ViPlex Express

Display Content Publishing Management System for PC

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Contents

CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... I

1 SOFTWARE INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 1

2 GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................................................................... 2

2.1 PREPARING A PC ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2

2.2 INSTALLING SOFTWARE ............................................................................................................................................................. 2

2.3 SELECTING W ORKING MODE ..................................................................................................................................................... 2

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2.4 CONNECTING TO DISPLAYS ........................................................................................................................................................ 3

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2.5 LOGGING IN TO TERMINALS ........................................................................................................................................................ 4

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2.6 CREATING SOLUTIONS .............................................................................................................................................................. 6

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2.6.1 Creating Common Solutions ........................................................................................................................................ 6

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2.6.2 Creating Advanced Solutions ....................................................................................................................................... 6

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2.7 EDITING SOLUTIONS ................................................................................................................................................................. 6

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2.7.1 Editing Common Solutions .......................................................................................................................................... 6

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2.7.2 Editing Advanced Solutions ......................................................................................................................................... 6

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2.8 PREVIEWING SOLUTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 6

2.9 PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................ 6

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2.9.1 Publishing Common Solutions ..................................................................................................................................... 6

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2.9.2 Publishing Advanced Solutions .................................................................................................................................... 6

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2.10 QUERYING PLAY LOGS ............................................................................................................................................................ 6

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3 SOLUTION MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................................ 7

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3.1 CREATING SOLUTIONS .............................................................................................................................................................. 7

3.2 IMPORTING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 8

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3.3 EXPORTING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................ 8

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3.4 USB PLAYBACK ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9

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3.5 PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................ 9

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3.6 DELETING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 10

4 SOLUTION EDITING ................................................................................................................................................................. 11

4.1 EDITING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................... 11

4.1.1 Adding Pages ............................................................................................................................................................ 11

4.1.2 Adding Media ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
4.1.3 Adjusting Media ......................................................................................................................................................... 15

4.2 CUSTOMIZING TEMPLATES ....................................................................................................................................................... 16

4.3 SWITCHING VIEW .................................................................................................................................................................... 18

4.4 PREVIEWING SOLUTIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 18

4.5 VIEWING SCHEDULE................................................................................................................................................................ 18

5 ADVANCED SOLUTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 19

5.1 CREATING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................ 19

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5.2 EDITING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................... 19

5.3 DELETING SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 20

5.4 IMPORTING SOLUTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 20

5.5 EXPORTING SOLUTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 20

5.6 USB PLAYBACK ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20

5.7 PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 20

6 TERMINAL CONTROL .............................................................................................................................................................. 22

6.1 FUNCTION LIST ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22

6.2 GENERAL FUNCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 23

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6.3 PLAYBACK MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................................ 23

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6.3.1 Enabling Synchronous Playing .................................................................................................................................. 23

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6.3.2 Adjusting Volume in Real Time .................................................................................................................................. 24

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6.3.4 Setting Rotation Playback .......................................................................................................................................... 24

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6.4 BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT ...................................................................................................................................................... 24

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6.4.1 Manual Adjustment .................................................................................................................................................... 25

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6.4.2 Smart Adjustment ...................................................................................................................................................... 25

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6.5 VIDEO SOURCE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 25

6.5.1 Manual Switching....................................................................................................................................................... 25

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6.5.2 Scheduled Switching ................................................................................................................................................. 26

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6.5.3 HDMI Preferred.......................................................................................................................................................... 26

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6.6 SCREEN STATUS CONTROL ...................................................................................................................................................... 26

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6.6.1 Manual Control .......................................................................................................................................................... 26

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6.6.2 Timing Control............................................................................................................................................................ 26

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6.7 TIME SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................... 27

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6.8 RESTART CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 28

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6.8.1 Restarting Immediately .............................................................................................................................................. 28

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6.8.2 Scheduled Restart ..................................................................................................................................................... 28

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6.9 COLOR TEMPERATURE ............................................................................................................................................................ 28

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6.10 MONITORING ........................................................................................................................................................................ 28

6.11 PLAY LOGS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 29

6.11.1 Querying Play Logs .................................................................................................................................................. 29

6.11.2 Exporting Play Logs ................................................................................................................................................. 29

6.12 FONT MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................. 29

6.12.1 Adding Fonts ............................................................................................................................................................ 29

6.12.2 Deleting Fonts.......................................................................................................................................................... 29

6.13 NETWORK CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................................... 30

6.13.1 Configuring Wired Network ...................................................................................................................................... 30

6.13.2 Configuring Wi-Fi AP ............................................................................................................................................... 30
6.13.3 Configuring Wi-Fi Sta............................................................................................................................................... 30
6.13.4 Configuring Mobile Network ..................................................................................................................................... 30
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6.13.5 Configuring Network Detection ................................................................................................................................ 31

6.14 SERVER CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 31

6.14.1 Binding to VNNOX Standard/AD.............................................................................................................................. 31

6.14.2 Binding to iCare ....................................................................................................................................................... 32

6.15 TERMINAL UPGRADE ............................................................................................................................................................. 32

6.15.1 Online Upgrade........................................................................................................................................................ 32

6.15.2 Local Upgrade ......................................................................................................................................................... 32

