7.3.3. Camera _____________________________________________________________________ 13 7.3.3.1. Using Video Cameras ________________________________________________________ 13 7.3.3.2. Using a Sony PTZ Camera____________________________________________________ 14 First Time Start of your Cbox 3 _________________________________________________________ 15 8.1. Automatic Creating Backup Image__________________________________________________ 15 8.2. Microsoft Windows Mini-Setup _____________________________________________________ 15 8.3. First Windows Start ________________________________________________________________ 15...
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Windows Media Services Configuration (Streaming Server) ___________________________ 67 13.5. Creating an On-Demand Publishing Point (Streaming Server) _________________________ 73 13.6. Live Broadcasting Configuration (Cbox 3) ___________________________________________ 79 13.7. Web Publishing Configuration (Cbox 3) ______________________________________________ 87 Glossary ______________________________________________________________________________ 91 Contact Technical Support _____________________________________________________________ 95...
V. 3.3.030 1. About this User Guide This manual will guide you through the basic hardware setup of the Cbox 3 appliance. It contains safety and hardware installation instructions. Further information regarding the Cbox 3 application can be found in the help menu and the online help system.
Cbox 3 is ideal for use by educational institutions, training organizations, seminar and event organizers, as well as by enterprises. Companies can deploy Cbox 3 in meeting and conference rooms or bring it to off-site events, to record and stream live and on demand executive briefings, sales training sessions, product demonstrations, global announcements, web and marketing communications, employee.
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 3. Scope of Delivery Please make sure, that your Cbox 3 shipment contains the following devices, cables and software licenses: CBOX3 Platform USB Keyboard USB Optical Mouse Microphone XLR Cable Male/Female Audio Adapter cable...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 4. Specifications VGA Input Analog RGB & DVI up to 1600x1200 @60Hz 2 S-Video Video In Composite video Video Out Dual DVI (VGA with adapter) 1 Microphone XLR balanced Audio In 2 RCA Stereo unbalanced...
To ensure that your computer is completely shut down, unplug the computer's power cord from its power source. The Cbox 3 appliance is a completely preinstalled system and there is no need for opening the chassis for adding and removing components. Please contact Winnov regarding any malfunction and failure of Cbox 3.
V. 3.3.030 7. Getting Setup Cbox 3 is a compact ready to use appliance that quickly converts any room into a quality A/V studio. Cbox 3 is ready to capture and broadcast any multimedia presentation within minutes of being carried in. The recording starts at the click of a mouse.
Figure 5 - Cbox3 Rear View 7.2. Audio/Video Inputs and Outputs The A/V Adapter cable is used to connect audio and video input sources to Cbox 3 and audio output from Cbox 3. Each cable of the A/V Adapter has a unique description. This description will help you to identify the video and audio sources during setup of Cbox 3.
The Dual Head VGA output can be used with either one or two VGA output devices (monitors, projectors, etc.). One device is always used to display the operator interface of the Cbox 3 application. If a second device is used, it displays the audience view, which is controlled via the operator interface.
7.2.4. Audio Out for Room Sound System The Audio output of the Cbox 3 appliance can be used to connect to the room sound system or to a PC Speaker set. The A/V Adapter cable provides a balanced line-level stereo audio out signal (Audio R Out, Audio L Out) via XLR connectors.
7.3.1. Mouse and Keyboard The Cbox 3 appliance includes all the necessary applications preinstalled for normal operation. Use the USB ports when connecting the mouse and the keyboard to the Cbox 3 appliance. 7.3.2. Phantom Power Microphone Use a professional balanced Audio cable (XLR male and XLR female) to connect the microphone to the “Audio 1 IN (MIC)”...
The address of each camera is assigned during the VISCA initialization process. The camera addresses are 1, 2, 3… in order, starting from the one nearest the Cbox 3 Com port. The VISCA address is used during the Cbox 3 installation setup to identify and address each PTZ camera.
8. First Time Start of your Cbox 3 8.1. Automatic Creating Backup Image The first time you start your Cbox 3 appliance, you will see a message that says "Acronis True Image1 Loading...". This message indicates that a backup image is going to be created for your appliance.
V. 3.3.030 9. Application Software Overview The feature rich Cbox 3 empowers presenters with the tools to record every aspect of a presentation and transforms it into a high impact rich media experience that can be broadcasted live, archived for on demand viewing, burned to DVD, or loaded onto a digital media storage device.
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10. Using CBOX Application 10.1. Getting Started 10.1.1. Logging In Launch The Cbox 3 application requires an authentication. The default login for the administrator is as follows: Username: administrator Password: password Next, follow the procedures outlined in How to begin a new session to get started.
