ACTi MDS-100 User Manual Download

Page: 1 / 77

Media Display Station

User Manual

MDS-100

2018/11/30

Summary of Contents for MDS-100

Page 1: ...Media Display Station User Manual MDS 100 2018 11 30...

Page 2: ...onnect the Player 8 Create an Account 9 Register the Player on Your Account 9 Create the Content 10 ACTi Media Management Application 11 Overview of the Application Portal 11 Main Menu 11 Main Area 11...

Page 3: ...Managing Playlists with Folder View 40 Playlist within Playlist 42 Tag Based Playlist 43 Shows Layouts 45 Managing Shows 45 Turned Off Show Turn Your TV On and Off 48 Schedules 50 Managing Schedules...

Page 4: ...attempt to service this video device yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Trademarks All names...

Page 5: ...urning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation be...

Page 6: ...qualified service personnel under the following conditions 1 When the power supply cord or plug is damaged 2 If liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the video product 3 If the inner pa...

Page 7: ...resent Media Display Station MDS or herein referred to as the Player MicroSD card HDMI cable Power adapter Power plug converter Prerequisites Aside from the items that came with the package the items...

Page 8: ...a Ethernet cable 2 Connect the monitor to the MDS via HDMI cable then power up the monitor NOTE Make sure to follow this step before powering up MDS to ensure the media display station adapts the moni...

Page 9: ...d Password 4 Click I accept the Terms Conditions and click Register Register the Player on Your Account After creating an account the ACTi Media Management Application automatically logs you in and ta...

Page 10: ...playlist 3 Create a Show A show determines the layout or how your contents will be displayed on the monitor It can include playlist individual media files and widgets news RSS feeds etc 4 Create a Sc...

Page 11: ...the other in a timely manner Widgets Use Widgets which are small applications design to show information like RSS tickers clocks texts and more Shows Create layouts arranging Playlists Media or Widget...

Page 12: ...o take place in the affected players Above the Main Menu you will find a button that will be either Grey button saying Changes pushed Flashing red button saying Push to Players Whenever you make any c...

Page 13: ...n you have selected i e how many screens you want to deploy this indicates the number of monitors you have created in the portal Registered Devices This indicates how many of your screens have been pa...

Page 14: ...ages section you can see a listing of the images currently uploaded into your account It provides the following columns Name of the Image Timestamp date and time that the Image was uploaded Preview th...

Page 15: ...nced features you can set the Play Since Play Until In other words you can set the expiration date which means that you can choose the exact date and time that this image will display at your playlist...

Page 16: ...ng an Image to a folder To add a single image to a folder you click on the Add a New Image button found on the right side of your screen As a next step you are requested the name of the image an optio...

Page 17: ...image to be deleted By deleting an image from a folder it will not be available in the portal for future use It will be also automatically removed by any playlist or show that contains it You can als...

Page 18: ...r together with its contents images click on the delete current folder and contents button on the right bottom side of the screen This will permanently remove the folder and the images included from t...

Page 19: ...a listing of the videos currently uploaded into your account It provides the following columns Name of the video Timestamp date and time that the video was uploaded Preview thumbnail of the actual vid...

Page 20: ...deo Stream use a Live Video Stream from the Internet or a local source including YouTube Live uStream and UDP RTP HLS streams Video Wall read instructions on how to set up a Video Wall with your Playe...

Page 21: ...Video alone This way you can use Videos that where originally saved with the wrong orientation So if you have a video that is not displayed properly you can use this setting to show it correctly Keep...

Page 22: ...of your screen As a next step you are requested the name of the video an optional description for it a choose button where you actually select the video you want Clicking Save will upload the video on...

Page 23: ...vant action button on the right bottom side of the screen name your folder and click ok With this feature you can create either a new folder on the Base Folder or a sub folder in an existing folder Re...

Page 24: ...can Preview the document file by clicking on the thumbnail in the Preview column Change the details of a document file by clicking the blue Edit button Here you can also substitute the actual documen...

Page 25: ...e which means that you can choose the exact date and time that the document will display at your playlist show or you can set Always and For Ever and the document will never expire Default page durati...

Page 26: ...www acti com Hardware Manual 26...

Page 27: ...each selected folder is displayed in this section You also have the ability to search for a specific Document file using the search tool Document Actions Adding a Document to a folder To add a single...

Page 28: ...r Click on the Delete Document after selecting an item to be deleted By deleting a document file from a folder it will not be available in the portal for future use It will be also automatically remov...

