ProSum DSNet, User Manual

Page 1: ...DSNet Signage Broadcast Network over Cat5 Cables USER S GUIDE Version 1 0 July 2010...

Page 2: ...PROSUM makes no warranty that its software products are error free and will work in combination with any hardware or software products provided by third parties TRADEMARKS AND REGISTERED NAMES All re...

Page 3: ...DSNet Manager 11 3 1 Launching DSNet Manager 11 3 2 DSNet Manager Main Window 12 3 3 DSNet Manager Main Menu 14 3 4 Changing the TCP IP Settings 15 3 5 Rescanning the Network 16 3 6 Understanding the...

Page 4: ...work 16 Figure 7 Test image generated by screentest exe 17 Figure 8 Receiver Selection for Cable Settings 18 Figure 9 Cable Settings 18 Figure 10 Before and After RGB shift Adjustment 19 Figure 11 Mon...

Page 5: ...ble price you have more screens and thus you improve the impact of your digital signage campaigns DSNet also carries bi directional RS 232 serial communications at up to 115200 bps to make possible th...

Page 6: ...ons on all the monitors as well as carry out audio video adjustments for audio video output optimization Note In case of large installation we recommend you install DSNet Manager on a notebook or a la...

Page 7: ...DSNET USER S GUIDE 7 Figure 2 DSNet Manager Discovers the Network Architecture...

Page 8: ...Player is already connected to the Ethernet network use the Player Ethernet cable for the broadcaster and connect the Player to the broadcaster with a short patch cable You don t need an extra Ethern...

Page 9: ...need a simple straight through male female DSUB9 serial cable for this purpose 5 If there was a display monitor connected to the Player connect it to the VGA port of the broadcaster located in the reg...

Page 10: ...network it means that you can cover an area of 600m of diameter In fact it can certainly be more if you use splitters but let s keep 300m max as a rule of thumb 2 3 CONNECTING DISPLAY PANELS TO THE R...

Page 11: ...nager application dsnetwork dist jar a JAVA program to the networked personal computer or notebook that has a network access to the broadcaster Run DSNet Manager either by clicking on dsnetwork dist j...

Page 12: ...onnected The RJ45 icons get red in case of faulty cable Note that input ports are not drawn for sake of clarity The monitor icons are dynamic and can change according to the state of each monitor The...

Page 13: ...e enable it Note Checking boxes with right clicks and getting access to properties with left clicks may seem unusual The purpose is to get easier access to main commands The check boxes are just secon...

Page 14: ...Set the date and time for the DSNet system You can sync the Broadcaster time with the computer time And also you can specify two NTP time servers to synchronize with o Rescan Network F5 Rescan the net...

Page 15: ...rt base Figure 5 TCP IP Settings The default settings are shown on figure above You can change the Port Base if it conflicts with another application of if there are several broadcasters on your LAN t...

Page 16: ...l it works However don t press F5 while a rescan is going on 3 6 UNDERSTANDING THE LEDS All DSNet network ports of all devices have an LED indicator The most important thing you must understand is DSN...

Page 17: ...Test image generated by screentest exe In the network diagram locate the corresponding monitor icon which represents the physical monitor that you want to adjust the video parameters of To make sure...

Page 18: ...n Move the sliders until you get the best image quality It should not take more than 10 seconds If you cannot get a perfect image it means that your cable does not fit DSNet requirements Here are some...

Page 19: ...is intentionally increased by cable makers to minimize the crosstalk between the pairs Keeping the crosstalk low is one of the main challenges for high speed Ethernet transmissions We don t have exac...

Page 20: ...n the Connection tab Chose the data rate and specify if the connection is bidirectional The data rate can be different from the Player serial interface data rate Under the DDC tab you can capture the...

Page 21: ...me command to each of them one by one This is why DSNet Manager allows creating groups of monitors When you invoke a group all monitors in the group and only them are checked in the network diagram Yo...

Page 22: ...eck monitors MLF1 MLF2 M31 and M32 You can also invoke a group of monitors Figure 14 Checking Monitors Then into the main menu select Groups Send Commands to Checked Monitors You can enable or disable...

Page 23: ...file and click Upgrade Do not interrupt the upgrade process that can be long when performed through the Internet There are several phases alternating data upload and Flash memory write Please sit tig...

Page 24: ...caster will update only the devices that have a firmware older than which one is into the broadcaster Flash memory To update the firmware of a single device click on the device icon into the network d...

Page 25: ...ing used If so try a standard one such as 60Hz 9 Check if the problematic monitor that is without video output is very different from other monitors that show normal video If so try to relocate the mo...

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