Auto Registration of Players

Bulk registering thousands of players manually can become very cumbersome and adds time and cost. To simplify this process, the bulk registration feature allows you to specify a pre-shared key in AEM that can be provisioned into a player either through a configuration file or a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution.

Implementing Auto Registration of Players

Follow the steps below to implement auto registration of players:

1. Log into your AEM instance and select your AEM screens project and click Properties from the action bar.

2. Select the Advanced tab to view the Device registration section.

3. Specify an auto registration code in Bulk registration code field and an optional default display in Default display assignment to assign to the player that is auto registered.

   NOTE

   Enter a code of your choice and select a default display if needed.

   

4. Provision your players with the appropriate server URL and registration code using an MDM or configuration JSON file.

   NOTE

   Please refer to the implementation page for the specific player for your Operating System (OS) for more details. You can also use the admin UI for entering the registration code.

5. If the registrationKey attribute matches the one configured in AEM, the player will automatically register itself and if a default display is configured, that content will download and play.

   

Security Best Practices

Follow the section below to consider some of the best practices for Security:

• To ensure that the registration code is not compromised, configure the code in AEM just before starting the bulk registration and when done, please clear that field and save in AEM.

• You can configure the path /bin/screens/registration to only be accessible from known IP ranges if possible.

• Consider using an MDM to provision the player with the configuration.

• Always use HTTPS and not HTTP for player communication with AEM.

  NOTE

  Default display assignment currently only works for bulk registration and not for manual registration without a registration code.