Display Discovery and Canvas Controller Set-up

Display Discovery and Canvas Controller Set-up

1.      Rack servers in proper placement per rack diagram

    2.      Contact to connect the devices to the network on the appropriate VLAN 

    3.      Contact IT to join the devices to the domain 

    4.      Contact IT Security group to add anti-virus to the device (make sure to keep device off of the McAfee encryption list) 

    5.      Set the server to Auto Log On 

    6.      Confirm all necessary displays for Video wall are communicating and can be seen by the servers and there is connectivity to all displays 

 

Prepare the canvas controllers 

1.      Install Cnario

·        Load Signed Cnario Certificate with proper Device/machine name 

·        Check version 

·        Change Name of Device 

·        Delete Canvas Controller under the Display Device tab;  

 

·        Set broadcast address in Watchdog settings to match the VLAN

·        Set Timers

·        UP's 

·        Primary/ 1:00 Restarts Sun-T-W-Th-F-Sat Reboots Mondays 

·        Secondary/1:07 Restarts Sun-T-W-Th-F-Sat Reboots Mondays 

·        CCCore's 

·        Restarts Sun-M-T-Th-F-Sat     11:30pm (23:30 military time) 

·        Reboots Wednesdays              11:30pm (23:30 military time) 

·        SCI/CUR/WF 

·        Restarts Sun-T-W-Th-F-Sat     1:00 AM 

·        Reboots Mondays                    1:00 AM 

 

2.      Change Application Privileges to Admin 

·        Program Files(x86)/C-nario/Cnario Universal Player/CCCore64 

·         CCCore.exe, Cnario Application, Watchdog application  

·        Right click Properties 

·        Compatibility tab 

·        Check box to change privileges to Admin 

·        Apply/ok 

·        Launch CCCore64 to force it to change the CCCore application 

·        Close applications: CC Core, Cnario and watchdog 

·        Delete all logs in program files (x86)/Cnario/watchdog/logs 

·        Start Cnario and check logs to ensure C CCore x86 is playing and broadcast address is correct 

  

3.      File Name Unique/Redundancy set-up for UP's 

·        Both UP's use the same index set up in registry by going into the regedit

Software/Wow6432Node/Cnario/Chainmail 

FileNameUnique 

Change to "True" 

Restart application 

  

  

 

 

4.      Set UP Chainmail Connections In Messenger: 

·        Back-up the chainmail information before making changes 

  

5.      Import Chainmail Connections in Cnario Messenger 

·        Once all connections are verified and the network is communicating on all devices, delete the Message link from messenger to machine (delete once connection is established)  

  

6.      Update RAID Firmware: see RAID Update tab 


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