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CAYIN TECHNOLOGY
SIGNAGE MEDIA PLAYER: SMP-PRO SERIES

User Manual

CAYIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
8F, No. 577, Linsen N. Rd.
Taipei City 104, Taiwan
TEL: +886-2-25951005
FAX: +886-2-25951050
2009 ® CAYIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
All Rights Reserved
MPPO00/EN/090706
SMP-PROPLUS
Version 1.0
SMP-PRO3/ PRO3N
Version 2.5
Version 3.0

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    SIGNAGE MEDIA PLAYER: SMP-PRO SERIES SMP-PROPLUS Version 1.0 SMP-PRO3/ PRO3N Version 2.5 Version 3.0 User Manual CAYIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 8F, No. 577, Linsen N. Rd. Taipei City 104, Taiwan TEL: +886-2-25951005 FAX: +886-2-25951050 2009 ® CAYIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved MPPO00/EN/090706...

  • Page 2: About Cayin

    Copyright © 2009 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-PROPLUS Appearance ............2 1-1-1 Front View (P/N: LB-300) ..............2 1-1-2 Rear View (P/N: LB-300) ..............2 1-1-3 Rear View (P/N: LB-500) ..............3 1-1-4 Rear View (P/N: LB-500) ..............3...
  • Page 4 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2-3 Network Wizard ................15 2-3-1 Step1: Ethernet Configuration ............15 2-3-2 Step2: Wifi Configuration (Optional)..........16 2-3-3 Step3: Ping Gateway ...............17 2-4 System Wizard ................18 2-4-1 Step1: Time & Language Settings ...........18 2-4-2 Step2: Display Settings ..............19 2-4-3 Step3: Media Folder Security Settings ..........22 2-5 Content Update Wizard ...............
  • Page 5 5-1-1 Install Skin Editor ................56 5-1-2 Create a new skin file (.csk) .............57 5-1-3 Re-adjust a skin file (.csk) ..............63 5-1-4 Upload Clock (.clk) ................64 5-2 Upload the CAYIN Skin File into SMP ........65 5-3 Apply Skin ..................66...
  • Page 6 7-3 System Maintenance ..............82 7-3-1 Upload Firmware ................82 7-3-2 Export/Import/Restore System Settings ...........83 7-3-3 System Recovery ................83 7-4 Display Settings ................84 7-4-1 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PROPLUS) ......84 7-4-2 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PRO3/PRO3N) ......86 7-4-3 Turn On / Off Display ................87...
  • Page 7 8. Network Settings ............... 88 8-1 Ethernet ..................89 8-2 Wireless Network ................. 90 9. Log Management ............... 91 9-1 Enable Syslog ................92 9-2 View Logs ..................93 9-3 Export Log File ................94 10. SMP Console ................95 11.

  • Page 8: Smp-Pro Series Overview

    SMP-PRO Series Overview 1-1 SMP-PROPLUS Appearance ........2 1-1-1 Front View (P/N: LB-300) ..........2 1-1-2 Rear View (P/N: LB-300) ..........2 1-1-3 Rear View (P/N: LB-500) ..........3 1-1-4 Rear View (P/N: LB-500) ..........3 1-2 SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N Appearance ...... 4 1-2-1 Front View –...

  • Page 9: Smp-Proplus Appearance

    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-PROPLUS Appearance 1-1-1 Front View (P/N: LB-300) 1. Power Indicator 2. Hard Disk Indicator 3. Reset 4. Power...

  • Page 10: Rear View (P/N: Lb-500)

    1-1-3 Rear View (P/N: LB-500) 1. Power Button 2. DVI Connector 3. MIC-IN (Reserved) 4. Audio-out 5. PWR/HDD Indicator 1-1-4 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 11: Smp-Pro3/Smp-Pro3N Appearance

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 1-2 SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N Appearance 1-2-1 Front View – SMP-PRO3/SMP-PRO3N (P/N: LB-400, LB-400N) 1. Power & HDD Indicators 2. Front USB Connectors 1-2-2 Rear View – SMP-PRO3 (P/N: LB-400) 1. AV-in 2. RS-232 3. Power Connector 4. Ethernet 5. AV-out 6.

