Page 1 Version 1.5 Version 2.0 SMP-PRO3/ PRO3N Version 3.5 Version 4.0 User Manual CAYIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 8F, No. 577, Linsen N. Rd. Taipei City 104, Taiwan TEL: +886-2-25951005 FAX: +886-2-25951050 2010 ® CAYIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved MPPO00/EN/100514...
Page 2: About Cayin
Copyright © 2010 CAYIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. All the contents in this manual are the intellectual property of CAYIN Technology Co., Ltd. (“CAYIN”). No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, shall be reproduced, transferred, distributed, stored in any form, or translated into any language without the prior written permission of CAYIN.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Copyright Notice ................i Trademark Notice ................i Disclaimers ..................i 1. SMP-PRO Series Overview ............1 1-1 SMP-PRO4 Appearance ..............2 1-1-1 Front View (P/N: LB-700) ..............2 1-1-2 Rear View (P/N: LB-700) ..............2 1-2 SMP-PROPLUS Appearance ............3 1-2-1 Front View (P/N: LB-300) ..............3 1-2-2 Rear View (P/N: LB-300) ..............3...
Page 4 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 1-7 Wall Mount Installation ............... 13 2. Configuration in Wizard Mode ..........14 2-1 Upload Files to SMP Player ............15 2-2 Wizard Mode Introduction ............18 2-3 Network Wizard ................18 2-3-1 Step1: Ethernet Configuration ............18 2-3-2 Step2: Wifi Configuration (Optional)..........19 2-3-3 Step3: Ping Gateway ...............20 2-4 System Wizard ................
Page 5 3-3-1 Play Files in Media Folder ..............35 3-3-2 Play Files in USB Storage Device ...........38 3-3-3 Central Scheduling (by CMS Server) ..........38 3-3-4 RTB/RTP Streaming.................39 3-3-5 HTTP/MMS Streaming ..............40 3-3-6 Video Input ..................40 3-3-7 Image Slide Show ................40 3-3-8 Mute Function ..................41 3-4 Image Slide Show Settings ............
Page 6 5-2 Create Your Own Clock (.clk) ............. 66 5-2-1 Create a Clock (.clk).................66 5-2-2 Upload a Clock (.clk) ................74 5-3 Upload the CAYIN Skin File into SMP ........74 5-4 Apply Skin ..................75 6. Content Update and Media Folder Management ....76 6-1 Update Media Folder ..............
Page 7 7-3-3 Upload Background Image...............93 7-3-4 Export/Import/Restore System Settings ...........94 7-3-5 System Recovery ................94 7-4 Display Settings ................95 7-4-1 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PRO4) ........95 7-4-2 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PROPLUS) ......97 7-4-3 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PRO3/PRO3N) ......99 7-4-4 Video Input Settings .................99 7-4-5 Turn On / Off Display ..............101...
Page 8: Smp-Pro Series Overview
SMP-PRO Series Overview 1-1 SMP-PRO4 Appearance ..........2 1-1-1 Front View (P/N: LB-700) ..........2 1-1-2 Rear View (P/N: LB-700) ..........2 1-2 SMP-PROPLUS Appearance ........3 1-2-1 Front View (P/N: LB-300) ..........3 1-2-2 Rear View (P/N: LB-300) ..........3 1-2-3 Front View (P/N: LB-500) ..........
Page 9: Smp-Pro4 Appearance
SMP- PRO Series provides an easy-to-use platform where they can promote, inform, educate, and entertain specific audiences in a variety of commercial applications. 1-1 SMP-PRO4 Appearance 1-1-1 Front View (P/N: LB-700) 1. Power 2.
Page 10: Smp-Proplus Appearance
1-2 SMP-PROPLUS Appearance 1-2-1 Front View (P/N: LB-300) 1. Power Indicator 2. Hard Disk Indicator 3. Reset 4. Power 1-2-2 Rear View (P/N: LB-300) 6 7 8 1. Power Connector 2. RS-232 3. Ethernet 4. VGA 5. USB×4 6. Line-In (reserve for future use) 7. Mic-In (reserve for future use) 8.
Page 11: Front View (P/N: Lb-500)
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 1-2-3 Front View (P/N: LB-500) 1. Power Button 2. DVI Connector 3. MIC-IN (Reserved) 4. Audio-out 5. PWR/HDD Indicator 1-2-4 Rear View (P/N: LB-500) 1. RS-232 x 2 2. VGA Connector 3. Ethernet LAN 4. USB x 4 5. PS/2 6. Power Connector...
