Procedures
• Create Deployment Packages for Emergencies
• Provision Emergency Assets Immediately to DMP Local Storage
• Start Playback of an Emergency Message
Create Deployment Packages for Emergencies
Before You Begin
• Populate the playlist or design the presentation whose assets you will transfer to your DMPs.
Procedure
Step 1 Define a deployment task for DMS-CD to provisioning emergency assets to DMP local storage.
Alternatively, do the following to define a file transfer task that you can deploy:
a. Choose
Digital Media Players > Advanced Tasks
, and then click
File Transfer to DMP or Server
.
b. To create a new file transfer task, click
Add New Application
.
c. After the page is refreshed, do the following to define behaviors for, and save, the file transfer task.
1. Enter a specific name, such as “Fire” or “Flash Flood,” for the type of emergency. You might want to use a less specific name, such as “Emergencies,” if this task will transfer the assets for multiple presentations or playlists, or if your organization uses one playlist or presentation for emergencies of all kinds.
2. From the DMP Publishing Protocol list, choose
FTP
or
HTTP
, and then check the
Emergency/Alarm
check box.
3. Click
Presentations
in the Applications list if the assets are part of a saved presentation.
OR
Click
Playlists
if the assets are part of a saved playlist.
4. After the page is refreshed, click in the Available Applications list the name of the presentation or playlist whose assets should be transferred, and then click
Select Applications
.
5. (
Optional
) To transfer the assets for multiple playlists and presentations, repeat the preceding step.
6. Click
Submit
to save this task, so that it becomes available for deployments.
Note Even though you created and saved a file transfer task, you have not used it yet. Your DMPs will not have local copies of the emergency assets until after you run this task successfully.
Step 2 Provision the emergency assets to your DMPs.
Step 3 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Related Topics
• Use the ‘Run Task’ Feature to Provision Emergency Assets Immediately
Provision Emergency Assets Immediately to DMP Local Storage
Use the ‘Run Task’ Feature to Provision Emergency Assets Immediately
Before You Begin
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Create and save deployable messages for playback during emergencies.
Procedure
Step 1 Click the
DMP Manager
tab.
Step 2 Use check boxes in the table to mark DMPs that should immediately show the emergency message.
Step 3 Click
Run Task
.
The Run Task dialog box opens.
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Use options in the top pane to add DMPs to, or remove them from, your emergency deployment.
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Use options in the Select Tasks pane to filter which advanced tasks the table shows.
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Use pagination controls under the table to control how many advanced tasks you see.
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Use the Search function above the table to locate particular tasks quickly.
Step 4 Click to highlight the best system tasks for the type of emergency.
Step 5 Click
OK
.
The Run Task dialog box closes and a message tells you that your selected task was deployed.
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DMM transfers assets to your DMPs.
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DMM creates as many Go-to URL entries as the number of presentations and playlists that are part of the deployment.
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DMM applies the prefix “Alarm” to each of these Go-to URL entries.
Step 6 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Related Topics
• Provision Emergency Assets Immediately to DMP Local Storage
• Start Playback of an Emergency Message
Use the ‘Play Now’ Feature to Provision Emergency Assets Immediately
Before You Begin
• Create and save deployable messages for playback during emergencies.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose
Schedules > Play Now
.
Step 2 From the Select an Event Type list, choose
System Tasks
.
Step 3 Click
Select System Tasks
and wait until the Select Event dialog box opens.
Step 4 Click
Deployment Package
in the Type column if you created a DMS-CD deployment task for this emergency.
OR
Click
File Transfer to DMP or Server
in the Type column if you created a file transfer task for this emergency.
Step 5 Click the task name in the Application Name column.
Step 6 Click
OK
to confirm your selection and close the Select Event dialog box.
Step 7 Click the name in the DMP Groups tree of the group whose member DMPs should have local copies of the emergency assets.
Step 8 Click
Submit
to issue the command immediately.
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It transfers assets to your DMPs.
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It creates as many Go-to URL entries as the number of presentations and playlists that you chose.
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It applies the prefix “Alarm” to each of these Go-to URL entries.
Step 9 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Related Topics
• Use the ‘Run Task’ Feature to Provision Emergency Assets Immediately
• Schedule the Future Staging of Emergency Assets
• Start Playback of an Emergency Message
Schedule the Future Staging of Emergency Assets
Before You Begin
• Create and save deployable messages for playback during emergencies.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose
Schedules > Play in Future
.
Step 2 From the calendar, choose the year, month, and day when the assets should be transferred.
The timeline is updated automatically, so that it shows the schedule for that day.
Step 3 Choose
Advanced Tasks
from the Add an Event list, which is located under the timeline.
