Ad Hoc Content - Black Box iCOMPEL 2U Series User Manual

iCOMPEL Digital Signage User Guide (V9.2.3)

5. Ad Hoc Content

The Ad hoc feature allows you to delegate limited control of content to staff local to the display. This is particularly useful
where several iCOMPEL players share the same channel but also need some customized content. The people at each
location can make those changes with a quick and easy, browser-based operation.
Local control of content is important in a wide range of application areas:
In an office, a secretary or office administrator can display welcome messages for visitors or display staff information.
On a university campus with multiple displays, different information may need to be delivered to different faculties about
upcoming events, room allocations, and so on.
In the retail sector, store information and special offer details will vary from branch to branch.
In health care, patient information and other details will vary in different hospitals or GP practices in the same health
authority area.
As the content designer, you delimit how much access is allowed at each site. You retain control of the key display
elements to maintain a consistent appearance and uniform identity for your organization.
The ad hoc environment consists of these components:
Ad hoc user – The person, usually at the display location, who has limited access and can update or change only the
content items you specify.
Ad hoc entry – Is where ad hoc users log in through their browser, access pages that are available to them, and make
their changes.
Ad hoc media folders – Contain all the media files that the ad hoc user can use when updating or changing content.
You can delegate local responsibility for several different types of content:
Text
Tables
Newsfeeds
TV channels, radio stations, and streaming TV
Folders
You can allow ad hoc users to update customizable content you have added to a playlist or update content they create in
the layouts you have allowed them to access.
As well as giving such access to content, you can also allow ad hoc users to:
Change complete layouts.
Change display schedules.
Perform schedule overrides.
Synchronize content.
You can also delegate control of a channel to an ad hoc user. In this case, you designate certain items as Ad hoc from
Center. This allows the ad hoc user to update those items on the publisher and in turn that updates each subscribing
iCOMPEL.
The ad hoc system is secure: no ad hoc user can make changes unless you specify the customizable item and give the
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