Page 12: Smp-Pro3/Smp-Pro3N Appearance
1-3 SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N Appearance 1-3-1 Front View - SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N (P/N: LB-400, LB-400N) 1. Power & HDD Indicators 2. Front USB Connectors 1-3-2 Rear View - SMP-PRO3 (P/N: LB-400) 1. AV-in 2. RS-232 3. Power Connector 4. Ethernet 5. AV-out 6. S-Video Out 7. VGA Connector (Output) 8. USBx2 9. Power Switch 1-3-3 Rear View - SMP-PRO3N (P/N: LB-400N) 1.
Page 13: Hardware Specifications
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 1-4 Hardware Specifications SMP-PROPLUS SMP-PROPLUS SMP-PRO3/PRO3N SMP-PRO4 (P/N: LB-300) (P/N: LB-500) (P/N: LB-400/LB-400N) (P/N: LB-700) Dimension 44 (H) x 380 (W) x 195 43 (H) x 222 (W) x 135 44 (H) x 290 (W) x 150...
Page 14: System Specifications
● RAW DV (SMP-PROPLUS, SMP-PRO4 only) ● H.264 (SMP-PROPLUS, SMP-PRO4 only) Network Streaming ● CAYIN RTB (Encapsulation Method: MPEG TS , Codec: MPEG-2/MPEG-4, bit rate: 1~5 Mbps) ● RTP (Encapsulation Method: MPEG TS , Codec: MPEG-2/MPEG-4) ● HTTP/MMS Video Resolutions ●...
Page 15 (eg. codec, bit-rate, screen resolution, or other component run with video at same time… etc.). Please test the video on SMP players in advance. CAYIN DOES NOT GUARANTEE EVERY VIDEO FILE CAN BE PLAYED ON SMP PLAYERS PROPERLY WITHOUT TESTING BEFOREHAND.
Page 16: Install Smp-Pro Series
1-6 Install SMP-PRO Series 1-6-1 Install Hardware 1. Open SMP package. 2. Connect the Ethernet to LAN port. (By default, SMP will get an IP address from a DHCP server.) 3. Connect the VGA cable to your screen. (The default screen resolution is 1024x768.) 4.
Page 17 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL Static IP If you are in the static IP network, please follow below steps to login and complete network settings. 1. Connect a keyboard and a mouse to USB connectors on the SMP player and connect the power adapter to a socket to turn on the system.
Page 18 Wizard Mode Advanced Mode...
Page 19: Remote Pc Login
IP address of the SMP. After you login successfully, you can start to manage SMP. 3. You can also open the Media Folder of any player by "CAYIN Device Seeker". Select the player you want to connect, and click [Open Folder].
Page 20: Wall Mount Installation
1-7 Wall Mount Installation If you would like to wall mount your SMP player, please read this section for installation instructions. Here we take SMP-PRO4 for illustration. 1. Please find the enclosed brackets and mounting screws. The enclosed accessories, such as brackets and screws, may differ from the product you purchase.
Page 21: Configuration In Wizard Mode
Configuration in Wizard Mode 2-1 Upload Files to SMP Player ........15 2-2 Wizard Mode Introduction ........18 2-3 Network Wizard ............18 2-3-1 Step1: Ethernet Configuration ........18 2-3-2 Step2: Wifi Configuration (Optional)......19 2-3-3 Step3: Ping Gateway ..........20 2-4 System Wizard ............
Page 22: Upload Files To Smp Player
SMP- PRO series players. Method 1: 1. Insert the product CD into your CD-ROM, and run [CAYIN Device Seeker] (\Tool\Device Seeker\seeker.exe). You can also copy this file to your PC for future management.
Page 23 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL Method 2: 1. Open [File Explorer], and enter the "\\hostname" or “\\IP address”. For example, if your hostname is SMP-PROPLUS, please enter \\SMP-PROPLUS or \\172.16.1.2. 2. Copy multimedia files from your PC to the SMP player via Network Neighborhood and then you can start to play those files in the SMP player.
Page 24 3. Now you can insert your USB storage device (usually a USB flash drive or USB HDD) to update the content into Media Folder. The USB file system supported by SMP players are as followings: SMP-PRO3/PRO3N: FAT/FAT32; SMP-PRO4/ PROPLUS: FAT/FAT32/NTFS If you use FAT/FAT32 in USB storage, we strongly suggest you that all characters in filename should be in lower case due to file system’s limitation.
