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User Manual

Updated, March 2017

ZyPer

Management Platform

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Page 1: ...User Manual Updated March 2017 ZyPer Management Platform...

Page 2: ...m the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 To reduce the risk of electric shock and or damage to this product never handle or touch this unit or power cord if...

Page 3: ...d control of any number of ZyPer4K or ZyPerHD encoders and decoders Interface allows the independent routing of video audio and control signals The feature rich API makes ZyPer4K ZyPerHD the perfect a...

Page 4: ...leting an Encoder or Decoder 26 Creating Video Walls 28 Bezel Compensation 31 Creating a Multiview Screen 33 Creating Zones 37 Server Functions Page 40 Server Information 40 Setting the EDID Mode 41 S...

Page 5: ...1 Getting Started...

Page 6: ...le from this port to a switch on the Local Area Network 6 USB port Connect up to two USB 2 0 devices such as a keyboard and mouse to these USB ports Top View ID Name Description 7 Power On Off Press t...

Page 7: ...the ZyPer devices Although the ZyPer Management Platform can be connected anywhere on the LAN it is recommended that it is connected to the primary switch where the ZyPer endpoints are connected NOTE...

Page 8: ...password prompt will be displayed zyper login zyper Password 2 Enter the password The default password is zyper Note that the password will not be echoed to the screen Once the password is entered th...

Page 9: ...per zyper sudo reboot Getting Started Before continuing make sure that the static IP address being used does not conflict with any DHCP assigned addresses Contact your system administrator for assista...

Page 10: ...Started 6 Save the file and exit the Emacs editor Ctrl x then Crtl c When prompted to save changes type y 7 Reboot the Management Platform using the following command zyper zyper sudo reboot 2 Basic...

Page 11: ...In button 5 The Home page will be displayed See the next section for more information Basic Operation Home Page The Home page of the Maestro Z displays all available Sources Displays Walls Zones Multi...

Page 12: ...k device 2 The encoder decoder is powered 3 The Ethernet cable is connected between the switch and the encoder decoder Meaning Indicator Color Warning Yellow 1 HDMI cable may not be connected between...

Page 13: ...s contain a Filter by name field Use this field to enter the name of the desired device s to be displayed As text is entered the interface automatically begins a search of the current string for each...

Page 14: ...is already joined will replace the previous join operation The join command can also be used to perform the same operation See API Command Listing page 54 for more information Basic Operation Basic O...

Page 15: ...age Joining Encoders to Decod ers page 18 3 All available encoders will be displayed under the Sources window Basic Operation 4 Left click the desired encoder name to display the context menu In the e...

Page 16: ...ier rather than a MAC address The Manufacturer Model and Serial Number can also be assigned using the following commands respectively See API Command Listing page 54 for more information set device so...

Page 17: ...evice ip static commands When assigning RS232 settings from the command line use the set device rs232 command See API Command Listing page 54 for more information Basic Operation Basic Operation Encod...

Page 18: ...ro Z 1 Login to the Maestro Z Refer to Accessing Maestro Z page 12 for more informa tion 2 Click the Source tab at the left of the page To delete an encoder a Left click on the desired encoder and sel...

Page 19: ...splays 1 Login to the Maestro Z Refer to Accessing Maestro Z page 12 for more informa tion 2 Click the Walls tab at the left of the page 3 In the Walls pane click on the button to create a new video w...

Page 20: ...ice has an area where video is not displayed This area is called the bezel Bezel compensation takes this area into account when a single video source is divided and displayed on multiple output device...

Page 21: ...es of the Management Platform is to create and manage multiview screens A multiview screen is a collection of sources arranged on a single display There can be up to 9 sources displayed on a single di...

Page 22: ...fined pat terns 6 After selecting a pattern you will see the grid fill in with the places to drag sources 7 Drag sources into the various locations Note The same source can be dragged into muliple win...

Page 23: ...tion 2 Click the Zones option at the left of the page 3 In the Zones window click on the symbol to add a Zone Basic Operation 8 If desired assign Audio from one of the Sources This is done by clickin...

Page 24: ...ontain spaces In this example we will call our Zone ConferenceRm since our displays are installed in a conference room It is recommended that a unique and descriptive name be used to identify each Zon...

Page 25: ...page 3 Information about the Management Platform will be displayed in the Server pane 41 Basic Operation Setting the EDID Mode By default Auto EDID mode is enabled This means that the Management Platf...

