Browser and Flash Player Support

You can use an Apple Mac or Microsoft Windows PC or laptop to access Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Table 2 describes the browser software versions that have been tested with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0, with the corresponding Flash player support.

Digital Media Player Support

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 supports three models of digital media players (DMPs):

■Cisco DMP 4310G

■DMP-2K Media Player

■SV-4K Media Player

Cisco DMP 4310G

Note: Release 5.0 is the last release to support the Cisco DMP 4310G. After Release 5.0, you will need to upgrade to the newer DMP models to install future Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director releases.

The DMP firmware image is not bundled with the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software. You must download the firmware image separately at the software download center site.

Table 3 describes the Cisco Digital Media Player (DMP) hardware and firmware supported in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Cisco DMP 4310G Firmware Download Guidelines

Note: DMP-4310G Version 5.4.1 and later supports MP4 (H.264 encoded only) video files and adds support for ELO IntelliTouch+ technology.

To download the DMP-4310G Version 5.4.1RB2P firmware, go to the Cisco Digital Media Players product page for the Cisco DMP 4310G:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/video/digital-media-player-4310g/model.html

1. Click the Downloads tab and then Digital Media Player (DMP) System Upgrades.

2. Go to All Releases > 5 > 5.4.1_RB_2P.

3. Click Download to get the 5.4.1_RB2_2P_FCS_4310.fwimg file.

Cisco DMP 4310G Firmware Upgrade Procedure

For information about how to upgrade the DMP firmware, see the “Upgrading the Cisco DMP 4310G Firmware” module of the Cisco StadiumVision Director Software Installation and Upgrade Guide.

DMP-2K Media Player

The DMP-2K Media Player is introduced in Cisco StadiumVision Director Release 4.1. The DMP-2K has a smaller form-factor and supports less storage and fewer features than the SV-4K, including support of a maximum HD resolution of 1080p. For more information, see the Feature Summary by Media Player Model.

Note: For more information about deployment and firmware installation, see also the Deployment Guidelines for the SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players.

DMP-2K Firmware Versions

The DMP-2K supports the same firmware versions as the SV-4K media player.
Table 4 describes the DMP-2K hardware and firmware supported in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0. SP7

SV-4K Media Player

The SV-4K media player is a fan-less, solid-state, commercial digital media player that supports new technology standards. In addition to support of 4K video resolution, the SV-4K enhances the capabilities of the Cisco solution by adding support for WiFi, dual video regions, an enhanced processor, improved video wall and virtual ribbon board synchronization, and an HTML5 runtime environment.

For more information about the software features supported by the SV-4K media player, see the Feature Summary by Media Player Model.

Note: For more information about deployment and firmware installation, see also the Deployment Guidelines for the SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players.

SV-4K Firmware Versions

Table 5 describes the SV-4K hardware and firmware supported in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Server Support

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director supports upgrades from Release 4.1 to Release 5.0 software on the Platform 3 server hardware. Software versions prior to Release 4.1 must be upgraded serially to the supported 4.1 version before upgrading to Release 5.0. For more information, see the Upgrade Paths.

Note: For future releases of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director, installation in a virtual server environment is strongly recommended.

New installations of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 are supported in a virtual server environment using Cisco Systems or other third-party hardware.

Note: Use the Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW) tool when placing Cisco StadiumVision orders at:
https://apps.cisco.com/Commerce/home.

Product IDs in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 for Software Licenses

In Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0, the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software, video management, and display licenses are unbundled. This allows you to purchase hardware separately for the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director server and install Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software in a virtual environment (for more information, see the Virtualized Server Environment Support.)

Table 6 provides information about the supported product IDs for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director and related software.

Platform 3 Server Support

Table 7 describes the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director server hardware and software supported and tested in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Note: Table 8 identifies minimum tested versions of CIMC/BIOS with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director. These should not be interpreted as the required versions that you must run. As long as your server CIMC/BIOS firmware is at this minimum tested version or later, no change is required to operate Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

The table also documents the latest firmware versions that are currently available for download and have been successfully tested in Release 5.0.

Note: For more information about verifying and upgrading the Cisco UCS Server firmware on the Platform 3 server, see “Appendix C: CIMC Configuration and Firmware Upgrade Guidelines on the Cisco UCS C220 Server” in Cisco Vision Software Installation and Upgrade Guide: Dynamic Signage Director (StadiumVision Director) Release 5.0 .

Virtualized Server Environment Support

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director is designed to run in a modern virtual machine (VM) environment, such as VMware’s vSphere. You can use another Cisco device or third-party server to run the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software.

Follow the requirements in this section to be sure that your virtual environment meets the minimum and tested specifications.

This section includes the following topics:

■Minimum Virtual Machine System Requirements for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director

■VMware vSphere Tested Versions for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director

■Restrictions for Virtual Server Support

Minimum Virtual Machine System Requirements for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director

Be sure that your configuration meets the minimum system requirements in Table 8 and supports a VMware virtual machine environment with a compatible vSphere version (See VMware vSphere Tested Versions for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.)

Note: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director servers are meant to be physically located close to the DMPs that they operate with, and communicating to the players over a LAN. For information about installation-related licensing compliance, see the Installation Requirements for Licensing Compliance.

Table 9 provides additional information about the tested VM hardware and OS specifications that you should use when configuring a virtual machine to support Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

VMware vSphere Tested Versions for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director has been tested with VMware vSphere Version 5.5 using the minimum requirements described in Table 8. Other versions should work, but they have not been tested.

