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Welcome! 

 

 

 

 

Features 

The Information Station offers a wide range of features including: 

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Video type:  

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The IS plays high resolution MPEG-2 Video. On S-video or Composite 

or RGBHV 

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The ISHD plays high resolution WMVHD on DVI or RGBHV 

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Overlays images and text banners on video 

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FTP Server 

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Web Server 

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UDP Control 

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Serial (RS232) Control 

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Scheduler Control 

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Playlist Control 

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Soft Reboot 

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Browser Control – Flash playback and URL browsing 

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CD, USB, Compact Flash, file updates on bootup   
 
 

 

If you have an earlier version of the OS, you may need to upgrade your unit 

before you can use new features.  To get the latest Information Station operating 

system, go to 

http://alcorn.com/products/informationstation/osupdate.html

 

or to  

http://alcorn.com/products/informationstationhd/osupdate.html

. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Digital Video Machine HD

Page 1: ...User s Guide Alcorn McBride Inc...

Page 2: ...are for illustrative purposes only Alcorn McBride Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for the use of any of these products and makes no representation or warranty that the use of these product...

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Page 5: ...Duplicate IP Addresses 12 Read the Manual 12 Front Panel 13 IS 13 ISHD 13 Rear Panel 15 Power Connector 15 Composite Video Connector IS only 15 S Video Y C Connector IS only 15 RGB VGA Connector 15 D...

Page 6: ...al 35 Browser Files URLs and Flash 37 Special Considerations 37 Time Sensitivity in Playlists 37 Control Limitations 37 Flexibility of the Browser Commands 38 How Files are Displayed 38 Screen Layouts...

Page 7: ...Manager 59 File Format Tutorial 64 Basic Command Structure 64 Fields in Detail 67 Restrictions 71 Comments Whitespace 71 Order of Operations 72 Coincident Events 72 Uploading New Schedules 74 Logging...

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Page 9: ...ulti media playback system that can be used as anything from a simple video player to an advertising display complete with dynamic update of video watermarks and text Note this manual refers to Inform...

Page 10: ...Web Server UDP Control Serial RS232 Control Scheduler Control Playlist Control Soft Reboot Browser Control Flash playback and URL browsing CD USB Compact Flash file updates on bootup If you have an e...

Page 11: ...Alcorn McBride Information Station from several sources in the table below For Contact When Telephone Support 407 296 5800 M F 9am 6pm EST Fax Support 407 296 5801 M F 9am 6pm EST Knowledge Base http...

Page 12: ...4 Welcome...

Page 13: ...and ISHD a powerful GUI application that runs on Windows XP called Digital Media Manager It integrates AMITerm described below as well as many other features like FTP Status Checking File Synchroniza...

Page 14: ...tworking for details on setup for Ethernet control Once you have verified your connection which you can do by pinging the default IP address you now have access to controlling the Information Station...

Page 15: ...with the LSX MPEG Encoder by Ligos and Optibase s hardware based encoder Darim s DVMPEG is a good encoding solution along with PixelTools Multiplexer There is a section below this introduction describ...

Page 16: ...its tutorials for details You ll need to configure your Information Station and the TCP IP settings on your computer to use this guide Please refer to the Networking section of this manual It s a good...

Page 17: ...using the DOS FTP program doesn t work out for you download from the Internet an FTP program like WS_FTP or Cute FTP They handle all the commands for you and provide an interface with more of a Windo...

Page 18: ...actory set username and password Type admin Press Enter If it doesn t ask you for the username for longer than 30 seconds something s probably wrong Recheck your TCP IP settings with in the Networking...

Page 19: ...r type ha Press Enter With this hash marks option turned on FTP prints an update character the symbol to show you the transfer is still in progress Type bin to make the FTP connection a binary one The...

Page 20: ...ame computer to talk to several Information Station s straight from the factory you ll need to do the following Each time you communicate over Ethernet with a different Information Station open a DOS...

Page 21: ...the bottom right To manually reboot the machine hold in the oval shaped power button until the unit turns off It should take several seconds at longest ISHD The Information Station HD provides two LE...

Page 22: ...14 Front Panel...

