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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 Learn Your DMM Appliance Serial Number 1-2 Start DMS-Admin 1-3 Set a User Session Timeout for Components of Cisco DMS 1-5 Reference 1-6 FAQs and Trou[...]

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 Operations 4-1 Procedures 4-1 Check Processes Remotely 4-1 Restart Appliances Remotely 4-2 Reference 4-3 Server Processes 4-3 CHAPTER 5 Cisco Hinter for RTSP [...]

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 Single Sign -on (SSO) Concepts 6-17 IdP Requirements 6-17 Configuration Workflow to Ac tivate Federa tion (SSO) Mode 6-17 Authentication Scenarios for User[...]

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 Groups 7-3 Delete User Groups 7-4 Create User A ccounts 7-4 Assign Users to Groups 7-6 Edit User Accounts 7-6 Delete User Accounts 7-8 Assign User Ac[...]

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 Reference 8-9 FAQs and Troubleshooting 8-9 FAQs 8-9 PART 2 Control DMPs and Pr esentation Systems CHAPTER 9 Welcome [to C entralized DMP Management] 9-1 Con[...]

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 Medianet and DMPs Exchange 11-7 Medianet Activation Workflow for a DMP 4310G or 4400G 11-8 Restrictions 11-9 Guidelines 11-10 Limit Your Use of Manual [...]

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 Add or Edit DMP Groups 12-7 Elements to Delete DMP Groups 12-8 Elements to Add DMPs Manually to a DMP Group 12-8 Elements to Remove a DMP from a DMP Gr[...]

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 14-13 Prepare a 40- or 52-inch Cisco LCD to S upport Centralized Management through DVI 14-13 Activate or Deactivate HDMI Autodetection 14-14 Activate or [...]

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 Phone 15-10 CHAPTER 16 DMP User Permissions 16-1 Concepts 16-1 Overview 16-1 Scenarios That Illustrate Specia lized User Permissions 16-2 Scenario 1: [...]

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 Prese ntations 18-2 Understand Time Z ones in the Schedule 18-2 Understand Tooltip s in the Schedule Timeline 18-3 Understand Inline Status Mes sages for [...]

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 Restrictions 19 -12 ECDS Restrictions 19-12 Example Scenario 19-13 Organizational Logic at Acm e 19-13 Deployment Scheduling Logic at Ac me 19-14 Procedures 19-[...]

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 Reference Tables 20-3 Elements to D efine a Play list 20-3 CHAPTER 21 Proof of Play 21-1 Concepts 21-1 Overview 21-1 Restrictions 21-2 Glossary 21-2 [...]

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 Mes sage 22-8 PART 4 Deliver IPTV Programming with Cisco Cast CHAPTER 23 Welcome [to C isco Cast] 23-1 Concepts 23-1 Overview 23-1 Restrictions 23-2 [...]

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 Restrictions 25-2 Channel Count Restrictions 25-2 Workflow to Stage VoD Asse ts to DMP Local Storage 25-2 Procedures 25-3 Add a New VoD Category 25-3 Add a Ne[...]

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 Specify Which F eatures Your Menu System Should Include 27-2 Show a Custom Logo in Your Menu System 27-3 Show the Cisco Logo in Your Menu System 27-4[...]

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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. Concepts • Glossary , page 1-2 Audience We prepared this material with sp[...]

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... [ A | D ]. Procedures • Learn Y our DMM Appliance Serial Number , page 1-2 • Start DMS-Admin, page 1-3 Learn Your DMM Appliance Serial Number Caution You cannot obtain any Cisco DMS so[...]

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. Step 4 Stop. Y ou have compl eted th[...]

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. Note The appea rance of the login screen ca n differ from this illustration. Its actual appearance depends on which Cisco DMS software release you use and which user authentication[...]

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. Step 5 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Related Topics • Chapter 2, “DMS-Admin Dashboard” • Chapter 3, “Licenses” Set a User Session Timeout for Components of Cisco D[...]

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. Check the follo wing, and then try again to log i n. • Is your username wrong or mist yp[...]

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. Concepts • Dashboard Overvie w , page 2-1 Dashboard Overview The dashboard for DMS-Admin central izes[...]

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. When this occurs, [...]

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. • Measures free space and used space for[...]

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. • View Failover Status to open the Failover[...]

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. Concepts • Understand Licenses, page 3-2 Audience We prepared this material with spe ci[...]

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 . Note Even then, some features r[...]

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. Step 4 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. What to Do Next • MANDATORY — Install License Keys, page 3-3 Related Topics • Learn Y our DMM Appliance Serial Nu[...]

