"Devices" section
Description of the Situation
One of the most frequently used sections of the personal account is “Devices”. This section of the personal account stores all user devices that can be configured to play the required broadcasts or provide information about what these devices are and in which mode they operate.
Main Page
To open the “Devices” section of the personal account, the user must register or log in to the personal account.
Next, find the section with the same name on the left side.
The main page of the “Devices” section can be divided into three zones:
- Search zone.
- Devices / device groups zone.
- Right-side toolbar.
Search zone
The search zone includes the following configurable parameters (listed left to right):
- search field — allows displaying the required device by name.
- advanced search settings — allow making the search more detailed and precise using additional parameters. Descriptions are provided to help understand how the additional parameters work. After setting the required parameters, the user must click the “Search” button. If the user wants to disable the additional parameters, they need to click the “Reset” button;
- sorting — a list of device sorting options available in the personal account;
- mass device selection — functionality that allows selecting or deselecting all devices, as well as device groups, for further actions. All selected devices are marked with a checkbox icon, also called a “checkmark”;
- device display format — allows the user to choose the display format for available devices;
Devices / device groups zone
The devices zone is an area containing a list of devices. The area includes both individual devices and device groups.
List view
The list view changes the appearance of the devices zone. In list view, the following device parameters are displayed (left to right):
- mass selection checkbox — allows selecting a device;
- “>” icon — expands devices in the list if it is a device group;
- identifier — unique device identifier;
- name — device name used in the personal account;
- identification — displays the device identification icon (shows which device it is in the list);
- status — displays the device status in text form;
- registration code — displays the registration code for the device;
- last connection — date when the device was last online;
- storage size — total internal memory size of the device;
- used storage size — amount of memory occupied on the device;
- free storage size — amount of remaining free memory on the device;
- created — date when the device was created in the personal account;
- address — physical location address of the device;
- blocked — device forcibly blocked through the personal account.
Right-side toolbar
The right-side toolbar consists of several elements:
- Device statuses — a list of device statuses with descriptions;
- Adding tags — allows attaching a tag to a device using the “Add” button;
- Search by tags — allows finding devices by assigned tags;
- List of added tags — displays a list of previously created tags.
Device statuses
At the top of the toolbar, there is a “Device statuses” row. In this row, the user can click the information icon and open the “legend” with status descriptions. All statuses are marked with rectangular frames of different colors and also change the color of the device itself. The SmartPlayer personal account includes the following device statuses (each status has a short description below the name):
- online (light green rectangle);
- screen off (dark green rectangle);
- sleep mode (black rectangle);
- connected to the server application (green rectangle);
- offline (gray rectangle);
- updating (yellow rectangle);
- error (red rectangle).
Mass device selection
If a device or device group is marked using the checkbox in the upper right corner of the tile, the selection will be applied. When multiple devices are selected, the mass device selection functionality is used.
When mass device selection is active, the right-side toolbar changes its appearance. The interface switches to the device group management logic and changes its layout.
Here the user can:
- Select actions (by clicking the corresponding row).
- Find the required device using search.
- Remove selection from a device (by clicking the “-” icon).
Select action
By clicking the “Select action” row, the user will see a list with the following options (affect all devices marked with checkboxes):
- move — transfer devices from one folder to another within the SmartPlayer personal account;
- reboot device — reboots all devices;
- restart application — restarts client applications on all devices;
- turn off device — turns off all devices;
- check connection — checks network and connection availability for devices;
- assign license — allows assigning licenses to all devices;
- screenshot — captures screenshots on all devices;
- time and date — functionality for configuring time and date on all devices;
- enable identification — activates device identification functionality;
- disable identification — disables device identification functionality;
- switch IPTV channel — opens a modal window for working with IPTV channels;
- export devices — exports an XLSX report about selected devices;
- device settings — allows configuring selected devices.
Single device settings
In addition to the capabilities and settings listed above, settings for a specific device are also available.
To display device settings in the right-side panel, click the required device. The right-side toolbar will change into the settings panel for the selected device.
The list of device settings includes the following sections:
- Information — allows obtaining general information about device characteristics and performing some actions and settings.
- Schedule — allows assigning a schedule to the device.
- Edit — allows editing additional device parameters.
- Enable identification — displays the device name and ID to help locate the device.
- Disable identification — disables the display of identification parameters described above.
- Notifications — allows configuring notifications from the device and selecting issues that trigger notifications.
- Settings — contains all settings related to the device grouped into blocks. These settings can be modified.
- Time and date — allows setting the date and time on the device itself.
- Downloads — allows uploading the required content.
