Launch Chameleon Ticker Player

Launch the Ticker Player by double clicking on the shortcut on the desktop.

Accessing the Chameleon Ticker Player user interface

Once the service has started, you will need to configure. Right click on the Ticker Player system tray icon and select Manage

Player

In the player tab, you may select a 'Show' from the drop down in the 'Up Next' section. Use the Change Show button to move it to the 'Now Playing' section.

The following buttons will control Online and Offline behaviour.

Button	Name	Description
	Online Restart	Take the selected show online and restart the rundown
	Online Resume	Take the selected show online and will resume the rundown on the next item in the current Topic that it was playing when it went offline. In Ticker Player 3.0.314 and earlier versions the Resume functionality would resume on the next Topic and not the next Item in the current Topic.
	Offline	Take the show Offline
	Clear	Immediately Clear the Show and put it Offline

Server

The player will run an Internal Web Server that the player uses to retrieve data from the Chameleon database. The server can be stopped and started as needed. You can also give your player a name as well as set it's 'Channel'

Scheduler

When enabled, the player will use Chameleon Flow's rundown scheduler to change the Show. If you try to override manually in the player, the schedule will take over the following minute.

Flow

This is where you will enter the Chameleon server database location settings. The URL can be local or across a network. Any valid user to the server can be used as credentials.

Flow Settings
Flow URL	The URL to the Flow Server
User	The Flow user account the player will use
Password	The password for the Flow user account the player will use

Database Settings
User	The MySQL database user
Password	The MySQL database password for the user
Additional Parameters	Allows for additional MySQL parameters to be added for use in the MySQL connection string. Typically will not be required.

Automation

Automation settings are used if you plan on having Chameleon Ticker triggered by Automation using GPI, RS422 or IP Automation.

Command	Description
Reset Content	reset the rundown
Online	put the player online - like pressing the Online button in the Player Tab
Resume	put the player online and resume the rundown on the next item in the current Topic that it was playing when it went offline. - like pressing the Online Resume button in the Player Tab Supported in Ticker Player 3.0.290 or later
Offline	put the player offline - like pressing the Offline button in the Player Tab
Clear	clear the player and go offline - - like pressing the Clear button in the Player Tab
Change Show	change the current show loaded in the player. Send the command <show:#> while replacing the # with the name of the show. For example: <show:Demo Ticker>
Change Channel	Change the channel of the current player. Used if you want to dynamically change an engine to be a different channel (Version 3.0.838 or higher)

MACRO

As of version 3.0.838, the ticker player supports the use of Macros for the commands. Using %channel% in your command, will look at the players' current channel name as part of the trigger. Useful if your automation is listening to multiple channel commands and only needing to trigger current channel commands

As of v3.0.205 The GPI Board and GPI values have a 1 based index. Where the first GPI Board or GPI index will start at 1. (previous builds had an index of 0)

For example, to receive GPI 1 from GPI Board 1 (as defined in XPression), set GPI Board = 1 and GPI = 1

XPression GPI Boards

Logs

Setting	Description
Check boxes to enable the different logging messages	Errors, Exceptions, Performance, Warning, Information and Debug
Open Current Log	Open the current / active log file
Open Log Folder	Open the folder where the Ticker Player logs reside in Windows Explorer (C:\ProgramData\Bannister Lake\Ticker Player\logs).
Auto Remove Logs Older Than # Days	Set number of days to maintain logs. All logs older than # of days will be removed

Settings

Setting	Description
Start Server On Launch	Will start the data service on launch of the application (recommended)
Port	Server Port
Endpoint	Endpoint is the ID you give to this Server
Project Folder	The Project Folder path
Always Online	Always Online is checked if you want the Ticker Player to go online (Start Playback) when Ticker Player is launched
Framebuffer	The XPression Framebuffer to use
Layer Offset	Will apply the layer offset to the layer number that the XPression Scene uses
Remote Control	Enable to be able to control the Player from the Flow User Interface
Remote Control Port	Remote Control Port if port is different than default 81 If running multiple instances on the same system and using the Remote Control feature each instance should use a different Remote Control Port to avoid conflicts
Restore Playback on Framebuffer Clear	If the XPression framebuffer is cleared external to Ticker Player when online, Ticker Player will put the show back online.
Use Database Time for On-Air	When checking content items On-Air times will use the time of the database server. If false will use local system time of the Ticker Player.
Use Database Time for Expiry	When checking content items expiry times will use the time of the database server. If false will use local system time of the Ticker Player.
Use Branding Channel Time Adjust	Will control if the time adjust should be applied to start times if using a channel that is also linked to a branding player that has a time adjust assigned. (default to false)
API Enabled	Allow player to receive API calls. Required for Branding Player
API Port	Port if port is different than default 8108

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