 2 0 gt rss channel item title f channel title lt CBC Top Stories News gt link lt http www cbe ca news gt description lt Updated every 15 minutes of language lt en ca gt lastBuildDate lt Thu 24 Nov 2005 14 40 02 copyright lt Copyright C Canadian Broad docs lt http www cbe ca rss gt E image item title lt Stage set for government defea link lt http www cbc ca story canada author lt CBC gt guid lt http www cbe ca story canad pubDate lt Thu 24 Nov 2005 08 16 08 a a a Click OK The Select Database Item dialog opens From the Source Column drop down list select the column you w
184. the Content tab 2 Inthe Browsing Options dialog box select the Local Files Browsing option and then click OK Local files browsing Browsing Options EJ O HTTP FTP files browsing 3 In the Open dialog box select your image file and click Open 4 Click on Open The filename is displayed on the Content tab in the text box next to the Choose button Add Still Items InfoCaster 69 Open Image Complete the following steps if the image is located on an HTTP or FTP from Internet site 1 Click on the Choose button on the Content tab 2 Inthe Browsing Options dialog box select the HTTP FTP Files Browsing option and then click OK 3 _In the Internet File Browser dialog box enter the address of the HTTP Current Path or FTP site in the Current Internet File Browser Path box The address Login anonymous must start with http or ane ftp I s Password 4 Log onto the site with one of the following options e If the site permits anonymous login select the Anonymous option e Ifthe site requires a name and password select the Name option then enter a Name and Password 5 Click on the Go button next to the Current Path box to go to that site 6 The files that are available on the HTTP or FTP site are displayed in the lower portion of the dialog box Select the graphic file you want 7 Click on OK Cancel OK Scale Image to To set the image to fill the entire region select the Scale to Fill
185. the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Click on the Save button in the content editor to add the content to the item in the layout Add Roll Items InfoCaster 87 Table Quick Editor Select the Table Quick Editor to quickly create columns for external data in your region item For instructions on creating and linking to an external data source see Use External Data Sources on page 152 Add content on the Content tab Format headers on the Headers tab Format column rows on the Row Formatting tab Add audio to the region item on the Audio tab The Table Quick Editor for roll regions is identical to the Table Quick Editor for still regions For complete instructions on adding content to a roll region using the Table Quick Editor refer to Table Quick Editor on page 61 InfoCaster Table Quick Editor Name Content Headers Row Formatting Audio Number Of Columns 1 Header Use First Entry From Database O Custom Setup Data Source Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Save Open Content Open the Table Quick Editor from the Items window Editor 1 Do
186. tions InfoCaster Roll Quick Editor Name Roll1 Text Lost in Cyberspace 7pm 10pm Heartbreak Motel 8pm 2am Raiders of the Lost Art Spm Spm External Data Source ill sta at Enable onscreen update when content changes a Lost in Cybers Heartbreak Mo Auto add to sequence Cancel Save InfoCaster Table Quick Editor Name Content Headers Row Formatting Audio Number Of Columns 1 Header Use First Entry From Database O Custom Setup Data Source See Add TitleMotion Content on page 66 for details 84 Add Roll Items InfoCaster v Auto add to sequence Cancel __ Save e Add Blank Item To make the region transparent during playback add a blank item to the sequence See About Blank Items on page 44 Workflow 1 2 3 Draw a roll region in the Regions window Switch to the Items window and add or edit content Format the content or apply other options as desired You can import audio to play when the item is on air Save the content Add Roll Items InfoCaster 85 Roll Quick Editor Select the Roll Quick Editor to create rolling text in your region item that displays text that you type in or text from an external data source For instructions on creating and linking to an external data source see Use External Data Sources on page 152 Add content on the Content t
187. to add a to sequence O select page and adjust page settings Schedule Playback InfoCaster 195 Add a New Add multiple sequences to set different playback times for pages or to Page Sequence organize pages in the sequence Add Rename ji Delete V Sequence Settings Start Sequence At 12 00 00 AM Default Transition Snap V Duration s Softness 1 Click the Add button above the Sequence Settings panel 2 In the dialog enter a name and start time for the new sequence Skip or Play Sequence During Playback By default the checkboxes on the sequence headings are checked so that they play during output v Sequence 1 12 00 AM Specials SMT MIT IFS Museum SMT WT FiIs v Sequence 2 6 30 PM v Sequence 3 7 00 PM To skip a sequence M Sequence 1 during playback clear the sequence heading checkbox To skip only one page during output place the page in its own sequence then clear the sequence checkbox Rename Sequence To give your sequence a descriptive name select the sequence heading in the sequence list then click on the Rename button above the Sequence Settings panel Name the sequence as prompted Delete a Sequence To remove a sequence from the sequence list select the sequence heading then click the Delete button above the Sequencer panel InfoCaster deletes the sequence heading and removes the pages from t