Note: Any VMware license that does not allow your virtual machine to be set to the minimum requirements described in Table 8 is not supported.

For more information about installing Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director servers, see Cisco Vision Software Installation Guide: Dynamic Signage Director (StadiumVision Director) Release 5.0.

Restrictions for Virtual Server Support

Be sure that you consider the following restrictions before you configure a virtual server environment for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director:

■Migrating to a virtual environment on your existing Platform 2 or Platform 3 servers is not supported. For more information, see the Important Migration and Upgrade Notes.

■When using a virtual server environment, Cisco Technical Support only provides support for the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software. No support is provided for third-party hardware or the virtual OS environment installed by the customer.

■The required configuration is for a dual virtual server environment to support a primary and backup server using the standard Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director backup/restore and failover tools.

■Cisco has not tested and does not provide support for any VMware tools in a Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director system. If your site chooses to use backup, recovery or other tools outside of the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software to manage your virtual servers, then you accept the risks and responsibility associated with securing your data.

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote Server Support

Note: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote is supported by the Cisco DMP 4310G only.

You can use your own server or install a Cisco UCS C22 serverTable 10 and supports a VMware virtual machine environment with a compatible vSphere version (See VMware vSphere Tested Versions for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote.)

Note: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote servers are meant to be physically located close to the DMPs that they operate with, such as at the remote venue edge, and communicating to the players over a LAN. For information about installation-related licensing compliance, see the Installation Requirements for Licensing Compliance.

VMware vSphere Tested Versions for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote has been tested with VMware vSphere Version 5.5 using the minimum requirements described in Table 10. Other versions should work, but they have not been tested.

Cisco Vision Headend Support

Table 11 describes the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director headend hardware and software supported in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Cisco Unified Communications Support

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director supports the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G and 9971 models.

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G

Table 12 lists the combinations of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and firmware for the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G that were tested for compatibility with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971

Table 13 lists the combinations of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and firmware for the Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971 that were tested for compatibility with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Note: Although not all combinations have been tested, earlier maintenance versions of CUCM are also likely to work with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0. Avoid trying to use any major version other than 10.5 or 11.5.

Commerce Integration Systems Support

Table 14 provides information about the hardware and software for third-party commerce integration systems that have been tested with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Media Controller Systems Support

Table 15 provides information about the hardware and software for third-party media controller systems that have been tested to support the External Event Trigger feature in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Note: To support the Crestron Room Media Controller with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director it requires that you work with a Crestron reseller to install the appropriate software on the QM-RMC.

Touch Screen Devices and Controller Support

Note: Touch screens are only supported by the Cisco DMP 4310G media player in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director supports a limited number of touch screen drivers for the Cisco DMP 4310G. To ensure compatibility of your devices, contact your Cisco Systems sales representative.

See the “How to Enable a DMP for Touch Screen Control” task note for more information about how to configure this support.

TV Qualification for HDMI CEC Control of TV Power On/Off

Note: HDMI CEC TV control is supported by the SV-4K and DMP-2K only.

Release 5.0 introduces support for the universal TV power on/off HDMI CEC command. All HDMI CEC TVs should support this command. However, there can be variance in TV models so test the TV models that you plan to install for this support.

Table 16 identifies the TV brands and models that have been tested for support of HDMI CEC Power On, Standby (Power Off), and Power Status control in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Note: The tested TVs listed do not reflect all of the possible TV models that can work with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

For more information about how to configure HDMI CEC, see TV Control Using HDMI CEC for SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players.

Unsupported Hardware in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0

The following hardware products are not in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0:

■Platform 2 Server (SV-DIRECTOR-K9 or SV-PLATFORM2=)

Internationalization (i18n)

Internationalization (known as i18n) support refers to the software infrastructure that is designed to accommodate multiple language translations (localization) without requiring additional engineering changes to that software.

The Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 software supports i18n for the following general areas of the solution:

■Control Panel

■Dynamic Menu Board application

■Management Dashboard

■IP Phone user interface

■Software Manager

■TV user interface

Localization (L10n)

Localization (known as L10n) refers to the implementation of the specific regional language translation support within a software interface that has been designed for i18n. English is the default language.

Note: Certain locales are not supported, such as right-to-left languages.

Language Packs for Localization

Note: Language packs are release-specific. They are not available with the initial release of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0. You can install available language packs for Release 5.0, after you have installed or upgraded to Release 5.0, and when the 5.0 version of the language pack for the desired language is available.

Caution: A Cisco StadiumVision Director system that is using language support from Release 4.1 will lose that support when first upgraded to Release 5.0, until language packs for Release 5.0 are available and installed.

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 provides the flexibility to upload and install only the specific language(s) that you want to support through the independent installation of Language Packs. The upload and installation of the language packs is performed using the Software Manager from the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director main menu. For more information about how to install language packs, see the Cisco Vision Software Installation and Upgrade Guide: Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

The supported languages in Cisco StadiumVision Director Release 5.0.0-421 (SP1) and later are:

■Deutsch (de_DE)

■English (en_US). This is the default locale in all Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director releases.

■French (fr_FR)

■Japanese (jp_JN)

■Portuguese (pt_BR)

■Russian (ru_RU)

■Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)

■Spanish (es_ES)

■Swedish (sv_SE)

■Traditional Chinese (zh_TW)

■Turkish (tr_TR)

For more information about requirements and restrictions in configuring localization in Cisco StadiumVision Director, including IP phone support, see the Cisco StadiumVision Director Localization Guide.

