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To set up your Consola preferences click on the Preferences button at the top left side of the application interface.
Your changes to the Preferences will be stored and set as default for your Consola.
 Main
Autostart:
Consola will start Placecasting on startup, using previous settings.
Inquiry Duration:
With this option you can specify the duration, in seconds, of the enquiry process, i.e. the time your computer spends looking for nearby Bluetooth devices. The duration should not be less than 10 seconds.
Inquiry Interval:
With this option you can specify the interval, in seconds, between the inquiries. The interval starts after all files are pushed to the discovered devices.
File Push Interval:
When there are several files to push to the same user, you can specify the interval, in seconds, between prompts on the mobile devices.
Use FTP instead of OPP:
When enabled, Consola uses File Transfer Protocol (FTP) instead of Object Push Profile (OPP).
With FTP, receiving devices are requested to pair with Consola. No pairing is required with the default OPP.
Database
Use Blacklist:
This was created to avoid spamming, i.e. sending the same file twice to one user. If a user rejects a transfer, the application blacklists him so that he is not disturbed again.
Don't resend already sent Files:
When checked, if a user receives a files, Consola blacklists that single file, to avoid duplications on the receiving device.
Surface
First Device Key
Specifies the first key to be used for selecting devices. Subsequent keys are assigned to additional devices in an alphabetic order. I.e. if the first device key is 'a' then the first device can be selected by pressing the key 'a'. A second device will be selectable by pressing 'b', a third by pressing 'c' and so on. If the first device key was '1' then the next keys generated for additional devices are '2', '3', etc. If the function key '^F1' is used then then subsequent devices will be selectable by: '^F2', '^F3'...
Escape Key:
If prompted to select a device through a device key then pressing the escape key instead as specified here allows the user to abort the device selection and return to the trigger state.
Note: You can set setup keys to push predefined content on the Scheduler under Key.
Stopped Path:
The optional file-system path to a html file to be displayed when Consola is stopped.
Trigger Path:
The optional file-system path to a html file to be displayed when Consola is running and waiting for a manual or automatic content selection.
Select Path:
The optional file-system path to a html file to be displayed when the user should select one device out of the discovered devices to push the content to. This state will only be entered if more than one devices is detected and if 'Send key-triggered pushes to all' is disabled.
You can use the following JavaScript properties to list the discovered devices within the html file:
window.Consola.discoveryList[i].name = the name of the device
window.Consola.discoveryList[i].key = the key to use to select the device i
Push Path:
The optional file-system path to a html file to be displayed when Consola is pushing content to a device. The content folder being pushed can be obtained by the following JavaScript property within the html file:
window.Consola.currentContentFolder
Leave Screen:
A key to be used to leave the full screen Surface mode and return to minimized display.
Auto-Surface:
If selected Consola will start automatically with the full screen Surface window opened. You should also select 'Autostart' on Main so that Consola starts its processing.
Log
Log to Console:
The software reports activity to Apple's Console, located in Applications/Utilities/Console.app.
Log to GUI:
The application reports activity to Consola's Main Window allowing the user to track all running activity.
Log Lines in GUI:
The maximum amount of lines displayed in the Main Window GUI. Setting this parameter to -1 translates into infinite log lines.
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