Page 25: Wizard Mode Introduction
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2-2 Wizard Mode Introduction When you open SMP Web Manager, you can choose to use Wizard Mode by clicking the [Wizard Mode] button. After entering the Wizard mode, you will see four wizards: Network Wizard, System Wizard, Content Update Wizard, and Playback Wizard.
Page 26: Step2: Wifi Configuration (Optional)
consequently the SMP player can only connect to a CMS server in the same LAN (not across networks or on the Internet). If you are not sure about the Ethernet network settings, please contact your ISP or network administrator. 2-3-2 Step2: Wifi Configuration I f y o u c o n n e c t w i r e d a n d wireless network to the player (Optional)
Page 27: Step3: Ping Gateway
3. Please specify the DHCP or static IP address for the wireless connection of the SMP player. We suggest you use static IP address for more stable If you need a compatible Wi-Fi adaptor, please contact CAYIN Wireless connection. sales representative, or authorized resellers. 2-3-3 Step3: Ping Gateway When the DHCP server is unstable and results in poor network connection, the function "ping gateway"...
Page 28: System Wizard
2-4 System Wizard You can configure time, language, display, and security settings here. 2-4-1 Step1: Time & Language Settings Here you can configure the date, time, and language for Web Manager. First, please select the right time zone of your location. If the SMP player is connected to the Internet, it is suggested to use an NTP server (e.g.
Page 29: Step2: Display Settings
SMP-PRO4/PROPLUS SMP-PROPLUS (LB-500) and SMP-PRO4 also support to display single content on two screens connected by the VGA and the DVI-D connectors. 1. Choose an output method from the drop-down menu and display We strongly recommend you configurations such as display orientation and resolution.
Page 30 2. If you want to turn off the display (SMP will cut down the VGA or DVI output automatically), please set a specific time of a day Most screens will enter the or day of week to cut off the VGA/DVI signal at the bottom of sleep mode when the VGA this page.
Page 31: Step3: Media Folder Security Settings
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N If you are using SMP-PRO3/ PRO3N player, the display will have black area when using composite output mode. If you choose Composite/ S-Video output, SMP can only operate on resolution 800x600. 1. Choose a proper screen resolution and output connector. Most screens will enter the sleep mode when the VGA 2.
Page 32: Content Update Wizard
2-5 Content Update Wizard 2-5-1 Content Update Settings Here you can configure the content synchronization of the Media Folder with a CMS server. If the SMP player is only for offline use and does not connect to a CMS server, please skip this wizard.
Page 33: Playback Wizard
You can also multimedia zone, you will skip upload your self-designed skins (created by CAYIN’s Skin Step 6 Ticker Text and do not need to configure the settings Editor) from the bottom of the page for uses.
Page 34: Step2: Multimedia 1
2-6-2 Step2: Multimedia 1 Here you can edit the playlist of the selected skin's multimedia area. First, you can select the content source via drop down menu; whether you want to play files stored in the SMP's Media Folder or a USB storage device. Then, define the display ratio. If you select the multimedia files from the Media Folder as the content source, all files in the Media Folder will be listed on the left.
Page 35: Step3: Multimedia 2
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2-6-3 Step3: Multimedia 2 Configurations are the same as Multimedia 1. You need to configure the settings here only when you select a skin with two multimedia zones. Only SMP-PROPLUS supports two multimedia zones. 2-6-4 Step4: Image Slideshow 1 Here you can configure the settings of image slide show areas.
Page 36: Step6: Ticker Text
2-6-6 Step6: Ticker Text Here you can configure the settings of text ticker area. There are various sources of the ticker text for choices. The text can be directly entered here, read from a .txt file in the Media Folder, retrieved from an RSS feed or remote URL, or centrally scheduled and managed by the CMS server.
Page 37: Multimedia Contents Playback And Management
Multimedia Contents Playback and Management 3-1 Upload Multimedia Contents ........31 3-2 Choose Your Skin ............ 34 3-3 Choose Media Source and Set Playlist ....35 3-3-1 Play Files in Media Folder .......... 35 3-3-2 Play Files in USB Storage Device ......38 3-3-3 Central Scheduling (by CMS Server) ......
Page 38: Upload Multimedia Contents
When you choose to play files from the Media Folder, you can choose one of the following methods to upload files into SMP player. Method 1: 1. Insert the product CD into your CD-ROM, and run [CAYIN Your PC and the SMP player Device Seeker] (\Tool\Device Seeker\seeker.exe). You have to be in the same LAN, can also copy this file to your PC for future management.
Page 39 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL Method 2: Within the same subnet, user of a Windows PC has two methods to connect to SMP player or CMS server: 1. Open [File Explorer], and enter the "\\hostname" or “\\IP address”. For example, if your hostname is SMP-PROPLUS, please enter \\SMP-PROPLUS or \\172.16.1.2.
