Goal: Configure the Carousel Cloud Player app on your Chrome device, and then register the Chrome device as a player in the Carousel Cloud web interface
Supported Carousel Cloud Features
Please note:
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Carousel Cloud supports:
The most current version of ChromeOS
All other fully supported versions of ChromeOS. Fully supported means at minimum, all required security updates are applied.
Specific questions about hardware that meets the above criteria, and your specific digital signage needs, should be directed to your systems integrator or Carousel Cloud reseller to choose appropriate devices
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In order to complete the following instructions, you will need to have a Chrome Enterprise account
You can find information for this from Google on this link
Overview of the Setup Process
Configure and deploy the Carousel Cloud Player App
Register the Chrome Device as a player in the Carousel Cloud web interface
Done!
ChromeOS Player Setup Process
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Obtain the Chrome Enterprise provisioning URL
Log in to Carousel Cloud
Click on the gear in the upper-right corner
Click on Configure
Select Players
Choose Player Setup
Click on Chrome Enterprise
Copy the URL provided
In the Google Admin console, go to Device Management>Chrome>Apps & Extensions>Kiosks
Create a new app, and paste in the Chrome Enterprise URL you previously copied from Carousel Cloud
The final app configuration step is to set the app to launch automatically using the Auto-launch app function. This will make your configured ChromeOS players auto-launch the Carousel Cloud Player app in Kiosk mode.
To test the app, please restart your ChromeOS device and if working correctly, the device will display a player activation screen, as shown below
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Lastly, you will need to register the ChromeOS device as a player in Carousel Cloud
If you are only registering a few players, you can follow the steps under the heading Player Activation in this Carousel Cloud article
For large deployments, follow the steps under the heading Batch Registration in this Carousel Cloud article to register multiple players simultaneously
Once the ChromeOS players are registered in Carousel Cloud, the selected players will begin to display your default cloud channel or the channel you specify during the registration process
Additional Notes for Kiosk Setup
To keep a Google Chromebox kiosk device on, complete each of the following:
Under Action on idle select Do nothing
In Screen dim timeout in minutes, enter 0
In Screen off timeout in minutes, enter 0
From the app that needs the kiosk device to be always on, in Apps & extensions>Kiosks, enable Allow App to Manage Power