User Manual

BazePort BazePort Management Studio

- Play
Document number BP-01-UM-016
Revision 1.0
Release version BP 6.0
20.08.2015

Baze Technology AS | Moen 15 | NO-3948 Porsgrunn | Norway www.bazetechnology.com

t: +47 948 00 600 | f: +47 35 92 21 40 | e: [email protected]
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CONTENT

1 DOCUMENT HISTORY ................................................................................................................................. 5

1.1 TRADEMARKS .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

1.2 DISCLAIMERS .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

1.3 WARRANTIES .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT ................................................................................................................. 6

2.1 CONVENTIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 6

3 PLAY ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
3.1 PLAY OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................................ 6

3.2 NAVIGATION .................................................................................................................................................................. 7

3.3 CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING ..................................................................................................................................... 7

3.3.1 CONNECT TO A BAZEPORT UNIT................................................................................................................................... 7

3.3.2 DISCONNECTING ........................................................................................................................................................ 8

3.4 EPG................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

3.4.1 GRID AND LIST VIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.4.2 SWITCH CHANNEL...................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.4.3 SCHEDULE AND DELETE RECORDING ........................................................................................................................... 9

3.5 VIDEO ON DEMAND ............................................................................................................................................................. 9

3.5.1 FIND MOVIE ............................................................................................................................................................... 9

3.5.2 PLAY MOVIE ............................................................................................................................................................. 10

3.5.3 SKIPPING ................................................................................................................................................................. 10

3.6 SERIES ON DEMAND ......................................................................................................................................................... 10

3.6.1 FIND EPISODE .......................................................................................................................................................... 10

3.6.2 PLAY EPISODE ......................................................................................................................................................... 11

3.6.3 SKIPPING ................................................................................................................................................................. 11

3.7 LOCAL AND PUBLIC RECORDING ........................................................................................................................................ 11

3.7.1 RECORDINGS LISTS .................................................................................................................................................. 11

3.8 DIGITAL SIGNAGE ............................................................................................................................................................. 12

3.8.1 STARTING A PRESENTATION ...................................................................................................................................... 12

3.8.2 STOPPING A PRESENTATION ...................................................................................................................................... 12

3.9 FORCED CONTENT ........................................................................................................................................................... 13

3.9.1 PLAY FORCED CONTENT ........................................................................................................................................... 13

3.9.2 STOP FORCED CONTENT ........................................................................................................................................... 13

4 DOCUMENTS COMMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 14

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1 DOCUMENT HISTO RY

Description

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1.0 A 20.08.2015 New document for ST GHK

BazePort 6.0 release

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Status: A=Approved, D=Draft, O=Obsolete. Last approved document is the official document.
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1.1 TRADEMARKS

BazePort ® is a registered trademark owned by Baze Technology AS. Baze Technology AS owns or
controls a variety of registered and unregistered product names, trade names, trademarks, service
names, and service marks in the United States, Norway China and in other countries of the world.

1.2 DISCLAIMERS

Baze Technology accepts no liability for the content of this document, or for the consequences of any
actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently
confirmed in writing. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying,
distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.
Issued by Baze Technology AS, Moen 15, 3948 Porsgrunn. Postal address: PO Box 1124, NO-3905
Porsgrunn, Norway p: + 47 94 800 600, f: +47 35 10 54 99, e: [email protected], NO 991
658 920

1.3 W ARRANTIES

In no event shall Baze Technology AS be liable for any special, direct, indirect or consequential
damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action
of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or
performance of hardware, software or documents, provision of or failure to provide services.

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2 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCU MENT

This is the user manual for the BazePort Management Studio – Play section.

2.1 CONVENTIONS

The following symbols are used in this document:

This symbol indicates important information

Bold Bold text indicates name of parameters, files and other configuration items.

3 PL AY

The BazePort Management Studio Play section gives you control over any online BazePort unit in
your network.

3.1 PLAY OVERVIEW

1. Navigation Menu
2. Filter menu - Clicking this will display choices for filtering large collections displayed in the
content area.
3. Show/Hide sidebar – Clicking this toggle the sidebar below (4)
4. Sidebar – Contains information about the connected STB and a remote control (6)
5. Connected STB
6. Remote control - Used for controlling the connected STB

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3.2 NAVIGATION

1. Connect to STB (Set Top Box) – Clicking this will take you to
the page for connecting to STB’s in your network.
2. TV – Clicking this will show you EPG (Electronic Program
Guide). Here you can also schedule TV recording on the
connected STB.
3. Video On Demand – From here you can browse through the
Video On Demand library and start playing movies on the
connected STB.
4. Series On Demand – Here you can find TV shows and start
playing episodes on the connected STB.
5. Local Recordings – In here you get a list of recorded TV
programs stored on the connected STB and play them that
STB.
6. Public Recordings – Gives you a list of TV recordings stored
on the server. You can play these on the connected STB.
7. Digital Signage – Clicking this will take you to the page for
controlling digital signage on the connected STB
8. Forced Content – Clicking this will take you to the page for
controlling forced content on the connected STB

If you try to reach any of these without being connected to an STB, you will be redirected to the
“Connect to STB” page

3.3 CONNECTING AND DISCO NNECTING

To gain control over a BazePort unit, you need to connect to it first. This is done with simple pin code
verification.

