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UICK TART Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Media Player 4400G Checking the Package Contents Finding a Suitable Location to Set Up Your DMP Participating in a DHCP Network Connecting to a DMP Display Connecting to a 100V–240V AC Socket...
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Concepts (Cisco DMS) is a family of Cisco Digital Media System products and technologies, including the ones that this guide describes. A (DMP) is a Digital Media Player compact, solid state, addressable network device that delivers digital signage content and enterprise TV content to a —...
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Learn More To learn more about DMS products, related technologies, and Cisco in general: Description Go To DMS overview http://www.cisco.com/go/dms User documentation http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/p for Cisco DMS s6681/products_documentation_roadm products aps_list.html FAQs and http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/p troubleshooting s6681/prod_troubleshooting_guides_lis t.html Cisco Academy of http://www.cisco.com/go/dms/ads Digital Signage My Tech Support http://www.cisco.com/en/US/support/ts...
Checking the Package Contents The product package for one DMP 4400G should contain all of the following: • A proof of purchase certificate that contains important legal information, which you should keep. • This quick start guide and other product documentation.
100V and 240V. To understand the supported lengths for different video cable types, see the “Connecting to a DMP Display” section on page Environmental Tolerance Ranges The DMP 4400G is intended for indoor use. Temperature US Customary Unit Modern Metric Unit Min.
3. Above sea level. Participating in a DHCP Network The factory default for a DMP 4400G is to obtain its IP address automatically from a DHCP server. To learn how to configure your DMP to use a static IP address instead — if you will deploy it at a physical location that does not have a DHCP server —...
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If a network security policy restricts DHCP address assignments to network interface cards with known MAC addresses, read the sticker that is affixed to the bottom of your DMP chassis, and then provide your security policy administrator with the MAC address. Plug one end of an ordinary Ethernet cable into the Step 1 Ethernet 10/100 port on the back of the DMP chassis.
Professional Series are certified and tested to work with the DMS family of products. If you prefer to use a non-Cisco display, we recommend that you use a digital display, not analog. As for the type of digital display, we recommend that you use LCD, not plasma.
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digital display makes and models to your DMP only if you combine the HDMI cable with an HDMI-to-DVI adapter for video, and then use the provided audio cable (3mm jack; red and white RCA plugs) for audio. To attach an analog display to your DMP, we recommend that you use the provided composite/RCA cable for both video and audio.
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• If you will connect your DMP to an analog display, do all of the following: Plug one yellow jack on the RCA video cable – into the CVBS interface on your DMP. Plug the 3mm jack on the RCA audio cable –...
Connect to an AC electrical outlet that you know is Step 3 grounded, and that uses the correct voltage level for your locale. Supported levels range from 100V to 240V. To protect your DMP from electrical surges, we recommend that you use a surge protector or an uninterruptable power supply from a reputable manufacturer.
Logging in to DMPDM and Changing its Passwords When your DMP display shows the Cisco logo and Step 1 shows an IP address for your DMP, write down the IP address.
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To reconfigure this splash screen in the future to persist for less than or more than the factory-default duration of 30 seconds, choose Settings > Browser, enter a new duration in milliseconds in the Splash Screen Display Time (in milliseconds) field, and then click Apply. Next, choose Administration >...
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You use the Web Service Account when you log in to DMPDM itself, and the DMP Service Account is a user account with FTP login privileges. The DMP Service Account account is available only when the FTP service is enabled on a DMP. If you have very few DMPs and will manage each of them in isolation, you can change their DMP Web Account and DMP Service Account passwords manually in DMPDM.
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string should contain an actual plus sign, you must encode the plus sign explicitly as %2B. Exclamation points (!), question marks (?), ampersands (&), and asterisks (*) are forbidden in values. To understand URI encoding and its recommended syntax for submitting query strings, see RFC 1630 at http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1630.
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Administration > Save Configuration, and then click Save. Next, choose Administration > Restart DMP, and then click Restart. Alternatively, you can use DMM-DSM to change the password simultaneously on multiple DMPs in your digital signage network: a. Choose Digital Media Players > Advanced Tasks > System Tasks, and then click the blank page icon to create a new system task.
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e. To send the password changing instruction simultaneously to multiple DMPs in your digital signage network, do the following: Choose Schedules > Play Now. – Choose a group from the DMP Groups object – selector. Check the check box for each DMP where the –...
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field, and then click Apply. Next, choose Administration > Save Configuration, and then click Save. If you prefer, you can use DMM-DSM to change the password simultaneously on multiple DMPs in your digital signage network: a. Choose Digital Media Players > Advanced Tasks > System Tasks, and then click the blank page icon to create a new system task.
Check the check box for each DMP where – the DMP Service Account password should change. Choose from the Select an Event Type list the – system task that you named in Step 5b. Click Submit. – Configuring Video Output In the Settings area, click DMP Display Attributes.
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Otherwise, if you are not satisfied, do the following: a. From the DMP Display Autodetection (requires HDMI) list, choose Disable. b. From the Display Standard list, choose the standard that applies in your country. For example, even though our factory default selection is NTSC_M, your country might use PAL instead.
To test if your choices are suitable ones for your DMP Step 6 display, click Show IP in the DMP Mode area. Your DMP display should show a Cisco logo and should show the IP address for your DMP. To make your configuration changes permanent, even...
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your DMP over TCP port 7777. If you do not know how to work with access control lists, see the manufacturer documentation for your firewall. Specify in DMPDM which one DMM appliance Step 1 to trust. a. Choose Settings > Centralized Management. b.
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e. To make these configuration changes persist even after you restart your DMP, do the following: Choose Administration > Save Configuration. – On the Save Configuration page, click Save. – DMM-DSM and your DMP communicate over TCP Note port 7777 when centralized management is enabled. Throughout your digital signage network, confirm that Step 2 your centrally managed DMPs all share:...
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Specify in DMM-DSM the correct user credentials for Step 3 your centrally managed DMPs. a. Choose Settings > Server Settings. b. Enter the required values: Servlet Server Address — If you have not – already done so, enter the DNS-resolvable hostname and domain for the appliance that is serving DMM-DSM, like dmm.example.com.
DMP. When you buy this remote control, its product kit contains a printed copy of Remote Control Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Media Players. Alternatively, you can read the remote control quick start guide on Cisco.com.
• Is an adaptable and cost-effective alternative to construction. Cisco manufactures these protective cases in multiple sizes. The size that encloses a DMP 4400G chassis uses the Cisco part number 69-1803-01. When you buy a protective case, its product kit contains a printed copy of Protective Case Assembly and Mounting Guide for Cisco Digital Media Players.
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