  • Page 12: Hardware Specifications

    1-3 Hardware Specifications SMP-PROPLUS (P/N: LB-300) SMP-PROPLUS (P/N: LB-500) SMP-PRO3/ SMP-PRO3N (P/N: LB-400/LB-400N) Dimension 44 (H) x 380 (W) x 195 (D) mm 43 (H) x 222 (W) x 135 (D) mm 44 (H) x 290 (W) x 150 (D) mm...

  • Page 13: System Specifications

    ● WMA 7/8 ● RAW DV (SMP-PROPLUS only) ● H.264 (SMP-PROPLUS only) Network Streaming ● CAYIN RTB (Encapsulation Method: MPEG TS , Codec: MPEG-1/MPEG-2, bit rate: 1~5 Mbps) ● RTP (Encapsulation Method: MPEG TS , Codec: MPEG-1/MPEG-2) ● HTTP/MMS Video Resolutions ●...

  • Page 14: Install Smp-Pro Series

    (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 15: Login On Smp-Pro Series

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 1-5-2 Login on SMP-PRO Series At any time, you can switch After installing SMP, please login and complete the initial settings between playback and Web based on your network environment. Manager in a local screen. P l u g a k e y b o a r d t o S M P DHCP (Auto IP) device;...
  • Page 16 3. After completing, click [SAVE] at the bottom and click [APPLY] or follow the wizard steps to finish the settings. Then, the SMP player will reboot. Wizard Mode Advanced Mode...

  • Page 17: 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 18: Configuration In Wizard Mode

    Configuration in Wizard Mode 2-1 Upload Files to SMP Player ........12 2-2 Wizard Mode Introduction ........14 2-3 Network Wizard ............15 2-3-1 Step1: Ethernet Configuration ........15 2-3-2 Step2: Wifi Configuration (Optional)......16 2-3-3 Step3: Ping Gateway ..........17 2-4 System Wizard ............

  • Page 19: 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\cysrch.exe). You can also copy this file to your PC for future management.
  • Page 20 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 21: 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. You can complete the basic configuration step by step from Network Wizard to Playback Wizard.

  • Page 22: Network Wizard

    2-3 Network Wizard In the Network Wizard, you can finish network-related settings, including Ethernet and Wi-Fi configurations. 2-3-1 Step1: Ethernet Configuration Here you can configure the wired Ethernet network settings. Firstly, please enter the Group name and Hostname. The "group" name is used only when the SMP player is connected to a CMS server.

  • Page 23: Step2: Wifi Configuration (Optional)

    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.

  • Page 24: Step3: Ping Gateway

    2-3-3 Step3: Ping Gateway Normally enabling this function When the DHCP server is unstable and results in poor network won't cause other network connection, the function "ping gateway" can automatically try to problems. repair the network connection. If the SMP player uses a dynamic IP address assigned by ISP DHCP service, please check this function.

  • Page 25: System Wizard

    NTP server (e.g. time.nist.gov) to automatically synchronize the time. You can also manually configure the correct time, and select the language of Web Manager. Currently the Web For SMP-PROPLUS, please upload the patch for Japanese Manager supports English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, user interface.

  • Page 26: Step2: Display Settings

    S M P - P R O P L U S ( L B - 5 0 0 ) 2. Only SMP-PROPLUS player supports both landscape and a l s o s u p p o r t s t o d i s p l a y portrait display.
  • Page 27 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL * User Define Resolution (for advanced user) If you can not select a suitable refresh rate on the list, you can choose “User Define” function. Some display’s refresh rate is not happened to be an integer (e.g.
  • Page 28 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 29: Step3: Media Folder Security Settings

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2-4-3 Step3: Media Folder Security Settings Here you can configure the security settings for the SMP Media Folder access. If you select "share mode", which is the most convenient but also the least secured way, you won't be required a password while you access the SMP Media Folder. You can also configure to use "user mode"...