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. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Tip The License Features gauge on the DMS-Admin dashboard[...]

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. These licenses are unit-sp ecific and perpetual. W e do no t impose any non-support fees and d[...]

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. During your initial order, use part numbers that omit the = character. Only later, when you [...]

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. Procedures • Check Processes Remotely , page 4-1 • Restart Applianc es Remotely , page 4-2 Check Pr[...]

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 . Step 3 Click a server name in the far -left column. ?[...]

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. • ActiveM[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 5-1 • W orkflow , pa ge 5-2 • Restrictions[...]

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). Hinter adds deli very infor[...]

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 . In this variant, R TP , R TCP , and R TSP data stream to[...]

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. • Cisco-Hinter -Windows.zip • Cisco-Hinter -Linux.tar .gz Step 4 De compre[...]

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 . Step 3 Enter the MPEG2-TS filename in the Sour ce MPEG field. OR Click [...]

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. W e populate the Output Name f ield automatically . It is identical to the name in the Source MPEG f ield except th at the filen ame extension is MO V and[...]

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. Concepts • Overview , page 6-2 • Glossary , page 6-2 [...]

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 5.2.0 — Authenticate all user sessions. W e now we pr event you fr om disabling mandatory aut hentication, even t hough we allowe d this in[...]

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. Now , w[...]

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). Suppose for example that you manage a server whose FQDN is americas.example.c om . In this case,[...]

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. An entity’ s essence depends upon its co ntext. This conte xt, in turn, depends upon interac[...]

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 5.2.3 — identity pr ovider . One SAML 2.0-compliant server (syn chronized to at least one Acti ve Directory user base), that au thenticates user session requests upon demand fo r SP s in[...]

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. OpenAM is open source software av ailable under the Common Dev elopment and Distrib utio[...]

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. Similarly ,[...]

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. • Embedded authentica tion is completely nati ve to Cisco D MS. It does not depe nd o[...]

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 Concepts • LD AP is Highly Complex, page 6-11 • Plan Ahead, page 6-11 • Restrictions, pa ge 6-11 • Synchronization Concepts, page 6-1 1 • LD AP Con[...]

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 . Unless you are an Active Di rectory and LDAP expert, we recomm[...]

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 . Howe ver , Cisco DMS does not synchronize (replicate) t[...]

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. Lik ewi se, in most cases, you can associate one DMM us[...]

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. Related Topics • Manage[...]

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 user account from your Acti ve Directory server wh en the value in it is blank for a n y of these attributes: • Login User Name — This required value[...]

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 if you did not w ant to include any members of Milpitas or Sunn yval e? If your Activ e Dire ctory server considered these cities (or ganizat ional u[...]

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, page 6-17 • Config uration W orkflow to Activ a te Federation (SSO) Mode, page 6-17 • Authentication Scenarios for User Sessions in Federation (S[...]

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. 10. Synchronize users e xactly as you would in LD AP mode. Note Wheneve r you chan[...]

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 5.2.3 1. A web browser requests access to a protected resource on an SP . Yo u r federation will no[...]

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 Either LD AP or SSO) to Embedded, page 6-20 • Understand Migration (from Embedded) to Either LD AP or SSO, page 6-21 Understand Migration (from Either [...]

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. Understand Migration (from Embedded) to Either LDAP or SSO Note • Before you migrate from embedde d authentication mode to federation mode , you must inst[...]

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 . Step 2 Click Download a CA certif icat[...]

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. Step 3 Click Update . No[...]

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 . b. Click Update . c. Repeat this step for each filter to be added. The authentication set tings[...]

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 ( . ). • Spaces are forbidden. • Other forbidden c[...]

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. What to Do Next • OPTIONAL — W ould you like to associate attrib ute names in DMS[...]

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. Related Topics • Defin e the LD AP Synchronization Schedule, page 6-25 • Elements to Manage Attrib utes, page 6-36 Configure the Settings for Au tomatic LDAP Synchroniz[...]

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 . Howe ver , a group of this kind dif fers in important way[...]

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 5.2.3 — Import an IdP Configurati on File into DMM, page 6-29 • NEW IN CIS[...]

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 . Step 6 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedu[...]

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 • Sample SP Conf iguration Fil e from DMM, page 6-37 • Sample IdP Conf iguration Files, page 6-38 • F A Qs and Troublesho oting, page 6-41 Software UI a[...]

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. Instead, th is v alue descri be s only your most recen t attempt to import conf iguration metadata f[...]