Before you begin a new session, you may consult the Audio/Video settings chapter. In fact, setting up your audio and video devices will customize your Cbox 3 sequences. BEGIN NEW SESSION For a quick start of the Cbox application, click on...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10.1.3. Audio and Video Settings AUDIO/VIDEO MANAGER. To configure your Audio and Video Settings you may go on Preset the audio / video manager is important in order to create a list of the devices you will use (micro, DVD player, cameras) and boost the Cbox performance at its best.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 Creating a new A/V device Click on and the will appear as follows: CREATE AV DEVICE EDITOR Figure 16 - A/V Device are analog audio and/or video sources. Creating devices is optional. If you do not...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10.1.4. Operator / Manager Information 10.1.4.1. Who is the Operator Manager? Operators logon through the Cbox 3 logon page. Operators are responsible for controlling and monitoring Cbox 3 sessions. 10.1.4.2. Creating a New Operator Click on...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10.1.4.3. Who is the Presenter Manager? You may have many presenters depending on your venue type and how it is managed. Each session has a single presenter associated with it. From the presenter, the session gets useful metadata.
Cbox 3 sends out email notifications. These do not need SYSTEM EMAIL ADDRESS to be unique per Cbox 3, but it would be a good idea so those who receive the email know which Cbox 3 has sent it.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 Figure 22 – SMTP Server Configuration For the Cbox 3 system to send out email notifications an is required. The Cbox 3 SMTP SERVER will send out notifications to the administrator when new updates are available, hard drive storage is low, and when sessions reservations have been set up to broadcast.
This includes setting the user email address, user password, and the user image. It is important to ensure that the user email address is correct. In some cases, Cbox 3 will send email to users. An example of such a case is when a user starts a broadcast session. The...
Administrator to export any and all Cbox 3 settings into a single file. The exported file can be used as a backup for the Cbox 3 settings, or to load onto other Cbox 3 systems that will have the same configuration. All settings are itemized, so it is up to the Administrator to choose what settings are to be saved.
10.1.8.1. Media Stream Preferences Figure 25 - Session Preferences Interface Cbox 3 is capable of producing multiple media streams. Bit rates should be chosen based on your audience and delivery method. The first media stream, called the PRIMARY ARCHIVE / , is broadcast (if enabled) as well as written to file.
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 supplying Windows Media Profile Files (.PRX). Once this has been done, Cbox 3 will check for overriding PRX files at c:\primary.PRX and c:\secondary.PRX. If a profile is found to be incompatible in any way, it will be ignored and the default behavior will be used without warning.
CUSTOM PROPERTIES operator is prompted to enter custom property values prior to starting a session. CUSTOM can be used to store an application specific value, extend the Cbox 3 Player to have PROPERTIES additional functionality, and/or enable a content management system.
Maybe more useful, the default Cbox 3 player can be used as a starting point to create a player with your branding. To create a new player, you must create a new folder under the file folder c:\Program Files\Winnov\CBOX\CBOX3Pro\Skins\.
Figure 29 – Web API Access Configuration The purpose of the Cbox 3 WEB API is to allow remote control of Cbox 3 recording sessions. This API will be supported, and possibly extended, in future Cbox 3 software versions (3.X.XXX).
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10.2. Capturing your Experience 10.2.1. Starting Capture and Preview Figure 30 - Capture Screen Screens A and B up show what you will record. Screen C is the RGB preview. It appears on the primary archive / broadcast video screen.
RESUME STOP recording Cbox 3 records presentations and lectures with minimal set up but you want to know the basic steps to properly capture video from different outputs such as a laptop, desktop, a PTZ camera or a DVD player.
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10.2.5. Adjusting the Video Levels 10.2.5.1. How to Set up your Broadcast and Archive Monitoring? On this monitoring, you may adjust: • : the combining of the alpha channel with other layers in an image INSET ALPHA BLEND or video in order to show translucency.
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BROADCAST AND ARCHIVE MONITORING : controls the timing of the capture. When the button AUTO SNAPSHOT SENSITIVITY TAKE SNAPSHOT is pressed, Cbox 3 will capture the event following the snapshot sensitivity setup. Figure 35 - Advance RGB Settings 1 -36-...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 TEXT EXTRACTION enables you to extract the words from the presentation and will AUTO TEXT EXTRACTION automatically set up a table of contents and an index. This option is very useful while you are watching your experience and you are looking for something specific, just do a search.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 Figure 38 - Advanced Video Settings Toolbox Video source exposure is controlled by allowing manual or automatic FOCUS WHITE BALANCE settings. PAN/TILT CAMERA CONTROL • : The auto focus mode on a video source will use a sensor to determine how far FOCUS away the subject is from the video sources lens.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 VIDEO CONTROL • : Flip vertically of horizontally the view of the video. VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL FLIP • : Adjusts the "black level" of the display system. BRIGHTNESS • : Adjusts how bright the white is.
