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Xi’an NovaStar Tech Co., Ltd. Statement You are welcome to use the product of Xi’an NovaStar Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as NovaStar). This document is intended to help you understand and use the product. For accuracy and reliability, NovaStar may make improvements and/or changes to this document at any time and without notice.
Players in VNNOX Lite are created automatically when users bind terminal players to players and the players can be transferred to VNNOX Pro after authorization. Players in VNNOX Pro can be created manually in the player list and can be used after associated with licenses.
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ViPlex includes ViPlex Handy (Android and iOS) and ViPlex Express (Windows). Solutions VNNOX Lite allows users to edit and publish simple solutions. A solution can be created by adding media and then editing the solution page. VNNOX Pro allows users to edit and publish complex solutions. After users add media, add the media to playlists and schedule the playlists, a solution is created.
VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 2 Installing Required Software Installing Required Software 2.1 Installing VPlayer Before You Begin Visit www.en.vnnox.com/#downloadSyn to download the VPlayer installation program. Make sure the antivirus software is stopped. Make sure the .NET Framework V4.0 or above is installed.
VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 2 Installing Required Software 2.2.2 Installing ViPlex Express (Windows) Downloading Installation Package www.en.vnnox.com/#downloadT Installing Software The installation of the ViPlex Express is the same as other Windows applications. www.novastar.tech...
After successful registration, users can log in to VNNOX Lite and VNNOX Pro. In VNNOX Pro, the default role of the user is system administrator which has all the permissions. The default workgroup of the user is system workgroup that can manage all the resources.
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Quick Start Guide 3 Registering and Logging in to VNNOX New users will log in to VNNOX Lite by default. A guide assistant is displayed helping users to learn about the basic features of VNNOX Lite. Figure 3-1 Home page of VNNOX Lite Step 4 (Optional) Perform the following operations if you want to access VNNOX Pro.
Step 4 Record the Server address, Certified user name and Certified password. 4.2 Creating Players Players in VNNOX Lite are created automatically when users bind terminal players to players. After the players are successfully created, the information of the players will be displayed on the Players page of VNNOX Lite.
Step 3 Enter the server name and address in the New dialog box and then click OK. The Server Address must be the same as the server address in VNNOX. Step 4 Enter certified user name and password which must be the same as the user name and password in VNNOX.
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Step 5 Click a screen name to enter the Screen management page. Step 6 Select Remote Management > Player Binding. Step 7 Select the VNNOX server and enter the certified user name and password of the player. The information must be the same as the information in VNNOX.
Step 8 Click Server configuration. Step 9 Select the target terminal in the terminal list. Step 10 Select the VNNOX server and enter the certified user name and password of the player. The information must be the same as the information in VNNOX.
Note: Audio files can be used as the background audio of text and images only Operating Steps Step 1 On the homepage of VNNOX Lite, choose Content. Step 2 Click Add media. Step 3 Select and open the media. 4.4 Creating Solutions Step 1 On the homepage of VNNOX Lite, choose Solutions.
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VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 4 Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Lite Function Description information resolution. settings Adding media Add media. : Add a file. : Add a text widget. : Add a digital clock widget.
After a solution is edited, click Publish to publish it. In other situations, you can perform the following operations to publish a solution. Step 1 On the homepage of VNNOX Lite, choose Solutions. Step 2 Click of a corresponding solution.
If there are available licenses in VNNOX Pro, the system will automatically associate the players with the licenses. If there are no available licenses in VNNOX Pro, we will contact you for the payment within 2 working days. 4.6.2 Upgrading Terminal Players Users can upgrade the software versions of terminal players.
4.6.4 Syncing Time Users can sync the time of terminal players via the time synchronization function. Step 1 On the homepage of VNNOX Lite, choose Player Control. Step 2 Click Time Synchronization. Step 3 On the left of the page, select the online players that require time synchronization.
4.6.5 Viewing Remote Control Logs Users can view the logs of remote control command execution of terminal players. Step 1 In VNNOX Lite, choose Logs > Remote Control Logs. Step 2 Click Please select to select one or more players.
Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Pro 5.1 Editing Solutions 5.1.1 Adding Media 5.1.1.1 Adding Images, Videos, Audios and Documents The types of images, videos, audios and documents supported by VNNOX Pro are shown as Table 5-1. Table 5-1 Supported types of media that can be uploaded by VNNOX Pro...
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VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 5 Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Pro Step 7 Click the name of the media to enter the Basic Info tab of the media attribute page. Step 8 Set the validity of the images, videos, audios and documents. Expired media cannot be played.
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VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 5 Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Pro Figure 5-1 Editing page Table 5-2 Description of the editing page Description Button for media adding. Click the button to add the corresponding type of media. ...
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Step 7 After the editing is done, click Save. Step 8 (Optional) Click Save As Template to save the page as a template. 5.1.1.5 Adding Streaming Media The Streaming Media formats supported by VNNOX are shown as Table 5-3. Table 5-3 Streaming Media formats...
VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 5 Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Pro Step 4 (Optional) Specify the categories of the media. The media can be quickly found by the filter according to the categories. Step 5 Click OK and enter the Basic Info tab of the Streaming Media attribute page.
VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 5 Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Pro 5.1.3 Creating Solutions Step 1 In VNNOX Pro, choose > Media Management > Solution. Step 2 Click New. Step 3 Enter a name for the solution and set its categories, and click Next.
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In Figure 5-3, three schedules in the week timetable are taken as an example. VNNOX supports following operations on the schedules: Drag the top and bottom edges of a schedule to modify its timeslot.
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VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 5 Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Pro Figure 5-3 With overlapped timeslot Drag the three schedules in Figure 5-3 until they don’t have overlapped timeslots. Then the schedules is displayed as the Figure 5-4.
Manual: After a solution is bound to players or modified, users need to click Update solution in the player list page to distribute the solution manually. Auto: After a solution is bound to players or modified, VNNOX will distribute the solution automatically without any operation. 5.3 Setting Player Authentication Information...
Step 3 Enter the server name and address in the New dialog box and then click OK. The Server Address must be the same as the server address in VNNOX. Step 4 Enter certified user name and password which must be the same as the user name and password in VNNOX.
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Step 5 Click a screen name to enter the Screen management page. Step 6 Select Remote Management > Player Binding. Step 7 Select the VNNOX server and enter the certified user name and password of the player. The information must be the same as the information in VNNOX.
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VNNOX Cloud-Based Publishing Service Quick Start Guide 5 Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Pro Operating Steps ViPlex Express can connect any number of the Taurus products. Step 1 Connect the WiFi AP of the Taurus products. Step 2 Start ViPlex Express.
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Quick Start Guide 5 Publishing Solutions with VNNOX Pro Step 10 Select the VNNOX server and enter the certified user name and password of the player. The information must be the same as the information in VNNOX. Step 11 Click on the right of Player and select an asynchronous player from the drop- down options.
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