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iii User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Ma nager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 CONTENTS PART 1 Cisco Digital Media Suite Administration CHAPTER 1 Welcome [to DMS-Admin] 1-1 Concepts 1-1 Glossary 1-2 Procedures 1-2.
Contents iv User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Reference 3-4 Base Licenses for Cisco DMS Appliances and Endpoin ts 3-5 Optional Module Licenses 3-6 CHAPTER 4 Server Operatio.
Contents v User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Ma nager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 LDAP Concepts 6-14 Password Concepts 6-16 Understand Authentication Property Sheets for LDAP 6-16 Federated Id entity and Singl.
Contents vi User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 CHAPTER 7 Users and Groups 7-1 Concepts 7-1 Understand User Acco unts 7-1 Understand User Roles 7-2 Procedures 7-2 Create User.
Contents vii User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Ma nager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Configure Alert Reports and Notification Settings 8-7 Define Alert Report Parameters 8-7 Define Notification Rules 8-8 Refere.
Contents viii User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Partial Support for Cisco Medianet 2.1 Features 11-6 Understand Medianet Auto configuration for DMPs 11-7 Information That M.
Contents ix User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Ma nager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Reference 12-6 Software UI and Field Reference Tables 12-6 Top-Level Elements to Manage DMPs and DMP Groups 12-6 Elements to A.
Contents x User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Activate RS-232 Syntax Support for DMTech Equ ipment 14-13 Activate RS-2 32 Syntax Su pport for NEC Pres entation Sys tems 14-1.
Contents xi User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Ma nager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Start the Emulator on an IP Phone 15-9 Start the Emulator on a Mobile Phone 15-10 Use the Emulator on an IP Phone or a Mobile .
Contents xii User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 CHAPTER 18 Schedule Media to Play and Commands to Run 18-1 Concepts 18-1 Overview 18-1 Understand Future Deployments for Pres.
Contents xiii User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Ma nager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Guidelines 19-7 DMS-CD Guidel ines 19-7 Restrictions 19-11 DMS-CD Restrictions 19-11 CIFS Restrictions 19-12 ACNS Restrictio.
Contents xiv User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Procedures 20-2 Create and Organize Playlists 20-2 Change the Seque nce of Playback 20-3 Reference 20-3 Software UI and Field.
Contents xv User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Ma nager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Schedule the Future Staging of Emergency Assets 22-6 Start Playback of an Emergency Message 22-7 Stop Playback of an Emergency.
Contents xvi User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 CHAPTER 25 Video on Demand 25-1 Concepts 25-1 Overview 25-1 Guidelines 25-2 Site Assessment for VoD Programming 25-2 Restrict.
Contents xvii User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Ma nager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 CHAPTER 27 Look and Feel 27-1 Concepts 27-1 Overview 27-1 Procedures 27-2 Choose the Color Schem e for Your Menu System 27-2.
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CH A P T E R 1-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 1 Welcome [to DMS-Admin] Revised: May 21, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 1-1 • Procedures, page 1-2 • Referenc e, page 1-6 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
1-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 1 We lcome [to DMS-Admin] Procedures Glossary Timesaver Go to terms that start wit h.
1-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 1 Welcome [to DMS-Admin] Procedures In the top-le vel menu for AAI, the SHO W_INFO option is highligh ted by defa ult. Step 2 Press Enter to load the Sho w Info screen. Step 3 Write down the appliance serial numbe r that AAI sho ws to you.
1-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 1 We lcome [to DMS-Admin] Procedures Step 2 When the login page loads, sign in to your account.
1-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 1 Welcome [to DMS-Admin] Procedures What happens next d epends on what happened before.
1-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 1 We lcome [to DMS-Admin] Reference Reference • F A Qs and T roubleshooting, page 1-6 FAQs and Troubleshooting • F A Qs, page 1 -6 FAQs Q. What might prevent me from log ging in? A.
CH A P T E R 2-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 2 DMS-Admin Dashboard Revised: May 21, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 2-1 • Procedures, page 2-4 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
2-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 2 DMS-Admin Dash board Concepts These are the dashboard gauges. NEW IN CISCO DMS RELEASE 5.2.3 — The Failov er Cluster gauge mon itors your use, if any , of failo ver . Note Sometimes, a monitoring gauge might leave out a value that you expect it to show.
2-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 2 DMS-Admin Dashboard Concepts Understand the System Information Gauge The System Information gauge: • T ells you the instal led release version of your D MM server software. • T ells you the seri al number of your DMM appliance.
2-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 2 DMS-Admin Dash board Procedures Timesaver Click... • View All DMPs and DMP Groups to open the DMP Manager page. • Go to Show and Share to open Show and Share. • Manage Show an d Share to open Show and Share Administration.
CH A P T E R 3-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 3 Licenses Revised: May 21, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 3-1 • Procedures, page 3-2 • Referenc e, page 3-4 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
3-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 3 Lice nses Procedures Understand Licenses Features of Cisco DMS are licensed and activ ated separately . Until you obt ain and install license keys, their corresponding features are hidden from all users — including you, the ad ministrator .
3-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 3 Licenses Procedures Step 3 After you receiv e a license ke y f ile from Cisco, sav e a local copy of it.
3-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 3 Lice nses Reference View Installed Licenses Before You Begin • Install license keys. Procedure Step 1 Start DMS-Admin. Step 2 Choose Licensing > View Licensing . Step 3 Stop.
3-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 3 Licenses Reference Base Licenses for Cisco DMS Appliances and Endpoints W e include a base license at no additional cost with the purchase of an y Cisco DMS appliance or endpoint.
3-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 3 Lice nses Reference Optional Module Licenses Note To obtain and activate an y license for any component of Cisco DMS, you must have a DMM applia nce. Module or Pack Part Number 1 1.
CH A P T E R 4-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 4 Server Operations Revised: May 21, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Procedures, page 4-1 • Referenc e, page 4-3 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
4-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 4 Serv er Operations Procedures Step 3 Do one of the follo wing. Step 4 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Restart Appliances Remotely Procedure Step 1 Start DMS-Admin. Step 2 Choose Administration > Services .
4-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 4 Server Operations Reference Step 4 Choose Opti ons > Restart Server . Step 5 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Reference • Server Processes, page 4-3 Server Processes Each of these server pr ocesses runs on at least one type of Cisco DMS appliance.
4-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 4 Serv er Operations Reference.
CH A P T E R 5-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 5 Cisco Hinter for RTSP Revised: May 21, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 5-1 • Procedures, page 5-3 • Referenc e, page 5-6 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
5-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 5 Cisco Hi nter for RTSP Concepts Y ou must use our Cisco Hinter utility to output each h inted MO V file. Cisco Hinter prepares MPEG2-TS files for interlea ved R TP transm ission through open so urce software called Darwin Str eaming Server (DSS).
5-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 5 Cisco Hinter for RTSP Procedures Restrictions RTSP Variants • There are many v ariants of R TSP and we support only one of them . Y ou must use RTP over RTSP , which is also called RTP o ver TCP or Interleaved TCP .