Page 40 3. Now you can insert your USB storage device (usually a USB flash drive or USB HDD) to update the content into Media Folder. The USB file system supported by SMP players are as followings: SMP-PRO3/PRO3N: FAT/FAT32; SMP-PRO4/ PROPLUS: FAT/FAT32/NTFS If you use FAT/FAT32 in USB storage, we strongly suggest you that all characters in filename should be in lower case due to file system’s limitation.
Page 41: Choose Your Skin
You can also upload your self-designed skins (created by CAYIN Skin Editor) from the bottom of the page. If you want to use a CMS server to control the playlist of this SMP player, please select “Central Scheduling”...
Page 42: Choose Media Source And Set Playlist
3-3 Choose Media Source and Set Playlist 3-3-1 Play Files in Media Folder After uploading all files to the Media Folder, please follow the following steps to edit playlist. 1. Login SMP player and enter Web Manager. 2. Go to PLAYBACK > MULTIMEDIA page. 3.
Page 43 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 6. Select the files you want to play. You can select multiple files at one time by holding the Shift or Ctrl key, or just select files one by one. In the left column, the item with “*” sign represents a folder’s name.
Page 44 7. Click [Select=>], and all selected files in the left column will be duplicated to the right column. SMP will only play those files in the right column. 8. If you want to play all files in the media folder, you can simply click the [Select all=>] button.
Page 45: Play Files In Usb Storage Device
S M P - P R O3 /P R O 3 N : FAT / in” drop down menu, then you can play files in a USB storage FAT32 SMP-PRO4/PROPLUS: FAT/ device. However, you will not be able to edit playlist here. SMP FAY32/NTFS will play all files in the device alphabetically.
Page 46: Rtb/Rtp Streaming
3-3-4 RTB/RTP Streaming SMP players only support SMP, incorporating with a CMS server, can play streaming video. MPEG-2 & MPEG-4 RTB/RTP To play streaming video as RTB (Real-Time Broadcast) client, streaming. select the channel corresponding to the client’s server, i.e. CMS server.
Page 47: Http/Mms Streaming
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 3-3-5 HTTP/MMS Streaming To play video file via HTTP or MMS streaming, e.g. video file on a web server or MMS server, enter the URL of the file in this option. 3-3-6 Video Input To play AV-IN signal on the multimedia area, please select this item, and refer to section 7-4-4 for detailed video input configurations.
Page 48: Mute Function
3-3-8 Mute Function Only SMP-PROPLUS players If you do not want to play the audio of the multimedia source, support mute function. please tick [Mute] option to stop the audio playback. 3-4 Image Slide Show Settings Please remember to go to the SMP-PRO Series supports two image slide show areas.
Page 49 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL Please refer the following table for detail descriptions: Play all image files in Media Folder Play all files in the media folder, including the top-level directory and subfolders (depend on your configuration.) Central Scheduling Select this option let you control the slideshow playlist from CMS server. See (by CMS Server) CMS manual for detail configurations.
Page 50: Ticker
3-5 Ticker Configure ticker text and option here. Select from multiple sources for the ticker text, and set up the font and the color of the ticker area. Please follow the following steps: Please remember to go to the “SKIN MANAGER” page 1.
Page 51: Define Font Format
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 3-5-1 Define Font Format In this section, you can change the font type, size, and color of the ticker. You can also change the direction of the text from “left to right” or “right to left” to suit your own language We provide two methods for you to change the font color.
Page 52: Set Background Color
3-5-2 Set Background Color You can choose a suitable color or enable single background color for your ticker background. Otherwise, the ticker background will be transparent to Skin background. 1. Enter Web Manager and go to PLAYBACK > TICKER page. E n a b l i n g s i n g l e c o l o r 2.
Page 53: Volume
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2. Choose one of options from “No scrolling effect”, “Simple crawl”, “Simple bottom-up”, and “Bottom-up and The moving speed of the crawl”. Set a suitable speed. “1” represents the slowest ticker will be different based on different screen resolutions. speed, and “6”...
Page 54: Edit Schedule On Smp Player (Local Schedule)
Edit Schedule on SMP Player (Local Schedule) 4-1 Skin ................48 4-2 Multimedia Zone ............49 4-3 Image Slide Show Zone .......... 51 4-4 Ticker Zone .............. 53 4-5 Volume ..............55...
