Creatively present your animated content

The QNAP Turbo NAS (network-attached storage) offers the new app “Signage Station” for users to edit their own multimedia content with the digital signage editing software (iArtist Lite) and display the content through a web browser. iArtist Lite is provided by iNDS technology Inc, a company that specializes in providing compact and complete digital signage total solutions that integrates robust hardware and professional digital signage software without any subscription fees.

 

How to install Signage Station?

To install the Signage Station on your QNAP Turbo NAS, please log in to your user account. In [Main Menu] > [App Center] > [All Apps], Scroll down the page until you see Signage Station, press [+add to QTS].

Click Signage Station, you will see the Signage Station’s landing page. This means that Signage Station is installed on your QNAP turbo NAS.

 

Signage Station user interface

Signage Station provides the strong design software iArtist Lite, you can click the iArtist Lite button to download the iArtist Lite software.

Signage Station has 4 main areas:

1. [Latest Release]: The list of contents which users have uploaded most recently.
2. [Most Viewed]: A list of content most viewed by the user.
3. [My Content List]: Every user’s content that they uploaded by themselves.
4. [Category]: The category lists are based on different industries. These categories help users search the contents they need.

 

How to create a new account in the Signage Station

To create an account for new users in Signage Station, press [Account management].

In [Account management], press [+]. Insert the new account name and password, then the account owner can use Signage Station.

 

How to manage user account?

To set the users’ authority in Signage Station, please click [account management] button .

In [Account management], you can see there are three items [Upload content] [manage account] and [Delete content], you can check the check box to give users management authority.

1. Upload content：
   Users are allowed to upload content.
2. Manage viewer:
   Users can see the content in [manage view] button .
3. Delete content:
   Users can see the button and delete content.

 

How to play content?

Playing content in the signage station is very easy, you just need to click the content and then it will display in your browser.

You can also click [Full screen] to play content in full screen. The Signage Station is suited for any tablet, smart phone and smart TV.

 

How to share content?

Signage Station’s users can share their content via email or social network. There are two ways to share content:

1. Share:

Click [Share] button , there are three types to share:

1. Share by social network: Signage Station provides various social network connections, allowing users to share content links and leave messages directly.
   
2. Share by email: Users can share content links by email.
   
3. Multiple contents: User can share multiple contents at the same time. Just select the content and leave the message, then users can share the content by email.
   

2. Share single content:

To share single content in each list, users can click [Share link] button to share the content by email or social network.