Cayin SMP-PRO2, SMP-PRO3, SMP-PRO3N User Manual

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SMP-PRO2

Version 3.0 Version 2.5

SMP-PRO3/PRO3N

Version 1.0

CAYIN TECHNOLOGY

SIGNAGE MEDIA PLAYER: SMP-PRO SERIES

CAYIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

8F, NO. 577, Linsen N. Rd.,

Taipei City104, Taiwan, R.O.C.

TEL: +886-2-2595 1005

FAX: +886-2-2595 1050

2007 Cayin Technology Co., Ltd.

User Manual

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About Cayin

Cay in Technology is established by a group of professionals specializing in development,

rese a r c hes, engineering, and sales/marke t i n g. Cayin devotes it self to providing co m plete

dig ital sign age solu tions in various applica tions, such as tr ansportation, education, retail,

hospitality, cor p o r ation, finan c i a l and public instit u t io ns . In ord e r to bes t fa c i li t ate the

deployment of Cayin products, we also provide tailored hardware and soft ware services to

satisfy customers’ demands for almost limitless applications.

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Table of Contents

About Cayin ............................................................................................................. i

Copyright Notice ...................................................................................................... i

Trademark Notice .................................................................................................... i

Disclaimers ............................................................................................................... i

1. SMP-PRO Series Overview ................................................................................1

1-1 SMP-PRO2 Hardware Specications ............................................................2

1-2 SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N Hardware Specications .....................................4

1-3 System Specications ....................................................................................6

1-4 Install SMP ....................................................................................................7

1-4-1 Login on SMP .......................................................................................................8

1-4-2 Remote PC Login .................................................................................................10

2. Multimedia Contents Playback and Management .........................................11

2-1 Upload Multimedia Contents ......................................................................12

2-2 Choose Media Source and Set Playlist .......................................................14

2-2-1 Play Files in Media Folder ...................................................................................14

2-2-2 Play Files in USB Storage Device ......................................................................17

2-2-3 Central Scheduling (by CMS Server) ................................................................18

2-2-4 RTB Streaming ....................................................................................................19

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2-2-5 HTTP/MMS Streaming .......................................................................................20

2-2-6 Video Input (SMP-PRO3 only) ............................................................................20

2-2-7 Image Slide Show ................................................................................................20

2-3 Image Slide Show Settings ..........................................................................21

2-4 Ticker ...........................................................................................................23

2-4-1 Dene Font Format .............................................................................................24

2-4-2 Set Background Color .........................................................................................26

2-4-3 Enable Marquee ..................................................................................................27

2-5 Multimedia Source Schedule .......................................................................28

2-5-1 Add Schedule .......................................................................................................29

3. Skin Management ..............................................................................................31

3-1 Produce Skin ...............................................................................................32

3-1-1 Install Skin Editor ................................................................................................32

3-1-2 Create a new skin le (.csk) .................................................................................33

3-1-3 Re-adjust a skin le (.csk) ....................................................................................37

3-1-4 Upload Clock (.clk) ..............................................................................................38

3-2 Upload the Cayin Skin File into SMP ........................................................39

3-3 Apply Skin ..................................................................................................40

4. Content Update and Media Folder Management ..........................................41

4-1 Update Media Folder ...................................................................................42

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4-2 Manage Media Folder .................................................................................46

5. System Status and Settings ..............................................................................47

5-1 System Status ..............................................................................................48

5-1-1 Basic Information.................................................................................................48

5-1-2 Advanced Information .........................................................................................49

5-1-3 Firmware Information ........................................................................................50

5-2 System Management and Firmware Update .............................................51

5-2-1 Set System Time ..................................................................................................51

5-2-2 NTP Service ........................................................................................................52

5-2-3 Change Web Administrator’s Password ...............................................................53

5-2-4 Choose Web Manager Language .........................................................................53

5-2-5 Set System Reboot ...............................................................................................54

5-2-6 Firmware Update ................................................................................................54

5-3 Display Settings ...........................................................................................55

5-3-1 Congure Display Properties ...............................................................................55

5-3-2 Turn On / Off Display ..........................................................................................56

5-4 Video Input Settings (SMP-PRO3 only) .....................................................58

6. Network Settings ...............................................................................................59

6-1 Ethernet .......................................................................................................60

6-2 Wireless Network ........................................................................................61

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7. Log Management ..............................................................................................63

7-1 Enable Syslog .............................................................................................64

7-2 View Logs ...................................................................................................65

7-3 Export Log File ..........................................................................................66

8. SMP Console .....................................................................................................67

9. System Recovery ................................................................................................69

Appendix: Use “log_rcv” to collect syslog from clients ......................................71

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1-1 SMP-PRO2 Hardware Specications ...........................................2

1-2 SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N Hardware Specications ....................4

1-3 System Specications ...................................................................6

1-4 Install SMP ...................................................................................7

1-4-1 Login on SMP .....................................................................8

1-4-2 Remote PC Login ................................................................10

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SMP- P RO series, the dedicated di g ital signage med i a player, is a powe r f ul division - t y pe

display engine for marketing and communication professionals to com municate with target

audiences in designated locations by high-quality videos, audios, graphics, and texts. SMP-

PRO series provides an easy-to-use platf orm where they can promote, inform, educate, and

entertain specific audiences in a variety of commercial applications.

1-1 SMP-PRO2 Hardware Specications

Dimension 48.5 (H) x 234 (W) x 175 (D) mm

Material Aluminum + Plastic (Out-Side Cover)

Color Blue (Aluminum) and Silver (Plastic)

Net Weight 1 Kg (May differ between models)

Network 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

Internal Storage 40G Byte, 2.5” IDE Hard-disk

Video In/Out VGA D-Sub, Composite/S-Video (NTSC/PAL)

Audio Phone Jack/Optical

Other Connectors RS-232 (COM) USB

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Rear View

Front View

1 2 3

4 5 6 7

USB 2. Mic In 3. Audio Out

Network Indicatior 5. HD Indicator 6. Power Indicator

Power

Power Connector 2. VGA 3. COM Port (reserve for future use) 4. TV OUT 5. Ethernet

USB x 2

Optical Audio Out

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1-2 SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N Har dware

Specications

Dimension 44 (H) x 290 (W) x 150 (D) mm

Material Steel

Color Black

Net Weight 2.5 Kg (with hard drive)

Network 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

Internal Storage 40G Byte, 2.5” IDE Hard-disk

Video Out VGA D-Sub, Composite/S-Video (NTSC/PAL)

Audio Out RCA Stereo

Video In (PRO3 only) Composite (RCA)

Audio In (PRO3 only) RCA Stereo

Power 100~240V AC

Others RS-232 (COM), 4 x USB

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Rear View

Front View

1. Power & HDD LED 2. Front USB connectors

1 2

AV-in (SMP-PRO3 only) 2. COM Port 3. Power Connector 4. Ethernet 5. AV-Out

S-Video Out

VGA Connector (Output) 8. USB Connectors 9. Power Switch

7 8 96543

1 2

(SMP-PRO3 only)