Translated User Documents

Available versions of translated end-user documents for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director can be found at:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/video/stadiumvision/tsd-products-support-translated-end-user-guides-list.html

Automatic Proof of Play Export

WHAT IS IT

A Proof of Play (PoP) enhancement that automatically exports the Summary and Detailed PoP data (in CSV format) to a designated server using Secure FTP (SFTP) or Secure HTTP (HTTPS)—if you have enabled PoP for a script. You can verify the status of the export function under the new “Transmitted” column on the Control Panel Proof of Play screen. A green icon means the data has been transmitted; red means it failed.

Note: When automatic PoP export is enabled, the standard PoP reporting features remain available in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

WHY USE IT

When you want to use another tool or application to consume the PoP CSV data from Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

WHERE TO CONFIGURE IT

Automatic PoP Export is disabled by default. You must enable the feature globally and configure the corresponding common and protocol-specific properties. PoP must also be enabled for a script for the automatic export to occur.

Figure 1 Proof of Play Common Settings to Enable Automatic Export of PoP Data

■After you configure the File Transfer Protocol, you also must configure the corresponding properties for the HTTPS Settings or SFTP Settings from the Pofp Export Settings menu.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

See How to Configure Automatic Proof of Play Export

Media Player Enhancements and Information

The following media player enhancements are introduced in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0:

■Multicast Video Scaling for SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

■Multicast Video Tune-In Timeout Default Value Change

■Portrait Mode Content Renditions for SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

■TV Control Using HDMI CEC for SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

■WiFi Network Connectivity on the SV-4K

Multicast Video Scaling for SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

Note: Multicast video scaling is supported on the SV-4K and DMP-2K only.

WHAT IS IT

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 introduces support for scaling a multicast video region across a video wall display for both portrait and landscape orientation.

Scaling refers to support of two things:

1. Stretching of the content.

2. Showing only a portion of the content per display in a multi-screen video wall.

WHY USE IT

Multicast video scaling is intended for use in video walls.

Multicast Video Tune-In Timeout Default Value Change

Note: Configuration of Multicast Video Tune-In Timeout is supported on the SV-4K and DMP-2K only.

WHAT IS IT

A change to the Video tune-in timeout default value from 500 ms to 10000 ms (10 seconds) for SV-4K and DMP-2K media players. The default change is made in new Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 installations only. The value is used for receiving multicast video information on the network and for DCM failure detection.

WHY USE IT

Certain venues might encounter network conditions requiring tuning of this multicast video operation.

WHERE TO CONFIGURE IT

Go to: Management Dashboard > Dynamic Signage Director Configuration > System Configuration > Global DMP Settings > SV-DMP Common Settings.

Note: After you change and refresh the property value, you must reboot the DMP(s).

Portrait Mode Content Renditions for SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

WHAT IS IT

Portrait mode is a new rendering mode for TV displays controlled by SV-4K or DMP-2K media players. It allows the DMPs to automatically rotate content for proper orientation on vertically-positioned displays.

Note: Scaling of content across multiple display screens in portrait mode is only supported for multicast streaming video. See Multicast Video Scaling for SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players.

Scaling refers to support of two things:

1. Stretching of the content.

2. Showing only a portion of the content per display in a multi-screen video wall.

WHY USE IT

Use portrait mode for vertical TV displays to auto-rotate content that would otherwise be improperly cut off and displayed sideways with the default landscape orientation.

WHERE TO CONFIGURE IT

Go to Control Panel > Setup > Devices > Display Specifications and select or add your display. In the Display Parameters panel, add the “dmp.portrait” command and set it to “true.” Be sure to reboot the DMP.

Note: The sv4k.videoMode display parameter is unrelated and is not a required or expected configuration for use of portrait mode content renditions. In addition, only certain values are supported for sv4k.videoMode, and they should not be changed to any other values (See Cisco Vision Deployment Guide: SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players). However, your content should be designed for 1920 pixels high and 1080 pixels wide. The default template canvas will still show horizontal orientation when you are using portrait mode, but you can add regions that extend beyond the canvas.

TV Control Using HDMI CEC for SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

Note: HDMI CEC control is supported on the SV-4K and DMP-2K only.

WHAT IS IT

New Display Specifications configuration that allows you to control the following three TV functions through HDMI Consumer Electronics Control (CEC):

■Power On

■Standby (Power Off)

■Power Status

When HDMI CEC TV control is enabled, HDMI CEC is used instead of RS-232 for TV control functions. To control TVs, you can run the TV On and TV Off from the DMP and TV Controls > TV Commands menu in the Management Dashboard.

Note: Not all TVs support the standard HDMI CEC commands. It is important that you test the TV models that you plan to install for support of HDMI CEC, and be sure to turn HDMI-CEC on. TV manufacturers refer to CEC by different trade names. (For example: Anynet+ [Samsung], BRAVIA Link [Sony], EasyLink [Phillips], and SimpLink [LG]).

For information about TVs tested successfully for power on, power query, and power status commands, see TV Qualification for HDMI CEC Control of TV Power On/Off.

WHY USE IT

When your TV model does not support RS-232 connectivity for TV control, or you prefer to use HDMI/CEC.

