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76 | NAVISET ADMINISTRATOR 2 USER’S GUIDE
Chapter
7
Tasks
About Tasks
Tasks are operations that query or perform commands on one or more devices. Tasks can be scheduled to start at
particular times or on demand. Tasks can be congured to run once or continue running for a specic period of time and
at specied intervals.
There are 4 basic types of task that can be performed in NaViSet Administrator:
• Command Tasks: Change settings or perform operations on devices. For example: Turning the display power
on, selecting a particular video input, or selecting a particular channel on the TV tuner. Command Tasks can also
be used to create a preset conguration of multiple settings that can be then sent to displays to perform easy
conguration.
• Conditional Tasks: Read one or more settings or parameters from devices at periodic intervals, and issue
alerts if any of the values are outside of a specied range or value, or changes in value. For example an alert can
be issued if the internal temperature of a display exceeds a specic value, or if a diagnostic error condition reported
by a display.
• Informational Tasks: Read one or more settings or parameters from devices at periodic intervals, and displays
the readings in real time. An example use would be to continuously monitor the internal temperature of a display.
• Built-in Tasks: Special tasks created by the system. These tasks will be visible only if devices that support
them exist in the device tree. An example of a built-in task is Proof of Play, described at the end of this chapter.
When a Task is run it will attempt to perform the specied operation on each of the devices selected in the Task before
completing. For Conditional and Informational type tasks, the task can be set to poll the devices at specic intervals,
either indenitely, or for a specic run time.
The status of running tasks can be monitored in real-time. Upon completion, the result history of every operation is
saved in the database for use at a later time. Task history can also be exported to an Excel spreadsheet or delimited
text le, or copied to the clipboard.
Task Library
All tasks are managed using the Task Library, available on the Tasks menu or by clicking the toolbar button. Tasks
can be created, edited, duplicated, and deleted from within the Task Library. The execution history of a task can also be
viewed and exported.