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As a User   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   9
User Login Security    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   9
As an Author    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   9
Date & Time .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   9 
Network Configuration  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 10
System Name  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 10
IP Settings    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 10
Configuring Static IP Address  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 10
Configuring DHCP IP Address   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 10

USB Network Configuration    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 10

SMTP Mail    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 11
Command Line    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 11
Telnet (TCP/IP)    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 11
RS-232  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 11

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Control & Operation 

Web Portal  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 12
Overview  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 12

Toolbar  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 12
Folder Management Table    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 12
On-Screen Menu/ Front Control Panel   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 13

External Control .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 13

RS-232  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 13
Telnet    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 14
Infra-Red  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 14
Remote Contact Closure (relay)   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 14

Recording, Archiving & Streaming 

Recording & Streaming    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 15
Changing Profiles  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 15
Recorded Content Detail  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 16
Playback on DMR   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 16
Archiving  .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 16

Mail Attachment    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 16
Download Manager   .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 17
Disk Burning    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . 17

Summary of Contents for DMR

Page 1: ...An Advanced Media Design Technology Digital Media Recorder User Manual DMR ...

Page 2: ... in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable however Advanced Media Design Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its use No license is granted under any patents or patent rights of Advanced Media Design Inc This document was written ...

Page 3: ...ar any heat producing equipment i e radiators stoves or amplifiers or in a heated place Unplug the unit during lightning storms when it will not be used for extended periods of time or before you have a scheduled power outage If the unit is visibly damaged either by not observing the precautions above or for any other reason contact your local dealer immediately If the unit does not operate to the...

Page 4: ...iaPOINTE DMR 1 Male Composite Cable 1 CAT 5e LAN Cable 1 RCA Stereo Audio Cable 1 AC Power Cable 1 Male S Video D Cable 1 IR Remote Control plus 2 AAA batteries 1 Rack Mount Kit Documentation CD ROM Warranty Document Registration Sheet ...

Page 5: ...ipment MediaPOINTE disclaims any and all implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose MediaPOINTE s sole liability for breach of this warranty will be at its option to provide access to software for download or to repair or replace the defective unit or component after customer has shipped the product to MediaPOINTE for return to factory repair Customer must obtain an ...

Page 6: ... 1 Introduction Overview Requirements Introduction 1 Key Features 1 How It works 1 Front Panel 2 Optical Drive 2 Front Keypad 2 LED Status 2 IR Receiver 2 Reset Button 2 Power Switch 3 USB Port 3 Back Panel 4 Inputs Outputs 4 Setup Application Diagrams 5 2 SettingUptheDMR 8 Logging In 8 Web Portal Access 8 As an Administrator 8 Changing Administrator Password 8 ...

Page 7: ...11 Command Line 11 Telnet TCP IP 11 RS 232 11 3 Control Operation Web Portal 12 Overview 12 Toolbar 12 Folder ManagementTable 12 On Screen Menu Front Control Panel 13 External Control 13 RS 232 13 Telnet 14 Infra Red 14 Remote Contact Closure relay 14 4 Recording Archiving Streaming Recording Streaming 15 Changing Profiles 15 Recorded Content Detail 16 Playback on DMR 16 Archiving 16 Mail Attachme...

Page 8: ... Titles Credits 20 AV Controls 20 Display Settings 20 AVTest 20 LiveVideoTest 20 Notifications 21 Storage Limits 21 Logging 21 Update 21 Upgrade System Software 21 Reset Configuration 22 System Info 22 Shutdown 22 Reboot 22 6 Options Installing Package Upgrades 23 Studio Package 23 Video Source Inputs 23 CustomVideoTemplates 23 Video On Demand Option 24 Viewing aVideo On Demand Channel 24 AESOP Ex...

Page 9: ...orate network Conduct customer or employee training across vast geographical areas Discuss research engineering architecture product design or process analysis when the participants are not able to meet in one central location Access a centralized data bank of expertise from a field location How ItWorks Method of Operation The DMR can archive and stream video and audio media The DMR accepts S Vide...