3.3.1 CONNECT TO A BAZEPORT UNIT

The list presented on the “Connect” page will by default show you the currently available (online) units.
This list can be filtered with the search input field.
1. Click the Set Top Box (STB) row you want to connect to.

2. A pin code will appear on the STB screen at the bottom

right corner

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3. Enter the pin code in the input field and press enter (or click the
connect button).

4. The BazePort unit should now display

“Remote connected” at the bottom right
corner. Remote control buttons and
information about the connected BazePort
unit will appear on the right side in your
browser. The unit row will be highlighted
and contain a “Disconnect” button.

3.3.2 DISCONNECTING
You can disconnect from the BazePort unit by
either clicking the “Disconnect” button at the
right side on any page in the remote control
section, or by clicking the Disconnect button
on the unit row on the “Connect” page.

3.4 EPG

The EPG (Electronic Program Guide) page gives you an overview of upcoming TV programs. From
this page you can change channels and manage program recording schedules.

3.4.1 GRID AND LIST VIEW

The EPG has two types of views. The grid
view, which is the default view, gives you a
horizontal timeline visualisation of the
programs, while the list view provides a top
down list for each channel. You can switch
between these views by clicking the grid and
list icon to the right of the search input field.

3.4.2 SW ITCH CHANNEL

By hovering the mouse cursor over a channel logo a play button
will appear. You can click on this button to switch to any
channel. If you are by any chance using a tablet where, the play
button will appear if you tap the logo of the desired channel.

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3.4.3 SCHEDULE AND DELETE RECORDING

By clicking on a program in the EPG you will cycle through single recording, recurring recording and
delete recording.
The first click will schedule the program to be recorded and
the program will be marked with a red circle:

1. The second click will activate recurring recording for

the program and it will be marked with three red
circles.

2. The third click will bring up a dialog

asking you to confirm deleting the
scheduled recording. Click the
“Delete” button to remove the
program from the recording schedule
or click “Abort” to keep the recurring
recording schedule for this program.

3.5 VIDEO ON DEMAND

On the “Video On Demand” page you can browse and start playing movies on the connected BazePort
unit.

3.5.1 FIND MOVIE

You can find a movie by searching for the
movie title in the search bar. You can also
show movies from a certain category by
clicking one of the category links at the top
of the page.
If a category is selected, the text search
result will only display movies from that
category.

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3.5.2 PLAY MOVIE

To play a movie from the “Video On Demand” library on the connected
BazePort unit, start by clicking the movie poster to display the movie
information. From here you can start the movie by clicking the play button.

3.5.3 SKIPPING
When a video is playing, a progress bar will appear in the area on the right
hand side.
You can skip to any point in the video by simply clicking the progress bar.

3.6 SERIES ON DEMAND

On the «Series On Demand» page you get an overview of the available on demand TV series. From
this page you can start playing an episode on your BazePort unit.

3.6.1 FIND EPISODE

You can use the search field to search for the series title. When you
locate the series you want, simply click the cover to display the
seasons. Click the desired season to display the episodes.

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3.6.2 PLAY EPISODE

Next to each episode title there is a play button. Click the
button to start viewing the episode.

3.6.3 SKIPPING
As described in 3.3.3 you can skip to any point in the episode by clicking
the progress bar on the right hand side.

3.7 LOCAL AND PUBLIC RECORDING

On the “Local Recordings” and the “Public

Recordings” pages you can search for and play
recorded TV programs. The difference between the
two is that the “Local Recordings” page shows you
the TV Programs stored on your BazePort unit, while
the “Public Recordings” page displays recorded TV
Programs stored on the server.

3.7.1 RECORDINGS LISTS

The recordings list can either be shown as grouped by
channel or program, or sorted by last recorded
program. You can switch between the three by clicking
the dropdown link beneath the Local/Public
Recordings header.
The numbers on the right of every row indicates how
many recordings each group contains.
To display the content of a group, click the row to
expand it.
To start playing a program on you BazePort unit, click the play button next to the program title.

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3.8 DIGITAL SIGNAGE

The «Digital Signage» page gives you the ability to start and
stop presentations on thje connected BazePort unit.

3.8.1 STARTING A PRESENTAT ION

Click the play button next to the desired presentation to
start the presentations

3.8.2 STOPPING A PRESENTAT ION

Click the “Stop” button next to the playing presentation, to
stop the presentation.

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3.9 FORCED CONTENT

The «Forced Content» page gives you the ability to play any video in the Forced Content library on the
connected BazePort unit.

3.9.1 PLAY FORCED CONTENT

To start playing forced content, click the play button next to the desired
video. The video will loop until the video is stopped.

3.9.2 STOP FORCED CONTENT

Forced content video can only be stopped from the “Forced Content
«page. To stop playing forced content, click the stop button next to the
playing video.

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