Extron electronic SMD 101 User Manual

SMD101 • Setup Guide

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The Extron SMD101 decodes video or graphics streams from an IP network,
plays back internal video and audio les, and plays Video On Demand les from network shares at their original resolution or
scaled up or down to any common SD, HD, or graphics resolution up to 1900x1200 (WUXGA). The SMD101 can be deployed in
live event streaming and high level conferencing for specialized projects.

Mount the SMD101

Before connecting the SMD101, turn off all devices that will be connected to it. The SMD101 is housed in a 1-inch high,
half-rack width, 6-inch deep metal enclosure that can sit on a table with the provided rubber feet or can be rack mounted. Select
a suitable mounting location, then choose an appropriate mounting option.

Make all external device connections before applying power.

Rear Panel Overview

POWER

12V

1.0A MAX

Figure 1. SMD101 Rear Panel

OUTPUTS

HDMI

3

AUDIO

LR

IR IN

SG

5

RS-232

Tx Rx G

6

RESET

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LAN

a 12 VDC Power input e 3.5 mm, 3-pole captive screw connector for dual mode

RS-232 port (host control or IP pass-through)

b HDMI output f Reset button and LED
c 3.5 mm, 5-pole captive screw

connector for analog stereo audio
output

d 3.5 mm, 3-pole captive screw

connector for wired IR receiver input

Power Supply Connection

g RJ-45 Ethernet connector for connection to a LAN

Front panel USB cong port (see figure 4, e)

a 12 VDC power input – Connect the provided 12VDC power supply to the rear panel captive screw connector (see gure2)

and plug in the power cord. Verify the front panel power LED lights (see figure 4, a on page 4).

Rear Panel
Power Receptacle

POWER
12V

1.0A MAX

DC Power Cord
Captive Screw
Connector

ATTENTION:

• Always use a power supply provided by or specied by Extron.

Use of an unauthorized power supply voids all regulatory
compliance certication and may cause damage to the supply
and the end product.

• Unless otherwise stated, the AC/DC adapters are not suitable

for use in air handling spaces or in wall cavities. The power

External

Power Supply

AC Power Cord

Figure 2. External Power Supply Connection

(12 VDC, 1 A )

supply is to be located within the same vicinity as the Extron
AV processing equipment in an ordinary location, Pollution
Degree 2, secured to the equipment rack within the dedicated
closet, podium, or desk.

• The installation must always be in accordance with the

applicable provisions of National Electrical Code ANSI/NFPA
70, article 75 and the Canadian Electrical Code part 1, section

16. The power supply shall not be permanently xed to
building structure or similar structure.

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SMD101 • Setup Guide (Continued)

Balanced Audio Output

Slee

Unbalanced Audio Output

Do not tin the wires!

Output Connections

b HDMI output – Connect an HDMI (or DVI with suitable adapter) display device to the HDMI output connector. The EDID of a

connected display is read and the output automatically congured. For non-standard displays or devices, see the SMD101
User Guide for additional output resolutions and format settings.

c Audio output – Connect a balanced or unbalanced stereo (or dual mono) line level audio device to this 5-pole 3.5 mm

captive screw connector (see figure 1, c on the previous page). Wire the connector as shown in gure 3, below.

ATTENTION: For unbalanced audio, connect the sleeves to the ground contact.

DO NOT connect the sleeves to the negative (–) contacts.

Tip

Ring

ves
Tip

Ring

Figure 3. Audio Output Captive Screw Connector Wiring

LR

Tip

Sleeves

Tip

LR

NOTES:

• The length of the exposed wires in the stripping process is critical. The ideal length is 3/16 inch (5 mm). If longer,

the exposed wires may touch, causing a short circuit between them. If shorter, the wires can be easily pulled out
even if tightly fastened by the captive screws.

• Do not tin the wires. Tinned wire does not hold its shape and can become loose over time.

