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Advantech DSA-2100A Series User Manual

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  • Page 1 OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL, THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF. Advantech Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice. The software described herein may also be governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement.

  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

    The documentation and the software included with this product are copy-righted 2006 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.4.2. Set Server Items ................ 21 4.4.3. Set Output Items................ 22 4.4.4. Set System Items............... 22 4.4.5. Advanced Items ................. 23 4.5. Save Edited Configuration..............23 4.6. Export Configuration to Player............... 23 © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 4: Chapter 1. Introduction

    3. Optimized Internal Storage Utilization and Content Management Advantech Digital Signage solutions are equipped with a 40 GB hard disk drive that can store up to 18 hours of compressed video at a bit rate of 4 MB per second. The media content can be encrypted before transmission to ensure security and prevent viruses, worms, and spyware.

  • Page 5: Dsa-2100A Interfaces

    Approx. 8 W Power 12 V DC input Operation Temperature 0 to 40° C, Humidity 5 ~ 85% @ 40° C 1.5. Packing List of DSA-2100A The DSA-2100A package contains the following items: © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Page 6 - Content management utility: Advantech DSA Composer - Configuration utility: Advantech DSA Configurator - User manual Note: You can download the latest version of DSA Composer / DSA Configurator and user manual from the following URL: http://www.advantech.com.tw/support/ © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2. Preparations And Setting Up

    1. Load the DSA Composer CD enclosed in the DSA player package. 2. Double click the “composer_setup.exe” icon and the setup utility will start with the welcome screen. 3. Click the “Next” button to continue. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Page 8 7. Once the installation finishes, you will see the icons of “DSA Composer” and “DSA Configurator” on your desktop as shown below: 8. Now you can begin configuring the Composer program by continuing the steps in Chapter 3. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 9: Chapter 3. Dsa Composer Utility

    (Please note that the user must configure the DSA Composer program to set up this connection before utilizing this feature). Please refer to section 3.8.2 Exit Exit Composer Connection Show the real-time connection status of the player Status © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 10: Media Database

    Section 3.5. 3.3. Initiate a New Program 1. Click “New” button, then a dialog with Project Name and Location editing field will pop up from the screen. 2. Input the new program name. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 11: Open An Existing Program

    1. DSA Composer allows you to set up the project playback schedule based on a 24-hour span. Right click the mouse on the schedule bar and select “Add” to edit the “Daily Schedule.” © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Page 12 DSA player has the correct system time through DSA Configurator; see Sec. 4.4.4 for more details. 4. Repeat the steps above to add another timeslot in the “Daily Schedule.” © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 13: Media Contents Management

    Select “Add” to insert the video file(s) that you want to include in the media database. 2. Drag-and-drop the selected video file(s) from the media database to the video “Play Lists” field on the left. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 14: Graphic Files

    1. Add new graphic file: You can either drag and drop the graphic files into the graphic database, or right click on the mouse to bring out the “Add/Delete” pop-up windows as below. Select “Add” to insert the graphic file(s) that you want to include into media database. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 15: Text Files

    2. Once you insert the text file, a dialog box will pop up and allow you to set the background color and font of the text. DSA Composer will convert the .txt file into the .jpg format automatically. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 16: Save Program

    (4) Set the position and size of the text bar. 3.7. Save Program You can save the edited program to the default directories in the local drive. This action will not modify the loaded program in the player. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 17: Export Program

    1. Click the “To USB” button, and then a dialog with “Drive Select” will pop up from the screen. 2. Choose the correct drive and click “OK”. The media files and play-list will be updated to the USB storage. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 18: Export To Player Directly

    2. Connect your PC to the network. 3. Click on “To Player” and you will have a “Export Successfully” message after the upload is complete 4. The Player will start the download within 60 seconds (default) © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 19: Export Via Corporate Lan

    (All the play-list and media files are saved.) The player will download the program from it based on the setting with the DSA Configurator. (See Chapter 4. for more information) © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Page 20 DSA player is as IP address: 192.168.1.100 and the Net Mask: 255.255.255.0, then the IP address of the web server needs to be 192.168.1.x (x could be any number between 1 and 254, except 100.) © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 21: Chapter 4. Dsa Configurator Utility

    2. Input your new DSA configuration file name with path. 4.3. Open Existing Configuration 1. Click “Open File” in the menu bar; the “Open/New file” dialog will pop up from the screen. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 22: Edit Configuration

    Static IP address network, enter the pre-defined network settings for the signage player (Please consult your network administrator for detail network information). 4.4.2. Set Server Items Under the “Server” tab, set the configuration of the media server and the interval for data updating. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 23: Set Output Items

    4.4.4. Set System Items Click on the “System” tab to set the system time and the RS-232 Configuration. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

  • Page 24: Advanced Items

    Section 4.6 to export the configuration to the DSA player. 4.6. Export Configuration to Player 1. Click “Save to USB” in the “Confirm” dialog. 2. Select the USB storage device and click “Save” to begin exporting. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Page 25 3. Plug the USB storage into the DSA media player when it’s power off, and then turn on the player. It will download the new configuration setting automatically. © 2006 Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

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