[EN] - Smart Reader Admin User Guide

Owned by Olivier Bouteau
Last updated: May 17, 2022 by Rebecca Sonu
3 min read

Smartreader-admin is a small program that allows to:

  • find smartreaders in a subnetwork

  • see the status of smartreaders

  • compare installations (versions and plugin settings)

Installation

The smartreader-admin is installed by default on our hubs. http://x.y.z.w/

You can also install it on your PC.

  1. unzip the file smartreader-admin-Win32-Vx.y.z.zip

The smartreader-admin is a program that you have to run every time you need it. It cannot be installed as a windows service.

First launch

Double click on smartreader-admin.exe

smartreader-admin.exe launches 2 programs:

  • a server (written in Go) that manages the search and retrieval of statuses

  • Google Chrome to display and interact with smartreaders.

By default, no smartreader is detected:

Start the smartreader search by pressing the magnifying glass in the upper right corner

Enter the subnet you want to explore

If necessary, acknowledge the Windows security window.

The following icons will appear at the bottom of each station :

allows you to access the Home page of the station

 

allows you to access the station's configuration page (Market)

 

Indicates the current status of the player: Blue playing, Gold paused, Red disconnected

 

Indicates if the Registration plugin is installed. Blue : Installed, Red, not installed

 

Allows access to the station's logs. Blue: no recent errors, Red: errors are present in the logs

 

Allows the restart or stop of some elements:

Configuration

smartreader-admin is a web server that starts by default on port 81. If this port is already used on your PC, you will not be able to start.

You can change the port in the configuration file conf/config.yaml

You can also change the default browser.