Q-Bix - MANUAL WINDOWS version 1.0, February 2011

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MANUALWINDOWS sion 1.0, Fbuay 2011





01 Tabl of Contnts

03www.qbixsignage.com

2 Ntwo nvionmnt .............................................................................................................. 04

3 Quic guid – softwa installation ........................................................................................ 05

3.1 qDsign ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............. ............ ............. ............ ...... 05

3.2 qPlay and qSchdul .......................................................................................................... 07

4 Quic guid – hadwa installation ....................................................................................... 08

5 qDsign ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............. ............ ............. ...... 09

5.1 Stat Softwa ...........................................................................................................................10

5.2 Cat a Nw Pojct ............................................................................................................ 11

5.3 Cat a Nw Layout ............................................................................................................ 11

5.4 Add Assts To You Layout ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ......... 12

5.4.1 Inst a Txt box ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............. ............ ............. ... 12

5.4.2 Inst an Imag ............ ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ...... 14

5.4.3 Inst a Vido ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............. ............ ............. ............ .......... 16

5.4.4 Inst a Cloc ............ ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. .......... 18

5.4.5 Inst a Playlist ...................................................................................................................... 20

5.4.6 Inst a Wbsit ........... ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............. ..... 21

5.5 Ta a Loo at a Pviw ............ ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ .. 22

5.6 Managing th Timlin .............................................................................................................22

5.7 Snd You Pojct to th Play .................................................................................... 24

5.7.1 Conncting with th PLay .............................................................................................. 24

5.7.2 Lining a Pojct to a Play .............................................................................................. 25

5.7.3 Planning / Schduling a pojct ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............. .... 27

5.8 Chcing fo Updats .......................................................................................................... 29

6 FAQ ........... ............. ............ ............. ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ......... 30

7 Suppot ............ ............. ............ ............. ............ ............. ............. ............ ............. ............ ........ 30

8 Appndix 1: Stting th Wilss Ntwo Connction of th Q-BiX WINDOWS play .... 31

9 Appndix 2: Stting th Wilss Ntwo Connction of th Q-BiX LINUX Play .... 32

TABLe OF CONTeNTS


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02 NeTWOrk eNvIrONMeNT

NETWERK

Q-BixDigital

signage

player

PCQ-Bix

designer

software

LCD

ScreenDigital

signage

output

qPlay.x

qDsign.x

qSchdul.x

HDMI-DVI

Ne T WO r k e NV I r

O NMe NT

NeTWOrk


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03 QUICk gUIDe – SOFTWAre INSTALLATION

3.1 qDsin

STeP 1

Go to ou wbsit www.qbixsignag.com and download th softwa.

STeP 2

Sav th fil on you comput and thn un it.

STeP 3

klic ‘run’

STeP 4

klic ‘Nxt’

STeP 5

klic ‘I Ag’

STeP 6

Choos th location wh you want th systm fils to b installd.

It is, howv, commndd that you do not chang th ‘Dstination

fold’ that is indicatd by dfault.

Thn clic ‘Nxt’.

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STeP 7

STeP 8

Th installation quis th installation of a runtim componnt.Chc th box to allow this and thn clic ‘Install’.

STAP 9

Th install installs all of th quid componnts.

STAP 10

Clic ‘Finish’ to complt th installation.

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Choos th nam of th fold which will appa in you

STArT mnu. It is again commndd that you tain th

dfault notation. Thn clic ‘Nxt’.



3.2 qPlay & qSchdul

Ths fils hav alady bn installd on th play by you poduct dal.

Plas contact you dal if you xpinc any poblms with ths componnts.

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H A r D WA r e I NS T A L L A T I O N

04 QUICk gUIDe – HArDWAre INSTALLATION

STeP 1

rmov th Q-BiX play fom th pacaging.

STeP 2

Scw th wilss antnna onto th bac of th Q-BiX play (18).

STeP 3

Connct you LAN connction to th bac of th Q-BiX play (13).

STeP 4

Connct you DVI o HDMI connction to th bac of th Q-BiX play (15 o 16).

STeP 5

Connct th pow supply to th bac of th Q-BiX play (17).

STeP 6

Tun on th Q-BiX play using th switch locatd on th font of it. (3).

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Pow LeD

HDD Activ LeD

Pow Switch Button

r/L Channl Spa Output (rCA Connctos)

Lin-Out

Lin-In

MIC-In

1x audio-jac

CeN/LFe Output

ra Suound Output

USB 2X

USB 2X

LAN

COM1

HDMI

DVI-I

DC-IN

Antnna Conncto (Optional)

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05 QUICk gUIDe – QDeSIgNer

Bfo you stat using th softwa, you nd to b awa of a fw of th tms usd:

Th nti t-li stuctu (pojct, layout and assts) of you pojct can b viwd in you ‘Pojct Bows’.