Page 10: ...ired to use this feature DMR Front Panel 3 LED Status The LED indicators are used to describe system states actions and error conditions The valid LED states are described in the table below 4 RESET Button To avoid inadvertent resetting of the system the RESET button is hidden behind a tiny hole in the front panel and requires activation using a small device such as a pin or paperclip Pressing the...

Page 11: ...rear of the unit 1 Ensure power supply switch is in the ON position on back panel 2 Start the unit by pressing the POWER button 7 USB Port The USB port can be used to offload media from and to the DMR It can also be used to set or capture an IP address See the Network Configuration section for USB IP address configuration DMR Front Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 12: ... standard RCA connectors 2 Composite CompositeVideo input 1 on the DMR can be selected from theWeb Portal 3 S Video S Video input 1 on the DMR can be selected from theWeb Portal AUDIO VIDEO OUTPUTS Connector Function Description 4 Stereo Audio Pair Unbalanced Line level stereo audio outputs that use standard RCA connectors 5 Composite 6 S Video 2 3 4 5 6 1 8 9 10 11 7 ...

Page 13: ...ort on the back of the unit can be used for upload or offload of video content and for network configuration of the DMR For more information on USB network configuration see Appendix B 10 RS 232 This standard serial DB9 connector allows connection for serial control note a null modem serial cable is required 11 AC Power The IEC connector allows the included IEC cable to connect the DMR to AC power...

Page 14: ... DMR User Manual 4 0 August 2009 ...

Page 15: ...DMR ...

Page 16: ...r login and a system admin login As an Administrator The Administrator maintains all rights to the DMR 1 If you are already logged into the DMR as a user or author click on the LOG out selection at the top right of the web UI You will be able to enter a username and password 2 Use the login id admin The default password is MediaPOINTE Note that the login id and the password are case sensitive 3 Fr...

Page 17: ... the DMR is accessed anyone logging in will be presented with a login box asking for the ID user and a password Un checking the Enable user security checkbox will restore the default settings As an Author The Author maintains content creation rights on the DMR The Author can set recording options but does not have access to the Configure and Manage sections of the menu 1 If you are already logged ...

Page 18: ...uire Administrator privileges and cannot be accessed by users logged in with author or user profiles The network parameters of the DMR can be set via a special configuration text file on a USB memory stick Insert the memory stick into one of the DMR USB ports at any time The unit will look for the presence of this configuration file and will implement the settings from the file Use a simple ASCII ...

Page 19: ... button Command Line The DMR has a Command Line interface that can be accessed from Telnet or RS 232 A list of commands can be found in the External Control section of this manual Telnet TCP IP The Telnet port by default is not enabled To turn on Telnet control set the Telnet port number typically Port 23 and check the TCP IP port enable checkbox A password for the Telnet session can be activated ...

Page 20: ...l current recordings in the Root directory Toolbar When logged in as either author or admin selecting the Archives selection from the main menu will provide the main system Toolbar Icon Function Description Create New Folder Will create a new folder without password protection Rename Folder Will allow the user to change the name of the selected folder Delete Folder This will permanently delete a f...

Page 21: ... RS 232 On the back of the DMR there is a single control port configured as a DTE that supports the RS 232 protocol A Null Modem cable should be used between the DMR DB 9 Female Function DB 9 Female 2 Rx toTx 3 3 Tx to Rx 2 5 Signal Ground 5 Icon Function Description Show Folders Will display the folder management tree Move to Will allow content to be moved from one folder to another Copy to Will ...

Page 22: ...ify status cli ipset play sysinfo copyme ipstat playstatus test defaultprofile key reboot usersec displayres limit record volume displayratio listfiles rename file info list profiles resetconf Infra Red The Infra Red IR receiver for the remote control is located on the front of the DMR It can also be used for IR control via control systems such as AMX or Crestron Remote Contact Closure Relay A rel...