5-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 5 Cisco Hi nter for RTSP Procedures Download Cisco Hinter Procedure Step 1 Start DMS-Admin. Step 2 Choose Settings > Hinter . Step 3 Click to download either the W indo ws or the Linux versi on.
5-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 5 Cisco Hinter for RTSP Procedures Run Cisco Hinter on Windows Procedure Step 1 Open a c ommand prompt where you decompressed the archi ve. Step 2 T ype the command runHinter .bat , and then press Enter .
5-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 5 Cisco Hi nter for RTSP Reference Click Br owse or Choose File (depending on you r browser) to f ind your MPEG2-TS file.
CH A P T E R 6-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 6 Authentication and Fe derated Identity Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 6-1 • Procedures, page 6-21 • Referenc e, page 6-31 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
6-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts Overview User authentication features of DMS-Admin help you to: • NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.
6-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts administrator DN The DN to authenticate your Activ e Directory server’ s administrator . Note NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.3 — This release is more strict than an y prior release in its enforcement of proper LD AP syntax.
6-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts D Return to T op DC domain component . An attrib ute to designate one consti tuent part of a fully-qualif ied domain name (FQDN).
6-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts directory se rvice entity Any single, named uni t at any le vel wit hin a nested hierarchy of named units, relati ve to a network.
6-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts I Return to T op IdP NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.
6-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts O Return to T op OpenAM NEW IN CI SCO DMS 5.2.3 — SAML 2.0-compliant identity and access management server platform writ ten in Ja va.
6-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts U Return to T op user base The location of the user subtree in the LD AP directory tree. For ex ample, DC=ad,DC=com . Note An LDAP expression must never include a space immediately to either side of a “=” sign.
6-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts Understand the Requirement to Authenticate Users Although Cisco DMS always authenticates users, we support th ree authentication methods.
6-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts Decide Which Authentication Method to Use LDAP and Active Directory Concept.
6-11 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts LDAP is Highly Complex Caution LDAP -related features of Cisco DMS ar e meant for use by qualified and experienced administrators of Microsoft Active Directory .
6-12 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts Synchronization ( Replication ) Overview When you choose LD AP authentic ation or SSO au thentication, user account data o riginates from your Activ e Directory server .
6-13 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts Understand Synchronization of a DMM Group to an LDAP Filter NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.1 • In most cases, you can associa te one LD AP filter apiece to one DMM us er group.
6-14 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts Guidelines for Synchronization W e recommend that you synchroni ze your LD AP bookmarks periodically . Synchronization ensures th at user and group membership ass ociations ar e current and co rrect.
6-15 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts Understand LDAP Attributes Ordinarily , DMS-Admin will not import an y use.
6-16 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts Use “memberOf” values to pinpoint a filter more precise ly • But what.
6-17 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts Federated Identity and Single Sign-on (SSO) Concepts • IdP Requirements,.
6-18 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts 9. Synchronize DMM with your Acti ve Directory server to popul ate the DMM user database. Note You MUST configure at leas t one LDAP bookmark.
6-19 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Concepts SSO Scenario 2 — Trusted + Valid + NOT Authorized NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.3 SSO Scenario 3 — Nothing Known NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.
6-20 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Concepts Migration Between Authentication Methods • Understand Migration (from Eit.
6-21 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Procedures The result v aries according to th e combination of your choices.
6-22 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Procedures Export the Root CA X.509 Certificate fr om Your Active Directory Server Procedure Step 1 Open a web browser on your Activ e Directory serv er and connect to ht tp://localhost/certsrv .
6-23 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Procedures Choose an Authentication Method Procedure Step 1 Choose Administration > Security > A uthentication . Step 2 Us e elements on the Select Mode property sheet to choose an auth entication mode.
6-24 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Procedures Step 3 Do the following . a. Use elements on the Define Filter proper ty sheet to def ine, validate, and add one LD AP filter .
6-25 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Procedures Step 4 V alidate the DMM group name. • Group names in DMM can include alphanumeric characters ( 0–9 ; a–z ; A-Z ), hyphens ( - ), underscores ( _ ), and peri ods ( .
6-26 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Procedures Step 3 Click Update . The authentication set tings that you changed are now in ef fect. Step 4 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure.
6-27 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Procedures Step 4 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure.
6-28 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Procedures Derive LDAP Group Membership Dynamically from a Query NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.1 — Y ou can populate a user group with the retu rned output from a User Base DN query .
6-29 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Procedures Configure Federation Services for SSO • NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.3 — Export an SP Confi guration File from DMM, page 6- 29 • NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.
6-30 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Procedures Step 3 Click Import . Step 4 Choose and upload the IdP file that y ou sav ed pre viously . Step 5 Ente r the necessary LD AP information to use your Acti ve Direc tory server .
6-31 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Reference Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 6-31 • Samp.
6-32 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Reference Last Conf igured IdP While it names an IdP e xplicitly , this valu e does not necessarily id entify the IdP in current use.
6-33 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Reference Related Topics • Choose an Authentication Method, page 6-23 • Element.
6-34 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Reference Related Topics • Choose an Authentication Method, page 6-23 • Elements.
6-35 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Reference Related Topics • Choose an Authentication Method, page 6-23 • Element.
6-36 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Reference • Elements to Def ine, V alidate, and Add LD AP Filters, page 6-33 • E.
6-37 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Reference • Elements to Def ine, V alidate, and Add LD AP Filters, page 6-33 • Elements to Use LD AP Bookmarks for Synchronization, page 6-34 Sample SP Configuration File from DMM <?xml version="1.
6-38 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Reference <ManageNameIDService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:SOAP" Location="http://DMMSP.example.com:8080/opensso/SPMniSoap/metaAlias/sp" ResponseLocation="http://DMMSP.
6-39 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Reference <SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="http://OpenAM.example.
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6-41 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Reference </ds:X509Certificate> </ds:X509Data> </ds:KeyInfo> </KeyDescriptor> <AttributeService Binding=”urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.
6-42 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Reference Federation Mode (SSO) FAQs Q. NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.3 — Are there any special APIs to use federation mode? A. No. W e support one set of API ca lls that w ork iden tically across all supported authentication modes.
6-43 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Authenti cation and Fede rated Identity Reference User Exclusion FAQs Q. Can I block Cisco DMS acces s to one particular Active Directory user account, when it is among the matc hed results for an otherwise useful LDAP filter? A.
6-44 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 6 Au thentication and Federated Identity Reference.
CH A P T E R 7-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 7 Users and Groups Revised: May 22, 2010 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 7-1 • Procedures, page 7-2 • Referenc e, page 7-9 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
7-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gro ups Procedures Understand User Roles User roles in DMS-Admin are th e automatic result of a logical operatio n. Y ou cannot use DMS-Admin to assign a user role directly to any user .
7-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gr oups Procedures Create User Groups Procedure Step 1 Choose Administration > Users. Step 2 Click Create Gro up . Step 3 Enter values to name and describe the g roup.
