Store&Play Configurator Tool User Manual V1.0
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1. 11 BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 3 11 1 Introduction 1 1 About the Store amp Play Configurator tool The Store amp Play Configurator SPC is an application designed to support BARIX Exstreamer Store amp Play devices configuration generating all the necessary playlists and configuration files required for its operation This application provides means for Store amp Play users to easily manage multiple configuration variables of Exstreamer Store amp Play devices with the help of graphical user interfaces to create and edit Playlists M3U files Tracks MP3 files and the main Store amp Play configuration file player cfg The files generated by the application can be used for uploading to the corresponding Content and Configuration FTP or HTTP servers and for copying to a USB stick to be used directly with an Exstreamer Store amp Play device to start playing immediately 1 2 Store amp Play Configurator main features e Create import and edit M3U Playlists adding BARIX 4 configuration line defining O O O O O Playlist Priority Playback Start and End Date Restrict Days of the week to play Playback Start and End Time Repeat Counter Volume Interrupt flag Shuffle flag e Add Tracks to a Playlist O O From the local disk browsing the local st2. BARIX VOICE OF SIMPLICITY otore amp Play Configurator Create M3U Playlists and player cfg for BARIX Store amp Play User Manual v1 0 Store amp Play Configurator v1 0 0 Released 10 December 2014 Supported on Java Runtime Environment Revision Table Date Version Who Change 28 11 14 0 1 JAP First version of the User Manual for Store amp Play Configurator SPC 08 12 14 1 0 JAP Added Notes and updated info for SPC v1 0 0 BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 2 11 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUC HON m 4 1 1 ABOUT THE STORE amp PLAY CONFIGURATOR TOOL 0scesscescensenscessenseensenseonsenseossonsenssonseseonsessoneens 4 1 2 STORE amp PLAY CONFIGURATOR MAIN FEATURES 4 1 3 STARTING THE APPLICATION aaa E REX RON ENS ER e ERR Ea NR SEE Eu SQ IE TAEAE MEER NEU REESE MGAN 5 1 5 STORE amp PLAY CONFIGURATOR VERSION oua au sun su aua ua mauus 5 2 SIORESPLEAY CONFIGURATOR USE oo n Eno ecu cena sc et 6 ZA OEP ALI IBI CUM 7 2 2 OIEP2 TRACKS irnn EIE IM E IM P MIC MERI EU 8 2 9 STEP 3 CONFIGURATION A EI M wees CDM MEE E EE MEE 9 2 4 STEP4 RUN GENEBATION 25 A Eee M CES M RE T E MP DEM uM i TE ED EE M EDI DE NEUE 10 3 EEGALE INFORMATION
3. 00 00 1 75 0 1 The GUI allows the user to click on any of the Step tabs back and forth at any time to be able to make corrections and additions until the desired configuration is complete BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 6 11 2 1 Step 1 Playlists This is the first screen that appears and allows the user to define what are the Playlists and the configuration variables that are going to be used by the Store amp Play application Click Create to be able to define a new Playlist with its variables Cancel Apply NAME Weekdays M3U START DATE 01 12 14 Ignore END DATE 31 12 14 Ignore START TIME 08 00 00 Ignore END TIME 18 00 00 Ignore Weekdays M MON M M SAT SUN Repeat counter Loop Interrupt M Shuffle Volume 751151 9 Infoline BARIX 4 01 12 14 31 12 14 MOTUWETHEFR 08 00 00 18 00 00 1 75 0 1 It is also possible to Import Existing M3U Playlist files or a player cfg configuration file and Edit all the Playlist parameters in the edit dialog box pictured above Click the Up and Down buttons to set the Playlist priority After adding all the desired playlists in the list with their corresponding configurations it s time to move to the next step by clicking on the 2 Step Tracks tab Notes 1 Please ensure that imported M3U Playlists are in plain text format using UTF 8 characters in order to be parsed correctly by the Store amp Play Co
4. ademarks of AG Switzerland and are registered in certain countries For information about our devices and the latest version of this manual please visit www barix com Barix AG Seefeldstrasse 303 8008 Zurich SWITZERLAND Phone 41 43 433 22 11 Fax 41 44 274 28 49 Internet web www barix com email sales barix com support support barix com BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 11 11