6.16 POWER CONTROL................................................................................................................................................................. 33

6.16.1 Board Power Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 33

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6.16.3 Scheduled Control ................................................................................................................................................... 33

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6.17 RF MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................................ 34

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6.18 SENSOR .............................................................................................................................................................................. 34

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6.19 SCREEN INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 35

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7 SYSTEM SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................................................. 36

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8 AUDIO AND VIDEO DECODER SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 37

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8.2 AUDIO ................................................................................................................................................................................... 37

8.3 VIDEO ................................................................................................................................................................................... 38

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1 Software Introduction
ViPlex Express is a display content publishing management system for PC, which is installed in Windows operating
system and allows you to edit solutions and play the solutions on LCD or LED displays. In async mode, ViPlex Express
is also used to control multimedia players. This document introduces you the functions and operations in async mode.

Two Working Modes

ViPlex Express has two working modes and you can switch to your desired mode based on the application scenario.
Studio Mode

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When a solution is being played in ViPlex Express, the solution is also played synchronously on the display. This
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The playback window is on the extended display. You can use the screen monitoring function to view the

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Async Mode

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ViPlex Express sends solutions to multimedia players. The solutions will be stored in the multimedia players and
played according to their playback plans. This mode is applicable to the scenario when multimedia players load

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Professional Solution Editing

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ViPlex Express is designed with a professional solution editing function allowing you to edit solutions with various
contents and complex schedules as required.
Multiple pages
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A solution can be added with multiple pages which are played in order from top to bottom.

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Flexible layout

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You can use a system template or customize a template when adding a page. In a template, you can set the

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number, coordinates, width and height of windows based on your needs.

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A variety of media

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On a page, you can add general windows, cut-to-display window, Office documents, images, videos, GIF, text,

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colorful text, digital clocks, analog clocks, timers, weather, RSS, streaming media and web pages.
Multiple properties

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Every type of media has multiple properties which can satisfy your needs and present a variety of solutions.

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Scheduling as you wish

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You can set a time period and cycle for each page to play. The schedules of a page can be batch applied to other

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Quick preview
Clicking the preview button allows you to preview the current page. The preview widow refreshes immediately
when you move on to another page.

All-round Terminal Control

In async mode, ViPlex Express enables you to fully control multimedia players, such as brightness adjustment, time
synchronization, font management, terminal upgrade, video source switching, screen status control, play log query,
network configuration and RF management.

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2 Getting Started
2.1 Preparing a PC

Minimum requirements:

 OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit

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Where to Obtain

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After ViPlex Express is first installed, a Select Mode dialog box appears when you open ViPlex Express. Select
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Figure 2-1 Selecting mode

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mode after restarted.

2.4 Connecting to Displays

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The PC with ViPlex Express installed is connected to multimedia players via Ethernet cable.

The DHCP of multimedia players is enabled, the DHCP in the top-left corner of ViPlex Express is turned on.
Select a local IP address and click OK. ViPlex Express will automatically connects to the Taurus. If the
connection is not stable, set a static IP address for the PC.

Note: Before enabling the DHCP service, turn off the firewall of the PC or set ICMP echo reply policy.

Wi-Fi

The PC with ViPlex Express installed is connected to multimedia players via Wi-Fi.

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When the multimedia player has built-in Wi-Fi AP, you can use this method without the need for configuration. For
instance, when the multimedia player has built-in Wi-Fi AP, the default SSID is “AP+Last 8 digits of the SN” and
the default password is “12345678”.

Figure 2-3 LAN

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The PC with ViPlex Express installed and multimedia players connected to the same wired LAN via Ethernet

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cable.

If this method is used, configuration is not required.

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configuration page.

2.5 Logging In to Terminals

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After you select async mode, the terminal management page of async mode will be displayed.

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Login user name and password of the multimedia player, for example, the default login user name and password of

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Figure 2-4 Terminal management

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After detecting a terminal, ViPlex Express will try to log in to the terminal with the default account or the account used

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If terminals and ViPlex Express are not on the same network segment and can be pinged. Click next to Refresh,

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 : Denotes that the terminal is online and you can log in to it. Go to Step 2.

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Step 3 Enter the password for the "admin" user and then click OK.

After successful login, ViPlex Express saves the account information automatically.

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After successful login, if the password is verified as a weak password, will be displayed next to the terminal name.
You are advised to change the password to a complex one to enhance security.

Right click the screen information, and the related operations will be displayed:

 Log Out: Log out of the terminal.

 Rename: Rename the terminal.

 Change Password: Change the connection password of the Taurus Wi-Fi AP and the login password of the
"admin" user.

 Forget Password: Delete the password saved during last login.

 Download Operation Log: Download the operation logs of asynchronous terminals.

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2.6 Creating Solutions

After updated, the solution data in async mode will be synchronized with that in studio mode.

2.6.1 Creating Common Solutions

For details, see 3.1 Creating Solutions.

2.6.2 Creating Advanced Solutions

For details, see 5.1 Creating Solutions.

2.7 Editing Solutions

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2.9.2 Publishing Advanced Solutions

For details, see 5.7 Publishing Solutions.

2.10 Querying Play Logs

For details, see 6.11.1 Querying Play Logs.

