Publishing - Black Box iCOMPEL 2U Series User Manual

iCOMPEL Digital Signage User Guide (V9.2.3)
How to Publish Description
Using a USB memory You publish channel files onto USB memory sticks.
stick You distribute the sticks to each subscriber, which
automatically reads the channel from it.
You have to perform this process every time you
update the channel.
Using an external CCS You use FTP to upload the channel content to a CCS.
The CCS makes the files available to the subscribers,
either through HTTP, HTTPS (recommended). or FTP
When planning how to publish, you should bear in mind these network and bandwidth considerations:
Using a CCS requires both the publisher and subscriber to be able to connect to it through a local network or the internet.
Using network-based publication will not work if there is a problem with connectivity or if the supplied credentials for either
the publisher or a CCS are incorrect.
Bandwidth use depends on the layouts and media being published as well as the number of subscribers. Large media
files take time to transfer and this increases the time before the subscribers begin playing the channel. However, after the
subscriber downloads the media, it will only need to download new or updated items later.
Subscribers periodically poll the publishing source for channel updates. If you do not update your channel frequently, then
save bandwidth by decreasing the rate at which the subscribers check for new content. You need to balance this with it
taking longer for the subscribers to display new content when you do change it.

7.3 Publishing

You can publish content from your publisher iCOMPEL either manually or automatically:
In automatic mode, you set your publisher iCOMPEL to always publish the currently active channel at a specified time of
day.
In manual mode, you manually issue a command to publish the channel.
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When Would You Use This Method?
Your subscribers are not connected to a
network or you do not want to publish the
channel through a network.
You have a large number of subscribers or
there are larger media files in the channel.
.
This method:
Takes the processing load off of your
publisher iCOMPEL
Does not require any special FTP or web
server.
Easily ties this into your existing server
hardware or web host.