Step 4 Use features of the Schedule Task dialog box to choose the DMPs or the external servers.
a. Click
Select Group
, and then click the name of the group whose members should have local copies of the emergency assets.
b. Click
OK
to confirm your selection and close the Select DMP Group dialog box.
Step 5 Click
Select System Tasks
and wait until the Select Event dialog box opens.
Step 6 Click
Deployment Package
in the Type column if you created a DMS-CD deployment task for this emergency.
OR
Click
File Transfer to DMP or Server
in the Type column if you created a file transfer task for this emergency.
Step 7 Click the task name in the Application Name column.
Note You cannot use DMS-CD to deploy to an external server. DMS-CD supports deployments to DMPs only.
Step 8 Click
OK
to confirm your selection and close the Select Advanced Tasks dialog box.
Tip You can use the provided controls to adjust the start and stop time for this task. Remember to allow sufficient time for the transfer to complete. The amount of time required can vary according to the cumulative file size of the selected assets, the capacity of your network, any congestion in your network, and possibly other factors. Do not use any of the provided controls for repeating a task.
Step 9 Click
Save
to confirm your selections and close the Schedule Task dialog box.
Step 10 Click
Save All
to save your work in the schedule before you try to publish it.
Step 11 Click
Publish All
to transmit the deployment according to the schedule that you defined.
Step 12 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Related Topics
• Provision Emergency Assets Immediately to DMP Local Storage
• Start Playback of an Emergency Message
• Stop Playback of an Emergency Message
Start Playback of an Emergency Message
Before You Begin
• Create and save deployable messages for playback during emergencies.
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Provision assets for the emergency message to DMP local storage or a network server.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose
Digital Media Players > Emergencies
.
OR
Choose
Schedules > Emergencies
.
Step 2 Click
Start Emergency
.
Step 3 From the Select Emergency list, choose the playlist or presentation that your DMPs should play during the type of emergency that is now in progress.
Entries that you see in the Select Emergency list are derived from file transfer tasks that you saved after checking the Emergency/Alarm check box. You cannot add the “ALARM” prefix manually to the name of a (Go to) URL task to make the task appear in the Select Emergency list. Nor can you delete the “ALARM” prefix manually from the name of a (Go to) URL task to exclude the task from the Select Emergency list.
Step 4 Expand the Select DMP Group tree, click the entry for the DMP group whose member DMPs should all announce the emergency, and then click
Start
.
When you choose a DMP group that has child groups, the child groups and their member DMPs are also selected automatically.
While this emergency is in-progress, the event-scheduling features at Schedule > Play in Future will be suspended temporarily for whichever group and children you chose. However, your other DMP groups will not be affected. You still can schedule events for those other groups. Later, after you stop this emergency, the event-scheduling features at Schedule > Play in Future will be restored for the group and children that you chose.
Step 5 To confirm your selections and start playback immediately of your emergency presentation or emergency playlist, click
OK
. (Emergency conditions might prevent messages from playing on your DMP displays.) Alternatively, to discard your selections without playing any assets for any emergency, click
Cancel
.
A message tells you whether you submitted the emergency successfully. After you dismiss the message, the page is refreshed. If you submitted the emergency, the DMP group that you chose in Step 4 is colored red in the Select DMP Group tree.
Step 6 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Tip You can submit an emergency to a DMP group while it is showing a playlist or presentation that describes some other emergency. There is no need to explicitly stop playback of the current emergency message before you start another one.
Related Topics
Stop Playback of an Emergency Message
Before You Begin
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Start playback of an emergency message.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose
Digital Media Players > Emergencies
.
OR
Choose
Schedules > Emergencies
.
Step 2 Click
Stop Emergency
.
Step 3 Expand the Select DMP Group tree, click the DMP group that is colored red, and then click
Stop
.
If you choose a DMP group that has child groups, the child groups and their member DMPs are also selected automatically.
Step 4 To confirm your selections, which will stop playback of your emergency message and restore normal scheduling for the DMP group (and children) that you chose, click
OK
. Alternatively, to discard your selections without stopping the emergency, click
Cancel
.
A message tells you whether you stopped the emergency successfully. After you dismiss the message, the page is refreshed.
If you stopped the emergency, the DMP group that you chose in Step 3 is no longer colored red in the Select DMP Group tree.
Step 5 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
If you selected a DMP group whose member DMPs were not showing emergency messages, these DMPs will stop and then restart their playback of whatever asset they are scheduled to show.
If separate emergencies were in effect simultaneously across multiple DMP groups and you stopped the emergency for only one group, remember that the event-scheduling features at Schedule > Play in Future still are suspended for all groups where emergencies remain in effect.
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