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Table of Contents:
I. Introduction
II. Board Spec and Components
III. Evaluation Kit
IV. Playlist and Operation
V. Client Device Setup
1. Client board Installation
2. Client Main Menu
3. Client Setup Screen
4. Remote Control Key Definition
5. Scrolling Text Format
VI. CAT Server Software
1. CAT.exe
2. Tools Tab
3. Account
4. Sever Utility Setup
5. Client Utility Setup
6. Playlist Scheduler (*new)
7. Graphics Command ICON
8. Playlist Commander
9. Remote HTTP Server
10. Remote FTP Server
11. Web Server Configuration
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IV. Playlist and Operation
1. Playlist:
Playlist is a script text file including command, time schedule, download filename and
content server IP address for client to execute line by line.
Playlist is created by administrator using CAT (Client Administration Tool) software.
2. Basic Operation without CAT (Server management software):
Pre-configure network setup and save. Network setup includes username, password,
server IP, client DHCP or static IP, and HTTP or FTP server’s URL address to download
playlist.
Administrator uploads playlist file into the specific URL path of HTTP or FTP server
Connect audio/video cables to any TV display, and Ethernet cable to RJ-45 connector
Power up unit, it will load network settings from EEPROM, initialize LAN, connect to
internet and download playlist from fixed URL and store into CF card automatically
Interpret playlist file and execute tasks including download files, playback files, time
schedule …etc. Playback media files repeatedly until stop or reboot command
Administrator can update new playlist, just keep same filename for network player to
load new playlist file when player power-up manually, or daily reboot time is hit, or set
pre-defined interval time that allow player to visit this URL.
3. Server Monitoring and Management Tool – CAT (Client Administration Tool)
CAT is a Windows application software to manage multiple client devices thru LAN or
internet connection
CAT has many useful commands and editor tools to monitor and control client devices
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V. Client Device Setup
1. Client board Installation
- High speed CF memory card is required (Sandisk Ultra II recommended)
- Use PC to format CF card with FAT32 selection for better performance
- Plug in CF card into CF slot
- Plug in LAN cable that connect to your LAN or internet network
- Connect video cable (RCA or S-Video) to your TV unit or VGA to your PC monitor
- Switch to right video source input channel on TV unit
- Connect audio cable to TV unit’s audio connectors
- Connect AC power adapter
- Power on network player (led light should be ON and screen displays ‘Initializing’)
2. Client Main Menu
- TV screen will show “Initializing”, “Initializing LAN”, “Connecting DHCP Server..”,
“IP Address”, “CF Card” then main menu
Note: It will take some time on the “Connecting to DHCP Server” depending on the IP
assignment speed from network router
- Main menu will show the following items on left side
• Client Local IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
• Server IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx or Host name
• Time: 2007/06/01 15:30
• MAC Address: xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
• Server Connection: ON or OFF or Error
• Storage: xxxMB
- Main Menu will show the following items on the right side
• Setup : press ENTER key to go into Client Setup screen
• Storage : Press ENTER key to go to file folder of CF card
3. Client Setup Screen
- Use remote control to navigate and make changes
- Press ENTER from main menu to Setup screen
- Setup has ‘Network’, ‘Time’, ‘Device Schedule’, ‘Auto Start’,‘Language’, ‘Factory
Default’, ‘Save and Reboot’ and ‘Return to Menu’ selections.
- Press ENTER on any item to go to its page
‘Network’ Setup Screen
a. User Name and Password: Use “Select” or “Goto” key to open virtual keyboard.
Move cursor to any letter and press ENTER, or use ‘0’ (zero) to erase letter. After
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finished, press “Select” or “ Goto” key again to exit virtual keyboard mode. Press
ENTER key on ‘user name’ or ‘password’ to go to next page
b. Server IP and Host Name: Move cursor to select ‘Server static IP’ or ‘Host
Name’. Use numeric key pad of remote to type 3 digits for static IP or use virtual
keyboard to type ‘Host Name’. Press ENTER to next page. (Server IP is the PC’s
IP where your CAT program is running. Host Name is go out to internet server)
c. Server Port (new feature): default is 5021. If not, please use remote control to
enter ‘05021’. This port number must match with CAT’s. Please go to CAT’s
Server Setup Utility to modify server’s port number if 5021 is already occupied.
After port changed, close CAT and open again to make new port effective.
d. Client DHCP or Static IP: Move cursor to select ‘DHCP’ or ‘Static IP’ and press
ENTER on ‘Static IP’ to Static IP page or DHCP to Setup screen. (DHCP is
recommended.)
‘Time’ Setup Screen
a. Time Server: Use cursor left or right to select ‘time.nist.gov’ or
‘windows.time.com’. Use cursor down to next item
b. Date: you can ignore this because client board will get internet time during
power up initialization unless you don’t have internet connection
c. Time: Same as Date
d. Time Zone: Use cursor left or right to select your local time zone
e. DST(Day Saving Time): Use cursor to select On or OFF. If On, it will add one
hour
f. Date Format: This date format will appear on scroll bar only. User can select
either mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy format.
g. Press ENTER on any field to go back to Setup screen
‘Device Schedule’ Setup Screen
a. Reboot Time: Move cursor to select ‘OFF’ or type 2 digits for daily reboot
time. When time is up, client will reboot itself. If auto start is set to network
mode, it will download new playlist file. Also player will send playback log
data back to server for further usage.
b. Device Schedule: Move cursor to ‘OFF’ or ‘ON’. If ‘ON’, another line below
will display ‘HH MM to HH MM’. Device ON time will turn on video and start
to play from existing playlist file in the CF card. Device OFF time will turn off
video and stop playing.