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3 Solution Management
Choose Solutions to enter solution management page.

Figure 3-1 Solution management

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3.1 Creating Solutions
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Step 1 Click New.

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Step 2 Set the solution name and resolution, and then click OK.

You can set the resolution by clicking Specify Terminal and the resolution will be the same as that of the selected
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3.2 Importing Solutions

Step 1 Choose More > Import.

Figure 3-3 Importing solutions

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Step 3 Click Next.

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Only the solutions that contain media can be exported.

Step 1 Select one or more solutions and choose More > Export.

Figure 3-4 Exporting solutions

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Step 2 Click to choose a destination for the solutions to be exported.

Step 3 Click Export.

Note: ViPlex Express will automatically convert the formats of videos that are not supported by terminals while
exporting solutions.

Step 4 After solutions are exported successfully, close the dialog box.

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3.4 USB Playback

Step 1 Move your mouse to a solution and click , or select one or more solutions and click USB playback.

Figure 3-5 USB Playback

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Step 6 After solutions are exported successfully, click Done.

3.5 Publishing Solutions

 Only solutions containing media can be published.

 Only one solution can be sent to terminals each time.

 One solution can be sent to multiple terminals simultaneously.

On the solution editing page, click at the top right to publish solutions. On the solution list page, follow the steps
below to publish solutions.

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Step 1 Move your mouse to a solution and click .

Figure 3-6 Solution publishing

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Step 2 Click Refresh to show the information of terminals which are logged in.

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Step 3 Select one or more terminals and click Publish.

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4 Solution Editing
Choose Solutions. In the solution list, perform any of the following operations to enter solution editing page.

 Select a solution and click Edit.

 Click a solution name.

Figure 4-1 Solution editing page

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4.1.1 Adding Pages

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Pages are played in order from top to bottom.

How to Add Pages

 Click to add a blank page.

 Click next to to open the Page Template dialog box. Select a custom template or system template

and click Apply.

For the detailed information of custom template, see 4.2 Customizing Templates.

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Other Operations

 : Copy the selected page.

 : Delete the selected page.

 : Move a page up.

 : Move a page down.

Properties

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Figure 4-2 Page properties

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pages will be skipped during solution playback.

 Schedule: Playback period and cycle of a page If time periods in a playback plan overlap, pages will be played in
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For instance, the configuration in Figure 4-2 denotes that the current page is played during 18:00–21:00 every
Saturday and Sunday.

− : Add a schdeule.

− : Delete a schedule. This button is displayed when there are more than one schedule.

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− : Clear schedules. A default schedule is kept.

 Apply Schedule: Apply schedules to other pages. You can select multiple pages to batch apply the schedules.

4.1.2 Adding Media

Click a media icon to add the media and edit its properties.

The supported media types are listed in Table 4-1. The properties of each type of media contain Area where you can
set the coordinates, width and height of media except cut-to-display window. See the description of other properties in
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General window  Border: Set the border style of a window. After you select a style, you
Background audio is can set the border width, scrolling speed and direction.

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media to a general
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basic and playback properties of the media. For more details, see the
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property description of other types of media.
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Cut-to-display window

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the screen which must be based on the actual situation.
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window. If multiple media items are added, they will be played in order
according to the actual
from top to bottom. Videos in cut-to-display window cannot be played by
configuration. The number
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of parts to cut is calculated
according to the actual After you add other types of media to cut-to-display window, you can set
screen width and height the basic and playback properties of the media. For more details, see the
and the configured screen property description of other types of media.
width and height.

LCD players do not

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Icon Media description Properties

Office document, image, Office document properties

video and GIF.  Basic properties: View media name and set the display mode. For a
You can set background Word document, you can also set the layout.
audio for images.  Playback properties: Set page duration, entrance effect, effect
duration and the total playback duration of the document.

 Operation: View the previous or next page.

Layout
 Automatic: The text in a Word document is played after the pages of
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the Word document media.

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 Basic properties: View media name and set the file path.

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 Playback properties: Set playback duration, play count, entrance
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Basic properties: View media name and set the file path, playback
duration and play count.

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box to edit the text and  Add audio widget: Set background audio for the text.
style. You can also edit
 Playback properties: The properties you can set vary according to the
text style in basic
playback method. Playback method can be scrolling, flip or static.
properties.

Background audio is
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Colorful text Basic properties: View media name and set text, text style, kerning,

Edit text and text style in colorful text effect, head to tail, spacing between head and tail, scrolling

the basic properties of the direction, scrolling speed, playback duration and media background color.

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Icon Media description Properties

Digital clock Basic properties: View media name and set time zone, content to
display, date format, time format, items to display, text style and playback
duration.

Analog clock Basic properties: View media name and set time zone, hour scale,
minute scale, hour hand color, minute hand color, second hand color, text
to be displayed on the clock, text style and playback duration and choose
whether the date will be displayed.

Hour scale is to set the display style of the hours on a dial plate and
minute scale is to set the display style of the minutes on a dial plate.

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Weather Basic properties: View media name and set city, items to display,

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Environment monitoring  Basic properties: View media name and set the items to display. Click

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playback duration, optional items and style, and text.

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Web page  Basic properties: View media name and set the web address.