PojctA pojct is a collction (playlist) of layouts. Whn a pojct has bn compltd, it will b snt

in its ntity to th play.

LayoutA layout is on 'slid' within you pojct. It is possibl to add multipl layouts to th sam

pojct.

AsstAn asst is an 'objct' (.g. txt, vido, imag...) within a layout. Th numb of assts within a

layout is infinit.

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5.1 Stat th Softwa

You can us th softwa by clicing on ‘Stat’, ‘All Pogams’, ‘Q-BiX’ and ‘qDsign’. Th softwa will thn un and opn up th window

dpictd on th pvious pag:

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5.2 Cat a Nw Pojct

In th softwa’s main window, slct ‘Cat Nw Pojct’ fom th ‘Pojct’ mnu. A dialog box will thn appa:

Choos a pojct nam and st you pfd width, hight and bacgound colo. Thn clic ‘Ok’.

5.3 Cat a Nw Layout

Whn you cat a nw pojct, a dialog box will automatically appa to nabl you to poduc a nw layout. If you want to cat an xta

layout, choos ‘Cat Nw Layout’ fom th ‘Layout’ mnu.

In th dialog box, dfin a layout nam, bacgound colo and unning tim (= slid).

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5.4 Add Assts to You Layout

5.4.1 Inst a Tt Bo

Objct namNam th txt box h. Not: this is not th txt that will b shown in you

layout.

Txt ent th txt that you want to display in you layout.

Gomty Dfin th position, hight and width of th txt box.

Aa Fill Colo Dfin th bacgound colo of you txt box h.

Aa Fill

OpacityDfin th tanspancy of you bacgound.

Font Dfin th font to b usd in you txt box.

Txt Colo Dfin th colo of you txt.

Opacity Dfin th tanspancy of you txt.

Txt Alignmnt Dfin th alignmnt (lft, cnt, ight) of th txt insid th txt box.

TAB ‘APPeArANCe’

TAB ‘BASIC’

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Slct th txt box asst in th asst bows.

Dag this asst to you layout

and doubl-clic on th txt box to opn th poptis mnu.



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rotation Dfin th angl of inclination of you txt box h.

rflction Dfin th stting fo th flction of you txt box.

rflctd Chc this option to switch to mioing.

rflction

DistancDfin th distanc btwn th txt box and its flction.

Fading Out

rflctionDfin th fad-out ffct of you txt box.

Scolling Tun you txt box into a bann.

Scolling

dictionDfin th diction of you bann.

Scoll spd Dfin th spd of you bann.

TAB ‘ADvANCeD’

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5.4.2 Inst an Ima

Slct th imag asst in th asst bows.

Dag this asst to you layout.

Doubl-clic on th imag box to opn

th poptis mnu.

Objct nam Nam th imag h.

Imag souc Bows to th imag you want to includ.

Gomty Dfin th position, hight and width of you imag objct.

Aa Fill Colo Dfin th bacgound colo of you imag h.

Scal ModDfin th position of you imag within you imag objct (scal to itm

aa; p aspct atio; do not scal).

Mas Dfin a mas fo you photo.

Mas typ Dfin th mas typ.

Mas imag

souc Bows to th imag you want to st as th mas.


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Tanspant Dfin th tanspancy of you imag objct h.

rotation Dfin th inclination of you imag objct.

rflction Dfin th sttings to mio th imag objct.


rflction

DistancDfin th distanc btwn th imag objct and its flction.

Fading Out

rflctionDfin th fad-out ffct of you imag objct.

TAB ‘ADvANCeD’

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5.4.3 Inst a vido

Slct th vido asst in th asst bows.


Doubl-clic on th vido asst

to opn th poptis mnu.

Objct Nam Nam th vido.

Mdia Souc Bows to th vido you want to us.

Gomty Dfin th position, hight and width of you vido objct h.


TAB ‘BASIC’

Aa Fill Colo Dfin th bacgound colo of you vido objct h.

Scal ModDfin th position of you vido within you vido objct (scal to itm

aa; p aspct atio; do not scal).

rpat Chc this option to automatically pat th vido.

Mut Chc this option to switch off th sound (1).

Volum Dfin th sound volum of th vido (1).

Mas Dfin a mas fo you vido.

Mas typ Dfin th mas typ.

Mas imag

soucBows to th vido you want to st as th mas.

(1) = the Q-BiX player has no internal speakers. You can get sound by connecting the Q-BiX player to externalspeakers, amplifiers, etc.