  • Page 30: 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 31: Playback Wizard

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2-6 Playback Wizard After you select a skin, the following steps of configuring 2-6-1 Step1: Skin each zone will be based on the skin you just select. For Here you can configure the display skin (background layer). example, if you choose a skin Select a skin (or no skin) first.

  • Page 32: Step2: Multimedia 1

    You can also select "Central Scheduling" to let the CMS server centrally control the playlist. SMP-PROPLUS provides the “mute” function for you to turn off the sound of all video and audio files in the multimedia zone. It is useful when you have two multimedia zones. You...

  • Page 33: Step3: Multimedia 2

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 2-6-3 Step3: Multimedia 2 S M P - P R O 3 / P R O 3 N o n l y Configurations are the same as Multimedia 1. You need to support one multimedia block. configure the settings here only when you select a skin with two multimedia zones.

  • Page 34: 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 35: Multimedia Contents Playback And Management

    Multimedia Contents Playback and Management 3-1 Upload Multimedia Contents ........29 3-2 Choose your Skin ............ 31 3-3 Choose Media Source and Set Playlist ....32 3-3-1 Play Files in Media Folder .......... 32 3-3-2 Play Files in USB Storage Device ......35 3-3-3 Central Scheduling (by CMS Server) ......

  • Page 36: Upload Multimedia Contents

    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\cysrch.exe). You have to be in the same LAN, can also copy this file to your PC for future management.
  • Page 37 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. 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 38: Choose Your Skin

    3-2 Choose your Skin Here you can configure the display skin (background layer). Select a skin (or no skin) first. If you don't have your proprietary skins, you can select among the default skins. You can also upload your self-designed skins (created by the tool Skin Editor) from the bottom of the page for uses.

  • Page 39: Choose Media Source And Set Playlist

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 3-3 Choose Media Source and Set Playlist 3-3-1 Play Files in Media Folder After uploading all files to the Media Folder, you can follow the following steps to edit playlist. 1. Login SMP player and enter Web Manager 2.
  • Page 40 5. Click [Edit Playlist], and you will see a pop-up window. All video files in the Media Folder will be listed in the left column. If the left column is empty, that means there is no file in the Media Folder. Please add video files to Media Folder first. 6.
  • Page 41 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 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 42: Play Files In Usb Storage Device

    3-3-2 Play Files in USB Storage S M P - P R O s e r i e s o n l y Device supports USB Storage Device with FAT32 file system type. Click “Multimedia files in” and select “USB storage device”; then Please do format your USB you can play files stored in a USB storage device.

  • Page 43: Rtb/Rtp Streaming

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 3-3-4 RTB/RTP Streaming SMP, incorporating with a CMS server, can play streaming video. To play streaming video as RTB (Real-Time Broadcast) client, select the channel corresponding to the client’s server, i.e. CMS server. To play Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) streaming, enter the port number of the relevant RTP server.

  • Page 44: Http/Mms Streaming

    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 (SMP-PRO3 Only) To play AV-IN signal on the multimedia area, please select this item, and refer to section 6.5 for detailed video input configurations.

  • Page 45: Mute Function

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 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 46 1. Login SMP and enter Web Manager. 2. Click [PLAYBACK] and select [IMAGE SLIDE SHOW] page. 3. Start with “IMAGE SLIDE SHOW 1” to assign the content source and configure related settings. 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.)

  • Page 47: Ticker

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 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 Please remember to go to the “SKIN MANAGER” page and the ticker area. Please follow the following steps: select a skin with a pre-edited 1.

  • Page 48: Define Font Format

    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 49: Set Background Color

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL You can also choose a color by color picker. Only when you use Internet 1. Enter Web Manager. Click [PLAYBACK] and select Explore 5.5 or above can [TICKER] page you see the function, Choose 2. Click [Choose Color] and the “Edit Colors dialog-box” will C o l o r.

  • Page 50: Scrolling Effect

    Or, you can also choose a color by color picker. Only when you use Internet 1. Enter Web Manager. Click [PLAYBACK] and select Explore 5.5 or above can [TICKER] page. you see the function, Choose 2. Select “Set background color”, click [Choose Color], and C o l o r.