Page 23: ...l It is for use with NTSC PAL monitors RF modulators that have termination plasmas S Video Y C Connector IS only One S Video jack is provided Connect your S video Y C cable here This outputs an interl...

Page 24: ...y also be connected directly to a PC s Ethernet card using a null Ethernet or cross connect cable or use a straight Ethernet cable to your router Ethernet is the primary mechanism for transfer of vide...

Page 25: ...ents the official test IP address The Information Station is configured with default TCP IP settings These setting are the IP address the login name and the login password These settings need to be ch...

Page 26: ...ion for further instructions on Network Configuration 4 Double click on the TCP IP option The TCP IP Properties window should be displayed Select the IP Address tab 5 Write down your current IP addres...

Page 27: ...ite down the old settings and then delete all references to TCP IP by highlighting them individually and selecting Remove Then click Add select Protocol and click Add Select Microsoft on the left side...

Page 28: ...FTP File Transfers to the Information Station can be accomplished by using a common Internet Unix file transfer utility called FTP which stands for File Transfer Protocol such as WS_FTP This program...

Page 29: ...ge http www alcorn com support Information Station 2 Compare the Operating System version on the Alcorn McBride WebPages to the version on the Information Station s internal WebPages 3 If the version...

Page 30: ...22 Networking...

Page 31: ...number of the file 5 digits from 00000 to 99999 The three character extension is used to tell the Information Station the data format of the file Supported formats are shown in the table below Note al...

Page 32: ...D00002 MPG on the same drive You can but there is an order of precedence assigned 1 Videos and Audios 2 Playlists 3 Images 4 Banners So if you search file 2 the video will be used not the playlist Tes...

Page 33: ...s Ban00004 txt or ban for later units IMAGES Directory Bitmap images you can search to practice using a watermark or slide show on the Information Station img00001 bmp img00002 bmp img00003 bmp img000...

Page 34: ...ule file listing example commands for the scheduler in the Information Station sch00001 txt or scl for later units WEB Directory Flash and HTML files demonstrating how the IS treats flash files bro000...

Page 35: ...n a PC or for transfer over the internet These MPG files are generally of very low resolution at slow frame rates The Information Station is designed to accept MPG files encoded at a resolution of 704...

Page 36: ...can create the highest quality MPEG Video material encoded without regard to bleeding colors and motion artifacts will include them so it is important for the user to decide whether these elements ar...

Page 37: ...1 which uses a constant bitrate MPEG 2 also supports variable bitrate program streams This means that the encoding process scales the bitrate up and down depending on quality needs A scene with a trem...

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Page 39: ...roprietary audio compression format Choose which type s you like record them and copy them into the AUDIO folder There is a separate audio channel that can play simultaneously while video is playing I...

Page 40: ...32 Audio Files...

Page 41: ...size of your video So if the video is 720x480 and you create an 80 pixels tall x 60 pixels wide bitmap it will cover one tenth of the screen 800x600 screen Then it gets scaled according to the diagram...

Page 42: ...off this feature Note at the time of the writing of this version of the manual this functionality varies in some versions of the firmware It either shows translucency as described above transparent a...

Page 43: ...the fields for your reference Fields Value BANN ER Must be at the top of the file to work BT Banner Text What the message will say You don t need quotes but you can use them If you currently have no m...

Page 44: ...ones you want to and the rest will stay the same as they were previously Example 1 BANNER BT Use our easy examples to get started BC 8982a7 BF Times New Roman BD RL BL B BV 0 BM 0 BB 0 BS 24 Example 2...

Page 45: ...aster command list for these Special Considerations Time Sensitivity in Playlists Unlike the video channel and the separate audio channel the browser channel does not know when flash files have comple...

Page 46: ...dard numbering convention or full names in quotes as usual There is an order of precedence here too Example 15PL causes the Information Station to look for a bro00001 swf then bro00001 htm then bro000...

Page 47: ...the limit of choices is up to your imagination This is a coordinate based layout so you can place and size the display window for each type of screen element anyway you like Just like all other comman...

Page 48: ...and 6 pixels down from the top It would be 200 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall Command Summary The following table shows the complete Information Station control protocol Using these commands an exter...