Page 26: ...the window to see these options 4 Click the desired button under Server Functions Restart Restarts the server Linux is not restarted Reboot Linux is rebooted Shut Down Shuts down the Management Server...

Page 27: ...local l zyper zyper zyper local s password When entering the password it will not be echoed to the screen 2 Enter the password The default password is admin Once successfully connected information si...

Page 28: ...default and once connected the API prompt will be displayed Zyper Getting Help Help is available in two forms Typing help or at the prompt will list all available commands Zyper help show server info...

Page 29: ...ve Refer to the following link for more information http wikipedia org wiki List_of_tz_database_time_zones Advanced Operation EDID Management Auto EDID Mode By default Auto EDID mode is enabled This m...

Page 30: ...AX JSON programming interface allows developers to control the Management Platform within browser based applications All calls to the server are asynchronous post receive operations using Javascript a...

Page 31: ...ponseWarning element innerHTML jsData responses 0 warning element document getElementById numObjectsInResponse element innerHTML jsData responses 0 text length else Failed authentication The JSON data...

Page 32: ...cript Advanced Operation Command Description send Sends and IR or RS232 string to the specified device set encoder analog audio out source Sets the source of Analog audio output for specified encoder...

Page 33: ...device capabilities Shows detailed capabilities of specified device or devices show device config Shows detailed configuration information for specified device or devices show device connections Shows...

Page 34: ...Related Commands delete video wall set video wall set video wall decoder set video wall encoder create multiview Creates an empty multiview display Once created the new multiview will be listed under...

Page 35: ...ommands factory defaults device Advanced Operation delete device Deletes the specified device from the Management Platform database Note that if the deleted device remains on the network then it will...

Page 36: ...udio source window number show multiviews config show multiviews status delete multiview window Deletes the specified window from an existing multiview Syntax delete multiview window name window arg P...

Page 37: ...ll set video wall decoder set video wall encoder Advanced Operation factory defaults device Set the specified device to the factory default settings Syntax factory defaults device id Parameters id Typ...

Page 38: ...n order to control what type of audio is being sent from an encoder refer to the set device command fast switched Allows the joining of an encoder and decoder with no video dropout In order to make us...

Page 39: ...h USB connection Examples join myEncoder1 myDecoder2 fast switched Success join myMultiview2 Display4 multiview Success Advanced Operation load encoder edid Uploads an EDID file to the specified encod...

Page 40: ...tring names are case sensitive Example restart device myEncoder2 Success restart device 0 1e c0 f6 cb 76 Success Related Commands restart server restore device Advanced Operation restart server Restar...

Page 41: ...nk device String names are case sensitive file Type STRING The name of the EDID file Two files will be created using the file name txt and a file with no extension Example save device edid 0 1e c0 f6...

Page 42: ...fy an IR or RS232 code Syntax send id type text Parameters id Type STRING or MAC Address The name or MAC address of the device type Type STRING Specifies IR or RS232 command argument Description ir Th...

Page 43: ...e specified encoder Syntax set encoder id mode type Parameters id Type STRING or MAC Address The name or MAC address of the encoder String names are case sensitive mode Type STRING The audio output to...

Page 44: ...t decoder 0 1e c0 f6 a9 44 analog audio out source hdmi Success Advanced Operation set device ethernet management port Enables or disables the 1Gb Utility Ethernet port on the specified encoder or dec...

Page 45: ...et device source display model set device source display serialNumber Advanced Operation set device ip Sets DHCP mode for the specified device Syntax set device id ip arg Parameters id Type STRING or...

Page 46: ...evice mask Type IP Address The desired subnet mask for the device gatew Type IP Address The desired gateway for the device Example set device ip static 10 5 68 121 255 255 255 0 10 5 64 1 Success Adva...

Page 47: ...ument 7 bits 8 bits Advanced Operation stop Type INTEGER The stop bit setting for the device Supply one of the following values from the table below argument 1 stop 2 stop parity Type STRING The parit...

Page 48: ...satellite1 jpg Satellite Receiver 3DDisplay png Flat Panel Display video projector png Projector PlasmaDisplay1 png LED Wall led ticker png LED Ticker set device send ip mcast range Sets allowable ran...

Page 49: ...the specified device Syntax set device id source display location loc Parameters id Type STRING or MAC Address The name or MAC address of the device String names are case sensitive loc Type STRING The...