Watching your Experience After recording, you will be able to watch your event. Click on RECORDING MANAGER. The Cbox 3 Recordings Manager pop up window shows a list of your different records. Double click on the you would ID RECORD like to watch.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 The results will appear in a separate window. Clicking n a search result link will take you to that specific point in the recording. Figure 43 - Search Results -41-...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10.4. Editing your Session With RECORDING MANAGER it is also possible to edit a recording. Figure 44 - Edit a Session 10.4.1. Add an Event To add an event, use the menu and go to or you can right click on your recording, EDIT >...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 Two types of events can be added: an or a IMAGE CHAPTER Select the type of event and select the TIME of the event you would like to add. TITLE Click Figure 46 - Type of Event 10.4.2.
10.5. Broadcast your Recording 10.5.1. Make a Reservation Reservations can be created to organize times when the Cbox 3 is to be used, and are required when a session is going to be broadcasted. To make a reservation, click on RESERVATION MANAGER.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 Step 5 – Set Custom Properties Step 6 – Select Broadcast Configuration Step 7 – Summary -45-...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10.5.2. Live Broadcasting Configuration Broadcast configurations are groups of settings which describe how broadcasts are distributed. To do a live broadcast, a broadcast configuration must exist. Broadcast configurations should be reusable once they have been created.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 • : When Windows Media Services "pulls" the content from the encoder, the ENCODER PULL server connects to an encoder stream that is already in progress. With encoder pull, the server connects to your encoder, as apposed to 'push' where you log into the server to stream your content.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 3. Fill out the Web Files information You have two DISTRIBUTION MODES • : Network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network, such as over the Internet. •...
Before publishing streaming videos on a web server, you may consult the chapter about how to configure your own server. Then after setting up your Cbox 3 for Web publishing, launch RECORDING MANAGER and select WEB > WEB PUBLISHING MANAGER The online publishing configuration manager will appear as follows: 1.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 2. Fill out the form under the tab. MEDIA SERVER 3. Right click on the recording you wish to publish. 4. Select PUBLISH TO >WEB > CONFIGURATION NAME -50-...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 10.6.2. Publishing Recordings to CD/DVD RECORDING MANAGER You can publish your recordings on a CD or DVD. Click on and select PUBLISH TO > CD/DVD 10.6.3. Custom Publishing Manager Figure 48 - Custom Publishing Manager...
USB PORT. If your USB PORT uses COM3, change it to COM1. The Cbox 3 is slow after setting up the Recording manager After playing with events or trimming your stream, the computer may sometimes slow down.
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 12. System Updates SYSTEM You can check the CBOX version that is currently installed on the system by opening TOOLS, as well as the CBOX version currently available for download. If a new version is available clicking "Get Update", will download and begin the installation of the latest software...
This is only a sample of what can be done using a specific set of resources. The following examples use Cbox 3 as the streaming and web server (see configuration 1 below). You can substitute any Windows Server 2003 based OS given that it supports IIS and/or Windows Media Services.
Creating a New User (Web Server and Streaming Server) A new user account will be created for live broadcasting and online publishing on the streaming and web server (Cbox 3 in our case). 1. Go to My Computer > Manage > Local Users and Groups > Users.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 4. Select “Password never expires”. 5. Review the new account, click on “Create” and then “Close”. -56-...
The web and media content for live broadcasting and online publishing needs to be transferred to a shared place on a web server and streaming server (Cbox 3 in our case). 1. Launch Windows Explorer and create, for example, the following structure for the folders.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 3. Select the “Sharing” tab and then “Share this folder”. -58-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 5. Click on “Add” to bring up “Select Users or Groups”. 6. Type the username which was created earlier (“cbox”) in “Enter the object names” and click on “Check Names”. 7. Click on “OK”.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 9. Select the user “cbox” in the list and check the permissions Allow > Full Control. 10. Click on “OK”. 11. Select the “Security” tab. -61-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 12. Click on “Add” to bring up “Select Users or Groups”. 13. Type the username which was created earlier (“cbox”) in “Enter the object names” and click on “Check Names”. 14. Click on “OK”.