7-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gro ups Procedures Delete User Groups Procedure Step 1 Choose Administration > Users. Step 2 Click a group name to highlight it. Step 3 Choose Opti ons > Delete G r oup .
7-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gr oups Procedures Step 3 Enter the required values in th e Add New User d ialog box. Step 4 ( Optional ) Enter contact information. Step 5 ( Optional ) Assign the user to a user group.
7-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gro ups Procedures Related Topics • Elements to Configure User Account Sett ings, page 7-9 • Delete User Acco .
7-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gr oups Procedures Step 3 Choose Optio ns > Edit User . Step 4 Make changes to its v alues in the Edit User dialog box. Step 5 ( Optional ) Enter contact information.
7-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gro ups Procedures Delete User Accounts Note You cannot delete the superuser account. However , you can delete any other user account. Procedure Step 1 Choose Administration > Users.
7-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gr oups Reference Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 7-9 • F A Qs and Troublesho oting,.
7-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 7 Users and Gro ups Reference FAQs and Troubleshooting • F A Qs, page 7- 10 FAQs Q. What might prevent a user from logging in to DMM with an account that I created in DMS-Admin? A.
CH A P T E R 8-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 8 Events and Notifications Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 8-1 • Procedures, page 8-5 • Referenc e, page 8-9 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
8-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and No tifications Concepts Overview DMS-Admin supports email (SMTP) nati vely . In addition, yo u can purchase and in stall a license ke y to activ ate our SNMP Notif ications Mod ule .
8-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and Notifications Concepts Understand SNMP Concepts Y our fully licensed and equipped DMS-Admi n software can use SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c to: • Respond to Cisco DMS MIB schema -compliant queries from your N MS.
8-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and No tifications Concepts Understand Supported Event Types • Global Ev ent Catego ries, page 8-4 • DMP Event Ca.
8-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and Notifications Procedures Failover Cluster Event Categories WAAS Event Categories Understand Notification Methods Email Acti vat es automatic deli very of email noti fication messages for all corresponding e vent types.
8-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and No tifications Procedures Enable or Disable Email Y ou can enable or disable the em ail service (SMTP) on your DMM appliance.
8-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and Notifications Procedures Populate the MIB Browser in Your NMS Procedure Step 1 Lo g in to your Cisco.com a ccount on ftp.cisco .com . Step 2 Navigate to . Timesaver Alternatively, go to http://cisco.
8-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and No tifications Procedures Define Notification Rules Before You Begin • Before you can deli ver notificat ion messages to any email recipent, y ou must config ure SMTP and enable no tif icatio n operations for it.
8-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and Notifications Reference Reference • F A Qs and Troublesho oting, page 8-9 FAQs and Troubleshooting • F A Qs, page 8- 9 FAQs • SMTP F A Qs, page 8-9 • SNMP and MIB F A Qs, page 8-9 SMTP FAQs Q.
8-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 8 Events and No tifications Reference T o understand these object groups, see the agent capabilities f ile. Q. Can I configure the communi ty for my... • ... SNMP agent to accept ‘get’ requests? A.
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CH A P T E R 9-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 9 Welcome [to Centralized DMP Management] Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 9-1 • Procedures, page 9-2 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
9-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 9 Welcome [to Centralize d DMP Management] Procedures Procedures • Start Digital Signs, page 9-2 Start Digital Signs Procedure Step 1 Poi nt your brow ser at your D MM appliance.
CH A P T E R 10-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 10 DMP Dashboard Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 10-2 • Procedures, page 10-5 • Referenc e, page 10-9 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
10-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DMP Dashboa rd Concepts Concepts • Overvie w , page 10 -2 • Understand the Media and Schedules Gauge, page 10 -2 • U.
10-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DM P Dashboard Concepts Understand the Left Side of th e Media and Schedules Gauge The left side of the Media and Schedules gaug e show s a read-only version of the depl oyment schedule that Cisco D igital Signs and Cisco Cast share.
10-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DMP Dashboa rd Concepts Figure 10-2 The Digital Media Players Gauge Tip DMM might report temporaril y that a newly added DMP is unreachable. Most commonly , this occurs before the first polling session.
10-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DM P Dashboard Procedures Understand the Settings Gauge The Settings gauge summarizes the most basic attri butes of conf igured settings for your DMM appliance and your content deli very network.
10-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DMP Dashboa rd Procedures Tip • All gauges ar e made wide that load on the left side. • All gauges are made nar row that load on the right side. Step 3 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure.
10-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DM P Dashboard Procedures Use the Right Side of the Media and Schedules Gauge Procedure Step 1 Examine the gauge . Step 2 Do any of the follo wing. Step 3 ( Optional ) W ould you like to populate your media libr ary with assets or URLs? If so, click Add Asset .
10-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DMP Dashboa rd Procedures Use the Digital Media Players Gauge Before You Begin • Y ou must be logged in as an administrator or as a user with suff icient perm i ssions to see at least one DMP or one DMP group .
10-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DM P Dashboard Reference Related Topics • Understand the Media and Schedules Gauge, page 10 -2 • Use the Digit al Medi.
10-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 10 DMP Dashboa rd Reference Related Topics • Use the Right Side of the Media and S chedules Gauge, page 10-7 • Use the D.
CH A P T E R 11-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 11 Register DMPs Revised: May 25, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 11-2 • Procedures, page 11-12 • Referenc e, page 11-18 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
11-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts Concepts • Overvie w , page 11 -2 • Glossary , page 11 -2 • Restrictions, pa ge 11-9 • Guid.
11-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts C Return to T op CDP Cisco Discovery Pr otocol . DMPs and oth er de vices that support CDP can comm.
11-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts L Return to T op Location Services Mechanism by which a de vice can learn its actual physical (“ci vic”) location through its connectio n to a Medianet-ready switch.
11-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts MSI service discovery Mechanism that appl ies DHCP option 125 packets to adv ertise — and poll for — the av ailability of particular services in a ne tw ork.
11-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts Partial Support for Cisco Medianet 2.1 Features Some DMP endpoints support some Cisco Medi anet 2.1 features. Note We do not support any Mediane t features on DMP 4305G endpoints.
11-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts Understand Medianet Autoconfiguration for DMPs Some DMP models can use CDP to announce and identify t hemselves on netw orks. • NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.
11-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts Medianet Activation Workflow for a DMP 4310G or 4400G Medianet support is en abled by def ault on DMPs in Cisco DMS release 5.2.3 . Howe ver , you can turn this support Of f or back On again at your discretio n.
11-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts Digital Signs a. Create and save a system task that uses: • Set as its request type. • init.startSe rvice_msi=yes &mib.save=1&mng. reboot=1 as its request string.
11-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts Guidelines • Limit Y our Use of Manual Re gistration, page 11-10 • General Best Practices for .
11-11 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Concepts • Therefore, you should plan to st agger the start times b y at least 35 minutes apiece when you schedule DMP autoregistration tasks that will search multiple su bnets.
