Exhibitera 5

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Exhibitera 5

Exhibitera 5 introduces a user account system that enables administrators to restrict access to various features. Divide responsibility while minimizing risk with granular permissions and improved logging.

Hub

General

• A new user account system for managing access to Exhibitera.
• Components can now be added to more than one group.

Schedule

• Download schedules as CSV or JSON files.
• Create schedules from CSV or JSON files.

Maintenance

• Assign issues to users.
• Track when the latest change to an issue was made and who made it.

Exhibitera Apps

General

• When creating or editing a definition, the preview can be configured for displays of different aspect ratios.
• Rich previews help you select the perfect font.

InfoStation

• Control image sizing more precisely with support for Markdown image sizes.

Media Browser

• Designate spreadsheet columns as filterable to allow users to sort the media collection.
• Redesigned lightbox allows media to be bigger.

Media Player

• Create dynamic signage by annotating media with data from JSON files.
• Use media from URLs in addition to uploaded files.

Constellation 4

Constellation 4 expands customization for your apps and significantly improves Control Server's maintenance tracking capabilities.

Control Server

General

• Add and remove projectors, wake on LAN devices, and static components from the components tab.

Maintenance

• When viewing component details, a list of related issues is shown in the maintenance tab.
• Uploaded issue media files can be videos in addition to images.
• Multiple media files can be attached to an issue.
• Mark issues as completed and see a history of completed issues.
• View the maintenance status of your components from the components tab.
• Disk, CPU, and RAM stats have moved to the maintenance pane of component info, to provide more room on other panes.

Constellation Apps

General

• Constellation Apps now checks for software updates in standalone mode.
• In addition to a solid color, you can now set app backgrounds to an image or a two-color gradient.
• Clone definitions when setting up an app.

DMX Control

• Fixtures can now be edited after creation.

Media Player

• Overlay a logo or watermark.
• A background can now be set.

Timelapse Viewer

• A background can now be set.

Voting Kiosk

• Control the number of columns the buttons are arranged in.

Word Cloud

• The cloud can be displayed in uppercase in addition to lowercase.
• Add to the list of words that are removed from the cloud.

Constellation 3.3.1

Constellation 3.31

This is a bug-fix release for Constellation Apps. Apps version 3.3.1 is compatible with Control Server 3.3.

Fixes include:

• Address a rare crash when trying to set up Apps on a system without the ability to capture screenshots.
• Fix a bug in which the app could fail to switch when using Apps without Control Server.
• Fix a bug in which some apps would not save to the iOS home screen in app mode.

Constellation 3.3

Constellation 3.3

Constellation 3.3 expands configuration options for many apps and further streamlines the user experience on Windows.

Control Server

Schedule

• Create date-specific schedules as far in the future as you want.
• Make your schedules easier to understand by adding notes.
• Multiple schedule targets can now be selected for certain actions.

Constellation Apps

General

• New first-time setup wizard for Windows.
• Select and delete many files from the file picker.
• Customize the default language for apps that support multiple languages.

InfoStation

• Configure InfoStation using a new graphical setup tool.

Media Browser

• Support videos.
• Improve quality and performance with a new optimize content tool.
• Optionally choose thumbnails that are different from the main media file.
• Automatically detect some errors in user-provided spreadsheets.

Timeline Explorer

• Improve quality and performance with a new optimize content tool.
• Automatically detect some errors in user-provided spreadsheets.

Word Cloud

• Configure Word Cloud using a new graphical setup tool.
• Set the Word Cloud text color to a user-specified color.
• Format the cloud in shapes other than a rectangle.

Constellation 3.2

Constellation 3.2 introduces a new, more seamless way of running Constellation. It also includes a powerful and flexible tool for managing DMX lighting systems, and continues to extend the new setup experience to more apps.

New features

• Run Constellation as a self-contained app. BETA
• Create and manage complex lighting setups with DMX Control.
  • Connect to DMX devices using an OpenDMX or uDMX controller.
  • Bridge multiple DMX universes with groups.
• Create a new definition, or preview or edit an existing one from within the Control Server web console.

Updated features

• Media Browser is now configured entirely through the user interface.
• Media Browser now supports portrait orientations and many more customization options.
• Media Player is now configured entirely through the user interface.
• Set distinct durations for each image in a Media Player definition.

Constellation 3.1

Constellation 3.1

Constellation 3.1 introduces a new app, Timeline Explorer. Turn a spreadsheet into an interactive timeline, and control its look and feel like never before.

New features

• Timeline Explorer is the fastest way to build an interactive timeline.
  • Display your timeline in portrait or landscape orientation to best fit your needs.
• The all-new setup experience enables you to control every aspect of Timeline Explorer with the graphical interface—editing INI files is a thing of the past!
  • This powerful new configuration experience is also coming to Voting Kiosk and Timelapse Viewer in 3.1, and the rest of Constellation Apps through the 3.X release series.
• From the component view on the web console, you can now view a screenshot of the component in most instances.
• Manage a component's content from its configuration page.

Updated features

• Switch timelines, timelapses, and voting surveys seamlessly with the new Definitions Tab in the component info panel.
  • Selecting a new definition doesn't just change the content, it switches automatically to the correct app so that everything always looks right for guests.
• Voting Kiosk is now configured entirely through the user interface.
• Voting Kiosk now supports portrait orientations.
• Voting Kiosk now supports adjusting style options, such as color and font.
• Timelapse Viewer can now convert your videos into frames for use with the app.
• Timelapse Viewer has new options for the attractor and the ability to toggle the hand indicator on and off.
• The Control Server web console now updates in real-time—no more delay between a server update and the web console's display.

Constellation 3.0

Constellation 3.0

Constellation 3.0 makes managing your system easier than ever! Every aspect of Control Server is now managed via the web console. Want to update the settings for one of your apps? You can do that from anywhere. Need to tweak how a projector is handled? That's easy, too!

New features

• Easily configure all your Control Server settings from the web console.
  • Projcetors, wake-on-LAN devices, static components, and component descriptions can all be edited with an intuitive user interface.
• A more powerful component status page.
  • Change settings on your Constellation apps with an easy quick-settings page.
  • Filter your component content for only those files compatible with your current app.
  • Get key app properties, including the OS, browser, IP address, and more at the click of a button.
  • Rename content files from within the status page.
• An easy-to-use update manager.
  • See changelogs and get direct download links for each of your components.

Updated features

• Types are now called groups and are more powerful than ever.
  • Group names can now contain spaces.
  • Proejctors can now be included in any group.
• Proejctors and wake-on-LAN devices can now use maintenance tracking.
• New schedule action: Set App.
  • Switch between apps like Media Player and Timelapse Viewer anytime you need to.
• Media Player now offers basic support for audio files.

Constellation 2.0

This is the first compiled release for Constellation, providing x86_64 support for Windows and Linux.