  • Page 51: Volume

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL No scrolling effect The text is static without moving Simple crawl Text moving either from left to right or right to left. The next line will follow the previous line. Simple bottom-up Text moving from bottom to top. If your sentences are too long, the system will break them automatically into the next lines.

  • Page 52: Edit Schedule On Smp Player (Local Schedule)

    Edit Schedule on SMP Player (Local Schedule) 4-1 Skin ................46 4-2 Multimedia Zone ............48 4-3 Image Slide Show Zone .......... 50 4-4 Ticker Zone .............. 52 4-5 Volume ..............54...

  • Page 53: 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 54 3. Enter the “Name” of the schedule, e.g. “Dinner Program”. Then, set the “Begin Time” and the “End Time”. 4. Please select a skin. 5. After completing configuration, click [SAVE]. 6. You can see a new schedule on the list now. You can click this item and press [SAVE] and [APPLY].

  • Page 55: Multimedia Zone

    1. Enter Web Manager. Click [LOCAL SCHEDULE] and select [MULTIMEDIA] page. 2. If you purchase SMP-PROPLUS player, you can select a multimedia zone: “MULTIMEDIA 1” or “MULTIMEDIA 2”. If there are two multimedia zones in the skin, you have to configure these two zones separately.
  • Page 56 4. Enter the “Name” of the schedule, e.g. “Training Course”. Then, set the “Begin Time” and the “End Time”. 5. Please select a multimedia source and follow the configuration options in this page to finish the Multimedia local scheduling. Please refer to section 3-2 for detailed descriptions of each option.

  • Page 57: Image Slide Show Zone

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 4-3 Image Slide Show Zone Y o u c a n a d d u p t o 9 9 When you add a schedule for the image slide show zone, the scheduling tasks. schedule will be applied only to the specified period of time (e.g. 6 am to 10 am).
  • Page 58 8. You can see a new schedule on the list now. You can click this item and press [SAVE] and [APPLY].

  • Page 59: Ticker Zone

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 4-4 Ticker Zone Y o u c a n a d d u p t o 9 9 When you add a schedule for the ticker zone, the schedule will scheduling tasks. be applied only to the specified period of time (e.g. 6 am to 10 am).
  • Page 60 8. Set a suitable speed. “1” represents the slowest speed, and “6” represents the fastest one. 9. Set duration of “Pause” when you choose “Simple bottom-up” or “Bottom-up and crawl”. This option will let text pause specific seconds when finish a line. 10.

  • Page 61: Volume

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 4-5 Volume Y o u c a n a d d u p t o 9 9 When you add a schedule for the system volume, the schedule scheduling tasks. will be applied only to the specified period of time (e.g. 6 am to 10 am).

  • Page 62: Skin Management

    5-1-1 Install Skin Editor ............56 5-1-2 Create a new skin file (.csk) ........57 5-1-3 Re-adjust a skin file (.csk) .......... 63 5-1-4 Upload Clock (.clk) ............. 64 5-2 Upload the CAYIN Skin File into SMP ....65 5-3 Apply Skin ..............66...

  • Page 63: Create Your Own Skin

    5-1 Create Your Own Skin supports Portrait skin. 5-1-1 Install Skin Editor You can find the editing tool, CAYIN Skin Editor, in the product CD (in folder \Tool\Skin Editor). Click setup.exe to start the installation. Please follow the instructions prompted on the screen to finish the installation.

  • Page 64: Create A New Skin File (.Csk)