11-12 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Procedures Procedures • Use DMPDM to Prepare a DMP for Manual Reg istration, page 11-12 • Use a System .
11-13 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Procedures Related Topics • Add or Edit Address Ranges f or Non-Medianet Autore gistration, page 11-15 .
11-14 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Procedures d. Choose from the Select an Ev ent T ype list the system task that you named in Step 2. e. Click Submit . Note After your targeted DMPs restart, you must update DMM user crede ntial entries at Settings > Server Settings.
11-15 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Procedures Step 3 Click Save . Step 4 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Caution DMP credentials must match exactly in DMPDM and Cisco Digital Signs .
11-16 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Procedures Timesaver Did you know that you can also use DMM-native (non-Medianet) autoregistration to populate a spec ific DMP group? It’s easy. 1. Choose Digital Media Player s > DMP Manager.
11-17 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Procedures Add or Edit One DMP Manually Procedure Step 1 Choose Digital M edia Players > DMP Manager . Step 2 Do either of the following. • Click the Add DMP icon above the DMP List table.
11-18 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference Step 4 Choose More Actions > Delete fr om System . DMM shows a warning message and asks that yo u either confirm or cancel your request. Step 5 Click OK to save your w ork.
11-19 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference Elements to Autoregister DMPs Navigation Path Either of these.
11-20 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference Elements to Delete One DMP Manually Navigation Path Digital Media Players > DMP Manager > D.
11-21 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference Prevent DHCP Address Assignments to the Wrong VLAN Note You can run the following shell script (“mandatory .cdp.sh”) on a Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch.
11-22 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference NEW_TRIGGER=CISCO_CDPDEVICE_EVENT if [[ $_nd_cdp_capabilities_bit_4 -eq YES ]]; then DEVICE_TYPE=.
11-23 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference fetch IS_LWAP_DETECTION_ENABLED /config/interface{$INTERFACE}/device_trigger{$LWAP}/macro_auto_de.
11-24 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference # multiple devices are connected to the same interface.
11-25 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference fetch NATIVE_VLAN /config/trigger{$NEW_TRIGGER}/vlan_native trigger $CURRENT_TRIGGER TRIGGER=$CUR.
11-26 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 11 Register DMPs Reference Q. Can I obtain the serial number of a DMP? A. NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.3 — Y es, you can — but onl y for a DMP 4310G whose installed f irmwar e version is at leas t 5.
CH A P T E R 12-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 12 Organize DMPs in Groups Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 12-1 • Procedures, page 10-5 • Referenc e, page 12-6 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
12-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Gro ups Concepts Related Topics • T op-Lev el Elements to Manage DMPs and DMP Gr oups, page 12-6 Unders.
12-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Groups Procedures Procedures • Add and Edit DMP G roups, page 12-3 • Delete DM P Groups, page 12-4 .
12-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Gro ups Procedures Delete DMP Groups Procedure Step 1 Choose Digital M edia Players > DMP Manager . Step 2 Navigate in the DMP Gro ups tree, expanding lev els until you f ind the group.
12-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Groups Procedures Remove DMPs Manually from DMP Groups Procedure Step 1 Choose Digital M edia Players > DMP Manager . Step 2 Navigate in the DMP Groups t ree, expanding its l ev els until you f ind a group that should n o longer include a DMP .
12-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Gro ups Reference Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 12-6 • F A Qs and Trouble.
12-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Groups Reference Related Topics • Add and Edit DMP G roups, page 12-3 Elements to Add or Edit DMP Group.
12-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Gro ups Reference Elements to Delete DMP Groups Navigation Path Digital Media Players > DMP Manager Re.
12-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Groups Reference Related Topics • T op-Lev el Elements to Manage DMPs and DMP Gr oups, page 12-6 • Remove DMPs Manually from DMP Groups , page 12-5 FAQs and Troubleshooting • F A Qs, page 12 -9 FAQs Q.
12-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 12 Organize DMPs in Gro ups Reference.
CH A P T E R 13-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Revised: May 3 1, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 13-1 • Procedures, page 13-5 • Referenc e, page 13-8 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
13-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Concepts numerals 802.11b A wireless networking standard that specifies a maximu m data transfer rate of 11Mbps and an op erating frequenc y of 2.
13-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Concepts P Return to T op PEAP server Pr otected E AP serv er, wh ich combines centralized tw o-way authenti cation with dynamicall y generated wireless equi va lent pri vac y keys or WEP key s.
13-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Concepts ASCII Passphrases and Hexadecimal Keys for WEP Tip You can ignore this topi c if your Wi-Fi network uses WPA and not WEP. Many W i-Fi acces s points (wireless routers) ac cept only a hexadecimal passphrase for WEP-64 and WEP-128.
13-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Procedures Restrictions • Ethernet connections tak e priority over W i-F i connections on DMPs where both ar e active.
13-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Procedures What to Do Next • Go to the “Establish a W ireless Network Connection (802.11)” section on page 13 -6 . Related Topics • DMP Network Interfaces, page 13-8 Establish a Wireless Network Connection (802.
13-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Procedures The Create Ne w WIFI Application page op ens. Step 3 En ter a meaningful name for the W i-Fi n e tw ork that this applicat ion describes.
13-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Reference Step 11 After you unplug their Ethernet cables, restart these DMPs.
13-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Reference Q. Can I overcome the SSID broadcast requirement if I wa it until my DMP is connected before I turn off the SSID broadcast? A. No. Y our DMP will lose its connection to your WLAN.
13-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 13 Configure DMP Wi-Fi Settings Reference.
CH A P T E R 14-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 14 Touchscreens, Projectors, and Displays Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 14-1 • Procedures, page 14-7 • Referenc e, page 14-22 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
14-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Concepts Overview A DMP transmits signals to a public pr esentation system that you choose, such as a flat-panel display or projector that is co nnected to the DMP .
14-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Concepts Presentation System Concepts • Understand Whi ch Displays W ork Be st .
14-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Concepts Special considerations apply when you obtain a signal cable that is lo nger or of a dif ferent type than cables that we included in your product kit.
14-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Concepts Figure 14-1 Signal Cable Purchasing Facto rs to Consider Beyond the gen eral guidelines that Figure 14-1 il lustrates, two ad ditional fact ors might constrain which types of signal cable y ou can use.
14-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Concepts Understand and Prevent Image Retention ( Burn-in ) After any LCD panel sho ws a fixed pattern for more than 12 hours, slight voltage dif ferences can dev elop among electrodes that po wer the liquid crystals.
14-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Procedures Procedures • Connect to a Digital Display or Projector , page 14-7 .
14-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Procedures Related Topics • V ideo and Audio Signal Interf aces, page 14-23 • .
14-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Procedures Procedure Step 1 Do only one of the followi ng.
14-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Procedures Related Topics • V ideo and Audio Signal Interf aces, page 14-23 Connect to an Analog Display or Projector Tip DMPs support connec tions to analog pr esentation systems.
14-11 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Procedures Prepare Equipment Support RS-232 Syntax • Acti v ate RS-232 Syntax .