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Tanspant Dfin th tanspancy of you vido objct.

rotation Dfin th inclination of you vido objct.

rflction Dfin th stting to mio th vido objct.


rflction

DistancDfin th distanc btwn th vido objct and its flction.

Fading Out

rflctionDfin th fad-out ffct of you vido objct.

TAB ‘ADvANCeD’

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5.4.4 Inst a Cloc

Slct th cloc asst in th asst bows.


Doubl-clic on th cloc asst


Objct Nam Nam th cloc.

Analog cloc Chc this option to us an analog cloc.

Analog cloc sin Dfin th bacgound of you analog cloc fom th options list.

Tim Zon St th tim zon wh you a locatd.

Gomty Dfin th position, hight and width of you cloc objct.

TAB ‘DIgITAL CLOCk APPeArANCe’

TAB ‘BASIC’

Aa Fill Colo Dfin th bacgound colo of you cloc objct.

Aa Fill Opacity Dfin th tanspancy of th bacgound colo of you cloc objct.

Font Dfin th font of th numb psntations aound you cloc objct.

Font Colo Dfin th colo of th numb psntations aound you cloc objct.

Alignmnt Dfin th alignmnt (lft, cnt, ight) of th cloc insid th cloc objct.

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Itm Opacity Dfin th tanspancy of you cloc objct.

rotation Dfin th inclination of you cloc objct.

rflction Dfin th stting to mio th cloc objct.


rflction

distancDfin th distanc btwn th cloc objct and its flction.

Fading out

flctionDfin th fad-out ffct of you cloc objct.

TAB ‘ADvANCeD’

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5.4.5 Inst a Playlist

Slct th playlist asst fom th asst bows.


Doubl-clic on th playlist asst ‘empty Playlist’ to cat a playlist of diffnt layouts.

A nw layout window will thn appa, nabling you to again add on o mo assts.

To add mo layouts to you playlist, ight-clic on Add Playlist’, which is in th aa blow th playlist scn. A nw dialog box will thn appa.

Th xampl st out blow dpicts th stuctu of ou main layout, containing a playlist asst with th playlist layouts.

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5.4.6 Inst a Wbsit

Slct th wbsit asst in th asst bows.


Doubl-clic on th wbsit asst


Objct Nam Nam you wbsit objct h.

UrL ent th lin to th fing wbsit that you want to highlight.

Gomty Dfin th position, hight and width of you wbsit objct.

TAB ‘ADvANCeD’

TAB ‘BASIC’

rotation Dfin th inclination of you wbsit objct h.

rflction Dfin th stting to mio th wbsit objct.


rflction

distancDfin th distanc btwn th wbsit objct and its flction.

Fading out

flctionDfin th fad-out ffct of you wbsit objct.

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5.5 Ta a Loo at a Piw

If you want to s what you hav catd bfo snding it to you play(s), th mnu givs you th option to s a pviw of you pojct.

If you clic on th Pviw button, a dialog box will opn and display you pojct.

To lav th pviw, clic on th Clos button in th top ight con of th dialog box.

5.6 Manain th Timlin

At th top of th softwa’s intfac you will find a timlin as st out h.

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This timlin can b usd to limit th lifspan of ctain assts in you layout.

Th xampl blow limits th display of a cloc in a layout to 10 sconds:

- Dag a cloc fom you asst bows to you layout.

- Slct th cloc with a singl clic on it.

- Thn clic on th + button in th timlin.

- A dialog box appas.

- Dfin th duation (Tim) of you cloc.

- In th xampl abov th duation of th cloc is 10 sconds.

- Thn choos btwn ‘Invisibl’ and ‘Visibl’ in th ‘Ma Asst’ dop list.

o Whn you slct ‘invisibl’, th cloc will disappa aft 10 sconds.

o Whn you slct ‘visibl’, th cloc will appa aft 10 sconds.

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5.7 Snd You Pojct to th Play

5.7.1 Connctin with th Play

Clic Displays, thn Configu Displays to ma on o mo

connctions to th availabl plays.

A dialog box will appa.

You can also snd th sam layout to sval plays by slcting

multipl plays whn you conduct th scan.

Slct th coct play and clic Ok.

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en niuw vnst vschijnt, d dsign zot

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5.7.2 Linin a Pojct to a Play

Clic Display, Schdul edito.

A nw window will appa which nabls you to upload a pojct you hav savd to th play.

Clic ‘Add’ and slct th savd pojct. Clic Ok.

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Thn, slct th bginning and nd dat + tim fo th pojct. You

must dfin th duation of you pojct h. Thn clic Ok.

Slct th pojct and clic th Upload button.

ent th coct passwod and clic Ok.

Slct th coct play and clic ‘Updat Slctd’.

