WCM 4.0 Tutorial Quick Installation Guide Learn How to Create Your 1st Playlist

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WCM 4.0 TutorialQuick Installation GuideLearn
How to Create Your 1st Playlist
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Getting Started

• Copy the 6 Sample Media files to your Local
  System
• 1 Flash file
• 1 Video file
• 3 Image files
• 2 Ticker RSS Sample

After following the steps in this tutorial, you
should see the resulting screen as below
1st Ticker Info
Images
Logo in Flash
Video in MPEG
Images
2nd Ticker Info
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Network Structure
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Before Installation

• Download Java SDK 1.6 or latest version
• Ensure that any firewall settings are disabled
  firewall can be enabled after installation
• ? Insert the WebDT Content Manager CD select
  Install WebDT Content Manager to begin
  installation
• ? During the installation, you will need the
  serial number on the cover of the CD Case

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WCM 4.0 Installation

• When you are installing the WCM, you can choose
  Quick Setup or Customized Setup

Quick Setup To install the FULL SET of content
servers within WCM 4.0 in one computer, please
choose Quick Setup
Customized Setup If you want to change advanced
options, or install Content Manager Servers in
different computers, please use Customized Setup,
which allows you to choose the components to
install and offers more configure options

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WCM 4.0 Installation - Quick Setup

• Install the full Content Manager Server on one
  computer
• Choose Quick Setup to install
• Default Service Account Password

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Database Superuser dbadmin Database Superuser
Password 12345 Database service account
Postgres Database service password
Post_gres Web Server Port 80
You can Change WebDT Content Manager Folder
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Internet Explorer is required to login to WebDT
Content Manager after installation
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WCM 4.0 Installation - Customized Setup

• 1. Download Java SDK 1.6 or later
• 2. Customized Setup
• 3. Setup Service Account Password
• 4. Web Server Port

Default Setting
You can set another Port Number if Port 80 has
been used
Service Account needs enough Permission to
start/stop Service
You can Change WebDT Content Manager Folder
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After Installation Completed

• Once the installation process is complete, the
  InstallShield Wizard Completed screen displays
• A Start.html page will open to set up the server

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Change Password for Administrator Security

• For WCM Security, please change the
  Administrators password
• Login to http//(server IP address)(port
  number)/index.jsp or http//localhost(port
  number) to change the password

User ID administrator Old Password Admin New
Password xxxxxx Confirm New Password
xxxxxx Organization administration
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Default Organization Login Account/Password

• A default Site will be automatically created
  after installation
• Default values User ID and Password are manager
  and 123456 Organization is My Site
• Login to WCM, a message for SMTP settings will
  display
• Go to Settings to complete your SMTP Server
  Error Alert settings

• Player Error Alert Email or SMS (for users in
  USA)
• SMTP Server Settings
• SMTP Server Host
• Account ID
• Password
• Email Address

User ID manager Password 123456 Organization
My site
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Change Organization User ID/Password

• 1. Change Organization User ID/password by
  Administrator Account
• 2. Modify Organization Manager User ID with
  password
• 3. Click Save

Example Organization demo Manger ID
manager Password 123456 Email
dtrtest_at_gmail.com
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Start to Create the Playlist
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Login by Manager Account

1. Login to the Manager account just created
2. Click Login

Example User ID manager Password
123456 Organization demo
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WCM Interface
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Frame 1 Main Menu Frame 2 Sub Menu Frame 3
Setting Zone Frame 4 Command Line
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5 Steps to Starting the WCM

• Step1 - Register Player with WCM server
• Step2 - Assign the Player to a desired group
• Step3 - Upload manage media files to WCM server
• Step4 - Edit Template Playlist
• Step5 - Schedule publish Playlist for assigned
  group

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Connect Your Player Register to WCM Before
registering your DT Research Signage Player, you
may need a mouse keyboard for initial player
registration
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Player Registration to WCM Server

• Power on the signage player, the registration
  screen will prompt automatically as below
• Or to re-register the player, follow the steps
  below
• Exit the player by pressing Ctrl Shift Space
• Navigate to Start All Programs DT Research
  WebDT Signage Player click Register WebDT
  Signage Player Again

Demo Player
- Player Name Leave default name or give a new
name - Group Name You may leave it blank for
now - Organization demo - Password 123456
(Default value) - Publish Server URL
http//(server IP address)(port
number)/publish Example http//192.168.11281/pub
lish http//signage.dtri.com/publish (default
port is 80)
demo
123456
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Player Register to WCM Server

• The Player is registered a confirmation window
  displays
• If registration is not successful, please check
  the Internet/network connection the firewall
  settings