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 • 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 • Elements to Manage At[...]

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 to Choose and Enabl e the Authentication Mode, page 6-31 • Elements to Use LD AP Bookmarks for Synchronization, page 6-34 • Elements to Manage At[...]

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 • Elements to Choose and Enable the Authentication Mode, page 6-31 • Elements to Def ine, V alidate, and Add LD AP Filters, page 6-33 • Elements to Manage [...]

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 • Elements to Manage Attrib utes, page 6-36 Elements to Manage Attributes Navigation Path Administration > Securi ty > Authentication > Manage A[...]

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="1.0" encoding="U[...]

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.example.com:8080/ope[...]

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.com:8080/opensso/IDPSloPOST/metaAlias/idp" ResponseLocation="http://OpenAM.example.co[...]

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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:1.0:bindings:SOAP-binding” Location=”http://sso.example.com:8080/idp/pr[...]

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. See http[...]

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. Y es. Extend your query to include a logica[...]

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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. Concepts • Understand User A ccounts, page 7-1 • Understand User Roles, page [...]

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 . In some cases, users who are authorized to use more than one licensed feature[...]

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. Tip The na me that you enter for a user group mu st not contain any spaces or special charact[...]

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 . Step 4 Click Ye s in the Delete Confi rmation dialog box. Step 5 Stop. Y ou have compl [...]

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. Step 6 Click Save . Step 7 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure.[...]

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 unts, page 7-8 Assign Users to Groups When you first create a user accoun t in DMS-Admin, you can associate the account with a user group immediately [...]

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. Step 6 ( Optional ) Assign the user to a user group. Step 7 Click Save . Step 8 Stop. Y ou hav[...]

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. Step 2 Click an entry in the untitled table that describes al l user accounts.[...]

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, page 7-10 Software UI and Field Reference Tables • Elements to Configure User Account Sett ings, page 7-9 Elements to Configure User Account Settin[...]

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. By default, DMS-A dmin assigns all ne wly created us er accounts to a user role called “Re[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 8-2 • Restrictions, pa ge 8-2 • Underst[...]

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 . After you acti vate this module, you can start to use: • A network management [...]

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. • Send notif ication messages automatically to your NMS wh[...]

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 Categories, page 8-4 • Sho w and Share Even t Categories, page 8-4 • Failov er Cluster Event Categories, page 8-5 • W AAS Event Categories, page 8[...]

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. SNMP Acti vat es automatic deli very of SNMP[...]

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. When this service is enabled, DMS-Admin can send emai l notificati ons automatically to you or other int erested parties whene ver system[...]

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.com/go/dms/mib . Step 3 Download these f iles: Step 4 Load both [...]

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. • Before you can deli ver notif ication messag[...]

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. What might interfere with the delivery of configured email not[...]

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. Y es, from the public community . • ... SNMP agent to accept ‘set?[...]

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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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 9-1 Overview Although we sell and license features se[...]

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. • When you use HTTP , be sure to specify port 8080 . • When you use HTTPS , be sure to spec[...]

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. Audience We prepared this material with spe cific expectations of you. Y ou wan[...]

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 • Understand the Digital Media Players Gauge, page 10-3 • Understand the Cast Gauge, page 10-4 • Understand the Settings Gaug e, page 10-5 Overview C[...]

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. Y ou can browse thr ough the schedule [...]

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. The interval between DMP polling cycles is 5 minutes. In this case, w[...]

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. Figure 10-4 The Settin gs Gauge Related Topics • Understand the Media and [...]

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. Related Topics • Understand the Media and Schedules Gauge, page 10 -2 ?[...]

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 . Step 4 Sto[...]

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 . Procedure Step 1 Examine the gauge. Step 2 ( Optional ) W o[...]

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 Media Players Gauge, pa ge 10-8 • Use the Cast Gauge, page 10-8 Reference • Software UI and Field Reference T ables, page 10-9 Software UI and Field R[...]

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 Digi tal Media Players Gaug e, page 10-8 • Use the Cast Gauge, page 10-8 • Use the Settings Gauge, page 10-8 All Assets area • HTML • IMA GES ?[...]

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. Audience We prepared this material with spe cific expectations of you. Everyo[...]

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 • Guidelines, page 11-10 • Understand the Sequ ence of Operations for Non-M edianet Autoregistration, page 11-11 Overview Before you can start to manage D[...]

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 communicate facts about themselves, amongst themselv es, ov er any physi cal network medium that support s Subnetwork Access Pr ot ocol (SN AP) encapsula [...]