Page 55: Skin
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL In this section, you can schedule playlists for skin, multimedia zone, image slide show zone, ticker zone and volume. You can also change to play different media sources at specified time. For the time without any other scheduling task, SMP will play the default schedule.
Page 56: Multimedia Zone
4. Select a skin. You can choose one from local skins or select You can design your own skin “No Skin” and play your multimedia files in full screen. If you by “CAYIN Skin Editor” want to use CMS to centrally schedule skin files, please and upload it to Web Manager.
Page 57 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 3. Click [Add Schedule] button and you will see a pop-up window. 4. Name your new schedule here. e.g. “Training Course”. Then, set the “Start Time” and the “End Time” for your schedule.
Page 58: Image Slide Show Zone
S M P - P R O3 /P R O 3 N : FAT / 6. After completing configuration, click [SAVE]. FAT32 SMP-PRO4/PROPLUS: FAT/ 7. You can see a new schedule on the list now. Please tick this FAY32/NTFS item and press [SAVE] and [APPLY].
Page 59 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 4. Name your new schedule here. e.g. “AD-1”. Then, set the “Day of the week”, “Start Time” and the “End Time” for your schedule. 5. Select a content source. You can play all image files in Media Folder, or play contents from CMS server.
Page 60: Ticker Zone
4-4 Ticker Zone When you add a schedule for the ticker zone, it will be applied only to the specified period of time (e.g. 11 to 13). SMP will playback based on the Y o u c a n a d d u p t o 9 9 settings in the default schedule during the rest of the time.
Page 61 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 3. Name your new schedule here. e.g. “Lunch-AD”. Then, set “Day of the week”, “Start Time” and the “End Time” for your schedule. 4. Select a content source. You can enter the text here or ask SMP to retrieve data from a file in Media Folder or from remote URL/RSS.
Page 62: Volume
4-5 Volume When you add a schedule for the system volume, it will be Y o u c a n a d d u p t o 9 9 applied only to the specified period of time (e.g. 6 am to 10 am). scheduling tasks.
Page 63: Skin Management
5-1-4 Edit a Skin File in Skin Template ........ 65 5-2 Create Your Own Clock (.clk) ......... 66 5-2-1 Create a Clock (.clk)........... 66 5-2-2 Upload a Clock (.clk) ..........74 5-3 Upload the CAYIN Skin File into SMP ....74 5-4 Apply Skin ..............75...
Page 64: Create Your Own Skin
You can create your own skin via CAYIN Skin Editor, upload it to players, and adopt it into your contents. In this section, If you are using Windows you can manage your own skin displayed as a background on Vista or Windows 7, please which video, image, and ticker play.
Page 65: Create A New Skin File (.Csk)
USER MANUAL 5-1-2 Create a new skin file (.csk) By using CAYIN Skin Editor program, you can make your own skin for SMP players. Please follow the steps below to build your own skin. 1. Execute the program Skin Editor in Start menu or on your desktop.
Page 66 You can also select "User define" resolutions which you pre- to configure your own resolution. Click [OK] to proceed. edit by CAYIN Skin Editor. So, we suggest you upload all possible resolutions, in case you need to use the skin in different situations.
Page 67 You can also import your own background image. 9. Now please choose which zones you want to edit first. For CAYIN’s Skin Editor will example, if you want to edit a multimedia zone first, please detect which kinds of zones...
Page 68 10. When you configure the clock area, you can only adjust the size of the clock area by selecting a pre-defined size, and place it in any position you want. There are two types of clocks: analog and digital. 11. If you want to adjust the size of each element, just click the element you want to adjust and move your cursor to the edge of that element.
Page 69 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 12. If you upload more than one resolution for your skin, please select other resolutions from the upper side drop down menu and start over the configuration process. You may discover in some zoom ratio, the quality of background image seems not good.
Page 70 Publish Skin icon on the toor bar or go to File > Publish Skin. You can upload the .csk file into SMP players or CMS by Web Manager later. More information about CAYIN Skin Editor are as follows: Create a New Skin...
Page 71: Upload A Skin File Into Skin Template
.csk file, you can easily upload a new skin to Skin Editor. 1. Download a ".csk" file from CAYIN's partner website to your PC. 2. Open CAYIN Skin Editor and go to Template > Manage Skin Templates and click [Import] button. Choose the skin you want to import and press [Open].
Page 72: Edit A Skin File In Skin Template
Template. Please follow steps below to reload and adjust skin any further modification. settings. 1. Open the CAYIN Skin Editor. 2. Go to File > Load skin from template. You will see a pop-up menu. 3. Choose the skin you want to adjust and click [Load].