188. top Auto add to sequence Cancel save Workflow 1 Draw a digital clock region in the Regions window 2 Switch to the Items window and add or edit content 3 Format the content or apply other options as desired You can import audio to play when the item is on air 4 Save the content Add Digital Clocks InfoCaster 99 Digital Clock Quick Editor Select the Digital Clock Quick Editor to create real time clocks displaying local or offset time and date information Set the time and date display options on the Content tab Set the text display options on the Formatting tab Adjust the audio settings on the Audio tab By default the time displayed by the digital clock is the local time provided by your computer clock Open Content Editor Set Clock Display Options InfoCaster Digital Clock Quick Editor Name igitalClock1 Content Formatting Audio v Show Time 12Hour 24 Hour v Show AM PM v Show Leading Zeros v Show Seconds Offset Time fo Show Prefix C Show Suffix Z Auto add to sequence Help Cancel Save Open the Digital Clock Quick Editor from the Items window 1 Double click on a digital clock region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window Select the Digital Clock Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list Click the Add button to
189. tput your InfoCast starting from the first page and item in your first sequence list InfoCaster plays the InfoCast on an output monitor The region item that is set for output plays for the set duration Then the next item in the sequence list plays and so on InfoCaster loops through each sequence of pages and items until it reaches the start time of the next sequence in the list Only one item in each region of a page layout is output to air at any given time While your InfoCast is playing you cannot adjust regions in the Regions window or change the crawl or roll speed However you can add delete and modify content and rearrange the sequence Changes apply the next time InfoCaster plays that item You can also control plasma display screens and log your output as explained in Log Output on page 227 Output InfoCast a ii euc Ie Open InfoCast 9 Double click on a page 37 to add regions Draw a region Open a content editor Double click on a Set playback sequence region to add content Add content 218 Output InfoCaster Preview Before Playback Before you send your InfoCast to air you can preview your content in the following ways Content Editor Preview Panel Regions Window Workspace Desktop Video Window Use GPU Acceleration You can preview the content of each region item in the preview panel of the content editor as you create each item
190. transparency select a number in opaty the Opacity box on the Content tab where 0 represents complete transparency To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Click on the Save button in the Content Editor to add the content to the item in the layout Use the Analog Clock Builder utility to create your own analog clocks To open the Analog Clock Builder select Start gt Programs gt Inscriber gt InfoCaster gt Utilities gt Analog Clock Builder For instructions on how to use this utility to create an analog clock file use the Help menu in Analog Clock Builder AnalegChock Bullder rie Heb hailey Coa pester mg horison Fix Amat ard Coch Fie C Wogan Fie inecaberinee Gatcr iosaag Clock if j Co Cieck fice nage Fe C regen Fief recta ince Sanering Ook ow Tramiparency el tine ser Ws Aue hm hor pot Component Weur Mand Type Mer Minne Second Ac mange Fe C Preg am Feneant ine a Staten inay Oct foe Transparency Wi Age
191. uble click on a roll region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Table Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button Refer to Table Quick Editor on page 61 for complete instructions on additiong content to your roll region item using the Table Quick Editor 88 Add Roll Items InfoCaster Add Animation Items Animation Items Overview Animation regions play animated text and graphics The text can be text that you type in or text from an external data source See About External Data Sources on page SI for details You can create as many lines of text as you want and are able to display at a time in the selected region You can connect each line to a different data source There are 3 Animation region content editors This chapter contains instructions on how to use them e TitleMotion TitleMotion is a full featured broadcast quality character generator that you can use to create high end titles rolls crawls and animations See Add TitleMotion Content on page 66 for details e Animation Quick Editor InfoCaster Animation Quick Editor Quickly edit the text in animations Name that you created in TitleMotion to Content Fomating Aude link to an external data source and to 1 set audio