The web address must be the same as the actual address For example,
if the actual address is https://www.xxx.com, you cannot set the address
to http://www.xxx.com.

 Playback properties: Set playback duration.

4.1.3 Adjusting Media

After adding media, use the buttons above the editing area to adjust the media.

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Table 4-2 Function button description

Icon Description Icon Description

Zoom in the editing area Zoom out the editing area

Show the editing area in the original Automatically fit the editing area to the
size software interface

Deleted selected media Clear all media

Crop image Bring layer forward

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Send layer backward Bring layer to front

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Send layer to back Fill the entire screen

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Fit the screen horizontally Fit the screen vertically

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Align top Center vertically

Bottom align

A R Align left

Center horizontally
S T Align right

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4.2 Customizing Templates
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Step 1 Click

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next to to open the Page Template dialog box.

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Figure 4-3 Page template

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Step 2 Click to open the template editing page.

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Figure 4-4 Adding a custom template

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Step 3 Set the template name and click to add one or more windows.

Step 4 Click a window and set its coordinates, width and height.

Step 5 After the settings are done, click Save Template.

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4.3 Switching View

Click the buttons below the page list to switch the page list view.

 : The list shows page thumbnails only.

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 : The list shows page thumbnails and the names of media items in the selected page.

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4.4 Previewing Solutions
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On the top right of the page, click to preview the current page.

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click to refresh the preview window.

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4.5 Viewing Schedule

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On the top right of the page, click to view the solution schedule.

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5 Advanced Solutions
An advanced solution is scheduled solutions. Choose Advanced Solutions to enter advanced solution management
page.

Figure 5-1 Advanced solution management

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5.1 Creating Solutions

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Step 1 Click New.

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Step 2 Name the advanced solution.

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Step 3 Click .

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Step 4 Select a common solution, and set the validity range, repeating method and playback duration.

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Step 5 Click Add.

Step 6 Click Cancel.

Step 7 (Optional) Click the box next to Non-Scheduled Content to select a solution and click OK.

The non-schedule content will be played by default during the non-scheduled period.

Step 8 Click Add.

5.2 Editing Solutions

On the advanced solution list, perform any of the following operations to enter the solution editing page.

 Select a solution and click Edit.

 Click a solution name.

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5.3 Deleting Solutions

In the advanced solution list, select a solution and click Delete.

5.4 Importing Solutions

Step 1 Click Import.

Step 2 In the pop-up dialog box, click to select the file path.

Step 3 Click Next.

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Step 4 When Progress shows 100%, click Done.

5.5 Exporting Solutions

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Only the solutions that contain media can be exported.

Step 1 Select one or more solutions and click Export.

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Step 2 In the dialog box that appears, click

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to choose a destination for the solutions to be exported.

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Step 3 Click Export.

Step 4 After solutions are exported successfully, close the dialog box.

5.6 USB Playback

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Step 1 Click the corresponding of a solution, or select one or more solutions and click USB playback.

Step 2 Select a playback method.

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Plug and play: The solution will be played as soon as the USB drive where solutions are stored is inserted into

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the terminal. The USB drive cannot be removed during playback.

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 Copy and play: The terminal starts playing solutions after copying the solutions from the USB drive. The USB

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drive can be removed during playback.

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Step 3 Click to choose a destination for the solutions to be exported.

Step 4 Enter the login password of the terminal.

After the USB drive where solutions are stored into the terminal, the solutions can be played only when the password
is correct.

Step 5 Select a solution and click OK.

Step 6 After solutions are exported successfully, click Done.

5.7 Publishing Solutions

 Only solutions containing media can be published.

 Only one solution can be sent to terminals each time.

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 One solution can be sent to multiple terminals simultaneously.

Step 1 Select a solution in the advanced solution list and click Publish, or click next to the solution information.

Step 2 In the pop-up dialog box, click Refresh to show the information of terminals which are logged in.

Step 3 Select one or more terminals and click Publish.

Step 4 When Progress shows 100%, click Done.

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6 Terminal Control
Choose Terminal Control to enter the terminal control page.

Figure 6-1 Terminal control

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6.1 Function List
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Function
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Sub-Function Taurus LED Taurus LCD VPlayer

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Playback management
N Enable synchronous √ √

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playback

I ' A Adjust volume in real time √ √

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Manage terminal solutions √ √

Set rotation playback √ √

Brightness adjustment - √

Video source - √

Screen status control - √

Time synchronization - √ √
management

Restart configuration - √ √

Color temperature - √

Monitoring - √ √

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Function Sub-Function Taurus LED Taurus LCD VPlayer

Players Players

(Available memory
usage and CPU
usage are not
available.)

Play logs Query play logs √ √

Export play logs √ √

Font management Add fonts √ √

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Delete fonts √ √

Network configuration Configure wired network √ √

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Configure Wi-Fi AP √ √

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Configure Wi-Fi Sta √

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Configure mobile network √ √

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Configure network detection √ √

√
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Server configuration Bind to VNNOX
Standard/AD

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Bind to iCare √

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Terminal upgrade Online upgrade √ √ √

Local upgrade

S T √ √ √

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Power control Board power √ √

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Multifunction card power √

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RF management -

Sensor - √

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Screen information - √ √

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6.2 General Function

Click the Read back button to read terminal information back to ViPlex Express and display it.