WHERE TO CONFIGURE IT

A new display specification called HDMI/CEC Standard is introduced with the HDMI CEC-related display parameters already configured.

You can apply the new HDMI/CEC Standard display specification for new TVs, or you can modify an existing display specification to add the display parameters commands. The following commands are used with HDMI/CEC TV control:

■ dmp.powerQueryByCEC —(New in Release 5.0) Enables powerQuery to get TV Power status using HDMI/CEC instead of RS-232.

Note: This command is not supported by all TV models, so it is separately configurable.

■ dmp.TVControlbyCEC —(New in Release 5.0) Enables TV control using HDMI/CEC instead of RS-232.

■ dmp.monitorAPIDelay —Frequency of power query command sent by Dynamic Signage Director over HDMI CEC to the TV. The default is 120000 ms (2 minutes). This command is also supported when using TV control with RS-232.

■ dmp.monitorPower —Enables Dynamic Signage Director to run a power query to the TV using the Get Status command from the Management Dashboard. This command is also supported when using TV control with RS-232.

Note: You can run the Get Status command from the Management Dashboard to get the latest TV health status known to the DMP. This information can be up to two minutes old, or a few seconds depending on when the power query last ran. If the “dmp.monitorPower” parameter is set to false then you will not get the correct TV health status.

WiFi Network Connectivity on the SV-4K

WHAT IS IT

Support for wireless network connectivity to the SV-4K over an 802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11n wireless network in the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director venue.

Note: The wireless network must support multicast traffic for communication over the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director network. However, multicast video is not supported due to bandwidth limitations over a wireless network.

The wireless network SSID and passphrase is configured globally for all SV-4Ks in the system. The SV-4K firmware automatically tries to connect with WEP (if the passphrase is of a suitable length), WPA1 or WPA2.

WHY USE IT

When you need to deploy SV-4Ks in areas where there is no existing Ethernet cabling, where it is difficult to run cabling, or simply as an alternative to Ethernet network connectivity. 

Note: For initial deployment of an SV-4K with WiFi connectivity, you will need both a PoE+ network connection in addition to connection of the SV-4K using the DMP power supply adapter. After the DMP is deployed for WiFi, a PoE+ connection is no longer needed for the DMP. In fact, the DMP will not route packets over the WiFi connection while the Ethernet port is connected and operational.

WHERE TO CONFIGURE IT

Configuration of SV-4Ks to support wireless network connectivity requires:

■Setting up the WiFi access point and configuring it to receive multicast messages.

■Specifying global SV-4K settings in the Management Dashboard to specify the SSID and passphrase for the wireless network.

■Initially registering the SV-4K with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director using standard SV-4K auto-provisioning over a wired Ethernet connection using PoE+.

■Enabling the SV-4K for WiFi connectivity (on a per-DMP basis) in one of the following ways:

–Control Panel device settings

–Bulk Administration Tool (BAT)

Figure 2 SV-4K WiFi Global SSID and WiFi Passphrase Configuration

FOR MORE INFORMATION

■ How to Deploy WiFi Network Connectivity on the SV-4K

■ Cisco Vision Deployment Guide: SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

System Enhancements

The following system enhancements are introduced in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0:

■Improved Handling of Duplicate DMP IP Addresses

■TUI Enhancement: Disk Speed Test

■Venue Administrator RBAC Enhancement

■Video Upload Support for Files Up to 4 GB in Size

Improved Handling of Duplicate DMP IP Addresses

Infinite DHCP leases continue to be recommended for DMP IP address assignments in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director. However, in the case of certain network conditions such as a temporary network problem causing segmentation of clients, or restart of a redundant stateless DHCP server, duplicate IP addresses on your DMPs can occur.

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 introduces the following behaviors to improve handling of DMPs attempting to register with the same IP address:

■If more than one DMP registers with the same IP address, then the most recent DMP to register is assigned the address. All other DMPs attempting to register with that IP address are set to 0.0.0.0.

■An alert is raised to prevent duplication of an IP address when a new DMP is created through the Management Dashboard or during upload of device data using the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT). However, no alerts occur when IP address reassignments to 0.0.0.0 are made during auto registration.

Note: If a static IP address needs to be reassigned to another DMP, and that address is already in the system database, then that IP address must be removed from the current DMP first.

TUI Enhancement: Disk Speed Test

WHAT IS IT

A new option called “Disk Speed Test” in the TUI Troubleshooting/Disk Monitoring menu that reports amount of time and rate for a data copy of 1 GB.

WHY USE IT

The information from this troubleshooting test might be requested by Technical Support to get more information about disk performance in a virtual environment.

WHERE TO CONFIGURE IT

Log in to the TUI as installer. Go to: Main Menu > Troubleshooting > Disk Monitoring > Disk Speed Test (Figure 3).

Figure 3 Disk Speed Test TUI Option

Venue Administrator RBAC Enhancement

Note: New Management Dashboard and CCM functionality is added for the Venue Administrator in Release 5.0.0-526 (SP2).

WHAT IS IT

The Venue Administrator is a new Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) that provides limited permissions at the venues authorized by the central Administrator for that user, for the following areas of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director:

■Control Panel—Content, Control (Script control and Staging), Schedule.

■Management Dashboard:

–Release 5.0.0-526 (SP2)—The Venue Administrator can issue all DMP and TV commands.

–Release 5.0.0-421 (SP1) and earlier releases—Read-only access with limited command support.

