Rapid RS-400 User manual

RS-400
Digital Signage Player
User Manual
V1.2

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Table of Contents
1. Getting Started...........................................................................................................................................4
1.1. I/O Layout........................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2. Connecting to Player ........................................................................................................................... 5
1.3. Typical Setup Procedure..................................................................................................................... 7
1.4. Player User Interface overview........................................................................................................... 8
2. Screen configure......................................................................................................................................10
3. Design.......................................................................................................................................................14
3.1. New Design....................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.1. Media list....................................................................................................................................... 17
3.1.2. Widgets......................................................................................................................................... 19
3.1.3. Application.................................................................................................................................... 31
3.2. Load Design ...................................................................................................................................... 37
4. Plan...........................................................................................................................................................38
4.1. Create a New Plan............................................................................................................................. 38
4.2. Load Plan.......................................................................................................................................... 41
4.3. Export Plan ....................................................................................................................................... 42
5. Player Management.................................................................................................................................43
5.1. Overview........................................................................................................................................... 43
5.2. System Configure .............................................................................................................................. 44
5.3. Logs .................................................................................................................................................. 52

1. Getting Started
1.1. I/O Layout
1
Power Button
2
COM ports (x2)
3
DC in
4
HDMI Output (x4)
5-1
LAN-1
5-2
LAN-2
6
USB 3.0 (x2)
7
USB 2.0 (x2)
8
Audio Out
9
Mic in
1
2
6
7
3
4
9
8
5-1
5-2

1.2. Connecting to Player
Direct Connect:
By default, RS-400 will set a static IP address 192.168.100.1 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 for LAN-2.
Change the PC/Laptop network TCP/IP Address to 192.168.100.2 and the same network mask, then
connect to RS-400’s LAN-2 with a LAN cable.
User Chrome and connect to http://192.168.100.1
Default login name and password are both “admin”.

DHCP Connect:
If you want the Player connect to a DHCP network, you need to directly connect with Player first and
change the networking setting of the Player:
1. Connect the LAN cable to LAN-1 to use a DHCP connection
2. Click SystemConfig on the main page of Player, then click Network config Tab.
3. Double-click textbox of DHCP and make sure DHCP is turned on, then Click Apply.
4. Click Power tab, and click Reboot button to reboot the Player.
5. After reboot, the Player IP address will be displayed on the boot screen.
Example:
Change the RS-400 into the diagram below:
AP / Router / Switch

1.3. Typical Setup Procedure
Step 1 Screen mode setting: Click Screen config on the Player user interface, then select cols, Rows,
Rotation value to setup screen mode. FOR more information, refer to 2. Screen configure.
Step 2 Start Design: Click New Design. Design the uploads and page Design of videos, pictures, advertising,
and other media materials to be displayed. FOR more information, refer to 3. Design.
Step 3 Creating a Plan: Click New Plan. user can set up Plan to play hours, daily, weekly, or monthly on the
Player. FOR more information, refer to 4. Plan.
Step 4 Finish.

1.4. Player User Interface overview
Language setting:
The Player supports multiple languages, including:
English
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Spanish
German
Click Language and the selection list appears. This user interface will switch to selected language.
Screen Config: Setting of the Player’s display matrix, resolution, rotation, and bezel
compensation.

New Design: Design the uploads and page Design of videos, pictures, advertising, and other
media materials to be displayed.
Load Design: Loading and modify existing Design.
New Plan: Arrange the schedule of the Designs.
Load Plan: Load an existing Plan.
Export Plan: Export a Plan for manual update.
Overview: Shows the information of Player, including the version and the systemstatus.
Logout: Click at the right top of Main page of Player, then select Logout to exit Player.

2. Screen configure
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
A
Cols
Click Cols then select the number of the display devices from the drop down.
Rows
Click Row then select the number of the display devices from the drop down.
B
Horizontal
Enter horizontal and vertical value of border between each monitor.
Note: Use only for adjust Bezel Compensation function.
Vertical
C
Resolution
Click Resolution then set resolution of the Canvas. (Too high resolution will
decrease the performance of system. Please set proper resolution according
to the performance of your hardware system.)
Selections include:
4096 x 2160, 3840 x 2160, 3200 x 1800, 2560 x 1920, 2560 x 1440, 1920 x
1080 (default), 1600 x 1200, 1600 x 800, 1440 x 1080, 1440 x 1050, 1366 x
768, 1360 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1280 x 800, 1280 x 720, 1024 x 768, 854 x 480,
800 x 600, 720 x 480, 640 x 480
D
Rotation
Click Rotation then set the screen to Landscape mode or Portrait mode.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G