Page 23: ...the Stop button to begin the indexing process The RED LED on the front of the unit will blink fast during the indexing procedure indicating that the unit is busy and cannot record or stream until the process is complete Depending on the length of the archived material this could take a few seconds up to several minutes to complete Disabling enabling multicast By default the DMR will multicast anyt...

Page 24: ...ill remove the selected media from the email attachment Close Mail Will close the Mail AttachmentWindow Default Folder A recording initiated from IR the remote relay closure or the REC button will be saved to the BLUE Default Folder Icon Function Description Rename Will allow the user to change the name of the selected folder Email Media Will allow the selected file s to be emailed This feature wi...

Page 25: ... and appear as a new file in your media library The new file will have the transcoded video type appended to the beginning of the original file name for easy recognition To see waiting jobs reference the Job Management page Download Manager Files and Folders can be downloaded to the browsing computer using the Download Manager Select the Download Manager icon from the main menu to bring up the Dow...

Page 26: ...ate a custom profile copy one of the 8 Originals Delete Profile Will permanently delete a custom profile Default Profile Used when a recording is started without a profile specified Identified by a Gold Star Set Default Profile Click on this icon to change the Default profile This section describes how to set up all configurable recording options on the DMR only author and admin users have access ...

Page 27: ...itiated in the normal manner ON recording will be initiated in the normal matter but will also begin when specified Codec enters a call Format Set the DMR s recording mode here PC for recording to be played on standard PC iPod for recordings that are played back on iPod MPEG 4 ASP WMV Windows Media Format Divx Divx Format Archive and or Stream To enable or disable the ability to archive and stream...

Page 28: ...nected output devices without the need for live input sources There are four audio test tones for confirming the audio outputs of the DMR There are three test images for confirming video output to a locally connected monitor Once a test tone or image has been selected use the Stop Test button to end the test LiveVideoTest The content and video1 inputs can be tested to a local monitor To test the h...

Page 29: ...em Software MediaPOINTE s Development Team is constantly striving to refine and upgrade features on the DMR to lead technological advances in the archiving and streaming marketplace In order to keep the DMR up to date with all of the latest features you may want to update the system software from time to time Follow the following steps Logs Setting Description Event Log The time and date of all re...

Page 30: ...ription Product Name Name of DMR Series Product Series Number Version The installedVersion number of current software Serial Number The DMR Serial number Manufacturer Name of the Company that manufactured DMR Copyright Copyright date of DMR Available disk space The amount of disk space still available for content recording SDI This is a unique indentifier specific to your DMR Provide MediaPOINTE t...

Page 31: ...re Composite and one more S Video input You can test these inputs from the AV TEST page CustomVideoTemplates To select one of the 20 different CUSTOM profile layouts navigate to the PROFILE page and select CUSTOM from the Main Source drop down menu Then Click on the CHANGE icon to bring up the screen or video templates Select the desired template and you will be navigated back to the PROFILE page ...

Page 32: ...on the play icon under Actions and a window will open and display the stream The following tables describe AMD devices play stream VOD capabilities AESOP External Storage Option An additional external 1Terabyte of storage is available for the DMR AESOP is the only external device that can extend the storage space For more information please contact your sales representative Video On Demand Channel...

Page 33: ...lease take note of these settings so they can be re configured when the update is complete 1 NTP settings will be disabled 2 User and Author passwords will be reset to blank 3 Comm port will be disabled 4 SMTP settings will be removed 5 Notification settings are lost 6 Logging is re enabled 7 Display resolution will be set to 1280x1024 8 VTC settings are blank ...

Page 34: ...An Advanced Media Design Technology Technical Support 805 214 7911 support mediapointe com Main Office 667 Rancho Conejo Blvd Newbury Park CA 91320 805 480 3700 www mediapointe com DMR ...

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