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1-3 System Specications

SMP-PRO2 SMP-PRO3/PRO3N

Image les: JPEG/GIF(1) • Support up to 1280x1024 image resolution

Video Files • MPEG/MPG/VOB/MP3/MP4

• WMV/WMA, AVI

CODEC • MPEG-1/MPEG-2 PS/MPEG-2 TS/MPEG-4 ISO

• MP3 (MPEG AUDIO LAYER 3)

• WMV 7/8/9, WMA 7/8, DivX, RAW DV

Network Streaming • Cayin RTB (MPEG-2 TS 1~5 Mbps)

• RTP, HTTP/MMS

Video Resolutions(2) • Support MPEG-2 video and streaming up to

480p (720x480); other formats up to 320x240

• Support MPEG-2 video with bit-rate up to 9

Mbps; other formats with 1.5Mbps

• Support video and str eamin g up to 480 p

(720x480)

• Support video bit-rate up to 5 Mbps

Ticker • Enter text directly in Web Manager

• Text les encoded by ANSI or UTF-8

• RSS feed (ANSI or UTF-8)

Skin

• Upload up to 9 skins (including one default

skin)

• Upload up to 30 skins (including 15 default

skins)

Storage Device

• Internal 2.5” hard drive (optional)

Connector • VGA connector (VGA D-sub)

• Screen resolutions(3): 640x480, 800x600,

1024x768, 1280x1024, 1280x768, 856x480

• Phone Jack (Stereo)

• RS-232 (COM port), for tailor-made projects

• USB Connector x 3

• VGA connector (VGA D-sub)

• Screen resolutions(3) : 640x480, 800x600,

1 0 2 4 x 7 6 8 , 11 5 2 x 8 6 4 , 1 28 0 x 1 0 2 4 ,

128 0 x 7 20(72 0 p ), 12 8 0x768 , 1600x90 0 ,

1360x768, 1366x768

• RCA Audio (Stereo)

• RS-232 (COM port), for tailor-made projects

• USB Connector x 4

• Audio/Video Input Connector (PRO3 only)

Network Interface • 10/100Mbps Ethernet

• 802.11b/g wireless LAN adaptor (optional)

Network Protocols • Support static IP and dynamic IP (DHCP)

• Support TCP/IP, HTTP, SMB, ICMP

1. .SMP series does not support animation GIF.

2. The maximum bit-rate and resolution might be dif ferent based on you r file encoding metho ds . Ple as e te st the

video on SMP players. Cayin does not guarantee all video files can be played on SMP players properly.

3. The applicable resolution is also related to the resolutions of your display. Please check the specifications of the

display and choose a suitable one f or y ou.

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1-4 Install SMP

Open SMP package.

Connect the power adapter to a socket.

Connect the Ethernet to LAN port. (By default, SMP will get an IP

address from a DHCP server.)

Connect the VGA cable to your screen. (The default screen resolution

is 800x600.)

If you need to apply a static IP address to this SMP client, please

connect a keyboard and a mouse to any of the USB connectors.

Press the power button to turn on the system. Once you see the

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1-4-1 Login on SMP

Af ter installing SMP, please login and complete the initial settings

based on your network environment.

◎

DHCP (Auto IP)

If yo u a re in th e DH CP n e tw o rk , SM P will ge t a n I P add r ess

autom a tically af ter ins t a llation. You ca n start to lo g i n the Web

Ma nager page of the pla yer directly after you connect a keyboard

and a mouse to the SMP device.

A t a n y t i m e , y o u c a n

swi t ch betw e en p layba c k

a n d W e b M a n a g e r i n

a lo c a l s c re en . P l u g a

key b oard to SMP de v ice;

pres s Ctrl-F10 and swi tch

t o W eb Ma n age r L ogi n

pa g e ; pr e s s C t r l -F 1 a n d

switch to p layback mode.

A t a n y t i m e , y o u c a n

swi t ch betw e en p layba c k

a n d W e b M a n a g e r i n

a lo c a l s c re en . P l u g a

key b oard to SMP de v ice;

pres s Ctrl-F10 and swi tch

t o W eb Ma n age r L ogi n

pa g e ; pr e s s C t r l -F 1 a n d

switch to p layback mode.

Click [

] on the Web Manager, and enter a username and

password.

Default Username:

webadmin

Default Password:

admin

E xc ep t f o r t h e i n it ia l

ins t a l la t io n o f SMP, we

s u g ges t y ou ma na ge o r

ch a n g e se t t i ng s o f S M P

by remote PC , rather than

directly on the player.

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◎

Static IP

If you are in the static IP network, please follow below steps to login

and complete network settings.

Connect a keyboard and a mouse to USB connectors on the SMP

client and press the power button to turn on the system. Click [

]

on the Web Manager, and enter a username and password.

Default Username:

webadmin

Default Password:

admin

After logging in Web Manager, click [

NETWORK SETTINGS

] on the left

column. Then, click “Static IP Address” in the Ethernet Settings

area and set up all related network settings for this SMP.

After completing, click [

SAVE

] at the bottom and click [

APPLY

] on the

left column. Then, the SMP client will reboot.

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1-4-2 Remote PC Login

If you try to manage SMP remotely on your own PC, please follow

below steps:

Insert the product CD into your CD-ROM, and run “Cayin Device

Seeker” (\Tool\Device Seeker\cysrch.exe). You can also copy this le

to your PC for future management.

Click [

Seek

] and the seeker will search all available SMP clients or

CMS servers in the same LAN. Select one player and double click

the player’s name. Or, you can also click a player’s name, and click

[

Open Web

If th e IP a ddr e ss of S MP

p l ay e r sh o wn i n Ca y in

De vic e See ker is 169.25 4.

x . x , i t m ea ns t ha t SMP

player cannot successfully

g e t a n I P a d dr es s f r om

the DHCP serve r. I n this

c i rc u ms t an c e, y ou c an

logi n direc tly on the SMP

play er fir st (refe r to 1-5-1

L o g i n o n S M P) . T h en ,

change the network setting

to stati c IP or chang e the

IP ad dres s of your PC to

the same subnet (169.254.

x.x). Finally, you can start

t o m a n a ge t h e p l a y e r

remotel y on your PC.

If your PC and SMP player

ar e not in the same LAN ,

you can open the brows er

and enter th e IP addr e ss

o f t h e S M P. A f t er yo u

start to manage SMP.

You can also open the Media Folder of any player by

"Cayin Device

Seeker

'. Select the player you want to connect, and click

[Open

Folder]

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M u l t i m e d i a C o n t e n t s Playback and Management

2-1 Upload Multimedia Contents ......................................................12

2-2 Choose Media Source and Set Playlist ......................................14

2-2-1 Play Files in Media Folder ..................................................14

2-2-2 Play Files in USB Storage Device ......................................17

2-2-3 Central Scheduling (by CMS Server) ................................18

2-2-4 RTB Streaming ...................................................................19

2-2-5 HTTP/MMS Streaming ......................................................20

2-2-6 Video Input (SMP-PRO3 only) ...........................................20

2-2-7 Image Slide Show ................................................................20

2-3 Image Slide Show Settings .........................................................21

2-4 Ticker ..........................................................................................23

2-4-1 Dene Font Format ............................................................24

2-4-2 Set Background Color ........................................................26

2-4-3 Enable Marquee ..................................................................27

2-5 Multimedia Source Schedule ......................................................28

2-5-1 Add Schedule .......................................................................29

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SMP-PRO series supports the playback of a variety of multimedia

files. Users can upload all contents to SMP, and edit playlist. Then,

SMP will play files based on your pre-scheduled playlist. Users can

also choose to manage playlis t and the content update from CMS

server.

