Player: Working with stations

Hey,
we are currently working with stations to distribute our apps directly to the dmg machine or computer that is at the workplace.
We have observed, that while running the app on a station in Developer Mode it does not run the current development version but instead the recently published version. (that is currently configured in the station)

The app loads it data by the specified station, so it is needed to change the station while testing to look up the interface on our different machines.
To currently test the app, I need to start the app on a Test Station.
Only after that, I can test the current development version on the other stations.

Current behaivor

  • starts app in dev mode with preselected station “Test Station 1”
  • After the app is started with begin, I change to station to “DMC 340FD” and reload the first step
  • Until the dev mode refreshes, I can test my app

Excepted behavior

  • the app can be started in the station “DMC 340FD” and loads the current dev state instead of the last published version

At the moment, we are unsure if this is a planned behavoir or an error.

In expected behavior I mean “the app can be started in the station “DMC 340FD” in developer mode”

Hi Marcus,

I am wondering if need to assign your Player devices (DMG machine or computer) to a station that permits running development versions of apps?

In this case, does station “DMC 340FD” have permission to run dev mode apps? (which you can check on stations page)

This post covers some changes that were made Upcoming Changes to Unassigned Player Device Behavior that may be helpful to know as well.

Hi Beth,
thanks for the quick input.

Currently, the player is configured like this.

It is one of our production stations, so would changing the version to development impact our users at the machine?
I do not want that the user gets the newest build from our devs.
Only published versions should be available.

But we need to test that apps on that station.

Thanks :slight_smile: