wallflower Wallflower 2 User's Guide
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1. 3 13 WiFi Configuration Without an Access Point AdHoc Peer to Peer 3 14 SwitchingtoAd hocMode 3 14 conecting with windows KP 3 14 COnnectingwithmacosYK 3 15 Alternative Setup Method Known SSID Mode 3 15 Customizing Your Network SettingS 3 16 Quick Setup for Experienced Network Users 3 18 How the wallflower getsanIPaddress 3 18 Setting your network preferences 3 19 Network Settings in Detail 3 19 Getting to the Network Settings Pages 3 19 ethernet and WiFi IP settings 3 19 WiFi Network Settings 3 20 Ne ble ss aleen se RA RE EN N NE EE ER OE RE EER OE EF Ei 3 20 4 Moving Content to Your Wallflower Many Ways to Move Your Stuff 4 23 Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer 4 24 Windows XP Setup 4 24 Mac OSX OCUP Serena anne nn IA ta hee ROES DRR KO DES 4 28 Changing the Workgroup Name2. 4 31 Changing File Server Security 4 31 Using Secure Copy Protocol 4 31 SCP and Windows Pi EER ERAS IIIA 4 32 SCP and MaC OS Kiss gee a a na nn E na ann ned HEER RE HAD neh 4 32 Using USB DEVIS Su un ee ne ea E 4 32 5 Media Playback 6 S ppored FOMA Se 4454202625 6250500 er hair 5 33 Independent Mode Playback 5 34 INDEPENDENT Playlists 5 34 Independent Mode Playback Algorithm 5 34 Scrited Mode Playback 5 35 OCDE SA II AHAA LEA 5 35 AIDUMS ii KA ER EE hihi 5 37 Creating AlDUMS ORE EE ER EE LUNGU NUNA tenon tee eens 5 37 Enabling DisablingAlbums 5 37 Controlling Playback Time Flip Time 9 39 Setting On Off Time 5 40 Screen Orientation and Resizing 5 40 Automati RESIZING ss s se ne en a are iii reni 5 40 AUTOMATIC Centering 5 41 POM al MOE aee een HAA ETE AE EE E AE 5 41 di ETTER OR einen 5 41 MES Arist WING is vi a an AE ME BEK AE AA cohen Bun eed Gn de Be RE 5 42 IMAGE WNC Sis is sr aa see daterar Eb SERE AR OR N EN HA HERE MERE EN EEN AR 5
3. Images are played for a specific amount of time called the flip time The flip time is set on the Album and Timing Settings page see below The minimum flip time is currently 1 second and there is no upper limit NOTE We do not recommend leaving images on the screen for more than 15 minutes at a time as this can cause burn in to occur on your LCD panel BURN IN IS NOT COVERED BY YOUR WARRANTY weleer Basic Playback Settings Script Mode Overrides All Other Settings D Play acceding to script curently 1st2 ges Photo Display Order Alphabetical D Random Shuffle Photo Display Time Once lima Display each photo for 3 seconds minutes Suda Woki Audio Video Display Order Alphabetical Random Shufle Play multimedia coment 5 39 AUTOMATIC RESIZING Setting On Off Time Setting On Off Time Also in the Playback Settings page you will find the option to have the Wall flower blank its screen during certain periods of the day The times entered must be in 24 hour time format NOTE You can also turn off just the display by using the screen power button on the far right of the monitor control buttons next to the LED Screen Orientation and Resizing On the Picture Playback Options page you can control screen orientation resiz ing and centering options waliwa Centering Resizing and Rotation Photo Modification Settings Pay Onda Scipia Pikan Automatically resize
4. 2 Click on the Search icon In the box that says Computer Name enter the IP address of your Wallflower After a few seconds your Wallflower will appear on the right Se Search Results Computers Fle di Yer Amot Ter Fa Qs T JP sern i pa Fi Kisten Anh El Search Corta N Cortreenta E DE HT N TE tall aa Lat altari Which computer are yo looking for Coates nse 163 244 0 21 Tou rey sso went bo gt Search this computer for Flag Type your Wallflower s IP address here KI Search the Internet Search 3 Double click your Wallflower s icon and a folder named Images will appear It is into this folder that you will drag and drop images music and videos for the Wallflower to display Ignore the Printers and Faxes icon this is something Windows puts in Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer P13 1608 0 73 Fle Edito Vem faai Tosi Hels Q iF Pere E ee fb YA Which computer ore you looking far COTRAN AHE ETTER Toy Par alia war a i gt Search tha computer for ies NI Search he tenet 4 To make this folder permanently available in Windows right click on it then select Map Network Drive You will be given a choice of drive letter We suggest something easy to remember like W 4 25 4 26 Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer 144192 168_0 23 Pie Edt Wed Fevoriiss Tools Heb Pil P Beach i Poighers zij hatn kiina 5
5. s URL download list http www myserver com wallflower morestuff wdl And the file morestuff wdl has the following entries http www serverl com picl jpg http www server2 com vid3 mov SELECTING DOWNLOAD PERIOD SITES USING AUTHENTICATION ERROR REPORTING IMAP POP3 PROTOCOLS BASIC INFORMATION YOU LL NEED FOR SETUP Email Overview Then the Wallflower will append the entries in the morestuff wdl file automati cally to its download list Note that the redirected entries in morestuff wdl are not themselves added permanently to the main URL download file You can use redirected downloads to keep a central list of images you want multiple Wallflowers to download For example if you have a personal website you could update your wdl periodically and all your friends and family could get the latest images Redirected download files must always end in wdl lower case The dropdown box for download period allows you to select how often web downloads occur The maximum rate is once every 15 minute The minimum is once per day Sites using basic authentication username password are not currently sup ported The results of each web download are stored in text files which you can view from the Maintenance pages on the web browser interface Email Overview Your Wallflower can both send and receive content via email Content received via email is saved in the email in album Content
6. see below If you select Static IP Mode you must fill in the following fields e IP Address The IP Address for your Wallflower This address must be on the same IP network as your PC Mac and router e Netmask The network mask for your IP network The netmask must be the same as that used by other PCs and the router on your network Typical val ues are 255 255 255 0 and 255 255 0 0 e Gateway Router This is the IP address of your local router It is typically but not always the first IP address on your network For example if your PCs IP address is 192 168 1 23 the router is very likely at IP address 192 168 1 1 You can find the router address by looking at your PC s or Mac s IP settings e DNS Servers This is the IP address of your Domain Name Servers DNS servers translate names like www cnn com into IP addresses This address is sometimes the same as your router especially on small networks 1 This can be a bit confusing What this means is the Wallflower will connect to the strongest WiFi signal it sees that gives it an IP address In some cases encrypted networks will still give out an IP address to unencrypted clients Of course your Wall flower won t be able to use this network even tough it has an address In these situa tions we recommend using the Ethernet port to get set up then switch to WiFi 3 19 WIFI NETWORK SETTINGS PROBLEM PROBLEM Troubleshooting The following settings are avai
7. turn off which will cause subsequent restarts to take up to 8 minutes we force a hard drive check after a hard off event e Advance This button is used to advance though choices in on screen menus During normal operation it is used to control volume or other user programmable functions e Enter This button selects choices in on screen menus During normal oper ation it is used to control volume or other user programmable functions LCD CONTROL BUTTONS The LCD Control Buttons are located on the right side of the top edge of the Wallflower A variety of settings can be changed including brightness contrast color temperature and screen geometry FIGURE 2 LCD Control Buttons Select Up Down Left Right LCD On Off FIGURE 3 On Screen LCD Control Menu 2 6 Getting to Know Your Wallflower VO CONNECTORS Your Wallflower 2 includes several I O connectors along the bottom of the frame as shown in the figure below FIGURE 4 I O Connectors Power in shadow Serial Port Audio Out USB Ethernet Optional WiFi Adapter e Power 2 1mm barrel power connector Your Wallflower power supply deliv ers up to 5 A at 12V DC 60W though the system uses considerably less Please be advised that if you attempt to use your own 12V power extension that voltage drop over long runs can cause your unit to malfunction e USB 2 The USB open port is used primarily to attach Mass Storage com patible Flash card read
