Media Control Server MCS-EX

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Media Control Server (MCS-EX). RTI Integration Guide.
© Copyright 2009 Autonomic Controls, Inc.
Media Control Server MCS-EX
Integration Guide for RTI Control Systems
Version 2.0
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www.autonomichome.com
© Copyright 2008 Autonomic Controls, Inc
Table of Contents
Overview .................................................................................................................................... 3
Setting up MCS for RTI Control. ........................................................................................... 5
Requirements. ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Preparation. ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Programming the RTI Control System. .............................................................................................. 5
Configuring the Media Server IP address. ..................................................................................................... 6
Enabling the DVD Library in Windows Media Center ...................................................................... 8
Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................ 9
Page not found error on the RTI remote control. ................................................................................ 9
The page loads on the remote, but Mirage cannot establish a connection with the Media Control
Server. ................................................................................................................................................. 9
Some of the remote control buttons do not function. ........................................................................ 10
Overview
This document describes how to install integrate the Autonomic Controls Media Control
Server into a RTI control system installation. This guide assumes that you have setup MCS
on the host computer and can communicate with it remotely from other PCs on the network
using the Mirage PC client application.
For instructions on setting up the Media Control Server application, please refer to the Getting
Started document included with the MCS installation. You’ll find it in the Start menu of the
host computer, under Autonomic Controls.
MCS and the associated RTI module offer a ready-to-use solution for IP control of iTunes,
Media Player and Media Center playback. The control service allows the RTI Control System
to interactively access your digital media player’s functionality and will display feedback for
those actions. You can browse your digital media collection, initiate playback, and manage
the playback queue without having direct access to the Media Server’s display.
In addition to the RTI control module, MCS ships with Mirage, Autonomic Controls’ desktop
client application. Mirage will allow you to use a UMPC, laptop computer, or other devices
to remotely browse music, movies, TV, videos and pictures stored on your Media PCs.
Setting up MCS for RTI Control.
Requirements.
The Media Control Server module requires a RTI Ethernet touch panel. Visit
www.RTIcorp.com to determine which touch panels support this feature.
Preparation.
Download the RTI control module from www.autonomic-controls.com/support.htm. The
control module downloads with touch-panel layouts for supported RTI touch panels.
Once you have downloaded the control module and required touch panel files, un-zip the files
into a new directory on your hard drive.
You will find the following directories:
1. Touch Panel Samples. This is a complete sample program which uses the
Autonomic Controls MCS module and touch panel files.
2. Server Deployment Kit. This directory contains the setup files for the Media Control
System, which should be installed on the host PC to be controlled.
3. Graphics. This directory contains graphics for placement in Integration Designer to
implement the Mirage client.
Programming the RTI Control System.
In order to verify that the MCS server application is operating properly and to reduce the
number of variables during your first run through, Autonomic Controls strongly recommends
that you run the included sample program stand-alone on your RTI touch panel before
integrating the system into your projects.
The first step is to open the Autonomic Controls Sample program in Integration Designer and
modify the required parameters for your network and Media server.
Configuring the Media Server IP address.
To implement Mirage on an RTI touch panel, the Internet Explorer Object is utilized to serve
the control pages for the Media Control System.
Once you have opened the desired sample system file in Integration Designer, open the
Mirage page.
A split screen is utilized to provide space on the page for native RTI buttons. This space on
top can be used to create buttons for page flips, amplifier volume/mute, device power, etc.
The space on the bottom will fill up with the Mirage user interface at run time.
The text object on the screen describing the properties to set should be deleted. It’s there for
programmers who don’t like documentation, which clearly doesn’t apply to you!
Right click on the Internet Explorer Object and select Properties.
Make note of the position and size information on the General Tab. You will have to recreate
this configuration when you integrate the Mirage page into your own project file.
Next, click on the Command tab. Change the IP address in the Default URL field to the host
name or IP address of the host Media Server (the computer with the MCS server software
installed). It’s important that you do not remove the :5005 port designation at the end of
your server address.
That’s it! You’re done. Upload the program to the remote control, ensure that it’s IP
information is correct and that it’s connected to your network and have fun!
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Tip: Media Center Extenders are always controlled through the host media PC.
If you wish to control an extender, use the IP address of the host PC, not the extender
here.
Enabling the DVD Library in Windows Media Center
Assuming you have several locally copied DVDs on your hard drive you can get them to show up
in My DVDs and play in Media Center. Please observe all applicable copyright laws.
1. How to get locally copied DVDs to show up in My DVDs:
a. Enable the DVD Library option in the Media Control Server configuration application. This
will enable the DVD library interface in Windows Media Center.
b. Copy your DVD to your hard drive. It is recommended that when you copy DVDs locally
that you select the option to have the data chunked at 1 gig and the output should by
something of the form c:\myDvds\Jaws\.