■Command Center Monitoring:

–Release 5.0.0-526 (SP2)—The Venue Administrator can run the Reboot Device command from CCM to restart DMPs.

–Release 5.0.0-421 (SP1) and earlier releases—Read-only access.

■Setup—Devices (Display specifications only); Read-only access to Zones & Groups, Channels, Luxury Suites.

Table 18 summarizes all RBAC permissions by functional area of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

Note: The official “Administrator” and “Venue Administrator” roles have been abbreviated to “Admin” in the table.

WHY USE IT

Assign the Venue Administrator user role when you want to provide additional visibility and support capabilities beyond that of a Venue Operator on a venue-specific basis. The Venue Administrator has additional read-only access to areas of the UI, in addition to being able to set up Display Specifications.

WHERE TO CONFIGURE IT

Note: Only the Administrator can define a Venue Administrator role.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

See “Associating Venues with Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Objects” in the Cisco Vision Administration Guide: Dynamic Signage Director.

Video Upload Support for Files Up to 4 GB in Size

WHAT IS IT

A configurable Registry key in the Management Dashboard that allows an administrator to set the maximum allowable video file size for upload by your Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director system. The default value is 4 GB (the maximum). Users will be notified if the file exceeds the maximum size at the time of file upload.

Note: Although now you can upload video files up to 4 GB in size to the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director content library, the Cisco DMP 4310G does not support files larger than 2 GB (which is the maximum file upload size in prior releases).

WHY USE IT

To set a maximum file size from 1-4 GB for videos uploaded and stored in the system, possibly to conserve storage.

WHERE TO CONFIGURE IT

Note: The value must be an integer (in GB units). For example, you can specify a value of “1” but not “1.5.”

User Control API Enhancement

Beginning in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0, the User Control API is enhanced to support video replay functions on suite TVs using a mobile application.

The API video replay capabilities include:

■Start the replay application.

■Stop the replay application.

■Load the replay application on multiple DMPs or group of DMPs.

■Start playback of the replay video from encoded URL on specified devices.

■Stop playback of the replay video on specified devices.

■Pause playback of currently running replay video.

■Resume playback of currently running replay video.

User Interface Change Summary

Note: Global changes have been made across the UI to reflect the new Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director product name.

This section provides an overview of the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director user interface (UI) that have been changed in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0:

■Control Panel Setup—Devices

■Control Panel Setup—Users

■Management Dashboard

■TUI

Control Panel Setup—Devices

Under Display Specifications, the following updates were made:

■The Serial Commands tab is renamed Display Parameters.

■The HDMI/CEC Standard display specification is added.

■The following new Display Parameters are introduced for HDMI CEC TV control:

– dmp.powerQueryByCEC —Enables TVs to be powered on and off using HDMI/CEC.

– dmp.TVControlbyCEC —Enables TV control using HDMI/CEC instead of RS-232.

■The dmp.portrait parameter is introduced.

Control Panel Setup—Users

The Venue Administrator role is added.

Management Dashboard

■The maxFileSize registry key is added for video upload.

■The following updates were made for the PoP Automatic Export feature:

–The PofpUploadRetryTask was added.

–Configuration properties are added to Pofp Export Settings > Common Settings.

■The following updates were made for the SV-4K WiFi feature:

–Configuration properties are added to the Global DMP Settings > SV-4K Settings.

–“WiFi Enabled” filter criteria is added.

TUI

The following TUI menus and options have been renamed for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director:

■StadiumVision Server Administration menu is now Cisco Vision Server Administration.

–Restart StadiumVision Director Software option is Restart Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software.

–Shutdown StadiumVision Director Software option is Shutdown Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software.

■StadiumVision Director Services menu is Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Services.

–Service names have changed from SVD to CVD.

Installation Requirements for Licensing Compliance

To maintain software licensing compliance, Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director servers must be installed in the following manner:

■The Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director server is installed in a data center or in an enterprise data closet, or the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software is installed on the customer’s choice of hardware that supports a VMware virtualized environment.

■The Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote software is installed on the customer’s choice of hardware that supports a VMware virtualized environment, or the remote server hardware is installed in a data center or in an enterprise data closet.

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote OVF Deployment

New installations of the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote Release 5.0.0-7 software are deployed using an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template and installing a full ISO.

For more information about installation files and upgrade paths, see Important Migration and Upgrade Notes.

For more information about installing Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote, see Cisco Vision Software Installation and Upgrade Guide: Dynamic Signage Director Remote Release 5.0.

Important Migration and Upgrade Notes

In this document, the following terminology is used to qualify changes to your Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director hardware and software environment:

■Migration—Moving an existing Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director platform to a new hardware platform in a virtual environment.

■Upgrade — Changing your software version to a newer release on your existing platform.

Caution: For any release 4.1 systems or releases prior to 5.0 SP2, imported logos as channel icons are not backed up (the channel icons will disappear during the upgrade procedure of backing up the primary and restoring to secondary if the icons are not already on the secondary server). A maintenance patch (SV-DIRECTOR-HOTFIX-CSCvd35309) is needed on both the primary and secondary servers before you run any backup and restore operations as part of an upgrade from any 4.1 release, or to Release 5.0 SP2. Otherwise, you will need to re-import the logos after upgrading to Release 5.0 SP2.

