HP LD4730 Video Over Ethernet User Guide - Page 5

1 Product Overview HP Video Over Ethernet (VOE) is a system of software, hardware, and firmware for connecting HP Digital Signage Displays on a network with computers/media players on the same network. A computer or media player running VOE software becomes a candidate video source for displays anywhere on the network and is referred to in this manual as a media player, or just player. The connection between the display and player is called an association. The VOE software manages the associations between players and displays. VOE enables players to be distant from the display and facilitates the central management and control of digital out of home networks, provides the ability to more efficiently and cost effectively implement and deploy digital signage solutions, and helps provide redundancy and backup for players that can mean greater availability of the digital sign. With central location, control, and management of the player in a remote location such as the corporate datacenter, there is less responsibility placed on the remote staff where the digital sign is located for maintenance and operation of the digital sign. VOE software running on the player provides a User Interface (UI) with intuitive menus to guide the user through the discovery, association, and administrative tasks. The VOE discovery feature will search the network and list all the network-attached displays that are available to be associated with the player. If the display has the Player Name populated with an existing player name on the network, an association between that display and named player will be automatically made without user intervention. If the display does not have a player named, it may be associated with any player in the network. Because each display keeps the name of its assigned player in non-volatile memory, interrupted associations between displays and players are re-established without user intervention. Following a network disruption or power failure, displays will automatically be re-associated and connected with their named players on the network and will begin playing images and sound as soon as the network connection and the association between the display and player is re-established. VOE provides the flexibility to change the association between a display and player at the discretion of the user. When a display loses the network connection to its assigned player, it becomes disassociated and other players on the network can detect that it is free. The user may establish an association between the display and another player before the named player comes back on line. Should the player come back on line before the display association can be changed, its association will be automatically restored and the status of the display on the menu list will be Connected so users will see that the display is no longer available. One player at a time can have administrative authority to change associations other than its own. The Administrator is any player where a user has logged in as an Administrator, using the appropriate password. Features The Video Over Ethernet system offers: ● Remote display discovery, association, and connection ● Change association and connection between displays and players ● Ability to associate and connect up to 25 displays using DisplayPort and 12 displays using RGB/VGA with one player ● Automatic association and connection between displays and players if the player name in the display matches the computer name of any player on the network ● Automatic re-association and connection after a network interruption Features 1