Page 50: ...iconImageName set device source display location set device source display model set device source display serialNumber Advanced Operation set device source display model Assigns a model description f...

Page 51: ...urce display manufacturer set device source display model set device stream mode Enable or disable multicast streams and in the process free the assigned multicast address assigned of that particular...

Page 52: ...usb filter arg Parameters id Type STRING or MAC Address The name or MAC address of the encoder or decoder String names are case sensitive arg Type STRING Supply one of the following arguments argument...

Page 53: ...on set device source display manufacturer set device source display model set device source display serialNumber set multiview Assigns source to a position and size within a multiview display Syntax s...

Page 54: ...o source window number Selects the input source to provide Audio for multiview display Syntax set multiview id audio source window number arg Parameters id Type STRING Name of previously created multi...

Page 55: ...set responses decoder 2 rs 232 term chars r Success Related Commands set device rs232 Advanced Operation set server api password Sets the password for Telnet If a password is not provided then the cu...

Page 56: ...mode disabled Success set server timezone America New_York Success Related Commands set server api password set server timezone set server igmp querier mode set server igmp querier mode Enables or di...

Page 57: ...ows cols bezt bezb bezl bezr Parameters param1 Type STRING The name of the video wall String names are case sensitive rows Type INTEGER The number of rows Maximum 5 for ZyPer4K Maximum 4 for ZyPerHD c...

Page 58: ...ol Parameters id Type STRING or MAC Address The name or MAC address of the decoder String names are case sensitive If none is passed as the argument then any existing display is disconnected from that...

Page 59: ...capabilities Displays device capabilities for the specified device s Syntax show device capabilities id select since Parameters id Type STRING or MAC Address The identifier of the device Either the f...

Page 60: ...values video video scaled analog audio hdmi downmix audio device stream mode settable values video video scaled analog audio hdmi downmix audio device stream mcast settable values video analog audio h...

Page 61: ...ceType analogOutSourceType none device sendIpMcastRange first 224 1 1 1 last 224 1 3 255 device videoStream ipMcastAddr 224 1 1 7 mode disabled datarate 0Mbps device videoScaledStream ipMcastAddr 224...

Page 62: ...isplay units based on the number of changes Supply this argument followed by the desired value to query argument Description since Required when using this parameter Advanced Operation Example show de...

Page 63: ...rcentSizeX 50 percentSizeY 50 layer 1 multiview window2 encoder name USA4K percentPosX 0 percentPosY 50 percentSizeX 50 percentSizeY 50 layer 1 multiview window3 encoder name Soccer4K percentPosX 50 p...

Page 64: ...ntSizeX 50 percentSizeY 50 layer 1 multiview window2 encoder name USA4K percentPosX 0 percentPosY 50 percentSizeX 50 percentSizeY 50 layer 1 multiview window3 encoder name Soccer4K percentPosX 50 perc...

Page 65: ...3 Supply one of the following arguments argument Description last Displays the last received response based on the argument supplied for the type parameter last change id Displays the lastChangeId of...

Page 66: ...info Displays information for the Management Platform including IP settings uptime and license level Syntax show server info Parameters none Example show server info server 192 168 1 8 server gen host...

Page 67: ...e col3 none col4 none videoWall decodersRow2 col1 none col2 none col3 none col4 none videoWall decodersRow3 col1 none col2 none col3 none col4 none videoWall decodersRow4 col1 none col2 none col3 none...

Page 68: ...th the rs232 and the ir argument specify unidirectional connection between two devices When switching data to the server use the show responses command to retrieve the data Syntax switch txid rxid typ...

Page 69: ...Syntax trouble report Parameters none Example trouble report Success update server Updates the Management Platform software The server software file uses the zyper extension Refer to Updating the Soft...

Page 70: ...shown Last login Tue Mar 22 14 24 08 on console Andrews MacBook Pro Andrew cd desktop Andrews MacBook Pro desktop Andrew 5 Use the FTP protocol to login to the Management Platform At the terminal pro...

Page 71: ...latform will reboot and the software will be updated Note that the connection will be lost temporarily during the update process zyper update server update_nuc_1 0 29873 zyper Success Server rebooting...

Page 72: ...into the box and press Update Server to begin process Appendix 135 Specifications CPU Intel Celeron Processor 3205U Operating System Linux Ubuntu 14 04 Internal Storage 64 GB SSD Graphics Intel HD Gr...

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