8. Please go to Setup then click Buttons through the web user interface DISPLAYING SYSTEM One handy feature that is enabled by default via the buttons is Status Overlay If STATUS you hold down the advance and enter button simultaneously a small box will 7 31 Security Settings pop on the screen with information about your system including IP address net work name and software revision Clicking the buttons simultaneously again makes the box go away Security Settings You can enable username and password checking on both the web interface and on the file server windows file sharing Through the web browser go to Setup then click on security SECURITY OVERVIEW The Security Overview page is shown below This gives you a high level view of PAGE your security settings veloce security Configuration NE fon File Sarver Security Jo Enabled sera n parrean Si 7 WEB INTERFACE SECURITY To enable web interface security clcik on Web Interface Security then select Enable Web Server Security and click submit You will now be able to add delete users up to a maximimum of 2 for the non Business Edition version of the Wallflower 2 7 52 FILE SERVER SECURITY Security Settings wren Web Interface Security Wab Interface Security ral Lira cart rays VET niataro iu er Web Imertace Security i Erama Users in password fila 1 Global Enable Disable Chasga
9. The photos will continue to loop until asong mp3 completes e Once asong mp3 completes your Wallflower will play mymovie mpeg When that is over the system will move to the next album Situations will arise where there are holes in the Wallflower s ability to sched ule content For example a song may end in the middle of an images flip time In such cases the Wallflower may insert additional music if it will fit or it may allow some dead air In any case if you want precise control over scheduling please see script mode below Scrited Mode Playback In scripted mode your Wallflower will play only what you want it to play and nothing more This mode is very handy for putting together narrated slide shows music and picture playlists etc Script files must be stored in the Images scripts album Subdirectory and must have a scr extension They can be created with any text editor like Notepad or they can be created with the simple script editor built in to the web interface The script file is just a text list of media to be played in the order that it will be played Images can have an optional time associated with them All sound video media will play to completion Image Entries Image entries use the following general syntax lt album gt lt filename gt for wait 1 999 seconds That s probably meaningless to most so here s some practical examples kids johnny jpg for 4 seconds This
10. by 100 pixel image then there will be black bands above and below the image Similarly portraits shown in landscape mode will have black bands on either side of the image With automatic centering turned off your images will be pinned to the upper left corner of the screen In most cases you should leave auto centering on If most of the images you want to display are portrait orientation you should consider using portrait mode In portrait mode all images are rotated 90 degrees before being displayed Titles Your Wallflower can display titles with information about MP3 and JPEG files being played Titling options can be found on the Titles page shown below Titles Titling Settings See Pina E Show MPI Artina Tia TT E Shoe Image Ties ik di Show Filename When Tila Hot Found miup eman ker Tile infosmaton comes hom a best fie with the sama rame as Ihe image fle being displayed For example f you wasi a tithe for an image named jorns berihday jpg then pet a text file named jons birihdag DAT wath your file informatica in the sama album You can create ii Wes wih mosi basi adios incluring Werd Vierdsad and Koiegad Just ba sus In saa as ii ometmaa called ASCI Rex MPI file tiie imlormatien comes from the MEJ tags embedded in the He 5 41 MP3 ARTIST TITLE IMAGE TITLES Notes on Video Performance With this option selected your Wallflower will show the artist and title of the MP3 file i
11. manesi m Printers and Panes Open ME Expiore Comouber name Searches 19 1680 23 ki fa may also went bo Scan wifi Horton Ani Saard Hur computer for dy aa EJ Search the internet OP ai a ke ER ER kn Li Map Beteark Drive fest ton arti r ines Bari heid vo forest in a erregen Foie re keiner to the conection so Fat ya ca Sing ety the dra letter for the corrects ad Sa folder Tak you ment bo connect In 5 Now your W drive is the Wallflower Open up the folder Start gt My Com puter then click on the Wallflower folder and have a look If you have selected Thumbnail View for this folder it will look like the screen shot below Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer m TE BYL are de Fr Rad can En T Wir ma Poker Tasia Pain hee ee Er fre N Te Fr 6 Now you can add your own pictures and delete our demo pictures Just drag and drop or cut and paste from any location other folders e mails web pages etc Your photos will appear shortly on your Wallflower 4 27 Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer MAC OS X SETUP 1 On the Finder menu select Go then Connect to Server Finder File Edit View Rf Window Help Back Forward Computer TP Home iDisk 5A Applications Favorites Favorites Recent Folders Go to Folder Connect to Server SEK 4 28 Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer 2 Enter your Wallflower s IP ad
12. tempo rary files your system has created You should only do this if you are seeing unusually resized or rotated images It doesn t hurt anything to click it but all your cached images will need to be recreated and your system will run slow for a while Toggle Status Overlay Clicking this will turn on off the status overlay box described above Software Upgrades Software Upgrades Your Wallflower s software can be easily upgraded as follows 1 Check which version of software you are running by going to the main homepage of your web interface and looking for the entry General Information EE EE ee Sr Name EE ii EE Number a L Software Version 21 1 _ Disk Space Remaining System Time Thu May 20 13 23 38 PDT 2004 _WiFi Signal Strength 2 Check the Wallflower on line support pages for a software update that is numerically greater than this version in the case of the above image you would be looking for an upgrade to version 2 1 2 or higher MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE FILE FOR YOUR WALLFLOWER MODEL i e don t try to install Wallflower Plus or Wallflower Classic upgrades on your Wallflower 2 3 Download the upgrade file When the download is complete make sure the size is close to that shown on the web site If not you may not have gotten the whole package 4 Copy the file to the main Images directory on your Wallflower 5 Click on Upgrade on the Maintenance page 6 Watch yo
13. want to get connected as quickly as possible NOTE FOR NETWORKING BEGINNERS If you are new to IP networks please read one of the many fine tutorials available on the Internet Search from Google for networking tutorial NOTE FOR ADVANCED USERS If you are experienced in setting up IP and WiFi networks you may wish to skip most of this chapter and go to the Quick Setup section at the end of this chapter Network Setup Methods Network Setup Methods There are several methods to set up networking on your Wallflower as shown in the table below Method Choose this Method If What You ll Need Wired Ethernet You are using a wired Ethernet network Ethernet crossover cable usu You are unable to temporarily disable ally orange or encryption on your WiFi network Regular Ethernet cable and You are having trouble with the WiFi Ethernet hub setup methods A PC or Mac WiFi with Access You are using an Access Point based Access Point Point WiFi network where you can temporarily A PC or Mac with WiFi disable encryption WIFI without Access You want to make a direct connection A PC or Mac with WiFi Point peer to peer between a PC Mac with a WiFi adapter Adoc and your Wallflowe Wired Ethernet Configuration If you start your Wallflower connected to a wired Ethernet network the WiFi port will be automatically disabled The Wallflower will attempt to use DHCP to assign its IP address If there is no DHCP on you
