HMP100 User Guide v2.1
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INTRODUCTION
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HMP100
is the first networked Hyper Media Player appliance dedicated to the
professional digital signage industry. In this field it represents for final users, integrators
and service providers a better alternative of choice to personal and industrial computers
and proprietary dedicated software.
HMP100
offers a standard and simplified way to schedule, combine, update, animate,
stream and display video, audio, vector graphics, pictures and text with low acquisition
and operational costs. The rich set of functionalities offered by HMP100 simplifies the
implementation, management and maintenance of effective and modern audio/visual
communication solutions.
HMP100
is not a simple media player, but an Hyper Media player. It combines in an
embedded solution all the display functionalities of a PC.
What is Hyper Media? As defined by Wikipedia,
Hyper Media
“is used as a logical
extension of the term hypertext in which graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks
intertwine to create a generally non-linear medium of information.”
A movie or a video clip is a typical linear content: you watch it from the beginning to the
end. The content in a WEB page is a typical example of non linear content: multiple
media elements are dynamically and interactively consumed. Servers use PHP scripts and
databases to retrieve live content and allow the browser to display the latest information
in an interactive and dynamic way.
The HMP100 allows you to obtain the same result on any digital screen or projector and
display true
Hyper Media
content exactly as you can do with a PC-based solution.
Thanks to its compact form factor, robust and dedicated hardware, HMP100 turns any
digital display into a network device.
In this short manual we collect the information published on the WEB on HMP100. Read
this information to quickly get started with HMP100 units.
