Each DISE Premium player has at the hub of its activity the DISE Control Center. 

It controls and monitors the services (applications) running, their settings and outputs, and also, what hardware and devices are available to the player, and relays this information to DISE Server. 

When a setting is changed centrally on the Server, Control Center is responsible for performing that change locally. DISE Control Center is installed on a Windows operating system and is only used in DISE Premium.

Starting playback

During normal operation, DISE Control Center will make sure that the correct number of application instances are running at all times, restarting them if they are interrupted for any reason. 

For instance, when the player is setup with two outputs, Control Center needs to initialize two instances of the playback. This is done automatically and without the need for user interaction.

Control center starts the playback automatically if it's not active. If you stop the playback with Escape, Control Center will wait and then start the playback again.


Screen and power control

Control Center is responsible for sending and receiving control information to/from screens, and to direct the player's power schedule (will tell Windows to put the PC to sleep).


Toolbar

When you stop the playback, a gray screen will be showing. In the top right corner there is a toolbar. 

  • Minimize (F8 on the keyboard)
    Shows the Windows desktop.
  • Pause / Resume (F9)

    Temporarily interrupt Control Center's normal operation. It will not automatically start playback until Resume is selected.

  • Refresh player (F10)
    Connect to Server and download updated player information, as well as redownloading content.

  • Clear settings (F11)
    Resets the player to the initial state (fetches a new discovery code)

  • Close (F12)
    Exits Control Center. Typicall, Control Center will start automatically on next system startup.


Context menu

You can find a Control Center icon in the system tray. Right clicking the icon will bring up a context menu.



  • Pause / Resume

    Temporarily interrupt Control Center's normal operation. It will not automatically start playback until Resume is selected.

  • Refresh player
    Connect to Server and download updated player information, as well as redownloading content.

  • Clear settings
    Resets the player to the initial state (fetches a new discovery code)

  • Settings
    Display settings for capture cards and audio.

  • Close
    Exits Control Center. Typicall, Control Center will start automatically on next system startup.