Adding multiple Players to your Network

Within your Signagelive Network it is also possible to add multiple Players at any given time via our user interface, which provides a simple efficient way to add devices with their naming conventions rather than connect and activate them one by one to your network.

The following article will introduce you to this process in how to use your network to add multiple Players in a single process as opposed to individually; ideal for larger scale deployments.

How to add multiple players

The steps below will help you add one or multiple players for the first time:

• Within your desired Signagelive network, please click on either the Network > Manage menu or the Settings > Licences menu. Either route will take you to the same process, so it is up to you on which of these methods you select.
• Within either of these areas, select the Blue Plus Button (blue button with +) and click Player.

At this stage You will now be presented with a full range of hardware manufacturers and operating systems that applies to the Signagelive Media Player options. Please now select the option relevant to your use case from the menu and proceed with the following steps:

• As noted, Select the relevant manufacturer/operating system from the options.
• At this point you can either click on the ‘Select your player model’ drop down and select your Player Model from the menu and it will give you a full instructions set on how to install below, or alternatively for this article you need to select “Upload a .CSV of Player Details”.
• Before clicking “Upload a .CSV of Player Details”, if you have not done this process before you will need to click “Download a .CSV Template” and this will download a file named “CSVUploadTemplate.csv” to your local computer.

• With the “CSVUploadTemplate.csv” file now open in a suitable software that allows you to read and edit the .CSV, you will see that we provide you with the following columns that need to be completed per device - model, hardwareId, licenceCode, name, address1, address2, town, postcode, county, country, activationCode.
• Please now complete the appropriate information for the amount of Players you wish to mass upload to your Signagelive network as per the provided rows and when complete please ensure your .CSV file is saved. You may need to export this out of your selected editing tool and therefore ensure you export as a .CSV.
• You will now need to go back and click the “Upload a .CSV of Player Details” button that you previously saw in the process, then select your saved .CSV file and this will proceed to allowing you to check your added information.
• Once you have gone through this process you will be provided with a summary of the details in your .CSV in our user interface where you can amend and if you're happy, please now click the Add Player(s) button to proceed.
• Your Players will now begin to activate and will soon be showing default Signagelive media shortly. You have successfully completed the process and your Network will now begin to show your connected Players shortly.