1.8.0-alpha2 Development Preview Released

We have released 1.8.0 as a stable release, please refer to the announcement for information on using or upgrading to 1.8.

We are proud to announce the release of our second development preview for the 1.8 series of Xibo. The codename for this series is “Tempel”.

This release builds on the enhancements in 1.8.0-alpha by fixing 43 issues/features and an upgrade application capable of upgrading from any 1.7.0 release or later.

Highlights:

• Xibo Message Relay (XMR) for push messaging between the CMS and Players
• Update application capable of upgrading from 1.7.0 or later
• Predefined Commands for scheduling and using on a Layout
• API improvements
• Xibo for Windows Player

Signage Players

This release contains new features relating to the communication between the CMS and the Players. To use this release you must use Xibo for Windows 1.8.0-alpha2 or Xibo for Android R58 or later.

The download is available on GitHub.

We have much more planned for 1.8.0-alpha3 which we hope to release at the end of February 2016.

Please Note: This is a development preview release and should not be used in production.