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NovaStar PBOX150 User Manual

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Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150
Rev1.0.0
NS120100107

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 Rev1.0.0 NS120100107...
  • Page 2 Welcome to use the product from Xi’an NovaStar Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “NovaStar”). It is our great pleasure to offer this manual to help you understand and use the product. We have striven for precision and reliability during the compilation of this manual.
  • Page 3 FCC Caution Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual ABLE OF ONTENTS BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF PBOX150 ........................ 5 APPEARANCE ..............................6 NETWORK CONNECTIONS ........................7 ETWORK CABLE ..............................8 LAN ..................................8 ..................................9 3.3.1 Mode I: WiFi control card does not connect with external network ..............10 3.3.2...
  • Page 5 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 11.5.2 Offline export ............................... 38 11.5.3 Publish temporary content ........................... 38 11.5.4 Immediate notification..........................39 REMOTE CLUSTER PLAY& CONTROL SYSTEM ....................41 SPECIFICATIONS .............................43 www.novastar.tech...

  • Page 6: Brief Introduction Of Pbox150

    1 Brief Introduction of PBOX150 In order to support traditional digital signage and provide a better entry into full-color LED display industry for clients to carry out media business, NovaStar has launched dual-mode media player PBOX150. Synchronous and asynchronous dual-mode switch is supported, which has made it more convenient for clients to use.

  • Page 7: Appearance

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 14) Supporting remote cluster control and play via Internet; 15) Supporting various media formats such as analog clock, animation, picture, text, scrolling text, digital clock, positive and negative timing, Chinese traditional calendar etc; 16) Supporting playing with transparent background;...

  • Page 8: Network Connections

    HDMI Loop output AUDIO OUT Audio output LED OUT Gigabit Ethernet port, LED output BACKUP Gigabit Ethernet port, LED backup output 3 Network Connections PBOX150 can be connected to play& control computer through three modes: network cable, LAN and WiFi. www.novastar.tech...

  • Page 9: Network Cable

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 3.1 Network cable Fig. 3-1Network cable 3.2 LAN Fig. 3-2 LAN www.novastar.tech...

  • Page 10: Wifi

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 3.3 Wifi Tips: The WiFi function of PBOX150 has DHCP service which is disabled and in route mode by default. Please do not directly switch PSD100-WiFi into local area networks by network cables at the time of DHCP opening.

  • Page 11: Mode I: Wifi Control Card Does Not Connect With External Network

    Tip: In this case, publishing and management terminal devices cannot connect external network. PBOX150 itself can build a new network through its connected WiFi. Connect PSD100-WiFi to user computers by network cables; Set computer's IP address as static IP: 192.168.10. *;...

  • Page 12: Mode Ii: Connect The Wifi Card With External Network By Wireless Network

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Use mobile device to search the hot spots of the WiFi module for connection: The SSID is nova****** (check information label) and the default password is 0123456789. 3.3.2 Mode II: connect the WiFi card with external network by wireless network Set computer's IP address as static IP: 192.168.10.

  • Page 13: Mode Iii: Connect The Wifi Card With External Network By Network Cables

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual server ->DHCP service and open DHCP services. Conduct wireless setting -> scanning hot spots and decide the spot for connection: The connection status is displayed as connected (see the Figure above), when it is allowed to use mobile device for searching the hot spots of the WiFi module for connection: The SSID is nova****** (check information label) and the default password is 0123456789;...

  • Page 14: Mode Iv: Wifi Card Opens The Bridge Connection Mode

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 3.3.4 Mode IV: WiFi card opens the bridge connection mode Note: Please close the DHCP service before setting wireless network parameters. Open the browser and input 192.168.10.1 in the address bar, to enter the setting interface of wireless routers.

  • Page 15: Ip Searching

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 3.4 IP Searching Tip: If the DHCP service is enabled, both the IP addresses of the laptop and the control card are 192.168.10. *. If the DHCP service is disabled and external routers are connected by network cables, laptop and control card all use the IP addresses distributed by external routers.

  • Page 16: Advanced Login

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Double click on the display and the operation interface of IP modification will shown. You can modify IP address directly or choose to obtain IP automatically. Click Send after setting is completed. 4 Advanced Login Select the display to be connected from the list you have searched and click connect display;...

  • Page 17: Software Installation

     Cluster management: Click the link below to download service platform NovaCloud central management software Mc-go http://www.novaicloud.com/ 6 Operation Flowchart 7 Switch of Play Mode PBOX150 supports synchronous and asynchronous modes of playing. In addition, these two modes could switch quickly from one to the other. www.novastar.tech...

  • Page 18: Operation Of Asynchronous Play Mode

    Methods II: Switching by software. Run Nova LCT-Pluto. Click “Screen Configuration” under Settings and then select input source configuration. Note: PBOX150 will default to synchronous mode after power on if HDMI input source has the access to signal. 8 Operation of Asynchronous Play Mode Run play&...

  • Page 19: Start Led Display By Receiving Card Configuration Files

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual operating instructions of NovaLCT-Pluto in NovaLCT-Pluto User's Manual. Run Nova LCT-Pluto on the computer. Click System(S)→Search All Display(S). LCT will search current connected display. The result is shown as below and click Connect Display.
  • Page 20 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Advantage: start display by configuration files without setting by users. Enter “Scan Board” interface and click “Load File” to import configuration file of scan board in .rcfg format. Click “Save to Screen” and the data won’t lost if the power is terminated.

