Presenter Scheduler: product guide

Presenter Scheduler is the main interactive component for the ~sedna presenter product family allowing signage network designers and operators to collect assets into a project, assemble assets into playlists and schedule those playlists for exhibition.

Presenter Scheduler can be implemented as a stand-alone product for smaller networks, providing both design and publishing management in a single application; alternatively — for larger networks — it can work in conjunction with ~sedna publisher to allow multiple designers to deliver content to hundreds or thousands of playout systems across the globe.

Supporting a wide range of asset types, Presenter Scheduler is unbelievably easy to use with an interface that was designed to bring the simplicity of iTunes to the world of digital signage and digital media playback.

• new in version 2.5

In version 2.5 (released in December 2009), ~sedna have delivered further enhancements to Presenter Scheduler including a new interface for RFID readers that will make it easy for digital signage designers to implement interactivity using real-world objects as well as simple RFID tags.

Other improvements include a Consolidate Project function, which keeps your projects broadband-friendly by removing deleted and unused assets, the ability to scale HTML and Flash assets and an autosave feature.

• asset assembly

Presenter Scheduler features a simple drag-and-drop interface allowing designers to import compatible files from anywhere on their local hard drive or server.

Assets can be arranged into folders by type, size, colour or any other classification.

• playlist creation

Create playlists simply by dropping assets into the available layers.

• scheduling

Drop your playlists onto a simple calendar that you'll recognise from iCal or Outlook.

• rfid management

New in 2.5, scan any RFID tag with the upcoming Presenter RFID Reader and then attach a playlist or overlay to the tag.

• compositions

Use ~sedna composer to create smooth multi-layered animations with RSS and dynamic multi-zone date and timeclocks

• software requirements

Apple MacOS X 10.5.6 or greater.
Fully compatible with Apple MacOS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

• hardware requirements

Minimum: Any PPC or Intel architecture Macintosh capable of running Apple MacOS X 10.5.6 or greater.
Recommended: Any Macintosh with Intel Core2Duo, 4GB RAM, 250GB hard drive, Gigabit Ethernet (if playout systems on internal LAN).

• display requirements

Minimum: Single display, preferably WXGA (1280 x 768), 64MB VRAM
Recommended: Dual display, preferably WSXGA (either 1440 x 900 or 1680 x 1050), 256MB VRAM.