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iSignager 500A

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1.1 Important Notice

NOTE:

This iSignager 500A user manual only contains the hardware information. For the

detailed information of the iSignager AdDesign software that came with the

iSignager 500A, please refer to the iSignager AdDesign user manual.

1.2 iSignager 500A Overview

The iSignager 500A is a multimedia device developed by IEI to design and display

dynamic, visual and audio contents for a target audience. The user can update the display

sources anytime anywhere. With the iSignager 500A, an advertising station is easily

established and promotes the product and services in the simplest way.

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Summary of Contents for iSignager 500A

Page 1: ...iSignager 500A Page i iSignager 500A User Manual ...

Page 2: ...iSignager 500A Page ii Revision Date Version Changes 2008 04 1 0 Initial Release ...

Page 3: ...rising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer TRADEMARKS All registered trademar...

Page 4: ...ing message is shown below WARNING This is an example of a warning message Failure to adhere to warning messages may result in permanent damage to the iSignager 500A or personal injury to the user Please take warning messages seriously CAUTION Cautionary messages should also be heeded to help reduce the chance of losing data or damaging the iSignager 500A Cautions are easy to recognize The word ca...

Page 5: ...ormation These messages should be read carefully as any directions or instructions contained therein can help avoid making mistakes Notes are easy to recognize The word note is written as NOTE both capitalized and bold and is followed by text The text is the cautionary message A note message is shown below NOTE This is an example of a note message Notes should always be read Notes contain critical...

Page 6: ...I sales representative please send an email to sales iei ndsp com The items listed below should all be included in the iSignager 500A package 1 x iSignager 500A 1 x 1GB demo CompactFlash card 1 x iSignager AdDesign software companion CD 1 x Wall mount bracket 1 x AC power adaptor 1 x Power cord 1 x AV cable 1 x IDE cable 4 x Rubber foot pads 1 x Screw set 2 x Keys 1 x VGA to Component YPbPr cable ...

Page 7: ...rage Device CF Card or HDD 7 1 7 3 The Concept of the iSignager AdDesign 7 1 8 SUPPORTED FORMATS 8 2 INSTALLATION 11 2 1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 12 2 1 1 iSignager 500A Set Up 12 2 1 2 HDD Installation Optional 12 2 1 3 Mounting the iSignager 500A with Wall Mount Kit 15 2 2 ISIGNAGER 500AAND DISPLAY DEVICE CONNECTION 17 2 2 1 VGA Connection 17 2 2 2 DVI Connection 18 2 2 3 HDMI Connection 20 2 2 4 C...

Page 8: ...SDTV 32 A 5 HIGH DEFINITION HD INTRODUCTION 32 A 5 1 Notation 33 A 5 2 Progressive Scan vs Interlaced Scan 33 B CHECK AND MODIFY THE PLAYER STATUS BY SERIAL PORT 35 B 1 CHECK AND MODIFY THE ISIGNAGER 500A PLAYER STATUS BY SERIAL PORT 36 B 1 1 Successful Message LAN Connection 43 B 1 2 Successful Message Wifi Connection 44 B 2 CHECKING CONNECTION 46 B 2 1 Check the LED 46 B 2 2 Ping in DOS Environm...

Page 9: ...iSignager 500A Page ix C 1 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISCLOSURE TABLE FOR IPB PRODUCTS CERTIFIED AS ROHS COMPLIANT UNDER 2002 95 EC WITHOUT MERCURY 50 D INDEX 53 ...

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Page 11: ...iSignager 500A Page 1 1 Introduction Chapter 1 ...

Page 12: ...ager 500A please refer to the iSignager AdDesign user manual 1 2 iSignager 500A Overview The iSignager 500A is a multimedia device developed by IEI to design and display dynamic visual and audio contents for a target audience The user can update the display sources anytime anywhere With the iSignager 500A an advertising station is easily established and promotes the product and services in the sim...

Page 13: ...ures Some of the iSignager 500A features are listed below Multi zone layout supports full spectrum of media formats Flexible schedule management showing customized contents Real time A V input to display video from DVD player NTSC PAL TV signal Digital Video Box Cable TV within on large screen RISC based structure allows low power consumption and provides superiors reliability High resolution disp...