Control System Connections

The SMD101 can be congured and controlled from the RS-232 port or the front panel mini-type B USB cong port using
DataViewer, or from the LAN port using a standard web browser. Since the LAN port must be connected for streaming source
input, Extron recommends also using it for conguration and remote control of the SMD101.

d IR In – Connect an (optional) IR receiver to this 3-pole 3.5 mm captive screw connector to extend the range of the IR hand

control. The optional IR hand control provides access to the on screen menus for conguration and direct control over
playback.

e RS-232 — Connect the host RS-232 cable to the rear panel (see right) with a 3-pole

RS-232

captive screw connector for bi-directional (±5V) serial host control or IPpass-through.
The default protocol for this port is 9600 baud rate, no parity bit, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit,
and no flow control (handshaking).

IR IN

SG

Tx Rx G

RESET

LAN

f Reset button and LED — The SMD101 has three reset modes to return user-dened

g RJ-45 Ethernet connector (LAN) — Use a standard Ethernet cable to connect to a

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conguration settings or all settings back to factory defaults. The LED indicates the
desired reset mode, and provides the reset status during the reset operation. For
information on using the reset mode, see the SMD 101 User Guide.

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network (see right). The table at right has the default network settings.

NOTE: To connect the SMD101 directly to a computer Ethernet port, use a

crossover Ethernet cable.

The ACT (amber) LED indicator on the LAN connector blinks in a pattern to indicate the
connected network speed.

• Three blinks, pause — 1 Gigahertz

• Two blinks, pause — 100 Megahertz

• One blink, pause — 10 Megahertz

IR
Transmitter

G

IP Address: 192.168.254.254

Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway: 0.0.0.0

Connected RS-232
Device Pins

Ground

Receive

Transmit

DHCP: OFF

USB — Connect the host USB port to the front panel cong port (see figure 4, e on the next page), using a typeA to
minitypeB USB cable.

Front Panel Features

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IR

Figure 4. SMD101 Front Panel

CONFIG

SMD 101

a Power LED – Lights solid green when the SMD101 is powered. Lights solid red when in standby (low power) mode.

b Playback status indicator — Dual-color LED indicates the current state of playback operation:

• Solid Green – The SMD101 is actively decoding a stream.

• Blinking Green – A stream is selected for decoding, but playback is paused.

• Off – The selected stream is not being decoded.

• Solid Red – Playback errors.

c Network status indicator — Dual-color LED indicates the current state of network operation and connection quality.

• Solid Green – Indicates network conditions are favorable for the current source. The LED is also lit if the current source

is a local le.

• Red/Green – When ashing red and green, indicates encoder or network conditions are compromising image or audio

quality, and the buffers could be depleted.

• Solid Red – Indicates server or network conditions are compromising video or audio quality and the buffers could be

depleted.

• Off – No network connectivity.

d IR Receiver Window— Allows remote operation using a compatible IR hand control (optional).

e Config port — Connect a control PC or other USB device to this port with a mini-type B USB cable (not supplied). Use this

port to send Simple Instruction Set (SIS™) commands to the SMD101 for device conguration and control.

SMD101 Configuration

The SMD101 can be congured and controlled using a web-browser. To congure the SMD101 to play a multimedia stream:

1. Connect the external power supply to a 100 to 240 VAC, 50 or 60 Hz power source. The SMD101 powers up and undergoes

a self testing sequence.

2. Power up all connected devices. The SMD101 reads the EDID of the connected display device and sets the output

resolution and format.

3. The SMD101 can be connected to a control PC using the front panel USB port, the rear panel RS-232 connection, or the

RJ-45 LAN port (see Control System Connections on page2). Ensure the control PC is on the same subnet, power the
PC, and open a web browser.

• Google Chrome™ version 27 or higher (recommended),

• Mozilla

• Microsoft

4. Enter the default IP address of the SMD101 (192.168.254.254) into the browser address bar and press <Enter> on the

keyboard.
The Player Page opens with the browser, lists, and playlist editor panels open. The browser Streams tab is selected (see

gure 5 on page 4).

5. Congure the SMD101 using the Conguration, and Advanced Conguration pages. See the SMD101 User Guide at

www.extron.com for details.

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Firefox® (version 15 or higher) or

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InternetExplorer® version 8 or higher (for Windows operating systems).

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SMD101 • Setup Guide (Continued)

Play a Stream:

NOTE: The SMD101 must be connected to a LAN to locate and play streams. Clips or streams stored in internal

memory can be played without the need for a network connection.

