Last updated on September 15, 2017

1.20 Release Notes

This release note describes the new major build for Appspace App v1.20.

Highlights

Support for network command events and action scripting in interactive mode for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) devices.
Support for Airtime Percentage, a new Frequency Restriction Setting option available in Signs.
Includes various bug fixes.

Supported Hardware

Operating Environment	Device	Reference Models	Minimum Firmware / OS Version	Minimum Appspace Version
Chrome OS	Chromebox	Dell Chromebox 3010 AOPEN Chromebox ASUS Chromebox	Chrome OS 46 55.0.2883.103	Appspace 6.0


BrightSign	BrightSign 4K Series 2 BrightSign XD Series 2	4K1142 XD1132	v 6.1.76	Appspace 6.0


	BrightSign XT Series 3 . BrightSign XD Series 3 .	XT1143 XT243 XD1033 XD233	v 6.2.63	Appspace 6.0




	BrightSign HD Series 3 . BrightSign LS Series 3	HD1023 HD223 LS423	v 6.2.94	Appspace 6.1




Samsung Smart Signage Platform (SSSP) 3.0	DBE/DME/DHE/UDE-P/DME-BR series	DM32E DM40E	1026.6	Appspace 6.0


MediaVue	MediaVue SureVue	SureVue D1 SureVue D2 SureVue D4 SureVue D6	v 1.2.4	Appspace 6.0




Cisco IEC	Cisco IEC 4600 Series	IEC-4650	v 2.3.4b (build 5.354.406)	Appspace 6.0
Universal Windows Platform (UWP)	UWP Tablets Desktop PC/Laptops	Microsoft Surface Pro Desktop PC	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro	Appspace 6.1


Android	Android Devices	Samsung Tab 4 Samsung Galaxy Tab S	Android 4.4.2 KitKat Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow	Appspace 6.1


iOS	iOS Devices	iPad iPad Mini	iOS 9 iOS 10	Appspace 6.1
iOS	iOS Devices	iPad iPad Mini	iOS 9 iOS 10	Appspace 6.1
LG	SM5KC series	32SM5KC	webOS 3.0 Firmware v 4.30.40	Appspace 6.2
LG	SM5KC series	32SM5KC	webOS 3.0 Firmware v 4.30.40	Appspace 6.2

New Features and Enhancements

General

Support for Frequency Restriction settings with Air Time % for content, in Signs Playout Properties.
Improved log retrieval function in Device Tasks:
- Added option to save log in JSON, or CSV format.
- Removed datetime info from message field when saving log to database.

LG WebOS

Improvements to video playback on LG devices with dual video elements, to ensure a seamless video playback experience. This method loads the next video on top of the current video, and unloads the current video once it has finished playing.

Universal Windows Platform

Support for network command events to emulate a remote control in interactive mode.
- To enable this function, set the ‘Remote.Enable’ player property to True, and execute the network command ‘?remote=[action]’, where actions represent the following:
  - up = Up
  - down = Down
  - left = Left
  - right = Right
  - system = Device Menu
  - select = Select
  - back = Back
- Execute the ‘?channel=[action]&[searchby]=[value after URI encode]’ network command to perform the following actions:
  - Load channel
    - By ID: ?channel=loadchannel&channelid=52654
    - By name: ?channel=loadchannel&channelname=channel & name
  - Load channel group
    - By ID: ?channel=loadchannelgroup&channelgroupid=52654
    - By name: ?channel=loadchannelgroup&channelgroupname=channel group name
  - Load live channel
    - By ID: ?channel=loadlivechannel&livechannelid=0001
    - By name: ?channel=loadlivechannel&livechannelname=live channel name
  - Open Search page
    - ?channel=search&query=abc
  - Load EPG
    - ?channel=loadepg
  - Load Recently Added page
    - ?channel=loadrecent
  - Load Home page
    - ?channel=loadhome
  Note
  
  You must URI encode text strings that contain unicode and non-latin characters before executing the commands.
- Support for executing system commands within interactive mode, as follows:
  - ?system=restart
  - ?system=resync
  - ?system=reset-content
  - ?system=unregister
  Note
  
  Executing system commands results in the Appspace App restarting, thus requiring the port to be open again on the following restart. This however does not apply when unregistering Appspace App.

Patch Updates

1.20.1

Resolved Bugs

APC-2917 - Player stays “Out of Sync” when Alerts content is broadcasted.
APC-3865 - Playout Metric shows incorrect playback count.
APC-3868 - iOS: Interactive Mode shows black for about one second after rotating the display from Portrait to Landscape.
APC-3435 - When user presses the Backspace key on the Device Menu, the side menu incorrectly comes up.

Resolved Escalations

AE-3533 - Unable to register Appspace App via claim code, if a localhost is used to access the Appspace server.

Known Issues

General

The Appspace App claim code does not validate after a network failure, during registration.

LG webOS

Audio plays randomly on the YouTube Card.
Pressing the Back button on a remote control when viewing a YouTube Card, does not redirect to the previous page.
A video flickers black for a second, before the next video is played.
Interactive mode (Light theme) has display issues when displaying the default thumbnail.
Unable to play MP4 videos.

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

Interactive mode stops working on a device after a Windows Update.