Xibo

Client Deployment - Windows

Asked by Mr.Ben

Hello,

I have to deploy the Windows client to around 120 machines and I've come up against a couple of issues, I'm in the process of repackaging the required files back into a custom MSI

1) I can edit all of the default settings through the xiboclient.exe.config file except for the Local Library path, regardless of what I enter it is defaulting back to the users my documents folder. As I redirect this folder through Group policy I don't want this to happe, here is what I'm trying:

<XiboClient.Properties.Settings>
      <setting name="LibraryPath" serializeAs="String">
        <value>C:\XiboLibrary</value>
      </setting>

2) Is it possible to tell the client to register automatically with the server? - I would be nice to be able to do this rather than visit every machine to click the 'Register' button.

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Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#1

1) The client settings are in C:\Documents and Settings\eng\Local Settings\Application Data\Xibo\XiboClient.exe_Url_jonjj2eq0akniz2trmfoji1mad50z3ho\2.0.0.0\user.xml on my machine. I'm not sure what dictates the random part of the address.

2) No. I'm afraid it's not possible with the Windows client. What you could do however is deploy a custom user.xml in the appropriate location on each machine with a key like "client1", "client2" etc. You could then manually add those clients with those IDs to the database - thus avoiding the need to register at all.

Alex

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Mr.Ben (ben-ford-fosseway) said : 		#2

Thanks Alex Harrington, that solved my question.

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Mr.Ben (ben-ford-fosseway) said : 		#3

Cheers Alex,

At least I know!

It's a great bit of software that I'm trying to make as much use as possible. - The 120 clients are all School Staff laptops, onto which I'm deploying Xibo client to use as a 'message board' for important messages that change during the day (cover rosters, timetable changes etc) - A bit like our own ceefax system!

Of course I'm also using Xibo as it should, with some lovely displays!

Good idea on the registering - I haven't tried this yet, but what would the repercussions be of registering all of the machines with the same key, assuming that they will all be displaying the same templates?

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Best Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#4

Running multiple clients with the same key should be fine.

Alex

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Mr.Ben (ben-ford-fosseway) said : 		#5

Cheers, Alex.

I shall give it a go on a few clients!

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Mr.Ben (ben-ford-fosseway) said : 		#6

Thanks Alex Harrington, that solved my question.