Hello,
I need to configure an Xibo server to send different layouts to multiple clients. I wanted to know if this was possible and how I can do so that the data transfer does not take all the band pass.
thank you in advance
You can absolutely send different layouts to different Clients or Displays via the Schedule section of your CMS : Click the ’ Add Event’ green button on the top right and you’ll see the Schedule Event window allows you in the second field to choose a particular Display or a group of Displays while the 6th field allows you to choose Layouts or Campaign of layouts to be shown.
Regarding the Bandwidth, of course the number of Displays will multiply the amount of datas consumed i.e 1 video of 100Mb played on 1 Display = 100Mb but the same video played by 5 different displays will amount to 500Mb.
That being said best practices regarding scheduling events and setting up collect interval correctly can also have an impact.
For the collect interval, please make sure it’s set up to suit the Display’s real needs. For ex it might be set up to 1 min at the moment when you might need it to be only 5 to even 15 min, extending the interval will of course reduce the amount of datas consumed.
To change the Collect Interval for a Profile, select Display Settings in your CMS. Click the button at the end of the Android Profiles for example and choose Edit. On this general tab you’ll see the Collect Interval option for that profile. Once it is saved the Displays of this profile will receive the change the next time they check in.
You can also change it per individual Display by going in Displays: find the display you want to amend this for and at the end of the line > Edit> Profile settings > Collect interval then click on the edit icon at the end of the line to change collect time.
Regarding scheduling events you need to make sure repeated events in particular are scheduled correctly to avoid creating unnecessary layers of events.
This means making sure that within the Event Schedule window the End Time is set to the end time of one SINGLE event . You’ll be able to schedule its last date of playing in the ‘Until’ field of the Repeats tab afterwards. Those two needs NOT to be confused
For example I could set up a morning coffee with aStart Time : 31/05/2019 at 8:00 and End Time31/05/2019 at 8:15 and only in the Repeats tab will I mention in the Until field the end date for this event to repeat for ex ‘until’ 24/08/2019 at 8:15