Install Guide - Windows

Install Guide - Windows

Read First

Pre-install tips

  1. Review the Install Checklist (read the hardware and network requirements before proceeding).
  2. If you haven’t received your Vibe Site URL and authentication code(s), please contact your Vibe administrator or the Vibe Support team.
  3. We recommend installing remote management software on your Windows devices and providing access to your Vibe Support team for streamlined assistance.
  4. After successfully installing the Vibe.fyi player app, apply the recommended scheduled tasks to prevent memory bloat from Windows, Chrome, and other background tasks on your computer.
  5. If you're upgrading the Vibe.fyi player app and currently running v3.0 or below on your Windows device, uninstall the current version. If you're running v4.0+, uninstalling is not required.

Single PC

App Install & Setup

  • Download Google Chrome for Windows
  • Get the Digital Signage app for Windows installer from Vibe.fyi and save the MSI file to a location on your local drive
  • Double-click the MSI file to run it. You can either change the app settings via the installer interface or adjust them after installation
  • Click Install
  • When the Vibe.fyi player app (v4.0+) is successfully installed on your Windows device, run the app (press the Windows key and search for the Vibe Digital Signage app in the Start menu)
     
    Note: the app will auto-launch on Windows start-up, so the next time you start your PC, the app will run automatically.
  • Enter the app settings for this device and save
  • Open Logs and click [Launch Chrome]

Vibe.fyi app settings

  1. Site URL (required) - Enter your unique Vibe site URL
  2. Auth Code (required) - Enter the unique auth code generated for the Windows device
  3. Slides Folder (required) - Select a folder (on your local drive) to store your slides
  4. Minutes Between Syncs - Leave as the default value (5 minutes) or adjust as needed
  5. Seconds Between Information Bar Syncs: Leave as the default value (30 seconds) or adjust as needed
  6. Disable Information Bar: By default, the information bar is displayed. Untick the checkbox to hide the information bar.
  7. Load Chrome on Launch: By default, Chrome will automatically opened when the app is opened. Untick the checkbox to prevent Chrome launching automatically

Group Policy Deployment

  1. Request the new MSI package from Vibe.fyi.
  2. The MSI should only be installed in quiet mode (i.e. no user interface nor user interaction). Here is a sample command to install the MSI in quiet mode:
    msiexec /i VibeDigitalSignage.4.0.0.msi /quiet SITEURL="https://yourdomain.vibe.fyi" AUTHCODE="<DEVICENAME>" SLIDEFOLDER="" MINSYNC="5" INFOBARSYNC="30" DISINFOBAR="No" CHROMELOAD="Yes" USEROVERWRITE="Yes"
Command Arguments
  1. SITEURL - (Required) Enter the unique Vibe.fyi domain URL provided by your Vibe support team.
  2. Vibe Digital signage settings
    1. AUTHCODE - This switch can either be an 8 character code (from license manager) or the variable string <DEVICENAME> to use the device name found in Settings > System > About.
    2. SLIDEFOLDER - Create a folder on your local drive and enter the folder path. If you leave this argument empty, the app will download slides to a default location at C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\VibeDigitalSignage\Slides
    3. MINSYNC - Specify minutes between slide syncs. The minimum time between syncs should be the length of your total playlist runtime
      e.g. if your total playlist time is 7min, 10s, the time between syncs should be 8 minutes (check with your site administrator if you are unsure or contact support@vibe.fyi)
      Default value of this argument is 5.
    4. INFOBARSYNC - Specify seconds between information bar syncs. Default value is 30
    5. DISINFOBAR - Specify whether to disable information bar. Accepted values are "Yes" and "No". Enter "No" if you want to show the information bar whenever an info bar alert is published. Default value is "No"
    6. CHROMELOAD - Specify whether to load Chrome upon app launch and play slides. Accepted values are "Yes" and "No". Enter "Yes" to launch Chrome whenever the app is opened. Default value is "Yes"
  3. USEROVERWRITE - (Optional) accepted values are "Yes" and "No". Default value is "Yes". Use this switch if you don't want individual users to manually change app settings. After an app upgrade via Group Policy or Intune, the settings you specified in the install command will be used to overwrite any setting changes made by users. If you don't want the app to overwrite manual user settings after app upgrades, please set this switch to "No".
Note:
  1. if you remove an argument from the command, its default value will be used. For example, the command can be as short as this:
    msiexec /i VibeDigitalSignage.4.0.0.msi /quiet SITEURL="https://yourdomain.vibe.fyi" AUTHCODE="12345678"
  2. The app will auto-launch on Windows start-up, so the next time you start your PC, the app will run automatically. 

Intune

  1. Login to https://intune.microsoft.com and open Apps
  2. Under 'By platform', click Windows
  3. Click + Add


  4. Under App type, select Other / Line-of-business app

  5. In the Add App screen, click select app package file, select the MSI file provided (e.g. VibeDigitalSignage.4.0.0.msi), then click OK.
  6. Under App Information
    1. Name - Vibe Digital Signage
    2. Description - Vibe Digital signage setup wizard application push
    3. Publisher - Vibe.fyi Limited
    4. Command-line arguments - SITEURL="https://yourdomain.vibe.fyi" AUTHCODE="<DEVICENAME>" SLIDEFOLDER="" MINSYNC="5" INFOBARSYNC="30" DISINFOBAR="No" CHROMELOAD="Yes" USEROVERWRITE="Yes"

      For more details about the arguments, please check Group Policy Deployment section above.
    5. All other settings can stay default
    6. Click Next


  7. Under Assignments (Required), add a group or select all devices (this will depend on your organisations Intune setup), then click Next

  8. Review App creation and click Create. This should now push out on the next Intune Policy sync.
  9. The app will auto-launch on Windows start-up, so the next time you start your PC, the app will run automatically.

Troubleshooting

Slides not displaying in fullscreen

  1. Open Chrome from your Start menu or taskbar (not from the Launch Chrome button in the player)
  2. In the app settings, click [Launch Chrome]. The slides should appear in the Chrome browser you opened in step 1.
  3. To enable full-screen mode, do either of the following:
    1. Press F11 to go full screen
      OR
    2. Press F12 to open Developer Tools, open the Device Toolbar and enter these settings - Landscape 1920 x 1080px and Portrait 1080 x 1920px

App Not Syncing

  1. Close and reopen the app
  2. Verify that the Site URL and Auth Code are correct
  3. Delete any extra spaces at the end of the fields
  4. If the app is still not syncing, contact your Vibe Support team and confirm if your IP address is being blocked
  5. If the issues persist, take a screenshot of the folder contents and your app settings, and send them to your Vibe Support team for further investigation
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