Page 29: ...together with its contents videos click on the delete current folder and contents button on the right bottom side of the screen This will permanently remove the folder and the contents included from...

Page 30: ...f a web page by clicking the blue Edit button Here you can also substitute the web page and it will be changed wherever it is used Check out the Adding a Web Page section below for details on the fiel...

Page 31: ...age Note that you can choose between the following Advanced options under this section Play Since Play Until In other words you can set the expiration date which means that you can choose the exact da...

Page 32: ...ge can t have transparency Enable Flash Player By default this feature is disabled when using chromium You can click on the toggle to enable it Scripting Engine Run Custom Script You can click on the...

Page 33: ...y clicking the blue Edit button Here you can also substitute the actual widget and it will be changed wherever it is used Check out the Adding a Widget section below for details on the fields Duplicat...

Page 34: ...er setting and the widget will never expire Click Save and your widget is ready to use Adding a Rich Text Click on the Rich Text option and fill in the widget details as follows A name is required for...

Page 35: ...her Current by clicking on the icon and choosing a color and shading Choose the language and the units Celsius or Fahrenheit Use this ONLY if location is not detected correctly Read instructions here...

Page 36: ...e widget will never expire Click Save and your widget is ready to use Adding Analog Clock Click on Analog clock widget to add it and fill in the widget details as follows A name is required for the wi...

Page 37: ...widget an optional Description for it define the Zoom Factor toggle Auto Adjust Zoom choose if you want to Enable Chromium upload your ZIP file write down the UI Configuration Click Save to upload you...

Page 38: ...e Edit button Here you can make changes in the contents of the playlist by removing and or adding items You can also substitute the actual Playlist and it will be changed wherever it is used Check out...

Page 39: ...t By default Widgets and Web Pages have a duration in the playlist of 20 seconds You can change this on the filmstrip under the preview of the media file either by typing the duration yourself or usin...

Page 40: ...can search a specific media file on the folder sub folder To upload at once a number of media files to the playlist click on the arrow of just one of the selected items To upload ALL items of a folder...

Page 41: ...display on the playlist 5 secs either type the right one or use the blue arrows UP DOWN respectively To change the default duration of Media display on the playlist in secs either type the right one o...

Page 42: ...laylists listing As a next step you are requested to provide the Name of the Playlist and an optional Description for it After you filled the above information you will see an extra tab called Playlis...

Page 43: ...Add an optional Description for it Add Black gaps between videos if you want Choose the Workspace that you want the playlist to shuffle play the media Enterprise plan only After completing the above s...

Page 44: ...icking the Or button Exclude Tags You will notice that some media were excluded from the playlist that have the following tags Sea Rivers tag Will exclude Media that have both tags Dolphins Whales tag...

Page 45: ...utton Here you can also substitute the actual show and it will be changed wherever it is used Check out the Adding a Show section below for details on the fields Duplicate the show by creating a copy...

Page 46: ...o cropping empty spaces or black bars but it might distort images and videos Optionally Enable Transparency of the region This is useful for content with transparency and for the fit option above Once...

Page 47: ...fied by dragging and dropping in the order you want Example from the above Layering setup The RSS CNN Ticker is at the top of the Layering setup having the highest priority and covering any Media On t...

Page 48: ...will see the Turned Off Show Scheduled Turned Off Show If you go to Schedules you can create a new Schedule and add an entry there for the Turned Off Show Whenever this Show Turned Off is scheduled th...

Page 49: ...standard communication protocol supported by most major TV manufacturers It allows for a playback device to power on power off and switch video inputs on a CEC enabled TV If your monitor does not supp...

Page 50: ...t is used Check out the Adding a Schedule section below for details on the fields Duplicate the schedule by creating a copy Delete a single schedule The schedule will be removed and it will not be ava...

Page 51: ...on the First Start box Regarding time click on the clock icon To set the End Date and Time of the display of your show again fill in the information on the First Stop box Regarding time click on the c...

Page 52: ...repeat until End of time Clicking Save will create your schedule Another Schedule Example After creating a schedule you should go to the Monitor settings and set the schedule of the Monitor to the one...

Page 53: ...to your Schedule the show_all will overlap the show5 when it comes the time to start playing Schedules have priority over Default Shows If a Show is assigned as Default Show to the Monitor and a Sche...

Page 54: ...changes On this page you can Change the details of a Monitor by clicking the blue Edit button Check out the Adding a Monitor section below for details on the fields Delete a single monitor Delete mul...

