ENPS Server Settings

Global Configuration Options

The following System Maintenance > Global Configuration Options settings relate to ENPS Mobile:

  • MobileAPNS - configure to ensure that alerts are delivered to iOS devices

  • MobileFCM - configure to ensure that alerts are delivered to Android devices

The MobileAPNS and MobileFCM settings are configured by the ENPS Mobile Platform Installer. If missing, please Contact Us.

Staff

Some settings in the System Maintenance > Staff table allow administrators to control ENPS Mobile access rights and editing permissions for individual users.

Access Rights

By default, all users can access both the ENPS desktop client and ENPS Mobile. This can be changed by ticking boxes in the Blocked Clients column:

  • Desktop - prevents the user from accessing the ENPS desktop client.

  • Smartphone - prevents the user from logging in to ENPS Mobile (on any device).

The remaining boxes either relate to legacy or not fully implemented functionality.

Edit Permissions

Smartphone Edit

The Smartphone Edit column controls whether a user can edit existing content or add new lines to a Rundown via ENPS Mobile, subject to their normal ENPS permissions.

By default, this column is blank. This means that the user's ability to edit depends on the value of the AllowEditing setting in Internet Information Services (IIS) on the ENPS Mobile Gateway server.

If this column is set to Allow or Deny, it will override the AllowEditing setting on the server for that user only.

Smartphone TSV

The Smartphone TSV column lets you allow or deny access to the Tablet Story Viewer for specific users.

By default, all users have access to the Tablet Story Viewer.

If the value in this column is set to Allow or left blank, the user will be able to access the Tablet Story Viewer. Setting the value to Deny will prevent access to the TSV.

The Web Edit column is a legacy setting.

There is no server-wide setting to disable the Tablet Story Viewer for all users.

NOM Configuration Settings

To ensure that users are properly alerted in real time when new messages are received, the BroadcastMail setting must be set to 1 in the NOM.INI file on all ENPS servers in an enterprise.

This should already have been set on the ENPS servers. To check:

  1. Navigate to the \NOM directory on the server.

  2. Locate and open the NOM.INI file.

  3. Under the [NOM] section, check that the following setting exists: BroadcastMail=1

    If not, add it.

  4. Close and save the NOM.INI file if you have made any changes.

  5. Restart the News Object Manager if you made any changes to the NOM.INI, at a time that is convenient for your newsroom.