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Release Notes
What's new and what's fixed!
Carousel 7.1.0
December 12, 2017
CSL-506 - Player
Grouping & BS Firmware Management From the Player Dashboard, you can
now select multiple players at once to perform several bulk actions.
CSL-507 - BrightSign
Settings on Server Previously, all BrightSign player
settings had to be configured using the BrightSign Configuration Tool as a
secondary application. All of the settings are now available through the
player management console. Also, Carousel player software/BrightSign
firmware update downloads can be disabled from the Player Dashboard, for
BrightSign players. Allowing for the manual management of the number of
players allowed to upgrade to the newest software at a given time.
CSL-508 - BrightSign
Auto Provisioning BrightSign player Auto Provisioning
eliminates the need to flash BrightSign SD cards individually. BrightSign
players can be plugged into a network setup for Auto Provisioning and
they will self-configure. This feature can be enabled via two different
methods, Option 43 and Known URL.
CSL-698-Airplay
Interrupt AppleTV players can override AirPlay
sessions through device profiles setup in Jamf Pro
10.0+, controlled by Carousel.
CSL-699 - First
Locales Carousel now supports English,
French, Spanish, and German. Only the user interface is localized and
any wording from the API will continue to be in English. Additionally, the
Template Editor and Health Checks will not be translated and will display in
English. This functionality requires US English Windows Server OS.
CSL-741 - API Memory
Leaks Fixed several memory leaks in the
API.
CSL-833 - Uploading
Multiple Bulletins in a Zone Activates All Bulletins Immediately Uploading multiple bulletins at a
time used to activate all of the bulletins immediately. It now puts them all
into the Upcoming section until they are modified. Uploading a single bulletin
still activates it after clicking Publish.
CSL-494 - Service Restart
Required For Updated Player Licensing to Take Affect The Carousel service now periodically
applies updated licensing so that player licenses are available without a
service restart.
CSL-593 - Housekeeping
Not Deleting Bulletins From Disk Fixed an issue where bulletins would
not be deleted from the disk. It now deletes them when the Carousel
housekeeping task runs periodically as expected.
CSL-628 - Installer
Only Creates Firewall Exceptions for Local Subnet Changed the Carousel installer to
create Windows Firewall exceptions for all networks instead of just the local
subnet. This ensures Carousel services are accessible for systems that are
publicly available.
CSL-634 - Display Shows
Only Live Video Bulletins After Monitor Turns On Fixed an issue where a Windows player
would show black except for live video bulletins after a monitor has been
turned on. The player now displays all zones as expected.
CSL-637 - Error Logging
into Carousel with Usernames That Contain a Period Fixed an issue where a username
containing a period would cause a failure when trying to log into Carousel.
You can now log in without issue with a username that contains a period.
CSL-650 - Players Unable
to Update Due to Background Audio Error Fixed an issue where an empty
background audio playlist could cause BrightSign and Apple TV players to stop
updating their content. Content is now updated without issue.
CSL-762 - Images and
Videos in Templates Can Get Lost When Exporting a Channel Fixed an issue where pictures and
videos that are selected in picture or video blocks get lost for templates or
bulletins when exporting a channel with the Clone tool. The selected pictures
and videos are now present when exporting a channel.
CSL-807 - Duplicate
zone tags after importing a channel Duplicate tags will no longer be
created when importing a channel.
CSL-1021 - Windows
Player Won't Display New Content When Impression Tracking Is Enabled Fixed an memory leak with impression
tracking on Windows players that would eventually use all the memory needed
for http communication with the server.
CSL-601 - The Carousel
7 Help Site's Quick Links Do Not Scroll to Correct Position Fixed an issue with scrolling to
content when clicking on help text links in browsers other than chrome. The
help text now scrolls to the proper content.
CSL-636 - Creating
A Channel With Clone Tool Does Not Set Initial Channel Fixed an issue where importing a
Carousel system's first channel with the Clone tool would not set that
channel as the systems initial channel. The first imported channel is now set
as the initial channel on fresh systems.
CSL-697 - Failed Media
Uploads Report Success Message in User Interface Fixed an issue where the Carousel UI
would still report a success message when a media upload failed. It now only
shows that the media upload failed if that is the case.
