NCast Telepresenter M4 - Manual (Page 30)

NCast Telepresenter Reference Manual
3.9. S
CHEDULER
3.9.1. Overview
The Telepresenter Scheduler is a feature that allows the manager of one or more Telepresenters to schedule
these appliances through use of a Google calendar or through use of industry-standard iCalendar files. The
manager can start and stop each Telepresenter at a predetermined time, load unique settings for each
individual presentation, send serial control commands to each Telepresenter to provide additional
functionality, and specify how and where the Telepresenter sends its output, all without touching the actual
Telepresenter user interface. All that is required is one or more Telepresenters, each with a connection to
the Internet, and access to a Google calendar or an iCalendar file, no matter where in the world the
equipment is located.
3.9.2. Components of the Solution
The Scheduler Implementation uses three components to allow automatic start/stop scheduling of one or
more Telepresenters in a network. These components are:
• An administrative interface based on Google Calendar or other Calendar system using iCalendar
• A scheduler process which queries the calendar information and activates the Telepresenter.
• The Telepresenter IP serial command interface, which receives commands at the scheduled times.
3.9.3. Scheduler Overview
The following sections describe how to use a Google Calendar account or an iCalendar file to setup a
schedule for one or more Telepresenters and how to use the Scheduler web page.
Complete documentation for the serial command set is in the “Telepresenter Serial Interface Specification”.
Please refer to this manual for a more complete description of commands which may be used. This guide
lists a few basic commands which allow the user to start and stop a unit from the Scheduler interface.
3.9.4. Google Calendar Events
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