Page 14: ...iSignager 500A Page 4 1 5 System Overview 1 5 1 iSignager 500A System Overview Front View 1 5 2 iSignager 500A System Overview Rear View ...

Page 15: ...llowing components Should there be any missing parts or defects in the package please contact IEI immediately Quantity Item Image 1 iSignager 500A 1 1GB demo CompactFlash card 1 Companion CD 1 Wall mount kit 1 AC power adaptor 1 Power cord 1 AV cable 1 IDE cable 4 Rubber foot pads ...

Page 16: ...detailed information The iSignager 500A has various output interfaces including AV S Video VGA and DVI but only one output port can be used to deliver content at a time except choosing DVI VGA Dual mode When choosing DVI VGA Dual in the device settings in the player manager of the iSignager AdDesign the program with same content and resolution can be displayed via DVI and VGA ports The exact outpu...

Page 17: ...components of the display content are the layout and the sequence The following descriptions help the user to understand the concepts of the iSignager AdDesign For the detailed information of the iSignager AdDesign please refer to the iSignager AdDesign user manual Layout To design a layout is to arrange what and where the content is displayed A layout can contains several display items including ...

Page 18: ...r please use the Export Layout Sequence function to export the file 1 8 Supported Formats The iSignager 500A supports many kinds of video audio and graphic formats The supported formats are listed in Table 1 2 Detailed descriptions of each format can be found in Appendix A NOTE The video in mpe format can be run by iSignager 500A but the video length information will not be available iSignager 500...

Page 19: ...icrosoft PCM Wave WAV wav Advanced Audio Coding AAC ADIF ADTS aac Apple MPEG 4 AAC Audio M4A m4a Microsoft Windows Media Audio version 1 and version 2 WMA wma asf Microsoft Windows Media Audio Professional WMA Pro asf Graphic 16 24 32 bit color BMP GIF PNG JPEG Table 1 2 iSignager 500A Supported Formats ...

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Page 21: ...iSignager 500A Page 11 2 Installation Chapter 2 ...

Page 22: ... iSignager 500A to the same LAN of the PC via an Ethernet cable optional step Step 4 Connect the player to the power supply Step 0 NOTE After the hardware installation a formatted CF card HDD with display content and player settings generated by iSignager AdDesign has to be installed in the iSignager 500A for broadcasting 2 1 2 HDD Installation Optional A hard drive disk HDD can be used as the sto...

Page 23: ...isconnect the HDD from the computer Step 3 Remove the top cover of the iSignager 500A The top cover is secured to the chassis with three retention screws on the rear panel Remove the three retention screws slide the top cover and lift the top cover off the iSignager 500A Step 4 Remove the HDD bracket The HDD bracket is secured to the iSignager 500A with four retention screws on the backside of the...

Page 24: ...NOTE The IDE connector of the iSignager 500A is located on the right side To connect the HDD with the IDE connector properly please be aware of the direction of the HDD installation Step 6 Install the HDD into the iSignager 500A Align the retention screw holes in the HDD bracket with the retention screw holes on the top cover Insert the four previously removed retention screws Step 7 Connect the H...

Page 25: ...rked locations on the wall for the bracket retention screws Step 4 Align the wall mounting bracket screw holes with the pilot holes Step 5 Secure the mounting bracket to the wall by inserting the retention screws into the four pilot holes and tightening them Step 6 Insert the four monitor mounting screws provided in the wall mounting kit into the four screw holes on the bottom panel of the system ...

Page 26: ... the iSignager 500A rests securely in the slotted holes Ensure that all four of the mounting screws fit snuggly into their respective slotted holes NOTE In the diagram below the bracket is already installed on the wall Step 7 Secure the embedded system by fastening the retention screw of the wall mounting bracket Step 0 ...

Page 27: ...s below Step 3 Connect the VGA cable to the VGA port on the rear panel of the iSignager 500A Connect the other side of the VGA cable to the display device Step 4 Connect the composite audio cable to the audio output ports on the rear panel of the iSignager 500A Connect the other side of the composite audio cable to the composite audio input ports of the display device ...