    5-1-2 Create a new skin file (.csk) By using the CAYIN Skin Editor program (cyskin.exe), you can make your own skin for SMP-PRO series. Please follow the steps below, and build your own skin. 1. Execute the program cyskin.exe in Start menu or on your desktop.
  • Page 65 Yo u c a n o n l y a d d o n e skin design. For SMP-PROPLUS, you can define six areas multimedia zone on SMP- at maximum: two “Multimedia”, two “Image Slide Show”, one PRO3/PRO3N.
  • Page 66 You can only set up those resolutions for which you u p l o a d s k i n b a c k g r o u n d i m a g e s i n S t e p 4 . F o r example, if you only upload t h e i m a g e f o r r e s o l u t i o n 7 6 8 x 1 0 2 4 i n S t e p 4 , y o u...
  • Page 67 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 8. Click [Multimedia (Orange)] at the left side, and drag the area that you want to create on the skin. You can drag the You may discover in some handles to make minor adjustment and use Zoom button to zoom ratio, the quality of make fine tune.
  • Page 68 Analog Clock: You can select the type, size, and the date format. Digital Clock: You can select the type, size, and time format (24 hour or 12 hour).
  • Page 69 10.Define all areas one by one and click [OK] to leave this dialog box. 11. Finally, when you set up the layout, click [Publish…] to save the CAYIN Skin File (.csk). You can upload the .csk file into SMP-PRO series players or CMS by Web Manager.

  • Page 70: Re-Adjust A Skin File (.Csk)

    5-1-3 Re-adjust a skin file (.csk) You can reload a skin file and retrieve all the settings of that skin and make adjustments. 1. Open the CAYIN Skin Tool 2. Click [Load], and open a skin file (.csk). 3. You can click [Browse…] to change image files, or click [Next] to change configures of...

  • Page 71: Upload Clock (.Clk)

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 5-1-4 Upload Clock (.clk) You can periodically download new Clock templates (.clk extension) from CAYIN’s partner website. After downloading the .clk file, you can easily upload a new clock by clicking [Upload Clock]. 1. Download a ".clk" file from CAYIN's partner website to your PC.

  • Page 72: Upload The Cayin Skin File Into Smp

    4. After uploading a clock successfully, you can choose to use it on the clock option page. 5-2 Upload the CAYIN Skin File into SMP After preparing a skin, you have to upload the file into SMP-PRO You can only keep up to 30 series player or CMS server.

  • Page 73: Apply Skin

    You can manage and changed. For SMP-PROPLUS apply skins in the “SKIN MANAGER”. The video file will continue player, the multimedia 2 will playing when the skin is changed.

  • Page 74: Content Update And Media Folder Management

    Content Update and Media Folder Management 6-1 Update Media Folder ..........68 6-2 Manage Media Folder ..........72...

  • Page 75: Update Media Folder

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 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 76 2. Enable the “Media Folder content synchronization” function and SMP player will periodically download new or updated files from CMS’s Content Update Server. It also removes those files that no longer exist in CMS server. 3. Enable “Use hidden disk buffer”, if you would like to download files to a hidden disk space first.
  • Page 77 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 6. Specify exclusive time(s) for content synchronization: When you enable this function, the SMP player will synchronize I f t h e S M P p l a y e r i s contents with CMS server at the selected date (s) and time. downloading files while it For the rest of the time, the player will stop synchronizing p a s t s t h e a s s i g n e d t i m e ,...
  • Page 78 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 79: Manage Media Folder

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 6-2 Manage Media Folder In this section, you can set share mode of Media Folder (on network neighborhood) for users. Do not share Media The folder will not be shared. folder Share mode Select “Share mode” if you allow open access of all users. In this mode, users can access the folder without username and password.

  • Page 80: System Status And Settings

    7-3-1 Upload Firmware ............82 7-3-2 Export/Import/Restore System Settings ..... 83 7-3-3 System Recovery ............83 7-4 Display Settings ............84 7-4-1 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PROPLUS) ..84 7-4-2 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PRO3/PRO3N) .. 86 7-4-3 Turn On / Off Display ..........87...

  • Page 81: System Status

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 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; then you will see the [SYSTEM STATUS] page.

  • Page 82: Basic Information

    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 83: Firmware Information

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL CPU Utilization Usage of CPU Memory Usage Usage of system DRAM. It is normal if the number is close to 100% System Disk Usage Disk usage of system firmware disk. If the usage exceeds 90%, we strongly suggest that you do not upload more patches for preventing from disk overloaded.

  • Page 84: System Settings

    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 85: Ntp Service

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 7-2-2 NTP Service You can choose 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.

