Creating and Configuring Media Controller Device

Scenario: You want to configure the Media Controller Device.

 

Reference: For background information, see the reference section.

 

Workflow diagram:

 

 

Prerequisites:

  • The Media Controller device is installed and configured.
  • System Manager is in Engineering mode.
  • System Browser is in Management View.

 

Steps:

1 – Create and Start a Media Controller Driver
  1. Depending on where to add the driver, select one of the following:
  • Project > Management System > Servers > Main Server > Drivers
  • Project > Management System > FEPs > [FEP Station] > Drivers
  • Object Configurator tab displays in the Primary pane
  1. Click New and select New Media Controller Driver.
  1. In the New object dialog box that displays, do the following:
    a. Provide a unique text, by changing the default, if required.
    b. Click OK.
  • The Media Controller Driver is added to System Browser.
  1. In the Operation tab navigate to the Driver Status property and click Start to start the driver (if not started). Enlarge the pane, if needed, to access the buttons that are located on the right side of the pane.
  • The Media Controller Driver is created and started.

 

2 – Configure a Media Controller Driver
  1. In System Browser, select the Media Controller driver and click the Driver Editor tab.
  1. (Optional) In the Driver Settings expander, modify the description.
  1. In the Configuration Properties expander, proceed as follows:
  • In the Device Request Timeout field, enter 20000 (default value is 10000 ms).
  • In the Check Status Rate field, enter 300000 (default value is 300000 ms).
  1. In the Notification Integration expander, proceed as follows:
  • In the Batch Size field, set the value as 300 (default is 100). Batch size specifies the size in which the request is processed by the driver. The batch size displays the number of devices to which Notification interacts in one instant. For example, if there are 100 devices on which a message has to be displayed and a batch size of 10 is entered, Notification will send the message to batches of 10 devices each.
  • In the Expected delivery Time field, enter the time in seconds (default is 5 seconds).
    NOTE: Notification does not guarantee that the message delivery will be completed within the time entered in the Expected delivery Time field. This value is solely used to compute delivery statistics indicating whether message delivery to the Media Controller device was on-time or late.
  1. Click Save .
  • The parameters are configured for the Media Controller driver.

 

3 – Create Media Controller Field Network
  1. Select Project > Field Networks.
  • The Object Configurator tab displays in the Primary pane.
  1. Click New and select New Media Controller Field Network .
  1. In the New Object dialog box, enter a name and description.
  1. Click OK.
  • The field network appears in the Field Networks hierarchy.

 

4 – Associate Driver to Media Controller Field Network
  1. Select Project > Field Networks > Media Controller Field Network.
  1. Click the Network Editor tab and open the Network Settings expander.
  • The Description field displays the description of the field network.
  1. From the Driver Instance drop-down list, select the Media_Controller_Driver.
    NOTE: A driver can be associated to only one network. Drivers that are already associated to a network will not display in this list. This field becomes read-only once you create a server for the network.
  1. Open the Configuration Properties expander.
  1. In the Media Storage Web Folder URL field, enter the content URL from the Content URL field of the Media Controller Setup utility. Refer to the Notification Server section for more information.
  1. In the Media Storage Web Folder field, enter the folder path where presentations and shared media contents are published.
    NOTE 1: The name of the folder displays in the Content URL field of the Media Controller Setup utility. For example, in the content URL, https://mymediasite.net:447/AllContent, the name of the folder is AllContent. The folder path to be entered can be the full path to a folder on the local machine or a network share folder. For example, D:\MNSMediaStore\AllContent or \\MNSMediaStore\AllContent.
    NOTE 2: If located in a network share folder, make sure that the folder is accessible to the system server. This is a common folder that is used by all devices under a Field Network. Notification publishes media content, such as video and audio files, into this folder. This is beneficial when the content is a large file size, such as a video. In this case, only one copy of the video is uploaded to the common folder.
    NOTE 3: Network shared folders must have the proper permissions such that the system server can read and write. When using a network share folder, the PVSS00pmon service must run under an account that has access to the share.
  1. Click Save .
  • The Media Controller field network is added under the Field Network node.

 

5 – Create Media Controller Device
  1. Select Project > Field Networks > Media Controller Field Network.
  1. In the Network Editor tab, click Create .
  1. In the New object dialog box, enter a name and description.
  1. Click OK.
  • The Device Editor tab displays.
    NOTE: All the devices under the Field Network must be within the same Media Controller website.
  1. Open the Device Settings expander.
  1. Under Device Settings, in the Description field, enter a description for the device.
  1. Open the Configuration Properties expander and enter values into the fields.
    NOTE: SD card/USB drive for media controller supports only FAT32 file system.
  1. Click Save .