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Net-Top-Box (NTB)
Hardware Accessories
NTB One Time Licences
Enterprise integration
A ONELAN Net-Top-Box can clone its media off another over the network. This feature, known as Channel Manager allows the same multi-media presentation to appear on display devices at multiple sites. The presentation will appear at the scheduled time on the local clock.
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A Net-Top-Box is designated as the Channel Publisher and the current Schedule is published as a collection of files on the Channel Server. The Channel Server can be the Net-Top-Box itself or a file server on the Internet. |
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Other Net-Top-Boxes are designated as the Channel Subscribers by entering the address of the Channel Server. They will then download all required files from the Channel Server and then activate the new Schedule. |
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The Channel Subscribers poll the Publisher periodically for any changes that may have been re-published. They will download new and delete redundant content automatically. |
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| How it Works | What You Need |
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The Net-Top-Box is connected to a computer network and to an audio visual display device such as an LCD TV. |
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Power is applied to the unit and the boot sequence starts. |
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The unit obtains an IP address from the network and shows the address briefly on the display device. |
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The user connects to the unit through a web-browser using the IP address. |
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The user uploads (copy and paste) media files from their computer onto the Net-Top-Box. The files are stored on the disk inside the unit. |
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The user creates one or more screen Layouts containing one or more rectangular Zones. Each Zone has a PlayList to which one or more of the stored media files can be added. |
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The user adds one or more Layouts to the weekly Schedule. |
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The user activates the Schedule and the relevant media will appear, as laid out, on the display device. Each PlayList runs in a continuous loop. The media is not streamed out over the network or shown on the users computer monitor. |
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At the scheduled time and day of week, different Layouts will appear on the screen. |
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To show live TV, the Net-Top-Box is connected to a TV aerial and the relevant TV station is added to a PlayList (as opposed to a video file that is stored on the disk). |
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To show the text from an RSS newsfeed, the Internet address (URL) of the feed is entered into the Net-Top-Box which may also need to be configured to access the Internet. Simmilarly for showing web-pages. |
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ONELAN Net-Top-Boxes that have been designated as Channel Subscribers will automatically download and show a Channel that has been published by another Net-Top-Box. It is possible, however, to log into each Subscriber and customise content on an Ad-Hoc basis. A welcome message, for example, can be re-written to be specific to the site that the Subscriber is located in.
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Media on the Publisher is designated as "Ad-Hoc" when added to a PlayList on the Channel Publisher. Ad-Hoc content can be scrolling text, text entries in a table, a TV station or a collection of files in a folder. Default content should be provided in each case. |
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The Channel is re-published and the Subscribers show the default Ad-Hoc content |
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A user with Ad-Hoc access can log into a Subscriber and change the Ad-Hoc content. The new content will replace the default content. |
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If the Ad-Hoc content is changed on the Publisher and the Channel is re-published then the Subscriber will continue to show the local custom content. If the Ad-Hoc content is removed from the PlayList on the Publisher then the local custom content will be deleted from all Subscribers. |
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