Databeat CheatSheet OMNIpro GettingStarted
Databeat CheatSheet OMNIpro GettingStarted
Databeat CheatSheet OMNIpro GettingStarted
1.1 Signup & Register Signup & Location Confirm 1.2 Create Users Users 1.3 Create Channels Media
Sign up to your free DatabeatOMNI account and register your customer details For several reasons including security and tracability, it is poor practise to have Content is mediafiles grouped and organised in Channels. Each OMNIplayer
(address, country, zip code and city) and main contact details (user name = E- one common username for multiple users. Therefore, we strongly recommend will subsribe to a Channel and play your published content according to your
to provide all users with their own login. plan. Channels are sub-grouped in one or more PlayBlocks to manage various
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mail, name, title, phone). We will not ask for or require credit card info.
Create users that are to use DatabeatOMNI and assign roles. types of content, screen-designs, schedules and play features.
As the first user, you are the main contact, the "superuser" with all rights. Select
Use their business Email addresses as user names. Name your Channels and Playblocks as you wish. Select Orientation (Landscape
what version to use; OMNI, OMNI+ or OMNIpro. You can change this until you or Portrait) and resolution that match your screen(s). We suggest you add
decide to buy licenses. Again, we strongly recommend to use business Office 365 or Google graphics/pictures /logo to represent your channels and playblocks to makes
For simplicity, security and functionality, we strongly recommend to sign-up and usernames. the user experience nicer and more joyable.
login with your business Office 365 or Google account. Then, we will not store With Channels and Playblocks, you are ready to publish your content !
your password and authentication is taken care of by Microsoft or Google.
Publish
2.1 Pick (Mediafiles) 2.2 Plan & Publish Publish 2.3 Create Screen Designs
The content to be displayed on your screens will be standard mediafiles When a file is selected and loaded into DatabeatOMNI, you must decide ScreenDesigner lets you add various widgets to be displayed on top of your
(Pictures, Graphics, video, even webpages) organised in channels and when and how to play; period, weekdays and time of day. content; news, weather, clock, counters, social media, web content, and
playblocks. These files must be accessible from your PC or MAC. If you have several files that share play properties, you may group these in a more, even Power BI dashboards (made available for Office365 logged in
2 Click +, then locate and load your files into DatabeatOMNI. Make sure that
mediafiles fit the selected screenformat (aspect ratio and general quality).
DatabeatOMNI does not include tools to create and design graphics and
separate Playblock (ie “Tuesday Morning posters”) and define these
properties on “Playblock”.
When all is set and done press Publish to start uploading the mediafile
users). For many, widgets are the primary source of information and the
content merely serves as a design-background.
Drag n’ Drop, move, size, and configure the widgets. On thr DatabeatOMNI
videos, but a PowerPoint Add-In (for Windows only) will allows you to from your desktop computer to DatabeatOMNI servers. From here, they will monitor you will see how it will appear on your screens.
publish and schedule video or graphics made in Powerpoint to be automatically distribution to all subscribing OMNIplayers. Screendesigns are linked to Playblocks and are displayed accordingly.
DatabeatOMNI channels/playblocks from within Powerpoint. NB: The upload must finish before you exit. That’s it, you are now ready to (OMNI)Play !
Play
3.1 First - Create locations Location 3.2 Then - Create Players & Licenses Location OMNIplayer 3.3 Place Order Confirm Checkout Confirm
A Location represent a physical address (ie a store or an office). This is OMNIplayers are linked to locations. They need power, Internet, installed No one likes uncertainty. We want our customers and users to know well what
where OMNIplayers and screens are installed and content is to be and configured Databeat OMNIplay software to operate. OMNIplayers can be they are getting into. Therefore, DatabeatOMNI where you can create channels
displayed. The location address is important for service and operational an external device or internal (SoC) on selected screens from Samsung and users, Use screendesigner, testing integrations and widgets and publish
3 purposes, for automatically selecting local weather info, and for starting
and stopping screens to save power (OMNIplayers follow Location
servicehours).
(Tizen), LG (webOS) or Philips (Android). We strongly recommend
internal players when possible. They are cheaper and simpler to configure,
install (no signal cables) and operate. If you already have existing screens,
content is free.
You may even create OMNIplay (software) trial licenses for testing for a limited
time to ensure it all works as you planned.
If you want screens on any other location than your registered customer use Databeat OMNIplay3, a cheap Android device to be connected with
location, you must first add the location and then add (link) players to it. HDMI. Order players and licenses directly in DatabeatOMNI or through a To use DatabeatOMNI in production requires an active license, one per player.
We suggest you add graphics/pictures/logo to represent your locations, it Databeat partner. They will ensure that everything are delivered with Depending on required functionality and acceptable cost, select OMNI, OMNI
makes the user experience nicer and more joyable. your own content, ready to use. + or OMNIpro.
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