Page 73: Create Your Own Clock (.Clk)
5-2 Create Your Own Clock (.clk) 5-2-1 Create a Clock (.clk) You can use CAYIN Skin Editor to create your personal clock file (.clk). 1. Go to Template > Manage Clock Templates. 2. Click [New], you will see a pop-up window. You can name your clock; choose the clock type and how many resolutions you want to create for your clock (Size) here.
Page 74 Analog Clock: If you choose analog clock, you will see an analog clock pop-up window. General Settings 1. Select your clock background here. You have to import an The clock dimension is max. image file as your clock background image (Clock face). The 1024 pixels (both width and clock size will be based on the imported background image.
Page 75 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL Date 1. If you want to show the date, please choose [True]; otherwise please choose [False] to disable and skip this step. 2. Input the exact coordinate value (x,y) to decide the location of the date. You can also choose the Font, Font Size and Color here.
Page 76 3. After finishing all the resolutions you just configured, please click [OK]. Now you can see your own personal skin in Clock Template window. Digital Clock (Image): The concept of Digital Clock (image) is using the image to compose a clock. Users who choose to make this clock type need to prepare several images (such as number and week day) and import them into Skin Editor.
Page 77 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2. After importing the background image, you can see the preview on the right hand side of the window. You can also enable the “12/24 mode” function for 12 hour or 24 hour clock. Hour/Minute/Second Here you can create the hour, minute and second for your clock. 1.
Page 78 Year/Month/Day/Day of Week 1. Please follow the same process to import images in year/month/day and day of week columns. 2. Then, you can choose to enable “AM/PM” function and import the image to this column. 3. Check the preview and fine tune your configuration if required. 4.
Page 79 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL Digital Clock (Text): If you choose digital clock (text), you will see a digital clock (text) clock pop-up window. General Settings 1. Select your clock background here. Please note you have to P l e a s e i m p o r t o n e p r e - import an image file as your clock background image.
Page 80 Year/Month/Day/Day of Week 1. Please follow the same process to import images in year/ Please make sure to enter a month/day and day of week columns. serial text when you input text 2. In month/day of week and AM/PM columns, you can enter in month/day of week and AM/ PM columns.
Page 81: Upload A Clock (.Clk)
You can download new Clock templates (.clk) from CAYIN’s PartnerNet website, and upload them into Skin Editor. 1. Download a ".clk" file from CAYIN's partner website to your PC, or have any existing ".clk" file at hand. 2. Open the CAYIN Skin Editor and go to Template >...
Page 82: Apply Skin
5-4 Apply Skin After the skin is uploaded into system, go to Playback > Skin to make changes of your favorite skin. 1. Login Web Manager. 2. Go to PLAYBACK > SKIN page. Please refer to the following table for more functions. No Skin Choose this option if you want to play Multimedia Content in full screen mode.
Page 83: Content Update And Media Folder Management
Content Update and Media Folder Management 6-1 Update Media Folder ..........77 6-2 Manage Media Folder ..........81...
Page 84: Update Media Folder
In this section, you can enable automatic content update function of Media Folder with CMS server. You can also configure the settings of access authorization of Media Folder. 6-1 Update Media Folder In addition to Network Neighborhood, you can update the S M P p l a y e r c a n n o t content of Media Folder automatically with CMS server or a web synchronize any file bigger or...
Page 85 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2. Enable the “Media Folder content synchronization” function and SMP player will periodically download new or If you have files copied in updated files from CMS’s Content Update Server. It also the player and then enable removes those files that no longer exist in CMS server.
Page 86 6 . S p e c i f y e x c l u s i v e t i m e ( s ) f o r c o n t e n t synchronization: When you enable this function, the I f t h e S M P p l a y e r i s SMP player will synchronize contents with CMS server at the downloading files while it...
Page 87 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 9. You can also synchronize contents from your own web server, if you don't have a CMS server. Please enable "Web server" and enter the playlist's URL here. SMP player will send the HTTP request to the URL (e.g. http://210.179.61.252/myvedio/playlist.txt) and get the playlist (e.g.
Page 88: Manage Media Folder
Note: This function will replace every file in Media Folder with the one in USB disk, but files in the “protected” folder will be kept. The USB file system supported by SMP players are as followings: SMP-PRO3/PRO3N: FAT/FAT32 SMP-PRO4/PROPLUS: FAT/FAY32/NTFS...
