Ekselans 280053, User Manual

Page 1: ...Partner O B S S L Av Cerdanyola 79 81 Local C 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallés Barcelona Spain Phone 34935839543 info ek plus www ek plus USER MANUAL EK CAST 280053 Chromecast devices management mini server V01 ...

Page 2: ...s to the equipment 7 Equipment configuration 8 Access to the configuration interface and general view 11 Access to the configuration interface 11 Main Information 12 Management 13 Device settings 13 Edit WAN network configuration 14 Edit LAN network configuration 16 Domain and local DNS server 18 Https Configuration 19 Reboot system 20 Shutdown system 20 Users 21 Create user 22 Delete user 23 Cast...

Page 3: ...l C 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallés Barcelona Spain Phone 34935839543 info ek plus www ek plus USER MANUAL EK CAST Disable devices 31 Unpair device 32 Send message 32 Edit groups 34 Statistics 35 Generate statistics report 36 Export raw data 36 FAQ 37 ...

Page 4: ...s a digital signage system Configuration of the maximum number of users which can be linked to the same Chromecast device Configuration of the terms and privacy policy Configuration of domain and HTTPS Automatic and manual detection of new Chromecast devices in the network Status monitoring of Chromecast devices Remote activation and deactivation of Chromecast devices Option to unlink user devices...

Page 5: ...ANUAL EK CAST Interfaces connection and access to the equipment Interfaces 1 HDMI Port I It is not useful for the user Only usable by SAT 2 ETH1 port LAN port to connect to the Chromecast network 3 PORT ETH2 Port that connects with exit to internet 4 Serial Port No use for client only for SAT 5 Power Power is located on the back of the equipment ...

Page 6: ...ecast network must be completely separated by means of two VLANs with the following requirements The first VLAN VLAN BB in the below picture could be the native VLAN it should be available in the WAN port of the equipment and it must have Internet connection It is also needed a DHCP server in this VLAN which will provide IPs to all the devices of the guests PCs tablets and mobile phones The second...

Page 7: ...usually 172 16 5 209 Configure the PC network adapter with a static IP in the subnet that the EK CAST for example 172 16 5 10 This step can also be done connecting the PC in the same switch which the EK CAST is connected to both the PC and the EK CAST should be connected to ports assigned to the same untagged VLAN 2 Open the EK CAST assigned IP address adding the port number 9090 in a web browser ...

Page 8: ...o lose the password because only the admin user can change the password of all the users 3 Language current language selected for the Network Configurator user interface manager 4 Version current version of the Network Configurator tool 5 Status it shown the EK CAST status When the status is Running it means the EK CAST is running perfectly if another status is shown connection and network configu...

Page 9: ...to work in a network the next steps should be followed 1 Select Edit Network Config in the left menu 2 Configure an IP inside the local network with the right subnet mask and gateway in order to provide Internet connection to the equipment Once all these parameters are configured press the Save button to save configuration The following picture is just an example the parameter values should be ada...

Page 10: ...f EK CAST connect PC again to the main network enabling DHCP or setting manually the previous IP address netmask and gateway Then connect the EK CAST WAN port to the main network Now the EK CAST will be accessible through the IP address configured in step 2 If the configuration is properly done after some minutes on the main window the Running word and the green colour will be shown in the Status ...

Page 11: ...USER MANUAL EK CAST Access to the configuration interface and general view Access to the configuration interface After the system is properly configured and running it is possible to access to the configuration interface of the EK CAST in the URL https configured IP manager For example https 172 16 5 209 manager User admin Password Admin123 ...

Page 12: ...ersion which is shown on the top of the main window 1 Drop down button it allows to show or to hide the left menu 2 Mem it shows the current memory used by the system 3 CPU it shows the total CPU load and the load of each core 4 Network it shows the current network traffic 5 Admin this menu shows the current version of EK CAST and allows to modify the password of the current user and to logout 6 L...

Page 13: ...able Edit WAN Network Config it allows to modify the WAN network configuration Edit LAN Network Config it allows to modify the LAN network configuration Domain and local DNS server it allows to configure a domain and to use the device as a DNS server Reboot System it allows to reboot the EK CAST device Shutdown System it allows to shutdown the EK CAST gracefully 1 Reboot System this button reboots...

Page 14: ...ondary DNS Server the secondary domain name system server through the WAN port 3 DHCP server if it is enabled ticked the EK CAST will work as a DHCP server and the following parameters can be configured o Address Pool Start for DHCP the first IP address which will be assigned by the DHCP server o Address Poll End for DHCP the last IP address which will be assigned by the DHCP server o Gateway the ...

Page 15: ...S S L Av Cerdanyola 79 81 Local C 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallés Barcelona Spain Phone 34935839543 info ek plus www ek plus 15 USER MANUAL EK CAST Once configured all the parameters press Save button to apply the changes ...

Page 16: ...stem server through the LAN port o Secondary DNS Server the secondary domain name system server through the LAN ort 3 DHCP server if it is enabled ticked the EK CAST will work as a DHCP server for the Chromecast devices network and the following parameters can be configured o Address Pool Start for DHCP the first IP address which will be assigned by the DHCP server o Address Poll End for DHCP the ...

Page 17: ...S S L Av Cerdanyola 79 81 Local C 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallés Barcelona Spain Phone 34935839543 info ek plus www ek plus 17 USER MANUAL EK CAST Once configured all the parameters press Save button to apply the changes ...

Page 18: ... been added and enabled If this URL is not configured the EK CAST IP address will be shown instead 1 Use domain name instead of Ip Address If it is ticked a domain name will be used instead of the IP address to access to the EK CAST web front end When this option is enabled the following parameters could be configured 2 Domain URL it is the domain which will be shown on the television to link the ...

