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Lisa.mcrae: /* Subcontract Specific Lighting */

2016-10-25T16:12:25Z

‎Subcontract Specific Lighting

Lisa.mcrae: /* Subcontract Specific Lighting */

2016-10-25T16:11:38Z

‎Subcontract Specific Lighting

Lisa.mcrae: /* Manual Publishing */

2016-10-25T16:04:06Z

‎Manual Publishing

Lisa.mcrae at 15:58, 25 October 2016

2016-10-25T15:58:58Z

Lisa.mcrae: /* Publishing Light Schedules to SmartLink */

2016-10-25T15:57:29Z

‎Publishing Light Schedules to SmartLink

Lisa.mcrae at 18:12, 24 October 2016

2016-10-24T18:12:16Z

Lisa.mcrae at 18:10, 24 October 2016

2016-10-24T18:10:31Z

Lisa.mcrae at 18:10, 24 October 2016

2016-10-24T18:10:07Z

Lisa.mcrae: /* Initial Setup */

2016-10-21T21:10:33Z

‎Initial Setup

Lisa.mcrae: /* Assigning Light Schedules to Subcontracts */

2016-10-21T21:09:11Z

‎Assigning Light Schedules to Subcontracts

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 *an Expiry policy for the campaign
-If you wish to use this feature, open the Subcontract and click on the SmartLink tab.
+If you wish to use this feature, go to the Subcontract - Detail and click on the SmartLink tab.
 To apply a specific light schedule for the subcontract, select the desired light in the Light schedule combo box.  This light schedule will be used for all postings in the subcontract, overriding  the schedule that is set at the Face or the Default schedule defined in Tools Options.

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 Ad Manager allows you to specify lighting overrides for a campaign, if desired.  You can choose:
- - a specific light schedule for all postings in the campaign
+*a specific light schedule for all postings in the campaign
- - an Expiry policy for the campaign
+*an Expiry policy for the campaign
 If you wish to use this feature, open the Subcontract and click on the SmartLink tab.

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 [[File:SmartLinkPublishingOptions.png]]
-When you publish manually, the above dialog allows you to choose the Force option.  When you click OK, a progress dialog opens showing publishing details and results for each face.  On completion a summary of the process lets you know how many succeded, failed, did not need updating, and how many require attention because they are expired.  Additionally, the results are output to a log file.  Check your AppData folder for Dot2Dot\SmartLink&nbsp;Add-in\Logs\SmartLinkPublisher_db-yyyy-mm-dd.log, where db is the name of your database.
+When you publish manually, the above dialog allows you to choose the Force option.  When you click OK, a progress dialog opens showing publishing details and results for each face.  On completion a summary of the process lets you know how many succeeded, failed, did not need updating, and require attention because they are expired.  Additionally, the results are output to a log file.  Check your AppData folder for Dot2Dot\SmartLink&nbsp;Add-in\Logs\SmartLinkPublisher_db-yyyy-mm-dd.log, where db is the name of your database.
-ALL FACES: If you wish to send light schedules for all Face that are configured as SmartLink controlled, use Tools-SmartLink-Publish&nbsp;Schedules&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink from the main Ad Manager page.
+'''All Faces:''' If you wish to send light schedules for all SmartLink controlled Faces, use Tools-SmartLink-Publish&nbsp;Schedules&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink from the main Ad Manager page.
-SPECIFIC FACE(S): You can publish the light schedule for a single face or a selection of faces.  On the Face - Details page, use Tools-Publish Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink.  If you are viewing a list of faces, select one or more faces, right-click on the selection and choose Publish&nbsp;Schedule to&nbsp;SmartLink from the context menu.
+'''Selected Face(s):''' You can publish the light schedule for a single face or a selection of faces.  On the Face - Details page, use Tools-Publish Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink.  If you are viewing a list of faces, select one or more faces, right-click on the selection and choose Publish&nbsp;Schedule to&nbsp;SmartLink from the context menu.
-SUBCONTRACT: You can publish the lightschedule for the contracted faces of a subcontract.  On the Subcontract - Details page, choose Tools-Publish Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink.  If viewing a list of subcontracts, select one, right-click on the selected subcontract and choose Publish&nbsp;Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink from the context menu.
+'''Subcontract:''' You can publish the lightschedule for the contracted faces of a subcontract.  On the Subcontract - Details page, choose Tools-Publish Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink.  If viewing a list of subcontracts, select one, right-click on the selected subcontract and choose Publish&nbsp;Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink from the context menu.
 === Scheduled Publishing ===
 A scheduled task can be configured to run daily to update light schedules after your day's postings have been entered into Ad Manager as completed.  A configuration xml file is used to specify publishing options.