Page 49: ...file c channel PlayNext ID ncPN CR R CR upon receipt Automaticallyplaysthisfileat theendof current clip c channel not supported LoopNext ID ncLN CR R CR Automaticallyloopsthis fileat theendof current...

Page 50: ...CR n number of seconds beforescheduler starts after reboot Set Scheduler ActivityLogging ID nSL CR R CR n 1 update schedulerlog txt n 0 don t writelog Get IPAddress ID IP CR IPString CR Get Gateway A...

Page 51: ...Shift balancetoright byone increment c 1 2 Menu Mode ID SHOW_MENU CR R CR Displaydebugmenu Full ScreenMode ID HIDE_MENU CR R CR Hidedebugmenu NTSCVideoMode ID NTSC CR R CR Output NTSC ISonly PALVideoM...

Page 52: ...anner font size n 5to 150 ImageSpecific aka Watermarks Overlays ImagePositionTopLeft ID TLIL CR R CR PlaceImageintopleft corner ImagePositionTop Right ID TRIL CR R CR PlaceImageintopright corner Image...

Page 53: ...tage ID www hhhXYVL CR R CR For all aboveManual Screen Commands replaceasteriskin stringwithpercentagetolayout screenintermsof 0to100 percent xxx yyy www and hhhareput intermsof percentage Logging Sch...

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Page 55: ...tructure to Pioneer Disc protocol Upper or lower case characters can be used interchangeably in most cases Please see the Command Summary section for a table of commands Note this section DOES require...

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Page 57: ...located on the same network To use Ethernet control your control source must have a way to broadcast UDP packets containing arbitrary message bytes to a specific UDP port number 2638 Each Information...

Page 58: ...tly to an Addressed Pioneer AMI serial command Control Message Checksum The Checksum is the summation of the hexadecimal value of all of the bytes in the Control Message except the first byte 0xF1 the...

Page 59: ...a network of many with UDP port number 2639 Control Message Response The Information Station will normally send back a response to each Control Message it receives The user data in these responses exa...

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Page 61: ...NOT require the CR carriage return listed in the protocol summary Digital Media Manager We have made available for the IS and ISHD a powerful GUI application that runs on Windows XP called Digital Me...

Page 62: ...pport software html to download a copy today You should also read the section below for a tutorial on how the engine works Here s how to operate the interface Select a Product Type On the main menu se...

Page 63: ...e parameter fields For this example we chose play by filename so we entered a file name Note we entered it in quotes as that is the way the command is normally used Press OK and you then see your entr...

Page 64: ...ed into the Playlist in either upper or lower case All text following a semicolon is interpreted as comments until the next carriage return You may put anything you want in comments including the spec...

Page 65: ...after the semicolon on that line is ignored Delimiters Commands white space spaces and tabs carriage returns and line feeds separate commands Example Playlist 12pl 22pl 32pl 42pl loop through audio cl...

Page 66: ...of the playlist file that is larger than the maximum to accommodate the last time being added Inside the log When commands are launched the time stamp and the command are listed When commands have a l...

Page 67: ...le for the IS and ISHD a powerful GUI application that runs on Windows XP called Digital Media Manager It integrates Schedule Builder described below as well as many other features like FTP Live contr...

Page 68: ...com support software html to download a copy today You should also read the section below for a tutorial on how the engine works Here s how to operate the interface Select File New and choose your pr...

Page 69: ...Schedules 61 Scheduler If you have an end date and time do the same for those fields Choose the Event the command from the drop down menu Here we have selected PlayFilename...

Page 70: ...Schedules Type in 1 for the channel and a filename in quotes like vid00001 mpg for this example Type in 2 and select Minutes so the unit will repeat this command every 2 minutes Add a comment if desir...

Page 71: ...h the dialog box or manually edit the events yourself You can then save the schedule and test it with the built in tester Select File Test Schedule Press the Options button to set your simulation time...

Page 72: ...to the scheduler channel A schedule is composed of a list of events An event is some sort of action that must happen at a given time whether it is changing to a new video or changing the font All of...