6.3 Playback Management

Manage the playback mode, volume and content of terminals.

6.3.1 Enabling Synchronous Playing

Enabling or disabling the synchronous playing function will restart the terminal. Time synchronization management
and RF management are also provided with synchronous playback switches.

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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Select Enable next to Synchronous Playing.

Step 3 Click Confirm in the pop-up dialog box.

6.3.2 Adjusting Volume in Real Time

Drag the slider or enter a value to adjust volume. Volume can be adjusted only when the Taurus is in async mode.

When the information related to RF synchronization is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-2, it indicates that volume
synchronization is enabled on the current terminal. See relevant operations in 6.17 RF Management. RF
synchronization requires you to specify a master device and slave devices. Users only need to set the volume of the
master device. The slave devices will keep the same volume as the master device via RF signal.

Figure 6-2 RF synchronization-volume

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 Viewing screenshot: Click View Screenshot to view the real-time screenshot of the solution which is being

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played on the terminal.

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Playing a solution: Move the mouse to the thumbnail of the solution and click .

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 Stopping playing a solution: Move the mouse to the thumbnail of the solution and click .

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Deleting a solution: Select a solution in the solution thumbnail list and click Delete.

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6.3.4 Setting Rotation Playback

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Select a rotation angle from the drop-down box next to Rotation Playback. The rotation angle is an absolute angle.

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6.4 Brightness Adjustment

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Manually adjust the brightness or set rules of smart brightness adjustment.

When the information related to RF synchronization is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-3, it indicates that brightness
synchronization is enabled on the current terminal. See relevant operations in 6.17 RF Management. RF
synchronization requires you to specify a master device and slave devices. Users only need to set the brightness of
the master device. The slave devices will keep the same brightness as the master device via RF signal.

Figure 6-3 RF synchronization-brightness

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6.4.1 Manual Adjustment

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Choose Manual, and drag the slider or enter a value to adjust screen brightness.

6.4.2 Smart Adjustment

 Timing brightness adjustment: During the time period that you set to enable smart adjustment, the screen
brightness will be the fixed value that you manually set.

 Auto brightness adjustment: During the time period that you set to enable auto adjustment, the screen brightness
will be automatically adjusted according to the auto brightness adjustment table.

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The auto brightness adjustment table divides the ambient brightness into several subsections and sets corresponding

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screen brightness to each subsection. The screen brightness will be automatically adjusted according to the ambient

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brightness subsection where the current ambient brightness belongs to.

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

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Step 2 Choose Smart to enter the smart adjustment page.

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Step 3 Perform the following operations based on actual needs.

 Creating a rule: Click

C H
. In the pop-up dialog box, choose Timing or Auto, and then set the corresponding

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brightness adjustment rules. At last, click Add.

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 Modifying a rule: Select a rule and click . Then, modify the rule and click OK.

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 Deleting rules: Select one or more rules and click . In the pop-up dialog box, click Confirm.

 Clearing rules: Click

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and then click Confirm in the pop-up dialog box.

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Enabling a rule: In the rule list, turn on the Enable switch next to a rule.

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 Viewing the current brightness: Click .

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Step 4 After configuration, click Apply.

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6.5 Video Source

Control the video input mode, video source and output offset position.

6.5.1 Manual Switching

Immediately switch between the internal input source and HDMI input source.

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Choose Manual and configure parameters.

Step 3 Click Apply.

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6.5.2 Scheduled Switching

Switch between the internal input source and HDMI input source at regular time.

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Choose Timing. Perform the following operations based on actual needs.

 Creating a rule: Click . In the pop-up dialog box, choose Internal or HDMI, and then set the time and cycle

to use the video source. At last, click Add.

 Modifying a rule: Select a rule and click . Then, modify the time and cycle to use the video source. At last,

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click OK.

 Deleting rules: Select one or more rules and click

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. In the pop-up dialog box, click Confirm.
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 Clearing rules: Click and then click Confirm in the pop-up dialog box.

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Enabling a rule: In the rule list, turn on the Sure to enable switch next to a rule.

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 Parameter configuration: Set the position and size of the display window.

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Step 3 After configuration, click Apply.

6.5.3 HDMI Preferred

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The HDMI port is preferred for playing the video in the synchronous mode.

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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.
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Step 2 Choose HDMI preferred.

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Step 3 Set the position and size of the display window.

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Step 4 After configuration, click Apply.

6.6 Screen Status Control N

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Set the current playing status of the screen.

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6.6.1 Manual Control

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Choose Manual to enter the manual settings page.

Step 3 Click Blackout or Normal.

6.6.2 Timing Control

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Choose Timing to enter the timing settings page. Then, perform the following operations based on actual needs.

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 Creating a rule: Click . In the pop-up dialog box, choose Blackout or Normal, and then set the playing time

and cycle of the screen. At last, click Add.

 Modifying a rule: Select a rule and click . Then, modify the playing time and cycle of the screen. At last, click

OK.

 Deleting rules: Select one or more rules and click . In the pop-up dialog box, click Confirm.

 Clearing rules: Click and then click Confirm in the pop-up dialog box.