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:58, 25 October 2016
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−	This extension module communicates directly with OutdoorLink's SmartLink system, allowing you to manage the lighting on each panel based on AdManager posting schedule dates. You can set it up so that the lights are on only when there is an active posting on the face in which case your daily publish will automatically turn off the lights if the active posting has expired and the next scheduled posting, if any, has not yet been installed. You can define different light schedules with 1, 2 or no lighting and each face with SmartLink lighting controls can be set to use a specific light schedule. Futhermore, you can easily assign special lighting needs for a campaign by overriding the light schedule for the subcontract.	+	This extension module communicates directly with OutdoorLink's SmartLink system, allowing you to manage the lighting on each panel based on AdManager posting schedule dates, specifically the Completed On date for the Posting Task and the Ends On date for the Posting. You can set it up so that the lights are on only when there is an active posting on the face in which case your daily publish will automatically turn off the lights if the active posting has expired and the next scheduled posting, if any, has not yet been installed. You can define different light schedules with 1, 2 or no lighting and each face with SmartLink lighting controls can be set to use a specific light schedule. Futhermore, you can easily assign special lighting needs for a campaign by overriding the light schedule for the subcontract.

	==Initial Setup==		==Initial Setup==

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 ==Publishing Light Schedules to SmartLink==
-When publishing light schedules to SmartLink using Ad Manager, you have 2 options available from a dialog before publishing:
+=== Force Option ===
-[[File:SmartLinkPublishingOptions.png]]
+Ad Manager tracks, for each face, the last light schedule that was published to SmartLink.  When publishing, normally Ad Manager will only send a command to SmartLink if the light schedule needs to be changed.  This is done to reduce the amount of data that SmartLink sends out to the lighting control units.  The "Force" option tells Ad Manager to just send the light schedule without comparing.  This is useful if the Ad Manager cache is not in sync with the light schedule that is being used at the panel, e.g. you use the SmartLink website to change the light schedule.
-"Turn off lights if the posting end date has passed". Ad Manager will send an OFF lightschedule if the EndsOn date of the active posting is today or earlier.
+=== Manual Publishing ===
-"Force - send all lightschedule(s) even if they have not changed". Ad Manager keeps track of the last lightschedule that has been published for the face and will only publish to SmartLink when there is a change in the lightschedule.  Check this box to force-publish the schedule.  It is useful if you believe changes have been made directly through the SmartLink website and you need to re-sync Ad Manager's cache.
+[[File:SmartLinkPublishingOptions.png]]
-Select desired options and click Ok to proceed.  A progress dialog opens showing publishing details for each face and on completion, a summary of the results.  Additionally, the results of all SmartLink publishing are output to a log file.  Check your AppData folder for Dot2Dot\SmartLink Add-in\Logs\SmartLinkPublisher-yyyy-mm-dd.log file.
+When you publish manually, the above dialog allows you to choose the Force option.  When you click OK, a progress dialog opens showing publishing details and results for each face.  On completion a summary of the process lets you know how many succeded, failed, did not need updating, and how many require attention because they are expired.  Additionally, the results are output to a log file.  Check your AppData folder for Dot2Dot\SmartLink&nbsp;Add-in\Logs\SmartLinkPublisher_db-yyyy-mm-dd.log, where db is the name of your database.
-−
-=== Manual Publishing ===
-Full Schedule: If you wish to send all lighting schedules to SmartLink immediately, go to Tools-SmartLink-Publish Schedules to SmartLink.
+ALL FACES: If you wish to send light schedules for all Face that are configured as SmartLink controlled, use Tools-SmartLink-Publish&nbsp;Schedules&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink from the main Ad Manager page.
-Face(s): You can publish the lightschedule for a single face or a selection of faces.  While viewing the details of the Face, choose Tools-Publish Schedule to SmartLink.  If viewing a list of faces, select one or more faces and choose Publish Schedule to SmartLink from the Tools menu or from the right-click context menu.
+SPECIFIC FACE(S): You can publish the light schedule for a single face or a selection of faces.  On the Face - Details page, use Tools-Publish Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink.  If you are viewing a list of faces, select one or more faces, right-click on the selection and choose Publish&nbsp;Schedule to&nbsp;SmartLink from the context menu.
-Subcontract: You can publish the lightschedule for the contracted faces of a subcontract.  While viewing the details of the Subcontract, choose Tools-Publish Schedule to SmartLink.  If viewing a list of subcontracts, select one and choose Publish Schedule to SmartLink from the Tools menu or from the right-click context menu.
+SUBCONTRACT: You can publish the lightschedule for the contracted faces of a subcontract.  On the Subcontract - Details page, choose Tools-Publish Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink.  If viewing a list of subcontracts, select one, right-click on the selected subcontract and choose Publish&nbsp;Schedule&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartLink from the context menu.
 === Scheduled Publishing ===
 A scheduled task can be configured to run daily to update light schedules after your day's postings have been entered into Ad Manager as completed.  A configuration xml file is used to specify publishing options.