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Creating Groups and Assigning Players to Groups
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Create a Group
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DEMO-A
1. Click Player Group 2. Click New Group
3. Input DEMO A as Group name
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Assign Player
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1. Click Assign Player 2. Select the
player assign by clicking the Arrow
Note Before players are assigned to a group, the
players are in the Not Assigned group by default
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Preview Player
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1. Click Media 2. Click Preview Player to
install WebDT Preview Player Program to your
PC 3. Start? All Programs? DT Research? WebDT
Preview Player 4.0? Start Player 4. Preview
Player is only for preview function To Preview
a flash file, you will need to install Flash
Player to the local PC
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Preview
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1. Click Account Management 2. Select the
Account 3. Click to add preview players
in the displayed window 4. Select the player
you registered (or other players) to add as
Preview Player(s) 5. Your selected Preview
Player(s) will be listed 6. Save the settings
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Upload and Manage Media files
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Upload Media to WCM Server
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• 1. Click Media
• 2. Click New Folder to Create Media Folder for
  Management
• Select New Folder then Click New New
  Media
• 3. Click Browse to find the Image files
• 4. Input file Name as Image 1 set the Duration
  as 6 seconds for each image file
• 5. Click Save, see the file uploaded on left
  side - tree view panel
• 6. Repeat the steps for uploading video Flash
  files

Note Image files (BMP, JPG, etc) should be
under Image category Multimedia files
(SWF, MPG, AVI, URL, PPT) should be under
Multimedia category If files are in
the wrong category, the files wont be displayed
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Batch Upload Media
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1. Select a Folder in the Media Library 2. Click
Batch Upload, a batch upload screen opens 3.
Click Browse to find the Image files 4. You can
change the destination folder for media files
uploaded
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Create a Ticker
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1. Click Ticker 2. Click New New
Ticker 3. Input ticker Name Demo 4. Click
to add one or several tickers 5. You can create
several tickers including Static Text RSS URLs
at the same time WCM server must be connected to
the Internet for RSS URLs 6. Type text and/or RSS
URL, e.g. Demo for DT Research Signage System
and http//newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_
edition/front_page/rss.xml 7. Save the settings
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Edit Template Playlist
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Create a TemplateAdd in Ticker Zone
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1. Click Template 2. Click New New
Template 3. Input template Name Demo
Template 4. Select the Screen Resolution as 1920
x 1080 (Or other depending on your LCD) 5. Click
New Ticker Zone to add the First ticker zone 6.
Input ticker zone Name Ticker Zone 1 7. Click
New Ticker Zone to add the Second ticker zone,
Input zone Name Ticker Zone 2 8. Set ticker zone
attributes including color/ size/ direction/
speed/ background (Input position percentages for
the demo zones L 0.00 R 99.99 T 93.00 B
99.99)
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Create a TemplateAdd Zones
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1. Click New Normal Zone to add new zones 2.
Zone size and location can be set either by
percentage or pixel. 3. Add Zone 2 , Zone 3 and
Zone 4 4. Set position for each zone (example
set title zone L 0.00 R 74.928 T 7.00 B
20.201) (Refer to appendix for more on how to set
zone position by percentage or pixel)
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Create a TemplateTranslucent Logo Function
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You can set Translucent Logo in a normal zone,
the images support alpha blending
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Template Example
Create six zones including a flash file, two
image files, a video file two tickers
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Create Preview your Playlist
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Create a Playlist
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Demo Template
1. Click Playlist 2. Click New New
Playlist 3. Input playlist Name Demo
Playlist 4. Select Template Demo Template 5.
Click Save
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Create a PlaylistInsert Media Files
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1. Click Zone 3 tab in lower panel 2. Select
media file from tree view Multimedia 3. Click
to add the file to the zone 4. Save the
settings
Repeat the process to add video image files to
other zones
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Create a PlaylistInsert Ticker
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1. Click the tab in lower panel 2. Select
Ticker file from tree view Ticker 3. Click
to add the ticker file to Ticker Zone 4.
Save the settings
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Preview the Playlist
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1. After creating the Demo Playlist, click
, a window will open to show all Preview
Players 2. Select the Players to Preview
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Schedule Publish the Playlist
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Scheduling
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1. Click Scheduling 2. Select Demo-A
group 3. Select Demo Playlist 4. Select todays
date a time slot on the calendar, then insert
the playlist by clicking 5. Click to edit more
schedule details
6. Set up Start time Duration (click Whole
Day to have playlist scheduled for entire day)
7. Check the Recurrence box add recurrence
settings 8. Apply the settings, then Close
window
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Publish the Schedule
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1. Click button, the Approve
Schedule/Spot List window will open 2. Set Start
Date End Date 3. Click Publish to publish the
schedule during the date range 4. To modify the
template, playlist or schedule click Back to
Edit the media files will still display at
player side 5. When you Reject to publish, the
Media Files will be stopped at player side
The final results will display on the players
under Demo-A group after downloading is complete
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Publish Rule
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1. When a Schedules status is Publish or
Prepare to Publish, the schedule is locked
cannot be edited 2. To edit the schedule, change
the schedule status to Reject or Back to Edit
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Setting Default Playlist for a Group

• Looping a single playlist if you would like to
  play a playlist repeatedly, use the Default
  Playlist feature (at Group level or Organization
  level)
• Select the Group apply the appropriate Default
  Playlist