5. k the pop up window v Type the names of MP3 files that are stored in the Content Server and Add text e Adding MP3 files New Song mp3 Xmas Jingle mp3 Add Text Clear Text Close Browse Disk Once the tracks have populated the list users can move their position with the Up and Down buttons as well as removing the MP3 Track from the Playlist with the Cut button Double clicking an entry in the list will allow the user to Edit row the MP3 Track reference It is also possible to play locally imported Tracks stored in the local library for content reassurance The Play and Stop buttons appear after ticking the Advanced option checkmark Playback will not work with MP3 Tracks residing in the Content Server imported using Add Text option Once all the MP3 Tracks appear as desired in all the corresponding Playlists it s time to Save the changes and move to the next step by clicking on the 3 Step Config tab Note Please ensure that added MP3 file names are in UTF 8 without special characters no accents no umlauts etc in order to be parsed correctly by the Store amp Play Configurator the Content Server and the Store amp Play application running in the Exstreamer Store amp Play BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 8 11 2 3 Step 3 Configuration This step is used to define all the player cfg configuration file parameters including the Content Configura
6. nfigurator 2 All comment lines starting with in the original M3U Playlist will be removed If the tool isn t able to set Start or End Dates or Times please configure the Regional Settings and or the Date and Time format of the computer running the tool to English US The format of the dates as they appear in the tool is DD MM YY 4 When Import Existing configuration selecting a player cfg make sure that all related files M3U s and MP3 s are also present in the same folder where the imported player cfg is located Otherwise the Step 1 Playlist list will be empty BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 7 11 2 2 Step 2 Tracks The second step is about populating the Playlists created in the previous step with MP3 Tracks Version Store amp Play Configurator THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY 1st Step Playlists 161179 3rd Step Config 4th Step Run Generation PLAYLISTS LIST EDIT Advanced Weekdays Add MP3 Save Edit row Up Down Cut Bob Marley amp The Wailers Wail n Soul m Singles Selecta 01 Bend Down Low Wail n Soul m version mp3 Bob Marley amp The Wailers Wail n Soul m Singles Selecta 02 Freedom Time mp3 Bob Marley amp The Wailers Wail n Soul m Singles Selecta 03 Stir It Up mp3 STATUS Select the desired PLAYLIST from the drop down menu and click on Add to be able to v Import tracks from the local library Browse Dis
7. orage drives From the Content Server inserting text with the file names e Playback local MP3 Tracks for content reassurance e Tracks in Playlist sort order add and remove from Playlist e Create import and edit player cfg configuration file defining O O O O O O Content Server credentials where all the M3U and MP3 files reside Configuration Server credentials where player cfg resides Configuration update daily time and duration or periodic update intervals NTP server and local time offset to synchronize device time BariMon server credentials for monitoring and reporting Delete and Control settings e Generate files in output folder containing O O O Barix formatted M3U Playlists Player cfg configuration file Copies of local MP3 tracks included in Playlists BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 4 11 1 3 Starting the Application The Store amp Play Configurator application runs on any computer that is able to execute Java runtimes JAR files It has been tested on Windows 7 Mac OS X Yosemite and Linux Ubuntu 12 04L TS 64bit but it should be possible to run on any machine that is able to execute Java applications In Windows and Mac OSX with the latest Java version installed launch the application by double clicking the SPC jar file extracted from the downloaded zip package In Linux the application can be launched from a Terminal console window changing director
8. there have been any issues while generating the files to the Output directory Users can click the See Error log button to inspect time stamped activity messages generated by the application All these files placed in the Output directory can be uploaded to the corresponding Content and Configuration Servers to make them available for the Exstreamer Store amp Play These files can also be copied to a USB stick to be inserted to an Exstreamer Store amp Play device for immediate playback or to pre load the internal microSD of a device with the Copy USB to mSD functionality of Store amp Play Note All MP3 Tracks that have been added to a Playlist in Step 2 by entering the text of the MP3 file name or from and imported M3U will not be copied to the Output directory and will generate entries in the Error log The application assumes that those files are residing in the Content Server and that the device will be able to download them if they are not already in its local storage For more details about using this tool please read the Store amp Play application User Manual or contact support barix com BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 10 11 3 Legal Information 2014 Barix AG Zurich Switzerland All rights reserved All information is subject to change without notice All mentioned trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used for reference only Barix Exstreamer Instreamer SoniclP and IPzator are tr