14-12 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Procedures Activate RS-232 Syntax Support fo r a 42- or 47-inch Cisco LCD Note This procedure appl ies exclusively to our 42-inch and 47-i nch LCD display models.
14-13 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Procedures Ar e you turning On or turni ng Off the sup port for central ized management ? Step 5 Click OK to confirm your choice and close the selector .
14-14 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Procedures When you use an HDMI cable or a DV I cable to connect your DMP to a 40- or 52-inch Cisco LCD display , you can use Digital Signs to centrally manage the LCD display .
14-15 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Procedures Activate or Deactivate Resolution Autodetection Before You Begin • Acti vate HDMI autodetectio n. Procedure Step 1 De ploy the System T a sk e vent called Screen Resolution A utotection On .
14-16 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Procedures Step 4 Enter a name. For e xample, the name might identify a locale where the lighting is dim, for which you must adjust the brightness.
14-17 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Procedures Related Topics • Elements to Co nf igure DMP Au dio/V i deo Settings, page 14-27 Delete DMP Output Settings for Video and Audio Y ou can delete any of your named and sa ve d setting s for DMP audio and video outp ut.
14-18 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Procedures Use Simple Menus to Control E quipment That We Support Explicitly Y ou can defin e and sav e a customized b undle of de vice conf iguration settings fo r certain popular presentation syst em models.
14-19 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Procedures Step 7 Click Submit to save your w ork, so that you might someday use it. OR Click Cancel to discard your wor k. Step 8 Stop.
14-20 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Procedures Step 8 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. What to Do Next • W ould you like to delete what you edited? Proceed to the “Delete Equipment Settings That Y o u Ch ose from Menus” section on page 14-20 .
14-21 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Procedures Step 5 Choose Set from the Request T ype list. Step 6 Enter an RS-232 command string in th e Request field. Note Manufacturers impl ement RS-232 commands as they see fit.
14-22 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Reference Step 7 Click Submit to save your w ork, so that you might someday u se it. OR Click Cancel to discard your wor k. Step 8 Stop.
14-23 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Reference Video and Audio Signal Interfaces DMP 4305G DMP 4310G DMP 4400G Table 14-1 Media Signal Interfaces Category Chassis Label DMP 4305G DMP 4310G DMP 4400G V ideo connectors HDMI 1.
14-24 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Reference Supported Touchscreen Drivers Software UI and Field Reference Tables .
14-25 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Reference Sharpness A sharpness (clarity) setti ng value i n the range from 0 to 100. Set the sharpness. Then, check Apply . Color A color setting v alue in the range from 0 t o 100.
14-26 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Reference Related Topics • Use Simple Menus to Control Eq uipment That W e Supp.
14-27 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Reference Elements to Configure DMP Audio/Video Settings Navigation Path Digital.
14-28 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Reference Elements to Control Screen Resolution Autodetection Navigation Path Digital Media Players > Advanced T asks > System T asks > Screen Reso lution Autode tection.
14-29 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Reference Related Topics • Acti vat e RS-232 Syntax Support for DMT ech Equipm.
14-30 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Reference Colorfulness 1 (Saturation) 50% rs232.tx_he x= kj0x2000x203 2h rs232.tx_he x= aa27f f013259 rs232.tx_he x= kj0x2000x2032 h rs232.
14-31 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Reference FAQs and Troubleshooting • F A Qs, page 14-31 • T roubleshoot Cisc.
14-32 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Reference Q. When is it ne cessary to repeat the calibration of a touchscr een? A. Y ou mu st repeat this calibration whenev er you: • Rotate a touchscreen or change its resolution .
14-33 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscreens, Pr ojectors, and Displa ys Reference Problem The image is blurred. Solution Run Frequenc y Coarse and Fine t uning. Solution T urn Off the display , remove all accessories (cable s, etc.
14-34 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 14 Touchscree ns, Projectors, and Displays Reference Step 3 Tu r n On your display . The self-test runs immediat ely . • PA S S — The LED po wer indicator remains green. • FA I L — A n on-screen message mov es around on the sc reen, which says “Check Signal Cable.
CH A P T E R 15-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 15 DMP Remote Control and Its Emulation Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 15-1 • Procedures, page 15-3 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
15-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DMP Remote Contr ol and Its Emulation Concepts Workflow to Provision Emulator Service for IP Phones Y ou can pro vision a servic e from Cisco Unified Communicatio ns Manager that emulates t he handheld DMP remote control unit on Cisco IP phones.
15-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DM P Remote Control and Its Emulation Procedures Procedures In Cisco Unified Communications Manager • Acti vate Serv ice.
15-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DMP Remote Contr ol and Its Emulation Procedures Start Services Before You Begin • Activ ate service s. Procedure Step 1 Choose T ools > Control Center - F eature Services .
15-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DM P Remote Control and Its Emulation Procedures What to Do Next • Proceed to the “Enable IP Phone Autoregistratio n” section on page 15-5 . Related Topics • Start Services, page 15-4 Enable IP Phone Autoregistration Before You Begin • Config ure URL parameters.
15-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DMP Remote Contr ol and Its Emulation Procedures Step 5 En ter this URL in the Serv ice URL fi eld: http:// < DMM_ hostname > :8080/etv-remotecontr ol-webapp/app/getpin Step 6 Click Save .
15-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DM P Remote Control and Its Emulation Procedures What to Do Next • Proceed to the “Configure Emulator Set tings in Cast” section on page 15- 7 .
15-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DMP Remote Contr ol and Its Emulation Procedures Step 5 ( As Needed ) Did you c hoose the dynamic PIN type in Step 4 ? If so, enter at least one digit in the Secu rity PIN update interval (minutes) field.
15-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DM P Remote Control and Its Emulation Procedures Step 3 Go to Netw ork Configurati on , and then press Select .
15-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DMP Remote Contr ol and Its Emulation Procedures Start the Emulator on a Mobile Phone Before You Begin • Config ure emulator settings in Cisco Cast . • Make note of the gene rated PIN code in the to p -right corner of a DMP display that is sho wing Cisco Cast .
15-11 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DM P Remote Control and Its Emulation Procedures Related Topics • W orkflow t o Provision Emulat or Service for IP Phon.
15-12 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 15 DMP Remote Contr ol and Its Emulation Procedures.
CH A P T E R 16-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 16 DMP User Permissions Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 16-1 • Procedures, page 16-8 • Referenc e, page 16-9 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
16-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DMP User Permissions Concepts Scenarios That Illustrate S pecialized User Permissions Y ou can assign highly specialized pe rmissions to any DMM user . Examples in this section state ho w you might customize user permissions in various scenarios.
16-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DM P User Permissions Concepts 4. Assign permi ssions to view the schedule. a. From the Role list, choose . b. Check the All check box in the Read colum n, b ut uncheck every other check b ox.
16-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DMP User Permissions Concepts 2. Assign permi ssions to manage content. a. From the Role list, choose . b. Uncheck ev ery check box. A message explains that t his user has “ ” to manage content.
