5.2.4 Solution Publishing

Scenarios

Associate solutions with players, specify non-scheduled content, and set the solution distribution rule.

Prerequisites

Players are bound to VNNOX.

Operating Procedure

Step 1     Choose > Players Management > Players.

Step 2     In the player list, do any of the following to access the player attribute page, as shown in Figure 4-1.

• • • • • Single player: Select a player and click Attribute, or click the player name.
        • Multiple players: Select multiple players and click Bulk edit.

Figure 4-1 Player attributes

Step 3     Select a solution from the drop-down options next to Window1 associate solution.

Step 4     (Optional) Select an image or video from the pop-up box of Non-Scheduled Content. The selected content will be played during the timeslots without schedules.

Figure 4-2 Selecting non-schedule content

Step 5     Select a solution distribution type.

• • • • • Manual: After a solution is associated with the player or the solution is modified, you have to go back to the player list, select the player and click Update solution to distribute the solution, as shown in Figure 4-3 and Figure 4-4.

Figure 4-3 Manual distribution

Figure 4-4 Updating solution

• • • • • Auto: After a solution is associated with the player or the solution is modified, VNNOX automatically distributes the solution.
        • Scheduled: Selecting this option requires you to specify Solution update time. After a solution is associated with the player, VNNOX distributes the solution at the specified solution update time.

Figure 4-5 Scheduled distribution

Step 6     Click Save & Close.

After a solution is associated with a player, users can view the solution publishing progress and the download status of each media item in the solution.

Operating Procedure

Step 1     Choose > Players Management > Players.

Step 2     In the Solution column of the player list, view the solution name and solution update status.

• • • • • The solution has been published successfully and the player is downloading the solution, as shown in Figure 4-6.

Figure 4-6 Solution publishing status

• • • • • The solution has been published successfully and the player has downloaded the solution, as shown in Figure 4-7.

Figure 4-7 Solution publishing status

Step 3     Select the target player and click Attribute, or click the player name.

Step 4     Click the Media Download Status tab to view the download status of the media in the solution.

Figure 4-8 Media download status

Scenarios

Users view the playback records of players.

Related Information

• • • Play logs record the playback information including overviews and detailed logs.
    • The play logs of the current day are not available for search.
    • If the play log of a media item is hidden, its play log cannot be found.

Operating Procedure

The system administrator can view all the play logs of all the players. Sub-users can view the play logs of the players only in the public workgroup, their workgroups and sub-workgroups, as well as the play logs shared to their workgroups.

Step 1     Choose > Players Management > Players.

Step 2     Set search criteria and click Search.

• • • • • Date Range: This is a required parameter used for specifying a date range. The range cannot be longer than 30 days and the current day cannot be specified.
        • Players: This is a required parameter used for specifying one or more players to be searched.
        • Keyword: This is an optional parameter used for specifying a search keyword and range.

Step 3     (Optional) Click Export to save play logs to the local computer.