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Media POD

Keywest Technology Information Systems

Keywest Technology

14563 W. 96

Terrace

Lenexa, Kansas 66215

800.331.2019
www.keywesttechnology.com

KWT TM 2-1-MEDIAPOD

24 July 2006

Change 01

Table of Contents

Standard PC Connections .............................................................................. 5

Media POD Operation.................................................................................... 6

Control Software Installation......................................................................... 7

Warranty Registration.................................................................................. 10

Setup IP.......................................................................................................... 11

Dynamic IP .................................................................................................... 14

Virus Protection ............................................................................................ 16

Creation and Scheduling .............................................................................. 19

Pages, Playlists, and Schedules..................................................................... 19

Clip Board (Import Pages) ........................................................................... 20

Timelines & Playlists..................................................................................... 24

Dwell/Transition............................................................................................ 28

Audio/Video ................................................................................................... 29

Crawls, Logos, Variables.............................................................................. 36

Text Slide Crawl Layer................................................................................. 36

Variable Layer............................................................................................... 42

Logo Layer..................................................................................................... 44

Playing the Show ........................................................................................... 46

Creating Schedules........................................................................................ 46

External Device Control Events................................................................... 51

Character Generator .................................................................................... 53

Valid Video Formats ..................................................................................... 55

Limited Warranty ......................................................................................... 57

Summary of Contents for Media Pod

Page 1: ...SYSTEM OPERATIONS MANUAL KEYWEST TECHNOLOGY 14563 W 96th TERRACE LENEXA KANSAS 66215 www keywesttechnology com 800 331 2019...

Page 2: ...Software Installation 7 Warranty Registration 10 Setup IP 11 Dynamic IP 14 Virus Protection 16 Creation and Scheduling 19 Pages Playlists and Schedules 19 Clip Board Import Pages 20 Timelines Playlis...

Page 3: ...ools corporate video info channels kiosk and more the Media POD delivers composite Y C and RGBHV Progressive NTSC or PAL video to your system Stereo audio output rounds out the display offerings Media...

Page 4: ...f improper power supply can damage or destroy the unit and will void the warranty WARNING Lethal operating voltages present at system power supply unit internal and external units Completely disconnec...

Page 5: ...dio broadcast over cable or broadcast television system Required if you desire audio on air capability AUDIO LINE IN Use 3 8 stereo plug to connect radio receiver CD player tape player etc to line in...

Page 6: ...hut down through normal Embedded Windows XP means you ll need to power the unit with the front panel momentary power switch Out of the box Media POD has sample pages and playlists installed and active...

Page 7: ...III AMD or Celeron CPU greater than 200 MHz 64 MB Ram 100 MB HDD Space Network connection capable of reaching the Media POD see IT if necessary Control Software Installation Insert the CD that came w...

Page 8: ...ay cancel installation at any time and reinstall later if necessary After installation is complete you ll find the Media POD Scheduler shortcut icon on your desktop figure 4 Alternatively you can acce...

Page 9: ...unction you will have to contact your dealer or Keywest Technology to change registration status If you click OK and run unregistered you will get one more reminder Click NO to proceed or click YES an...

Page 10: ...ATION choose Media POD from the drop down menu and follow all on screen prompts You will receive your permanent security key through email no later than the next business day after you have completed...

Page 11: ...nd END keys on the keyboard simultaneously or RIGHT CLICK any attached mouse You should see the pages stop and the player ID screen If the machine continues to play despite pushing ESC and END try CTL...

Page 12: ...ded Log On Dialogue box will appear Enter the User Name administrator without the quotes and leave any other text boxes blank no password no domain if available Note You may change user passwords but...

Page 13: ...here s a decision to make at the next step if it hasn t already been made and that is to either run the player with a dynamic or static IP The best selection for the operator is a static IP address th...

Page 14: ...ooting from Keywest Technology as well as efficient FTP data transfers from remote sites DYNAMIC IPs The dynamic IP takes whatever address is assigned by a controlling router setup the Internet Protoc...

Page 15: ...ND PROMPT window will appear affectionately known as a DOS window in the command window type IPCONFIG on the current command line as shown below then press the ENTER button The command window should r...

