Before you can use the Digital Signage Management plugin, you must configure the plugin role, including the external control settings, font list, and blacklisted phrases.
Procedure
- From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
- In the Plugins task, select the plugin role from the entity browser, and click the Properties tab.
-
In the Rest Api section, select Enabled
and define a port for the Api to use.
NOTE: DMS control permissions are required to use the Rest Api.
-
In the External control section, select
Enabled and configure the plugin to create an output command
file:
- Write interval
- Interval at which the output command file is updated. The default is 30 seconds.
- File path
- Click Browse to set where the output command file is exported.
- File name
- Enter a name for the output command file. The default is
DMSControlOutput
. - File type
- Choose the file type for the output command file: JSON or XML.
- Message text format
- Choose the message text format for the output command file: plain text or MULTI.
- Click Apply.
-
Click the Font list tab and set the plugin font settings:
-
Click , navigate to the font file on
your computer, and click Open.
The font is listed in the Font library list.
-
From the Default font list, select a default font.
Tip: To preview a font on the right-hand display, select a font from the Font library list.
- To delete a font, select the font in the Font library list and click .
-
Click , navigate to the font file on
your computer, and click Open.
-
(Optional) Click the Blacklisted phrases tab, click , and enter your blacklisted phrase.
NOTE: Blacklisted phrases can be entered as regular expressions. For example, if "a.*d" is set as a blacklisted phrase, any message with a phrase that starts with "a" and ends with "d" is considered a match and blacklisted.