1. In the Browser panel, select the Streams tab (see gure 5).

2. Click on an available stream to select it for decoding (see the SMD101 User Guide for additional ways to specify or select

streams).

3. Click on and drag the stream from the Streams browser panel and drop it in the Player Controls panel. The URI for the

currently playing stream is in the Source: eld.

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Drop item into Player Control to load, or into Channels to add a new preset.

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4. Press play (

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Figure 5. Player Page: Player Controls and Browser Panels

) to start playing the stream.

The source format and output format are shown near the bottom of the Player Controls panel (see gure 5, Ü).

To change the stream, repeat the above steps, selecting a new stream from the
streams list. The currently active stream stops playing and is removed from the
Source: eld, then replaced by the new stream. Press Play to start playback of

Browser

Files

the new stream.

NOTE: Select Load Play under the player controls to start playback of

a selected source automatically.

Click the Files tab to access media les and clips stored in local memory or on
shared network drives and folders (see gure at right).

/

audio

Audio-File-1.m4a

clips

Video-clip-1.mp4

images

1920x1080-Image.jpg
nortxe-backup

shares

MediaShare

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Operation With Extron SME100 Encoders

Multi TS/RTP 238.13.197.190 60000 1500

Stream Control Stream Method Destination IP Destination Port MTU

SAP Control Session Name Session Description Keywords Author Announce Frequency

QoS (Differentiated Services)TTL

sec

Streaming Configuration

Enable

Enable

Test Pattern 1 Bars and Tones test, pattern Extron1

Normal (CS3)10

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For SME100 stream discovery in the SMD101 streams browser (see figure 5 on page 4), the SME100 must have both
Stream Control and SAP Control enabled to enable SAP announcements. The SME100 settings are shown below.
From the SME100 default web page (see the SME100 User Guide), select the Encoder Conguration link, then
Encoder Settings to open the conguration dialog shown in gure 6 below.

Figure 6. SME100 Encoder Configuration Panel (Partial View)

In both the Stream Control and SAP Control drop-down lists, select Enable. Choose a Destination IP and
DestinationPort which avoid conict with other multicast devices on your network, then enter them into the

appropriate elds.

With SAP Control enabled, the SME100 stream (Test Pattern 1) is listed by the SMD101 stream browser in the Extron
folder. To connect the stream, from the browser, drag and drop the stream anywhere on the Player Controls panel
(see Play a Stream: on page4).

RTSP Multicast (Pull Streaming)

When using RTSP multicast from an SME100, the SMD101 must still connect to it using the SME100 IPaddress (for
example rtsp://192.168.254.100) rather than the typical multicast IP address (for example rtsp://239.10.193.165).

If the SME100 is set up for push streaming (Stream Control Enable), the RTSP bitrate is limited to 5Mbps on startup or
restart. Although it can be higher, it is not recommended.

If higher bitrates are required, only a single stream method should be active.

Push Streaming (Unicast Port Numbers)

In systems with more than one SME 100 encoder using any of the unicast push methods (TS/UDP, TS/RTP, ES/RTP) to a
single SMD101 decoder, each SME 100 must use a unique port number (such as 60000 and 61000). See the SMD101
User Guide for additional information.

Multicast

For systems where streams from one or more SME100s are received and decoded by multiple SMD101s, multicast
addressing is strongly recommended. All network switches must be suitably rated and correctly congured for IGMP
snooping and multicast ltering with an active IGMP querier (possibly the network switch) available on the local subnet
for optimum performance.

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SMD101 • Setup Guide (Continued)

Connecting to Streams Without SAP Announcements

For a source that is not congured for SAP announcements (such as IP cameras), the RTSP (pull) stream URI is entered directly
in the Source: eld of the SMD101 player controls. The URI prex (udp in the example below) corresponds to the streaming

method.

UDP or RTP Connections

To connect the SMD101 to a stream using the destination port of the encoder, use the following template:

udp://@:<destination port>

For example, to connect to the SME100 stream in gure 6, enter the following URI in the SMD101 Source eld (see figure 5):

udp://@:60000

The SMD101 also supports the URI formats:

ts/rtp://192.168.254.254@192.168.254.254:60000

and

ts/rtp://@192.168.254.254:60000

HTTP Connection to an SME100

To connect to RTSP streams over HTTP, use the following templates.