14. will self assign 192 168 0 240 netmask 255 255 255 0 WiFi Operation If the Ethernet is not plugged in or has no link and your model has WiFi installed Standard and Multimedia Editions or Value Editions with an approved WiFi adapter installed then your Wallflower will attempt to get an IP address through DHCP on the strongest unencrypted network it finds If DHCP is unsuccessful the Wallflower will self assign 192 168 0 140 netmask 255 255 255 0 3 18 SETTING YOUR NETWORK PREFERENCES GETTING TO THE NETWORK SETTINGS PAGES ETHERNET AND WIFI IP SETTINGS Network Settings in Detail Once your Wallflower has an assigned IP address simply point your web browser at the assigned IP address See the previous section for further details Network Settings in Detail The Network Settings pages can be reached by pointing your browser at the main configuration page then clicking on the side menu button labeled Net work Settings The Ethernet and WiFi IP settings control the IP address for your Wallflower s Ethernet or WiFi port NOTE When the Ethernet port is active has a link the WiFi network is dis abled The following settings are available on the IP configuration pages e DHCP Automatic or Static IP Select DHCP if your Ethernet network is set up to provide IP address information automatically and you want to use this capability Select Static if you want to manually assign IP address information
15. 42 Notes on Video Performance 5 42 Internet Features Web DOwNIOad sis EER PRE RE DE It 6 45 EnterngURLstoDownload 6 45 Selecting Unique Filenames 6 46 Redirected Download 6 46 Selecting Download Period 6 47 Sites Using Authentication 6 47 Emor Reponn oss rene ended Adee RARER aida 6 47 su die is RE EE EE OE HO EE AAA 6 47 REBEIVINGTEINAI sesse Bu we eee DER Ra en N RE WIE eRe RE E RR GR n AA 6 47 IMAP POP3 Protocols 6 47 Basic Information You ll Need for Setup 6 47 Deleting Email After Download 6 48 Security PASA eee OT ER ee eee EE EE 6 48 MIESE IA EA AR chee gobo hee IA EA IA 6 48 aie de ee ge ii EA REI a 6 48 Sending Email agraria AEREA TE AI AI A AA HR DR OR RS RAGE AR GER 6 48 Emal Our Albi serata RR Reni 6 48 Selling Up Outgoing Email 6 48 Scrolling News Feeds RSS 6 49 7 Other Features and Settings Advance Enter Buttons 7 51 Displaying System Status 7 51 AA OR ET EE EE OE KION
16. A EE EE 7 52 Security Overview Page 7 52 Web Interface Security 7 52 File Server Security 7 53 Maintenance Pages 7 54 Maintenance Tasks 7 54 Software Upgrades tt aed a he hed hes ee ee eed he SEE EG 7 55 LOGOS passa pte nee ica ER EE NT ON EE TA 1 99 Advanced Maintenance Functions 7 56 Remote Control and Advanced Scripting 7 56 Waliflower 2 User s Guide 1 Introduction Features Models and How to Use this Document Thank you for your purchase of a Wallflower 2 Multimedia Display System This document describes the setup and operation of your Wallflower Additional infor mation can also be found on line at www wallflower systems com docs What Can Wallflower Do At its simplest your Wallflower is a stand alone multimedia display system that can show movies still images and play audio Your movies pictures and audio what we call content in this document can be anything from family photos to advertising messages Content can get to the Wallflower manually through the drag and drop interface or it can be fetched from the Internet through email or web download In the following chapters you ll learn h
17. Fi network if it is not already enabled Please refer to your Access Point and or Router documentation if you need help with this step Turn your Wallflower on and watch the screen as it boots At the end of the boot sequence you should see a valid IP address as shown in Figure 1 above If your Wallflower is not able to connect to your network or can not get an IP address via DHCP it will self assign the IP address 192 168 0 140 netmask 255 255 255 0 If your Wallflower was able to connect to your WiFi network and get an IP address you can skip to Customizing Your Network Settings below If your Wallflower fails to get an address via DHCP please check your encryption and DHCP settings and try again If this still fails it could be due to 2 4GHz interference or insufficient single strength We then recommend you use either Ethernet configuration above or Peer to Peer configuration below If these methods do not work or cannot be used please see the Troubleshooting section at the end of this chapter for other methods 3 13 SWITCHING TO AD HOC MODE CONECTING WITH WINDOWS XP 3 14 WiFi Configuration Without an Access Point AdHoc Peer to Peer WiFi Configuration Without an Access Point AdHoc Peer to Peer Ad hoc mode also called peer to peer mode can be used to connect to your Wallflower directly from a PC Mac with a WiFi card without going through an Access Point In general setup is easier with an A
18. If your PC was able to connect to your Wallflower network please proceed to Customizing Your Network Settings below In this section we assume you have some familiarity with configuring your WiFi card Directions 1 Click on the WiFi signal icon on the right hand side of the Finder title bar to bring up a pulldown list of available networks Select Wallflower Adhoc under Computer to Computer networks You may need to configure your network location to set a static IP address Choose and IP address in the range 192 168 0 2 to 192 168 0 139 Check your connection by pointing your web browser to 192 168 0 140 You should get the Wallflower Configuration Menu If not recheck your steps above If your PC was able to connect to your Wallflower network please proceed to Customizing Your Network Settings below Alternative Setup Method Known SSID Mode Known SSID Mode can be used with when you are having difficulty connecting to an Access Point based network and cannot use Ethernet configuration Directions 1 2 3 Do Change your WIFI access point s ESSID sometimes called SSID or WiFi Network Name to Wallflower Turn off WEP encryption Set your local network IP addresses to be in the range 192 168 0 1 to 192 168 0 255 This usually means your access point s IP address will change to 192 168 0 1 if it is a combined AP gateway You must also turn off DHCP Don t forget to change your PC Mac s WiFi set
19. Now Manage Web Interface Users Click on a name in the table below to change settings NOTE As soon as you enable security a user named admin is added with a password admin You should change these as soon as possible DO NOT LOSE YOUR PASSWORD To enable file server security clcik on File Server Security then select Enable File Server Security and click submit You will now be able to add delete users up to a maximimum of 2 for the non Business Edition version of the Wallflower File Server Security File Server Security Fil Saever Security Enabled Lae in paswa Ha 7 Global Enable Disable E Enable Fila Server Seeuely Change How a Manage File Server Users Chek or a nafta in iho table bokya te change dere MAINTENANCE TASKS 7 54 Maintenance Pages Maintenance Pages By clicking on the Maintenance tab through the web browser you can get to the Maintenance screen below ern Kore Maintenance Menu Basic Maintenance Tasks Restart Clicking this link will reboot your Wallflower Shut Down Clicking this link will power off your Wallflower Upgrade Software Clicking this link upgrade your system software see Soft ware Upgrades below Restore All Factory Defaults Clicking this link will restore your system to out of the box settings your content will not be changed Clean Image Cache Clicking this link will delete all resized and rotated
