Specifications

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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V8.1.1)
Where Published
Channel Subscription URL format
The Channel is published on an
iCOMPEL running Version 8, Version 7
or Version 6 software:
The required URL is of the form:
http://<publisher>/data/channel/<channel_number>
Where <publisher> is the host name or IP address of the iCOMPEL to
subscribe to and <channel_number> is the channel number. You can find out
the channel number for a given publisher by visiting it publishing configuration
page and looking at the option named Channel Server on the page.
You can also specify the protocol for connecting to the iCOMPEL publisher.
Allowed protocols are HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
FTP urls differ slightly and are of the form:
ftp://<publisher>/channel/<channel_number>
Example subscription URLs:
https://192.168.1.54/data/channel/1
http://iCOMPEL9038/data/channel/2
ftp://iCOMPEL9038/channel/2
ftp://192.168.1.54/channel/5
Version 5 software:
The required URL is of the form:
http://<publisher>/data/channel
Where <publisher> is the host name or IP address of the iCOMPEL to
subscribe to.
You can also specify the protocol for connecting to the iCOMPEL publisher.
Allowed protocols are HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
FTP urls differ slightly and are of the form:
ftp://<publisher>/channel
Example subscription URLs:
https://192.168.1.54/data/channel
http://iCOMPEL9038/data/channel
ftp://iCOMPEL9038/channel
ftp://192.168.1.54/channel
If the Channel has been published on an
FTP site
If you wish your channel to be retrieved via FTP, then you can use the same
URL as used to publish the channel on the publishing iCOMPEL.
Your Channel Content Server might also be configured to serve the uploaded
channel files via HTTP or HTTPS. The particular URL you would use depends
on the setup of the server and the folder it was serving up.
Authentication
If required, enter the username and password for the Channel Server. If this is a Publisher iCOMPEL, you must provide a
valid administrator name and password.
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