9. tion NTP and BariMon Server credentials as well as the Configuration and Content Update daily times or intervals eoe Version Store amp Play Configurator THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY 151 Step Playlists 2nd Step Tracks 8 117 4th Step Run Generation Peview amp Save Help Weekdays Weekends UPDATE DAILY TIME 23 30 UPDATE DAILY DURATION 03 00 5 Content Server Config Server MUSIC SERVER demo barix com CONFIG SERVER demo barix com MUSIC PROTOCOL FTP CONFIG PROTOCOL FTP MUSIC PORT 21 CONFIG PORT 21 MUSIC USERNAME CONFIG USERNAME MUSIC PASSWORD CONFIG PASSWORD X MUSIC DIR music CONFIG DIR config NTP Server BARIMON Server NTP SERVER 1 barix pool ntp org Enable BARIMON SERVER www barimon net LOCALTIME 1 hour BARIMON PORT 80 BARIMON INTERVAL 605 min DELETE CONTROL NO DELETE QUICK PLAY STATUS Config tab selected Enable Update Daily Time to define the time of the day that the device should connect to the Configuration and Content Servers to update its configuration Enter the corresponding information required by the Exstreamer Store amp Play device to connect to the Content Server to be able to download all the M3U Playlists and MP3 Tracks and to the Configuration Server and download the player cfg configuration file Define the NTP Server to be used to synchronise the device to UTC time and set the offset corresponding to the Localtime of the device s loca
10. tion time zone Users can also optionally enable the BariMon Server for monitoring and reporting purposes For more details on all the configuration variables of player cfg please refer to the application s user manual Store amp Play User Manual pdf or click on the Help button After Preview amp Save we can proceed to the final step clicking on 4 Step Run Generation BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 9 11 2 4 Step 4 Run Generation This final step is used to select the output folder to copy all the generated files Version Store amp Play Configurator THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY 1st Step Playlists 2nd Step Tracks 3rd Step Config General parameters Output directory Users joan Desktop Output folder Browse Run generation V Erase Old Content See Error log STATUS Generate tab selected Click on the Browse button to select the desired folder to copy all the resulting files Tick Erase Old Content to delete all files present in the selected Output directory Click on Run generation to copy all the files to the Output directory including 1 All the M3U Playlist files with the BARIX 4 configuration line as defined in Step 1 2 All the track files imported from the local disk as defined in Step 2 3 The player cfg file with all the variables defined in Step 3 After clicking on Run generation the STATUS line at the bottom of the screen will show if
11. y to the installation folder and typing the command Java jar SPC jar 1 4 Store amp Play Configurator version The currently installed Store amp Play Configurator version can be checked clicking on the Version button next to the BARIX logo on the top left corner of the user interface window THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY Store amp Play Configurator Version1 0 0 Barix 2011 2014 All Rights reserved OK Please check www barix com downloads to make sure you run the latest available version BARIX AG Store amp Play Configurator User Manual 5 11 2 Using Store amp Play Configurator After launching the Store amp Play Configurator application the user interface will guide the user through 4 steps Playlists Tracks Configuration and Run Generation These are clearly indicated with numerated tabs in the center of the application window Follow these 4 steps to easily manage all the necessary variables that are required to configure an Exstreamer Store amp Play device THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY Version Create Import existing Priority Name Start date 0 Weekdays 01 12 14 1 Weekends 01 12 14 STATUS Playlist tab selected Edit Delete End date 31 12 14 31 12 14 Store amp Play Configurator 2nd Step Tracks 3rd Step Config 4th Step Run Generation Weekdays MOTUWETHFR SASU Up Start time 08 00 00 09 00 00 Down End time Repeat Volume Interrupt Shuffle 18 00 00 1 75 0 1 17
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