20. a files not supported Future upgrades may support additional formats 5 33 INDEPENDENT PLAYLISTS INDEPENDENT MODE PLAYBACK ALGORITHM 5 34 Independent Mode Playback Independent Mode Playback Your Wallflower has two basic playback modes Independent and Scripted In Independent mode the Wallflower builds its own playlists based on the albums you have created In Scripted mode you supply a playlist file and the Wallflower plays only what is in the playlist In Independent mode your Wallflower builds its playlist from all enabled albums on the system An album is nothing more than a subdirectory one level below the Images directory Enabling Disabling albums is covered below You can set the Wallflower to buld its Independent playlist alphabetically or using random shuffle In both cases content is played in album order In other words if you have chosen random shuffle and have two albums named A and B then the content in one album will be played randomly then the content in the other folder will be played randomly but the content of album A and album B will not be intermixed The point above is very important to understand especially if you have seper ated MP3s and images If you have a directory full of MP3s without any images there will be nothing on the screen while the MP3s play NOTE Your Wallflower only looks for playable files in the main Image folder and one level of folder di
21. ation and chose a specific WiFi network name from the WiFi settings menu e Use Known SSID Mode as described above The Wallflower seems to have an IP address but I cannot connect to it CAUSES SOLUTIONS 3 20 Troubleshooting 1 IP address network mismatch between Wallflower and PC Mac Solution Check your IP address settings and make sure your PC Mac is on the same IP network For example if the Wallflower is on IP address 192 168 0 140 then your PC should also be on 192 168 0 x e g 192 168 0 5 2 WiFi network mismatch between Wallflower and PC Mac Solution Check your PC Macs WiFi network SSID and make sure it matches that of the Wallflower shown at boot time 3 21 Troubleshooting 3 22 Waliflower Plus User s Guide 4 Moving Content to Your Wallflower This chapter describes how to transfer content to your Wallflower via the Ether net or WiFi connection Please refer the QuickStart Guide if you just want to get going as quickly as possible Many Ways to Move Your Stuff There are several methods of moving images movies and sounds to your Wall flower Drag and Drop File Sharing This is the primary way to get content to a Wallflower connected to your local LAN It takes advantage of software built into Windows Mac OS X and Linux that makes a Wallflower appear as a local file folder or hard drive Email Download Your Wallflower can receive and send email with media attach
22. ccess Point since the Wall flower can usually detect the network settings automatically assuming you ve followed the QuickStart Guide for your operating system If you do not have an Access Point and wish to use Ad hoc mode read on 1 Reboot your Wallflower by cycling power 2 Your Wallflower will go through its normal boot sequence possibly including searching for an Access Point to connect to After you see the Files icon a countdown sequence will begin that says Normal Operation will Begin in 9 Seconds etc As soon as you see this countdown click once on the left control button Advance button 3 A menu will now appear with 3 choices e Restore original network settings e Force Wallflower into Access Point Mode on network Wallflower e Force Wallflower into Ad hoc Mode on network Wallflower Adhoc Select the last choice Ad hoc Mode and click the right Select button Then press the left button until you get to Exit and Restart then select by clicking the right button Your system will restart be patient this can take a minute or so 4 Your Wallflower will now reboot When it comes back up your Wallflower will be on peer to peer WiFi network Wallflower AdHoc with IP address 192 168 0 140 netmask 255 255 255 0 You can now connect to your Wallflower from your Windows XP PC see the next step for directions In this section we assume you have some familiarity with configuring your WIFI card Direc
23. dress in the Address box You must preceed the address with smb as shown below depends on your network Then click Connect Chenge a wame rare the lint ar enter a server addres at 48 192 168 1 102 H 3 After a few moments you will see a new popup menu asking which share you want to mount see below Select Images You may be presented with a username password screen You can enter anything in this screen or nothing then hit Enter The Wallflower does not currently use pass words 4 29 Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer 100 immi Ta eee 4 Your Wallflower should now appear as a drive named Images on the right side of your screen za CHILO Wed 741 PA 5 Now you can add your own pictures and delete our demo pictures Just drag and drop or cut and paste from any location other folders e mails web pages etc Your photos will appear shortly on your Wallflower 4 30 Changing the Workgroup Name Changing the Workgroup Name By default your Wallflower is assigned to the Windows Workgroup MSHOME which is the Windows XP default You can change this setting from the Sys tem Naming page in the web configuration menus Changing File Server Security You can limit access to your shared file area by enabling security on the File Server Directions 1 From the web interface select Setup then Security Settings 2 From the left hand menu select File Server 3 Yo
24. ection to send email The following settings are available for outgoing email 6 48 Scrolling News Feeds RSS e Outgoing Email Name This is the name that will appear on the outgoing email Your recipients will see this as the From entry in the email e Outgoing Subject The contents of this field will be used as the subject for emails sent by the Wallflower It can be any text value such as Pics from Steve If you are using the email out feature to synchronize with other Wall flowers you might want to use this field as a common security phrase e Distribution List This is the list of addresses to which outgoing emails will be sent One entry per line Scrolling News Feeds RSS Your Wallflower can display scrolling news feeds like CNN s news crawler across the bottom of the screen while images are showing Go to the RSS page under Internet on your web browser for more information NOTE News feeds do not show during videos 6 49 Scrolling News Feeds RSS 6 50 Waliflower 2 User s Guide 7 Other Features and Settings Buttons Security and Maintenance Pages This chapter covers a variety of topics not found in other chapters Advance Enter Buttons The Advance Enter buttons are found on the op of the enclosure as shown in the photo below On Off Enter Advance These buttons can be programmed for several features including volume up down advance image rewind etc
25. ed Please see Using Email Features for more information Web Download Your Wallflower can download content directly from web sites Please see Using Internet Download for more information Secure Copy Protocol This advanced method allows you to push content to a Wallflower anywhere on your local network or the internet USB Device Upload You Wallflower can automatically copy files found on attached USB devices such as Flash card readers jump drives and mass storage compatible cameras This chapter will discuss Drag and Drop USB devices and Secure Copy Proto col Later chapters will discuss email and web download capability 4 23 WINDOWS XP SETUP 4 24 Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer Setting Up Drag and Drop Transfer Once Drag and Drop is set up your Wallflower will look and act like a hard drive directly connected to your computer You can cut and paste from websites or e mails and paste the files directly into the Wallflower folder You can even use programs such as Photoshop to modify images on your Wallflower directly there is no need to copy them to your PC first The following sections show how to get drag and drop set up for PCs and Macs Instructions for Linux users can be found on our website 1 Open My Network Places by clicking Start gt My Network Places Your Wallflower should appear if your Microsoft network name is MSHOME the default in Windows XP If not proceed to step 2
