Updating Subscription - Black Box iCOMPEL 2U Series User Manual

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Update From Specify how often the subscriber polls for changes to ad hoc from center items. As above, take care with how
Center Poll often you poll. However, these changes require less bandwidth and you could set the poll interval accordingly.
Interval
Channel Server Select where the channel content comes from:
The USB Memory stick's /channel folder – Channel content is on a USB stick
Remote Web site or FTP server – Upload channel content from a publisher iCOMPEL or channel content
server.
Channel If the subscriber uploads channel content from a publisher iCOMPEL or channel content server, enter the URL
Subscription URL required. The format of the URL depends on whether you upload content by HTTP/HTTPS or FTP.
For HTTP/HTTPS, the required URL is of the form:
http://<publisher>/data/channel/<channel_number>
Specify the protocol at the start of the URL (HTTP or HTTPS). In the rest of the URL,
name or IP address of the publisher or server and
out the channel number on the publisher's Status > Channel page in the Publisher State report.
For FTP, the required URL is slightly different:
ftp://<publisher>/channel/<channel_number>
Example subscription URLs:
https://192.168.1.54/data/channel/1
http://iCOMPEL9038/data/channel/2
ftp://iCOMPEL9038/channel/2
ftp://192.168.1.54/channel/5
Check the Append iCOMPEL Serial to Channel Subscription URL box to have the iCOMPEL add its serial
number to the URL.
Authentication Select whether the target publisher or server requires authentication or not. If it does, select Login with and
enter the required username and password.
Proxy If access to the internet is by a proxy, select Use Proxy if configured. You must have already configured the
proxy.
Error Retry If the subscriber fails to connect, or an update is incomplete, specify the period before trying again.
Interval
File Transfer If required, specify From and To times to control when the subscriber uploads files. You might do this if
Allowed updates typically involve large files and you want to choose times when other network activity is low.

7.4.2 Updating Subscription

After you configure the iCOMPEL as a subscriber to a channel, it continues to automatically poll the channel for updates
without any further intervention.
You can also manually command a subscriber iCOMPEL to poll for updates by following these steps:
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<channel_number>
is the channel number. You can find
<publisher>
is the host