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Congratulations!You have learned how to quickly
create and manage digital signage content on
WCM4.0For more detailed information, please
read the WCM User Manual
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Appendix

1. Set Zone Attributes
2. Power Management Settings
3. Advanced Settings
4. Group Settings
5. Player Reboot / Remote Desktop Functions
6. Active Directory Support
7. Role/Privilege Management
8. Batch Register Tool
9. Wi-Fi Resolution Tool
10. Software Development Kit (SDK)
11. Urgent Cast
12. PowerPoint Plugin

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Appendix - 1Set Zone AttributesAdjust Zone Size
Location
Arrange screen layout by counting each zone
position by percentage or pixel
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Adjust Zone Size LocationCount each zone
position by percentage
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Example
T
B
683 pixels
R
273.2
768
384 pixels
L
192
273.2 / 1366 20 192 / 768 25
683 / 1366 50 384 / 768 50
T Zone top to Display top B Zone bottom to
Display top R Zone right to Display left L Zone
left to Display left
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Adjust Zone Size Location Count each zone
position by pixel
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For example
T
B
683 pixels
R
273.2
768
385 pixels
L
192
T Zone top to Display top B Zone bottom to
Display top R Zone right to Display left L Zone
left to Display left
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Appendix - 2Power Management Settings
Manage Power Settings for Signage Players
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1. Click Player Group 2. Click the Group that
the players belong to 3. Click the
tab 4. Select the days set the startup
shutdown time 5. Click Apply
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Appendix - 3Advanced Settings

• 1. Click Settings for advanced settings
• 2. Choose a playlist as default playlist
• Click to select a playlist file
• 3. Or, choose an image as default wallpaper
• Click to select an image file
• 4. Choose to Always Show/ Never Show or Show When
  Idle the downloading progress bar on the signage
  display
• 5. Set preferred time range to download the
  scheduled playlists
• 6. Click Save

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Appendix - 4Group Settings
Group Settings for Your Signage Players
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1. Click Player Group 2. Click the Group that
the players belong to 3. Choose a playlist as
your default playlist 4. Choose an image as the
default wallpaper 5. Schedule/Spot List choose
how to display player schedule/ spot list All,
Summary, Only Schedule or only Spot List
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Appendix - 5Player Reboot / Remote Desktop
Functions
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1. Click a player, see the Players
information 2. Click , the player will
reboot 3. Setup Time Zone 4. Enable /Disable
Remote Desktop
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Appendix - 6Active Directory Support
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1. Login WCM4.0 by administrator account 2.
Select Site Management 3. Account System Type
Windows Active Directory Account System 4.
Domain Name Domain Account Password
Site Manager Role
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Appendix - 7Role/Privilege Management
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1. Default Role Management Site
Manager/Designer/Publish Manager 2. Set
privileges (read, modify, publish schedule) for
each Role/Account for each object (folder, media
file, player group, etc.) 3. Zone Privilege set
privileges for each normal zone or ticker zone in
a template or playlist
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Appendix - 8 Batch Register Tool

• If multiple players, or difficult-to-reach
  players, register players from a PC in the same
  LAN
• Install Signage Tool on PC
• Run Batch Register Tool
• Players in the LAN detected
• automatically for registration

For large scale deployments of WebDT signage
players Register all the Signage Appliances
efficiently without needing a mouse keyboard on
each player once installed
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Appendix - 9 Wi-Fi Resolution Tool

• If multiple players need Wi-Fi/display setting,
  or difficult-to-reach players, setup Wi-Fi
  display settings with USB drive on PC
• Plug USB drive into players
• Players will automatically change the Wi-Fi
  display settings according to the USB drive data

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Appendix - 10 Software Development Kit (SDK)

• Allows third party developer to
• Customize content playback according to events
• (touch screen, definable activation)
• JavaScript/Flash or C/C
• Add new hardware events, C/C
• RFID, Queuing System, etc.
• Create a log about events in JavaScript or C/C
• Integrate with other systems
• Example UrgentCAST via HTTP requests

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Appendix - 11 Urgent Cast
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1. Click Urgent Cast and New Urgent Cast 2.
Input Urgent Cast name Demo 3. Type text, e.g.
WCM Urgent Cast Test 4. Set up the Duration as 1
minute (keep other settings as default) 5. Click
Save 6. Click Publish 7. Choose the Groups/
Player (s) to show the Urgent Cast
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Appendix - 12 PowerPoint Plugin
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http//(server IP address)(port number)
Manager
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123456
demo
1. After you have installed the PowerPoint
Plugin, you may start to publish a native PPT
file directly from MS Power Point. Before
publishing the PPT file, you will have to login
to the WCM site e.g. Host http//(server IP
address)(port number) User ID Manager
Password 123456
Organization demo 2. Click
Publish or Preview, select Group and
Duration, then choose publish as a default
playlist or a scheduled playlist. 3. The PPT
file will be previewed or published to the
selected group immediately.
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