26. en this happens it is also important that you as the user not do anything that could damage your system Here are the things you should never do 1 Never shut off your Wallflower by just unplugging it or hooking it to a timer This will over time corrupt your harddrive see below 2 Never never ever pull the power while the Wallflower is starting up and the progress bar is hovering below the 50 point At this point in start up the Wallflower is repairing the disk due to some previous problem probably caused by a power failure Yanking the power now will probably damage the drive beyond what it can repair itself Disk repair can take up to 30 min utes but usually less than 5 3 Never ever never ever ever repeatedly cycle power on off on off while the system is starting up This is actually worse than 2 above 4 Never run with scissors This is just good advice and is not directly related to your Wallflower PROPER VENTILATION INSTALLING THE STANDS HANGING YOUR WALLFLOWER VESA MOUNT CLEANING YOUR WALLFLOWER CLEANING INSIDE THE GLASS Installation Installation Your Wallflower may be used with its included stand feet or hung on a wall NOTE Your Wallflower requires proper air flow ventilation NEVER block the airflow perforations in the case and NEVER operate your Wallflower for an extended period of time more than 5 minutes laying on its back Your Wallflower 2 comes with two meta
27. er after download If the Wallflower is the only user of this account then select this option If you are sharing the email account between a Wallflower and other users you should leave this unchecked so that the Wallflower does not automatically clean up the email account If you enter a security phrase then only emails with this phrase in the subject line will be accepted by the Wallflower You can use this feature for spam pre vention The security phrase much match exactly Your Wallflower is immune from viruses as it never executes anything received via email The results of each email download are stored in text files which you can open in Microsoft Word In the main Images directory you will find a file called email log txt and in the email in album you will find a file called log txt If you are experiencing problems with email download have a look at these files for an indication of the cause of the problem Sending Email Your Wallflower can send photos or other content via email to a distribution list You can use this feature to update other Wallflowers or family and friends when you add new images to your system Photos or other content that you wish to send must be put in the email out album Each item will be sent only once regardless of how long it is in the email out album Unlike incoming email outgoing email does not use an external email account All the Wallflower needs is an internet conn
28. ers and cameras Other peripherals may be sup ported The USB port can also be used to attach a USB keyboard for diagnostic functions If you ordered a Wallflower 2 with WiFi support the WiFi adapter is installed into one of these two ports e Audio Out The green 3 5mm stereo jack This connector is used to connect external speakers or an external amplifier to your Wallflower To connect to a stereo use a 3 5mm to dual RCA cable set Normally the Wallflower s inter nal amplifier and speaker are connected If you wish to use external speak ers simply unplug the internal connector and replace with your own e Line In behind wire in photo The red 3 5mm stereo jack This connector is not currently used e Mic In behind wire in photo The blue 3 5mm stereo jack This connector is not currently used e Ethernet RJ45 jack This jack is used to connect 10 100Mbps Ethernet to your system e Serial Port Not currently used 2 7 2 8 Powering On and Off Powering On and Off Your Wallflower is powered off and on via the On Off button on the top of the system A single short press turns it on a single short press turns it off Holding the on off button down will force an immediate power off and THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DO Your Wallflower has an internal hard drive and like all hard drives it is sensitive to having power unexpectedly removed While we have taken great lengths to prevent damage to the hard drive wh
29. f soda dig osa Lat dpa nAi jpg HET I ls sew Seda orgi assise ope mts ET beets ew soda agonia dsm ies hetpils ea orgi messier EI RI jpg betas affi sods AE SBAA he II ad VEE hetpi dd ea DI ASSI EIE RE IT kus A soda AR SEA EES III He Rapid dee S08 OIA Reeser GE EG L Berau H Seda AE ess tess das BE see Heep fs eee SEDs DEREN aps BEER Rn Seda ang ess bess TERRE dee Resp fsa feds orgy ERAS epg ns ipa Beta ew Ed a E d E E Les eg ahi ips aa ll meea mm u i 1 mmm By default when a photo is downloaded from a website it is given the same name as it originally had For example fetching the URL http www mysite com photos kids_swimming jpeg Would result in a file named kids_swimming jpeg in the webcontent album This is exactly the behavior you would expect especially when downloading changing content such as weather maps after all there s no need to see the weather from yesterday or the day before Sometimes however you might want a unique filename assigned for every download A good example is using a webcam where you would want to store every snapshot with a different name To enable unique filenames simply click the unique filename checkbox Each file will then get a unique filename based on the time of download You can supply a list of URLs to download in a file on a website that the Wall flower can access For example if you have the following URL in the Wall flower
30. he internet several different ways This chapter covers the setup of these services Web Download The web download capability allows your Wallflower to periodically download content from websites Currently download of image MP3 and video files is supported Other content including standard HTML pages can be down loaded however the contents of these pages is not displayed The web download configuration page can be reached by clicking on the Inter net tab on the web interface and then selecting Web Content Download ENTERING URLS TO To enter URLs Uniform Resource Locators better known as web addresses DOWNLOAD simply type the URL into the text box URLs must be complete and include the http at the beginning Example http www mysite com photos kids_swimming jpeg There is no limit to how many URLs you can enter Downloaded content is stored in the Album webcontent 6 45 SELECTING UNIGUE FILENAMES REDIRECTED DOWNLOAD 6 46 Web Download en Na KE amp Web Content Download Settings Email Shans Ha Frate Tera between web updates ine aga el Web Images to Download Please enter below the Hes yuu war lo pere seels download oa must enler he full path including Hie http Baha klip wa IAEA pa O Assign a unique filename based on time BTTP SWEM SEdA DE easier deg ssl ipo h tpissano
31. iders all folders subdirectories in the main Images direc tory to be Albums Playback of of Albums can be independently enabled and disabled through the web interface By using Albums you can organize your multimedia content and selectively play back only what you want at a given time For example you might create an Album called Thanksgiving and then only enable the Album for Thanksgiving dinner 1 Using either My Computer Windows or the Finder OS X open the folder or drive volume for your Wallflower 2 Windows Right click your mouse and select New gt Folder Enter an appro priate name i e Thanksgiving for the above example OS X lt ctrl gt click your mouse and select New Folder Rename the folder from untitled folder to something appropriate for your Album You can now copy content into this folder It is enabled by default Albums can be enabled disabled through the web interface as follows 1 Select Albums from the tab bar You will see the image below renkon Album Chooser 5 37 Albums 2 On this menu you can select which Albums to play New albums are enabled by default The Main Images folder cannot be disabled 3 If you click on an Album name from the Album Chooser you will see thumb nails of the media in the folder bristiecane sunrise pg buckskin _guich 0 jpg 5 38 Controlling Playback Time Flip Time Controlling Playback Time Flip Time
