User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager 1.1 February 27, 2008 Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA http://www.cisco.
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CONTENTS Preface v Document Conventions v Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines CHAPTER 1 Introduction vi 1-1 Environmental Tolerances and Safety Guidelines 1-2 General Precautions 1-3 Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge 1-4 Understanding DMP Modes of Operation Supported Attributes for Digital Video Limited Support for MPEG-4 1-5 1-5 1-6 Supported Attributes for Digital Audio 1-6 Supported Filetypes in the Embedded Browser 1-6 Understanding the Differenc
Contents Showing or Stopping Video Content from an HTTP URL 2-14 Showing or Stopping Video Content from a File Stored on Your DMP Adjusting the Transparency of the HTML Content Plane 2-15 Specifying the URL to Show on the HTML Content Plane 2-16 Supported Fonts 2-17 Supported X11 Bitmap Fonts 2-18 Supported TrueType Fonts 2-19 2-14 Using Administrative Options 2-20 Editing the DMPDM User Account 2-20 Editing the DMP Service (ftp) User Account 2-20 Saving Settings That You Configured 2-21 Restoring Factor
Preface Revised: October 7, 2007 Cisco Digital Media System is the collective name for a product family that consists of Cisco Digital Media Manager (DMM) appliances, Cisco Video Portal appliances, Cisco Digital Media Player (DMP) endpoints, Cisco Digital Media Encoder (DME) devices, and all associated software components. This guide describes how to use Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager 1.1 (DMPDM) software that is embedded on every Cisco Digital Media Player 4305G device.
Preface Caution Tip Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data. Means the following information will help you solve a problem. The tips information might not be troubleshooting or even an action, but could be useful information, similar to a Timesaver.
C H A P T E R 1 Introduction Revised October 7, 2007 This guide describes how to use your DMP device and how to use the preinstalled DMPDM software. DMP devices can show networked digital video streams and multicast, high-quality MPEG video on any television receiver or monitor (NTSC, PAL, LCD, plasma, or VGA) that you attach. Tip To learn what other filetypes your DMP can render, see Supported Filetypes in the Embedded Browser, page 1-6.
Chapter 1 Introduction Environmental Tolerances and Safety Guidelines If any of the preceding is not yet true for you, we recommend that you obtain Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Media Player 4305G and complete all of the procedures in it before you use this guide.
Chapter 1 Introduction Environmental Tolerances and Safety Guidelines Warning The device is designed to work with TN power systems. The power supply must be placed indoors. Do not work on the system or connect or disconnect cables during periods of lightning activity. Read the installation instructions before connecting the system to the power source. This product relies on the building's installation for short-circuit (overcurrent) protection.
Chapter 1 Introduction Environmental Tolerances and Safety Guidelines • Keep your system components away from radiators and heat sources. Also, do not block cooling vents. • Do not spill food or liquids on your system components, and never operate the product in a wet environment. • Do not push any objects into the openings of your system components. Doing so can cause fire or electric shock by shorting out interior components. • Use the product only with other Cisco-approved equipment.
Chapter 1 Introduction Understanding DMP Modes of Operation • Handle all sensitive components in a static-safe area. If possible, use antistatic floor pads and workbench pads. • Handle the device carefully, holding it by its edges or its frame. • Do not touch solder joints, pins, or exposed printed circuitry. • Do not leave the device where others can handle and possibly damage the device.
Chapter 1 Introduction Limited Support for MPEG-4 Limited Support for MPEG-4 DMP support for the MPEG-4 suite of standards does not extend to every possible aspect, entity, or variant of MPEG-4. We require explicitly that: • You use the MPEG-4 Part 2 codec. • Audio and video in your MPEG-4 files are multiplexed in an MPEG-2 transport stream. Supported Attributes for Digital Audio We support the following attributes for digital audio in this release.
Chapter 1 Introduction Understanding Content Substitution (Failover) Understanding Content Substitution (Failover) If an HTTP status code of 404 or 500 prevents your DMP from obtaining the content that you scheduled it to show, your DMP has two stages for failover. Stage-One Failover In stage-one failover, your DMP shows presentation assets that you uploaded to one of these locations: • The SD memory card.
Chapter 1 Introduction Preconfiguring Your DMP To Run Without a Local DHCP Server Step 3 Connect the Cisco-provided power supply to your DMP. You should see two lights through the front panel on your DMP chassis. The solid green light indicates that a power source is available. The solid red light indicates that your DMP is trying to obtain a DHCP address from the DHCP server. After your DMP obtains an IP address, the red light stops shining.