Page 89: System Status And Settings
7-3-4 Export/Import/Restore System Settings ..... 94 7-3-5 System Recovery ............94 7-4 Display Settings ............95 7-4-1 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PRO4) ....95 7-4-2 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PROPLUS) ..97 7-4-3 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PRO3/PRO3N) .. 99 7-4-4 Video Input Settings ........... 99...
Page 90: System Status
In this chapter you can access comprehensive system information about a SMP-PRO series player. You can also configure system settings. 7-1 System Status Login Web Manager of SMP and you will see the [SYSTEM STATUS] page.
Page 91: Basic Information
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 7-1-1 Basic Information You can check the Hostname, Product Model, Firmware Version, and Date/Time of a SMP player in this section. You can specify the hostname in “8-1 Ethernet” section, and change the date/time/time-zone in “7-2-1 Set System Time” section. 7-1-2 Advanced Information You can check all detailed information about this SMP player in the following table.
Page 92: Firmware Information
1. Hardware information is for reference only and may not be accurate due to other possibilities, such as: sensor error or malfunction. 2. The Fan Speed area will show N/A if your player is SMP-PRO3(N) or SMP-PRO4, because of its fanless design. SMP-PROPLUS LB-500 does not support FAN speed function due to hardware limitation.
Page 93: System Settings
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 7-2 System Settings In this section, you can configure basic system settings and maintain the system with firmware update, system restart, and system shutdown. 7-2-1 Set System Time You can set the system date and time manually for the SMP player. 1.
Page 94: Ntp Service
7-2-2 NTP Service You can enable NTP function to synchronize the clocks of media players from an NTP server automatically (e.g. time.nist.gov). SMP will update the system time from NTP server every 7 days or when the system restarts. 1. Login SMP Web Manager. Click [SYSTEM] and switch to [SYSTEM] page. 2.
Page 95: Change Web Administrator's Password
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 7-2-3 Change Web Administrator’s Password If the administrator forgets the password, you can re- You can leave this option checked to change administrator’s set the password on the SMP password. Console. Please refer to Ch.10 for more information. 7-2-4 Change Service Port of Web Manager You can change your service port number to a suitable one to...
Page 96: Choose Web Manager Language
7-2-5 Choose Web Manager Language SMP-PRO series supports nine languages, which are English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Polish, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. You can select an appropriate language setting here. 7-2-6 Set System Reboot You can assign up to three particular day and time sections within a day that SMP will restart automatically.
Page 97: Frequency Of Server Communication
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 7 - 2 - 7 F r e q u e n c y o f S e r v e r Communication You can adjust the frequency parameters for several SMP/ CMS services. The frequency value is from 5 (Frequent) to 1 If you connect SMP players (Infrequent).
Page 98 3. Click [SAVE] to adopt the changes. 4. Click [Configure RS-232 (COM port) commands] button and you will see a pop-up window shows. 5. Click [Add RS-232 Command] button and you can add/edit command here. Name your command first, and choose a command type in drop down menu. You can see a list of corresponding commands below.
Page 99: System Maintenance
Please only upload firmware You can update new firmware of SMP in the SYSTEM > provided by CAYIN. Upload System Maintenance page. We suggest you update the u n k n o w n f i r m w a r e m a y damage the system.
Page 100: Upload Background Image
7-3-3 Upload Background Image If you are not sure about the Here you can change the system background image to your display ratio, please upload favorite one. both a wide (16:9) and a standard resolution (4:3) image here. System will apply the suitable one according to the display standard.
Page 101: Export/Import/Restore System Settings
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 7 - 3 - 4 E x p o r t / I m p o r t / R e s t o r e You can only upload this file System Settings to a SMP player with the identical model and firmware Here you can export system settings to a local file and import it version.
Page 102: Display Settings
3. Choose the orientation of the screen. display. 4. Choose a video source. You can choose AUTO, VGA or DVI- 1. If you choose AUTO, SMP-PRO4 will automatically detect connection status. 5. Choose a suitable screen resolution and refresh rate. You can specify a predefined screen resolution and refresh rate or enter your own specification by selecting “User define”.
Page 103 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL Screen Resolution 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1280x720 (720p), 1280x768, 1360x768, 1366x768, 1600x900, User Define. Refresh Rate Auto, 60, 70, 72, or 75. Clone: T w o s c r e e n s w i t h o n e Connect one SMP player to two screens which present exactly identical model for Clone the same content.
Page 104: Configure Display Properties (Smp-Proplus)
Landscape Screen Portrait Screen Screen Resolution User Interface: 1600x900 User Interface: 1600x900 Max by User define: 2048x2048 Max by User define: 2048x2048 Min. by User define: 320x240 Min. by User define: 320x240 Video Resolution 1x720p (10M bps) 1x480p (5M bps) 6.