  • Page 86: Change Web Administrator's Password

    7-2-3 Change Web Administrator’s Password If the administrator forgets the password, you can re- To change administrator’s password of SMP, check the box and set the password on the SMP enter the password. Console. Please refer to Ch.10 for more information. 7-2-4 Change Service Port of Web Manager You can change to a suitable port number to fit your network...

  • Page 87: Choose Web Manager Language

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 7 - 2 - 5 C h o o s e W e b M a n a g e r Language F o r S M P - P R O P L U S , y o u SMP-PRO series supports eight languages, which are English, need to upload a patch to add French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Traditional...

  • Page 88: Frequency Of Server Communication

    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 of several SMP/ CMS service. The value of frequency is from 5 (Frequent) to If you connect SMP players 1 (Infrequent).

  • Page 89: System Maintenance

    USER MANUAL 7-3 System Maintenance Please only upload firmware You can update new firmware of SMP in the “System provided by CAYIN. Do not Maintenance” page. We suggest you update the firmware when upload unknown firmware and damage the system your PC and the player are in the same LAN.

  • Page 90: Export/Import/Restore System Settings

    7 - 3 - 2 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 You can export system settings to a local file and import it later version.

  • Page 91: Display Settings

    In this section, you can configure those settings related to the display. Please follow the following steps: 7-4-1 Configure Display Properties (SMP-PROPLUS) T h o s e r e s o l u t i o n s w i t h * sign after the number are s u p p o r t e d b y d i s p l a y ’...
  • Page 92 * User Define Some display’s refresh rate is If you can not select a suitable refresh rate on the list, you can not happened to be an integer (e.g. 59.9 Hz). You must check choose “User Define” and click [User define] button. Then, with your display vendor or try some numbers in the vicinity you can select a resolution and set a suitable refresh rate.

  • Page 93: Configure Display Properties (Smp-Pro3/Pro3N)

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 7-4-2 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, 1600x900 If you are using SMP-PRO3/...

  • Page 94: Turn On / Off Display

    7-4-3 Turn On / Off Display You can also use "Display Command" to turn on or turn off the The display command feature screen remotely (by cutting down the VGA signal). You can also o n l y w o r k s w i t h d i s p l a y schedule the time period during which you hope to turn off the plugged to SMP via VGA and with displays supporting the...

  • Page 95: Network Settings

    Network Settings 8-1 Ethernet ..............89 8-2 Wireless Network ............. 90...

  • Page 96: 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 97: Wireless Network

    AES, the key will be 8~63 characters. 3. Please specify the DHCP or static IP address for the wireless connection of the SMP player. We suggest you use static Please contact CAYIN to purchase compatible USB Wi-Fi IP address for more stable adaptors. Wireless connection.

  • Page 98: Log Management

    Log Management 9-1 Enable Syslog ............92 9-2 View Logs ..............93 9-3 Export Log File ............94...

  • Page 99: Enable Syslog

    Yo u h a v e t o p u r c h a s e 2. Enable remote log. Select “Send remote log by SYSLOG” or CAYIN’s log management tool, SuperReporter, to collect “Send remote log by TCP” and enter the IP address of your and manage all log records of designated server.

  • Page 100: View Logs

    9-2 View Logs You can check the log records in the SMP player. 1. Login SMP Web Manager, and go to the [LOG] page. 2. Click [View Logs]; then the log dialog-box will pop up. You can check all log files in your selected categories.

  • Page 101: Export Log File

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 9-3 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.

  • Page 102: Smp Console

    SMP Console...

  • Page 103: System Update

    This function is designed for system maintainers who need You can not format the internal to format the internal slim hard-disk. This function will format hard disk of SMP-PROPLUS (LB-500) your hard-disk and you will lose all data in the disk.

  • Page 104: System Recovery

    System Recovery...
  • Page 105 SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 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.

  • Page 106: Appendix

    Appendix Use “log_rcv” to collect syslog from clients .... 100...

  • Page 107: Use "Log_Rcv" To Collect Syslog From Clients

    SMP-PRO SERIES USER MANUAL 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”...
  • Page 108 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. [SUMMARY] section: Let you know how long (seconds) each file has been played.

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