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iPoint manual

Introduction
Installation
Server
Scheduler
Introduction
Players
Playlists
Playlist assignments
 
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Server

The server process is actually running as a Windows service and is validating all request from and to the players. Typically for a Windows service, it only contains business logic to validate all transactions and has no user interface.

The server process is typically installed on a server computer that is practically always up and running.

 
Operating the server process

Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and locate the 'iPoint Server Service' item. Right click on it you you will find actions to start, stop and restart the service.

 

Log on as

By default a Windows service is running as a local system account. This implies that the process only has permissions to access the local system and no network permissions.

This works perfectly if all your multimedia files are stored on this server computer. It will fail when you collect your multimedia files for the playlists from a network resource. In that case you will have to use a specific user account with the appropriate permissions.

Right click the service and choose Properties from the popup menu. Select the Log On tab. Choose 'This account' and set the username and password. After this modification you will have to restart the service.

 

Licensing

When you have purchased iPoint license click Start > All Programs > PresentationPoint > iPoint Enterprise Edition > Licensing. There you can order licenses and activate or deactivate your licenses.

A license is holding a number of installation permissions for the scheduler and player software. This activation can be executed with a username and password you received from us.

Deactivating a license can be done on this server if you want to move the iPoint server to another computer. By executing the steps in the deactivation wizard you are releasing the iPoint activations. Next step is to reactivate those licenses again on the new server computer.

 

 

 


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