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 Enabling a rule: In the rule list, turn on the Enable switch next to a rule.

Step 3 After setting, click Apply.

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Set rules for terminal time synchronization and enable or disable synchronous playback. O
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When the information related to RF synchronization is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-4, it indicates that RF time

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synchronization is enabled on the current terminal. See relevant operations in 6.17 RF Management. RF

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synchronization requires you to specify a master device and slave devices. Users only need to set the time
synchronization rules for the master device. The slave devices will keep the same time as the master device via RF

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signal.

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Figure 6-4 RF synchronization-time synchronization
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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 View the current time zone and time.

If the current time zone observes daylight saving time and the current date is within the range of daylight
saving time, Daylight Saving Time will be displayed, otherwise it will not be displayed.

Step 3 Configure time synchronization rules.

 Manual time synchronization: Select a time zone from the drop-down box next to Time zone. The terminal will
sync time according to the date and time of this time zone. Users are also allowed to adjust the current date and
time as required.

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 NTP time synchronization: Select Auto sync time with NTP server and then select an NTP server. The terminal
will sync time according to the time of the NTP server. If the existing NTP servers cannot meet the requirements,

click to customize a server.

Step 4 After setting, click Apply.

6.8 Restart Configuration

Restart terminals immediately and configure restart rules.

6.8.1 Restarting Immediately

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

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Step 2 Click Restart promptly.

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Step 3 Click Confirm in the pop-up dialog box to restart the terminal immediately.

6.8.2 Scheduled Restart

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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

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Step 2 Perform the following operations based on actual needs.

 Creating a rule: Click

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. Set the time and cycle to restart a terminal in the pop-up dialog box and then click

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Add.

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Modifying a rule: Select a rule and click to modify the time and cycle to restart a terminal and then click

A
OK.

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 Deleting rules: Select one or more rules and click . Then click OK in the pop-up dialog box.

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Clearing rules: Click and then click OK in the pop-up dialog box.

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Enabling a rule: In the rule list, turn on the Sure to enable switch next to a rule.

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Step 3 After setting, click Apply.

6.9 Color Temperature

Set the screen display’s color temperature, including neutral white, standard white and cool white.

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Select a color temperature type.

6.10 Monitoring

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

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Step 2 Check the terminal hardware information listed below. If the terminal has an external storage device, you can also
check the external storage information.

 Disk size

 Memory availability

 CPU usage

 Ambient brightness

Step 3 If you want to clean up the hard disk, click Clear All Media to delete all the media and solutions.

6.11 Play Logs

View and export play logs.

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6.11.1 Querying Play Logs

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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

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Step 2 Choose the time range of the play log that you want to view and then click Query.

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Step 3 In the paly log list, click a play log name to view the summary and detailed information of the log.

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6.11.2 Exporting Play Logs

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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

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Step 2 In the play log list, select the target play log.

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Step 3 Click Export.

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Step 4 In the pop-up dialog box, choose the export path and format.

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Step 5 Click OK.

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6.12 Font Management

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Manage the fonts used by the terminal.

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6.12.1 Adding Fonts

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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Click next to Name to acquire local fonts on the PC.

Step 3 Select the target font in the pop-up dialog box.

Step 4 Click OK.

Step 5 Click Update. The update progress will be shown in the Update result column.

6.12.2 Deleting Fonts

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 Click Read back at the bottom right to read back the fonts on the terminal.

Step 3 Click the link in the Font column of the target terminal. The Font list in terminal page is displayed.

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Step 4 Select target fonts.

Step 5 Click Delete.

6.13 Network Configuration

Configure current network, including wired network, Wi-Fi AP, Wi-Fi Sta and mobile network.

6.13.1 Configuring Wired Network

It is required to set static IP address for terminals while connecting terminals via Ethernet cable. Set IP address based
on actual needs while connecting terminals to the Internet via Ethernet cable.

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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 In the Wired network configuration area, perform the following operations based on actual needs.

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 Select Enable next to Dynamic DHCP to get IP address automatically.

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 Deselect Enable next to Dynamic DHCP and configure static IP address.

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Step 3 Click Apply.

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6.13.2 Configuring Wi-Fi AP

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The default SSID of terminal Wi-Fi AP is “AP + the last 8 digits of the SN” and the default password is “12345678”.

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 In the Screen AP configuration area, turn on AP.

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Step 3 Enter the SSID and password of terminal Wi-Fi AP.

Step 4 Click Apply.

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6.13.3 Configuring Wi-Fi Sta

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If the router is connected to the Internet, terminals can access Internet via the router after Wi-Fi Sta is configured.

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Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

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Step 2 In the Wi-Fi configuration area, turn on Wi-Fi.

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Step 3 Double click the Wi-Fi information of the router, enter password and then click OK.

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6.13.4 Configuring Mobile Network

Terminals with 4G module can access Internet via mobile network. ViPlex Express automatically detects mobile
network status and displays the detection result.

Step 1 Insert 4G card into the slot.

Step 2 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 3 On the Mobile network configuration page, turn on Mobile network.

Step 4 Click to expand the APN configuration page.

Step 5 Click Add.

Step 6 Enter parameters according to the APN information provided by the carrier and then click OK.

Step 7 Select the APN and click Connect.

