How to connect an NXT panel

Once your NXT panel is connected, a paid order creates the customer's line on it, and a renewal extends that same line. Your store reads your packages and your credit balance from the panel too.

Before you start: You need four things from your NXT provider or panel: the API address for reseller access (often different from the address you open in your browser), your reseller username and password, your API token, and the address your customers' apps connect to. The NXT panel setup guide shows where the token is made.

1Step 1 of 7Open the panel picker

Go to Panels → All panels and click Add panel. Under Add New Panel, click the NXT tile. A window opens with the connection form. If your plan's panel limit is already reached, you're asked to upgrade first.

2Step 2 of 7Name it and enter the stream URL

• Display Name: any name you'll recognise.
• Stream URL: the address your customers' apps connect to. It's used to build each customer's playlist (M3U), portal and EPG links, for example http://line.example.com:8080.

3Step 3 of 7Choose how we connect

Under Authentication Methods, API Authentication is ticked by default. That's the fast, reliable way, and the one to use.

You can also tick Browser Automation as a fallback. We then sign in to the panel with your reseller login if the API doesn't answer. If the panel's login page shows a captcha, a 2Captcha key field appears. With your own key, solving is free. Leave it blank and each solve costs €0.05 from your platform credit.

4Step 4 of 7Enter the panel details

• Panel URL: the NXT API address from your provider, for example https://api.panel.example.com.
• Username and Password: your reseller login.
• API Token: from your NXT panel's API settings. It has the same name on the panel's Edit page. With API Authentication only, it is required. Without a working token, the panel refuses its API, so no packages are read and no lines can be made.

5Step 5 of 7Add the panel

Click Add Panel. The connection is tested before anything is saved. If it works, the panel's page opens. If it fails, you see Panel not saved, with what went wrong and the first thing to try. Nothing is saved, so fix the detail and try again.

6Step 6 of 7Check the connection

On the panel's page, Connection Status should show Connected. Below it is a card for API Authentication (and Browser Automation, if you use it), each with its own Test button. Test Connection at the top tests the whole panel.

To change the token, login or address later, click Edit, change the field and click Save Changes.

The Packages card shows how many packages we read from the panel.

7Step 7 of 7Create a product to sell

A new panel has no products yet, so its page shows Create a product. Click it to open Quick setup from panel. It reads your NXT packages. Pick the lengths you sell, set your prices and click Create product.

From then on, when a customer pays, their line is created on your NXT panel and their login is emailed to them.