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    VBric k v4.1 WM IP R ecei v er Admin Guide J une 27, 2007 4410-0213-0000 VBric k WM IP R ecei v er ...

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    Copyright © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Beaumont R oad W allingford, Connecticut 0649 2, USA www .VBrick.com This pu blication contains c onfidential, proprietar y , and trade se cret infor mation. No part of this document m ay be copied, photocopied, re produced, transl ated, or reduced to any machine-readable or electronic ...

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    VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide iii Contents WM IP Recei ver v4.1 Admin Guide Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    iv Contents 3. Status, Maintenance & Help Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 9 Maintenance . . . . . . . . ...

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    VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide v WM IP R ecei v er v4.1 Admin Guide VBrick's WM IP Recei ver is similar to a conv entional set top box but is significan tly more stable, rug g ed, and reliable . It is designed for 24x7 operation, and buil t for enterprise netw orks that require a high deg ree of stability , security , and scalabi lity . T ...

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    vi Preface products , all of our product documentation is available on the w eb . Go to www .vbrick.com/ documentation to search or do wnload VBrick product documentation. Fo n t C o n ve n t i o n s Arial bold is used to describe dialog bo xe s and menu choices , for example: Start > All Programs > VBrick Blue Courier fixed-width font is use ...

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    VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 1 Chapter 1 Getting Star ted Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. Connect the IPR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    2 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . The WM IP Receiver is a state-of-t he-art decoder for WM streams originating from a VBrick WM app liance or a Windows Media stre a ming server, o r for streams hosted by a VBrick EtherneT V Portal Server. Figure 2. WM IPR – T op View Hardware Specifications Functional Specifications Model WM IPR Processor Intel® ...

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    Getting Started VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 3 IPR Po wer States Once plug g ed into an A C power source , the IPR is alwa ys in one of three states: On , Off , or Standby . Standby is a po wer sa ving mode in which the device is neither on or off. There are tw o triangular silv er buttons on the front pa nel. Y ou can tur n pow er on or off ...

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    4 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . •P o w e r c a b l e • R CA connector T T o connect the IPR: 1. Using the pro vided R CA cable, connect th e IPR video out to a TV monitor using the yello w video connector . 2. Using the pro vided R CA cable , connect the IPR audio out t o a TV monitor using the cor responding red and wh ite audio connectors . ...

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    Getting Started VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 5 2. Configure N etw ork P arameter s The IP Recei ver is configured with DH CP (D ynamic Host Configur at ion Protocol) enabled and will automatically retriev e an IP address from a DHCP ser ver if present. If a DHCP ser ver is not av ailable , you ca n configure the IP R eceiv er with a static I ...

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    6 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . T T o login to the IP R eceiv er : 1. T ype the IP address of the IPR in a browser , for example http://<IPR_IPAddress> 2. Enter the Username and Password and click Login . This displa ys the Adminis trat or Page . Use this page to access all sy stem configuration parameters . Figure 5. Login P age 4. Select a ...

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    Getting Started VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 7 3. Press Apply to exit IWS and open the IPR interface in the selected mode Ta b l e 1 . Local-Fullscree n URL Syntax Local- Fullscree n The WM IPR can operate in a fullscreen mode. One c hannel is displa yed and this stream us es the entire screen of t he attac hed monitor . Table 1 belo w shows ...

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    VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 9 Chapter 2 Configuration Topics in this chapter Using IWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 General Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    10 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Lo gging In Y ou login to the IWS management application for the IPR b y ty ping its IP address in a w eb browser and enter ing the default user name and passw ord ( admin and admin ) or by typing the current user name and passw ord if they hav e been c hanged on the Security Configura tion page. If y ou have pr ob ...

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    Configuration VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 11 General Configuration Star t Mode Controls the type of user in terface and location of content that the IPR will display at star tup . Local-Mode URLs These fields are used to po pulate the program list on the IPR when Start mode is set to Local . See Loca l Mode Configur ation on page 23 for a d ...

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    12 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Netw ork Configuration General Title Channel ti tle that will displ ay on the IPR. Any number of alphanumeric characters . Use any combination alphanumeric, special characters , and spac es not exceeding 22 c haracters . URL Channel URL with port number in the following for mat: http://172.22.115.2:8080/vbrickvideo ...

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    Configuration VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 13 Domain Name Ser vers SAP Configuration Mana gement SAP Settings These options are used to enable or c hange the management SAP settings on the IPR. T he IPR transmits manageme nt SAPs for use by ot her VBric k devices and/o r applications on the netw ork such as VBDirectory or the ETV Po rtal Ser ...

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    14 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Decoder Configuration Player Settings IP Address Specifies the unicast or m ultic ast I P address that the SAP will be sent to . P or t Specifies the IP port that the SAP will be sent to . Note Be aware that any changes to the Video Output Set tings (see below) on the decoder configuration page will reboot the IPR ...

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    Configuration VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 15 Video Output Settings Security Configuration This page lets you select the interfaces that ca n be used to access th e IPR. It also manages usernames and passwords . As a standard best pr actice, VBric k recommends that you change (and carefully record) the admin and public pass words durin g ini ...