16-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DM P User Permissions Concepts c. Do all of the follo wing in the selectio n tree that catalogues y our DMP groups.
16-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DMP User Permissions Concepts 2. Configure pe rmissions to manage content. a. From the Role list, choose . b. Check the All check box in every column. 3. Configure pe rmissions to manage advanced tasks.
16-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DM P User Permissions Concepts Scenario 4: Permission to Manage Only the Schedule fo r One DMP Group T o restrict user permissions as the y should be restricted in thi s scenario, you would do the fol lowing.
16-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DMP User Permissions Procedures 5. Click Submit . Procedures • Config ure User Rights and Permissions, page 16-8 Configure User Rights and Permissions Before You Begin • T o see and use the Settings tab, you mu st be logged in an administrator .
16-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DM P User Permissions Reference Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 16-9 Software UI and Field Ref.
16-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 16 DMP User Permissions Reference R ole The list of user role ty pes. Each type of r o l e i s a ss o c i at e d wi t h s om e o f t h e f ea t u re s i n D M M .
CH A P T E R 17-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 17 Media Assets and Embedded Software Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 17-1 • Procedures, page 17-4 • Referenc e, page 17-7 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
17-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Me dia Assets and Embedded Software Concepts Restrictions • User Permission Restrict ions, page 17-2 • Media Restricti.
17-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Media Assets and Em bedded Software Concepts MPEG-4 Support and Restrictions Our support for MPEG-4 requ ires that you use the MPEG-4 P art 2 or Part 10 (H.264) codec and that yo u multiple x audio and video in an MPEG -2 T ransport Stream.
17-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Me dia Assets and Embedded Software Procedures Procedures • W ork with Assets and Cate gories in Y our Media Library , p.
17-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Media Assets and Em bedded Software Procedures Procedure Step 1 Click the Single tab. Step 2 Do one of the follo wing in the Source area to sp ecify the full local pathnam e or remote HTTP URL of the asset.
17-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Me dia Assets and Embedded Software Procedures Add Multiple Assets Simultaneously to Your Media Library The amount of time.
17-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Media Assets and Em bedded Software Reference Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 17-7 Software UI.
17-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Me dia Assets and Embedded Software Reference Filter by Methods by which you can ca use the untitled table to descri be on ly the asset s fr om your media libr ary that matc h paramet ers you have specified.
17-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Media Assets and Em bedded Software Reference Related Topics • Elements to Add Categ ories and Rename Them, page 17-9 .
17-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Me dia Assets and Embedded Software Reference Elements to Add Assets and Edit Their Attributes Features of the Ad d Media Asset and Edit Medi a Asset dialog boxes help you to populate and manage your media library .
17-11 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Media Assets and Em bedded Software Reference Elements To Describe and Preview One Asset The V iew A sset dialog box describes the attrib utes of one asset in your Media Library and, in some cases, sho ws a previe w .
17-12 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 17 Me dia Assets and Embedded Software Reference Usage tab Shows either the Playlists for Asset table or the Pr esen tations for Asset ta ble, depending on whether you click Playlist or Presentation , r espectively .
CH A P T E R 18-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 18 Schedule Media to Play and Commands to Run Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 18-1 • Procedures, page 18-7 • Referenc e, page 18-10 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
18-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Medi a to Play and Comma nds to Run Concepts Later Or , you can set th em to run automati cally from a sc hedule, with or without re currence. (W e call this method “Play in Future.
18-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Media to Play an d Commands to Run Concepts Understand Tooltips in the Schedule Timeline Whene ver your pointer ho vers o ver a e vent in the ti meline, the schedule sho ws a tooltip.
18-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Medi a to Play and Comma nds to Run Concepts • Almost ne ver schedule e vent instances that e xtend more than 60 days into the future. The exceptions to this rule are: – An entry that recurs mon thly can persist in your sche dule for as long as 3 months.
18-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Media to Play an d Commands to Run Concepts • Y ou cannot use the Schedules > Play No w feature with external deplo yment server s. • All deployments t o e xternal servers re quire that you use Schedu les > Play in Future.
18-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Medi a to Play and Comma nds to Run Concepts • Method One, pa ge 18-6 • Method T wo, page 18-6 • Method Three, page 18-6 Method One Workflow 1. Schedule and deploy a recurring e vent fo r the f irst uninterrupted span o f dates.
18-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Media to Play an d Commands to Run Procedures Procedures • Use ‘Play No w’ to T ransmit Assets or Commands .
18-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Medi a to Play and Comma nds to Run Procedures Related Topics • Understand Future Deployment s for Presentation.
18-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Media to Play an d Commands to Run Procedures Step 4 Wh en the Schedule T ask dialog bo x opens, complete these steps: a.
18-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Medi a to Play and Comma nds to Run Reference Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 18-10 .
18-11 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Media to Play an d Commands to Run Reference Elements to Describe the Status of Deployed Events Navigation Path .
18-12 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 18 Schedule Medi a to Play and Comma nds to Run Reference In addition, a st atus bar at the bottom of the popup w indow counts the number of errors associat ed with the described deploy ment.
CH A P T E R 19-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 19-1 • Procedures, page 19-15 • Referenc e, page 19-21 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
19-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Concepts Content distrib ution technologies can mak e perfect copi es of imp ortant fi les from your origin serv er and store the duplicates on mu ltiple nodes in your networ k.
19-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Concepts Related Topics • DMS-CD Over view , page 19-4 • Understand DMP Supp ort fo.
19-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Concepts DMS-CD Overview Activation Anyone who has purcha sed a valid license to use this release of Cisco Digital Sign s also has a perpetual license to use its built-in implementation of DMS-CD.
19-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Concepts Resumption of Interrupted and Paused File Trans fers File transf er resumption in DMS-CD helps to comp ensate for bandwidth throttling an d other constraints that might limit ho w many assets you can pro vision at a time.
19-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Concepts DMP Group Memberships Each DMP considers its group memberships when it starts to recei ve pro vis ioned data from DMS-CD.
19-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Concepts • Deployment w as interrupted (netw ork outage, DMM do wn, etc.
19-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Concepts Gather the Essential Data to Develo p a Deployment Strategy DMS-CD deployment s and deployment packages are a ll unique in their own ways.
19-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Concepts D. Duration of opportunity for deployment The produc t of two v alues that you multiply .
19-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Concepts Limit DMS-CD Disruptions to DMP Performance Improper scheduling practices and improper W AN ba n dwidth parameters in your media netw ork might cause DMS-CD to disrup t playback performance temporarily on DMPs.
19-11 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Concepts Related Topics • Config ure Deployment Threshold Pref erences, page 19-17 R.
19-12 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Concepts • DMS-CD does not pre vent you from using the Actions list or the Play Now feat ure to start transferring a DMS-CD deplo yment package i mmediately .
19-13 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Concepts Caution Never delete an ECDS channel that Cisco DMS uses. Otherwise, you cannot see, select, edi t, or delete in your schedule any events that use the deleted channel.