This section includes the following topics:

■Migration Restrictions

■Upgrade Paths

■Installation and Upgrade Files

■Upgrade Process

Migration Restrictions

Migration means moving an existing Cisco StadiumVision Director platform to a new hardware platform in a virtual environment. Brand new installations of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director on new platforms in a virtual environment are not considered a migration and are supported.

Caution: Migration to a virtual environment on your existing Platform 2 or Platform 3 servers is not supported. For information about migrating from your Platform server to a virtual server environment, see the “Migrating From Platform 2 Servers to a Virtual Environment” module in the Cisco StadiumVision Director Software Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 4.1 .

Upgrade Paths

Note: Localization support is introduced through the installation of language packs as they become available in Release 5.0.

Table 19 and Table 20 list the latest upgrade paths for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0, with the supported prerequisite release listed in the “From” column. Software versions prior to Release 4.1 must be upgraded sequentially to the supported 4.1 version before upgrading to Release 5.0.

In general, the supported upgrade paths for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director follow a linear progression. DMP firmware upgrade requirements vary by DMP model and system release. For information about possible DMP firmware upgrades associated with each release, see Digital Media Player Support.

Note: Release 5.0.0-421 (SP1) was the last minimum supported software version for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director. Release 5.0.0-526 (SP2) is a mandatory upgrade from SP1.

Release 5.0 Upgrade Sequence

5.0.0-123 > 5.0.0-235 > 5.0.0-320 > 5.0.0-421 (SP1) > Release 5.0.0-526 (SP2) > Release 5.0.0-605 (SP3) >
Release 5.0.0-709 (SP4) > Release 5.0.0-820 (SP5) > Release 5.0.0-909 (SP6)> Release 5.0.0-1022 (SP7) > Release 5.0.0-1110 (SP8) > Release 5.0.0-1212 (SP9)

Release 4.1 Upgrade Sequence

4.1.0-508 > 5.0.0-320

Installation and Upgrade Files

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 software is available in different types of files based on the installation or upgrade environment and product.

ISO Files

ISO files are packaged images that are available in two versions:

■An ISO full image—The full ISO file is to be installed only on brand new Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director servers that have no prior Cisco StadiumVision Director software version installed.

■An ISO upgrade image—The upgrade ISO file is built for processing using the TUI upgrade utility or Software Manager.

Note: ISO upgrade images are available for both Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director and Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote software.

OVF Files

For new installations, the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote software is delivered as a.zip file (SV-REMOTE_FULL_TEMPLATE_5.0.0-xx-Y.x86_64.zip) that contains an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template and full ISO to be installed with a VMware virtual host.

The.zip file contains the following files:

■SV-REMOTE_FULL_TEMPLATE_5.0.0-xx-y.x86_64-disk1.vmdk—VM disk file (binary)

■SV-REMOTE_FULL_TEMPLATE_5.0.0-xx-y.x86_64-file1.iso—Full installation file (binary)

■SV-REMOTE_FULL_TEMPLATE_5.0.0-xx-y.x86_64.mf—Checksum (text)

■SV-REMOTE_FULL_TEMPLATE_5.0.0-xx-y.x86_64.ovf—XML VM descriptor file (text)

Software Download

Note: You are eligible to obtain information about how to access the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director full ISO file, language packs, or Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote OVF zip file after you have purchased the proper licensing. Contact Cisco Technical Support for information about how to download these files.

If you have a Cisco CCO account and a contract for software download, you can download the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director upgrade files on the Cisco.com software download site at:

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=283479662&i=rm

Upgrade Process

Upgrades to Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director and Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Remote software are made available using the Software Manager. For more details about upgrades, see the corresponding software installation and upgrade guide for your release.

Deployment Guidelines for the SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

This section includes the following topics:

■Deployment Guidelines for the SV-4K Media Player

■Deployment Guidelines for the DMP-2K Media Player

■Firmware Configuration for the SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Player

■Firmware Download for the SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Player

Deployment Guidelines for the SV-4K Media Player

Before you deploy the SV-4K media player, consider the following guidelines:

■The SV-4K media player has different requirements than the Cisco DMP 4310G, including, but not limited to support of PoE+ for 30W of port power on the Cisco Connected Stadium switch. Be sure that your switch can meet these and the other requirements for deployment of the SV-4K.

■Before you configure the SV-4K for WiFi network connectivity, you must first provision the SV-4K according to the normal auto-registration process to download the required firmware and WiFi credentials over a hard-wired connection.

Caution: If you are upgrading from Release 5.0.0-235 to Release 5.0.0-320, and you have already installed an SV-4K with WiFi enablement, then you must re-provision that SV-4K again over a hard-wired connection so that the WiFi configuration persists. After an upgrade to Release 5.0.0-320, the WiFi configuration for the DMP is preserved.

For more information, see:

■ Cisco Vision Deployment Guide: SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

■ How to Deploy WiFi Network Connectivity on the SV-4K

■ Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Solution Network Requirements (available to qualified Cisco Vision partners)

Deployment Guidelines for the DMP-2K Media Player

Before you deploy the DMP-2K media player, consider the following guidelines:

■The DMP-2K has the same requirement as the SV-4K for PoE+ for 30W of port power on the Cisco Connected Stadium switch. Be sure that your switch can meet these and the other requirements for deployment of the device.

Caution: For initial deployment of a new DMP-2K, be sure that:

– No other accessories are attached to the DMP-2K.

– You are using a standard category Category 5e or 6 cable up to 100 m in length.