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. Up on learning its loca tion , the de vice can then share this information with[...]

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. Service Disco ver y also notes which hosts p ro vide these s ervices. For your purposes[...]

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. Tip • To assess your network for Medianet readiness, see http://cis[...]

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 5.2.2 — DMP 4310G • NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.3 — DMP 4400G And you mig ht use Ethernet cables to con[...]

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. Note We do not support any Mediane t [...]

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. b. Schedule and deploy the system t ask to run on your DMP 4310G o r 4400G[...]

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 Non-Med ianet Autoregistration, p age 11-10 • Best Practices to Schedule Non-Med ianet Autoregistration Events, page 11-10 Limit Your Use of Manual [...]

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. Note In a very large network that co ntains thousands of DMPs, the necessary [...]

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 T a sk to Normal iz e DMP P asswords, page 11-13 • Establish T rust Between Digital Signs an d your Centrally Managed DMPs, page 11-1 4 • Add or E[...]

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 • Add or Edit One DMP Manually , page 11-17 Use a System Task to Normalize DMP Passwords Do the management passw or ds on a ny of your DMPs differ fr [...]

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. Step 7 Stop. Y ou hav[...]

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 . If you ever use a system task in Cisco Digital Signs to change DMP credentials, you must then retu[...]

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. 2. Click a group in the table to highlight it. 3. Choose Mo[...]

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. OR • Click the name of a DMP group to choose it in the object[...]

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. OR Click Cancel to discard your wor k. Step 6 Schedule when to deliv er[...]

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. • Digital Media Players > DMP Manager > Cr eate Gr oup • Digital Media Players > DMP Manager > More Ac tions > Edit Gr oup Related Topics • Add or Edit Address Ran[...]

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 > Delete DMPs Related Topics • Delete DMPs Manually from Y our De vice In ventory , page 11-17 Elements to Configure Non- Medianet Autoregistration Nav[...]

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. This shell scri pt can prevent a type of DHCP-VLAN misalignmen t problem that we descr[...]

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=”Host” NEW_TRIGGER=CISCO_HOST_EVENT if [[ $_nd_cdp_platform =~ ^(CIVS-IPC-2[45]|CIVS-IPC-4[35]) ]]; then DEVICE_TYPE=”Camera” NEW_TRIGGER=CISC[...]

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_device_cntrl if [[ $IS_LWAP_DETECTION_ENABLED -eq NO ]]; then return 0 fi fi if [[ $_nd_cdp_platform =~ “^(cisco AIR-AP)” ]]; then if [[ $_nd_cdp_pl[...]

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. # Configs for only the first device that is detected will be applied. fetch SW_POE /oper/interface{$INTERFACE}/switch_poe_support if [[ $NEW_TRIGGER -eq $CURRENT_TRIGGER ]]; then if [[ $SW_PO[...]

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 $CURRENT_TRIGGER TRIGGER=$CURRENT_TRIGGER INTERFACE=$INTERFACE LINKUP=NO AUTH_ENABLED=$IS_AUTH_ENABLED LIMIT=$LIMIT SW_POE=$SW_POE AP125X=$CURRENT_AP125X STICKY=$STICKY send log f[...]

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 5.2.3 . There are tw o methods. •U s e D M M 1. Define an adv anced task in DM [...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 12 -1 • Understand the Ef fect of Nes[...]

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 Understand the Effect of Nesting One DMP Group Inside Another W e recommend that you create DMP groups to or ga nize your DMPs ac cording to characteristics[...]

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 • Add DMPs Manually to DMP Groups, page 12-4 • Remove DMPs Manually from DMP Groups , page 12-5 • Filter the DMP List T able, page 12-5 Add and Ed[...]

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. Step 3 Click the group name in the tree. Step 4 Choose More Action[...]

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 . Step 3 [...]

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 Troublesho oting, page 12-9 Software UI and Field Reference Tables • T op-Lev el Elements to Manage DMPs and DMP Gr oups, page 12-6 • Elements to Add or [...]

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 Groups Navigation Path Digital Media Players > DMP Manager Related Topics • T op-Lev el Elements to Manage DMPs and DMP Gr oups, page 12-6 • Add and[...]

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 Related Topics • T op-Lev el Elements to Manage DMPs and DMP Gr oups, page 12-6 Elements to Add DMPs Manually to a DMP Group Navigation Path Digital M[...]

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. How many DMPs can I centrally manage from one D[...]

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. Concepts • Glossary , page 13 -1 • ASCII Pa ssphrases and He[...]