Page 28: ...n the player manager of the iSignager AdDesign Step 0 2 2 2 DVI Connection To connect the iSignager 500A to a DVI display device follow the instructions below Step 1 Connect the DVI cable to the DVI port on the rear panel of the iSignager 500A Connect the other side of the DVI cable to the display device ...

Page 29: ...t ports on the rear panel of the iSignager 500A Connect the other side of the composite audio cable to the composite audio input ports of the display device Step 3 Set the display device to DVI DVI VGA Dual in the device settings in the player manager of the iSignager AdDesign Step 0 ...

Page 30: ...iSignager 500A Connect the other side of the DVI HDMI cable to the HDMI port of the display device Step 2 Connect the composite audio cable to the audio output ports on the rear panel of the iSignager 500A Connect the other side of the composite audio cable to the composite audio input ports of the display device Step 3 Set the display device to HDMI in the device settings in the player manager of...

Page 31: ...t on the rear panel of the iSignager 500A Connect the component extension cable to the VGA Component cable Step 2 Connect the other side of the component extension cable to the component YPbPr port of the display device Step 3 Connect the composite audio cable to the audio output ports on the rear panel of the iSignager 500A Connect the other side of the composite audio cable to the composite audi...

Page 32: ...omponentYPbPr in the device settings in the player manager of the iSignager AdDesign Step 0 2 2 5 TV Connection To connect the iSignager 500A to a TV follow the instructions below Step 1 Connect the composite cable S Video cable to the video and audio output ...

Page 33: ...ite cable S Video cable to the video and audio input ports S Video port of the display device Using Composite Cable Using S Video Cable Step 2 In the player manager of the iSignager AdDesign set the display device to Composite and select resolution as 640 x 480 for NTSC or 720x480 for PAL in the device settings Step 0 ...

Page 34: ...iSignager 500A Page 24 ...

Page 35: ...0x1050 1600x1200 1920x1200 DVI HDMI 480p 720x480 720p 1280x720 1080i 1920x1080 1080p 1920x1080 VGA 640x480 848x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x768 1280x960 1280x1024 1360x768 1400x1050 1600x1200 1920x1200 VGA YPbPr 480p 720x480 720p 1280x720 1080i 1920x1080 1080p 1920x1080 S Video TV 640x480 NTSC_M 720x480 PAL_M Composite RCA TV 640x480 NTSC_M 720x480 PAL_M Onboard LVDS LVDS 24 bit 640x480 848x...

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Page 37: ...iSignager 500A Page 27 A Video Audio and Graphic Formats Appendix A ...

Page 38: ...PEG Moving Pictures Experts Group and published as the ISO IEC 13818 international standard MPEG 2 is typically used to encode audio and video for broadcast signals including direct broadcast satellite and Cable TV MPEG 2 with some modifications is also the coding format used by standard commercial DVD movies A 1 3 MPEG 4 MPEG 4 is a standard used primarily to compress audio and video AV digital d...

Page 39: ...OB and IFO A VOB file DVD Video Object is a file type contained in DVD Video media It contains the actual Video Audio Subtitle and Menu contents in stream form VOB files are encoded very much like standard MPEG 2 files When the extension is renamed from vob to MPG or MPEG the file is still readable and continues to hold all information although most players supporting MPEG 2 don t support subtitle...

Page 40: ...ng is one of the audio compression formats defined by the MPEG 2 standard AAC is a higher quality codec than the MP3 therefore requiring less data for the same audio reproduction As a result an AAC file encoded at 96kbps bit rate may actually sound better than an MP3 encoded at 128kbps bit rate A 2 4 WAV or WAVE WAV or WAVE short for Waveform audio format is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format s...

Page 41: ...s bit depths It is a bitmapped graphics format used internally by the Microsoft Windows graphics subsystem GDI and used commonly as a simple graphics file format on that platform Images are generally stored with a color depth of 2 1 bit 16 4 bit 256 8 bit 65 536 16 bit or 16 7 million 24 bit referred to as true color colors the bits represent the bits per pixel 8 bit images can also be gray scale ...

Page 42: ...0 lines with 16 9 aspect ratio 40 33 rectangular pixel 704 pixels 480 lines with 4 3 aspect ratio 10 11 rectangular pixel or 640 pixels 480 lines with 4 3 ratio and square pixels The refresh rate can be any of 24 30 or 60 pictures per second Digital SDTV in 4 3 aspect ratio has the same appearance as the regular analogue TV NTSC PAL PAL2 SÉCAM minus the ghosting snowy images and static noises Howe...