2 - 1 U p l o a d M u l t i m e d i a

Contents

When you cho o s e to play fi l e s from t h e Media Fold e r, yo u ca n

choo s e one of the fo llowin g meth o ds to upload files in t o SMP

player.

Method 1:

Insert the product CD into your CD-ROM, and run [Cayin Device

Seeker] (

\Tool\Device Seeker\cysrch.exe

). You can also copy this le

to your PC for future management.

Click [

Seek

] and the seeker will search all available SMP clients or

CMS servers in the same LAN. When the devices are found, select

the one you want to connect, and click [

Open Folder

]

Your PC will open File Explorer and you can see les or folders in

your selected player.

Copy multimedia les from your PC to the SMP player via Network

Neighborhood. Then you can start to play those les in the SMP.

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Method 2:

Within the same subnet, user of a Windows PC has two methods to

connect to SMP player or CMS server:

1. Open [

File Explorer

], and enter the

\\hostname

or “

\\IP address

”. For

example, if your hostname is SMP-PRO2, please enter \\SMP-PRO2

or \\172.16.1.2. Copy multimedia files from your PC to the SMP

player via Network Neighborhood and then you can start to play

those les in the SMP player.

Y ou r P C a nd th e S MP

player have to be i n the

same LAN, so that you can

use Cayin Device Seeker to

op en the Media Fold er of

that SMP player.

O p en "Ne t wo r k Ne ig h bo r h oo d " of y o ur PC. Al l P C s in

"Workgroup" will be listed. You can see all SMP clients or CMS

servers from your Windows Explorer, like the gure below:

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2-2 Choose Media Source and

Set Playlist

2-2-1 Play Files in Media Folder

Afte r uploading all files to the Media Folder, you can follow the

following steps to edit playlist.

Click

[PLAYBACK]

and select

[MULTIMEDIA]

page

Click

“Multimedia files in”

and select

“Media Folder”

. Then, you can

start to edit the playlist of les in the Media Folder.

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p r e s s

"Select=>"

Press Shif t

t o s e l e c t

m u t i p l e

items

Press Ctrl to

se le ct s ig le

item

Click

[Edit Playlist]

, and you will see a pop-up window. All video

les in the Media Folder will be listed in the left column. If the left

column is empty, that means there is no file in the Media Folder.

Please add video les to Media Folder rst.

Select the les you want to play. You can select multiple les at one

time by holding the Shift or Ctrl key, or just select les one by one.

In the left column, the item with “*” sign represents a folder’s name.

If you choose this item, it means you will select all les in this folder.

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Click [

Select=>

], and all selected files in the left column will be

duplicated to the right column. SMP will only play those les in the

right column.

If you want to play all les in the media folder, you can simply click

the [

Select all=>

] button. Then, all files in the left column will be

duplicated to the right column.

Now, you can arrange the order of those selected les. In the right

column, each le will be added a serial number. SMP will play media

les in the sequence, 1, 2, 3 … N. Please refer to the following table

for more functions. You can change the sequence of the playlist by

using [

Move up

] and [

Move down

], or delete items in the playlist by

using [

Remove

] and [

Remove all

Move up Select one item in the right column. Click [Move up], and this item will

be moved forward in the playlist.

Move down Select one item in the right column. Click [Move down], and this item

will be move backward in the playlist.

Remove

If you want to remove files from the “Selected Files” in the right

column, please select les and click [Remove]. Then, those les will

be removed from the right column, but will not be deleted from the

Media Folder.

Remove all Click [Remove all], and all items will be removed from the right

column, but all les will still be kept in the Media Folder.

Random If you select “Random”, all files in the right column will be played

randomly, without following the sequence.

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2-2-2 Play File s in USB Stor a ge

Device

Click “Multimedia f iles in” and select “USB storage device”; then

you can play files stored in a USB storage device. However, you will

not be able to edit your playlist here. SMP will play all files in the

device alphabetically.

S MP - P R O s e r i es o n l y

s u p p or ts US B S t or a g e

De v ic e w i th F AT 32 f il e

system type.

The p l a ylist is th e or der how al l multime d i a files in th e folder

“media” are played. If you do not edit your own playlist, SMP will

play all files in the Media Folder in the alphabetical order.

If you create su b-folders under the folder “media”, all media files

in these sub-f o ld e rs will also be added tog e t h er to the pla y li st

according to th e follow i n g sorti n g ru l e s: (t h e fo r m e r rules have

higher priority than the later ones)

Multimedia files in the folder “media” will be played prior to any

les located in sub-folders.

Multimedia files in the folder “media” will be sorted and played

following alphabetical order.

Sub-folders will be sorted by alphabetical order.

Multimedia files in the sub-folders will be sorted and played

following alphabetical order.

For example:

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2-2-3 Central Scheduling (by CMS

Server)

The playlist of media files can be centrally scheduled and controlled

by CMS server when you purchase one. Please follow the following

steps:

Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

MULTIMEDIA

] page

Click “Central Scheduling (by CMS Server)”. Then, the playlist of

media les will be centrally managed by CMS server. You can play

selected media les once or weekly at certain time or periods. Please

refer to the section “

CENTRAL SCHEDULING

” in CMS server for further

settings.

Central Sc h eduling on l y

work s with CMS’s Central

S c h e d u l i n g f u n c t i o n .

Y o u c a n c on f i gu r e t he

s c h ed ul in g fun c t io n o n

CMS’s Web Manager.

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2-2-4 RTB Streaming

SM P, incorporat ing with a CMS server, can play streaming video.

To play streaming video as RTB (Real-Time Broadcast) client, select

the channel corresponding to the client’s server, i.e. CMS server. To

play Real-time Tra nsport Protocol (RTP) st reaming, enter the port

number of the relevant RTP server. Select the broadcast mode for the

source. You can select to play files in Media Folder when there is no

video packet delivered from the streaming.

RTB and RTP are different

protocols.

．

RTB Cl i e nt only w o rks

w i t h C M S’ s R T B Se r v er

function.

．

Y o u c a n u s e R T P

c o m p l i a n t s o f t w a r e

se n d in g R T P s t re am in g

t o S M P, e .g . V i de oLA N

c li e n t / s er ve r ( ht tp : / /

www.video lan.org).

．

W h i l e d i sc on n ec te d ,

pl ay: To ens ure non-stop

vid e o, you can co n figur e

thi s func tion . The pl ayer

will switch to play files in

Media Folder, whe n there

is no valid packet received

from ne t w o r k . After th e

streaming packet resumes,

the player will switch back

to st r e aming mo d e (RTB

or RTP).

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2-2-5 HTTP/MMS Streaming

To play video file via HTTP or MMS streaming, e.g. video file on a

web server or MMS server, enter the URL of the file in this option.

2-2-6 Video Input (SMP-PRO3 only)

To play AV-IN signal on the multimedia area, please select this item,

and refer to section 5.4 for detailed video input configurations.