192. uence 1 Animation M Sequence 1 Mercores Height Log This Region Draw a Background You can create a background using any of the regions types To create a background 1 Draw a region in the layout window that covers the entire area 2 Select Regions gt Arrange Region gt Send to Back to move the region behind all other regions 3 Open a content editor and add content Draw a Pop Back Region You can expand or shrink any region during output by creating a pop back region then setting a trigger To draw a pop back region 1 Select Regions gt Pop Back Regions in the Regions window The Region Tools change to display the Pop Back Region tool Other regions that you have drawn can be seen but cannot be selected 2 Click on the Pop Back Region tool to select it 32 Add Regions InfoCaster 3 Click in the Regions workspace and drag the mouse cursor across the workspace to draw your pop back region Add Regions InfoCaster 33 You can draw as many pop back regions as you want to use on your InfoCast page For example you can draw a full size region to expand a region to full size or you can draw a small over the shoulder region to shrink a region to that size Pop Back Regions Now Playing 0 4 Inthe Details panel below the workspace you can give the region a unique name to make it easier to identify it in a list To exit the Pop Back Regions window and
193. umn headings ODBC Text File Setup Further refine the delineation of your data Data Delimiter Character Set Choose the method For determining data separation Choose your character set standards Ocomma O Specify my columns width ANSI Tab O Custom Oom V Set first row as the column headers Data Preview city temp current Kenora 15C 10 SUNNY Thunder Bay 8c 10 CLOUDY Geraldton 10 SUNNY Moosonee 20 SUNNY Timmins 10 SUNNY Wawa 10 SUNNY Sudbury 20 CLOUDY lt gt v lt Back Next gt Cancel Select the ANSI or OEM character set e Select ANSI if the application used to create the text file uses the ANSI character set ANSI is typically used with Windows Select OEM original equipment manufacturer if the application used to create the text file uses the OEM character set OEM is typically used with DOS Leave ANSI as the default if you re not sure of the character set ANSI and OEM character sets share a number of characters but each set also has unique characters If you notice your text file characters do not display properly during preview or playback you can return to this dialog and change the character set Click Next The next dialog shows you the data type contained in each column of the text file External Data InfoCaster 165 11 To change the data format select a new data type from the Data Type item list ODBC Text File Setup Specify the
194. vice View from To see the output of your InfoCast in the Preview window at the bottom left Preview corner of your InfoCaster Creation Station screen select Tools gt Preview A Playback InfoCaster displays exactly what is being aired Window p 4 Note If Desktop Video is selected as the output device this option is not available See Select Output Device on page 221 below for details Select Output InfoCaster plays your InfoCasts to an output monitor This may be a VGA Device monitor a video monitor or a plasma display depending on your hardware configuration If your output monitor supports external control you may be able to control it from InfoCaster When you first install InfoCaster the Configuration Utility opens in which you select your output device To change the output device 1 Click on the Windows START button on the bottom left corner of your screen then select Programs gt Inscriber gt InfoCaster gt Utilities gt InfoCaster Configuration Utility fa Programs E Settings Search I Accessories Microsoft Excel A Documents da Inscriber f InfoCaster fagy Utilities Inca PCI 100 Control Panel Q InfoCaster 8 InfoCaster Configuration Utility EA InfoCaster Help Ls o Help and Support WE Run Shut Down s start Inbox Microsoft Out Z Adobe FrameMaker Inscriber Configuratio Output InfoCaster 221 222 Output InfoCaster 2 In the Conf
195. window select the editor and click the Edit button In the Temperature Quick Editor you can display the temperature reading from the temperature probe connected to your system 1 Select the default units for your temperature probe reading Celsius or Fahrenheit 2 Select your device from the Temperature Probe list 3 Select the COM port that the temperature probe is connected to from the COM Port list 148 Add Temperatures InfoCaster Add Log Note To add a log note to the item click the Log Note button The Log Note window allows you to enter information to record in the playback log every time the item plays Enter any notes about the item in the text box without pressing ENTER and then click Save The note is displayed in the log file each time the item plays To view the current day s log file select Tools gt Log Viewer The log viewer opens displaying the current log file To open a different day s log file select File gt Open in the Log Viewer Save Content Click on the Save button in the Content Editor to add the content to the item in the layout Add Temperatures InfoCaster 149 150 Add Temperatures InfoCaster External Data Sources Use External Data Sources InfoCaster allows you to link your text based region items to content in an external data source Text based region items include still roll crawl or animation items Region item data tags link to the external data source and display the text i