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6.13.5 Configuring Network Detection

Terminals ping the cloud platform and www.baidu.com to detect network connection status by default. Users can also
configure required addresses to ping and enable or disable the addresses.

Step 1 Select the target terminal in the terminal list.

Step 2 In Network Detection, configure detection addresses.

 Click to add an address.

 Click to modify an address.

 Click to delete an address.

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Default configuration cannot be modified and deleted.

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Step 3 Enable or disable detection addresses.

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 Select Enable to detect terminal network by pinging the corresponding address.

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 Deselect Enable to detect terminal network not by pinging the corresponding address.

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Step 4 Click Apply.

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6.14 Server Configuration

Connect to VNNOX Standard/AD. Authentication information is required during configuration.

How to check player authentication information:

Log in to VNNOX (www.vnnox.com) and choose > Player Authentication on the homepage of cloud platform.

6.14.1 Binding to VNNOX Standard/AD

You can bind a terminal to VNNOX and create an asynchronous player.

Step 1 Select the target terminal from the terminal list.

Step 2 In Bind to VNNOX Standard/AD, select a server and enter the authentication user name, authentication password
and player name. The authentication information must be consistent with the information in VNNOX.
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Step 3 Click Bind.

6.14.2 Binding to iCare

Terminals can be registered on iCare. Multiple terminals can be selected for batch operations.

Step 1 Select the target terminal from the terminal list.

Step 2 In Bind to iCare, select a server and enter the user name.

Step 3 Click Bind.

6.15 Terminal Upgrade

 Taurus: Upgrade application and system software versions.

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 VPlayer: Upgrade the version of VPlayer.

Note: Do not power off the terminal and computer during upgrade. The terminal will restart once.

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6.15.1 Online Upgrade

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Upgrade terminal versions online. Before you begin, please make sure that your PC can access the Internet.

Step 1 Select Online Upgrade.

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The system decides whether a terminal needs to be upgraded.

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 Yes. The current version information and will be displayed, as shown in Figure 6-5. Go to Step 2.

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 No. Only the current version information is displayed. No further operation is required.

Figure 6-5 Online upgrade

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Step 2 Click More and view the related information of the new version.

Step 3 In the terminal information list, select one or more upgradable terminals and click Upgrade.

The upgrade progress is displayed.

6.15.2 Local Upgrade

Use local files to upgrade terminal versions.

Step 1 Select Local Upgrade.

Step 2 Select the upgrade package path.

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Step 3 In the terminal information list, select one or more upgradable terminals and click Upgrade.

The upgrade progress is displayed.

6.16 Power Control

Configure board power, power on or off devices remotely, and set scheduled power control rules.

 Board power: Control power supplies with relays on terminals.

 Multi-function card power: Control power supplies with relays on multi-function cards.

When the power switch in ViPlex Express is turned on, the relay will be closed and the power supply is connected.

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When the power switch in ViPlex Express is turned off, the relay will be released and the power supply is

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disconnected.

6.16.1 Board Power Configuration

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After board power configuration is done, VNNOX can perform power control on the devices connected to the board

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power.

Step 1 Select the target terminal from the terminal list.

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Step 2 Select the option to be controlled from the drop-down box. Currently, only screen power is supported.

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Step 3 Click Apply.

6.16.2 Manual Control

Step 1 Select the target terminal from the terminal list.

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Step 2 Select Manual to enter the manual setting page.
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Step 3 Turn on or off the power switch.

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An example of information of the multi-function card power supply is shown in Figure 6-6.

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Figure 6-6 Multi-function card power

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The labels in the orange box are defined in NovaLCT. One or more relay switches can be associated with a label.
When multiple relay switches are associated and each of them is turned on (or off), Enable (or Close) will be
displayed, otherwise Exception is displayed and the detailed information of each switch is provided.

6.16.3 Scheduled Control

Step 1 Select the target terminal from the terminal list.

Step 2 Select Timing to enter the scheduled setting page. Perform the following operations according to actual needs.

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 Create a rule: Click . In the dialog box that appears, set the object, time and cycle to control and then click

OK.

 Change a rule: Select a rule, click to change the rule to control, and then click OK.

 Delete a rule: Select one or more rules and click . In the dialog box that appears, click OK.

 Clear all rules: Click . In the dialog box that appears, click OK.

 Enable a rule: In the rule list, turn on Sure to enable.

Step 3 After the settings are done, click Apply.

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Set parameters related to RF synchronization and apply the parameters to time synchronization, brightness
synchronization, volume synchronization and environment monitoring data synchronization and enable or disable

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synchronous playback. RF management is available for all the Taurus series products except the -4G models.

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Before using RF synchronization, install an RF module. ViPlex Express can detect and display RF module status.

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Step 1 Select the target terminal from the terminal list.

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Step 2 Turn on RF synchronization.

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Step 3 Set the current terminal as the master device or a slave device.

Step 4 Set a group ID.

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Enter the group ID of the master device for a slave device, and this slave device and the master device will be grouped

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together.

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Step 5 Select the options that require RF synchronization.

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After RF synchronization is applied, the time, brightness, volume and environment monitoring data of the slave device

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will keep the same as the master device via RF signal.

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Step 6 Click Apply.

