Navigate to NETWORK / PLAYERS and in either Tile or Grid View, click on a Player’s name to see the Status of a specific player and whether it is reporting correctly. You can:
- See the last time it communicated with Laqorr
- Refresh the player data (green button)
- Restart the player (upper red button)
- Deactivate a player (lower red button)
There are several tabs to choose from, each with particular data and functions.
CONTENT TAB
The Content tab is the default view and shows what a player is going to do, and what it has done.
- EXPECTED PLAYLIST
This is the playlist that is running and includes all Auto-Scheduled files that have been assigned to the player.
- PREVIEW
You can watch the playlist that has been assigned to the player for a specific day by clicking on the thumbnail and adjusting the calendar. You will also see all Auto-Scheduled files.
- PLAY HISTORY
This is a log of what has actually run on the player. Use the calendar to display a particular period.
You can see which Group the player is assigned to, and turn the player off by clicking the red DEACTIVATE button.
STATUS HISTORY TAB
This tab shows you the state, and status, of the player over a certain period, as defined by the calendar.
JOURNAL TAB
The Journal tab is a facility that allows you to make notes about the player for yourself or other users to read.
LOCAL SETTINGS TAB
Under the Local Settings tab you can set the player to perform certain functions. These are unique to this player and won’t apply to others in your network.
- SCREEN ACTIVATION
If you have a screen that is capable of receiving instructions from the player (governed by the Screen Protocol drop down menu and using an RS232 cable), it will then activate and deactivate your screen at set times. If your player is running on Windows, you’ll also need to select a Port for the RS232 cable.
- DISPLAY SETTINGS
In this window you can enforce a specific Screen Resolution as well as how often a screen refreshes itself. This only applies to players running on Windows.
You can also set the Screen Rotation angle (normally for screens mounted in portrait). This function is available to players running on any operating system. An RS232 cable is not required.
- MEDIA SETTINGS
Here you can determine how long a still image is displayed on screen. You can also set the duration of the transition between images where 0 equals a hard cut, while 1000 equals 1 second of cross-fade.
Remember, this only applies to images on this player and will not affect any other player in your network.
Nor does it affect video files. They run the full duration of the video and are not affected by the cross-fade options.
You can control the volume from videos by adjusting the Audio Volume, where 0 is silent and 100 is full.
Tick the Enable Scheduled Audio box only when a player is being used to play both video and music schedules. This will enable music to play instead of the audio on video files.
- ADVANCED SETTINGS
You can set what time you want the player to reboot each day. It is advisable to set a time that is outside normal trading or when the fewest number of viewers are watching.
You can also set what level of logs you want the player to record.
LOCAL FILES TAB
This tab will show you all the files that reside on the player, organised by folder.
Note that the Video folder also houses still images. You can sort them by name or size, and also delete them from the player by clicking the red X.
DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS TAB
The FORCE PLAYER FILE CHECK button tells the player to check it has the correct files, delete those it doesn’t need, and download any that are missing.
DOWNLOAD QUEUE TAB
Shows all files that are downloading to the player, and their progression through the queue.
LATEST LOGS TAB
This is a log of internal technical events pertaining to the player, generated by both the CMS server and the player.
ACTION HISTORY TAB
Here you can see all the actions and activities that have occurred on the player, in time order against the User name and a description of their activity.
COMPLETED DOWNLOADS TAB
This window shows all the media files that have been downloaded to the player, along with some statistical data about file size and how long they took to download.