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 2.4GHz. 802.11g A wireless networking standard that specifies a max imu m data transfer rate of 54M[...]

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. See also AAA , EAP-MD5 serv er , and WEP keys . P[...]

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. And [...]

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. • The Broadcast SSID setting must be en abled on your wirele ss access points (also known as wir eless r outers or WLAN c[...]

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 (802.11) Y ou can create and [...]

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. For e xample, you might use a name that specif ies th e locale, the building, an d the security[...]

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. Step 12 Stop. Y ou have completed this procedure. Related Topics • Establish a W ired Network Connection, page 5 Reference • DMP Network Interfaces, page 13-8 ?[...]

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. Q. What prevents my DMPs fro m receiving IP addresses [...]

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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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 14 -2 • Presentation [...]

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 . • This system might use proj ection or display technologies that[...]

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 with DMPs, page 14-3 • Understand Ho w to Choose Media Signal Cables, page 14-3 • Understand and Pre vent Image Ret ention (Burn-in), page 14-6 Un[...]

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. F or DMP models that support the fol lowing sig nal cable types, the maxi[...]

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. • The technology ,[...]

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. Ther efore, af[...]

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 • Connect to a T ouchscreen, page 14-8 • Connect to an Analog Display or Projecto r , page 14-10 • Prepare Equipment, page 14-11 • Config ure a[...]

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 • Connect to a Di gital Display or Projector, page 14-7 Connect to a Touchscreen Tip Some touchsc reens work as designed only after they are calibr ated[...]

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. Step 2 Do only one of the followi ng. Step 3 Tu r n On the touchscreen. Tip Doe s a message on th e touchscreen say that it must download a “chara cterization” file? Th[...]

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. However , we r ecommend strongly that you use di[...]

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 Support for a 32-Inch Cisco LCD on a D MP 4400G, page 14-11 • Acti v ate RS-232 Syntax Support for a 40- or 52-inch Cisco LCD, page 14-11 • Acti v[...]

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. Y ou can disregard this procedure if the advertised diagonal measure[...]

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 . Step 6 Click the name of whichev er DMP is connected to your LCD, and then c[...]

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 . When unmodif ied HDMI is the connection type from a D[...]

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 . OR Deploy the Syste m T as[...]

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. Step 5 Set values for bright ness, contrast, and saturation. Step 6 Set values for [...]

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. W e provide t his opt[...]

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. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. What to Do Next • W ould you like to edit what you sav[...]

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 . Related[...]

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. Command syntax is likely to diffe r between any [...]

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. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. What to Do Next • W ould you like to delete what you ed[...]

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 1.1 • HDMI 1 0 1 HDMI 1.3 1 1. Backward-com[...]

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 • Elements to Ch oose Configuration Settings from Men us, page 14-24 • Elements to Co nf igure DMP Aud io/V ide o Settings, page 14-27 • Elements [...]

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. Set the color . Then, check App ly . T int A ti[...]

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 Support Explicitly , page 14-18 Cisco Displays Only Safety Lock • Choose On to lock the fr ont panel controls and the remote control b uttons for your L[...]

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 Media Players > Adv anced T asks > DMP Audio/V ideo Settings Related Topics • Def ine DMP Output Settings for V ideo and Audio, page 14-15 El[...]

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... Related Topics • Activ a te or Deactiv ate Reso[...]

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 Equipment, page 14-13 RS-232 Command Reference for Cisco LCD Displays Y ou can use RS-232 command string s to manage Cisco LCD Professional Series displays [...]

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.tx_he x= kj0x2000x2032 h rs232.tx_he x= aa27f f013259 rs232.tx_he x= 216050 75% rs232.tx_he [...]

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 Cisco Professional Series LCD Displays, pag e 14-32 FAQs • F A Qs About Cleaning and Maintenance, page 14-31 • F A Qs About Daily Operation, page 14-3[...]

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 . • Replace a touchscreen. Q. What can cause a[...]

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.), and then turn display back On again. Solution Set the resolution and[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 15 -1 • W orkflow t o Provision Emulat or Service [...]

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. This workflo w assumes tha[...]

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 ices, page 15-3 • Start Services, page 15-4 • Config ure URL Parameters, page 15-4 • Enable IP Phone Autore gistration, page 15-5 • Define IP P h[...]

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 . Step 2 Click the Server list and choose from among i ts options the server where the remot e [...]

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 . Step 7 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. What to Do Next • Proceed[...]