32. l feet and screws and double stick table to attach them Remove the protective tape on the double stick tape then attach with the provided screws You can use the feet in either protrait or landscape orientation Your Wallflower includes keyhole style hanging holes on the rear enclosure Use molly type screws to affix to the wall NOTE DO NOT allow the screwheads to penetrate more than 1 8 into the Wallflower s rear enclosure to avoid damaging internal components Your Wallflower can also be wall mounted via an optional VESA mount adapter Please visit our website for more information The casing of your Wallflower Plus can be cleaned and treated just like any other wooden furniture with a spray polish to keep it in good condition and free of fingerprints The glass can be cleaned with window cleaner and a soft cloth If dirt accummulates inside the front bezel glass simply remove the four screws holding on the bezel clean the inside glass then replace You can clean the LCD with a soft cloth or special purpose LCD cleaning cloth Do not use harsh cleansers on the LCD doing so will void your warranty 5 2 9 Installation 2 10 Waliflower 2 User s Guide 3 Network Setup WiFi Ethernet and IP Configuration This chapter describes in detail how to configure the networking operation of your Wallflower 2 for both the Ethernet and Wireless Ethernet WiFi ports Please refer the QuickStart Guide if you just
33. lable on the WiFi Network Settings Page e Connect to Specific Network Connect to Strongest Signal When con nect to strongest signal is selected the Wallflower will ignore the SSID of local Access Points and simply connect to the strongest signal NOTE We DO NOT recommend Strongest Signal Mode since your Wall flower can jump between networks and get confused by other 2 4GHz devices cell phones cordless phones etc NOTE ON SSID NAMES Wallflower s restrict the SSID names to only upper and lower case letters numbers and the symbols _ and SSID names are case sensitive and may not contain spaces e Enable Disable Encryption This option enables or disables WEP encryp tion e Encryption Key Wallflower supports only hexadeciamal keys and does not support passphrases Legal charaautomatically cters are 0 9 and A F The length of the encryption key 40 or 128 bit is determined by the length of the hexadecimal key entered in the text box more than 10 characters is con sidered 128 bit Troubleshooting Wallflower fails to connect to unencrypted WiFi network CAUSE When the Wallflower first attempts to connect to a WiFi network it searches for the strongest WiFi signal it can find In some cases the Wallflower can get con fused by other WiFi networks or other 2 4GHz devices including cell phones cordless phones and microwave ovens SOULUTION There are 2 solutions e Use Ethernet configur
34. mages E Automatically center letierbox or sidebar images Cl Actomatically rete images 90 fot portaa orientation Kasiga namiar Submit foncuncemeni Sides Once Time n i Siri ita mons rca nno a When automatic resizing is selected your images will automatically be resized to the best resolution for the screen If you do not select automatic resizing then the image will be displayed in it s native resolution and will either be cropped if it is larger than the 1024x768 screen resolution or matted if it is smaller than 1024x768 In most cases you should leave auto resizing turned on NOTE Regardless of whether you have enabled resizing your Wallflower always creates a resized copy of the image for it s own use This copy is created the first time the Wallflower attempts to display the image and the process can take up to 15 seconds depending on the size of the original While the Wall flower is creating this copy some functions may work very slowly including 5 40 AUTOMATIC CENTERING PORTRAIT MODE Titles titling bars and the wb interface This is normal and will not happen after the copy process is completed When automatic centering is turned on images that do not fit the 4 3 aspect ratio of the screen will be automatically letterboxed or sideboxed with a black border to fit in the center of the screen For example if one of your images is a panaroma with an aspact ration of 10 1 say a 1000 pixel
35. nse You don t want your neighbors poking around in your computers do you NOTE Your Wallflower supports 40 bit and 128 bit hexadecimal passwords only If your network is using passphrase you will need to switch to hexadecimal 3 17 HOW THE WALLFLOWER GETS AN IP ADDRESS Quick Setup for Experienced Network Users Make the Changes Stick When you ve got the network the way you want it restart your Wallflower from the Other Options menu bottom most button Don t forget to make sure your access point and PC s match the new setings You will need to restart your Wallflower for the new network WiFi settings to take effect WiFi IF Settings WiFi iP Network Setters E Baier biiain i patna OCR ge eed eee Pir m EER Be TEI ER E AE 4 5 EET Geena ED Bear DN a E Liege Ta Se Su poe ee ee ee ee ee Quick Setup for Experienced Network Users In this section we ll tell you how to configure the standard WiFi and Ethernet settings as quickly as possible We ll assume you have a bit of practice installing and configuring networking devices such as routers PCs etc On both the Ethernet and WiFi the first thing the Wallflower does out of the box is attempt to assign an IP address via DHCP Ethernet Operation If the Ethernet is plugged in and there is a link on the Ethernet port the WiFi will be disabled The Wallflower will attempt to use DHCP to get an IP address If DHCP fails the Wallflower
36. ow to set up and use your Wallflower Features e 14 1 inch TFT LCD screen e 1024x768 resolution e Supports 16 7 Million Colors e 30 Gbyte media storage e MP3 Jukebox functions 1 1 Models MPEG AVI and QuickTime Video playback support Built in soeaker USB jump drive support Support for 10 100 Ethernet in addition to WiFi Internet file sharing via our Pollinate technology Configurable control buttons Top quality construction materials e Frames and enclosures made from real wood metal and glass LCD screen protected by tempered glass e Keeps fingerprints etc off the LCD panel e Clean with simple household glass cleaner All common Operating Systems supported e Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP e Apple OS X all versions OS9 not supported e All Linux variants No software installation needed on any platform Models Wallflower 2 comes in three feature levels shown in the table below Value Ethernet Only No Internal Wifi Standard Ethernet Built In Wifi What s in this Document The Wallflower 2 User s Guide contains information about the following aspects of Wallflower 2 operation Installation Where to put your Wallflower how to mount it etc Network Setup How to get your Wallflower configured for your network Those with advanced networking knowledge may wish to skip the step by step directions and just go the the Just the Facts section in Network Setup Basic Operation How to pe
37. plays the photo johnny jpg in album kids for 4 seconds space hubblel jpg wait This plays the photo hubble1 jpg in album space until the currently playing audio file specified earlier in the script has completed space hubblel jpg This plays the same image but for the duration of the flip time set through the web browser 5 35 5 36 Scrited Mode Playback Audio and Video Entries There is only one syntax for audio video entries lt album gt lt filename gt For example to play sousa mp3 in album marching marching sousa mp3 To play the movie springsale avi in album videos videos springsale avi Combining Entries Here s an example of combined entries narrationl mp3 imagela jpg for 5 seconds imagelb jpg for 5 seconds The next image will play until narrationl mp3 completes If it was a 20 second mp3 then imagelc will play for 10 seconds imagelc jpg wait Script Comments Any line that starts with a is ignored Leading whitespace is also ignored Missing Files If a script references a missing file then that file will be ignored even if it is sub sequently added to the system You will need to enter exit enter script mode to get the new file recongized Script Checking If you edit a script using the webbrowser you can get a syntax error and missing file report CREATING ALBUMS ENABLING DISABLING ALBUMS Albums Albums Your Wallflower cons
