InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4
Release Notes
InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4 Release Notes
InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4 requires a purple USB dongle (or green HL dongle with code #Y1CXW) serialized to version 4.x.
If you already have a previous version of InfoCaster Network Manager or InfoCaster Manager, you will need to purchase an
upgrade for your product. Please contact your sales representative or Digital Signage technical support for more information.
Important Notes
Installing with InfoCaster
InfoCaster and InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4 share common resources when they are installed on the
same machine. If you uninstall one of these applications and want to continue using the other
installed application on the same system, be sure to uninstall the remaining application, then
reinstall it to ensure common resources are maintained.
Scheduled Triggers
InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4 Pro includes an advanced triggering feature which is incompatible with
scheduled triggers from versions previous to 4.7.1. If you have defined any scheduled triggers in
previous versions of InfoCaster Manager, see the “Send Triggers to Players” section of the
InfoCaster Manager User Guide to learn how to reconfigure your old triggers with the new
triggering feature.
Triggers which fire immediately or with an offset do not need to be reconfigured
Console Management of Selected Players
In InfoCaster Manager 4.6.1 the method of assigning selected players to a console was improved to
use conditions instead of a single list.
To ensure compatibility with previous versions of InfoCaster Manager, old console player
assignments are automatically converted to conditions in InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4. For each
console, the players are added to a single condition in the form:
Name Equals “Player 1” or “Player 2” or “Player 3”...
Pre-Installation
Requirements
Ensure that the following pre-installation requirements are met before you install InfoCaster
Manager 4.8.4.
Microsoft® .NET Framework
The Microsoft .NET framework must be installed and enabled on the system. In some situations the
framework will be automatically installed by InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4, as detailed below.
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On workstation versions of Windows® (such as XP, Vista, and Windows 7) the .NET framework
is automatically installed by InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4. No further action is required.
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On Windows Server 2008, an administrator must enable the .NET framework before installing
InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4.
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If the .NET framework is not preinstalled on your system you must install it before you install
InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4.
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InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4
Release Notes
Windows Media® Player
Windows Media Player must be installed and enabled on the system.
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Windows Media Player is preinstalled on some workstation versions of Windows (such as XP,
Vista, and Windows 7), but in some parts of the world it is not automatically preinstalled on
these systems. If Windows Media Player is not preinstalled on your workstation system you
must install it before you install InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4.
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On server versions of Windows (such as 2003 and 2008 R2), an administrator must enable the
Windows Desktop Experience feature before installing InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4.
New Features in
InfoCaster
Manager 4.8.4
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Added Punctuate support for removed players.
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GPI commands can be sent to remote players.
Fixed Issues in
InfoCaster
Manager 4.8.4
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The install no longer spends a long time setting permissions on ClientServerFiles folders.
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It is possible to view playback of remote players.
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Peer-to-peer communication no longer stops functioning when many players disconnect and
reconnect continuously.
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Fixed a thread deadlock issue when receiving playback logs from remote players.
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When connecting to a web trigger page from a remote machine, the serverConfig.xml file on
the remote machine must be edited from http://localhost/... to http://<HostMachine>/...
Known Issues
For example, if the web trigger page is hosted on a host machine called nmserver.xzy.station,
the .xml file on the remote machine must be changed to http://nmserver.xzy.station/...
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Triggers defined to execute at a specific time or date require the “Synchronized Clocks”
checkbox to be enabled in the Configuration Utility.
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Status events for peer servers are not shown in the Status tab.
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Rules fail to execute when they are set to immediately update network components on content
publish.
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When communication is broken and then reestablished during content transfer between peers,
the transfer status is not updated on the Peer Servers tab and the incomplete transfer cannot
be removed.
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Setting the “Current Channel” for multiple players simultaneously can result in a pause of up
to thirty seconds before completion, depending on the number of players selected.
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Closed captioning is not available for Enseo set top boxes.
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The Content > Content Details > Size value does not change when content is updated in
InfoCaster Online.
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InfoCasts with a portrait aspect ratio are displayed with a landscape aspect ratio within
InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4.
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The About Update Content dialog does not display descriptive warnings when a console
doesn’t have permission to publish content.
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InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4
Release Notes
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Rules cannot be deleted when more than one rule is selected.
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The Content tab must be refreshed to display newly-published content.
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The Player Software Updates window does not display a warning when an update cannot be
completed.
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Changes to display status are not automatically shown in the Display Control window.
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If a multiple-instance player is changed to a single-instance player, InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4
displays the removed instances as disconnected, and a warning message appears regarding the
removed instances whenever the player is re-launched or re-booted. The removed instances
must be manually deleted from the Player list.
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If multiple versions of InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4 are created from the same system image, they
will display connectivity problems if they are on the same network.
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If peer servers are set to view each other’s players, the players from a disconnected peer are
still displayed after the peer is disconnected.
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Punctuate shared media expiry dates displayed on player systems do not match the dates
displayed in InfoCaster Manager 4.8.4.
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Disconnected players sometimes show their resolution as 720x480.
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The permissions of shared players do not update properly on peer servers.
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There is a redundant Search button in the Content search interface.
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It is not possible to remove content from the Playback Queue tab for remote players.
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Software upgrades cannot be sent to remote players.
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On the Content tab, setting the number of results per page to a high number can cause no
results to be shown.
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After updating content to a peer server, the content is not listed when an “All Content
Published Today” search is performed.
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