■Be sure to configure your DHCP server with the corresponding Option 43 and Option 60 strings for the DMP-2K. Use “Cisco DMP-2K” for the Option 60 Vendor Class Identifier string for new DMPs shipped from the factory.

Firmware Configuration for the SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Player

The SV-4K and DMP-2K media players require that a minimum—or base —firmware version is provisioned before they can be upgraded to the production firmware version supported in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.
The latest updated production firmware is:

6.2.166.2

Figure 4 shows the auto-registration configuration that ensures that this required firmware upgrade sequence is automatically preserved for affected media players in the system. Table 21 identifies the required firmware properties for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Caution: A new production firmware version is required when you upgrade to Release 5.0.0-421 SP1 and later releases. Check the version requirements in section DMP-2K Media Player and SV-4K Media Player.
All earlier releases of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 continue to use firmware version 6.1.96.

Figure 4 Firmware Image and Version Properties Required to Provision the SV-4K and DMP-2K

Firmware Download for the SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Player

The SV-4K and DMP-2K media player firmware image is not bundled with the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software.

Note: Be sure to download the firmware to a device that you also can use to access the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director software.

Downloading the SV-4K and DMP-2K Production Firmware

To download the SV-4K and DMP-2K production firmware, go to:

https://www.brightsign.biz/downloads/dmp-firmware-download-6083-0516

Downloading the SV-4K and DMP-2K Base Firmware

If you do not already have the required base firmware version uploaded to Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director, you must download the firmware image separately from a password-protected site and then upload it to Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

Contact your Cisco Systems representative for the “How to Download SV-4K Firmware” document, available to qualified Cisco Vision partners.

Media Player Maintenance Recommendations

To avoid unexpected behavior and maintain normal operation of your devices, it is highly recommended that you perform a soft reboot of all of the media players in your system:

■Cisco DMP 4310G—Weekly.

■SV-4K—Weekly.

■DMP-2K—Weekly.

You can reboot DMPs manually or configure a periodic task to run automatically. Remember that the automatic scheduled task applies globally to all media players in the system.

Note: Before you perform a reboot, be sure that there are not any active scripts running.

For more information see the “ How to Configure the Reboot DMP System Task From the Management Dashboard ” Task Note.

System Utilization Values

Measurement units for storage in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director are based on a KB equivalent of 1024 bytes [known as a kibibyte)KiB)], not 1000 bytes.

Therefore, a notation of MB actually means 1,048,576 (1024 x 1024) bytes in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-1212

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-1110

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-1022

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-909

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-820

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-709

Open Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-709

All defects that are open in prior Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 releases and not listed as resolved remain open in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-709. This section describes newly-found defects in Release 5.0.0-709.

CSCvh02728 —Fade-in effect occurs on non-multicast to multicast transitions on 5.0 SP4 when using 6.2.166.1 firmware. **This does NOT occur when using Release 6.0.0-740 using 6.2.166.1 firmware.**

Symptom Fade-in effect happens on non-multicast to multicast transitions on Release 5.0.0.709 (SP4) when using 6.2.166.1 firmware.

Conditions Series 2 DMP using both a 6.2.166.1 firmware and running the 5.0.0-709 (SP4) runtime.

Workaround There is no workaround.

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-605

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-526

Open Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-526

This section describes newly-found defects in Release 5.0.0-526. Some defects might apply to earlier releases of Cisco StadiumVision Director. All defects that are open in prior Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 releases and not listed as resolved remain open in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-526.

CSCve39573—4310: Video is not playing continuously in 2 regions state when there are dup. items in playlist.

Symptom It is observed if there are duplicate video items in a row in a playlist and a two-region template is used (video region on bottom and non-video region on top) the duplicate items after the first one will show blank screen on TV. This is only a 4310 issue, it does not occur with SV-4K and DMP-2K DMPs.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Create a template with 2 full screen regions, where bottom region is video and top is non-video.

2. Create a playlist (P1) and put several videos in it. Now duplicate one of the video several times so you will have for example (V1, V1, V1, V2, V3).

3. Create a playlist (P2) and put several transparent L-wrap PNGs in it.

4. Create a script and state and assign P1 to the bottom video region and P2 to the top non-video region.

5. Start the script and state.

Notice the second and third slot for V1 shows a blank screen. The first slot for V1 and other slots for V2 and V3 display correctly.

Workaround There is no workaround.

CSCve35944—Multi-day event details are not shown properly in day and week view when move to next day.

Symptom When you create a multi-day event and go to Day view, the scheduled event is shown for the selected date, but when you move to the next day, the scheduled event is not shown.

Workaround Go to Month view to see the event details.

CSCve00267—In Control Panel UI multi-select unlink operation not all items succeed.

Symptom When you do a multi-select for an unlink operation, an error appears and not all items are unlinked.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director and go to Control Panel.

2. Go to Setup > Devices > Location-DMP Mapping.

3. From the Locations pane (right pane), select multiple items (> 10).

4. Click Unlink.

Workaround Manually select the failed items and perform an unlink until all items have been unlinked.

CSCvd80879—Deleting content false Pop-up message displayed.

Symptom Incorrect message is displayed after allowing content to be deleted from Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director while the content is still part of another playlist.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director and go to Control Panel.

2. Upload some content.

3. Create at least 2 playlists.

4. Select any content image/video and assign it to at least 2 playlists.

5. Delete the content from one of the playlists.

6. Delete the content from Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

Workaround Change the UI focus from playlists and then delete the content from Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director. The correct pop-up message is displayed with valid information. Or, refresh the browser and content with associated playlists shows up properly.