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    16 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Admin Interfaces The Admin Interfaces are enabled by default. Be aw are that if you disable the Admin Pages you will not be a ble to configure the IPR; if y ou disable the Web Service you will not be able to upg rade the IPR. If you disabl e both these interfaces, it will be difficult to regain control. Contact VBr ...

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    Configuration VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 17 Pull-Upgrade Settings Miscellaneous Configuration Splash Scr een Ima ge This page lets you change the splash VBrick lo g o image (see below) that is briefly displayed during startup or reboot. Y ou can use any .jpg or .gif image. Simply upload the file to the user FTP director y as explained in C ...

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    VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 19 Chapter 3 Status , Maintenance & Help Topics in this chapter Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    20 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Maintenance Pow e r M a n a g e m e n t Upg rade Pull Upgrade Settings Default Device Configuration Help Use this option to displa y the searchab le online help system th at la unches in a separate brow ser win dow . R eboot Use to reboot the device . Must be log g ed in as an administrator . Shutdown Use to place ...

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    VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 23 Chapter 4 Local Mode Configuration Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Configuring Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    24 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . 2. Click Add New URL to populate the pag e with empty fields for the new stream. 3. Complete all fields as explained below . 4. R epeat Steps 2 and 3 until all streams ha v e been added. 5. Click Apply when done. No reboot is necessar y . 6. Click the red X to remove a previously configured stream. Use carefully— ...

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    Local Mode Configu ration VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 25 FTP client. Note that the FTP r oot folder has 8 MB of writable storage av ailable for l ocal UI files and imag es . The sample folder at th e root lev el of the FTP server has all the files that are used to cre ate the default loca l page. (These file s are alw ays a vailable and a r ...

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    VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 27 Chapter 5 Softw are Upg rade Topics in this chapter Upgrading an IPR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using ETV -IPRDownload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    28 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . T T o install IPR software and/or the do wnload application: 1. Double-click on Setup_IPR_x_x_x.exe in the i nstaller fold er to launch the installer. Then click Next to contin ue . 2. Select the fe atures yo u want to install: the Download Application , the Release Package , or both. Then click Next . (If y ou sel ...

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    Software Upgrade VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 29 5. Select a destination folder for t he Release Package and clic k Next . The default is c:inetpubftprootSTBUserReleasexxxx . (All R elease P ackages ha ve i ncremental numbers in separate folders.) 6. Click Fini sh when done . 7. Navig ate to Start > All Programs > VBrick > ETV-I ...

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    30 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . IP Recei ver T ype Select MPEG or Windows Media. IP Address I P address of upg rade ser ver where the Release P ackage files are located. Username Name of FTP account on the upgrade ser ver . P assw ord P assw ord used to login to the FTP ser ver . P ath T he relativ e path to the folder in which R elease P ackage ...

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    Software Upgrade VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 31 The following tabl e sho ws the SAP information displayed in the l ist bo x for eac h IP R ecei ve r when you select Upgrade using Mana gement SAPs . T able 2. SAP Infor mation Once an upgrade star ts , do not close th e application until th e status of all initia ted upgrades cha ng e s to Up ...

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    32 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . application can be safely closed after the status of all units has been re solved and y ou hav e cor rected any er rors. Lo gging Upgrade Acti vities The ET V-IPRDownl oad application logs all comma nds and responses between t he application and the upg rade ser ver , and between the applicat ion and the IP R eceiv ...

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    VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 33 Chapter 6 Using the IPR Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Local-Fullscreen Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    34 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Figure 9. Local-Fullscreen Mode Po r ta l S e r ve r M o d e In Portal Server start mode (Figure 10), the st art pa ge is downloaded from a VBrick EtherneTV Po rtal Ser ver . The liv e streams and videos a vailable on the IPR are configured in the P ortal Ser ver . In Portal Server mode , the IPR has optional logi ...

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    Using the IPR VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 35 Figur e 10. Po r t a l S e r ve r M o d e Po r t a l S e r ve r M e n u The menu shown in Figure 10 is only availa ble in P or tal Ser ver mode . Use the Menu butto n on the R emote Control to tog gle the menu on or off . Note that the menu does not show t he cur r ently selected viewing option. ...

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    36 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Figure 11. Local Mode Using the Remote Control Y ou can use the IR (infrared) Remote Control in Portal Server mode and in Local mode; and for Volume and Mute in Local-Full screen mode. (Y ou ca n also plug a USB keyboard and mouse into the back of the IPR to perform navig ation tasks .) T he infrared Remote Control ...

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    Using the IPR VBrick WM IP Recei v er Admin Guide 37 Arrows Change focus to next item ; select the previous stream. OK Initiate an action or select an opt ion de pending on wh ere the focus is. V olume Adjust the audio up or down. Menu T og gle the Menu on or off in P ortal Ser ver mode. Ch/P age Mo ve to ward top or botto m of curr ent page. Guide ...

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