PADS ProfessionalOverview

PADS ProfessionalA bundle of easy-to-use software applications for professional digital signage in any environment.

This can be a network display solution for flight information at an airport, a centrally managed worldwide display solution in retail or any othercomplex display solution.

What is it?

The PADS Professional software can be used for design, schedule, distribution, playback and monitoring of presentations.

Presentations can have any possible content. This can be video, Flash, PowerPoint, ticker-tapes, websites, TV… and much more.

What can it do?

The product has unequalled possibilities for easy integration of real-time data like a tickertape with live news from the Internet.

PADS Designer Powerful design tool to design appealing

presentations

PADS Manager Application for scheduling of presentations

PADS Server Services for automatic distribution of layout,

real-time data and content

PADS Viewer Application for playback of presentations

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What’s in the bundle?

PADS Agent Monitoring & remote management tool

Additional tools PADS License wizard PADS Configuration wizards PADS Service Manager

What’s in the bundle?

Configuration A

Server PC Large screen displays with PC Network infrastructure (Local network or

Internet) PADS 3.1 Professional software

What do you need?

PADS ServerPADS DesignerPADS Manager

PADS Viewer

Configuration B

Server PC + desktop PCs Large screen displays with PC Network infrastructure (Local network or

Internet) PADS 3.1 Professional software

What do you need?

PADS DesignerPADS Manager

PADS Agent

PADS Server

PADS Viewer

Step 1: Start PADS Professional DesignerTo start the Designer application double-click the PADS Professional Designer icon on the Windows desktop.

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Step 2: Design your presentationYou can start designing a complete new presentation or open and modify an existing presentation.

A large set of features enables you to build flexible, appealing presentations.

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Step 3: Save your presentationWhen you are finished with your design activities, save your presentation.

Afterwards select Exit from the File menu to close the Designer application.

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Step 4: Start PADS Professional ManagerTo start the Manager application double-click the

PADS Professional Manager icon on the Windows desktop.

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Step 5: Schedule your presentationTo schedule the presentation you have designed start the PADS Schedule wizard and follow the instructions.

Presentations can be scheduled for groups or individual displays for any possible period.

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Step 6: PADS Viewer plays your presentationThe PADS Professional Viewer application connects to PADS Server. It retrieves the scheduled presentation, related real-time data and other content and merges everything together.

The presentation will automatically play during the scheduled period.

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For the PADS Viewer PC we recommend:

Processor : Intel Core2Duo (2.00 GHz)

Memory : 1024 MB Hard disk : 80 Gigabyte Operating system : Windows XP

System requirements

For the PADS Designer/Manager PC and PADS Agent PC similar recommendations are applicable.

For the PADS Server PC system requirements are determined by the number of connected Viewers.