W e s u g g es t t he i m a g e

f il e s o f s l i de sh o w d o

n o t e x c e e d d im en s i o n

1024 x768. Y o u can have

t he be st p r e s e n t a t i o n

w h en t he im a ge si ze is

the same as the one of the

display area.

T o a pp l y t h e s e t t i n g s

c h a n g e d i n P l a y b a c k

s ec t i o n , c l ic k [ S a v e ]

on t h e bo t t om and click

[Apply] on the left.

2-2-7 Image Slide Show

To play photo slide show (JPEG / G I F pictures only) f r o m Media

Folder, or USB device, please select this option. You can enter the

duration in seconds for playing each picture. You can select to play

files in forward or reverse order, or randomly. When there are sub-

folders in Media Folder, you can select to pla y those files in sub-

folders by enabling the option Play image files in subfolder. To play

pictures in screen size, check the box Scale to Screen Size.

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Im ag e Sl id e Show 1

I m a g e Sl i d e Show 2

Video

2-3 Image Slide Show Settings

SMP-PRO series su p p o r ts two ima g e slide show areas. You can

configure it separately to display different image files on the screen.

Please remember to create subfolders for your image files and also

upload files into corresponsive subfolders before use this function.

After that, you can assign a created subfolder for one area via Web

Manager and play all image files in that selected subfolder.

Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

IMAGE SLIDE SHOW

] page

Start with “

Image Slide Show Area 1

” to assign the content source and

congure related settings.

Please rememb er to go to

t h e “ S KI N M A NA GE R”

page and select a skin with

a t l e as t one p r e- ed ite d

image s lide show area.

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Please refer the following table for detail descriptions:

Play all image les in Media Folder Play all les in the media folder, including the top-

level directory and subfolders (depend on your

conguration.)

Play image les in subfolder Create a subfolder in Media Folder rst; then put

image les in the subfolder. You can choose one

of the subfolders here.

Cen t r a l Schedu l i n g (by CMS

Server)

Select this option let you control the slideshow

playlist from CMS server. See CMS manual for

detail congurations.

Set the “Duration” in seconds for playing each picture.

Set the “Sequence”. You can select to play les in forward or reverse

order, or randomly.

When you create more sub-folders under the selected sub-folder

which you assign as the image source, you can enable “Include

subfolders” to play all les in all sub-folders under the main folder.

If you enable the function, “Scale to fit area”, the system will

automatically adjust the size of each image to t the display area of

image slide show which you dene in the skin.

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2-4 Ticker

Configure ticker text and option here. Select from multiple sources

for the ticker text, and set up the font and the color of ticker area.

Please follow the following steps:

Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

TICKER

] page

You can refer the following table to congure the source and content

of the ticker.

Enter Text here You can enter a text message, such as “This is a testing

message!”. Save the settings and the text will be displayed

on the screen.

Text le in Media Folder You can type your message in a text file and save the

file in Media Folder. When you enable this option, enter

the lename, e.g. scroller.txt, and save the settings. The

message in the text le will be displayed.

SMP-PRO series now supports UTF-8 character encoding.

If the content is not written in English, please choose

encoding type “UTF-8” when you save the text le.

Text from remote URL/RSS To show a text message available on a URL, enter the URL

address in the option, e.g. http://your_ server/message.txt.

If you use the server side script to generate the dynamic

text, we suggest you only send the text result (mime type

txt/plain) back to the SMP player.　You can also retrieve

live RSS messages. Enter the URL address in the option,

e.g. http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss.

Cent r a l Sc h e d ul i ng ( b y

CMS Server)

Co n t r ol ti cke r tex t fro m CMS se rve r. Fo r det a i l

conguration, please see the user’s manual of CMS server.

T h e f o r m a t o f n o n -

En g lis h RSS link sh oul d

be in the UTF-8 character

encoding.

Please rememb er to go to

t h e “ S KI N M A NA GE R”

page and select a skin with

a pre-edited ticker ar ea.

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2-4-1 Dene Font Format

In this section, you can change the font type, size, and color of the

ticker. You can also chan ge the direction of the text from “left to

right” or “right to left” to suit your own language

We provide two methods for you to change the font color. You can

enter the number of R, G, B.

Enter Web Manager. Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

TICKER

] page

Enter the R, G, B code directly, and click

to see the accurate color.

Click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

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You can also choose a color by color picker.

O n l y w h e n y o u u s e

Internet E x p l o r e 5. 5 or

a b o ve ca n y ou se e th e

func tion, Ch o o se Color.

If you use other browser,

you ca n ch oose col o r in

the following way.

Enter Web Manager. Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

TICKER

] page

Click [

Choose Color

] and the “Edit Colors dialog-box” will pop up.

Pick a color and click [OK].

Click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

] to apply the ticker color.

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O n l y w h e n y o u u s e

In t er ne t E x p lo re 5 .5 o r

a b o v e c an y ou se e th e

fu nction, Cho ose Color. If

you use other browser, you

ca n c h o os e c o lo r i n t h e

following w ay.

2-4-2 Set Background Color

You can enable single color background and choose a suitable color

for the background of your ticker.

We provide two methods for you to change the background color.

You can enter the number of R, G, B.

Enter Web Manager. Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

TICKER

] page

Click “Set background color” and enter the R, G, B code directly.

Then, click [>>] to see the accurate color.

Click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

Or, you can also choose a color by color picker.

Enter Web Manager. Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

TICKER

] page.

Select “Set background color”, click [

Choose Color

], and the “Edit

Colors dialog-box” will pop up. Pick a color and click [OK].

Click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

] to apply the background color of the ticker.

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2-4-3 Enable Marquee

You can change the speed of the scrolling text here. Please follow

the following steps:

Enter Web Manager. Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

TICKER

] page.

Click “Enable Marquee”. Set a suitable speed. “1” represents the

slowest, and “6” represents the fastest.

Click

[SAVE]

and

[APPLY]

to complete the conguration.

Th e movin g speed of the

tic k e r wil l be di f fe r e nt

based on different screen

resolut ions. Please pick a

suitable on e according to

your own facility.

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2 - 5 M u l t i m e d i a S o u r c e

Schedule

In this section, you can schedule playlists of files from the Media

Folder. You ca n also change to pla y diff e r e nt media sources at

specified time. All the settings here are only for the multimedia area.

For the tim e not in an y other scheduling task, SMP will play the

default schedule. This default schedule is the same as the one you

set in “2.2 Multimedia” section.

Y o u c a n c l i c k [ E d i t ]

o f t he d e f a u lt it em t o

modi fy the setti ngs in the

MULTIMEDIA page.

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Set "9" am Set "9:30" am

2-5-1 Add Schedule

When you click [

Add Schedule

], the saved playback option will be

applied only to the specified period of time (e.g. 6 am to 10 am).

SMP will play files according to the settings in the default schedule

during the rest of the time.

For ex a mple, yo u can follow th e fo l l owing st eps t o add a ne w

schedule: play selected files in Media Folder from 9:00 to 9:30.

Enter Web Manager. Click [

PLAYBACK

] and select [

SOURCE SCHEDULE

]

page.

Click [

Add Schedule

] and you can start to add a new schedule.

Enter the “Name” of the schedule. Here, we enter “Announcement”.

