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MP80RA HD Media Player Manual

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Rev. 107- 06/21/16

Table of Contents

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ......................................................................... 3

Chapter 1 – INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 4

Introduction to the MP80RA UHD Media Player .................................................................. 4

Package Contents .................................................................................................................... 4

Chapter 2 – INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 5

Detailed Player View .............................................................................................................. 5

MP80RA Connections ............................................................................................................ 6

Mounting ................................................................................................................................. 7

Chapter 3 – CONTROL SOFTWARE ................................................................................. 8

Hardware and Software Requirements ................................................................................... 8

Hardware ............................................................................................................................. 8

Software .............................................................................................................................. 8

CE Labs QuickSign for MP80 ................................................................................................ 8

Getting Started with QuickSign .......................................................................................... 9

Loading New Content ....................................................................................................... 10

Load Media into QuickSign .............................................................................................. 10

Create Media Playlist ........................................................................................................ 11

GPIO Interface Programming - Optional .......................................................................... 12

Create Layouts and Templates .......................................................................................... 13

Send Content to the Player ................................................................................................ 14

Quick Control.................................................................................................................... 15

Firewall Issues .............................................................................................................. 16

CE Labs QuickSign CLOUD for MP80 ............................................................................... 17

How do I start using QuickSign Cloud? ........................................................................... 18

QuickSign Cloud for Windows ............................................................................................. 18

Chapter 4 – MP80RA OPERATION .................................................................................. 20

Initial Startup Procedure ....................................................................................................... 20

Operation............................................................................................................................... 20

HOME Screen Display menu................................................................................................ 21

Wi-Fi ..................................................................................................................................... 21

HDMI INPUT ....................................................................................................................... 22

MP80RA SPECIFICATIONS

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Troubleshooting Tips: ........................................................................................................... 24

Warranty ............................................................................................................................... 25

APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................ 26

General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Options ................................................................ 26

Media Encoding Preferences ................................................................................................ 27

Browser Layer Design Guidelines .................................................................................... 28

MP80 Network Communications Protocol ........................................................................... 29

Command Structure .......................................................................................................... 29

Network Command List:................................................................................................... 30

Summary of Contents for MP80RA

Page 1: ...MP80RA HD Media Player Manual Page 1 of 32 Rev 107 06 21 16 MP80RA MANUAL High Definition UHD Media Player Version 1 07 Please visit our web site at www celabs net for the latest version of this manual ...

Page 2: ...uickSign 10 Create Media Playlist 11 GPIO Interface Programming Optional 12 Create Layouts and Templates 13 Send Content to the Player 14 Quick Control 15 Firewall Issues 16 CE Labs QuickSign CLOUD for MP80 17 How do I start using QuickSign Cloud 18 QuickSign Cloud for Windows 18 Chapter 4 MP80RA OPERATION 20 Initial Startup Procedure 20 Operation 20 HOME Screen Display menu 21 Wi Fi 21 HDMI INPUT...

Page 3: ...ord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where the exit from the apparatus 11 Only use the attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid inj...

Page 4: ...n extremely effective performance versus cost ratio and provides a great return on investment The MP80RA is a commercial grade application specific graphics processor specifically designed for driving digital signage Do not let the small size fool you the powerful internal video processor rivals the performance of a PC costing many times more The graphics capability is on par with a BluRay player ...

Page 5: ... with or without the GPIO Interface See the GPIO section in this document for a description of the connector pin out IR Receiver 8 Port GPIO Push Button Interface Reset Switch WiFi Antenna Jack Ethernet Jack HDMI Output SD Memory Socket HDMI Input 1080p max USB 1 2 TOSLINK Output Composite Video R L Audio Output Power Input 12Vdc ...

Page 6: ...oid setup screen via USB mouse control Select Sound Manager and set as desired Power The MP80RA uses a 12VDC 2A power supply Total power consumption is approximately 6 Watts which leaves a large reserve in the power supply Insert the power supply 12 VDC plug into the MP80RA power jack Insert the AC Plug of the power supply into an electrical outlet The green power LED will be illuminated and the u...

Page 7: ...commended to reserve 3 inches to the rear of the unit for routing cables The mounting dimensions given below are measured from center to center of the mounting holes The mounting holes will accommodate a 6 screw 1 8 6 45 The unit has ventilation holes all along the top Theses should remain uncovered during operation There are no ventilation openings on the bottom of the chassis so it may be bolted...

