Control Center
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Description
The main part of the player web interface, Control Center allows users to configure various player settings, update the firmware, restart or shut down the player, and request information (content snapshot, player report, etc.) from the device. It is running on the device's embedded web server and can be accessed from any regular browser.
Connect to Control Center
To access the Control Center interface, enter http(s)://Player_address/ in the browser's address bar.
- Connect to the player web interface by entering
http(s)://Player_address/in the browser's address bar, where Player_address can be its IPv4, IPv6, or hostname address. - Enter your username and password on the Login screen.
- At this point, you should get to the Control Center home page, otherwise, click the gear icon
on the top bar menu.
Menu
The left side menu is present on all the pages within Control Center, so you can quickly get to any of the following groups of settings:
- Control Center
- The top item opens Control Center home page.
- System
- This item groups different links to the System page, which allows generating / restoring configuration backups and configuring settings such as: device name, player date & time, shutdown temperature, passwords to access protected data, and Cockpit monitoring.
- Display & Audio
- This item groups different links to the "Display & Audio" page, which allows configuring display and audio related settings.
- Network
- This item groups different links to the Network page, which allows configuring settings such as: IP configuration, Proxy, SNMP, HTTPS certificates etc.
- Content
- This item groups different links to the Content page, which allows configuring scheduled downloads, live sources, and splash screen images (used during player boot and shutdown).
- Peripherals
- This item groups different links to the Peripherals page, which allows configuring serial and USB port settings.
- Advanced Applications
- This item groups different links to the Advanced Applications page, which allows configuring settings related to: interactivity and touchscreens, Network API, Multiscreen (HMP350 only), NTP, streaming, firmware update server address, RPC concentrator, and Pull Mode.
- Operations
- This item groups different links to the Operations page, which allows performing maintenance operations, such as: firmware update, player restart / shutdown, recovery mode, restore default content or factory default settings, format storage, clearing player data, generating a report etc.
- Logs
- This item groups different links to the Logs page, which allows retrieving the player log files, locally or on a server.
- About
- This item opens the About page, which contains the player copyright and license information.
Home page
The Control Center home page displays general information about the device: player status summary, current settings, the content snapshot, plus some quick links to maintenance tasks. A left side menu provides links to all the other pages in Control Center.
Player status
This section contains the player logo, its date/time information, plus six information boxes (clicking on any of them, brings out more information and/or links to configuration pages), as following:
- Up time
- Current running time of the player.
- CPU Load
- Current CPU usage of the player; clicking on the box gives extended info about CPU distribution and frame drops.
- Storage
- Current use of the player internal storage.
- Display
- Current display status.
- Network
- Status of the network connection. An exclamation mark may be shown in case of network issues. Clicking on the box gives extra network information such as IP addresses, hostname address, and MAC address.
- Firmware
- Current player firmware. An exclamation mark may be shown in case the firmware needs to be updated. Clicking on the box gives extra information about the firmware update.
Current Settings
This section gives a brief summary of the important settings of the player:
- License type (if any)
- Serial number of the player
- Name
- Time zone
- Display settings
Plus two buttons:
- Enable/Disable ARYA
- Toggles the ARYA mode on the player.
- Starting with firmware 4.7.1, HMP350 and HMP300 players have ARYA enabled by default and maintain a connection to the SpinetiX cloud even when ARYA is not enabled, as it was already the case for DiVA players. For firmware 4.6.3 to 4.6.5, you can apply a special configuration file to enable it.
- Configuration Wizard
- Starts the Configuration Wizard, allowing to redo the initial steps of configuring the player.
- The Configuration Wizard is automatically started the first time Control Center is accessed; during the initial setup, an additional step is required to configure the admin password of the device.
Quick Links
This section allows the user to do the following maintenance operations:
- Restore Config
- This allows restoring a configuration backup (for instance, when a reset to factory default settings was performed on the device) or applying a custom configuration file.
- Configure Cockpit / Open in Cockpit
- The former is displayed when the device is not yet monitored by Cockpit - pressing the button opens the System → Cockpit page, from where you can add the device in Cockpit.
- The latter is displayed when the device is already monitored by Cockpit - pressing the button opens the player monitoring page of Cockpit for that device (login required).
- Generate Report
- Generate a standard player report.
- This is usually required by SpinetiX Support for troubleshooting whenever the device is not functioning properly.
- Restart Now
- Restart the device in case of configuration changes, or any other maintenance operation.
Snapshot
This section shows a snapshot image of what is currently displayed by the player. Click the "Refresh" button to reload the snapshot image.