Then, set the “Begin Time” as 9 am, and the “End Time” is 9:30 am.

Select multimedia files in “Media Folder”. All video files in the

Media Folder will be listed in the left column. If the left column is

empty, that means there is no file in the Media Folder. Please add

video les to Media Folder rst.

Y o u c a n a dd u p t o 9 9

schedul ing tasks.

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10.

After completing conguration, click [

SAVE

11.

You can see a new schedule on the list now. You can click this item

and press [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

Select those les you want to play. You can select multiple les at one

time by holding the Shift or Ctrl key, or just select les one by one.

In the left column, the item with “*” sign represents a folder’s name.

If you choose this item, it means you will select all les in this folder.

Click [

Select=>

], and all selected files in the left column will be

duplicated to the right column. SMP will only play those les in the

right column.

Please refer to the following table for more functions to adjust the

sequence.

If you want to play all les in the media folder, you can simply click

the [

Select all=>

] button. Then, all files in the left column will be

duplicated to the right column.

Now, you can arrange the order of those selected les. In the right

column, each le will be added a serial number. SMP will play media

les in the sequence, 1, 2, 3 … N.

Move up Select one item in the right column. Click [Move up], and this item

will be moved forward in the playlist.

Move down Select one item in the right column. Click [Move down], and this

item will be move backward in the playlist.

Remove If you want to remove files from the “Selected Files” in the right

column, please select les and click [Remove]. Then, those les

will be removed from the right column, but will not be deleted from

the Media Folder.

Remove all Click [Remove all], and all items will be removed from the right

column, but all les will still be kept in the Media Folder.

Random If you select “Random”, all les in the right column will be played

randomly, without following the sequence.

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Skin Management

3-1 Produce Skin ..............................................................................32

3-1-1 Install Skin Editor ................................................................32

3-1-2 Create a new skin le (.csk) ................................................33

3-1-3 Re-adjust a skin le (.csk) ...................................................37

3-1-4 Upload Clock (.clk) .............................................................38

3-2 Upload the Cayin Skin File into SMP .......................................39

3-3 Apply Skin .................................................................................40

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In this se c tion , yo u can mana g e y o ur o w n s k in d i spla y ed as a

background, on which video, image, and ticker are playing.

3-1 Produce Skin

3-1-1 Install Skin Editor

You can find the editing tool, Cayin Skin Editor, in the product

CD (i n f olde r \ Tool \ Ski n Ed i tor ) . Cl i ck

set up .e xe

t o sta rt th e

installation. Please follow the instructions prompted on the screen to

finish the installation.

Aft e r inst a ll ing t h e Skin Ed itor, you ca n find th e “cys k in.exe”

program shortcut on Destktop or Program menu.

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3-1-2 Create a new skin le (.csk)

By using the Cayin Skin Editor program (cyskin.exe), you can make

your own skin for SMP-PRO series. Please f ollow the steps below,

and build your own skin.

Execute the program cyskin.exe in Start menu or on your desktop.

Please prepare at least one JPEG image le.

Please choose a product model. If you click on [

ALL

], you can create

a skin le for all resolutions supported on SMP-PRO series. If you

click on [

PRO2

] or [

PRO3

] respectively, you can create skins for those

resolutions which are only supported by the specic model.

The s k i n on l y ap p l i es to

those re so l u t i o n s whic h

you pre-edit by Cayin Skin

E d it o r. So, w e su g ge s t

yo u u p l oa d a l l p o s s ib le

resolutio n s , in ca s e you

ne e d t o u s e t h e s k in i n

different situations.

After selecting the product model, you can start to choose a

background image for each resoltuion. For example, when you click

[

Browse…

] for resolution 1024x768, choose bank_1024x768.jpg, and

click [

Open

]. Then, you will see the path of this image le on the text

box for resolution 1024x768.

You can choose to follow the same steps to add images for other

resolutions, or only add one image. At least one resolution should

be completed. After you select all your image les, click [

], and

move on to the next step.

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Please enter the skin name and the description of the skin and choose

a suitable combination of multimedia contents for this skin design.

You can define four areas at maximum: one “Multimedia”, two

“Image Slide Show”, one “Ticker”, and one “Clock”. The “Clock”

area only applies to SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N.

You can only set up those

reso lutions for whi ch you

upload sk i n ba ck g r o u n d

i m a g e s i n St ep 4. F o r

e x a m p l e , i f y o u o n l y

u p l o a d t h e i m a ge f o r

r e s o lu ti on 1 02 4 x7 68 i n

Step 3, you can only cli ck

the [Setup] button of the

corresponding resolution.

For example, if you only need to display video and ticker, you can

select “1” in both multimedia and ticker areas. If you select “0” in

all areas, the system will display only the skin background.

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Dene all areas one by one and click [

] to leave this dialog box.

You may discover in some

zoom ratio , the qua lity of

ba c kgro und im age se ems

n o t g o o d . T h e i m a g e

p r ev i ew w in d ow i s f o r

reference onl y. It will no t

af f ect the fina l qua lit y o f

published skin file.

P l e a s e n o t e t h a t t h e

performan ce of the sk i n

t o o l is no t s o go od i n

c o m p u t e r s u s i n g S I S

c h i p se t, w h en y o u d r ag

a n d d r o p i n p r e v i e w

w i n d o w s . W e s u g g e s t

you avoid using this tool

i n co mp ut er s wi t h SI S

graphic chip.

After clicking [

Setup

], you can enter the Setup dialog box and easily

use the drag-and-drop tool to dene the display size and location for

each area.

Click [

Multimedia (Orange)

] at the left side, and drag the area that

you want put on the skin. You can drag the handles to make minor

adjustment and use Zoom button to make fine tune. You can also

dene or adjust each area by entering the exact coordinates of it.

1 2 3 4

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(Optional) If you want to congure the clock area, click [

Option

] to

choose a suitable clock type and size. You can only adjust the size

of the clock area by selecting a pre-dened size, and place it in any

position you want.

10.

Finally, when you set up the layout, click [

Publish…

] to save the Cayin

Skin File (.csk). You can upload the .csk file into SMP-PRO series

players or CMS by Web Manager.

O n ly S MP -P R O3 / SM P -

PRO3N su pports the clock

function.

If yo u ap p l y a skin wi t h

t h e c lo ck ar e a t o S M P-

P RO 2 , t h e c lo c k a r e a

wi l l j u st b e e m p ty , an d

oth e r area s will still be

display ed normally.

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3-1-3 Re-adjust a skin le (.csk)

You can reload a skin file and retrieve all the settings of that skin

and make adjustments.

Open the Cayin Skin Tool

Click [

Load

], and open a skin le (.csk).

You can click [

Browse…

] to change image files, or click [

] to

change congures of the skin. Please refer to the above sections for

details.

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3-1-4 Upload Clock (.clk)

You can periodically download new Clock templates (.clk extension)

from Cayin’s partner website and upload them to SMP player.

Download a ".clk" le from Cayin's partner website to your PC.

Open the Cayin Skin Tool

Click [

Upload Clock

], and open a clock le (.clk).

After uploading a clock successfully, you can choose to use it on the

clock option page.

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After preparing a skin, you have to upload the file into SMP-PRO2

or CMS server.