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 . Related Topics • Enable IP Phone Autore gistration, page 15-5 Configure Emulator Settings in Cast Note Options on the R[...]

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. The interv al cannot be any less than 2 min. When you do not enter [...]

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 . Step 4 Go to Alt ernate TFTP , and then press Ye s . Tip If Alterna te TFTP is not an option in the Network Configuration menu, contact the administrator for Ci[...]

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 . The e[...]

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 Phones, page 15-2 • Config ure Emulator Settings in Cast, pag e 15-7 • Start the Emulator on an IP Phone, page 15-9 • Start the Emulator on a Mobile[...]

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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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 16 -1 • Scenarios That Illustrate Spec i[...]

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. • Scenario 1: Permissio[...]

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. 5. Click Submit . Scenario 2: Permission to Manage One DMP Group but No Content[...]

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. 3. Assign permi ssions to use advanced tasks for content. a. From the Rol[...]

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. 5. Click Submit . Scenario 3: Permission to Manage O ne DMP Group, Assets, and Schedules T o restrict user permissions as the y should be restricted in thi [...]

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. a. From the Role list, choose . b. Check the All check box in every c[...]

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. 1. Configure pe rmissions to manage DMPs. a. From the Role list[...]

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 . Procedure Step 1 Choos[...]

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 Reference Tables • Elements to Configure User Rights and Perm issions for DMPs, page 16-9 Elements to Configure User Rights and Permissions for DMPs Na[...]

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 o o s e a r o le t o se e or change the corresponding perm issions for the user whose account you are adding[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 17 -1 • Restrictions, pa g[...]

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 Restrictions, page 17-2 • File Size Restrictions, page 17 -3 User Permission Restrictions T o see and use the Media Library , you must belogged in with at le[...]

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. • When your DMP is a 4400G, w[...]

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 , page 17-4 • Add One Asset at a T ime to Y our Media Library , page 17-4 • Add Multiple Assets Simultaneously to Y our Media Library , page 17-6 Wor[...]

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. • Click URL , enter the URL, and then check or uncheck the Down[...]

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 that a batch download o peration requires depends on the speed of your connection , the number of direct ory le vels that yo u search for do wnloadab[...]

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 and Field Reference Tables • Elements to Manage Assets and Categories, page 17-7 • Elements to Add Categ ories and Rename Them, page 17-9 • Ele[...]

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. Choose the filtering meth od, specify the parameter s, and then [...]

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 • Elements to Add Assets and Edit Thei r Attributes, page 17-10 Elements to Add Cat egories and Rename Them The Add Cate gory and Rename Categor y dia[...]

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 . Options are sorted und er two tabs, Singl e and Batch ,[...]

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 . Attribute inform ation is sorted under two t abs, Ove[...]

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 . The table sorts information into the following columns. N[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 18 -1 • Guideline[...]

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. ”) T opics in this section tell you how to plan deli veri es of assets and co[...]

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. Information in the tooltip describes t he current status of the corresponding e[...]

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. • V ideo fil es do not play [...]

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. 2. Schedule and deploy the o[...]

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 Immediately , page 18-7 • Use the ‘Run T ask’ Feature to Transmit Assets or Commands Imme diately , page 18-8 • Schedule the T ime Slot for a [...]

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 Presentations, page 18-2 • Use the ‘Run T ask’ Feature to Transmit Assets or Commands Im mediately , page 18-8 Use the ‘Run Task’ Feature to Transmit As[...]

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. Click Select Gr oup , click the group name for the DMPs o r the external (FTP) deployment serv ers that should rec ei ve this de ployment, an[...]

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 • F A Qs and Troublesho oting, page 18-12 Software UI and Field Reference Tables • Elements of a T ooltip in the Schedule T imeline, 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 Schedules > Play in Future Start Cmd Res ult (T otal/OK/Failed ) N / N / N , where: • The first N i s a color-coded (b lack) numeral that counts [...]

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. FAQs and Troubleshooting • F A Qs, page 18-12 FAQs Q. Can I schedule an event th[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 19 -1 • Understand DMP Su[...]

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. Later , anyone who need s one or more of these cached fi les[...]

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 for the CIFS Protocol, page 19-2 • Config ure A CNS or W AAS, page 19-15 DMS-CD Concepts • DMS-CD Over view , page 19-4 • Retry Timeout, page 19-4[...]

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. No additional software is required and th[...]

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. Such c[...]

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. • DMPs that are assigned to only one DMP group apiece acc ept pro visioned data to the best of their capa[...]