Chapter 1 Introduction Basic DMS Concepts and Vocabulary Basic DMS Concepts and Vocabulary DMS helps organizations of any size to create, manage, organize, and deliver video content (whether live or on-demand) and digital signage content over an IP network to any general or targeted audience. With DMS, you can: • Communicate with targeted customers, investors, press, and analysts. • Deliver live and on-demand events to audiences in any location.
Chapter 1 Introduction Basic DMS Concepts and Vocabulary User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager 1.
C H A P T E R 2 Using DMPDM Revised: May 23, 2008 This chapter explains how to use DMPDM to configure and manage one DMP device in isolation and describes elements that you see in the DMPDM graphical user interface (GUI).
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Viewing Video Content in Full-Screen Mode To fill the screen on your DMP display with only the video content plane, click Note . You can show video content from any of three possible sources. See: • Showing or Stopping Video Content from a UDP Multicast Stream, page 2-13. • Showing or Stopping Video Content from an HTTP URL, page 2-14. • Showing or Stopping Video Content from a File Stored on Your DMP, page 2-14. The HTML content plane is not shown.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings After you click Apply, the entries or changes take effect. However, the previously defined values will return the next time that your DMP restarts. Step 4 (Optional) To put all changed values into effect permanently, so that they persist even after your DMP restarts, select Administration > Save Configuration and, when the Save Configuration page appears, click Save. Step 5 Restart your DMP. See Restarting Your DMP, page 2-22.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Table 2-1 GUI Elements on the Basic Page (continued) Element Description Default Gateway The IP address that is assigned to whatever router provides outside network access to and from devices on the DMP-local network segment. DNS Server IP Address The IP address or routable DNS name that is assigned to the DNS server for the DMP-local network segment. We recommend that you enter the IP address, not the routable DNS name.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Table 2-2 GUI Elements on the Browser Page (continued) Element Description Screen Rotation Angle (clockwise) Indicates whether you have rotated the HTML content plane and shows the amount of rotation. You might choose to rotate the HTML content plane if you have rotated your DMP display. The rotation feature applies only to content that plays on the HTML content plane. To play video vertically, you must first encode it vertically.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Table 2-2 GUI Elements on the Browser Page (continued) Element Description Custom Screen Width (in pixels) Caution If you will show content simultaneously on the HTML plane and the video plane, you must not enter any width that is greater than 1366 pixels. Indicates the HTML content pane width in pixels, if you are using a custom width. Permitted values range from 640 to 1920.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings After you click Apply, the entries or changes take effect. However, the previously defined values will return the next time that your DMP restarts. Step 4 (Optional) To put all changed values into effect permanently, so that they persist even after your DMP restarts, select Administration > Save Configuration and, when the Save Configuration page appears, click Save.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Table 2-3 GUI Elements on the DMP Display Attributes Page (continued) Element Description Display Standard The name of the standard that your DMP display uses. Generally, this attribute names the manufacturer and the type of display (such as plasma or LCD), in combination with other information. To learn which option is the correct one for you to select, see the manual that came with your DMP display.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Table 2-3 GUI Elements on the DMP Display Attributes Page (continued) Element Description Audio Channel Volume (left) The setting to control how loudly or softly your DMP delivers (to its attached DMP display) the sound from the relevant audio channel. Volume can range from 0 to 100, where 0 is silent. Audio Channel Volume This is separate from the volume setting for the DMP display, which you might adjust with a (right) remote control.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Table 2-4 GUI Elements on the Centralized Management Page Element Description Centralized Management DMM-DSM Server Timeout (in seconds) The maximum number of seconds that your DMP will wait for a response from the DMM appliance that you identify in the DMM Host text box. DMM Appliance IP Address The IP address or routable DNS name of the one DMM appliance that your DMP trusts.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Table 2-5 GUI Elements on the DMP Display Dimensions Page (continued) Element Description Displayable Width (in relative units) The total width in pixels of your DMP display. The maximum value is 4096 pixels. Displayable Height (in relative units) • Reduce the value to reduce the width of displayed content. • Increase the value to increase the width of displayed content. The total height in pixels of your DMP display. The maximum value is 4096 pixels.