Page 8: ...ocal sub net via the CE labs QuickSign PC control software if the unit has our CE labs QS Player application installed QuickSign allows you to scan your network to discover installed players or you can manually add them Once the player is discovered the software may be used to check status set up the GPIO ports add or delete content create playlists etc Please refer to the Help tab in QuickSign fo...

Page 9: ...s tab in the right window will show you the current status of the player that is selected in the left window The first screen you see on QuickSign is Player Search Click OK to add the discovered players to the Media Player database The main screen with Player Status selected will show you what is loaded and playing on the selected media player The TV symbol will be green when content is playing If...

Page 10: ...Load Media into QuickSign 2 Create Media Playlist 3 Optional Configure GPIO push buttons 4 Create Layout if desired to have signage around Video Playlist Region 5 Send Content to the player Load Media into QuickSign Click on the Videos tab and select Add Videos Navigate to the folder that contains the videos that you wish to load on the MP80 The files should be encoded according to MP80 Encoding S...

Page 11: ...a file icon will appear in the right box 5 You may also drag and drop the file icons in the left box to the right box 6 To change the playback order simply highlight the file in the right Playlist box and use the Move UP Move Down arrow keys to park the files in the desired order 7 If you add images to the playlist you set the Image Stream Website Duration to show the media for the desired time be...

Page 12: ...Sign Start QuickSign on a PC that resides on the same network as the target media player select the correct player click on TOOLS and then click BUTTON SETUP Assign content via the drop down windows and then click Load Button Setup to send the media and configuration files over the network to the player This may take quite some time depending upon the size of the assigned media If you do not have ...

Page 13: ...ls The image to the right is showing the Layout creation screen The Zones in the left column are dragged into the Layout area Important Set the desired Layout resolution before you begin placing zones This can be set under View and Resolution The most common is 1920 x 1080 The layout will be scaled to fit the screen should the output be set to 4K The Resolution may be set to 3840 x 2160 4K A layou...

Page 14: ...with a Video Playlist later in the Load Play procedure on the main application window Send Content to the Player 1 Once the layout is created and saved click on the X to exit back to QuickSign main page 2 Click on Players to see the available players and select the one you wish to load in the left column 3 Select Player Control in the right column and select the desired Playlist to load this will ...

Page 15: ...r File Manager window This page will let you see the files on the players SD card and how much space is still available for loading new content You may also highlight a video file in the window and click on Play Selected This sends an immediate playlist to the player with the selected file Note Only video files may be played directly You may select the Hide Layout Files box to make it easier to fi...

Page 16: ...f to test if this resolves the file transfer issue Windows7 VISTA Operating System To turn firewall completely off not recommended 1 Control Panel Security Windows Firewall Turn Windows Firewall on or Off 2 Select Off 3 Click OK To allow just Quick Sign through the Firewall 1 Control Panel Security Windows Firewall All a program through Windows Firewall 2 Click Add Program 3 Browse to C Program Fi...

Page 17: ...ication CE Labs QuickSign CLOUD for MP80 In the CE QuickSign Cloud system the players are configured with the server address for your account The MP80 will contact the Cloud Server and negotiate for any pending content assigned by the QuickSign Cloud application While logged into QuickSign Cloud users have visibility of what the players are currently playing Players can be operated from any PC tha...

Page 18: ...have a Layout Digital Signage Information around your media Playlist zone enter the Layout editor and create your screen using the drag and drop zones in the layout editor You may edit the zones with your own content or messaging Saving this layout will upload information automatically to your cloud account Go back to the QuickSign main application and create a Playlist that contains the media Vid...

Page 19: ...Manual Page 19 of 32 Rev 107 06 21 16 QuickSign Cloud for Windows QS Cloud Status TAB QS Cloud Control TAB For more information on the operation of QuickSign Cloud software please go to http www celabs qscloud net qscloudhelp ...

Page 20: ... the MP80 You will need a Phillips screwdriver to access the SD card The unit will play this content until instructed to play something else If no startup item has been defined the screen may only show the CE labs logo and then a black screen The player works well with a variety of media files at high bit rates but please adhere to the media creation standards in the appendix at the end of this do...

Page 21: ...he corresponding GPIO pushbutton is pressed If the MP75 Emulator is desired to start each time on power up simply click and hold on the icon with the left mouse button until the option is displayed to make it the default start application NOTE You must use QS Player application on the MP80 in order to communicate with QuickSign or QuickSign Cloud The MP75 Emulator application should only be used f...

Page 22: ...ideo in your Digital Signage Layout Video resolution should be either 1080p or 720p for best results The HDMI IN zone may be created in the QuickSign software Layout Designer It is allowed to have simultaneously a Video Playlist zone and a HDMI Input zone This gives you two active video regions on your Digital Signage monitor Typical Layout Designer screen ...

