Instructional Videos

The Instructional Videos page provides a series of video tutorials on how to use Omnivex applications. These videos are also contained in the appropriate applications Help file. You can click on the link below to view.

Display 3 - Getting Started

Registering the software (Length: 2:01) Shows how to quickly and easily register the Display Director software and install your registration key.

Upgrading Display Director (Length: 0:57) This video demonstrates how to quickly check for software upgrades, then download and install the newest version of Display.

Display 3 - Concepts

Exploring the workspace (Length: 1:17) This video offers an overview of Display Director. Familiarize yourself with the Display software environment and the unique elements that make up the Display Director user interface.

How Display Director, Player and DataPipe Server work together (Length: 1:21) Shows how the powerful combination of Omnivex Display and DataPipe software work together to send data to your screens.

Display 3 - Tasks

Running Player as a screen saver (Length: 1:17) Want your Display content played without anyone logged onto the PC? Use the Player screen saver feature to show your content while maintaining security on your PC.

Setting the defaults (Length: 1:37) Get started with Display Director by changing the application settings for the default device configurations, the DataPipe communication settings and FTP transfers to your Display Player.

Working with DataPipe offsets (Length: 2:19) Save time and effort by using the DataPipe offsets feature of Display to send different data to various devices on your network, while using the same design file and data set.

Working with design files (Length: 1:06) Create and configure new layouts for content with the unique look and feel of your brand. Insert any image into your background to act as a "skin" for your layout.

Working with Devices (Length: 1:07) Create and configure new Display Devices, setting their properties to match those of your real-world digital display devices.

Working with playlists (Length: 2:07) Use the playlist feature to dynamically change what content is shown on your display.

Working with Schedules (Length: 2:05) Want different content played throughout the course of the day? Use the schedule feature to create a series of design files that play at specific times on specific days of the week.

Working with the time line (Length: 2:20) Use the time line feature to schedule when zones start playing in your layout.

Working with zones (Length: 2:03) Get started creating and working with different zone types in your layout.

Display 3 - Configuring specific zone types

Working with button zones (Length: 2:02) Learn how to add buttons to your design file that can trigger changes to content when someone presses them at the Display Player.

Working with chart zones (Length: 1:01) Learn how to create a custom graph that changes dynamically as new data is entered into the DataPipe Server.

Working with clock zones (Length: 1:08) Add the time to your design by creating a clock zone.

Working with command zones (Length: 1:00) Use command zones to create invisible areas that respond to customer input.

Working with data zones: An introduction to data zones (Length: 2:16) Link to data from your DataPipe Server and show it in a dynamic data zone.

Working with data zones: Configuring what displays when data is missing (Length: 1:44) What happens when your data source is not available? This video shows you how to set up default values and images to substitute for missing information so your data zone content never goes blank.

Working with data zones: Showing images from a URL in your data zone (Length: 1:59) Learn how to insert a live image from an HTML page into your data zone.

Working with data zones: Using your data zone as a scrolling ticker (Length: 2:20) This video shows you how to use the data zone features to create a stock ticker with custom formatting, colors, images and icons.

Working with data zones: Using your data zone to show a dynamic series of weather icons (Length: 2:15) Learn how to use your data zone to create a series of dynamic weather icons using live weather data and the image lookup feature of Display.

Working with Flash zones (Length: 1:08) Add Flash SWF files directly to your design.

Working with Flash zones: Interacting with DataPipe (Length: 2:03) Learn how to create Flash files that interact with your DataPipe Server and add them directly to your design.

Working with image zones (Length: 1:45) Add pictures to your design.

Working with media zones (Length: 1:21) Create zones to show your media files.

Working with multimedia zones (Length: 1:30) Learn how to create zones that show a folder of different media files.

Working with text zones (Length: 1:22) Add custom text to your design.

Working with ticker zones (Length: 1:50) Like the classic look of an LED stock ticker? Add one to your design by using the ticker zone feature.

Working with video zones (Length: 0:49) Show live TV or recorded video in your design.

Working with weather zones (Length: 1:09) Add current or forecasted weather conditions to your design.

Working with web zones (Length: 1:08) Show live web data in your design.

Display 3 - Interacting remotely with Display Player

Remotely registering the Player software (Length: 1:56) Shows how to quickly and easily register the Display Player software remotely from the Director PC.

Remotely upgrading the Player software (Length: 1:41) Shows how to quickly and easily upgrade the Display Player software remotely from the Director PC.

Scheduling file transmissions to the Player PC (Length: 1:42) Learn how to schedule automatic transmissions of content to your Player PC.

Triggering file transmissions to the Player based on a DataPipe cell (Length: 1:10) Use DataPipe to trigger transmission of data to your Player PC.

SQLLink 4

Adding a filter to your linked data (Length: 1:00) Add a filter to your query data so that only some of your data items are linked out to your DataPipe Server.

Adding row numbers to your query data (Length: 1:31) Use the create-a-row-number column feature to specify which rows of data you want to link out to your DataPipe Server.

Changing the application settings (Length: 1:05) Get started with SQLLink 4 by changing the application settings for the refresh and logging functions, the DataPipe communication settings and SQL user account information.

Connecting to your database through a native driver (Length: 1:03) Create and configure a new native-driver connection to your database.

Connecting to your database through ODBC (Length: 0:53) Create and configure a new ODBC connection to your database.

Creating a dynamic SQL query (Length: 2:52) Save time and effort by creating a query that changes dynamically, based on the data in a DataPipe cell so that different data can be returned from your database using the same query.

Linking your query data to DataPipe (Length: 1:07) Link data returned by your query out to your DataPipe Server for display on your digital signage network.

Working with queries (Length: 1:41) Get started creating queries to retrieve data from your SQL database.