E
Identify Start
Press Identify Start to identify the physical screens.
F
Bezel Start
Press Bezel Start and drag to change the bezel value.
G
Apply
When you have completed any changes, click Apply to finish all the screen
setting.
The buttons at the top of page:
Buttons
DESCRIPTION
A
Menu
Click Menu to return to the main page of Player.
B
Overview
Click Overview to go to System Information page directly.
C
Logs
Click Logs to go to Logs page directly.
D
System Config
Click System Config to go to System configure page directly.
A
B
C
D

RS-400 supports these video wall configurations:

3. Design
3.1. New Design
With this option, user can design to the whole Canvas, and use the intuitive drag and drop operation to
adding objects on Canvas.
A
Media list
B
Media Widget bar
C
Canvas
To compose the Design
Step 1: Upload Files to Media list.
Step 2: Click and hold Widgets from the Widget bar or Media from the Media list, then drag and drop it to
a location on the Canvas.
Step 3: Property window will pop up for user to set the Widget, or Right click on the Widget then select
Properties to setting.
A
B
C

Step 4: Click Save at the top of Design page then enter the Design name and Description.
Step 5: Click Save as Design.
Right-click menu of Media objects
Right click of the Widget, then right-click menu appears. This menu provides user to
modify Widget’s Properties, assign its Playlist and Delete the Widget from the
Canvas.
Adding a Playlist
A playlist is a sequence of Widget that you choose for display in a zone. Each zone has its own playlist and
runs independently of other playlists.
To create a playlist with multiple Widget objects, follow these steps:
Step 1: Click on a Widget in the Media widget bar, and drag and drop the Widget onto the Canvas.
Step 2: then click on a Widget and drag and drop it onto the first Widget, then playlist dialog appears, click
OK.
Step 3: Right click of playlist to change duration of a Widget or change Widget order in this playlist.

The buttons at the top of Design page
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
A
Menu
Click Menu to return to Main page of Player.
B
New
Click New to create new Design, if user is not finishing current Design, please
Save it before exiting from this page.
C
Load
Click Load Then Designer dialog appears, select existing Design file form list,
then click Load Design to modify Design.
D
Save
Click Save to save the new Design or design changes.
E
Delete
Click Delete Then Delete design dialog appears, select one or more existing
design file form list, then click Delete Design to delete Design.
F
RS Scheduler
Click RS Scheduler to go to Plan page directly.
A
B
C
D
E
F

3.1.1. Media list.
Media Properties
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
A
Upload files
Click Upload to browse user’s files on desktop, extra
device and devices on the network directly.
B
Remove file
If user wants to remove the file from the list, please drag
and drop the file to Delete button.
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
Media type
Display the media type.
Alias
Display the file name.
Media duration(sec)
To edit the time intervals, edit the Value by double clicking the cell and add the
amount of seconds you want it to display.
Volume
To edit sound volume, edit the Value by double clicking the cell and choosing a
number between 1and 10.
X(Pixel) or Y(Pixel)
To edit the location of the media to pixel perfection, find X(Pixel) or Y(Pixel) and
edit the Value by double clicking the cell and adjusting the values.
A
B

Width or Height
To edit the width and height, find Width or Height and edit it to best fit your
layout.
Layer order
To change the order of Layer in the Canvas.

3.1.2. Widgets
HTML
Text
Text
banner
Image
Analog
clock
Digital
Clock
RSS
Streaming
Capture
in
Queuing
Remote
Folder
Live Data
HTML Widget:
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
Media type
Display the media type.
Media duration(sec)
To edit the time intervals, edit the Value by double clicking the cell and add the
amount of seconds you want it to display.
X(Pixel) or Y(Pixel)
To edit the location of the media to pixel perfection, find X(Pixel) or Y(Pixel) and
edit the Value by double clicking the cell and adjusting the values.
Width or Height
To edit the width and height, find Width or Height and edit it to best fit your
layout.
Offset X or Offset Y
Double click at Value next to the Offset X or Offset Y and it will shift the webpage’s
left / top corner.
Layer order
To change the order of Layer in the Canvas.
URL
Enter the web site URL into the field.
Reload
To edit webpage reload time (sec).

Text Widget: A widget to display static text content.
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
Media type
Display the media type.
Media duration(sec)
To edit the time intervals, edit the Value by double clicking the cell and add the
amount of seconds you want it to display.
X(Pixel) or Y(Pixel)
To edit the location of the media to pixel perfection, find X(Pixel) or Y(Pixel) and
edit the Value by double clicking the cell and adjusting the values.
Width or Height
To edit the width and height, find Width or Height and edit it to best fit your
layout.
Layer order
To change the order of Layer in the Canvas.
Foreground color
To edit the text color.
Background color
To edit background color of the text.
Opacity
To set Widget visible on the Canvas. The default is 255 that completely opaque and
1is almost completely transparent.
Text
Enter the text into the field.
Font size
To edit the text size. The default is 70.