A web site needs to be set up in order to serve the web content for live broadcasting and online publishing on the web server (Cbox 3 in our case). 1. Go to “My Computer > Manage > Services and Applications > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager >...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 2. Right click on “Default Web Sites”. 3. Select “New > Virtual Directory…” to bring up the creation wizard. -64-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 4. Click on “Next”. 5. Type an alias and click on “Next”. -65-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 6. Browse to select the shared directory you created earlier and click on “Next”. 7. Check all the permissions except “Write” and click on “Next”. -66-...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 8. Click on “Finish”. 13.4. Windows Media Services Configuration (Streaming Server) Your Windows Media Services need to be properly configured in order to live broadcast and publish online. 1. Go to “My Computer->Manage->Services and Applications->Windows Media Services”.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 Right click on “WMS Publishing Points ACL Authorization” and select “Properties”. 6. Click on “Add” to bring up “Select Users or Groups”. 7. Type the username you created earlier (“cbox”) and click on “Check Names”.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 13. Select “Control Protocol” and enable all the services (right click and select Enable). Note: “WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol” might not get enabled because of a port conflict. Follow the steps below to solve the conflict.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 16. Click on “OK”. 17. Right click on “WMS HTTP Server Control Protocol” and select “Enable”. -72-...
Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 13.5. Creating an On-Demand Publishing Point (Streaming Server) You can create an on-demand publishing point on your streaming server (Cbox3 in our case) in order to serve the media content for online publishing. This step does not need to be taken if you are doing live broadcast.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 3. Click on “Next”. 4. Type the name of the publishing point (“cboxondemand” for example) and click on next. -74-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 5. Select “Files” and click on “Next”. 6. Select “On-demand publishing point” and click on “Next”. -75-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 7. Set the path to the directory you created earlier where you want your on-demand media content and click on “Next”. 8. Click on “Next”. -76-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 11. Uncheck “After the wizard finishes” and click on “Finish”. 12. A new publishing point has been created to server your media content on-demand. -78-...
Live Broadcasting Configuration (Cbox 3) Following the completion of the steps above, the live broadcasting configuration needs to be created in the Cbox 3 application (Broadcast Manager). 1. Launch Cbox 3 application. 2. Enter login information and click on “Logon”.
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7. Enter the user and password you created earlier on the streaming server. 8. Type the playback URL to be used with the IP address of the streaming server (Cbox 3 in our case) and the name of the publishing point.
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10. Select “Network Share Copy (UNC)” for the distribution mode. 11. Type the UNC address with the IP address of your web server (Cbox 3 in our case) and the place in the shared directory where to transfer the web files (see 13.2).
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 16. Click on “Reservation Manager”. 17. Click on “Create”. 18. Follow the steps to create a reservation enabling broadcasting and selecting your broadcast configuration. 19. Click on “Add”. -83-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 20. The reservation has been created. 21. Click on “Begin New Session”. 22. Select “Select Reservation”. 23. Click on “Go”. 24. Select your reservation and click on “Begin”. -84-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 27. Click on the “Web Based Player URL” to test your live broadcast. This information shall be provided to your audience to access the live broadcast. Note: Any live broadcast will be assigned a unique ID so the web based player URL will change from one live broadcast to another.
Web Publishing Configuration (Cbox 3) Following the completion of the steps above, the web publishing configuration needs to be created in the Cbox 3 application for on-demand (Web Publishing Manager). 1. Launch Cbox 3 Publisher. 2. Select “Publish To > Web > Web Publishing Manager…”.
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6. Select “Network Share Copy (UNC)” for the distribution mode. 7. Type the “UNC Address” with the IP address of the web server (Cbox 3 in our case) and the place in the shared directory.
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 15. Click on “OK”. 16. The web publishing configuration has been created. 17. Click on “Close”. 18. Click right on a recording you wish to publish online. -89-...
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Cbox 3 User guide V. 3.3.030 19. Select “Publish To > Web > [configuration name]”. 20. “Publishing to Web” shall complete successfully. 21. Click on “View” to test your online publishing. 22. The web browser starts with the URL to be provided to your audience.
Import Settings: Allows the Administrator it import previously saved settings to the system. This is not system specific. That means that the exported file can come from another Cbox 3 system. Just locate the configuration file and click Import System Settings. When importing, all categories that are affected by the import, and changed to the imported settings.
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Color encoding system used in broadcast television systems in the United States Players: Cbox 3 can have an unlimited amount of players. The format of a Cbox 3 recording is open, so a custom player can be created from scratch. Maybe more useful, the default Cbox 3 player can be used as a starting point to create a player with your branding.
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The server name is the address of the SMTP server. If required enter the User Name and password the Cbox 3 will log onto the SMTP server. Contact your IT department if you are not sure what to put. When the server is configured, you can enter any valid email address in the "Test"...
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System = The system name and system email address are used when Cbox 3 sends out email notifications. These do not need to be unique per Cbox 3, but it would be a good idea so those who receive the email know which Cbox 3 has sent it.
V. 3.3.030 15. Contact Technical Support The Cbox 3 appliance checks after start-up and periodically for updates when it is connected to the internet. The administrator then needs to manually start the update process. To obtain help or information associated with your Cbox 3 appliance, use the help menus, supplied documentation, or contact Winnov support via e-mail at support@winnov.com.
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