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.) • Deployment was not c ompleted during its windo w Alert Types Successes or failures, exclusively These options from the T ype list cause a filt ered re port t[...]

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. Howe ver , a repeatable process supports yo ur dev e lopmen t of the strate gy for an y su[...]

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 . • ( D1 ) How many hour s per day are available for no ndisruptive deployments? • ( D2 ) How many days re main until all a ssets in the[...]

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. The disruption af[...]

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 Restrictions • DMS-CD Restrictions, page 19- 11 • CIFS Restrictions, page 19-12 • A CNS Restrictions, page 19-12 • ECDS Restrictio ns, page 19-[...]

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 . Ho wev e r , using either of th ese methods defeats many of t he most import[...]

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. In this case, content substitution occurs on your DMPs beca[...]

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. The names of DMPs are alwa ys deri ved from a [...]

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.com: Cisco Digital Media Suite Deploym ents for Digital Signage wit h [...]

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 . Step 3 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Related Topics • Elements to Define W AAS[...]

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 . Step 2 Define the DMS-CD threshol ds that should be applied b y def ault in the future, when[...]

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. • When the total free c[...]

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 . Step 13 Check that a (Go to) URL action wa s autogenerated, which adds th e prefix LOCAL to th e name that you entered in Ste[...]

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. Step 8 ( Optional ) W ould you like t o r epopulate t his deployment pac kage? Rep[...]

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. a. Click the name of the action to be deleted. b. Click De lete A pplic ation . c. Click [...]

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 Description Number of concurrent deployments The maximum allo wed number of FTP or SFTP threads, or sessions , that can run concurrent ly when DMS-CD provisi[...]

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 Elements to Define a DMS -CD Deployment Package Navigation Path Digital Media Players > Advanced T asks Deployment retry time (in seconds) The count[...]

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. A vailable Applications Adv anced tasks in the category that you c licked. Cli[...]

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 routable IP address or resolvable DNS host name of the ap pliance or services module (“blade”) that runs A CNS and Content Distrib ution Manager [...]

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 ACNS, page 19-30 Troubleshoot DMS-CD • Check Deployment Stat us Details, page 19-27 • Check Appliance System Logs fo r Deployment Errors, page 19[...]

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. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Related Topics • T roubleshoot DMS-CD, page 19-[...]

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.log and catalina.out logf iles for messages about: • DMS-CD deployment e vents • DMP deployment events • Application depl oyment e vents (in this case, “application” means “deployme[...]

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. Y our network topo logy and a vailab le bandwidth af fect how long it t akes for conten t replication to fini [...]

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 1.5Mbps) on a Content Engine is not suf ficient for MPEG-2 video. • SD MPEG-2 video re[...]

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. Is the HTTP proxy setting wro ng in DMPDM to use a Cont ent Engine as the proxy? V erify that proxy settings ar e correct for DMPD[...]

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 setting dif fer between Digital Signs and your A CNS server? • Did you enter the wr ong CDM port number , username, or passwor d in Digital Sig ns?[...]

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 origin server misconfigur ed? • Is the A CNS channel qu ota misconf igur e d? • Is the A CNS channel fully con figur ed to use an external manif e[...]

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. • On each Content Engine, the to tal disk space for the channel must not exceed th e CDNFS disk [...]

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. 4. Click Change Meth od . 5. Check Specif y extern[...]

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. Concepts • Guidelines, page 20-1 • Restrictions, pa ge 20-2 Guidelines • Best[...]

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. Reduce or Resolve Black-Screen Dela ys After Video Playback W e recommend that you enable syslog on DMPs long enoug h to configur e its settings, e ven if y[...]

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 . Step 3 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Reference • Software UI and Field Refe[...]

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. • The amount of time that is reserved in the[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 21 -1 • Glossary , page 21 -2 • Insertions, page 21-2 • W orkflow , pa ge 21[...]

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. Glossary Timesave[...]

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. • Each asset that you reference indirectly , as one element within th e context of a playlist or presenta[...]

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. a. Choose[...]

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. For e xample: dmm.[...]

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. Step 2 Click Add New Requestors . The Add Ne w Requestor dialog box opens. Step 3 Enter at lea[...]

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. • Use pagination controls u nder the table to control ho w many assets y[...]

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 . Procedure Step 1 Choose a format from the Export list. Step 2 Stop. Y ou have compl et[...]

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. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Use the Proof of Play Dashboard Procedure Step 1 Ch[...]

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 . Procedure Step 1 Choose Schedules > Reports . Step 2 Check the check[...]

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. Q. What triggers conditional p[...]

