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How to install Pronestor Display on the server

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Pre-requisites

This topic explains which pre-requisites are required to install Pronestor Display as an on-site installation.

Server - software:

Microsoft server 2008 or newer

  • Internet Information Service 7.0 or newer
  • Microsoft .net 4.5.2 framework or newer
  • ASP.NET 4.6 framework

Dependencies:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2013/2016/2019/Office365 or Gsuite (formerly known as Google Apps for Business)

Server - Hardware

  • CPU min. 4GHZ (min. 4 CPU cores)
  • Min. 4 GB RAM 
  • Min 500 MB disk space for application files
  • We do support professional devices like Samsung DB10 with SSP and Philips Display (10BDL3051T)
    We do support customer devices like iPad 2/3/4/air/air2 (+iOS9 and newer), Android tablets (incl. Kindle Fire HD) and Windows tablets (Windows 8/10). 
    The default designs are validated to be used with the following devices iPad 2/3/4/air/air2, Samsung Tab 3/4/A and Philips Display (10BDL3051T)

    IMPORTANT     - we strongly recommend using professional hardware/digital signs that are made to be used for 24/7 usage ex. Samsung DB10 and Philips 10BDL3051T. These devices also support PoE, scheduled power on/off (only Philips), and MDM. 


  • You can use the system from any web browser – like MS Internet Explorer, Firefox, Apple Safari and Chrome web browser

Installation on server

Download the installation file from our download site https://downloads.pronestor.com/

Unzip the file in a folder on the server.

Open Windows PowerShell as an admin

Go to the directory where you unzipped the folder and call the file Pronestor.display.setup.msi

Follow the onscreen instructions.

Configure access to your calender - this guide tells you how https://helpdesk.pronestor.com/hc/en-us/articles/202963798-Connecting-Pronestor-Display-to-your-Calendar

Open “Start->All Programs->Pronestor Display->Launch Pronestor Display”

 

Support for Samsung SSP devices

If the installation is to work with Samsung SSP3 devices - please do as follows:

  • Install URL Rewrite module from Microsoft (http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite)
  • Open web.config with Notepad (%systemdrive%\inetpub\wwwroot\pronestordisplay\web.config) 
  • Insert the following into Web.config in the <system.webserver> section

    <rewrite>
     <rules>
       <rule name="SpecificRewrite" stopProcessing="true">
         <match url="^PronestorDisplay.zip$" />
         <action type="Rewrite" url="Home.mvc/GenerateSamsungAppBundle" />
       </rule>
     </rules>
   </rewrite>

Installation of License key

The Pronestor Display License is delivered by Pronestor and comes as a .zip file.

  • Unzip the file and save it.
  • Go to settings/License in the Pronestor Display solution.
  • Click on ”Insert License” and insert the license file here. 

 

Common issues concerning Microsoft IIS when browsing Pronestor Display from IE. Please take a look at this link:

IIS problem

 

 

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    What data to we store?
    We store the room names and the period that they have been booked (when using Exchange/O365/Google)
    We store the information for analytics purpose for the customer.
    We do not store information on who has done what.
    Data is not shared or used for other purposes.

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