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Configuring Settings Table 2-6 GUI Elements on the Management Services Page (continued) Element Description Event Notifications Indicates whether you enabled or disabled the feature to send event notification messages to one, trusted DMM appliance that you can choose. • Enabled — Your DMP sends notification messages. • Disabled — Your DMP does not send notification messages.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Selecting the Content to Show Selecting the Content to Show Note If you enter URLs for both video content and browser content, the actual result depends on a combination of these factors: • Whether you click or (to show only that one kind of content). See Using One-Click Options for a DMP Display, page 2-1. • What height and width values you enter for the embedded browser. See Adjusting Embedded Browser Settings, page 2-4.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Selecting the Content to Show Table 2-8 GUI Elements on the Video Multicast Page Element Description Video Multicast Multicast Group IP Address Port Number The IP address: • To which the encoder or streaming server must send content. • From which all client systems will receive the UDP multicast stream. The logical port on your DMP that receives the stream.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Selecting the Content to Show Step 3 Do one of the following: • To start showing the video content immediately, click Start. • To stop showing the video content immediately, click Stop.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Selecting the Content to Show Table 2-11 GUI Elements on the Transparency Page Element Description Transparency Browser Alpha Channel Note Transparency/Opacity (0-255) Although this setting might look identical to a setting described in the “Adjusting Embedded Browser Settings” section on page 2-4, they are different. You use this setting to configure transparency for the HTML content plane.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Selecting the Content to Show Table 2-12 GUI Elements on the URL to be Displayed Page Element Description URL To Be Displayed URL The HTTP URL that loads a web page (or other content) on the HTML content plane. The URL cannot contain any more than 254 characters, cannot contain any spaces, and must use ISO/IEC-8859 (Latin-1) character encoding. Supported Fonts The browser that is preinstalled on DMPs supports some bitmap fonts and some TrueType fonts.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Selecting the Content to Show Supported X11 Bitmap Fonts Family Name Weight Name Slant Add Style Name Pixel Size Point Size Resolution X Resolution Y Spacing Average Width Charset Registry Charset Encoding adobe- helvetica- bold- r- normal- - 0- 0- 75- 75- p- 0- iso8859- 1 adobe- helvetica- bold- r- normal- - 12- 120- 75- 75- p- 70- iso8859- 1 adobe- helvetica- bold- r- normal- - 14- 140- 75- 75- p- 82- iso8859- 1 adobe- helvetica
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Selecting the Content to Show Supported TrueType Fonts These TrueType fonts are preinstalled as part of this release: Name Filename Vera Sans Vera.ttf Vera Sans VeraBd.ttf Bold Vera Sans VeraBI.ttf Bold Oblique Vera Sans VeraIt.ttf Oblique Vera Sans VeraMono.ttf Mono Vera Sans VeraMoBd.ttf Mono Bold Vera Sans VeraMoBI.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Using Administrative Options Using Administrative Options Topics in this section explain administrative tasks in DMPDM: • Editing the DMPDM User Account, page 2-20 • Editing the DMP Service (ftp) User Account, page 2-20 • Saving Settings That You Configured, page 2-21 • Restoring Factory Default Settings, page 2-21 • Restarting Your DMP, page 2-22 • Upgrading the DMP Firmware, page 2-22 Editing the DMPDM User Account You can change the username, the password, or both, th
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Using Administrative Options After you click Apply, the entries or changes take effect. However, the previously defined values will return the next time that your DMP restarts. Step 3 Table 2-14 (Optional) To put all changed values into effect permanently, so that they persist even after your DMP restarts, select Administration > Save Configuration and, when the Save Configuration page appears, click Save.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Using Administrative Options Step 3 (Optional) If you will deploy your DMP at a site where there is no local DHCP server, complete the “Preconfiguring Your DMP To Run Without a Local DHCP Server” procedure on page 1-7. Step 4 Log in with the factory default username admin and the factory default password default. Step 5 Reconfigure your DMP and change its default passwords. See Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Media Player 4305G.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Common Scenarios for Using DMPDM Table 2-15 GUI Elements on the Upgrade Firmware Page Field Description Upgrade Firmware Image File The full pathname to the binary file. If you do not know the full pathname, click Browse. Upgrade Status Status Indicates whether a firmware upgrade is in progress: Progress • Firmware upgrade not active — There is no upgrade in progress. • Burn in progress — An upgrade is in progress. Status indicator for an upgrade in progress.
Chapter 2 Using DMPDM Viewing the Cisco UDI for the DMP Model That You Use Step 1 Enable FTP access. See Enabling or Disabling Types of Access to Your DMP, page 2-11. Step 2 Configure login credentials for the FTP user account, then use an FTP client to log in to your DMP. See Editing the DMP Service (ftp) User Account, page 2-20. Step 3 Upload the media files to the /tmp/ftproot/usb_1 subdirectory on your DMP. Step 4 Show the media files on the attached DMP display.