List of settings for a single device
Detailed descriptions of sections with settings for a single device are provided below. Click the “Expand” button to learn more about each section.
Information
This section includes device data and some options for managing this data and the device.
The “Information” section includes several zones:
- Device parameter description — general information about the device and its parameters.
- Data summary — when hovering over the area, current parameters are displayed as text statistics.
- Device management — allows performing actions with the device online.
- Copy to clipboard — clicking the icon copies device information to the clipboard.
Edit
The “Edit” section includes additional parameters for editing.
This section consists of the following parameters:
- Name — allows changing the device name.
- Address — allows specifying the location of the device.
- Group — allows editing membership in a specific device group.
- Timezone — allows setting the timezone in which the device should operate. There is also a separate checkbox setting for devices in a group. It allows applying the group time to a specific device.
- Orientation — allows changing the device orientation.
- Additional description — allows adding a description with additional information for the device.
- Tag — allows adding a tag to the device.
After making changes, the user must click the “Apply” button if satisfied with the settings. If the user does not want to change settings and wants to keep everything unchanged, the “Cancel” button must be clicked.
Notifications
The “Notifications” section includes a list of problematic situations that can trigger a notification.
In addition to the list itself, the section allows setting the start and end times for sending notifications using two separate settings.
It is also possible to set the interval for sending issue notifications.
After making changes, the user must click the “Apply” button if satisfied with the settings. If the user does not want to change settings and wants to keep everything unchanged, the “Cancel” button must be clicked.
Settings
The “Settings” section displays an expandable list of settings responsible for specific configuration blocks.
The settings section is divided into blocks. These blocks include:
- Network — responsible for proxy server settings, ports, IP addresses, and socket connection types.
- Automation — allows configuring settings for turning screens and displays on/off, as well as multiple brightness profiles for specific time intervals. Also allows configuring reboot timers and volume settings.
- Store — allows configuring store code parameters, online store prefixes, and user inactivity timers. It also allows configuring several display modes and device shutdown at a specific battery level.
- Device management — allows manually setting device parameters such as “Width” and “Height”.
- Security — allows enabling kiosk mode.
- Content — allows configuring content synchronization.
- Display resizing for the broadcast area — allows changing the displayed image size, working with proportions during content display, fitting/cropping images, and setting the background color.
- Development — allows selecting the logging level using a dropdown list.
To complete work with settings, the user must click the “Save changes” button at the bottom of the screen. The user can restore previous settings by clicking the “Restore settings” button.
Time and date
The “Time and date” section includes several parameters and a brief description.
It consists of:
- Brief informational description
- Current time and date information
- Manual date and time configuration (available only if automatic time setting is disabled on the device)
- Ability to enable/disable automatic time configuration using a switch/slider
After making changes, the user must click the “Apply” button if satisfied with the settings. If the user does not want to change settings and wants to keep everything unchanged, the “Cancel” button must be clicked.
Downloads
The “Downloads” section includes parameters related to the content upload queue in the personal account.
This section includes the following parameters:
- Search — content search field.
- Data refresh — allows refreshing current upload information using predefined parameters.
- Name — name of the uploaded content.
- Progress — displays upload speed for selected content.
Play audio
Additional functionality includes the “Play audio” feature.
This functionality allows assigning audio content playback to hotkeys on a keyboard using a set-top box. Available only on Android OS.
Device group settings
When clicking a device group in the personal account, the right-side toolbar changes again. The right side of the screen will display group settings (many of them work similarly to sections for a single device):
- preview window with control buttons (buttons: power on/off, reboot devices, volume, remove devices from group);
- list of settings for the device group:
- information — displays information about devices in the group in tabs (devices can be managed using buttons below the preview window);
- schedule — displays a calendar with the assigned schedule for the device group;
- edit — allows editing information about the device group;
- enable identification — activates device identification functionality;
- disable identification — disables device identification functionality;
- notifications — allows configuring email notifications from the device group based on events;
- group settings — opens a page with tabs for configuring each device in the group;
- permissions — opens a page with a list of permissions;
- list of installed applications — opens a page with installed applications;
- downloads — opens a page with downloads;
- play audio — opens a page for audio playback;
- synchronization scheme — opens a page displaying the synchronization mode scheme with a brief description;
- device management — allows separately managing each device;
- change server — allows changing the server for the device group;
- export logs — exports logs from the personal account for the selected device group;
- P2P download scheme — displays the Peer-To-Peer operation scheme for the device group with a description;
- assign tags to devices — functionality for assigning tags to the entire device group;
- export device — exports an XLSX document about the operation of devices in the group.
Useful Information
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