Page 16: ...nabled device directly to a cable modem or DSL modem unless you are in search of worms trojans and viruses the internet is crawling with damaging infectious programs Always ensure your devices are con...

Page 17: ...paces and click OK The Media POD ID screen will appear as your last valid schedule is loaded into memory The schedule will begin playing automatically After the IP address is set and the unit is back...

Page 18: ...Media POD Keywest Technology Information Systems Keywest Technology 14563 W 96th Terrace Lenexa Kansas 66215 800 331 2019 www keywesttechnology com 18 KWT TM 2 1 MEDIAPOD 24 July 2006 Change 01...

Page 19: ...ylists and Schedules Earlier in the manual we installed the Media POD Scheduler software on the computer of your choice given some minimum requirements That software is the same software that runs the...

Page 20: ...an import your pages to the clip board where they will appear as a thumbnail with a brief text description This is what we ll use to drag and drop Playlist order To have something to work with you re...

Page 21: ...right clicking in the clip board window is Import Folder Import Folder will import all the video pages contained in the selected folder Be careful importing folders if you instruct the software to dow...

Page 22: ...ne Click on ADD HTML ADDRESS Use the NEW HTML FILE dialogue box to enter a name for the HTML element this name is of your choosing so you can recognize what HTML content is represented by the virtual...

Page 23: ...list from a player Each time you connect to a player to send pages and schedules the software will retrieve a list of available media loaded onto the player You can also retrieve these lists manually...

Page 24: ...nique set of attributes and functions We will cover each but first let s look at the Page Layer The Page Layer is the most fundamental layer of a CG This is where you drag your content or media that i...

Page 25: ...re the media if any That will be compacted by the GUI when the save or play buttons are used you can drop sloppy The page layer supports the following common formats Still Graphics bmp standard Bitmap...

Page 26: ...simple timeline we ve created so far is really enough to get on air yes it s overly simple and doesn t have a message but it is indeed a timeline playlist that could be saved sent and played Of cours...

Page 27: ...ts own attribute as in a Playlist may be scheduled to play a certain day of the week only or a certain time only Within the Playlists are pages The pages can also have date day and time specific setti...

Page 28: ...o make the page valid 24 hours a day select a start time of 00 00 00 and end time of 23 59 00 The MEDIA POD does use the 24 hour clock to keep AM and PM confusion out of the mix You can use the CHECK...

Page 29: ...mple AUDIO VIDEO The Attributes window also contains a tab for adding audio or video to a page or set of pages Click on the Audio Video Tab Audio is an effective tool to add to a page This can be a vo...

Page 30: ...6 Change 01 Note when no clip audio or video is attached the path text boxes will indicate NULL and duration times are zeroed To choose an audio clip to attach click SELECT and browse all connected dr...

Page 31: ...a simple page montage with audio background Simply multi select the CONSECUTIVE pages you wish to add your audio clip to by holding down the SHIFT key on the keyboard while left clicking with the mou...

Page 32: ...seconds each Also notice the RED BOX in the bottom left corner of each attached audio page indicating the link There are instances however when you may desire a clip to not be equally distributed over...

Page 33: ...to 42 seconds thereby balancing the equation A warning box will appear if the equation is not balanced prior to clicking OK Just as audio can be added to a page so can video in the form of a Picture i...

Page 34: ...ages you wish to add video to must be consecutive pages by holding the SHIFT key on the keyboard and LEFT CLICK the pages you wish to link with video Notice the yellow boxes in the upper left corner o...

Page 35: ...when attached to multiple pages the duration is equally distributed over all attached pages In our example the 20 seceond video is divided over the two pages at 10 seconds each You may adjust the dwel...

Page 36: ...professionalism to your final output and are highly recommended CRAWLS LOGOS VARIABLES CRAWL LAYER Besides simply playing pages audio and video the Media POD is capable of overlaying a crawl on the di...

Page 37: ...Windows program 2 Size sets the size in points number of sizes available depends on the font chosen 3 Bold Italic Underline same functions as word processors 4 Text Effect add shadows outlines or bot...