Page 43: ...mes p or interlaced fields i 60 Number of frames or fields per second For example the format 720p60 is 1280x720 pixels progressive encoding with 60 frames per second 60 hertz known as Hz The format 1080i50 is 1920x1080 pixels interlaced encoding with 50 fields 25 frames per second Often the frame or field rate is left out It can then usually be assumed to be either 50 or 60 except for 1080p which ...

Page 44: ... rather than an alternate order Therefore in progressive scan the image lines are scanned in numerical order 1 2 3 down the screen from top to bottom instead of in an alternate order lines or rows 1 3 5 etc followed by lines or rows 2 4 6 By progressively scanning the image onto a screen every 60th of a second rather than interlacing alternate lines every 30th of a second ...

Page 45: ...iSignager 500A Page 35 B Check and Modify the Player Status by Serial Port Appendix B ...

Page 46: ... and command to check and modify the iSignager 500A status by RS 232 serial port Step 1 In Windows XP Windows 2000 OS create a HyperTerminal session and prepare a null modem cable to connect the PC and the iSignager 500A NOTE All these settings can be done in the iSignager AdDesign Step 2 Modify COM1 Settings as below ...

Page 47: ...info BINFMT_FLAT Loading file playerinfo Usage playerinfo i To display all information playerinfo sh hostname To change PC host name playerinfo ch hostname To change client host name playerinfo ddev val To change device type playerinfo si ip To change PC IP playerinfo ci ip To change client IP playerinfo d 1 0 To enable DHCP 1 or to disable DHCP 0 ...

Page 48: ...ding file new part1 bin playerinfo Information Romfs Version 107 Client Hostname Glob1 Client Ip eth0 10 10 19 253 Server Hostname RD VICKWU NB Server Ip 10 10 18 37 Display Device VGA 1024x768 60 Apps Version 106 WIFI BINFMT_FLAT Loading file new part1 bin playerinfo no wireless extensions Example 1 1 Use command playerinfo i and show the information of the player is connected via Wifi vick playe...

Page 49: ... system vick bin playerinfo sh RD VICKWU NB BINFMT_FLAT Loading file playerinfo Changing server hostname Done Example 3 Set client hostname to client system vick bin playerinfo ch vick BINFMT_FLAT Loading file playerinfo Changing client hostname Example 4 Set device display mode type vick bin playerinfo ddev VGA 1360x768 60 BINFMT_FLAT Loading file playerinfo Display Device VGA 1360x768 60 Example...

Page 50: ... IP address is 10 10 10 74 connecting to windows server windows server ip address is 10 10 10 58 windows server hostname is RD VICKWU NB connection Y CONNECTED TO WINDOWS SERVER gateway Unable to read gateway from interface Mac address of the board is 00 0b 6a 36 a3 10 Default gateway of the board is 0 0 0 0 Subnet mask is 255 255 254 0 Host name is vick DNS of the board is 172 16 2 6 00 0b 6a 36 ...

Page 51: ...811 play_animate 17e02000 munmap of non mmaped memory by process 1812 play_animate 17e02000 killall play_rotate no process killed killall nano X no process killed killall audioplayer no process killed killall audio no process killed killall saver no process killed munmap of non mmaped memory by process 1806 banner 17e02000 munmap of non mmaped memory by process 1807 banner 17e02000 munmap of non m...

Page 52: ...bin interface eth0 is up and running the systems ip address is 10 10 10 74 connecting to windows server windows server ip address is 10 10 10 58 windows server hostname is RD VICKWU NB connection Y CONNECTED TO WINDOWS SERVER Mac address of the board is 00 0b 6a 36 a3 10 Default gateway of the board is 10 10 10 1 Subnet mask is 255 255 254 0 Host name is vick DNS of the board is 172 16 2 6 00 0b 6...

Page 53: ...1 255 ifconfig eth0 broadcast set client broadcast e g ifconfig eth0 broadcast 255 255 255 0 Step 7 Use the following command to modify Wifi settings Step 0 ifconfig ra0 IP set client IP value ifconfig ra0 netmask set client mask e g ifconfig ra0 netmask 192 168 1 255 ifconfig ra0 broadcast set client broadcast e g ifconfig ra0 broadcast 255 255 255 0 B 1 1 Successful Message LAN Connection If LAN...

