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A1

CONTENT

S

1 Intr

oduc

ti

on

2

O

peration Notes

3

Features

4 Preparin

g

y

our

C

omputer

4 Installin

g

VMWare

®

Pla

y

er

4

S

tartin

g

the

C

M

S

7

C

M

S

Tutorial

8

Mana

g

in

g

the

C

onten

t

11 Mana

g

in

g

the Pla

y

lis

t

16 Mana

g

in

g

the

S

chedul

e

24 Mana

g

in

g

Device

G

roups

28 Viewin

g

S

tatus Reports

3

0

C

reatin

g

the

S

ettin

g

s XML Fil

e

1

INTRODUCTIO

N

C

on

g

ratulations on

y

our purchase o

f

the

C

ontent Mana

g

ement

Sy

stem

f

or the

H

i-De

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Media Pla

y

er. Your complete satis

f

action is ver

y

important

t

o

us

.

G

efen

G

e

f

en delivers innovative, pro

g

ressive computer and electronics add-on solutions

that harness inte

g

ration, extension, distribution and conversion technolo

g

ies.

G

e

f

en’s reliable plu

g

-and-pla

y

products, supplement cross-plat

f

orm computer

sy

stems, pro

f

essional audio

/

video environments, and HDTV s

y

stems o

f

all sizes

with hard-workin

g

solutions that are eas

y

to implement and simple to operate.

T

he Gefen Content Mana

g

ement S

y

ste

m

The

C

ontent Mana

g

ement

Sy

stem

(C

M

S)

is a so

f

tware application developed

f

or

the Hi-De

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Media Pla

y

er to simpli

fy

the implementation and the

dail

y

mana

g

ement o

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e content and schedulin

g

.

From hospitalit

y

to advertisin

g

, education and business communications, the

C

ontent Mana

g

ement

Sy

stem provides users a simple and

g

eneral purpose

inter

f

ace to mana

g

e content on a sin

g

le Hi-De

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Media Pla

y

er on

a

n

e

tw

o

rk.

OPERATION NOTE

S

2

READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR

OPERATING THE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWAR

E

• This

C

ontent Mana

g

ement

Sy

stem is desi

g

ned to mana

g

e multiple Hi-De

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Media Pla

y

ers on a network.

• This product requires that VMWare Pla

y

er be installed, be

f

ore usin

g

the

C

M

S

.

• A U

S

B device must be connected to the Hi-De

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Media Pla

y

er

at all times, while usin

g

the

C

M

S

.

• The

C

ontent Mana

g

ement

Sy

stem supports Windows 7

®

an

d

Windows XP

®

. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions o

f

these operatin

g

s

y

stems

are supported.

3

FEATURE

S

Features

•

M

ana

g

e multiple Hi-De

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Media Pla

y

ers in Pull Mod

e

•

C

reate

/

edit pla

y

lists and schedules

•

M

ana

g

e media conten

t

•

C

reate

g

roups to mana

g

e multiple boxes.

P

acka

g

e Includes

(

1

)

C

ontent Mana

g

ement

S

o

f

twar

e

(

1

)

User Manual

4

P

REPARING YOUR COMPUTER

Installin

g

VMWare

®

Pla

y

er

In order to use the

C

M

S

with the Hi-De

f

Di

g

ital

S

i

g

na

g

e Media Pla

y

ers on

y

our

n

etwork,

y

ou must install VMWare

®

Pla

y

er.

G

o to http:

//

www.vmware.com to

download and install VMWare

®

Pla

y

er. Follow the instructions provided b

y

the

in

s

t

a

ll

a

ti

o

n wiz

a

r

d

.

Startin

g

the CM

S

To use the

C

M

S

,

y

ou must

ﬁ

rst use the VMWare

®

Pla

y

er to open a virtual

m

achine. The virtual machine

ﬁ

le can be identi

ﬁ

ed b

y

the

*

.vmx extension.

1. Launch VMWare Pla

y

er b

y

selectin

g

S

tart > Programs > VMWare > VMWare

P

la

y

er or double-clickin

g

on the icon located on the Windows

®

desktop.

2.

O

nce the

f

ollowin

g

screen is displa

y

ed, click on

O

pen a Virtual Machine.

5

3

. In the

O

pen Virtual Machine dialo

g

box, select the

G

e

f

en

C

M

S

.vmx

ﬁ

le and

then click the

O

pen button on the dialo

g

box to load the

ﬁ

le.

4. A

f

ter the

G

e

f

en

C

M

S

.vmx

ﬁ

le has been loaded, click

P

la

y

virtual machine.

STARTING THE CM

S

6

STARTING THE CM

S

5

. A

f

ter a

f

ew moments, the

C

on

ﬁ

g

uration

C

onsole will be displa

y

ed, as shown

be

l

o

w.

6

.

O

pen

y

our Web browser and t

y

pe in the IP address displa

y

ed on this screen.

The IP address listed in the

C

on

ﬁ

g

uration

C

onsole is the

default

IP address

t

and can be chan

g

ed based on the network requirements.

7

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CMS Home

The

C

M

S

Home pa

g

e provides the startin

g

point

f

or ever

y

pro

j

ect. Each o

f

the

s

ix

(

6

)

buttons on the

C

M

S

Home pa

g

e mana

g

es a separate sta

g

e and ar

e

ordered in the wa

y

each step should be completed.