Page 38: ...y 2006 Change 01 You will now find that your crawl is available as a thumbnail in the clip board You may now drag it to the CRAWL timeline and only the crawl timeline For practice create a crawl and d...

Page 39: ...t enters the screen Dwell indicates where the text pauses on the screen Finish indicates where the text exits the screen The speed of START and FINISH is set by CRAWL SPEED SLOW MEDIUM and FAST The du...

Page 40: ...BANNER Cut Cut The text appears on screen at the banner location and is replaced by ensuing text in a cut transition no movement The duration of DWELL is set by CRAWL DURATION from 1 to 60 seconds Tex...

Page 41: ...41 KWT TM 2 1 MEDIAPOD 24 July 2006 Change 01 Click Gradient to set the banner as a gradient Note that you can change the number of color bars in the gradient and the direction of the bars with the p...

Page 42: ...clude various configurations of Time Date and Day of the Week Click the red V in the editor window to create a variable Use the drop down SELECT VARIABLE FORMAT function to choose the variable you des...

Page 43: ...TIMELINE and drop it there Next click on the Variable s thumbnail on the timeline to activate the attributes window Notice that the Attributes windows are following a pattern The first tab allows you...

Page 44: ...osition so that actual resolution is unimportant but relativity becomes the key LOGO LAYER The final layer to cover is the LOGO LAYER This Layer allows you to place an image anywhere and at any size o...

Page 45: ...is important to remember that if a timeline has only one entry it will continue to loop that entry until the schedule playlist is replaced by something else The last tab POSITION allows you to drag th...

Page 46: ...d if we were creating on the Media POD player itself it would be feasible to click PLAY and let it run Or if you are creating on a separate PC you can click this blue arrow to run a Preview of your sh...

Page 47: ...331 2019 www keywesttechnology com 47 KWT TM 2 1 MEDIAPOD 24 July 2006 Change 01 On the MENU BAR click the COMMUNICATION item The Scheduler Window will open This scheduler has three tabs Set Master Sc...

Page 48: ...edule window blank Click SELECT ITEM to add one of your playlists Select the playlist you wish to add from the OPEN dialog window double click the playlist name or click OPEN after you ve selected it...

Page 49: ...ready deduced this schedule once sent to an MX3 Player will play asdf playlist from midnight to noon then will switch to the simpledemo playlist until midnight rolls back around Maybe you have differe...

Page 50: ...land You can also transmit the schedule to hundreds of players at once simply add in multiple IP addresses by clicking ADD NEW Enter the IP address you re adding and a note if you d like the note is o...

Page 51: ...two selections of sending regard FONTS unless you are running on a memory short machine always select upload new fonts Finally after you click OK to send you will get feedback in the sending script w...

Page 52: ...TIME Set your comm port number and parameters directly in the software Choose an icon for your event so you can drop it right into a playlist or use it in a schedule independently A completed Event m...

Page 53: ...D 24 July 2006 Change 01 Character Generator The Media POD stands apart in many ways one of those is the inclusion of a simple CG module Click the NEW PAGE icon in the CG module to begin creating from...

Page 54: ...com 54 KWT TM 2 1 MEDIAPOD 24 July 2006 Change 01 Or you can start with an image To which you can add text or drawing elements or simply leave it be After you have created your page page save it by c...

Page 55: ...x 768 60Hz XGA 1366 x 768 60Hz WXGA Valid Video Clip Resolutions Media POD can accept and playback standard definition video clips of various formats Category Approved Values Compression Format MPEG1...

Page 56: ...ange 01 APPENDIX B System Configuration Affected S N Hardware Config Operating System Initial Software Version Date Released POD00001 to POD00024 A Windows XP Professional SP2 1 0 0 1 May 2006 POD0002...

Page 57: ...ty is extended to the original purchaser only for the amount of time indicated below effective from the original purchase date and subject to the following THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER A Products that...

Page 58: ...019 www keywesttechnology com 58 KWT TM 2 1 MEDIAPOD 24 July 2006 Change 01 Cut and return the following page to register your product PRODUCT WARRANTY REGISTRATION Complete and mail within 10 days of...

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