Auto Start Screen
a. OFF: After power up, client will do nothing and wait for server’s command
b. Local CF: After power up, client will playback according to playlist file stored
in the CF card or playback A-Z order files if no playlist file is found.
c. HTTP URL: Use CAT’s client setup utility to enter network URL path. After
power up, client will go to this URL path to download playlist file and execute
action item listed in the playlist file. (also described on page 2 item IV)
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d. iCAT: This is a web based management software like CAT, but iCAT allows
user to use browser to access from any PC, anywhere. iCAT is not like CAT has
more interactive commands. iCAT is more schedule-oriented automatic method.
Get 10 digit ID from iCAT program’s “Add player”. When player powers up, it
will login to iCAT server, user will see its on-line. For more detailed, please
refer to iCAT user guide document.
Language:
If revision # on the main menu has ‘U’ which means European fonts are installed.
Selections are ‘English’, ‘East-South European’, ‘Western European’, and
‘Turkish’. This font is used for RSS and instant message display on the scroll bar.
Factory Default: load pre-defined values into Setup settings. For example;
a. Device Name: NDSP01 b. Password: 123 c. Server IP: 192.168.1.106
d. Server Port: 5021 e. Device IP: DHCP
Save and Reboot: save all the changes and reboot client
Return to menu: just return to main menu
[Note-1]: All these client setup settings can be modified in the “Client Setup Utility” of
CAT software. You can save as “autoconfig.mia” filename into CF card then plug into CF
slot and power up client board. It will show “Auto Updating” message and save into
EEPROM. Remove CF card and delete this file to avoid reload again.
[Note-2]: You can save as “autoconfig.mib” filename, it will do the same thing to update
EEPROM except this autocinfig.mib file will be deleted after update.
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4. Remote Control Key Definition
Label
(EG-D10)
Main Menu SEARCH Switch to main menu screen from SmartNavi screen
Video Mode TV MODE Switch between S-Video/Composite Video and VGA output
Keyboard SELECT Only available in Setusp screen to enter or exit virtual keyboard
MUTE MUTE Mute/Un-mute sound
VOL + VOL + Sound level control
VOL - VOL - Sound level control
Position + SHUFFLE Adjust down scrolling text bar position
Position - EDIT/PROGRAM Adjust up scrolling text bar position
Background
Color
Foreground
Color
Transparent REPEAT Scrolling text transparent level (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%)
Speed ANGLE/ROTATE Scrolling text speed settings (fast, normal and slow)
Scroll Bar
Clock
EZ-Play >>
Label
Remote Key Function
(MP715 Remote)
page (use key ‘0” as erase key)
TITLE Background color for scrolling text bar (8 colors)
SUBTITLE Foreground color for scrolling text bar (white and black)
A-B Turn On/off Clock display on the scrolling text bar
Do auto download/playback files in A-Z order from CF card or
FORWARD
execute “playlist.mpl” file in the CF card
5. Scrolling Text Format
A regular .txt file can be used to store any text data including English, Chinese or Japanese.
This text file data will be scrolled like stock symbol or news ticker along with any photo or
video file.
At the 1
st
line of the text file, user can program some settings for the text color, and
position.
osd_settings=[B/G color], [F/G color], [Transparent], [Speed], [Font Size], [Clock]
e.g. “osd_settings=2,1,0,0,0,0
1. B/G color: a digital number from 0 to 7 (0blue, 1grey, 2red, 3ligh blue, 4green, 5yellow,
6magenta, 7orange)
2. F/G color: 0(white). 1(black)
3. Transparent: 0(no transparent effect), 1(75%), 2(50%), 3(25%), 4(100%)
4. Speed: 1(slow)，2(normal), 4(fast)
5. Clock/Date: 1(On), 0(Off)
[Note]: Defaults are white color text on grey color background if no OSD_Setting line.
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VI. CAT Software
1. CAT (Client Administration Tool) can be executed on any Windows XP system. Just
click on CAT.exe, it will display like photo below. Home is the default group.
2. When click Tool tab, it will pull down useful tools (see photo below). CAT UI and
language can be customized per request.
3. Account is to create or manage group name and user account name. You can create
multiple groups and assign different account names. When any client logs into CAT, it
will go under its corresponding group if account name is matched. If not matched, it will
go under default Home group.
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4. AutoPlay is a new feature after V0225. When players power up and log in to CAT, CAT
will automatically send playlist file and its content media files as specified here. Instead of
EZ-Play (manual mode), this AutoPlay mode can be more useful for users. For AutoPlay
mode, make sure AutoStart=CAT in the player Setup. It won’t work if AutoSart=http URL.
5. Sever Setup is for administrator to make changes for CAT server.
a. Server port 5021 is for port forwarding function of network router to access CAT
program.
b. PASV default port starts from 5022 – 5031 and can be changed to match
company’s firewall setting. This is for player to connect CAT using internet and
thru company router and firewall.
c. Current version allows up to 10 client devices to log in. You need to contact your
supplier for more users copy.
d. RSS Ticker: Default is set, but can be changed to match your PC’s path and
filename. When RSS ICON is clicked, CAT will send this file to players.
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