I am pleased to announce the availability of Subscriber Kiosk 3.0 Update Release 6. I would like to thank our customers for their suggestions on ways to improve Subscriber Kiosk, many of which have been incorporated into this release. This Update Release is free to current owners.
Update Release 6 includes the following improvements and new features:
- Improved operation of the automatic incremental backup feature introduced in Release 5:
- Now shows the avatar’s name followed by “Subscribed” or “Unsubscribed” in the email subject line when set to email each transaction. Format is unchanged from Release 5 when set to periodically email groups of transactions.
- The incremental auto-backup transaction log is now automatically emailed to the specified address and flushed (cleared) whenever the operator selects Send > Email Log, Clear List, Restore, or Update > Perform. The log contents is also chatted (non-public) to the kiosk operator (owner or administrator).
- CAUTION: Owners who are updating from Release 5 or earlier kiosks are advised to flush and email the transaction log manually before starting the update process to avoid losing transactions that have not yet been emailed. This can be done by selecting Send > Email Log from the Master Kiosk’s dialog menu.
- Added capability to enable subscribers to obtain previously sent items stored in a SISBox by using any Remote Kiosk within the same region/sim as the SISBox (new ‘History’ button). They no longer have to visit the SISBox directly. Only available on Remote Kiosks in same region as Master Kiosk.
- Added SendRate parameter to Subscriber Config notecard to allow owners to reduce the maximum rate at which inventory items are sent to subscribers. The default value is 10 per second (assuming at least 20 Subscriber Slave scripts are installed). Some owners have reported occasional item delivery failures under certain heavily loaded sim conditions. Slowing down the item delivery rate by specifying a SendRate value of less than 10 per second should help this at the expense of taking longer to send items. If you are not having delivery problems, it is recommended you leave the SendRate parameter blank (will default to 10 sends per second) for minimum sending time.
- Made scripts more tolerant of minor errors in IMCard format, e.g. ‘return’ at end of first line no longer results in illegal format error message. IMCard is still limited to one line of less than 255 characters and cannot contain any embedded inventory items.
- Added code to support the new optional Subscriber Kiosk Archive Controller accessory.
- Modified Subscriber Name2Key script to check multiple external key lookup databases. This should reduce the number of failed lookups when only the avatar name is specified during manual list editing or Append/Restore from a Subscriber Backup notecard.
- Made several minor bug fixes to improve reliability and message clarity.
How to get it:
If you purchased or updated your kiosk after March 7, 2009, you can get a Release 6 Update Kit by using the ‘Update’ and ‘Check/Get’ buttons on your Master and Remote Kiosk’s main dialog box. It is not necessary to visit the vendor at Night Sky or know your configuration codes. Be sure to get both a Master and Remote Update Kit (they are different) if you have both types of kiosk. If you had automatic update checking enabled, you will receive the Update Kit automatically. You only need one update kit for each kiosk type (Master and Remote), regardless of how many copies you have made.
Special note to SISBox Owners: If you own a SISBox you should update it to Release 6 as well. There is currently no automated process for updating SISBox scripts. A SISBox Update Kit has been sent to all SISBox owners of record as of November 21, 2010. If you own a SISBox and did not get your free Update Kit, please send an IM to Fred Allandale and I will send you one.
If you don’t have an ‘Update’ button on your kiosk, you can get the Update Kits from the Subscriber Kiosk vendor at Night Sky. Select ‘Upgrade’, then the type of kiosk (e.g., Master or Remote). You will then need to enter your kiosk’s Configuration Code. Your configuration code is shown when you rez your kiosk from inventory. Once your configuration code is validated, select ‘Update Kit’ (NOT ‘Upgrade’) and it will be given to you. Remember, you need to get separate update kits for your Master and Remote Kiosks. Each type of kiosk has a separate configuration code. Multiple copies of each kiosk type will each have the same configuration code, however, so you only need to get one of each type of update kit regardless of how many kiosk copies you have made.
NOTE: If you have an older version 2.41 kiosk (purchased prior to October 2008), you must replace it with a version 3.0 kiosk. Visit the vendor at Night Sky and select ‘Upgrade’, then the type of kiosk (e.g., Master or Remote). Enter 0 (zero) for your configuration code, then select the kiosk model you want (e.g. Basic, Standard, Pro or Remote). Upgrades from version 2.41 to the Basic model are free. For upgrades to other models you will be prompted to pay an upgrade charge.
Once you receive the Update Kit, rez it in the same sim/region as the kiosk(s) you want to update and follow the instructions on the notecard you will be given.
NOTE: This release also includes all changes from all prior Update Releases and can be installed in any Version 3.0 Subscriber Kiosk. To download the latest Subscriber Kiosk Instruction Manual or get other documentation, go to the Documentation page.