  • Page 21: Start Led Display Manually

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 10.2 Start LED display manually 10.2.1 Smart setting www.novastar.tech...
  • Page 22 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Data types: Module chip: select driving chip type used by cabinets at present such as common chips,  MBI5036 and MBI5042 etc.  OE Polarity: this option can be High Effective, Low Effective or Unknown.
  • Page 23 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual routing. Notice: If the rows and columns of load module of scan board is set as the default (1 column, 1 row), modules in the first row of all cabinets will be lightened. Fill in according to the specifications of cabinet and the last modules of the first row of all cabinets will be lightened.
  • Page 24 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Fill in Smart Setting Step 5 according to actual situation and click Next to enter “Smart Setting Step 9”. Then click the grid on computer corresponding to the lighted grid on module. Another grid will be lighted on the module after clicking one grid and then click next grid as the figure below.

  • Page 25: Screen Configuration

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual module to file or to database if it is necessary for the convenience of quick start the display screen with same module next time. Then click Save. Click Finish directly if it is not necessary to save.
  • Page 26 Custom resolution: users can customize the resolution of player according to the quality of image. PBOX150 will default to synchronous mode after power on if HDMI priority is enabled. 10.2.2.2 Screen configuration Screen can be divided into three types: simple screen, standard screen and complex screen.
  • Page 27 Save file: save screen configuration information as screen information file (*.scr) Send to hardware: send screen configuration information to asynchronous card of PBOX150. Save to screen: save all hardware parameters to flash in case of loss after the power is...
  • Page 28 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual terminated. Coordinates： set the initial map position. The default initial position is (0,0) which is the coordinates (0,0) on the top left corner of the mapping display. Virtual mode: choose the screen with virtual pixel or real pixel. Virtual pixel includes three lights and four lights.
  • Page 29 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Virtual mode: choose the screen with virtual pixel or real pixel. Virtual pixel includes three lights and four lights. Column number, Line number: input based on real display modules. Software interface will show the plane figure shown as above.

  • Page 30: Program Editing And Publishing By Applying Plutomanager

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Fig. 10-9 Complex screen configuration Add: a new window pop up and the initial coordinates and load pixel of each scan board can be set. Edit: edit added information of scan board. Delete: delete the selected information of scan board from the list.

  • Page 31: Editing Play Program

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Fig. 11-1 Searching display 11.1 Editing play program Select edit mode. Click Create Play List on the toolbar of PlutoManager main interface to enter the Play program creating page shown as below. www.novastar.tech...
  • Page 32 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Play program can be saved with the suffix of plpym. It is composed of several common segments. In addition, it also contains one or more inserted segments. The common segments and inserted segments are composed of one or more pages, and each page is composed of one or more windows.

  • Page 33: Editing Sign List

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 11.2 Editing Sign list Click to open the main interface of Edit Play List. The interface is divided into many windows. Each window is named according to the functions as the following figure. Fig. 11-2 Page function distribution 11.3...

  • Page 34: Configuring Playlist Directory

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Fig. 11-3 Play window information Size of play window: width and height can match the selected display and adjust automatically. Play window size Set size manually: Set based on the actual size of display screen.

  • Page 35: Publish

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Fig. 11-4 Configuration of playlist directory 11.5 Publish 11.5.1 Online publish Click on the main interface of PlutoManager or directly click on Edit play list window to enter the interface of Play List Publish.
  • Page 36 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Clear: delete all current Play programs and files; Delete: once deleted, all files related to Play program will be gone no matter converted or not; Send: send play program; Export: export Play program to USB drive.
  • Page 37 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Select by client: Directly check the client (who’s online) which Play program will be sent to; Select by group: Publish Play program by group; Fig. 11-8 Choose the client to be sent System will choose to play by adopting self-adapting window if the size of terminal display and play program display is different and users still ask for sending play program, which may lead to distortion of the image on terminal display.
  • Page 38 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Fig. 11-9 Send related information Fig. 11-10 Send successfully www.novastar.tech...

  • Page 39: Offline Export

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 11.5.2 Offline export Offline export is to export current play program to USB drive and then connect the USB drive to terminal to play. Operating steps: 1) Click on the interface shown in Fig. 11-3 to enter setting interface of Offline export.

  • Page 40: Immediate Notification

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual urgently on the client display during normal playing. Immediate play and delay play are optional by the degree of urgency. Delay time can be set freely. Click Publish Temporary Content to enter the emergency insert play page.
  • Page 41 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual information will be played immediately on the terminal display prior to all other tasks. Return to the main interface of Play List Publish and click “Immediate Notification” shown as below: Fig. 11-14 Immediate notification Position: Position of immediate notification textbox on the display;...

  • Page 42: Remote Cluster Play& Control System

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Text type: Scrolling text: Editable text, transparency, background, text effects, text color, font, loop,  scrolling speed, play duration, etc. Single line text: Editable text, transparency, background, text effects, font, entrance/exit  effects, retention time, etc.
  • Page 43 Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual Following the operating steps below in remote cluster program: Software installation. Install MarsSite in synchronous system and Mc-go in management center. Information register. Open cluster system websitehttp://www.novaicloud.com/ through browser to register a free account.

  • Page 44: Specifications

    Dual-mode Multimedia Player PBOX150 User’s Manual 13 Specifications Input Power AC100 ~240V 50/60Hz Overall Power Consumption Operating temperature -20℃ ~ 60℃ Storage temperature -40℃ ~ 80℃ Size 242×137.1×34（mm） Net weight 718g www.novastar.tech...

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