19-14 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Concepts Deployment Scheduling Logic at Acme T able 19-4 explain s how Acme or ganizes its scheduled deplo yments. DMPs There are fi ve DMPs per site, and each DMP belongs to only one group.
19-15 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Procedures Procedures • Config ure A CNS or W AAS, page 19-15 • Configure DMS-CD, page 19-16 Configure ACNS or WAAS Tip See our integration wh ite paper on Cisco.
19-16 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Procedures Procedure Step 1 Choose Settings > Media Delivery , and then choose the options th at meet your requirements. Step 2 Click Save .
19-17 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Procedures Configure Deployment Threshold Preferences Procedure Step 1 Choose Digital Media Players > Deployment Manager > Pr eferences .
19-18 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Procedures Step 5 Compa re the total free capacity to the expected size of your deplo yment package. • When the to tal free capaci ty is suff icient, provisio n the assets in a depl oyment package, as planned.
19-19 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Procedures Step 12 Choose Digital Signage > Digital Medial Play ers > Advanced T ask > (Go to) UR L .
19-20 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Procedures Step 7 Does this job consist of assets for an emer gency notifi cation? • If so, check the Emergency/Alarm check box. • If not, uncheck it.
19-21 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Reference Procedure Step 1 Choose Digital Media Players > Advanced T asks . Step 2 Choose Deployment Package from the Applicat ion T ypes list.
19-22 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Reference Table 19-5 Elements to Configure DMS-CD Deployment Thresholds Element Descrip.
19-23 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Reference Enable maximum transfer rate Enforces or ignores a maximum transfer r ate that you specify . This rate is the upper threshold allo wed for bandwid th consumptio n by DMS-CD during its depl oyments to any o ne DMP in your W AN.
19-24 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Reference Related Topics • Config ure Deployment Threshold Pref erences, page 19-17 E.
19-25 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Reference Elements to Define WAAS, ACNS, or ECDS Settings Application T ypes The list of cate gories for adv a nced tasks. Click a category to see its tasks.
19-26 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Reference Related Topics • Config ure A CNS or W AAS, page 19-15 ACNS CDM Address The.
19-27 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Reference FAQs and Troubleshooting • T roubleshoot DMS-CD, page 19-27 • F A Qs for.
19-28 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Reference Figure 19-1 Deployment Details For e xample, an error message in Figure 19-1 states that DMP login credentials w ere incorrect. Step 4 Stop.
19-29 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Reference Step 5 Search through the DMS-CD.
19-30 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Reference FAQs for ACNS Q. Soon after I send copies of assets to my Content Engines, what prevents their play back on DMPs? A.
19-31 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Reference Is the HTTP bit rate (bandwidth) setting too low on your Content Engine? The factory-def ault bandwidth setting for HTTP sessions (u p to 1.
19-32 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Reference Note Ensure that your proxy server is powerful enou gh to handle its full load of HTTP sessions.
19-33 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Reference Troubleshoot Unlisted or Missing ACNS Channels in Digit al Signs • Do time.
19-34 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Reference Troubleshoot ACNS Assets That Your DMPs Do Not Play • Is the A CNS channel .
19-35 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution a nd Delivery Reference Is the ACNS channel quota misconfi gured? Consider the follo wing points when you conf igure the channel quot a for DMS in CDM.
19-36 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 19 Content Distribution and Delivery Reference Is the ACNS channel fully configu red to use an external manifest file? 1. Log in to CDM. 2. Choose Services > Channels . 3. Click Channel Content in the table of cont ents.
P ART 3 Communicate An ything with Cisco Digital Signs.
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CH A P T E R 20-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 20 Playlists Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 20-1 • Procedures, page 20-2 • Referenc e, page 20-3 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
20-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 20 Playlists Procedures Improve Transition Speeds W e recomm end that you disable t he video failover feature on DMPs.
20-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 20 Playlists Reference Change the Sequence of Playback Procedure Step 1 Click an asset that should be mov ed. Step 2 Click either Move Play list It em Up or Mo ve Playlist Item Do wn .
20-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 20 Playlists Reference {Estimated | Planned} Respectiv ely: • An estimate of the actual running time from start to f inish of the described asset, without re gard for the amount of t ime the playlist has reserv ed to sho w it.
CH A P T E R 21-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 21 Proof of Play Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts • Procedures • Referenc e Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
21-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Concepts Restrictions Caution Proof-of-play features fail unless: • The Syslog Collector IP Address entry in DMPDM points to your DMM appliance. • The fully qualified domain name of your DMM app liance contains fewer than 30 characters.
21-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Procedures A populated insertion audits the playback of: • Each asset that you reference dir ectly , as a single element regardless of its conte xt.
21-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Procedures Enable Syslog and NTP Procedure Step 1 Do one of the follo wing. Step 2 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. • W ould you like to enable these services fr om Digital Signs? Use elements in Digital Sign s to enable these services.
21-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Procedures Enable Proof of Play Features in DMM Procedure Step 1 Lo g in as superuser . Step 2 Choose Proof of Pl ay > Conf iguration . Step 3 Enter the fully qualif ied, DNS-resolvabl e DMM appliance domain name in the DMM FQDN fi eld.
21-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Procedures Create Requestors Procedure Step 1 Choose Digital Si gnage > Insertions , and then click Manage Requestors . The Manage Requestors di alog box opens.
21-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Procedures The Select Resources dialog box opens. Step 6 Us e check box es in the table to mark assets that you might use. • Use options on the left to filter what the table sh ows.
21-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Procedures Step 3 Click Run . Step 4 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Export a Report Before You Begin • Complete the “Run a Report” section on page 21-7 .
21-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Procedures View Previous Reports Before You Begin • Complete the “Run a Report” section on page 21-7 . Procedure Step 1 Click View pre vious reports . Step 2 Stop.
21-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Reference Use Deployment Reports Y ou can vie w , configur e, and export addi tional repo rts for the presentations and tasks th at you hav e deployed in your digital sign age network .
21-11 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Reference Q. Can I associate one asset with multiple insertions? A. Ye s . Q. What triggers universal proof of play auditing for an asset? A. There are two scenarios in which we validate each instance of playback for an asset.
21-12 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 21 Proof of Play Reference.
CH A P T E R 22-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 22 Plan for and Manage Emergencies Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 Caution Emergency conditions might prevent messages from playing through your DMPs. • Concepts, page 22-1 • Procedures, page 22-2 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
22-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 22 Plan fo r and Manage Emergencies Procedures Note Consider very ca refully which DMM users should have permission to work with your sche dule and manage your DMP groups.
22-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 22 Plan for and Manage Emergencies Procedures 3. Click Pr esentati ons in the Appl ications list if the assets are part of a sa ved presentation. OR Click Playlists if the assets are part of a saved playlist.
22-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 22 Plan fo r and Manage Emergencies Procedures The Run T ask dialog box opens. • Use options in the top pane to add DMPs to, or remo ve them from, y our emergen cy deploy ment.
22-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 22 Plan for and Manage Emergencies Procedures Related Topics • Provision Emer gency Assets Immediately to DMP Local Storage.
