Version 5 for Version 4 Users

New User Interface Features

The NTB's user interface has been made easier to use. There are fewer pages and all pages are shorter to avoid the need to scroll within the page. Many pages divide up the information presented in 'Tabs'.

The correspondance between V4 and V5 pages is summarised in a table at the end of this page.

Diary Features

In V4.4 diary functionality was split up between the Layout Manager, Audio Settings and Display Settings pages. The diary status was obtained from the Diary Status page.

In V5.0, all diary functions, now called the schedule, are accessed from a single Schedule page, accessed from the Home page.

Template Manager

Templates have been removed for V5.0. In V5.0, Zone management, geometry and defaults are properties of a Layout. When a Zone is changed it will be applied automatically to the Layout.

Zone management and geometry are performed from a new Layout Editing page, while Zone Defaults are accessed from the Defaults tab of the Zone page.

Ad-Hoc

The Ad-Hoc mechanism has been heavily revised for V5.0. V5.0 introduces the concept of an Ad-Hoc Item, which is broadly equivalent to a version 4.4 Ad-Hoc Form. All Ad-Hoc Items are managed from a single page in V5.0, rather than being separated by Ad-Hoc type, as in version 4.4.

V5.0 allows Ad-Hoc Items to be collected together and displayed in Ad-Hoc Pages. There are two views of an Ad-Hoc Page; design view where the administrative user determines which Ad-Hoc Items should be shown, and the data-entry view that only provides access to the data entry parts of each Ad-Hoc Item on the page. The data-entry view is for the Ad-Hoc User.

The Ad-Hoc Pages feature allows the designer to group related Ad-Hoc Items, and allows the Ad-Hoc User to modify a number of Ad-Hoc Items from a single web page.

Ad-Hoc Pages can be created and managed automatically on a Layout by Layout basis by selecting the 'Ad-Hoc Page Management' option in Properties tab of the Layout page for the relevant Layout.

System Tests

System tests are now contained within the pages to which they relate, rather than being grouped in the System Tests page. For example, to test TV card functionality in V5.0, please visit the Tests section of the TV page in Setup.

Status Pages

The information shown by the seperate V4 Status pages has been incorporarated in to the matching setup page.

The following pages automatically update their status:

Home page. The Live Layout image and status text will update automatically.
News Feeds page. The status for each news feeds is updated automatically.
Channel Publishing page. The publishing progress is updated automatically.
Channel Subscription page. The subscription progress is updated automatically.

Menu Entries

The following tables show the correspondance between V4.0 pages and the new V5.0 pages.

V4.4		V5.0
Index	Page	Index	Page	Tab
Design section
Home	Ad-Hoc Forms	Home	Ad-Hoc Items
Home	Layout Manager	Home	Layouts
Home	Colours Editor	Home	Colours
Home	News Feed Manager	Home	News Feeds
Home	File Manager	Home	Files & Folders
Home	Template Manager	See above
Home	Channel Publishing	Home	Publish Channel
Home	Channel Subscribing	Home	Subscribe Channel
Ad-Hoc Customisation section
Home	Media Folder	Home	Media Folder
Home	All other entries	See above
Status section
Home	CPU Load	Home	Player Status	CPU Load
Home	News Feed Status	Home	News Feeds
Home	Diary Status	Home	Schedule
Home	Player Status	Home	Player Status	Playing Now
Home	Environment Status	Home	System Information
Home	Screen Snap Shot	Home	Player Status	Screen Snap Shot
Settings section
Settings	Audio Settings	Setup	Audio
Settings	Audio Settings	Home	Schedule
Settings	Channel Settings	Setup	Channel
Settings	Date and Time Settings	Setup	Date and Time
Settings	Display Settings	Setup	Screen	Settings
Settings	Display Settings	Home	Schedule
Settings	DVB-T Tuner Settings	Setup	TV	Digital TV
Settings	HTTP Proxy Settings	Setup	HTTP Proxy
Settings	Licensing Settings	Setup	Licensing
Settings	Network Settings	Setup	Network
Settings	Player Settings	Setup	Player
Settings	RS232 Settings	Setup	RS232
Settings	Security Settings	Setup	Security
Settings	Tuner Settings	Setup	TV	Analogue TV
Settings	User Account Settings	Setup	Users
Status section
Settings	Licensing Status	Setup	Licensing	Status
Settings	Security Status	Setup	Security	Status
Maintenance and Troubleshooterer section
Settings	Reboot System	Setup	Reboot System
Settings	Support	Setup	Support Tasks
Settings	System Tests	See above
Settings	Update	Setup	Software Update