196. wl Quick Editor switch to the Formatting tab and select the Template option 3 In thedrop down list select an icg template file The formatting from the template file is applied to the current item TitleMotion TitleMotion comes with its own set of documentation that is separate from Documentation the InfoCaster material If you would like more information on using TitleMotion see the TitleMotion Essentials PDF file that came with InfoCaster or refer to TitleMotion s Online Help 68 Add Still Items InfoCaster Graphic Importer Use the Graphic Importer to import a still image graphic file from a local drive or from a HTTP or FTP site Open Content Editor Open Image from Hard Drive InfoCaster Graphic Importer Name Content Audio Scale To Fill Region Maintain Aspect Ratio Update When Source Changes Z Auto add to sequence Log Note Help Cancel Open the Graphic Importer from the Items window 1 Double click on a still region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Graphic Importer from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button Complete the following steps if the image is located on your hard drive 1 Click on the Choose button on
197. ws START button on the bottom left corner of your screen then select Programs gt Inscriber gt InfoCaster gt Utilities gt InfoCaster Configuration Utility b In the Configuration Utility select the GPI device connected to your system Live Link Installed Serial GPI or Software GPIs Inscriber Configuration Utility Video Audio Standard Change Debug Logging Extemal Triggers GPI Dev Serial GPI Configuration Live Link Installed GPI Type 1 C Software GPIs GPI List GPI 1 Serial Device GPI 3 Serial Device Cancel The GPIs that are available with that device are displayed in the GPI List panel These numbers are also displayed in the Conditional Playback dialog box 212 Schedule Playback InfoCaster Select Action c Ifyou selected the Serial GPI option and have more than Comm port select the port for each GPI trigger in the Serial GPI Configuration panel Reaching Specified Event Setup Time Set events to trigger a sequence of other events to occur within your InfoCast Define the logical stepping of events that can occur based on the trigger selected Sets an action to be tri dat ticul Trigger is caused when PENE riggered at a particular 4 on the dat time Select the date and ERINE _3429 2005 Everyday occurence time at this time 41 33PM From the Action drop down list select one of the followi
198. yout 102 Add Digital Clocks InfoCaster Digital Timer Quick Editor Select the Digital Timer Quick Editor to create a digital timer that counts up or counts down with precision in your digital clock region Set the timer display options on the Content tab set the text display options on the Formatting tab and adjust the audio settings on the Audio tab Open Content Editor Set Timer Display Options InfoCaster Digital Timer Quick Editor Name DigitalTimer 1 Content l Formatting Audio Format hhmmss Separator l colon w5 00 00 oo Se Show Leading Zeros Count Up Count Down From 0 00 To 0 O Stop v Auto add to sequence Log Note Cancel Save Open the Digital Timer Quick Editor from the Items window 1 Double click on a digital clock region in the Regions window to switch to the Items window 2 Select the Digital Timer Quick Editor from the content editor drop down list 3 Click the Add button to add a new region item If you want to edit an existing region item select the item in the Items window select the editor and click the Edit button Use the options on the Content tab to determine how the timer displays Description Display Option Sets the timing elements hours minutes seconds that the timer displays Add Digital Clocks InfoCaster 103 Display Option Description Separators Sets which character separat
199. zed to display three rows and the data source contains six entries the first three entries play for the amount of time set in the Item Duration field in the content editor followed by the next three entries The transition and duration options are available after you link to your external data source Roll Gradually displays the content as the text moves across the screen External Data InfoCaster 153 Region Type Output Crawl Gradually displays the content as the text moves across the screen If you use a prefix separator between your crawls the prefix displays before the content on each line Animation Display one entry at a time during output Each entry displays for the amount of time set in the Item Duration field in the content editor The transition and duration options are available after you link to your external data source External Data After you link your items to an external data source the external data Features features become available in the content editors The features include Show All New Data at Least Once Enable On Screen Update and Data Transition and Duration options You must link to the external data source before the options are available Show All New Data at Least Once The Show All New Data at Least Once option is recommended if you update your data constantly and if it is important to show all data in the text file before playing new updates The option is available f

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