Player configuration

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If you skipped the player creation wizard with the automatic player registration within the platform or if you need to make an advanced configuration, the Player configuration window is the place where all settings are available.

 

To open the configuration window, you need to keep pressed the ESC button for a while. If the player is not running in the automatic execution mode, the Player configuration window is shown immediately. If running  in the automatic execution mode, you need to use the security sequence as shown by the popup window.

 

Actions

You can control player and computer from the configuration window.

Restart player: Closes and restarts the player

Close player: Shuts down the player

Reset configuration: Empty the player cache. The screen-saver will be displayed until a new content is downloaded.

 

The Execute automatically option enables the following player behaviour:

The player is started automatically at the end of the wizard and every time the computer is restarted
The player will have a topmost window, covering all other applications
A watch dog feature is enabled, forcing a player restart every time it is closed or deadlocked.
It will be possible to disable the access to the configuration pane by pressing the ESC key.

 

We strongly advice to keep the Execute automatically option enabled on all production machines.

 

Restart device: Restarts the computer. All unsaved changes will be lost.

Shutdown device: The computer will be turned off. All unsaved changes will be lost.

 

 

 

1.Tab "Properties"

Hardware settings

The player detects automatically the current video resolution. The video orientation depends on the video card settings. If you are installing a display showing an horizontal image vertically, you need to change the video card settings, selecting a rotation of 270°.

The player can execute video schedules, audio schedules or both. You need to select the desired function. If you planned to execute the video schedule only, selecting the Video option will slightly improve the player's performance.

 

Player registration

You can register the player automatically using the wizard or create it manually on the platform.

 

 

Prerequisites:

1.The player needs an Internet connection
2.You need to have a valid username and  password for platform
3.You need to know the application code or the platform URL (http://[your-application-code].wsapp.net)
If you are using a demo account the application code is demo (http://demo.wsapp.net).

 

In order to manually register a player in the platform, you need to do the following:

Take note of the serial number generated automatically by the player.
Put the serial code, as shown in the player configuration window, in the serial number field in the Video player detail sheet of the Web Signage platform.

 

 

Save and publish the player

 

 

in the player configuration window, insert the application code, and click Activate.

 

In case it hasn't been done before, or it needs to be done again, click on Start Wizard... to run the wizard for registering the player on the Web Signage platform. to setup the OS environment click on Check Environment... this is needed to have the player run unattended.

 

Diagnostics and control

The following options are available:

Autoupdate: the player updates automatically whenever a new version is available.

Allow remote connection: it allows to connect to the player remotely, i.e. without physically going to the player location. This option can be checked also from the server platform Web Signage. This option must be checked in case you want the support to operate on the player.

Disable "Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H" key sequence: this key sequence is on by default, check this option to be able to open the player configuration pane just by pressing the ESC key (even when the "execute automatically mode" is on).

Send error log: allows to automatically send error logs to the support staff. The event logs can also be sent manually.

 

2.Tab "Communication"
Anonymous Video Analytics Settings

The section allows to setup the audience analysis, which requires a webcam and the computer vision module (to be installed separately).

The option UDP mode (55555) should be checked. Check Execute automatically if you want to start the module automatically when the player starts.

 

 

UDP Listener

With Web Signage you can synchronize schedules which are running on different players. The schedules can even be different, but the number of clips in each schedule has to be the same and the corresponding clips should have the same duration. If this is not the case, the duration of secondary-player clips will be automatically adjusted to match the one of the primary's.

To take advantage of this feature, just check the Enabled option and the Playlist synchronization option. Unless you have some specific needs, we suggest to use the Automatic mode: this way the master player will be chosen automatically. Otherwise, for each player you can choose between Master (primary) and Slave (secondary). Please bear in mind that there can be only one master player.

Warning: all the players should use the same UDP port (default port is 56565). You can also synchronize different groups of player by giving each group a different UDP port, and using the same port within the group.

 

The "Enable remote commands" option allows the player to receive commands remotely on the chosen UDP port (for further information, send a request to support@edisonweb.com).

 

3.Tab "Counters" (Automated Queuing Systems on LAN network)

Web Signage Player can accept a series of commands to manage single or multiple ticket systems, for one or more departments.

 

 

The system is compatible with several controlling mechanisms, such as devices connected to a LAN network, through a UDP protocol or through the association of the programmable device keys (such as a scale) to the counter features. For each player it is possible to set up to 20 counters. Furthermore, for each action it is possible to include several commands, each separated by a comma.

 

4.Tab "Devices"

In this section it is possible to setup the player to send commands through a serial port (if available) or a USB port (thanks to a USB-RS232 converter). The target device should be able to receive such commands. A possible application is a display with a serial port that accepts the start/shutdown commands. After selecting the COM port from the drop-down menu, insert the commands that you wish to send to the device at starting and at shutdown.

 

 

Note: to get the list of the allowed commands please see the device manual.

 

5.Tab "Network"

This tab shows the settings for the network configuration of all machine's connections. To use the player a connection through the HTTP port 80 is needed. You can check your setting using the Test button in the "Properties" tab. If you already configured the network adapters using the network settings of Windows, you don't need to make any change.

 

 

If the network requires a proxy authentication, click on Proxy

 

 

Check the option "Use a proxy server", insert the proxy IP address, the Port number and the access credentials (please refer to your network administrator for these).

If you need to manage the WiFi connection without using the Windows tools, click on "WiFi Manager". The utility to manage the existing WiFi will start.

We recommend to use this tool only when it is not possible to use the Window user interface (for example for embedded systems).

The button "Network and Sharing Center" launch the Windows interface for managing the network boards in the computer.

 

6.Tab "Date & Time"

It's very important to keep the system clock synchronized with the correct time. If set wrong, the server will not be able to keep the contents in sync correctly.

The Settings button opens the system clock control panel.

 

 

To save your changes, click on the Apply button. To close the window click on OK.