Page 105 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL * User Define If you can not select a suitable refresh rate on the list, you can W e D O N O T g u a r a n t e e choose “User Define” and click [User define] button. Then, any number you choose or enter on the User-Defined you can select a resolution and set a suitable refresh rate.
Page 106: Configure Display Properties (Smp-Pro3/Pro3N)
7-4-3 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PRO3/PRO3N) 1. Login SMP Web Manager. 2. Click [SYSTEM] and switch to “DISPLAY” page. 3. Select a screen resolution and refresh rate. You can specify a predefined screen resolution and refresh rate. Screen Resolution 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1280x720 (720p), 1280x768, 1360x768, 1366x768, If you are using SMP-PRO3/ 1600x900...
Page 107 S M P - P R O3 /P R O 3 N : FAT / you actually capture it. Please refer to the comparison table FAT32 below for the video-in function among SMP players: SMP-PRO4/PROPLUS: FAT/ FAY32/NTFS. Build-In USB Camera (UVC)
Page 108: Turn On / Off Display
7-4-5 Turn On / Off Display The display command feature You can choose to turn on or turn off the screen remotely with o n l y w o r k s w i t h d i s p l a y SMP player (by cutting down the VGA signal).
Page 109: Network Settings
Network Settings 8-1 Ethernet ..............103 8-2 Wireless Network ........... 104...
Page 110: Ethernet
In this section, you can assign a group name and hostname for a SMP player and define the network connection mode. SMP C h e c k n e t w o r k b y players with the same Group name will be managed altogether pinging gateway: for content update and central scheduling.
Page 111: Wireless Network
IP address for more stable connection of the SMP player. Wireless connection. Please contact CAYIN to purchase compatible USB Wi-Fi adaptors. If you purchase Wi-Fi adaptor b y y o u r s e l f , w e c a n n o t guarantee its guality and compatibility.
Page 112: Log Management
Log Management 9-1 Enable Syslog ............106 9-2 Use log_rcv to Change PORT ....... 107 9-3 View Logs .............. 108 9-4 Export Log File ............. 109...
Page 113: Enable Syslog
Yo u h a v e t o p u r c h a s e 2. Tick “Send remote log by SYSLOG” or “Send remote CAYIN’s log management tool, SuperReporter, to collect log by TCP” and enter the IP address of your designated and manage all log records of server to enable remote log function.
Page 114: Use Log_Rcv To Change Port
9-2 Use log_r cv to Change PORT When SMP players send log files to log-rcv through TCP, the default port number for both SMP and log-rcv is 35000. You can The max. port range is 65535. follow stpes below to change the port number for log_rce to receive log files.
Page 115: View Logs
SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 3. Open log_rcv.bat. System will run the log_rcv.exe automatically. 9-3 View Logs You can check the log records in the SMP player. 1. Login SMP Web Manager and you will see the [LOG] page. 2. Click [View Logs], the log dialog-box will pop up. You can check all log files with your selected categories.
Page 116: Export Log File
9-4 Export Log File The export procedures will You can export the log records; then, edit or analyze with your vary from browser to browser. favorite text editor software, such as Notepad, Excel, etc. Please follow the instructions of your browser. 1.
Page 117: Smp Console
SMP Console...
Page 118 You can not format the internal to format the internal slim hard-disk. This function will format hard disk of SMP-PROPLUS (LB-500) and SMP-PRO4. your hard-disk and you will lose all data in the disk. USB storage device Partitioning and formatting USB storage devices (e.g. flash disk).
Page 119: System Recovery
System Recovery...
Page 120 If you encounter any unrecoverable problem (e.g. unable to boot up) while using SMP client, you can choose this function, System Recovery, to restore your system firmware to factory default. Follow the steps below to recover the system: 1. Start or Restart the SMP system with keyboard connected to the box.
Page 121: Appendix
Appendix Use “log_rcv” to collect syslog from clients .....115...
Page 122: Use "Log_Rcv" To Collect Syslog From Clients
Use “log_rcv” to collect syslog from clients “log_rcv.exe” is a simple tool helping you to collect syslogs from SMP clients. You can find this program in product CD (\ Tool\log receiver). Do not run the program “log_ rcv.exe” directly in the CD. 1.
Page 123 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL All the log records are stored in daily basis and each host has its own files. billing All playback log records are stored here for billing information. Each host has its own billing log file. SUMMARY.TXT [COUNT] section: Let you know for how many times those files have are played.

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