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:12, 24 October 2016
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−	This extension module communicates directly with OutdoorLink's SmartLink system, allowing you to manage the lighting on each panel based on AdManager posting schedule dates. You can set it up so that the lights are on only when there is an active posting on the face, your daily publish ~~can~~ automatically turn off the lights if the active posting has expired and the next scheduled posting, if any, has not yet been installed. You can define different light schedules with 1, 2 or no lighting and each face with SmartLink lighting controls can be set to use a specific light schedule. ~~You~~ can easily assign special lighting needs for a campaign by overriding the light schedule for the subcontract.	+	This extension module communicates directly with OutdoorLink's SmartLink system, allowing you to manage the lighting on each panel based on AdManager posting schedule dates. You can set it up so that the lights are on only when there is an active posting on the face in which case your daily publish will automatically turn off the lights if the active posting has expired and the next scheduled posting, if any, has not yet been installed. You can define different light schedules with 1, 2 or no lighting and each face with SmartLink lighting controls can be set to use a specific light schedule. Futhermore, you can easily assign special lighting needs for a campaign by overriding the light schedule for the subcontract.

	==Initial Setup==		==Initial Setup==

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:10, 24 October 2016
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−	~~AdManager's SmartLink~~ extension module communicates directly with OutdoorLink's SmartLink system, allowing you to manage the lighting on each panel based on AdManager posting schedule dates. You can set it up so that the lights are on only when there is an active posting on the face, your daily publish can automatically turn off the lights if the active posting has expired and the next scheduled posting, if any, has not yet been installed. You can define different light schedules with 1, 2 or no lighting and each face with SmartLink lighting controls can be set to use a specific light schedule. You can easily assign special lighting needs for a campaign by overriding the light schedule for the subcontract.	+	This extension module communicates directly with OutdoorLink's SmartLink system, allowing you to manage the lighting on each panel based on AdManager posting schedule dates. You can set it up so that the lights are on only when there is an active posting on the face, your daily publish can automatically turn off the lights if the active posting has expired and the next scheduled posting, if any, has not yet been installed. You can define different light schedules with 1, 2 or no lighting and each face with SmartLink lighting controls can be set to use a specific light schedule. You can easily assign special lighting needs for a campaign by overriding the light schedule for the subcontract.

	==Initial Setup==		==Initial Setup==

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 ==Initial Setup==
-'''Options'''
+===Options===
 Go to Tools-Options-SmartLink.
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 Once you have entered the appropriate information, click OK to save the options.
-'''Enable SmartLink Publishing for Faces'''
+===Enable SmartLink Publishing for Faces===
 In addition to the SmartLink connection credential, you must also provide SmartLink information for each AdManager face.  Each OutdoorLink light control is uniquely identified by its Plant, Structure, and Panel and this information must be added to the corresponding AdManager face.  Open the detail view for the face and click on the SmartLink tab.  Tick the checkbox labelled SmartLink controlled, enter the Plant, Structure, and Panel information, and save your changes.  The Light schedule combo box is used to assign a schedule to the face as discussed below.

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 [[File:SmartLinkUpdateLightSchedule.png]]
-==Assigning Light Schedules to Subcontracts==
+==Subcontract Specific Lighting==
-Ad Manager allows you to specify a specific light schedule to use for a campaign, if desired.
+Ad Manager allows you to specify lighting overrides for a campaign, if desired.  You can choose:
-If you wish to use this feature, open the Subcontract and click on the SmartLink tab.  Select the light schedule to be applied to all SmartLink controlled faces on this Subcontract.  This lighting schedule will override the default schedule. If a light schedule is not applied to a Subcontract, the default schedule for each Face will be used. Click Save after you have selected the desired schedule.
+If you wish to use this feature, open the Subcontract and click on the SmartLink tab.
-[[File:SmartLinkSubcontractSchedule.JPG]]
+For the expiry policy you can choose to use the system policy set in Tools Options, or you can set a custom policy for the subcontract.  For the custom policy, use the check box to specify if the lights should be turned off when a posting has expired.
-If you wish to update multiple Subcontracts with the same lighting schedule, highlight the Subcontracts in a List View, right click and select Update Light Schedule.  Click the check box, choose the desired light schedule, then click OK.
+Click Save after you have made any changes to the subcontract.
 ==Publishing Light Schedules to SmartLink==