Please see this article regarding how to log into the EngageDSX app via SpectrioCloud.
Initial Setup
Note: Your initial hub setup may have already be completed by the Spectrio team.
Set Up a New EngageDSX Player
- Under Network in the left-hand menu, click Hubs, then click + New Hub in the top menu.
- Enter all pertinent details about the player (name or description, location with address & ZIP code, etc.).
- Leave the default settings in place, then click Save.
- Find your new hub, select it, and click the Register Hub checkmark icon.
- In the pop-up window, enter the 4-digit alphanumeric code you’re seeing on the screen connected your player.
- Your new hub is now registered and connected!
Link Channels to Hub
- You can review your licensed channels by clicking Channels under Network in the left-hand menu.
- Find a channel license that is unlinked, select it, then click the Edit Channel pencil icon.
- Under Map To A Hub, use the drop-down menu to select the hub you wish to link this channel to.
- Select Display 1 as the default for any single-screen configurations, then click Save.
- Your channel and hub are now linked and ready for content schedules!
Creating & Managing Content
Using the Content Vaults
- To browse our store of great animated graphics for your screen, click Content Vaults in the left-hand menu.
- You can search for or browse through thousands of content templates that can be customized using our Content Editor tool.
- Use the All Vaults dropdown from the top menu to select from different Vaults you have access to based on your industry or find entertaining, dynamic content like news, weather, and stocks.
- When you’ve selected content files to use (as many you'd like), click Copy to My Media to bring them to your personal account library.
- You can also choose a Media Category to keep your content organized.
Managing Your Media
- To manage your media content files, click My Media under My Content in left-hand menu.
- Here, you can browse and preview content, organize files into categories, create a new animated piece from scratch, or upload videos or still images from your computer.
- When you’re ready to customize content templates in our online editor tool, select an HTML+ file with a purple icon and click the Edit Media pencil icon.
Customizing Content Using the Content Editor
- With a media file open in the Content Editor, you’ll see what your design looks like.
- Everything on the stage is selectable and editable including images, backgrounds, shapes, and text.
- Customization controls are in the right-side toolbar and always apply to the element selected.
- Templates are based on scenes that can be added, copied, and rearranged.
- You can control scene durations and transition effects.
- You can always add new images, text, shapes, and videos as well.
- When your masterpiece is complete, you can Save, Save as , or Export to video which allows you to create an MP4 or WEBM video file and even add audio for a fully produced piece.
Scheduling Your Content
- Under My Shows in the left-hand menu, you’ll find your playlists of content.
- Click New Show in the top menu to start fresh.
- Select a Show Layout. This determines how your screen will be broken up into content sections.
- From the Show Editor, you can drag-and-drop content from My Media directly into the various zones of your Layout to create a playlist.
- Only use content that is appropriately sized for each zone based on the content’s aspect ratio.
- When you’ve built your show, give it a name and click the Schedule calendar icon in the top menu to schedule how and when you’d like it to appear.
- This will take you to the Calendar, where you can select which players in your network you’d like to send your show to.
- You can also select whether to have this content play all day, every day or select specific hours or times of the week or month.
- Once you've made your schedule selections, click Save.
- Within minutes, the content of your show will begin to play on selected screens according to your schedule.