Whn th box ‘Updatd’ is chcd, th pojct has bn succssfully snt to th play.

You can upload several projects with different time definitions to one or more players byadding multiple projects in the ‘Schedule Editor’ window.

The default password is ‘qbix’.

Contact your product dealerto attribute another password.

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5.7.3 Plannin/Schdulin a Pojct

You can – aft snding a pojct – plan/schdul an xta pojct.

Not: to do this, you must ha sad th pojct you ha alady snt in th Schdul edito!

You can do this by clicing ‘Sav’ in th Schdul edito.

To snd an xta pojct to b playd at a lat tim, opn you savd ‘Schdul’ with th ‘Load’ button in th Schdul edito.

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You can thn add a pojct by clicing th ‘Add Pojct’ button.

Thn slct th stat and nd dat + tim fo th pojct. You can also dfin th duation of you pojct h.

Whn a scond pojct has bn addd to th ‘Schdul’, you can clic ‘Upload’ again to snd both pojcts.

Sav you ‘Schdul’ fo lat us.

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5.8 Chcin fo Updats

Clic Hlp, Chc fo Updats.

A dialog box will appa. Slct th latst updat and clic Install Updats.

Th nw updats will b installd and th old vsion of th softwa dltd.

You savd pojcts will not b lost.

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6 FAQ

My display shows th mssa ‘No Input’.

Æ Chc whth th Q-BiX play is on. You can do this by chcing th status of th gn light on th font of th play. If th light is off, plas

tun you play on.

Whn I ty to snd my pojct, I t th mssa ‘won passwod’.

Æ Contact you dal if th dfault passwod ‘qbix’ dos not wo.

I ha had a machin blacout and my psntation(s) is (a) no lon displayd.

Æ Tun th Q-BiX play on again using th switch on th font of th play. Th psntation should -appa aft a fw minuts.

Whn I schdul a pojct to stat at a lat point in tim, my cunt psntation disappas.

Æ Whn you snd a nw psntation though th Schdul edito, all cunt psntations hav to b snt as wll. It is also impotant to always

sav you ‘Schdul’ using th ‘Sav’ button in th Schdul edito (s also Sction 5.7.3 in this manual).

Whn I un a scan fo aailabl plays, I s mo plays than a actually psnt.

Æ Whn a play is lind to th ntwo, whth via a wid o a wilss connction, it appas twic in th sults of th scan, with a diffnt

IP addss on ach occasion.

A ido will not play on my play.

Æ Nomally, th most common codcs will hav alady bn installd on th play. If, howv, a vido dos not play, it is lily that th codc

which suppots it is missing. In ths cicumstancs, plas contact you dal.

I cannot connct to a play.

Æ Chc th fiwall sttings of you comput. Th fiwall sttings of you play hav bn st coctly. Not that it is impotant that pot

10233 is opn.

7 SUPPOrT

You can contact th Q-BiX Hlp Ds by snding an mail to [email protected]

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8 APPeNDIx 1: SeTTINg THe WIreLeSS NeTWOrk CONNeCTION OF THe Q-BIx WINDOWS PLAYer

STeP 1

Ma su you Q-BiX play is on..

STeP 2

Connct a USB yboad and a USB mous to th USB pots (11) at th bac of th Q-BiX play.

STeP 3

Pss Ctl+Alt+Dl, thn clic Stat Tas Manag and slct th ‘Pocsso’ tab.

STeP 4

Clic ‘qSchdul.x and thn ‘end Pocss’. Clic ‘end Pocss’ again whn you comput ass fo confimation.

STeP 5

You will now nt a Windows nvionmnt. Slct ‘Stat’, Configuation Panl, Ntwo Cnt’ and slct ‘Opn o Clos a Connction’.

STeP 6

Slct th dsid ntwo, povid a scuity passwod whn quid and activat you chosn wilss ntwo. Contact you ntwo

administato to obtain th scuity passwod.

STeP 7

Clic again on ‘Stat’, All Pogams, Q-BiX and qSchdul.x to ma you play activ again.

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STeP 1

Ma su you Q-BiX play is on.

STeP 2

Connct a USB yboad and a USB mous to th USB pots (11) at th bac of th Q-BiX play.

STeP 3

Pss Alt+F1 and thn clic on th WINDOWS y + e to switch to th dstop.

STeP 4

You a now in a Linux nvionmnt. Slct ‘Systm’, ‘Pfncs’, ‘Ntwo Connctions’.

STeP 5

Slct th dsid ntwo, povid a scuity passwod whn quid and activat you chosn wilss ntwo. Contact you ntwo

administato to obtain th scuity passwod.

STeP 6

Thn clic th WINDOWS y + e to switch to you psntation.

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