Logging On - Black Box iCompel ICOMP-ICC User Manual

1. Welcome to Black Box Digital Signage
full-screen zone behind the others showing a background color or image.
Zones
Zones are rectangular areas, each of which can display various forms of content (known as media items). You can design
layouts with any number of zones, of any size, in any location, either separate or overlapping. You specify which zones display
which media types (for example, one for a promotional video, one for scrolling text, another for your organization's name or
logo, and so on). You can also have zones display a mix of media types. You arrange the media items for each zone in a
Playlist.
Playlist
A Playlist contains one or several media items that you choose to display in a zone. Media items include fixed and scrolling
text, movies, images, Adobe
playlist. Each zone has its own favorite playlist, which runs continuously. You can also synchronize the display between two
playlists (for example, to run a scrolling text message at the same time as a related promotional video or image.
That examination of the key features gives a flavor of how you put together your signage display content for a single player.
However, as we have seen, using the iCC you can also easily provide the same content for groups of players by publishing
through one or more channels.
You can also allow people local to the subscriber players to have a degree of control over the content the player displays. The
material and features that you allow local users to modify is called Ad Hoc content and they are called Ad Hoc Users.
That brief survey of the key terms provides the foundation to start using the iCC. Other sections introduce and describe
additional terms and concepts as needed. An extensive
But now, to consider further how to use schedules, layouts, zones, and playlists to create your digital signage, refer to
Creating Digital Signage.

1.3 Logging On

During the log on process, you will need to provide the IP address of your iCC. Make a note of this before you begin. If you do
not know the IP address, restart the iCC: it displays its IP address above the progress bar towards the end of the boot
sequence.
Follow these steps to log in to your iCC:
1. Ensure that the iCC is connected to the network.
2. Open a web browser (such as Mozilla
the iCC.
3. In your browser's address bar, type in the IP address of your iCC and click the 'go to' arrow or press the Enter key.
4. When prompted, enter the username and password. The factory-set defaults for these are remote and 9999 respectively.
Your iCC displays its Home page
Security: It is strongly recommended that you change the remote account password from the factory default as soon as
possible. Also change the iCC master password and check that the security services configuration matches your
requirements (see Security – General Settings
That connection is secured by HTTP digest authentication, which encrypts the password. However, you should consider
adopting form-based authentication as it can be configured to give stronger security. Form-based authentication also provides
an explicit sign out when you want to end your session on the iCC.
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Glossary provides definitions of the core iCC terminology.
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