Specifications

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Channels and Signage Networks
Note: The channel must be active to allow automatic publishing.
Channel Server
This radio box lets you select how the channel is published.
Option
Description
The iCOMPEL's /channel/N folder
The channel is published to a folder within the
publishing iCOMPEL. Subscribers can then access
the content via FTP, HTTP or HTTPS.
The USB Flash Memory's /channel folder
The channel is published to the folder /channel on
a USB storage device attached to the publishing
iCOMPEL.
FTP Site
The channel is published by uploading the channel
content to an FTP site. You will need to enter any
username and password that you have for this.
Publishing Root URL
If you are publishing via FTP, then this text box will be enabled for you to enter the address and
subdirectory for the server. A valid ftp url begins with ftp:// followed by the host name or address
followed by the full folder path in which to place the channel contents.
Example valid FTP URLs:
ftp://example.com/mychannel/
ftp://192.168.0.23/channel/
ftp://somehost/a/b/c/
The publishing iCOMPEL will attempt to create the relevant folders on the FTP server if they do not
exist, but this will fail if the login name and password do not have the appropriate write access for
this server.
Authentication
If publishing via FTP, then you need to select whether the destination server requires
authentication or not. If it does, then you should select the Login with radio option and enter the
username and password.
Error Retry Interval
If you are publishing the channel via FTP and the iCOMPEL fails to connect to the FTP server,
then the iCOMPEL will wait for this period of time before trying to publish again. You can set the
days, hours, minutes and seconds between attempts.
Layout Zone Limit
Optionally, you can limit the number of zones in any published layouts. If this is set then you will
not be allowed to publish any layouts containing more zones than this value.
This setting would be useful if, for example, you were publishing to a number of less powerful
subscribing iCOMPEL players and wanted to ensure you will not overload them.
Calculating required disk space
Most digital media content, with the exception of video files, does not require large amounts of storage. If your Layouts do
not include any video files, then a disk space allowance of 1GB to 2GB should be sufficient.