PADS4 Installation Manual

Configuring Chrome Browser for testing

This page explains how to configure a Windows Chrome Browser to run the PADS4 HTML5 Viewer.
This can be of use for some testing purposes. Be aware that this does not contains system related functionality like reboot.

Using a Chrome Web Browser as a 24/7 solution is not recommended. Watch functionality which is available on certified Android systems will check memory consumption and is able to restart when needed to keep the system up and running. This is not working on a Chrome Web Browser.

Start of Chrome Browser on Microsoft Windows for testing

PADS4 requires Chrome to be installed.

Required software

PADS4 requires Chrome Browser version 70 or higher

Supported features and limitations

Support	Category	Description
	Automatic PADS4 Software updates	Supported. HTML5 Viewer is automatically updated.
	Offline mode of device	While offline from the network, the device will still continue to play PADS4 presentations and change planned schedules for 7 days. Scheduled presentations, content and data is cached local.
	Device
	Portrait mode	Supported. Device will adjust the rotation automatically.
	Block remote control	Option to prevent usage of remote control to operate the screen
	Transfer protocols	HTTP, HTTPS
	Turn off display	Not supported
	Cluster Viewer	This device is able to be used as Cluster Viewer
	LED light bar	Supported. Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and White
	Elements
	Video element	Maximum number of videos 16 videos (related to hardware performance) Video rotation Not supported Seamless videos Not supported Reflection, skew, flip Not supported Streaming HTTP
	Image element	Support for JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF
	Text element	Supported
	Line element	Supported
	Shape element	Supported
	Scrolling text element	Supported
	Formatted text element	Supported
	Flash element	Not supported
	Table element	Supported
	Interactive button element	Supported
	Web element	Usage of the interactive Address Bar not supported
	Powerpoint element	Supported Requirement: Microsoft Powerpoint must be installed on the PADS4 Server Clipping, User interactivity and mousepointer not supported
	PDF element	Supported (Xpert license required)
	Data connections	Data connections make it possible to show information from external sources inside presentations
	Data providers	More than 70 PADS4 data providers for retrieval of (realtime) data from external sources and the possibility to change and join the data to fit your purpose
	Viewer Variables	Usage of Viewer Variables can simplify your presentations and data connections. It also gives the opportunity to centrally manage the content without changing presentations or data providers.
	Property bindings	Apply element properties by using external data sources
	Rules	Rules will make it possible to interact on certain situations like realtime data and change the behavior of a presentation automatically
	Presentation rules	Supported
	Page rules	Supported
	Element rules	Supported
	Device Management	Device management which can be performed from a remote location
	Remote device management Web based and Windows	Connection state Device connection state information Alerts Automatically send out alerts when network failures occur for this device Reboot Not supported Restart Viewer Not supported Shutdown Not supported Wake On Lan Not supported Screenshot Retrieve screenshots for what is actually displayed Logs Viewer log, synchronization log, system info Viewer Settings Edit Viewer Settings Fonts Install Fonts on device Proof of play Show Proof of play information Blackbox If help from NDS Support is required, the blackbox contains important information for investigation purposes
	Remarks
	Colors	Texture and pattern colors are not supported
	Transition effects	Horizontal and vertical blinds not supported Splitters, increased circle and sliced circle not supported
	Content file integrity	PADS4 Content Library file integrity is checked during synchronization using MD5
	Proof of play	Local storage limitation of max. 50.000 records on the HTML5 Viewer during offline period. When the 50.000 is hit, the oldest value will be removed first.