Schedule Settings - Extron electronics SMP 300 Series User Manual

Schedule Settings

The Schedule Settings page within Scheduled Events allows administrators to choose
how to obtain presentation schedules and, if appropriate, import calendars or connect to a
scheduling system (see figure 44). Scheduling must be set up using this page. It cannot be
set up via the front panel.
Firmware v2.xx Schedule Settings
The Firmware v2.xx Schedule Settings page has two panels: Active Profiles and
Schedule Source Configuration, which has five sub-pages that provide options to
import calendars from sources such as an iCalendar file, a Microsoft Exchange Server
schedule, and an Opencast Matterhorn Server.
NOTE: The SMP 300 Series device has the basic Schedule Settings and Publish
Setting tabs while operating with firmware v2.xx (xx = latest version).
Figure 44.
A note on using the SMP with an Opencast system
The SMP supports HTTP ETags (entity tags), which make it possible to cache some
scheduling information to minimize network traffic. When the SMP requests schedules
from the Opencast server system, the Opencast server sends an ETag parameter to the
SMP. Each time the SMP and server exchange schedule information, the system reads the
ETag and determines whether there were any changes to scheduled events since the last
synchronization.
• If there have been no changes, then less scheduling data is exchanged between the
SMP and the server, which reduces network traffic and the time needed for schedule
updates.
• If changes have been made, the server issues a new ETag, and the SMP updates the
schedules.
NOTE: Read the SMP 300 Series Embedded Web Pages Help File for details and step-
by-step procedures on scheduling.
Schedule Settings Page
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