ID-AL EVP380 User manual

ID-AL Event Video Player EVP380
Quick Start Guide V1.1
1 Introduction
This guide explains how to quickly start up the EVP3 0 for a first use. For further information and help on thi
product, ee the upport page of the EVP380 on www.id-al.com.
The EVP3 0 is a standalone and interactive player that allows the playback of show control, video 4K HDR UHD
and HTML5/JavaScript contents. It is capable of playing SC3 show control files synchronously with video, picture,
or audio files. These files can be stored in an internal memory, on a microSD card, or on a USB flash drive. The
playback can be programmed to start automatically, to follow a schedule, or to respond to external events (infrared
remote control, input contacts, RS-232, TCP/IP, JavaScript, REST, DMX512, or Art-Net).
2 Hardware De cription
1 Isolated DMX512 input with built-in switchable 120 Ω termination
and switchable pass-through to the DMX512 output, male XLR3
2 Isolated DMX512 output, female XLR3
3 Backlit LCD display
4 Clickable knob (volume and LCD menu)
5 Status LED
6 Infrared sensor
7 0 dBu line-level stereo audio output, RCA
Amplified stereo speaker output, pluggable terminal blocks
9 USB Host 2.0 for USB flash drive and touch screen, type-A
10 Standalone opto-isolated input contact and power supply pass-
through, pluggable terminal block
11 HDMI audio/video output, type-A
12 microSD card slot
13 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, RJ45
14 USB Host 2.0 for USB flash drive and touch screen , type-A
15 External DC power supply chassis socket
16 RS-232 serial link and power supply pass-through, pluggable
terminal block
17 combined opto-isolated input contacts and power supply pass-
through, pluggable terminal block
1 MOSFET outputs and power supply pass-through, pluggable
terminal block
19 5 V DC output, pluggable terminal block
Button Description
Short press: standby/wake-up. Long press: power off / restart.
Mute/unmute.
Skip 10 seconds backward/forward.
Play/pause.
Stop Playback.
Red Green Yellow Blue Programmable buttons: by default, play folder 1 to 6, respectively.
Toggle on-screen information display.
Exit.
In menu context: up/down. In playback context: next/previous folder.
In menu context: left/right. In playback context: previous/next file.
In menu context: validate selection. In playback context: toggle on-screen
information display.
Toggle on-screen menu display.
Back.
Increase/decrease the volume.
When selecting a value, typically with a slider control, skip many values.
In menu context: digit characters. In playback context: play folder 0 to 9.
Dot character.
Erase previous character.
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3 Connecting the Hardware Interface
First, make sure that the player is off (mains adapter unplugged). Then, connect the hardware interfaces according
to the needs:
Interface Usage
microSD and USB If needed, prepare a storage device, then plug it into the player. See 5 Programming the Player .
Video output Compatible with a wide range of HDMI displays.
Audio outputs Connect non-amplified speakers to the amplified speaker output, or amplified speakers to the line-level audio
output, or use the HDMI audio.
Ethernet network Player time synchronization using NTP, access to the player storage through FTP, media stream playback,
playback synchronization for a group of players, player control using TCP/IP or Art-Net, preparation and recording
of show control content using Art-Net, display of web content hosted remotely, configuration and local control with
the remote administration.
Power supply outputs On the pluggable terminal blocks: power supply for accessories requiring little power.
RS-232 serial link Control of other devices, such as video projectors or PLCs, or control of the player from another device using a
dedicated protocol.
DMX512 input and output Connect them respectively to a DMX512 controller, such as a lighting console, and to DMX512 receivers, such as
dimmers or moving lights.
Input and output contacts Connect them as explained in the following sections.
3.1 Input Contact
The 1 + input contacts can be configured to trigger
various actions, such as playback control, standby, wake-
up, or sending a serial frame. Devices behaving like
switches can be connected between these inputs and the
ground of the player (e.g.: push-button, presence sensor,
relay, PLC, SensoPad, IRPad). Active devices can use
the power supply pass-through. Each input can be
configured as normally open or closed.
The 1st to th combined inputs are respectively associated
with the following values when active: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32,
64, 128. The action taken for these inputs depends on
their combination, defined as the sum of the values of all
the active inputs, which is simply the value of an input if it is the only one active. If more than triggering devices
are needed, the ID-AL Ext15In board or a diode-based circuit can be used to get more than combinations from
these devices.
By default, the standalone input plays folder 1, and the combined inputs play the folder numbered with the active
combination.
3.2 Output Contact
The outputs behave like normally-open switches between each contact and the
ground of the player (up to 500 mA per output). They can be used to operate
devices such as power relays, motor controllers, lights, or players.
4 Starting the Player
•After having connected all the required interfaces, turn the player on by
plugging the mains adapter. The status LED should quickly get red, which signals that the player is booting.
•Wait for the status LED to turn green, which indicates that the player is ready.
•Press on the remote control to display the on-screen menu, then configure the player according to the
desired settings such as system language, network, date and time, security of the access of the FTP server
and the remote administration, etc.
•When the player is connected to a local network, the configuration is possible with an internet browser. To do
this, enter the address of the player in the address bar (see 7 Identify the Player on the Ethernet Network ).
Once connected to the remote administration of the player, enter admin as identifier and password as
password.