Page 55: ...ill come up to the corresponding screen Schedule to Playback Choose the Schedule that you want your monitor to display Default Content Choose the Default Content that you want your monitor to display...

Page 56: ...ty code WiFi Mode Choose the security mode that you router s access point is using WiFi Network is hidden Toggle to enable the hidden network service that isn t broadcasting its networkID SSID 3G 4G L...

Page 57: ...ve fields IP Address Netmask Gateway and DNS both in Wired and in Wireless connection Use Google DNS as Primary Toggle to Enable or Disable the default Google DNS addresses Proxy You can set the devic...

Page 58: ...message Disable screen messages Toggle to disable screen messages Use only icons for screen messages Toggle to use only icon messages to show at the bottom right of your screen when Downloading Confi...

Page 59: ...onnected Indicates that an HDMI cable is already connected to the device and the screen TV Status You will see 3 messages ON OFF and the last one means that the device couldn t get a report from your...

Page 60: ...ti com Hardware Manual 60 Geo location based on the latest IP Address of the device Position Lat Lng Enter manually the coordinates of your device if the Auto Detect is not pointing the correct coordi...

Page 61: ...o your new e mail address In this section you can also set change your Continent Country and or your City Zone Clicking Save will upload the changes in your account Notifications Here you can enable o...

Page 62: ...cator app either to your PC Laptop WinAuth or to your browser Authenticator You can also download an app from the Google Play Store for your Android phone 1 Login to your Account and go to My User pro...

Page 63: ...nt by their e mail addresses together with their assigned permissions There is one user defined as the Owner of the account who can add invite more users The Owner cannot be deleted at any point Howev...

Page 64: ...e Create and Delete playlists Shows To have a user managing the whole range of activities within shows click All Next to the All column there are four 4 more columns determining specified access to us...

Page 65: ...ic Monitors The Workspaces feature allows you to define multiple sets of Content Screens and then assign access rights to Users for these sets Imagine you are a company with multiple branches each wit...

Page 66: ...lected Workspace Also when creating or editing items that reference other items like Playlists referencing Media and other Playlists Shows referencing Media and Playlists Schedules referencing Shows M...

Page 67: ...Workspace also serves another purpose whenever you delete a Workspace all items left in that Workspace are automatically placed in the Default Workspace The same applies when you downgrade from the En...

Page 68: ...ll see them appear in the Active Workspace dropdown menu Some tips The Workspace Management screen is only available to the Users with Admin permission including the Account Owner who always has Admin...

Page 69: ...on page 75 Playback Reports NOTE This feature is available on Enterprise plan only Playback Reports also known as Proof of Play provide complete records of all playback that has actually happened in...

Page 70: ...from our database we store data for up to 3 months but generated CSV files are not deleted In the future this might change In all cases we will retain all data and CSV files for up to 3 months Make su...

Page 71: ...nerated as follows A Playback Record is generated every time the Media completes one full playback of all its content If the playback is interrupted e g due to scheduling a Playback Record is not gene...

Page 72: ...o manage Custom Roles creating editing or deleting them o create or delete Devices editing is allowed for other authorized Users as well check out Roles below o manage Tags creating editing or deletin...

Page 73: ...Standard Roles All Access Full access to everything Content Viewer Read only access to content related items Media Playlists Shows Schedules etc Content Manager Read Write access to content related it...

Page 74: ...nly Content Manager Read Write Read Write Read Write Content Publisher Read Write Read Write Read Write Yes Media Creator Upload only Media Manager Read Write IT Manager Read Write Publisher View only...

Page 75: ...ure is for Enterprise account only If you need to provide a User with customized Permissions then you need to create a Custom Role IMPORTANT Keep in mind that if a new feature with a new permission is...

Page 76: ...dware Manual 76 You can add a Custom Role and define the detailed Permissions that this Role will provide For the Standard Roles clicking on the magnifying glass button shows you the detailed Permissi...

Page 77: ...Copyright 2018 ACTi Corporation All Rights Reserved 7F No 1 Alley 20 Lane 407 Sec 2 Ti Ding Blvd Neihu District Taipei Taiwan 114 R O C TEL 886 2 2656 2588 FAX 886 2 2656 2599 Email sales acti com...

Search results

Summary of Contents for MDS-100

Reviews:

Related manuals for MDS-100

Brands by name

Popular brands

ACTi MDS-100, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for MDS-100

Reviews:

Related manuals for MDS-100

Brands by name

Popular brands