Underneath c:\myDvds\Jaws\ you'll find c:\myDvds\Jaws\video_ts and in video_ts
you'll find a video.ifo file in addition to several other files.
c.
Add the c:\myDvds\ folder to My Videos in XP or Dvd Library in Vista. The My DVDs
gallery searches the same path as My Videos so if your DVD is not showing up go to My
Videos, press CTRL-D, and go through the Videos Media Discovery wizard and add
c:\myDvds\
d. Enable rich metadata:
In c:\myDvds\Jaws create a file called Jaws.dvdid.xml. It's of the form:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Disc>
<Name>Jaws</Name>
<ID>00000000|00000000</ID>
</Disc>
Where the 00000000|00000000 is the CRC64 id of the DVD.
A web site ( http://www.dvdxml.com ) has been set up to help you with the creation of
these dvdid.xml files. Jaws can be found here:
http://www.dvdxml.com/download.php?view.5615
Troubleshooting
Page not found error on the RTI remote control.
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Double check the the touch panel has Ethernet connectivity and that it has a valid IP
address on your network. You can do this by programming the remote over Ethernet
rather than via a USB cable.
Make sure that your remote control is on the same subnet as the host media server.
Check the IP address in the Internet Explorer Object. Make sure you left the :5005
control port designation at the end of your IP address in your URL.
Check Server Status in configuration application (step 1). Stop and restart server if
necessary. Refer to Autonomic Controls if the server will not report “Running” or if
the problem persists after reboot.
Enter the URL from the Default URL field on the IE Object properties page into your
browser on your computer. If it works, there is a connectivity problem with your
remote control.
The page loads on the remote, but Mirage cannot establish a
connection with the Media Control Server.
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Check Server Status in configuration application (step 1). Stop and restart server if
necessary. Contact Autonomic Controls if the server will not report “Running” or if
the problem persists after reboot.
Check Licensing Status – rule out an expired demo license. Validate that the server
has an active, full time connection to the internet if you running MCS in demo mode.
Check your Firewall status. Determine if the PC has third party firewall software such
as Norton Antivirus. May need to manually make port exceptions in those cases.
Validate connection on local host and remote network PC using telnet to rule out
networking problem. Ping the RTI Processor touch panel from the host to insure
connectivity between them.
Some of the remote control buttons do not function.
Certain one-way commands on the MCS controls page, as well as volume and mute feedback
for Media Center require that Windows Media Center (WMC) is the focused window.
MCS client applications are intended to be operated from remote devices while WMC is
running full screen. These commands should work properly when Media Center is the
focused window.
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SONOS Web Interface for RTI
1. You need a PC with an installed Windows XP or Windows 2003
2. Install the IIS (Internet Information Service)
Click on Start  Control Panel  Software  Add/Remove Windows components
Activate the IIS with its default settings and install it.
3. Install the SONOS Web Interface for RTI
You just have to select the installation folder and click on install.
4. Start the interface, go to the installation folder und double-click the sonosweb.exe.
A black window will appear, LEAVE THIS WINDOW OPEN!!!
If this window will be closed, the interface will stop running.
5. Now open your web browser and type in http://ip-address-of –this-pc:8001
Example: http://172.16.10.105:8001
Just copy the address of the link of the remote (T4/K4, T3-V) into your Integration Designer.
Example T4:
http://172.16.10.105:8001/sonos_T4/index.html
Example T4:
http://172.16.10.105:8001/sonos_K4/index.html
Example T3V:
http://172.16.10.105:8001/sonos_T3V/index.html
We recommend the following settings for the remotes:
T4
Web browser 
no address or scroll bar
size: 640 x 480
Hard keys
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cursor up
cursor down
exit
menu
= scroll up
= scroll down
= assign page to start page of your
programming
= go to specific URL: music_root.html incl.
ZONE ID
K4
Web browser
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scroll bar only
size: 640 x 440
(enough space for button to exit the web browser)
T3-V
Web browser
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no address or scroll bar
size: 480 x 640
Hard keys
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cursor/scroll up
cursor/scroll down
exit
guide/menu
page left/right
home page
= scroll up
= scroll down
= assign page to start page of your
programming
= go to specific URL: music_root.html
incl. ZONE ID
= navigate back/forward
= go to specific URL: index.html
6. Zone selection - Click on the zone you want to control
The VIVATEQ logo on the right side is on every page, if you click logo you’ll forwarded to the zone selection.
7.
The main menu of the interface
Here you’ve got the complete navigation: skip, play, pause, volume control,…
(skip forward and backward are only functional if you have more than one song in you
playlist!)
To view your current playlist click on View Queue.
To select a song click on Browse Music, chose your Artist, Album….
Now you see all the song available for your selection.
If you press on the green play button, the song will be played immediately.
If you press on the red plus button, the song will be added to the current playlist.

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