For unicast streams, the URI format is:
http://<sme_ip_adr>/web/output1.sdp.

For multicast RTP over UDP RTSP (pull) streams, the URI format is:
http://<sme_ip_adr>/web/output1/multicast.sdp.

If the encoder has an active admin password, it challenges the connection. An admin or user password is required for connection.
To play the stream, the user name and password must be embedded in the URI entered in the Source eld.

For unicast streams requiring credentials, the URI format is:
http://user:password@<sme_ip_adr>/web/output1.sdp.

For multicast RTP over UDP RTSP (pull) streams requiring credentials, the URI format is:
http://user:password@<sme_ip_adr>/web/output1/multicast.sdp.

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Play Video on Demand

Network Path:

Options:

Local Name:

\\192.168.127.101\SharedFolder

Network - Shares

MediaShare

Save Cancel

Network Shares

User Name:

Password:

Reconnect at power up:

The SMD101 can play video on demand from network shares and supports the following le types:

Video: [mp4,ts,m2t,m2ts,mov*,264,m4v,v*,sdp]

NOTE: *Supports files that use H.264 encoding and AAC audio only.

Images: [bmp,jpg,jpeg,tif,tiff,png,gif],

NOTE: TIFF files using JPEG compression are not supported.

Audio: [wav,aac,m4a]

Playlists: [jspf, m3u, m3u8, pls, and xspf].

The shared folder must be added to the player browser le list. To add a shared folder:

1. From the Files browser (click the Files tab in the browser panel), click Network Shares.

Figure 9. Network Share Configuration

2. In the Network Path: eld, enter the full path of the shared folder using the IP address or host name of the server.

3. Enter a user name and password in the next elds, if assigned.

4. Enter a local name for the shared folder.

NOTE: A local name for the shared folder (in this example, MediaShare) is

optional. If the user does not define a name, it defaults to the server folder name
(SharedFolder in figure 9).

5. Click Save.

The SMD101 connects to the shared folder and installs it under the default Shares folder of the les browser.

images

MediaShare

Figure 10. Browser Shares Folder

To play a le shared on the network share, from the browser les tab, drag the selected le in the Shares folder and drop it in
the player panel (see figure 5 on page 4).

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Play Local Content

General

Host:

Protocol:

Logon Type:

User:

Password:

Account:

Comments:

192.168.193.165 22022

SFTP-SSH File Transfer Protocol

Normal

admin

*****

Port:

Browser

The SMD101 has internal memory reserved for local content. Local content is viewed
from the browser Files tab. A typical folder structure for the internal memory is
shown at right.

NOTES:

• The media folder is currently reserved for future use. Do not put user

content les in the folder.

• TMP folders are not accessible.

Content (up to 175 MB total) can be transferred directly to the SMD101 from a
computer on the same network using an FTP client such as Filezilla, a free FTP
program available here:

https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

Download and install the FileZilla program.

After installation, run the program.

1. From the toolbar select File>Site Manager. The SiteManager dialog

opens (see right).

2. Enter the SMD101 IP address in the Host: eld.

3. Enter 22022 in the Port: eld.

4. Select SFTP in the Protocol: drop-down list.

5. Select Normal from the Logon Type: drop-down list.

6. Enter admin in the User: eld.

7. Enter the SMD101 admin password if one is set. Otherwise leave the

Password: eld blank.

8. Click Connect to start the connection routine.

Filezilla establishes a connection with the SMD101 at the IP address in the
Host: address and logs in.

Filezilla defaults to the root of the SMD101 local memory (on the right in the gure
below) and shows all les and folders stored in the user le system.

In the example below, a le is uploaded from the PC to the SMD101 Clips folder
using the right-click menu.

Files

/

audio

Audio-File-1.m4a

clips

Video-clip-1.mp4

images

1920x1080-Image.jpg
nortxe-backup

shares

MediaShare

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Local site:

C:\Users\Videos\MediaShare

PC file uploads to:

Remote site:

PC Folders and Files SMD 101 Folders and Files

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