22-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 22 Plan fo r and Manage Emergencies Procedures Schedule the Future Staging of Emergency Assets Before You Begin • Create and save deployable messages for playback during emer gencies.
22-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 22 Plan for and Manage Emergencies Procedures Related Topics • Provision Emer gency Assets Immediately to DMP Local Storage.
22-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 22 Plan fo r and Manage Emergencies Procedures Tip You can submit an emergenc y to a DMP group while it is showing a playlist or presentation that describ es some other emerg ency.
P ART 4 Deliv er IPTV P r ogramming with Cisco Cast.
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CH A P T E R 23-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 23 Welcome [to Cisco Cast] Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 23-1 • Procedures, page 23-3 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
23-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 23 Welcome [to Cisco Cast] Concepts Restrictions • Feature License Restrictions, page 23-2 Feature License Restrictions Activation See the “Understand Licenses” section in Part 1, Chapter 3, “Licenses.
23-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 23 W elcome [to Cisco Cast] Procedures • Negotiate with a cable or satellite TV service in your region for the right to redistrib ute their pa ckage of TV channel sig nals, in whole or in part.
23-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 23 Welcome [to Cisco Cast] Procedures.
CH A P T E R 24-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 24 Redistribute Live TV Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 24-1 • Procedures, page 24-2 • Referenc e, page 24-6 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
24-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 R edistribute Live TV Procedures Guidelines • Site Assessment for Li ve V ideo Programming, page 24-2 Site Assessment fo.
24-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 Redistribute Live TV Procedures Add Channels Y ou can define many attributes for a new TV channel in yo ur lineup. Permitted channel assignments range from 1 to 99. Procedure Step 1 Click the TV Channels tab.
24-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 R edistribute Live TV Procedures Related Topics • Elements to Manage TV Channels, page 24-6 Reassign Channel Numbers Procedure Step 1 Click the TV Channels tab. Step 2 In the Channe l Number column, identify the ch annel to be edited.
24-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 Redistribute Live TV Procedures Related Topics • Elements to Manage TV Channels, page 24-6 • “Reassign to Nearest Unused Channel” (in T able 2 4-1 on page 24-7 ) Delete Channels Procedure Step 1 Click the TV Channels tab.
24-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 R edistribute Live TV Reference Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 24-6 Software UI and Field Ref.
24-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 Redistribute Live TV Reference Related Topics • Add Channels, page 24-3 • Edit Channels, page 24-3 • Reassign Channe.
24-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 R edistribute Live TV Reference Elements to Defi ne Channel Settings Navigation Path • Cast > TV Channels > Set Up.
24-9 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 Redistribute Live TV Reference Related Topics • Generic Cha nnel Descriptions, page 26 -3 • Channel Descriptions from .
24-10 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 24 R edistribute Live TV Reference.
CH A P T E R 25-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 25 Video on Demand Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 25-1 • Procedures, page 25-3 • Referenc e, page 25-7 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
25-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 25 Video on Deman d Concepts Guidelines • Site Assessment for V oD Programming, page 25-2 Site Assessment for VoD Programming Remote branch of fices are better suited to V oD programming than they ar e to li ve video p rogramming.
25-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 25 Video on Demand Procedures Procedures • Add a Ne w V oD Cate gory , page 25-3 • Add a Ne w V oD Subcate gory , page 25.
25-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 25 Video on Deman d Procedures Step 5 Click Save . OR Click Cancel to discard your wor k.
25-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 25 Video on Demand Procedures Step 4 Click Ye s to delete the category . OR Click No to retain it.
25-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 25 Video on Deman d Procedures Organize Videos in VoD Categories When you or ganize the videos in a V oD category , you set the order in which Ci sco Cast plays the videos at your deployment si tes.
25-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 25 Video on Demand Reference Step 6 Choose an option from the Mount Point list. Step 7 Click the name of your Cisco Cast program guide, an d then click Select A pplication . Step 8 Click Submit .
25-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 25 Video on Deman d Reference untitled table Each ro w describes one V oD as set that is mapped to a cate gory for Cisco Cast .
CH A P T E R 26-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 26 Electronic Program Guide Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 26-1 • Procedures, page 26-5 • Referenc e, page 26-7 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
26-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 26 Electr onic Program Guide Concepts Guidelines Note When you negotiate a subscription contract to receive EPG data in any format, tell your data provider that you will use its EPG data with Cisco Cast.
26-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 26 Elec tronic Prog ram Guide Concepts Note • To learn mo re about the suppo rted TMS data form at or to negotiate the c ommercial con tract for a subscriptio n, contact Amy Mann, the director of new media sales at Tribune Media Servic es.
26-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 26 Electr onic Program Guide Concepts Channel Descriptions from a CSV File Y ou can enter descriptions into a CSV f ile for each program that a channel will sho w . W ith this method, you can hav e and use an EPG withou t entering into a subscription contract.
26-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 26 Elec tronic Prog ram Guide Procedures Related Topics • Add Channels, page 24-3 Procedures • Add or Edit Subscri ptions.
26-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 26 Electr onic Program Guide Procedures Delete Settings That Define a Subscription Procedure Step 1 Click the EP G Pr oviders tab.
26-7 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 26 Elec tronic Prog ram Guide Reference Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 26-7 • F A Qs and Troub.
26-8 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 26 Electr onic Program Guide Reference FAQs and Troubleshooting • T roubleshoot EPG Highlighting, pa ge 26-8 Troubleshoot EPG Highlighting A DMP 4310G does not al ways render yello w high lighting correctly in the elect ronic program guide (EPG) listings for Cisco Cast.
CH A P T E R 27-1 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 27 Look and Feel Revised: May 31, 2011 OL-15762-03 • Concepts, page 27-1 • Procedures, page 27-2 Note This material perta ins to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
27-2 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 27 Look and Feel Procedures Procedures • Choose the Color Scheme for Y o ur Men u System, page 27-2 • Specify Which Featu.
27-3 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 27 Look and Feel Procedures Step 3 Click Save to sa ve your w ork. OR Click Cancel to discard it Tip Menu customizations do not take effect until yo u deploy them to DMPs. Step 4 Stop.
27-4 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 27 Look and Feel Procedures Show the Cisco Logo in Your Menu System Procedure Step 1 Click the Skin Customization tab . Step 2 Check the Displa y Cisco Logo check box . The logo appears in the lo wer left of the menu system.
27-5 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 27 Look and Feel Procedures Step 4 Click Save to sa ve your w ork. OR Click Cancel to discard it Tip Menu customizations do not take effect until yo u deploy them to DMPs. Step 5 Stop.
27-6 User Guide for Cisco Digital M edia Manager 5.2.x OL-15762-03 Chapter 27 Look and Feel Procedures Step 5 Click OK . The Run T ask dialog box closes and a message te lls you that your selected task w as deployed. • DMM transfers assets to your DMPs.
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If you already are a holder of Cisco Systems 5.2.x, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Cisco Systems 5.2.x.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Cisco Systems 5.2.x. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Cisco Systems 5.2.x along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center