Page 19: ...t is selected a private key file and a certificate file must be selected in order to HTTPS works properly 3 Certificate signed with Letsencrypt if it is selected a Letsencrypt certificate https letsencrypt org will be generated pressing the Generate Certificate button a management email must be provided in order to generate the Letsencrypt certificate When Signed certificate or Certificate signed ...

Page 20: ...2 Sant Cugat del Vallés Barcelona Spain Phone 34935839543 info ek plus www ek plus 20 USER MANUAL EK CAST Reboot system It restarts the EK CAST device Shutdown system It shutdowns the device in gracefully way This is the right way to switch off the device ...

Page 21: ...e and multiple selection are possible 1 Created users information in this area the user creation date the last login and the assigned permissions are shown 2 Edit button it allows to edit user s permissions roles When this button is pressed the following window is shown where it is possible to add permissions to the user moving permissions from the left side to the right side using and buttons or ...

Page 22: ...lus 22 USER MANUAL EK CAST Create user It allows to create a user which could access to the EK CAST manager It is possible to assign permissions to the new user moving them from the left side to right side pressing the and buttons Once configured all the user parameters the Create User button should be pressed to create the new user ...

Page 23: ...S L Av Cerdanyola 79 81 Local C 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallés Barcelona Spain Phone 34935839543 info ek plus www ek plus 23 USER MANUAL EK CAST Delete user It allows to delete the users which are selected in the main panel ...

Page 24: ...he network which will be shown on the television o Max Simultaneous paired users Maximum number of customers which can be paired linked simultaneously to each Chromecast device o Enabled automatic daily unpair if it is enabled all the guests devices will be unlinked from the Chromecast devices daily at the configure time o Time it is the time when the Chromecast devices will be unlinked form the g...

Page 25: ...nfigure background image will be used in the background of the EK CAST application shown on the television 5 Banner and Widgets o Weather Information if it is ticked a widget with the weather information will be shown on the EK CAST application shown on the television If this option is enabled it is needed to press the edit button to configure the required parameters of this widget It is needed to...

Page 26: ...iteria for the Chromecast devices shown in the device list 2 Device Filter combo boxes it allows to select the filter to be applied to the list of Chromecast device below The Status filter allows to select the ALL Enabled Disabled Unregistered values The Group filter allows to select all or any of the groups created using the menu option Edit groups 3 Buttons to hide or to show they allow to show ...

Page 27: ...ecast device These two types of status are shown as follows a Enabled the device is shown in green colour This means that the device is added to the system it is detected and it can manage casting requests b Disabled the device is shown in red colour This means that the device is added to the system it is detected but it cannot manage casting requests 8 Tick to mark this tick allows to select this...

Page 28: ...t the Chromecast devices to be added to the system b Add device manually if this option is selected one or several Chromecast devices can be added manually selecting the number of devices to be added and setting a common name for all the devices After pressing the Add button the new Chromecast devices will be added to the system with the same name so it is needed to edit each Chromecast device to ...

Page 29: ...Cerdanyola 79 81 Local C 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallés Barcelona Spain Phone 34935839543 info ek plus www ek plus 29 USER MANUAL EK CAST Delete devices This menu option allows to delete Chromecast devices from the EK CAST system ...

Page 30: ...T system in a custom way 1 Arrow buttons to sort these buttons allow to modify the position of the selected Chromecast device 2 Device list this is the list of Chromecast devices available and their current positions in the EK CAST system If a position modification of a Chromecast device is required the devices should be selected in this list before using the arrow buttons Once sorted the Chromeca...

Page 31: ...UAL EK CAST Enable devices This menu option allows to enable Chromecast devices for casting As soon the Chromecast devices are enabled they get the green colour in the devices list Disable devices This menu option allows to disable Chromecast devices for casting As soon the Chromecast devices are disabled they get the red colour in the devices list ...

Page 32: ...ww ek plus 32 USER MANUAL EK CAST Unpair device This menu option allows to unlink the guest s devices currently linked to a Chromecast device Send message This menu option allows to send a message to one or several Chromecast devices to be shown on the televisions 1 Message Message to be sent to the selected Chromecast devices ...

Page 33: ...he Chromecast device is not casting the message will be shown on the television immediately if the Chromecast device is casting the message will be shown on the television when the casting finishes b Forced This message interrupts the casting and it is always shown immediately on the television c Alarm This message interrupts the casting it is always shown immediately on the television and it is s...

Page 34: ...ups This menu option allows to create groups to include the Chromecast devices inside 1 Add Delete buttons they allow to add or to delete groups 2 Edit button it allows to edit a created group 3 Groups list it shows the list of groups currently available For example when the button is pressed the following pop up window is shown 1 Name Name of the group to be created ...

Page 35: ...the kind of services which are loaded in these devices 2 Colour used in the historic graph for each service 3 Zoom it is possible to adjust the time scale of the historic graph 4 Zoom Reset button it allows to reset the zoom done to the time scale of the historic graph 5 Clear Graph it deletes the current graph 6 Connections it is a connection graph which allows to see quickly the number of curren...

Page 36: ... menu allows to generate a statistics report in PDF format between two dates The report is automatically downloaded locally as soon as the Generate button is pressed Export raw data This menu allows to export directly the raw data stored in the EK CAST both in CSV format and Excel XLS format The file is downloaded locally in the selected format as soon as the Generate File button is pressed ...

Page 37: ...ess to confirm that the equipment is reachable if so check the connection to https 172 16 5 209 9090 It appears the message Out of service code 1 on the television check that the Chromecast device is found in the network launching an automatic search If it is not found there is a communication problem with the Chromecast device Review the VLAN and the SSID used by the Chromecast devices and confir...