Enter Web Manager. Click [

PLAYBACK

] and switch to [

SKIN MANAGER

]

page.

In the “Upload Skin” area, click [

Browse

], nd your le, and upload

it.

3-2 Upload the Cayin Skin

File into SMP

SMP-PRO2: You can only keep up to 9 skin files in one player,

including the default one.

SMP-PRO3: You can only keep up to 30 skin files in one player,

including 15 default ones.

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3-3 Apply Skin

After th e skin is upl oaded into sy stem, use select skin to choos e

your favorite skin background. You can manage and apply skins in

the “SKIN MANAGER”.

1. Login Web Manager.

2. Click [

PLAYBACK

] and switch to [

SKIN MANAGER

] page. Please refer to

the following table for more functions.

No Skin Choose this optio n if you want to play Multi media

Content in full screen mode.

Cent r a l Sc hedulin g

( s k i n c e n t r a l l y

scheduled by CMS)

Control and schedule the skin from CMS server. For

detail congurations, please check the user’s manual of

CMS server.

Use local skin

Use skin which stores in the system disk of this SMP

player. We provide a default skin and three demo skins

for your choices. Select a skin and you will see related

descriptions of it. You can also click [Preview] to see the

layout of the skin.

Click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

] after selecting a skin.

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4-1 Update Media Folder ..................................................................42

4-2 Manage Media Folder .................................................................46

C o n t e n t U p d a t e a n d M e d i a F o l d e r Management

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If you have files copied in

the player and then enable

conte nt up d ate fr o m th e

CMS se r v er folder, yo u r

f i le s w il l be wi p ed ou t

on th e player si de a s the

content of the fo l d e r on

the server will s ynchronize

with the Hard drive of the

play er. T h e r efore, if you

want t o ed it SM P cl i e n t ’

s media fo lder ma nual l y,

p l ea s e DO N OT e n ab l e

“ M ed i a F o ld e r c on t en t

synchronization”.

To pre v e nt s o m e m e d ia

f il e s f ro m de le t i n g b y

C M S s er ve r w hi l e y o u

u p d at e con t e nt of SM P

au t omat ical ly f rom CM S,

y o u c a n c r ea te a f o l de r

n a m ed “ pr ot ect e d” a nd

k e ep you r fil e s in t h at

folder.

In this section, you can enable automatic content update f unction of

Media Folder with CMS server. You can also configure the settings

of access authorization of Media Folder.

4-1 Update Media Folder

In addition to Network Neighborhood, you can update the content of

Media Folder automatically with CMS server or a web server.

Plea se specify the du p licate frequency and source of m edia files

by completing the following settings of CMS server or entering the

URL of a web server.

MEDIA FOLDER

Enable the “Media Folder content synchronization” function and

SMP player will periodically download new or updated files from

CMS’s Content Update Server. It also removes those files that no

longer exist in CMS server.

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T h e m a x i m u n t i m e

i n t e r v a l i s 1 0 0 8 0

minutes.

Cent ral Sched uling of all

c o n te nts ( M u lti m ed ia ,

I m a g e S l i d e S h o w ,

Tick e r , and Sk i n ) for a

SM P pla yer ap pli es only

on e ser ver con figuration

a s si g ne d he r e. P le a se

re m e mb er t o c o m pl et e

the se r v er setti n g s here

bef o r e you st ar t to us e

t h e f un c ti o n ( C en tr a l

Schedul ing).

For th e Host name of th e

C M S s er v er , y o u m us t

enter FQDN (full qualified

domain na m e ) here (e g .

www.cayintech.com).

Check for new content every […] minutes Set the time interval of checking with server.

Check for new content at HH […] MM […]

Set the exact time when you wish to check

with server. You can set up to 3 different time

arrangements.

Enable “Use hidden disk buffer”, if you would like to download les

to a hidden disk space first. After downloading process completes,

the system will copy all les to Media Folder at one time.

The advantage of this function is to make sure that SMP will not play incomplete contents. SMP will not play contents until all files are completely downloaded. We suggest you enable this option.

4. If you want the SMP player can check with sever for updated

contents periodically, please set the frequency here.

When you purchase a CMS server, you can create an account in the

CMS server and authorize the account to manage the group which this SMP player belongs to. If you choose to update content by CMS, please enter the "Group" name, "Username", and "Password" of the account, and the "Hostname or IP address" of the CMS server.

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After completing all settings , please click [

Test

] to check the validity

of the account the IP address. Please note that the [

Test

] button can only be used to test the validity of the "Username", "Password" and "IP address". You can not check the existence of the "Group".

SMP pla y e r wil l se n d th e HTTP request to th e UR L (e.g.

http://210.179.61.252/myvedio/playlist.txt) and get the playlist (e.g. playlist.txt) from the server. Each line (e.g. http://210.179.61.252/

Group Assign the group name which this SMP playter belong to.

Username The username is the account you create in CMS server,

and this account should be authorized to mange this group.

Password User's password

Hostname or IP address FQDN Hostname (eg. cms.cayintech.com) or IP address of

CMS server.

You can also synchronize contents from your own web server, if you

don't have a CMS server. Please enable "Web server" and enter the playlist's URL here.

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By changing the text le, you can update the SMP playert's playlist

in media folder.

myvedio/video1.mpeg) in the playlist file will be treated as one individual URL. SMP playter will download new or updated URL(s) in the playlist, and remove the local files which do not exist in the playlist.

You may type a text le like below and enter the URL of this text le

in this eld:

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4-2 Manage Media Folder

In this section, you can set share mode of Media Folder (on network

neighborhood) for users.

D o no t sh a re

Media folder

The folder will not be shared.

Share mode Select “Share mode” if you allow open access of all users. In this

mode, users can access the folder without username and password.

User mode

In“User mode”, users need to enter username and password to

access the folder. If you only want to allow access from a particular

user, enable this unction and change its username and password.

Default Username: smbuser

Default Password: smbuser

T h e ac c e s s is

only allowed from

IP Address

To allow access from particular IP address or subnet, enter the IP

address or partial IP address, e.g. type "172.16.0.1" to allow access

only from this IP address, or type "172.16.0." to allow access from all

computers in this subnet.

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5-1 System Status ..............................................................................48

5-1-1 Basic Information ................................................................48

5-1-2 Advanced Information .........................................................49

5-1-3 Firmware Information .......................................................50

5-2 System Management and Firmware Update .............................51

5-2-1 Set System Time ..................................................................51

5-2-2 NTP Service .......................................................................52

5-2-3 Change Web Administrator’s Password ..............................53

5-2-4 Choose Web Manager Language .........................................53

5-2-5 Set System Reboot ..............................................................54

5-2-6 Firmware Update ................................................................54

5-3 Display Settings ..........................................................................55

5-3-1 Congure Display Properties ..............................................55

5-3-2 Turn On / Off Display .........................................................56

5-4 Video Input Settings (SMP-PRO3 only).....................................58

S y s t e m S t a t u s a n d Settings

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In this chapter you can access the comprehensive system information

about SMP-PRO series. You can also configure system settings here.

5-1 System Status

SYSTEM STATUS

] page.

