Specifications

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iCOMPEL Digital Signage - User Guide (V8.1.1)
Channel Subscription downloads channel content from a Publisher iCOMPEL
Newsfeed when downloading Newsfeed articles.
Once a HTTP Proxy has been created, you may enable usage of a proxy, as follows:
For the HTML Player, enable proxy usage in the Player Setup page.
For a Channel Subscription proxy, enable usage in the Channel Setup page.
For a Newsfeed proxy, enable usage on an individual Newsfeed basis from the Newsfeed page.
For a Reporting proxy, enable usage in the Reporting Setup page.
For a Software Update proxy, enable usage in the Software Update Setup page.
The proxy configuration is stored on this iCOMPEL, and is not transferred in a Channel.
Note: Newsfeeds and Channel Subscription do not support use of Microsoft NTLM authentication. We recommend
changing the Windows proxy to allow Digest authentication.
Note: You must restart the iCOMPEL when you make any changes to the HTTP Proxies.
Settings
Server Address
The address of the proxy server.
Server Port
The port to connect to on the proxy server. By default, this is 3128.
Username
If the proxy server requires authentication then enter the username.
Password
If the proxy server requires authentication then enter the password.
Use this Proxy for
Indicates the resources for which the proxy may be used.
9.3.6 Security
Use the Security page to set various security related details to minimize the risk of unauthorized access to the iCOMPEL.
The following settings can be controlled:
Firewall
Firewall Service Settings
The iCOMPEL firewall can be used to prevent anyone from attacking the iCOMPEL from an unknown computer. If their IP
address does not match one of up to eight IP addresses or address ranges, then access is denied.
Tick the "Restrict access to the Allowed IP Addresses only" box to enable the iCOMPEL Firewall IP address filtering.
Enter up to eight IP addresses of the computers that are allowed access to the iCOMPEL in the "Allowed IP Addresses:"
boxes. If you need to provide access to more than eight IP addresses, then it is possible to specify a range of them as
shown in the following examples:
To allow all IP addresses between 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.1.255, type: 192.168.1.0/24