Page 73: ...ach field begins with a delimiter Here is a table of delimiters for your reference Delimite r Field T Starting time hh mm military time D Starting date mm dd yy or mm dd yyyy You can use periods slash...

Page 74: ...1 3 00 I 3 00 E COMMAND 1 Hello world BT Repeats a while We ve now added Repeat Number 30 Repeat Period minute Ending Time 3am in the morning 3 00 military Ending Date January 3rd 2000 The Repeat Numb...

Page 75: ...inute of the day something can be scheduled You can specify the word BOOT as the field s value This used to make an event get executed upon every reboot after the start time and start day have been re...

Page 76: ...or syntax Examples I 1 30 I sunset I sunrise A End Date The End Date is the month day and year your event stops being active See the D Start Date section for syntax Examples D 1 1 00 D 1 1 00 D 1 1 00...

Page 77: ...at period in set Ex Repeat this event every 4th Thursday in November Although many customers may come up with other uses we can use an example of holidays to explain what using a set can do for you Ov...

Page 78: ...zip code in your favorite search engine like www google com to find them out Then enter them into the Geographic Settings in Information Station s INI file is ini Information Station calculates the su...

Page 79: ...Repeat Period should not multiply out to be greater than a century For example don t repeat an event every 102 years 3 One event executes per minute If you want more and you haven t already purchased...

Page 80: ...it does before starting a show An example is a slow booting projector Information Station has to wait until it has booted before playing video Coincident Events If you plan on having a fairly complic...

Page 81: ...queue Executable Event events with the current timeslot Start Time Bootups events with start time listed as BOOT Repeat Period Bootups events with repeat period listed as BOOT Scheduler Rules Preceden...

Page 82: ...are intended to supersede a standard finite or infinite show Ex A special holiday show at the regular show s slot Finite Overrides Finites that are intended to supersede another finite or infinite sh...

Page 83: ...ely automate this process by using the built in FTP Client See the FTP Client section for details Logging Scheduler logging works exactly like playlist logging for later versions of the os except it l...

Page 84: ...76 Schedules...

Page 85: ...Set to zero to turn off changes to your INI rarely used DontSendSerialResponses 1 Acks and Nacks are NOT sent out serial port Used when unit is controlling another product that would get confused from...

Page 86: ...AYLIST1 LogActivity 1 Set to 1 to Log playlist engine 1 activity Verbose 1 Set to 1 to Log playlist engine 1 activity in heavy detail good for debug PLAYLIST2 LogActivity 1 Set to 1 to Log playlist en...

Page 87: ...lected directly return 2 carriage return Playlists that don t call any other playlists return the channel number to which the playlist was assigned When the current playlist selects another playlist a...

Page 88: ...ver you are trying to reach Note the IP address can be an IP address or a URL Ex 192 168 0 200 is correct Notice in the example above that the username and password follow on separate lines TYPE I A S...

Page 89: ...er USB drives have been verified For the CD DVD option you must order an Information Station from your Alcorn McBride distributor with the CD DVD option specified Drive Configuration and Update Here a...

Page 90: ...py any files to its MEDIA directories that do not match files already located in its MEDIA directories If it finds a match it compares the date time stamp and file size If any of these are different i...

Page 91: ...ear quantization 96 dB Digital Dynamic Range 0 48 KHz Sample Rate 20 20 000 Hz 0 5 dB Frequency Response 96 dB Signal to Noise Ratio 0 01 THD Ethernet IEEE802 3u 100 BASE TX and 10 BASE T RJ 45 FTP se...

Page 92: ...Physical IS Shelf Unit 13 W x 16 5 D x 3 6 H 330mm x 420mm x 90mm 11 lbs 0 to 38 C 32 to 100 F 0 to 90 relative humidity s non condensing ISHD Rack Mount Chassis 19 W x 16 1 D x 5 15 H 483mm x 409mm x...

Page 93: ...36 Betacam 28 Bitrate 29 Boot 71 Browser Files 37 C Carriage Return 40 CCIR NTSC 29 CCIR PAL 29 CD DVD 81 Channels 40 Chroma Format 29 Commands 40 Command Bytes 40 Comments 71 Completion Acks 79 Contr...

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