5-1-1 Basic Information

You can check the Hostname, Product Model, Firmware Version, and

Date/Time of SMP in this section. You can specify the hostname in

“6-1 Ethernet” section, and change the date/time/time-zone in “5-2-1

Set System Time” section.

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5-1-2 Advanced Information

In th is sect ion, you can check all de tailed in f ormation about this

SMP player in the following table.

CPU Utilization Usage of CPU

Memory Usage Usage of system DRAM

System Disk Usage Disk usage of system rmware disk. If the usage exceeds 95%,

we strongly suggest that you do not upload more patches for

preventing from disk overloaded.

Media Folder Usage Disk usage of Media Folder. If you run out of disk space, you

will not be able to add more media les in Media Folder.

R e s o u r c e D i s k

Usage

SMP-PRO3/PRO3N only. Currently it’s the reserved space for

system contents (eg. Skin les).

Network information You can check IP address and other related network information

here. For a wireless connection, you can also check the access

point (SSID) and security settings.

Display Information You can check both the real and selected resolutions and

refresh rates of the connected display.

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5-1-3 Firmware Information

You can check all updated patches information here.

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5-2 System Management and

Firmware Update

In this section, you can configure basic system settings and maintain

th e s yst em wit h fir m wa re upd ate , s yst em res tar t, and s y st e m

shutdown.

5-2-1 Set System Time

You can set the system date and time manually for the SMP.

SYSTEM

] and switch to “SYSTEM”

page.

Enable “Set system time” and enter the year, month, date (YYYY/

MM/DD), hour, minute, and second (HH/MM/SS). Then, click

[

SAVE

]and [

APPLY

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5-2-2 NTP Service

You can choose NTP function to synchronize the clocks of media

players to NTP server automatically (e.g. time.nist.gov).

SMP will update the system time f rom NTP server every 7 days or

when the system restarts.

SYSTEM

] and switch to “SYSTEM”

page.

Click “Enable NTP service”, and enter the address of the NTP server.

Click [

Update now

] to update the time immediately. You can also

click [

Test

] to verify the availability of the NTP server.

Click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

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5-2-3 Change Web Administrator’s

Password

To change administrator’s password of SMP, check the box and enter

the password.

You ca n ch a nge to a su ita b le p o rt nu mbe r to fit yo ur ne twor k

environme nt. The def ault port numbe r of Web Manager is 80. We

suggest that you use the port number larger than 1024, so that the

new port number will not be in conflict with other services.

5-2-4 Choose Web Manager Language

SMP player sup p o r t s si x build-in languages, which are En g l i s h ,

Fre n ch, Ge r man , Span i sh, Tra d itio n al C h ines e , and Simp l ifi e d

Ch in e se . S e le c t her e for c h an gi n g the w h ol e We b Man ag e r ’s

language setting.

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5-2-5 Set System Reboot

You can assign up to three particular time within a day to reset SMP

player automatically.

Enable “Set system reboot at” function, and choose a specific time.

Then, click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

5-2-6 Firmware Update

To update the firmware version of the SMP, please go to “System”

section, “Maintenance” page. Click [

Browse

] and select a file; then

click [

Upload

Yo u c a n r e s t a r t or s h u t d o w n t h e sy s t e m b y cl i c k i n g t h e

corresponding button at the end of the page.

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5-3 Display Settings

In th i s sect i on, yo u can co n figu r e thos e sett i n gs re l ated to the

display. Please follow the following steps:

5-3-1 Congure Display Properties

Click [

SYSTEM

] and switch to “DISPLAY” page.

Please refer to the following table and select a suitable setting for

you. After completing settings, click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

] so that those

settings will come into effect.

SMP-PRO2

Screen Resolution Include 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1280×768

and 856×480 screen resolutions

Refresh Rate Support 5 modes: auto, 60, 70, 72, and 75

TV-Out Type Support NTSC and PAL

TV-Vscan Support 3 modes: Under, Over, and Fit

TV - o ut o n l y a p pl i es t o

640 x 4 8 0 and 800x 6 0 0

resolutions

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T he d i s p l a y c o m m an d

feature on ly works wi t h

dis p l a y p l u g g e d to SM P

via VGA and with displays

su ppo rting the feat ure to

switch to stand by mode.

5-3-2 Turn On / Off Display

You can also use "Display Command" to tu r n on or turn off the

screen remotely (by cutti ng down the VGA signal ). You can also

schedule the time period dur i n g which you hope to turn off the

screen to save energy. Please follow the following steps:

SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N

Screen Resolution 640x480 , 80 0 x600, 1 0 2 4 x 768, 115 2 x 8 6 4, 128 0 x 1 0 24,

1280x720(720p), 1280x768, 1600x900, 1360x768, 1366x768

Refresh Rate

Display output to VGA D-SUB or Composite/S-Video

Composite and S-Video only support NTSC/PAL in 800x600

screen resolution. (NTSC/PALmust be configured through the

jumper)

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Click [

SYSTEM

] and switch to “DISPLAY” page.

Please refer to the following table for more functions.

Display comand Press [Off] to turn off the display; press [On] to turn

on the display

Turn off display daily from Set a time period during which you hope to turn off the

screen everyday

Turn off display all day

l o n g on th e fo l low i n g

day(s):

Set a specific day in weekly basis to turn off the

screen. The screen will be turned off on the day you

pick here.

If you ch oos e the disp lay

outpu t fr o m Co m p osite/

S-V i d e o on SM P- P R O 3/

PRO3N, you wi l l not be

a b l e t o t ur n o n /o ff th e

display r emotely.

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5-4 Video Input Settings (SMP-

PRO3 only)

Click [

SYSTEM

] and switch to “VIDEO INPUT” page.

Please refer to the following table for all functions.

TV Standard Set video input type. The input type can be NTSC, PAL and

SECAM.

Brightness To adjust the brightness from 0 to 100 by every 5 degrees.

Contrast To adjust the contrast from 0 to 100 by every 5 degrees.

Over scan To adjust the over scan from 0 to 100 by every 5 degrees.

This option is for you to zoom in and out of video input signals.

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6-2 Wireless Network .......................................................................61

Network Settings

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Gr oup name is impo rta nt

if you use CMS with SMPs.

Every player with the same

group nam e will form one

gr oup . You can create as

many group s as you wish.

Please note that the group

name is case sensitive.

In this section, you can assign a group name and hostname for the

SMP and define the network connection mode. SMP players with the

same Group name will be managed altogether for content update and

central scheduling.

6-1 Ethernet

You can assign a group name and a hostname to the SMP player and

configure the Ethernet network.

NETWORK SETTINGS

] and switch to

“ETHERNET” page.

Enter a “Group” name and a “Hostname” of the SMP player.

Select “DHCP Client” if the network supports DHCP protocol for

obtaining the IP address automatically. To use static IP address,

enter the relevant information in “Static IP Address” settings.

After completing settings, click [

SAVE

] and [

APPLY

] so that those

settings will come into effect.

Check network by pinging

gateway:

Th is function h elp s use rs

to adjust IP configurations

aut o m a t i c al l y w h e n e ve r

t h e D H C P n e t w o r k

c h a n g e s . E n a b l e t h i s

fun ctio n and SM P play er

w i l l s e n d o u t a p i n g

pa c k et e v er y 3 mi n u te s

t o c h e c k t he ga te w a y .

