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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V8.1.1)

7.1 Channel Roles

In a channel, we define roles that determine how the iCOMPEL behaves. There are three distinct roles:

Role

Explanation

Stand-alone

The iCOMPEL is not part of a Channel, and its content is used for this iCOMPEL only.

Publisher

The iCOMPEL is part of a Channel, and its content is used by one or more other iCOMPEL players

which are subscribers

Subscriber

The iCOMPEL is part of a Channel, and downloads its content from a Channel Content Server

Setting the Channel Role

1. Select Channels from the menu bar, then Manage Channels.

2. Select from one of the three possible roles, and click Change role to apply your changes.

3. If the new role is Publisher or Subscriber , then you'll need to tell the iCOMPEL how to publish or subscribe its

content i.e. the Channel Content Server .

Note: Certain models are pre-configured as subscriber-only models and cannot be configured as Channel Publishers.

Note: It is not possible to change the role of the iCOMPEL if it is a Channel Publisher, and there is more than one

Channel defined. You must delete all but one Channel to proceed.

7.2 Channel Content Servers

A Channel Content Server (CCS) receives and stores Channel contents from a Publisher iCOMPEL. Each Subscriber

iCOMPEL polls the CCS for the latest Channel contents.

Deciding what to use as a Channel Content Server

How you publish your channel depends on the number of iCOMPEL players in the channel and the network they are

connected to.

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