38. r Ethernet network then the Wallflower will self assign the IP address 192 168 0 240 1 Either through a hub switch or a crossover cable connect your Wallflower s Ethernet port to the same network as your PC Mac 2 Power up your Wallflower and watch the screen to see what IP address is displayed at the end of the boot sequence see Fingure NNN below 3 If the Wallflower was able to get an IP address via DHCP you can skip to Section NNN Customizing Your Network Settings 4 If your Wallflower fails to get an address via DHCP it will self assign 192 168 0 240 Configure your PC Macs network to be 192 168 0 0 with a netmask of 255 255 255 0 Your PC s IP address will need to be between 192 168 0 2 and 192 168 0 239 You may need to reconfigure your router gateway to match this address range Please see Appendix A Configuring Your PC or Macs Networking Settings if you need help with this step 5 Now proceed to Customizing Your Network Settings below WiFi with Access Point Configuration Write down this number FIGURE 1 IP Address Display During Boot Wireless N digital picture frames ur WiFi with Access Point Configuration To configure your Wallflower using your Access Point based WiFi network fol low these steps 1 Temporarily disable WEP encryption on your WiFi network if it is enabled Please refer to your Access Point documentation if you need help with this step Enable DHCP on your Wi
39. rectory below the main Image folder If you have placed content more than one folder below the main Images directory this content will be ignored For example if you have created a folder called 1999 in the main images directory and a folder in 1999 called Thanksgiving then all the content in 1999 will be played but the content in Thanksgiving will not be The Wallflower uses the following algorithm each time though its media dispatch loop 1 The Wallflower attempts to play content at the head of the list if alphabeti cal then the next file alphabetically 2 Ifthe content is an image file and another image file is showing then the next image is displayed If a movie is playing then the system waits until the movie is complete before showing the image 3 Ifthe content is music and no other music is being played then the new music file is played If another song is already playing then the new song is put on hold until the previous song completes and the Wallflower moves on to the next item in the playlist While this may seem a bit complicated in practice it really isn t Let s assume you have 4 photos a 5 minute song and a 2 minute video in an album Alpha betically the song asong mp3 comes before the movie mymovie mpeg Here s what will happen SCRIPT SYNTAX Scrited Mode Playback e The Wallflower will start playing asong mp3 and start displaying your 4 pho tos
40. replace file jog with the file you wish to transfer and the 192 168 0 140 with your IP address If you are prompted to accept the fingerprint or key type yes 4 You will be prompted for the username password Use the values above unless you have changed them Using USB Devices Your Wallflower can automatically upload content from USB devices attached to either of the USB ports found on the back of the system Simply plug in the device and the Wallflower will copy all of the media to an album named USB lt date gt where date is today s date The Wallflower recognizes any USB Mass Storage compatible device This includes Flash card readers jump drives and most cameras Sony cameras are a notable exception 1 If you do this more than once a day the album will have an additional number at the end of the name For example USB 4 4 2004 1 Waliflower 2 User s Guide 5 Media Playback Formats Play Order Albums and Titling The chapter describes what media are supported how media playback works and how it can be controlled Supported Formats The following media formats are supported as of version 2 1 x of the Wallflower Plus software e Images JPEG BMP GIF TIFF PCX and PNG e Movies MPEG 1 MPEG 2 DiVX QuickTime most AVI formats depends on the codec some MPEG 4 depends on the tool used to create the file Windows Media not supported e Audio MP3 Windows Medi
41. rform all the basic tasks of a Wallflower Advanced Operation Using advanced features such as file sharing For More Information For More Information Always check our website for the most up to date information and software downloads www wallflower systems com 1 3 For More Information 1 4 Waliflower 2 User s Guide 2 Basic Features Buttons Connectors Stand Installation and Wall Mounting In this chapter we ll cover the basic hardware features of your Wallflower includ ing installation and button and connector usage Getting to Know Your Wallflower Your Wallflower has two sets of buttons on the top edge of the system as shown in Figure 1 The three left buttons control power off on and image sound fea tures The right buttons control the LCD display Each group are described below ON OFF ADVANCE AND The three buttons on the left side of the Wallflower s top edge are in order ENTER BUTTONS Power On Off Advance Selection Advance and Enter Selection Enter FIGURE 1 On Off Advance and Enter Buttons On Off Enter Advance 2 5 Getting to Know Your Waliflower Power On Off This button controls power to your Wallflower To turn on your Wallflower simply depress the button for about one second To turn off your Wallflower simply press and release this button for less than 2 sec onds If you hold the button down for 4 or more seconds you will force a hard
42. start to show some frame dropping jerkiness To put this in perspective standard defini tion broadcast TV s resolution is 460x360 So even at 640x480 you re beyond standard definition TV e Framerate This is how many frames per second are shown in the movie Typically it is 29 97 and sometimes 24 The human eye can start to see jerk iness of flicker below about 20 frames per second e Bitrate This is a parameter used by the program that generated to video file to control how much compression is used in the file e Compression Quality Similar to the parameter above the creator of the file can control how much video quality they are willing to give up in exchange for performance and size There are so many variables involved we didn t even get into formats such as MPEG 1 vs MPEG 2 vs DiVX vs QuickTime that it is almost impossible to give hard and fast rules as to what settings to use We can say that we have test videos at 352x240 resolution MPEG 1 bitrate 1 15Mbps 29 97 framerate 5 42 Notes on Video Performance that look as good as DVD We ve also seen videos with the same exact settings that look horrible It s really up to you to experiment and let us know if you hit a combination that works every time 5 43 Notes on Video Performance 5 44 Waliflower 2 User s Guide 6 Internet Features Web Download Email and RSS News Feeds Your Wallflower is capable of sending and receiving content over t
43. t has just started to play The information will be shown at the top of the screen for about 10 seconds after the file starts playing If the artist title information is missing or incorrect in the MP3 file then the title will indicate this There are two types of image titles informational titles and filename titles To create and informational title you need to create a file with the information you want displayed in the same album as the photo This file must be a text file with the extension txt For example if you want a title for an image named johns_birthday jpg then put a text file named johns_birthday txt with your title information in the same album You can create text files with most text editors including Word Wordpad and Notepad Just be sure to save as text sometimes called ASCII text Using the example above if the file johns_birthday txt had the line Here s John s First Birthday Look at the Cake on His Face then this text would dis play as a title for the first few seconds of the image display You also have the option of just showing the filename if an information file is not found Notes on Video Performance Your Wallflower will perform best on video files when they are limited in certain reasonable ways Video files have several parameters which can affect whether the Wallflower can display them without skips or jerkiness e Width Height Videos at or beyond 640x480 resolution may
