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MagicINFO Server User Guide

MagicINFO Server is the web-based console at the center of a MagicINFO installation. Administrators and content managers use it to register and control signage devices, upload and approve content, build playlists and schedules, publish everything to players, and monitor the results. This section covers the full server workflow, from first sign-in on the dashboard through day-to-day content operations to statistics and server administration.

Available menus and functions depend on the role assigned to your user account. The chapters below assume general administrator privileges unless stated otherwise.

What's in this section​

  • Getting Started with MagicINFO Server — Start here: what MagicINFO Server is, how to sign in, its main features and known limits, and the conventions used throughout this guide.
  • Install, Upgrade and Uninstall MagicINFO Server — Everything about getting MagicINFO Server running: system requirements, database choice, installation, upgrades, clustering and uninstalling.
  • MagicINFO Server Licensing — Activate a MagicINFO Server licence after installing it, with a full key or a trial, then add, return, split and track licences as your network grows.
  • Quick Start: Publish Your First Content — The basic MagicINFO workflow from start to finish: approve a display, upload content from your computer and publish it to the screen with a schedule.
  • MagicINFO Server Dashboard — The dashboard you see after signing in to MagicINFO Server: menu bar, tabs, notices and summary widgets, plus how to arrange it to suit your work.
  • Managing Devices — Approve, group, tag, configure and maintain the displays and players connected to MagicINFO Server, with links to every device task in this guide.
  • Managing Content — Everything in the MagicINFO Content menu: upload files, sort them into folders and categories, share and approve content, and add it to playlists.
  • Web Author: Create Signage Content in the Browser — Web Author is the editor built into MagicINFO Server: start from a template, add media, text and widgets, then save LFD, DataLink or VideoWall content.
  • Managing Playlists — Combine content files into playlists that play in order, and learn the playlist types: general, tag, VideoWall, advertisement, Sync Play and nested.
  • Schedules: Content, Message and Event — How MagicINFO schedules decide what plays and when: content schedules for playlists, message schedules for text overlays, event schedules for triggers.
  • RuleSets: Play Content Automatically by Conditions — RuleSets play content when conditions are met, such as time, date, screen size or model. How condition rules and play rules combine, and where to start.
  • Managing Users — Control who can sign in to MagicINFO Server and what they can do: approve sign-ups, add users, organise groups and organizations, assign roles.
  • Statistics and Reports in MagicINFO Server — Track how devices and content perform: connection status and history, play frequency, proof-of-play records and event triggers, exported as reports.
  • Settings: Account and Server Configuration — The MagicINFO Setting menu: manage your own account, then server settings, licences, tags, categories, logs, system information and external servers.
  • MagicINFO Server Administration and Integration — Server-side tasks beyond the web console: the HTTPS (TLS) certificate, LDAP or Active Directory sign-in, Gmail SMTP, the REST API 2.0 and bundled Tomcat and Java versions.
  • MagicINFO Mobile: Manage Signage from a Phone — What you can do in the MagicINFO mobile web console: upload content, approve devices, create playlists and schedules, and adjust screens on the go.
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