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6.18 Sensor I
Set sensor information so that the terminal can collect environment monitoring data by using sensors.

When the related information of RF synchronization is displayed, as shown in Figure 6-7, it indicates that environment
monitoring data synchronization is enabled on the current terminal .For related operation, see 6.17 RF Management.
RF synchronization requires users to specify a master device and slave devices. Users need to set the sensors of the
master device only and the monitoring data of the slave devices will the same as the master device via RF signal.

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Figure 6-7 RF synchronization- environment monitoring data

Step 1 Select the target terminal from the terminal list.

Step 2 Select a sensor manufacturer. Sensors of only NovaStar and Nenghui are supported.

Step 3 Select a sensor type.

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 NovaStar: Brightness, temperature

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 Nenghui: Noise, temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind force/speed, wind direction, PM2.5, PM10, CO 2,
brightness

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Step 4 After the configuration is done, click Apply.
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6.19 Screen Information
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7 System Settings
At the top right of the page, click and select the required menu.

Table 7-1 System settings

Menu Description

Language Set system language.

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Working Mode Select working mode including studio mode and async mode.

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RF management Manage the playback of all terminals except the reference device when the RF time
synchronization mode is enabled.

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Before operation, enter the password “admin”.

Custom server Add, modify or delete custom servers.

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Setting  Set the location to save files, including ViPlex Express configuration files, data,
temporary files, etc.

 Enable or disable the automatic terminal reconnection function, and set the

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Check for Updates

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Check for and install new updates of ViPlex Express.

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Help View the documentation related to the software.

About

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Display the version of ViPlex Express and the official website of NovaStar.

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8 Audio and Video Decoder Specifications

8.1 Image

Type Codec Supported Image Size Container Remarks

JPEG JFIF file format 1.02 48×48 pixels~8176×8176 pixels JPG, JPEG Not Support Non-interleaved
Scan

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JPEG

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BMP BMP No Restriction BMP N/A

GIF GIF No Restriction GIF

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WEBP WEBP No Restriction WEBP N/A

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MPEG MPEG1/2/2.5 Audio 2 8kbps~320Kbps, 8KHZ~48K MP1, MP2, N/A

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Windows WMA Version 4, 4.1, 2 8kbps~320Kbps 8KHZ~48K WMA Non-support
Media 7, 8, 9, wmapro Hz WMA Pro,

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Audio lossless and

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WAV

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IMA-ADPCM, PCM
2 N/A 8KHZ~48K
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WAV Support
MS-ADPCM,
4bit

IMA-ADPCM

OGG Q1~Q10 2 N/A 8KHZ~48K OGG, OGA N/A

Hz

FLAC Compress Level 0~8 2 N/A 8KHZ~48K FLAC N/A

Hz

AAC ADIF, ATDS Header 5.1 N/A 8KHZ~48K AAC, M4A N/A
AAC-LC and Hz
AAC-HE, AAC-ELD

AMR AMR-NB, AMR-WB 1 AMR-NB 8KHZ, 3GP N/A

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Type Codec Channel Bit rate Sampling File Format Remarks

rate

8kHz

AMR-WB
6.60~23.85kbps
@16kHz

MIDI MIDI Type 0 and 1, 2 N/A N/A XMF, MXMF, N/A

DLS version 1 and 2, RTTTL, RTX,
XMF and Mobile OTA, IMY
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MPEG- MPEG- 48×48 30fps 80Mbps DAT, MPG, VOB, Support Field
1/2 1/2 pixels~1920×1080 TS Coding
pixels

MPEG- MPEG4 48×48 30fps

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H.264/A H.264 T3&T6&TB3&TB4&T T3&T6&TB3&TB T3&T6&TB3&TB AVI, MKV, MP4, Support Field

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VC B6&TB8: 48×48 4&TB6&TB8: 4&TB6&TB8: MOV, 3GP, TS, Coding,
pixels~4096×2304 4K@25fps, 100Mbps FLV MBAFF

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pixels

MVC H.264 48×48 60fps 38.4Mbps MKV, TS Support Stereo

MVC pixels~1920×1080 High Profile
pixels only

H.265/H H.265/H T3&T6&TB3&TB4&T T3&T6&TB3&TB T3&T6&TB3&TB MKV, MP4, MOV, Support Main
EVC EVC B6&TB8: 64×64 4&TB6&TB8: 4&TB6&TB8: TS Profile, Tile &
pixels~4096×2304 4K@60fps, 100Mbps Slice
pixels 1080P@60fps Other models:
Other models: 64×64 Other models: 57.2Mbps
pixels~1920×1080 1080P@60fps
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Type Codec Supported Image Maximum Frame Maximum Bit File Format Remarks
Size Rate Rate

(Ideal Case)

GOOGL VP8 48×48 30fps 38.4 Mbps WEBM, MKV N/A

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pixels

H.263 H.263 SQCIF(128×96), 30fps 38.4Mbps 3GP, MOV, MP4 Not support
QCIF(176×144), H.263+
CIF(352×288),
4CIF(704×576)

VC-1 VC-1 48×48 30fps 45Mbps WMV, ASF, TS, N/A

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MOTIO MJPEG 48×48 30fps 38.4Mbps AVI

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