44. tings to match Reboot your Wallflower by cycling power Your Wallflower will go through its normal boot sequence possibly including searching for an Access Point to connect to After you see the Files icon a countdown sequence will begin that says Normal Operation will Begin in 9 Seconds etc AS soon as you see this countdown click once on the left control button 3 15 Customizing Your Network Settings A menu will now appear with 3 choices Restore original network settings Force Wallflower into Access Point Mode on network Wallflower e Force Wallflower into Ad hoc Mode on network Wallflower Adhoc Select the second choice Known SSID Mode and click the right Select button Then press the left button until you get to Exit and Restart then select by clicking the right button Your system will restart be patient this can take a minute or so 7 Your Wallflower will now reboot When it comes back up it will be at IP address 192 168 0 140 on WiFi network Wallflower You may need to cycle power again 8 You can now connect to your Wallflower from your PC Mac by pointing your browser at 192 168 0 140 Now you can reconfigure the Wallflower for your specific network as shown below Customizing Your Network Settings You should now be able to talk to your Wallflower Try the following 1 In Internet Explorer or Safari Mac users enter the IP address of your Wall flower For example if your Wallflo
45. tions 1 Open your network connection settings for your WiFi card by clicking Start gt Network Connections gt Show All Connections 2 Double click your WiFi connection icon then choose Properties 3 Click on the tab Wireless Networks You should see the Ad Hoc network Wallflower Adhoc in the menu of available networks if you do not see it click on Advanced and make sure that your system is configured to see Ad hoc networks Select the Wallflower Adhoc network and click Config ure Make sure that all encryption WEP checkboxes are unchecked and that the peer to peer checkbox is checked Then click OK 4 Inthe lower box Preferred Networks select Wallflower Adhoc and move it to the top position This forces your PC to connect to this network first Do NOT click OK Click on the General tab CONNECTING WITH MAC OS X Alternative Setup Method Known SSID Mode di On the General screen select TCP IP then select Use the Following IP Address Select an IP address in the range 192 168 0 2 139 192 168 0 10 for example with a netmask of 255 255 255 0 Now click OK The DNS settings aren t important Close the properties box to get back to Network Connections Right click on your WiFi connection and click Repair This forces your PC to reset it s IP address Check your connection by pointing your web browser to 192 168 0 140 You should get the Wallflower Configuration Menu If not recheck your steps above
46. u can enable disable security by clicking on the checkbox as shown below then clicking Submit 4 You can add delete users once you have enabled security File Server Secunty Global Enahle Disahla E Enabla File Serer Socenty Change Mow BETTIE Manage File Server Users Chck on a name in the table below to change settings Using Secure Copy Protocol Advanced users may wish to make use of the Secure Copy Protocol SCP to move content to their Wallflower SCP is similar in many ways to FTP but it is more secure To use SCP you will need three things the username password combination to transfer files the IP address of the Wallflower and the target folder directory for the transferred files This information is in the table below 4 31 SCP AND WINDOWS XP SCP AND MAC OS X 4 32 Using USB Devices SCP Username mywallflower SCP Password The numerical portion of your serial number Target Directory home wfclient images Windows XP does not include an SCP client so you will need to install one We recommend WinSCP search on Google for WinSCP Mac OS X users can either install a graphical SCP client once again Google for one that strikes your fancy or use command line SCP from a Terminal Win dow 1 Start a Terminal Window session 2 Change directories to where your content is located 3 Type ssh file jpg wfclient 192 168 0 140 home wfclient images In the example above
47. ur Wallflower s screen It should show several informational mes sages as it goes through the upgrade When it is done it will reboot Be patient this can take several minutes depending on the size of the upgrade Log Files Several operations on your Wallflower product log files which can help you or us debug problems For example both the email and web download operations save messages that are viewable if there are problems To see the log files click on the Maintenance tab then click on System Logs 7 55 Advanced Maintenance Functions Advanced Maintenance Functions There are several function under Advanced Maintenance Do not fool around with these unless directed to by Wallflower personnel or if directed to from our website We mean it Remote Control and Advanced Scripting The Wallflower 2 for Business supports advanced remote control and scripting capabilities Please contact us if you need more information 7 56
48. wa lif lower Wallflower 2 User s Guide S W Version 2 1 Version 1 0 May 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction What Can Wallflower DO 1 1 FEES 4224400226244 ER AE RA be Ein 1 1 Models LL 1 2 WhatsinthisDocument 1 2 For More Information 1 3 2 Basic Features Getting to Know Your Wallflower 2 5 On Off Advance and Enter Buttons 2 5 LOD EO BUINGSNE SE EER RE RE DA ER RE SS E OE ai 2 6 VO Connectors 2 7 Poweriid On and ON sr RAS EE owes bee ee oat ERAS oka EDE EE ER N ELE 2 8 SN ER OER OER ORE OE EE or ee eens Mee Behe ELE ER PG 2 9 Proper Ventilation 2 9 Installing the Stands 2 9 Hanging Your Wallflower 2 9 VESA MOUNT 2 422 ER sranti stike UKI 2 9 Cleaning Your Wallflower 2 9 CleanING Inside the Glass 2 9 3 Network Setup Network Setup Methods 3 12 Wired Ethernet Configuration 3 12 WiFi with Access Point Configuration
49. wer told you its IP address was 192 168 0 5 type the following in your browser http 192 168 0 5 Customizing Your Network Settings You should see the main Wallflower configuration screen it may look differ ent than the example below Poke around to see what you can change Just don t change any network or WiFi settings yet Main Page ekora ta he Erpat Ca aa Teel uk on Dia repre BELRER n ee janas hy Meer ar tha NEER ie tha left ip OUDER Tai peo General Information suini Mana cri ot z gt ya en on el Vi te DETTA TRAE EEE 1171 01 ee ye Tr che PUT ANH 2 We recommend the following settings e Static IP Address instead of Automatic DHCP This will make it easier for Windows XP and Mac OS X to find your Wallflower every time you want to use it Use an IP address out of the way of your DHCP server s range For example if your DHCP server is assigning addresses between 192 168 0 20 and 192 168 0 30 you should pick a static address of 192 168 0 31 Select a Specific SSID On the WiFi setup pages choose your specific SSID in order to prevent your Wallflower from attaching to other networks unexpectedly NOTE Your SSID cannot contain spaces or other non alphanu meric characters for example amp etc Turn On Encryption This has nothing to do with the Wallflower it just makes good security se
50. you want automatically sent via email must be stored in the email out album Receiving Email Your Wallflower can download email either from its own dedicated email account the easiest method or from a shared account slightly more compli cated In this section we ll cover the setup of both Your Wallflower supports POP3 and IMAP email protocols In order to use the email download capability your email service must support one of these two protocols Note About Free Email Accounts Popular free email accounts such as Hot mail and Yahoo do not support the IMAP or POPS protocols Therefore these accounts cannot be used with your Wallflower However Fastmail www fast mail fm does provide free basic IMAP accounts as do several other vendors You ll need the following information to set up email download for your Wall flower 6 47 DELETING EMAIL AFTER DOWNLOAD SECURITY PHRASE VIRUSES ERROR REPORTING EMAIL OUT ALBUM SETTING UP OUTGOING EMAIL Sending Email e Incoming Mail Server This is typically the system name from which your email will be fetched Examples fastmail fm smtp sbcglobal net e Username This is the username you use to access your email account It is sometimes but not always your email address e Password This is the password you use to access your email account e Email Protocol POPS or IMAP If you select this option received emails will be deleted from the mail serv
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