DISE Server User Interface

Overview

This is a description of the main DISE Server UI while logged in to a network. For information about the admin panel, see DISE Server Control Panel. To the left in the DISE Server UI, the main menu is located.

Sorting, searching, selecting

Various lists make up a large part of the data in Server, be it lists of content, players or licenses. Lists come with a set of tools to sort, filter and select multiple list items, located at the top of the list.

The default sort is by name. To change the sort order, click the Sorted by ... field.

You can select from a number of sorting criteria in the drop-down (depends on the list item type), and if it should sort in ascending or descending order. Click the Save button to apply the new sort.

Type a search/filter term in the search field (with the magnifying glass) to filter out only those list items that matches the term. The number indicator to the right will change to reflect number of matching elements vs the total number of items. Click the X icon in the search field to clear the filter.

To be able to edit multiple items in a list, click the pen icon. The list will change appearance to allow to select single or multiple items. Click the checkbox at the top to select All or None.

You can select an item in the list by simply clicking the item or checking the box.

With one or more items selected, select from the drop-down one of a number of "actions", that apply to every selected item. It could be used to easily change the playing content, or to change schedule.

To exit the editing mode, click the pen icon again.

Login screen

Lets you log in by inputting your provided username and password.

Dashboard

In the Dashboard section you can see an overview of what is playing, the system status and if there are changes that need to published. To publish means that changes made in the web interface are sent to and carried out on players. If a change has been made that needs to be published, you will recognize it by a small red symbol by the Dashboard icon, and the text X unpublished changes in the dashboard.

To publish, click the arrow next to X unpublished changes, either select Publish all (which will publish any currently visible changes), or select any changes to publish by checking the box next to it and then click the Publish button. The small icon to the right indicates what type of entity it involves (a change to a player, a playlist, and so on).

Note: Setting the network to Auto publish will cause it to publish any change immediately.

Players

A player in the web interface is connected to one or more hardware (physical device) and are listed in this view. In the listing of players you can immediately see if it is OK by the green color. A red color means something is wrong that needs looking at. A grey color means it is not active (not "attached" to a physical device). The icon indicates what type of player it is. Naturally, a Windows icon represents a Windows player and an Android icon an Android player. A currently unattached player (that has not yet been attached to a physical device) has a generic icon.

Click a player's name to bring up a context menu.

Note: Most listed items in DISE Server will have this behavior and look.

Player context menu

Details

The same as clicking the arrow to the right (see below)

Edit

Opens a simple edit dialog where you can change name and what playlist to use. A more advanced edit dialog is in the player details.

Preview

Opens up an image showing what is currently playing.

Remove

Removes the player from the system.

Player details

Click the arrow to the right to open up the detailed player view. In the player view you will see a screenshot of playing content and more information about the player.

The upper part of the player details dialog contains of:

Name

The player's name.

Screenshot

An image screenshot of the currently playing content on the player. Note that this is not a live video, but a screenshot that can be updated on request. If a player is currently not attached to a physical device, is down, or has some problem that makes it not able to get a screenshot, the image will instead show "No screenshot available".

Content

Displays what playlist or displayscheme is currently in use on the player.

Resolution

A resolution of "Auto" means that the player will determine its resolution based on the actual device resolution, or from the content. To override this, see Options > Advanced > Resolution below.

License

Displays the current license applied on the player. If the player is "Unlicensed" it will still be able to play but will show a watermark.

Hardware

A hardware represents a physical device. When the player is attached to a hardware, it will generally show the devices host name. If it's not currently attached, it will show "Not attached".

Click the Options icon (wrench and screwdriver) in the top right to open up a menu with further options.

Edit

Edit the player name, description and content, as well as administer licenses for this player.

Advanced

Manually edit the resolution of the player. Here you can also detach and switch the physical PC used for this player.

Settings

Edit the custom settings to be sent to the player, for instance to control if the playback should be in windowed mode.

Permissions

Edit the user permissions for this player.

Control

Gives you control over player peripherals such as screens and power schedule.

Installer

Downloads the installer for this player (Windows .exe). When run it will automatically setup the PC with the player details, license and contents, and start to communicate with Server.

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The lower part of the player details dialog consists of status information.

Player actions

To access the actions for multiple players, enter "edit mode" by clicking the pen icon, and then select one or more players, then choose in the Select actions drop-down.

Note: Depending on user permissions, some actions may not be visible.

Publish

Publishes, that is applies changes on selected player(s).

Change content

Changes the playlist or uploaded destination to use for selected player(s).

Set screen schedule

Sets a screen schedule for the selected player(s). The screen(s) attached to the player(s) will be one during the time specified. The rest of the time, the player will try to turn off the screen, through RS-232, Ethernet, or other method.

Set hardware schedule

Sets a hardware schedule for the selected player(s). The player PC will be on during the time specified. The rest of the time, the PC will be set to standby mode.

Remove

Removes the selected player(s) from the system.

Playlists

Playlists may contain media files (images, videos), DISE Movies, and templates. In the upper part of the dialog,

Playlist context menu

Playlist details

Playlist actions

Content Library

Upload files to DISE Server by clicking Add. You may also drag-and-drop files into the designated area from an explorer window. Uploaded files will be stored by DISE Server and available for content creation in playlists.

Content Library context menu

Content Library details

Content Library actions

My Account

System

The System section will only be visible to the multi-network administrators (created during installation or in the DISE Server Control Panel) and users assigned to the "Admin" role.

Users

Add

Create a user. Enter the user name to use, the user's real name, e-mail and password. The Role field determines whether the user should see the System tab.

User context menu

User details

User actions

Licenses

In this dialog you may view the available licenses for the network. To administer the licenses, go into the main DISE Server Control Panel.

Modules

Licensed modules unlock add-ons in the system, for instance hardware monitoring.

Licenses

Available player licenses are listed here.

Default permissions

Default permissions are blanket permissions that are valid for all users, a group of users or single users, for a certain type of item (players or playlists). The DISE Server system will fall back on the default permission if no specific permission exists for an item.

Read more: Permissions

Downloads

Here you can find player installers. The installers found here will register player PCs into DISE Server without you having to create a player in the web interface first. You can also find an installer for DISE Bootstrapper. This installer will set Bootstrapper to start automatically the next time the PC is started.

Read more: DISE Kickstart

Logout

Clicking the Log out button will log out the current user and return to the Login screen.