M

ana

g

e Conten

t

Allows

y

ou to mana

g

e

y

our media

c

ontent

(

upload

/

download

)

.

V

iew Device Status

Access the Media Pla

y

er lo

g

ﬁ

les.

Create Settin

g

s XML Fil

e

C

reate

/

customize the settin

g

s.xml

ﬁ

le usin

g

a user-

f

riendl

y

inter

f

ace.

M

ana

g

e Pla

y

lis

t

M

ana

g

e the pla

y

list.

g

pl

ﬁ

le.

M

ana

g

e Schedul

e

M

ana

g

e the schedule.

g

sh ﬁ le.

M

ana

g

e Groups

M

ana

g

e

g

roups.

8

CMS TUTORIAL

M

ana

g

in

g

the Conten

t

1.

C

lick on the

Manage Content

button to display the

t

M

anage Your

C

onten

t

page

.

9

CMS TUTORIAL

2.

C

lick on

U

pload a

ﬁ

le

.

3

.

S

elect the desired media

ﬁ

le in the selection dialo

g

and then click

O

pen

.

U

pload Lar

g

e Files

U

ploadin

g

lar

g

e

ﬁ

les ma

y

cause a time-out or other errors.

C

heck this box when

u

ploadin

g

lar

g

er

ﬁ

les.

O

nl

y

one

ﬁ

le can be uploaded at a time

.

10

CMS TUTORIAL

O

nce the upload be

g

ins, the

G

e

f

en

C

M

S

will displa

y

the upload pro

g

ress.

You can click the

C

ancel button at an

y

time to abort the upload process.

I

f

the upload is success

f

ul, the

ﬁ

le will be displa

y

ed under Browse

/

Remove

Med

i

a

ﬁ

l

es

.

To remove

ﬁ

les, place a check box next to the

ﬁ

le

y

ou want t

o

delete. Then, click the

Remove Selected

bu

tt

o

n.

d

NOTE

:

The

G

e

f

en

C

M

S

supports dra

g

-and-drop plus multiple

ﬁ

l

e

s

election on both Mozilla Fire

f

ox

®

and

G

oo

g

le

C

hrome™ browsers.

It i

s

r

eco

mm

e

n

ded

t

o

use

th

e

l

a

t

es

t v

e

r

s

i

o

n

of

e

ith

e

r

b

r

o

w

se

r.

1

CMS TUTORIAL

M

ana

g

in

g

the Pla

y

lis

t

1.

C

lick on the

Manage Playlist

bu

tt

o

n.

t

Th

e

Gefen Playlist Management

page will be displayed:

t

12

CMS TUTORIAL

C

urrentl

y

, we don’t have an

y

pla

y

lists. An

y

existin

g

pla

y

lists would be listed

in the Pla

y

list drop-down list.

2.

C

reate a new pla

y

list b

y

clickin

g

the

Add New

link.

w

1

3

CMS TUTORIAL

3

. Provide a name

f

or the pla

y

list. For this tutorial,

y

ou can use the name

“

m

y

pla

y

list”.

4.

S

ince we have alread

y

uploaded some media content

(

2.mov

)

, click the

S

elect a Media File pull-down list to select the content.

1

4

CMS TUTORIAL

Th

e

ill

us

tr

a

ti

o

n

be

l

o

w

s

h

o

w

s

th

a

t th

e

m

ed

i

a

ﬁ

l

e

2

.m

o

v h

as

bee

n

se

l

ec

t

ed

fo

r

our pla

y

list.

5

. I

f

y

ou have additional media content to add to the pla

y

list,

y

ou will need to

c

li

c

k th

e

A

dd

M

o

r

e

R

o

w

s

link. Each media ﬁ le must have its own row. Use

s

th

e

Remove Row

link to delete a row.

w

6

. To upload the pla

y

list, click the Add button.

ADVAN

C

ED: B

y

addin

g

the media

ﬁ

le to our pla

y

list, our

ﬁ

le

(

myp

la

y

l

i

st.

gpl

)

would look like this

:

<

m

edia>

<FileName>2.mov<

/

FileName

>

</

media

>

U

sin

g

A

dd

M

o

r

e

R

o

w

s

(plus adding more content) would result in

s

addin

g

additional media events to the pla

y

list ﬁ le, such as

:

<

m

edia>

<FileName>3.mov<

/

FileName

>

</

media

>

<

m

edia>

<FileName>bi

g

.mov<

/

FileName

>

</

media

>

Pressin

g

Re

m

o

v

e

R

ow

would delete the selected media from the

w

p

la

y

list.

15

CMS TUTORIAL

7. A

f

ter the pla

y

list has been success

f

ull

y

added, the Add button will chan

g

e to

an Update button. The current pla

y

list is now also visible

f

rom the Pla

y

list

p

ull-down list.

8

. I

f

y

ou want to add more content to the currentl

y

selected pla

y

list, make sure

that

y

ou press the Update button.

1

6

CMS TUTORIAL

M

ana

g

in

g

the Schedul

e

1.

C

lick on the

M

anage

S

chedule button. This is where

y

ou assi

g

n a pla

y

list or

m

edia content to be pla

y

ed in a

g

iven da

y

, time, and period.

Th

e

Gefen Schedule Management

page will be displayed:

t

17

2.

S

ince we don’t have a schedule

y

et, we need to create one.

C

lick the A

dd

New

link under

w

Add new or edit

S

chedule

:

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