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. Con[...]

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. Although all of the “Play in Future” features are suspended (for affected DMPs only) while an emerg[...]

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. 4. After the page is refreshed, cli ck in the A vailable Applicati[...]

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. • Use options in the Sel ect T asks pane to filter which adv anced tasks the table sho ws. •[...]

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, page 22-3 • Schedule the Future St aging of Emer genc y Assets, page 22-6 • Start Playback of an Emer gency Message, page 22-7 • Stop Playback[...]

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. Procedure Step 1 Choose Schedules > Play in Future . Step 2 From the calendar , choose[...]

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, page 22-3 • Start Playback of an Emer gency Message, page 22-7 • Stop Playback of an Emergenc y Message, page 22- 8 Start Playback of an Emergen[...]

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. There is no need to explicitly stop playback of the current emergency message before you start[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 23 -1 • Restrictions, pa ge 23-2 • Centralized Ad ministratio[...]

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.” Centralized Administration Cisco Cast includes powerful feat u[...]

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. • Configu re one encoder apiece for each TV cha nnel signal that you will str[...]

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. Concepts • Guidelines, page 24-2 • Restrictions, pa ge 24-2 Audience[...]

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 for Live Video Programming Orga nizations that use Cisco Cast tend to show li ve video programming at their sites with the g reatest bandwidth capacity [...]

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. Step 2 In the Channe l Number colu mn, identify the ch annel to[...]

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. Step 3 Do one of the follo wing. St[...]

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. Step 2 In the Channe l Number colu mn, ide[...]

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 Reference Tables • Elements to Manage TV Channels, page 24-6 Elements to Manage TV Channels Navigation Path Cast > TV Channels The TV Channels table[...]

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 Channel Numbers, page 24-4 Reassign to Nearest Unused Channel T wo butto ns, either of which can change the asso ciation between a channel definition and a [...]

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 Ch annel • Cast > TV Channels > > Edit Channel Settings Table 24-2 Element s for Channel Definition Element Description Y our Name for Thi[...]

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 a CSV Fi le, page 26-4 • Channel Desc riptions from a Data Subscripti on, page 26-4 • Add or Edit Subscri ptions to Data from an EPG Pro vider , p[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 25 -1 • Guidelines, page 25-2 • Restriction[...]

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. Common use cases for V oD programming incl[...]

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 25-3 • Edit a V o D Cate gory , page 25-4 • Delete a V o D Cate gory , page 25-4 • Map a V ide o to a V oD Ca te gory , page 25 -5 Add a New VoD C[...]

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. Step 6 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Related Topics • Elements to Man age V oD Categories, page 25-7 Edit a VoD Category Procedure Step 1 Choose Video on Demand > Cate[...]

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. Step 5 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Related Topics • Elements to Man age V oD Categories, page 25-7 Map a Video to a VoD Category Each video that you map t o a [...]

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. Procedure Step 1 Click the Video on Demand tab . Step 2 In the Ca te gories [...]

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 . Step 9 Stop. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Reference • Software UI and[...]

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 . Asset attrib utes that these columns describe are deri ved from records in your media libr ary: • Ti tl e • Description • Duration • Source[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 26 -1 • Guidelines, page 26-2 • Un[...]

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. Knowing this, your provider can ensure that your license grants you suf[...]

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. Her toll-free telephone number is[...]

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. T o populate a[...]

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 to Data from an EPG Pro vider , page 26-5 • Delete Settings That Def ine a Subscription , page 26-6 • Synchronize EPG Channel Schedules and Prog [...]

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. Step 2 I n the EPG Provider Name co lumn, identify the subscr iption to be deleted; then, click the correspondin g arro w ( ) in the Actions col[...]

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 Troublesho oting, page 26-8 Software UI and Field Reference Tables • Elements to De f ine EPG Provider Sett ings, page 26-7 Elements to Define EP G Provi[...]

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. As[...]

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. Concepts • Overvie w , page 27 -1 Overview Y ou can customize the interacti ve menu system that is pres[...]

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 Features Y our Menu System Should Include, page 27- 2 • Sho w a Custom Logo in Y our Menu System, page 27-3 • Sho w the Cisco Logo in Y our Menu System[...]

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. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Related Topics • Deploy Menu System Custom izations[...]

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. Step 3 Click Save to sa ve your work. OR Click Can[...]

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. Y ou have compl eted this procedure. Related Topics • Deploy Menu System Custom izations[...]

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. • DMM creates as many Go-to URL entries as the numb er of pr esentations and playlists that [...]