Media Pointe MediaPointe User manual

An Advanced Media Design Technology

DigitalMediaRecorder

User Manual

DMR

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Digital Media Recorder

turer of all MediaPOINTE® products. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or

transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, or otherwise, without the

prior written permission of Advanced Media Design, Inc. Nationally and internationally recognized trademarks and

trade names are the property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.

MediaPOINTE® is a registered trademark of Advanced Media Design, Inc.

Disclaimer

The information in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable; however Advanced Media

Design, Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this

document, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its use. No

license is granted under any patents or patent rights of Advanced Media Design, Inc.

This document was written by the Development Department of Advanced Media Design, Inc. We are fully

committed to, and take pride in maintaining high quality documentation. We welcome and appreciate

any comments or suggestions you may have regarding content, presentation, structure and distribution of

this document. Please use the contact information below for all correspondence:

Development Department

Advanced Media Design, Inc.

667 Rancho Conejo Blvd.

Newbury Park, CA 91320

USA

suppor[email protected]

Version 4.0

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Safety Precautions

For your protection, please read all related safety instructions, observe all warnings and precautions, and exercise common sense

while operating this electronic equipment.

• Always place the unit on a stable cart, stand or table.

• Do not use the unit near water or sources of heat.

• Do not drop or shake the unit. Do not place or install the unit in environments where it can be dropped or shaken.

Make sure the unit is powered off while being moved even for short distances.

• Observe the power requirements of the unit; if you are not sure of the power available, consult your local dealer or power company.

• Whenpluggingintoapoweroutlet,inserttheplugrmlyintotheoutlet.Routethepowercordsoastoavoidanyactivitythatmayresultin

fraying or other damage to the cord or the plug.

• Under no circumstances should you attempt to override the polarization or grounding protection on the plug.

• Do not overload wall outlets, integral convenience receptacles or extension cords.

• Unplug the unit from the wall before cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.

• For proper ventilation, do not block the slots and openings. Do not install the unit in a location where the ventilation slots and openings can be

plugged during everyday use.

• Donotplaceorinstalltheunitunder,ontopofornearanyheat-producingequipment(i.e.radiators,stoves,orampliers),

or in a heated place.

• Unplug the unit during lightning storms, when it will not be used for extended periods of time, or before you have a

scheduled power outage.

If the unit is visibly damaged either by not observing the precautions above or for any other reason, contact your local dealer

immediately. If the unit does not operate to the specications set forth in this user guide, or exhibits a distinct change in per-

formance, this may be an indication of a problem needing repair.

Environmental Operating Limits of DMR

OperatingTemperature:0°Cto32°C(32°Fto90°F) 

RelativeHumidity:10%to90%non-condensing

Storage & Transport Temperature: -20°C to 80°C

(-4°Fto140°F)

Electrical requirements

Input:100-240V~50/60Hz

Service Support and Training

MediaPOINTE®, Inc. is committed to providing the service support and training needed to install, manage, and

maintain your MediaPOINTE® equipment.

All MediaPOINTE® products are sold through a wide network of Authorized MediaPOINTE® Dealers. For help

withyourproducts,contactyourlocaldealerforassistancerst.Ifforanyreason,youwouldliketocontact

MediaPOINTE® directly for information regarding service programs and extended warranty information, training,

installation or usage, we are glad to be of assistance. You can contact us at the phone number listed below, or

visit our website.

MediaPOINTE® Technical Support

Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Pacic Standard Time

(866) 709-0444 TOLL FREE

(805) 214-7911 INTERNATIONAL

suppor[email protected]

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DMR Package Contents

•1-MediaPOINTEDMR

• 1–MaleCompositeCable

• 1-CAT-5eLANCable

• 1-RCAStereoAudioCable

• 1-ACPowerCable

• 1–MaleS-Video-DCable

• 1–IRRemoteControlplus2AAAbatteries

• 1–RackMountKit

• DocumentationCD-ROM

• Warranty Document

• RegistrationSheet

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Document Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this user’s guide.

The hand symbol indicates a note, containing special instructions, and

in some cases, circumstances that require caution.

The light bulb symbol highlights suggestions or hints.

The high voltage symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated, dangerous

voltages.

Warranty

MediaPOINTEwarrantsthattheDMR(excludingsparepartsifapplicable,externalperipheraldevicesand

consumables)willbefreefromanydefectinmaterialsorworkmanshipandshallperforminaccordance

withitsspecicationforaperiodof30daysforMediaPOINTEsoftwareand1yearforhardware,startingon

shipment date of the initial purchase of the equipment. MediaPOINTE disclaims any and all implied warranties

ofmerchantabilityortnessforaparticularpurpose.MediaPOINTE’ssoleliabilityforbreachofthiswarranty

willbe(atitsoption)toprovideaccesstosoftwarefordownloadortorepairorreplacethedefectiveunit

or component after customer has shipped the product to MediaPOINTE for return-to-factory repair. Customer

mustobtainanRMA(returnmaterialauthorization)numberfromMediaPOINTEpriortoreturningequipment.

Replacementpartsmaybeneworequivalenttonew.Part(s)replacedwillbecoveredfortheremaining

termofthewarranty.MediaPOINTEshallnotbeliableforanylossofprotsorincidentalorconsequential

loss for whatever reason. This warranty will be void if the equipment has been subject to any unauthorized

modications,improperoperation,usernegligence,servicebyanunauthorizedperson,accident,neglect,

misuse, tampering, acts of God, or any event other than ordinary use.