•In order to make sure that the player benefits from the latest features and improvements, it is possible to
perform a firmware update from System settings → System update. If an Internet connection is
available, it is recommended to follow the automatic procedure using Check for update.
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5 Programming the Player
5.1 General Rule
The player is programmed by organizing media files and other files in a
specific way (see the example opposite) on a storage device (microSD
card, USB flash drive, or internal storage). The external storage devices
must initially be formatted using one of the supported file systems (FAT32 is
recommended), after which it can be filled using a computer then plugged
into the player, or first plugged into the player then filled through FTP
(internal storage, FTP only) (default username and password: idalftp for
both) (see 7 Identify the Player on the Ethernet Network).
•S STEM folder: contains configuration files and other files used by
the system.
•Playback folders, numbered from 0 to 999: contain the usual
multimedia and show control files (MP4, MKV, MOV, SC3,
STREAM, WAV, MP3, M4A, JPG, PNG, etc.). These folders are
prefixed or not with zeros. They are used as an identifier for
commands. (Sub-folders excluded)
•S NCHRO folder: contains the multimedia files to be played when
receiving a synchronized playback request. These files must be
numbered. (Sub-folders excluded)
•WWW folder: contains the HTML5/JavaScript pages and all files
necessary for their operation.
The playback folders can have an arbitrary working name after their
number. Various directives, called tags, can be added between square
brackets. These tags can be used to control the playback, the volume, and
the output contacts, to send serial frames, or to block commands from a configurable list of sources. For the
complete tag specification, see the user guide.
The multimedia files inside the playback folders can also have tags. They can be numbered to ease sorting in
sequential playback mode.
5.2 Show Control Playback
For the standalone control of a show (i.e. to control the output contacts, to send serial frames, and to send packets
on the DMX512 output during a time frame), a file with the extension .sc3 containing show data must be placed
into a playback folder like a regular media file. If there is a media file in this folder with the same name apart from
the extension, then both files are played synchronously. Otherwise, the .sc3 file is played alone. This file can be
generated either with the Show Control Editor software (downloadable from www.id-al.com) on a computer, or by
recording a DMX512 or Art-Net show directly from the player. See 6 Show Control Subsystem .
5.3 HTML5/JavaScript Content
Execution of HTML5/JavaScript code and display of overlaid
web pages on the video playback is provided by an
embedded web server. An additional JavaScript API allows
you to control the playback from HTML5/JavaScript content.
The creation and implementation of web content is done in 3 steps:
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Create web content
Create HTML5 / JavaScript web pages (place
the local content to www folder). If necessary,
use the JavaScript API to control the player
from web pages.
Indexed web content
Add the URLs of web pages by editing the
web-config.json file or by using the
dedicated tool from the remote administration
of the player.
Add file tag
Add to folders or files the dedicated tags to
show or hide web content ([WEBS x], [WEBE
x], [WEBS OFF], [WEBE OFF])
For more information on this topic, see the user guide.
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5.4 Streaming
In order to play a video or audio stream, a file with the extension .stream must be placed into a playback folder
like a regular media file. This file describes the stream and gives its network address. See the user guide for
details.
5.5 Scheduler
In order to schedule commands, a file named scheduler.tm2 must be generated on a computer thanks to the
Scheduler software (downloadable from www.id-al.com), then placed into the S STEM folder.
5.6 Serial Frame
The serial frames that the system needs to send must be listed in a file named serial.txt, which can be created
with a raw text editor on a computer according to a specific syntax, then placed into the S STEM folder. This file can
also be created and edited using the player remote administration (see 4 Starting the Player). The transmission of
the serial frames can be programmed using folder or file tags, or .sc3 files, or a direct command order. See the
user guide for details.
5.7 Further Configuration
Various aspects of the playback and of the usage scenario can be configured in the on-screen menu ( ), under
Playback engine settings and Scenario settings, respectively. Contrary to all the other settings, the
scenario settings are linked to the specific use case programmed on the storage device. That’s why they are saved
by the player in S STEM\scenario-config.json on the current storage device in order to make them easily
portable to other players.
6 Show Control Sub y tem
The show control subsystem of the player can receive packets from the DMX512 input and two Art -Net universes.
These packets can:
•control the playback, the volume, and the output
contacts, and send serial frames, according to the
specified DMX512 mapping (see the the user
guide),
•be forwarded to the DMX512 output,
•be recorded in .sc3 files using various recording
start and stop conditions, including a configurable
recording control channel with a threshold.
The packets contained in the .sc3 files (see 5.2 Show
Control Playback) can:
•control the output contacts and send serial frames,
•be forwarded to the DMX512 output.
Besides the regular playback and recording modes, the
show control subsystem offers a monitoring mode that can
be used in a preparatory stage to try out the DMX512 or
Art-Net sources without changing the production settings.
The show control modes can be enabled and configured
from the on-screen menu ( → under Show control).
7 Identify the Player on the Ethernet Network
The IP address of the player is indicated on the front panel LCD display thanks to the clickable knob, or in the on-
screen menu ( → System settings → Network → Connected) thanks to the infrared remote control. It is
also possible to identify the player on a network using its mDNS name EVP380-sernum, sernum being the serial
number indicated under About in the on-screen menu ( ).
8 Further Step
Go to the support page of the EVP3 0 on www.id-al.com for the advanced features, further information,
documentation, firmware, software, and examples.
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