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ZyXEL Communications DMA-1000 Support Notes

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DAM-1000 Support Notes
DMA-1000/1000W
Digital Media Adapter
Support Notes
Revision 1.20
Nov 2006
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All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

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  • Page 1 DAM-1000 Support Notes DMA-1000/1000W Digital Media Adapter Support Notes Revision 1.20 Nov 2006 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    B. DMA-1000/1000W FAQs ... 13 B01. Setting the Network ... 13 B02. Finding the Media Server ... 15 B03. Add Favorite doesn’t work on DMA-1000... 16 C. General FAQs ... 17 C01. Can I run DiXiM Media Server and Microsoft Windows Media Connect at the same time on a computer? ...

  • Page 3: Dma-1000/1000W Introduction

    You can also view your digital photo collection on your TV straight from your PC or playback all the digital music from your computer on your stereo system. Here we will show you two kinds of connection methods on how to deploy ZyXEL DMA-1000/1000W on your home:...

  • Page 4: Basic Application: Directly Connect To A Media Server

    2.1 The Application Diagram In this basic application scenario, you have all the devices including TV set, ZyXEL DMA-1000/1000W, and PC/Laptop or NAS (with embedded media server) in the same room. This is the simplest environment when deploy ZyXEL DMA-1000/1000W.

  • Page 5: Software Installation

    In this directly connection scenario, a PC/Laptop or NAS (Network Attached Storage) need to act as a media server. If you use ZyXEL NSA-220, then you won’t need to install any extra software. If you want to use your PC/Laptop, install the bundled DiXiM Media Server software. For detail step-by-step procedures on installing DiXiM Media Server, please refer to DMA-1000/1000W Quick Start Guide.

  • Page 6: Advanced Application: Connect To A Ethernet Hub/Switch

    (2 Floor). This is a typical layout on most people’s home. We will describe how to deploy ZyXEL DMA-1000/1000W in such environment. All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 7: Hardware Connection

    In the 1 floor, the living room, you need to use connect the ZyXEL PLA-400 and ZyXEL DMA-1000/1000W. Regarding the connection between DMA-1000/1000W and TV set, refer to the scenario described above or see the DMA-1000 Quick Start Guide. In the 2 floor, the study room, connect PLA-400 to the LAN port of your DSL MODEM ZyXEL P-662H.

  • Page 8: Software Installation

    DMA-1000/1000W gets the data (music, photos and videos) from those media servers. Like in the previous scenario, when using ZyXEL NSA-220 you don’t need to install any extra software because NSA-220 has Media Server built-in. However, you may need to install the bundled DiXiM Media Server software on you PC/Laptop.

  • Page 9: Frequently Asked Questions

    When you installing DiXiM Media Server on your PC/Laptop, if you see a window asking about configuring the Windows firewall, just click YES. This allows the DMA-1000/1000W to access the media files that you publish on this media server. The DiXiM Media Server will add an entry to the Windows Firewall Exceptions list.
  • Page 10 If your computer has any other software firewalls, please refer to the following table to manually configure them to allow the DMA-1000/1000W to access this PC/Laptop. Application Program file name DiXiM Media dmsf.exe Server All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 11: A02. The "Dixim Media Server Helper" Window Popping Up

    You can click on “Start Media Server Tool” button to open DiXiM Media Server Tool. Or tick on “Don’t show this message again” checkbox to disable the pop-up window. All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. DAM-1000 Support Notes...

  • Page 12: A03. How To Publish Contents On Dixim Media Server

    You can add this media client (e.g. DMA-1000/1000W. The IP address may vary from the screen shot.) on published list, then this media client will be able to access this media server’s published content. A03. How to publish contents on DiXiM Media Server? Open the DiXiM Media Server Tool by double clicking the DiXiM Media Server icon displayed in the bottom right system tray.

  • Page 13: Dma-1000/1000W Faqs

    ZyXEL DMA-1000/1000W is designed for simple use. In general, it is not necessary to configure the DMA-1000/1000W. It can get or assign the IP address automatically. The default setting is as shown on the following figure. If you need to configure the IP address for you DMA-1000/1000W manually, you can find the setup page under “OPTION”/...
  • Page 14 In the following figure, you can also get the information about MAC Address of DMA-1000/1000W. This MAC Address must be present in Published List of DiXiM Media Server installed on you PC/Laptop so that the media server can let this DMA-1000/1000W access the published media.

  • Page 15: B02. Finding The Media Server

    B02. Finding the Media Server Just like the Network Setting, the DMA-1000/1000W can automatically scan media servers in the network. The following screenshot shows DMA-1000/1000W has found two media servers: A-TM3002WTMi and nsa-220. Thus, you can play the contents stored on these two media servers.

  • Page 16: B03. Add Favorite Doesn't Work On Dma-1000

    If you do not finish the Save Configuration procedures and turn the power off from the power cord or power button in the rear of DMA-1000, then all your editing will be lost. So please make sure you perform the Save Configuration procedures before you do these two kinds of shutdown.

  • Page 17: General Faqs

    CDS (Content Directory Service), they will be read if both of them are installed on the same server. In other words, if you install both of them on you computer and publish (/share) the same folders to client (DMA-1000), then the client may have the error display on file lists.

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