I f th e g at e wa y do e sn ’t

response, SMP player wil l

tr y to rep air the netw ork

connection automat ically.

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If you con nect wire d a nd

wir e l e s s netw o r k t o the

pla yer a t th e sa me time,

t h e s ys te m w il l ch o os e

t h e w i r e d o n e a s t h e

f i rs t p rio r it y , a nd w i ll

switch to the wireless one

auto m a t i c a l l y when yo u

unplug t he wired Ethernet

connection.

6-2 Wireless Network

If you attached a compatible USB Wi-Fi adaptor to a SMP player,

you will see t h e page “Wireless Settings” and can conf i g u r e al l

wireless network settings here.

Click “Search available wireless network” and choose a suitable

wireless AP (Access Point). Please be aware that a low-signal AP may

lead to an unstable connection and data loss.

Choose an appropriate authentication and encryption method.

Normally, these settings can be detected automatically. Please enter

the key if necessary.

If you use WE P, the ke y

will be 5 or 13 characters,

10 or 26 h e x d ec i m al . I f

y ou u s e T K IP or A E S ,

t h e k e y w i l l b e 8 ~ 6 3

characters.

We sug gest you use stati c

IP address for more stable

Wireless connection.

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Please contact Cayin to purchase compatible USB Wi-Fi adaptors.

Please specify the DHCP or static IP address for the wireless

connection of the SMP player.

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7-2 View Logs ..................................................................................65

7-3 Export Log File ..........................................................................66

Log Management

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You can select log categories to dene those log records you would

like to keep in the player or server.

System system status change or system error

Network network status or conguration change

Media Player status of media player

Playback le name, duration, and status of playback

Miscellaneous other log les

In t h i s section , yo u can mak e re lated se t tings of lo g files. Lo g

functi on helps you to create or read log records. Syslog func tion

allows separate log software to retrieve and further analyze.

7-1 Enable Syslog

You ca n enable syslog and send all log f i l e s to your designat e d

server, so that you can monitor all activities of this player centrally.

Click “Enable Syslog” and enter the IP address of your designated

server.

We suggest you purc ha se

Ca y in’ s log mana geme nt

too l, S uper Re port er, to

co llec t and mana geme nt

all log records of players

or servers.

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7-2 View Logs

You can check the log records in the SMP player.

LOG

] page.

Click [

View Logs

]; then the log dialog-box will pop up. You can check

all log les in your selected categories.

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7-3 Export Log File

You ca n export the log re c o r d s ; th e n , ed i t or ana l y z e wi t h your

favorite text editor software, such as Notepad, Excel, etc.

LOG

] page.

Click [

Expor t

]; then, you can export and save the log files as

“abc.log”.

I f y o u c o n f i g u r e t h e

“ P o p - u p B l o c k e r ” i n

you r bro w ser , the Ex port

function will not be able to

fun ctio n pro p erly . P leas e

turn off your Pop-up Block

or add SMP web manager

in the “Allo w We b sit e s

list”.

T h e e x po rt p ro c ed u re s

w i ll va ry f r om b row s er

to brows er. Pleas e foll ow

the in st r u c t io n s of yo ur

browser.

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By pressing CTRL-ALT-Backspace, you can exit GUI mode into text

console to make some low-level management. After you configure

here, those changes take effect after the system restarts.

Viewing System Information

View firmware, CPU, memory, and disk information.

Network Management

Configure Ethernet network.

System Update

Upload system update f ile or patch (.fsu or .psu) file fr om a USB

storage device. Contact your vendor for these files, store them in a

USB flash disk (FAT32) and insert the USB device into SMP player's

USB socket. You can upload files here or from the Web Manager.

Manage Storage (Expert Only)

Manage (formatting) storage, Hard-Disk or USB storage device.

Please consult your system administrator for using these functions.

Format Internal Hard-disk

This function is especially for those system maintainers who need to

format the internal slim hard-disk. Please note that this function will

format your hard-disk and you will lose all data in the disk. Follow the

questions in the procedure.

USB storage device

Partitioning and formatting USB storage devices (e.g. flash disk). This

function is applied when the format of some USB storage devices is not

compatible with SMP.

Reset Password

Reset the Web Administration’s password to admin.

Restart

Restart the system.

Shutdown

Shutdown (turn-off) the system.

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Y o u ca n tr y to re c ov e r

t h e s y s t e m f i r m w a r e

firs t, and type “N” for the

c o n f ig ur at io n r e co ve ry .

I f i t wo r ks fo r y ou , al l

configurations will be kept

after system is r e s t ored.

I f it doe s n’ t w or k , y ou

can ent er system rec overy

func tion a g a in, and type

“Y” in the co n f i g u r a t i o n

option.

If you encounter any unreco verable prob lem (e.g. unable to boot

up) while using SMP client, you can choose this function, System

Recovery, to restore your system firmware to factory default. Follow

the steps below to recover the system:

Start or Restart the SMP system with keyboard connected to the

box.

Keep press the TAB key while power on until the boot loader menu

appear (cayinos & recovery).

Enter “recovery”, and press “enter”. If you want to recover the

system without answering questions, you can enter “recovery

automatic”. The program will skip step 5 & 6.

While the recovery system boots up, follow the instructions.

When the instruction “The system will recover to factory default.” is

shown, please type “Y”. Then the system rmware will be restored

to the original one, i.e. you have to upload all patches again after the

system recovery.

When the instruction “The configuration will recover to factory

default.” is shown, you can choose to type “Y” and SMP will restore

the conguration to the original one. You will lose all congurations

which you made on this box, and you will be prompt to enter a new

key for this box when you restart the system again. The key label is

stuck behind the SMP device.

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Appendix:

U s e “ l o g _ r c v ” t o c o l l e c t

syslog from clients

“log_rcv.exe” is a simple tool helping you to collect syslogs from

SMP cl ients. You can find this progr am in product CD (\Tool\log

receiver).

Copy this le to your hard-drive, and double click it.

Please set the SMP client’s “syslog server IP address” as your PC’s

IP address (Chapter 7-1 Enable Syslog).

I f y o u i n s t a l l S u p e r

R e p o rt e r , t h e s y s t e m

w i ll in st a ll lo g- r c v.e x e

automat ically.

Log_rcv.exe will start to receive the log messages from SMP clients

and display the results on your PC’s screen.

D o n ’t r u n th e pr o gr am

“lo g _ r c v.exe ” di r e ctly i n

the CD.

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After log records are collected, Log_rcv.exe will generate 3 folders

automatically, which are “log”, “billing”, and “content_update”.

Each day, all collected log les from every client in that day will be

saved in a subfolder which is named for the date.

log All the log records are stored in daily basis and each host has

its own les.

billing All playback log records are stored here for billing information.

Each host has its own billing log le.

SUMMARY.TXT

[COUNT] section: Let you know for how many times those les

have are played.

[SUMMARY] section: Let you know how long (seconds) each

le has been played.

content_update Store all logs recording the name and the size of all files

updated from a CMS server. The unit of the le size is “bytes”.

Each host has its own log le.

SUMMARY.TXT

[SUMMARY] section indicates the size of all files which are

downloaded from a CMS server.

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