Page 54: ...E 1 0x05 0x02 iEi RCODE 1 0x05 0x02 Mac address of the board is 00 9b 6b 36 a8 70 Default gateway of the board is 192 168 1 1 Subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 Host name is vick DNS of the board is 127 0 0 1 00 9b 6b 36 a8 70 192 168 1 10 127 0 0 1 vick 192 168 1 1 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 read returned 20 B 1 2 Successful Message Wifi Connection If Wifi is successfully connected the following messages are ...

Page 55: ... Command iwpriv ra0 set NetworkType infra Setting Authenticaion Mode Command iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode open Setting Encryption Type Command iwpriv ra0 set EncrypType WEP Setting Default Key ID Command iwpriv ra0 set DefaultKeyID 1 Setting Key Command iwpriv ra0 set Key1 1234567890abc 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 61 62 63 00 00 00 Setting SSID Command iwpriv ra0 set SSID iei_sw2 interface eth0 is Do...

Page 56: ...e LAN IP or WLAN IP e g ping 10 10 12 82 Press Enter If the reply message is shown the connection exists e g Reply from 10 10 12 82 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 128 Reply from 10 10 12 82 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 128 Reply from 10 10 12 82 bytes 32 time 10ms TTL 128 B 2 2 2 iSignager 500A To check if the specific IP connection exists in the client side check in a Hyper Terminal session of the iSignager 50...

Page 57: ...e player is either On Line Off Line or Playing B 3 iSignager 500AWL Network Behavior The user can setup LAN and Wifi settings in the iSignager 500AWL at the same time However the iSignager 500AWL takes LAN as the first priority by default when booting up If the LAN is successfully activated the iSignager 500AWL does not activate the Wifi settings The Wifi settings is activated only when the LAN ac...

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Page 59: ...iSignager 500A Page 49 C Hazardous Materials Disclosure Appendix C ...

Page 60: ...sences of small quantities of certain materials in the product and is applicable to China RoHS only A label will be placed on each product to indicate the estimated Environmentally Friendly Use Period EFUP This is an estimate of the number of years that these substances would not leak out or undergo abrupt change This product may contain replaceable sub assemblies components which have a shorter E...

Page 61: ...oard X O O O O X Metal Fasteners X O O O O O Cable Assembly X O O O O X Fan Assembly X O O O O X Power Supply Assemblies X O O O O X Battery O O O O O O O This toxic or hazardous substance is contained in all of the homogeneous materials for the part is below the limit requirement in SJ T11363 2006 X This toxic or hazardous substance is contained in at least one of the homogeneous materials for th...

Page 62: ...短的环境友好使用期限的可替换元件像是电池或灯管这些元件将会单独标示出来有毒有害物质或元素部件名称铅 Pb 汞 Hg 镉 Cd 六价铬 CR VI 多溴联苯 PBB 多溴二苯醚 PBDE 壳体 X O O O O X 显示 X O O O O X 印刷电路板 X O O O O X 金属螺帽 X O O O O O 电缆组装 X O O O O X 风扇组装 X O O O O X 电力供应组装 X O O O O X 电池 O O O O O O O 表示该有毒有害物质在该部件所有物质材料中的含量均在 SJ T11363 2006 标准规定的限量要求以下 X 表示该有毒有害物质至少在该部件的某一均质材料中的含量超出 SJ T11363 2006 标准规定的限量要求 ...

Page 63: ...iSignager 500A Page 53 D Index ...

Page 64: ... 3 Ｄ DHCP 37 40 Digital Video Box 3 DVD player 3 29 DVI vi 6 12 24 Ｆ FAT 32 13 Ｈ HDD bracket 13 14 HDTV 3 32 33 Ｉ IDE USB cable 13 Ｌ LVDS 24 Ｒ resolution 3 24 32 33 Ｓ S Video 24 Ｕ USB 2 0 3 Ｖ VGA vi 6 12 24 39 Ｗ wall mounting 15 wall mounting bracket 15 ...

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