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Table Of Contents

About this guide

Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Services & Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

1 Introduction, Overview & Requirements

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

How It works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Front Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

LED Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

IR Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Inputs/Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Setup & Application Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Setting Up the DMR 8

Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Web Portal Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

As an Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Changing Administrator Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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As a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

User Login Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

As an Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Date & Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Network Conguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

System Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

IP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Conguring Static IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Conguring DHCP IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

USB Network Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SMTP Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Telnet (TCP/IP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3 Control & Operation

Web Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Folder Management Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

On-Screen Menu/ Front Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

External Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Infra-Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Remote Contact Closure (relay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4 Recording, Archiving & Streaming

Recording & Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Changing Proles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Recorded Content Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Playback on DMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Archiving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Mail Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Download Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Disk Burning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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USB Ooad/Upload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Manual FTP Upload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Transcoding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5 Management & System Tools 5

Proles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Prole List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Creating/Modifying a Prole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Capture Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Stream Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Archive & Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Titles & Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

AV Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

AV Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

LiveVideo Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Notications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Storage Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Upgrade System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Reset Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

System Info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

6 Options

Installing Package Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Studio Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Video Source Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Custom Video Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Video-On-Demand Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Viewing a Video-On-Demand Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

AESOP External Storage Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Blu-Ray Hardware Upgrade Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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1 DMR Introduction & Overview

Introduction

Welcome to the user’s guide for the MediaPOINTE®

DMR.TheDMRisoneoftheeasiesttouse,cost-

effective and reliable archiving and streaming products

on the market today. It can archive important audio,

video, and graphical data while simultaneously

transmitting it anywhere on your network.

This user’s guide describes how to set up and use the

DMRtorecordandtransportgraphics,videoandaudio

contentoverIPnetworks.AswithallMediaPOINTEAV-

over-IPproducts,youcancontroltheDMRbydifferent

methods. These methods include: Web Portal interface,

remotecontrol,contactclosure,RS-232serialport,

Telnet, or from the convenient front keypad.

This guide is written for units running 4.0 software.

IfyourDMRisoperatingonadifferentversionof

software, some capabilities and screenshots may be

different.

Key Features

TheDMRmaybeusedinavarietyofsituationsforlive

communication and collaboration, including:

• Archive media content from multiple independent

sources.

• Share visual information, designs, and concepts with

dispersed groups of people to gather input during a

video conference.

• Stream important videoconferences to other locations

suchasoverowroomsorremoteconferencelocations

over your corporate network.

• Conduct customer or employee training across vast

geographical areas.

• Discuss research, engineering, architecture, product

design, or process analysis when the participants are

not able to meet in one central location.

• Access a centralized data bank of expertise from a

eldlocation.

How ItWorks (Method of Operation)

TheDMRcanarchiveandstreamvideoandaudio

media.TheDMRacceptsS-Video,compositevideo,and

unbalanced line level stereo audio inputs. The selected

input source along with the associated audio is captured

intoalewhichcanbesimultaneouslystreamedlive

over your network during the archival process.

Userscanselectfromseveralcongurableparameters

(proles)forcapturingandsubsequentplaybackofthe

recordedmaterial.Theseprolesarefullycongurable,

allowing the user to specify the input source, capture

resolution, bit and frame rates.

ThearchivedrecordingsarestoredontheDMR’shard

drive.TherecordedlecanthenbeviewedonyourPC

orreplayeddirectlyfromtheDMRonalocalmonitor.

The content can also be copied to a USB memory stick,

burnedtoDVD-R,DVD+RorCD-Rdisk,downloadedtoa

PC, attached to an e-mail, or automatically transferred

(FTP)toaserverafterthelehasbeenindexed.

TheDMRrecordscontentinstandardMPEG-4ASP,which

can be played on a variety of desktop client players

including QuickTime. It can record content in Windows

Media Format that can be played in Windows Media

Player.

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Front Panel View

The front panel consists of an Optical Drive, the main

operationKeypad,twostatusLEDs,asmallRESET

button,IRreceiver,apowerswitchandaUSBport.

The following is a brief description of each of these

components.

1. Optical Drive

TheDMRfeaturesanopticaldrivecapableofrecording

toDVD-R,DVD+R,andCD-Rmedia.

2. Front Keypad

TheDMRhasafrontkeypadthatallowstheuserto

start and stop recording as well as navigate the on

screen menus without using the remote control. When

theRECbuttonispressedamenuwillappearonthe

displaysoyoucandeterminewhichrecordingproleto

use. A monitor is required to use this feature.

DMR Front Panel

3. LED Status

TheLEDindicatorsareusedtodescribesystem

states,actionsanderrorconditions.ThevalidLED

states are described in the table below.

4. RESET Button

To avoid inadvertent resetting of the system, the

RESETbuttonishiddenbehindatinyholeinthe

front panel and requires activation using a small

device such as a pin or paperclip. Pressing the

RESETbuttonwillresettheAdministratorPassword

and return the IP settings back to the default

network settings.

5. IR Receiver

TheIRReceiverisusedwiththeincludedremote

control.

LED 1 (top)

RED/YELLOW/ ORANGE

LED 2 (bottom)

BLUE

Powering On Orange OFF

Ready OFF ON

Record/Stream RED ON

Indexing RED Fast Blink ON

Play/ OFF Slow Blink

Error YELLOW Fast Blink OFF

Disk Burn RED Slow Blink ON

Mute

(not record)

OFF Fast Blink

Mute (record) RED Fast Blink

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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