Page 23: ...ormat Support H 265 HEVC MPEG2 MP HL MPEG4 2 ASP L5 MPEG4 10 H 264 MP L4 0 VC 1 AP L3 WMV9 Graphics Layer Format JPEG Baseline Progressive GIF PNG Recommended resolution 1920x1080 full screen Audio Format MPEG1 Layers I II III MP3 2 0 MPEG4 AAC LC 5 1 HE AAC 5 1 WMA9 w2 0 Storage Format Optional 8 16 32 or 64 GB SD Card USB Thumb Drive 2 to 32 GB Network Protocol IP TCP UDP ICMP ARP DHCP HTTP FTP ...

Page 24: ... signal Press Menu on the remote control and browse to player network setup Verify that DHCP is turned on and do a Save and Exit Now go to the info screen on the OSD and record the IP address Verify this address is within the Sub Net range required on your network The computer firewall may be blocking the needed ports Try to communicate with the firewall temporarily disabled The video is playing b...

Page 25: ...l stresses lightning or ESD excess wear and tear and or defects resulting from unauthorized disassembly and or modification Cable Electronics Inc http www celabs net 3209 Wood Drive Garland TX 75041 469 429 9200 Fax 469 429 9205 This Cable Electronics product is built in part using open source software and technology Cable Electronics supports the open source community and works to ensure complian...

Page 26: ...ed the LED is illuminated Normal condition is off Current draw on this port should not exceed 20 mA Use of a current limited LED illuminated button is recommended Reaction to a particular button press can be assigned by using the TOOLS Button Setup option in our QuickSign software Each GPIO port may be assigned a Video Playlist or a Playlist with Layout Note The GPIO interface on the MP80 is a dou...

Page 27: ...s for HEVC h 265 Codec Video Settings File Format Container MKV Frame rate 23 97 or 29 97 Codec h 265 Main or Main10 Profile Max Resolution 3840 x 2160 Color Space YUV420pl10le 4 2 0 bt709 Aspect Ratio DAR 16 9 CU Size 64 GOP No open frames Bit Depth 10 bit color minimizes color gradient transition banding Bit rate Variable bit rate Target 30 40 Mb s Maximum 60 Mb S Maintain a minimum of 500 Kb s ...

Page 28: ...asing shortly afterwards may be helpful 6 When developing playlists allow enough time to load websites especially when video is being played concurrently When navigating from a web page to another web page allow some time for the previous page to unload For large complicated pages both loading and unloading may take several seconds each Recommended time between page changes is 10 minutes depending...

Page 29: ...a UDP broadcast command The following ports are used by MP80 12889 TCP IP command port 12881 TCP IP send file port 12885 player search port UDP broadcast Example of a typical MP80 command all ASCII Text qsCommand PLAY_FILE typeIndex filename Play file of given type typeIndex file type index HTML 1 IMAGE 2 MUSIC 3 PLAYLIST 4 VIDEO 5 filename name of file qsCommand PLAY_FILE 4 Play List 3 qsCommand ...

Page 30: ... file qsCommand PLAY_FILE 4 Play List 3 qsCommand PLAY_FILE 5 07_BB_TradeIn mp4 qsCommand PLAY_QS_PLAYLIST playlist_name Start the given playlist qsCommand CLEAR_STARTUP_ITEM set the start up item to nothing start with blank screen qsCommand SET_STARTUP_ITEM startupType startupItem set the start up item to nothing start with blank screen startupType type of item to startup QS_LAYOUT 0 QS_PLAYLIST ...

Page 31: ...t be valid type for assigned layer or will fail VIDEO 5 valid for VIDEO_LAYER Only filename name of file qsCommand PLAY_WEB_PAGE url qsCommand GET_FILE_LIST parameters none files typeIndex 0 fileName myVideo1 mp4 fileSize 876234 typeIndex 1 fileName myVideo1 mp4 fileSize 23876234 typeIndex 2 fileName myVideo1 mp4 fileSize 12876234 freeSpace 23898594 qsCommand DELETE_FILE mediaDevice fileType fileN...

Page 32: ...lator qsplayer ccm or qscloud qsCommand SET_CCM_SERVER address set the http address to be used for CCM or empty string qsCommand GET_CCM_SERVER returns the currently set http address to be used for CCM qsCommand MUTE or unmute qsCommand VOLUME_UP qsCommand VOLUME_DOWN qsCommand SET_VOLUME val qsCommand GET_VOLUME_MAX qsCommand GET_VOLUME ...

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