CSCva47132—Widget designer preview doesn’t accurately portray SV-4K display.

Symptom The widget preview does not correspond with the actual widget on an SV-4K display. Text spacing and text sizes change causing formatting issues.

Workaround There is no workaround.

CSCuw60818—Timer based script states change is delayed (DMP and UI) when timer count down reaches zero.

Symptom The widget preview does not correspond with the actual widget on an SV-4K display. Text spacing and text sizes change causing formatting issues.

Conditions These are some of the conditions when this defect occurs:

■When there are blocked scripts.

■When there are other large scripts starting.

■When there are a large number of running scripts.

Workaround The following things can be done to mitigate the risk of this defect occurring:

1. Cancel any blocked scripts. When scripts are scheduled make sure that if you manually start the script you also manually stop the script before the next scheduled script start time. Otherwise, the manually started script will continue to run and the next scheduled script will be blocked.

2. If possible, start all necessary scripts before an event. Avoid starting scripts during an event. Best practice is to complete and finalize script changes before an event.

3. Consider restructuring scripts to minimize the number of scripts needed for an event.

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-421

Open Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-421

This section describes newly-found defects in Release 5.0.0-421. All defects that are open in prior Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 releases and not listed as resolved remain open in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-421.

CSCvd30791—Localization defect summary for 5.0 GA release.

These are localization defects in individual language packs that have been deferred. For more information about how to install the language packs, see the Cisco Vision Software Installation and Upgrade Guide: Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-320

Open Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-320

All defects that are open in prior Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 releases and not listed as resolved remain open in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-320.

CSCvc10647—Assigning and removing permissions to multiple users in a theme is not reliable.

Symptom Assigning and removing permissions to multiple users in a theme is not reliable.

Workaround Remove or add permission for one user at a time.

CSCvc10640—Channel does not play in full screen after channel is selected & OK button is clicked in channel guide.

Symptom Channel does not pay in full screen after channel is selected and OK button is clicked in channel guide.

Workaround Select a channel and press Exit instead of OK.

CSCvb98474—Data Integration Broker is not restarting after deploying the same FTP server data source.

Symptom When we have more than one FTP data source pointing to the Dynamic Signage Director server, we are seeing errors (Data integration is not restarting).

Conditions When we have more than one FTP data source.

Workaround Dynamic Signage Director can only have one FTP data source with the same host address. You can use HTTP endpoint for other data sources.

CSCva11351—Deleted locations appear in dashboard after deletion from control panel.

Symptom Dynamic Signage Director Management Dashboard still displays SV-4K entries even after deleting them from Control Panel.

Workaround Restart Director Services to refresh the Management Dashboard.

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-235

Open Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-235

All defects that are open in prior Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0 releases and not listed as resolved remain open in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-235.

CSCvb51963—Existing Script validation errors in the Schedule UI are empty.

Symptom Errors are noticed in the Schedule UI page for Script validation. This is caused when a playlist associated with a script is deleted. The existing Script validation errors in the Schedule UI page are empty.

Workaround There is no workaround.

CSCvb39730—Data integration breaks when source URL contains “{.”

Symptom Restart of Data Integration application fails when deploying a data source with a URL that contains “{.”

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Create a Generic data source (HTTP).

2. Enter data source URL https://www.google.com/#q={.

3. Save the URL and deploy it to the integration server.

4. Restart the Data Integration application.

Workaround Use URL encoding for invalid characters in the query string.

CSCvb39671—Channel does not exit through channel guide (IR and IP Phone).

Symptom A black screen is displayed before each content item in the script is played.

Conditions Start the channel content over script content having video playlist. Exit the channel using IR remote or IP phone.

Workaround Restart the runtime from the Management Dashboard to join the script.

CSCva11351—Deleted locations appear in Dashboard after deletion from Control Panel.

Symptom Deleted SV-4K locations continue to appear in the Management Dashboard after they are deleted from the Control Panel.

Workaround Restart Director Services to refresh the Dashboard.

CSCuz65985—Editing single occurrence in a recurring event keeps earlier event intact.

Symptom Change of script while editing a single occurrence in a recurring event keeps the earlier event intact.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Create a recurring daily/weekly event.

2. Edit the single occurrence in the recurring event.

3. Change the script.

Workaround There is no workaround.

CSCux63108—Common widget not showing up in different state.

Symptom When playing same widget in 2 different states in the same script, then while changing to the second state, the first widget with Dynamic Menu Board data integration does not show up. Note:- This only happens for the first widget in the second state, since rest of the widget will display well in the playlist.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Create a Dynamic Menu Board.

2. Deploy three different data sources using Menu Theme.

3. Create three different widgets using data sources (per Step 2.) in Data Bind. Be sure to add a Data Pull component.

4. Create a custom template.

5. Create a script.

Workaround Complete the following steps:

1. Copy the first widget in the playlist (that is used in two states):

a. Go to: Control Panel > Widgets > Manage Widgets and select the first widget in the playlist.

b. Click Copy at the prompt and rename the copied widget.

2. Open the copied widget and delete and recreate the Data Pull component in the widget (there is a defect related to copying widget):

a. Select the Data Pull component and click the trash can icon.

b. Save the Widget (Click File > Save).

c. Create a Data Pull component and Save again.

3. Create new playlist (Click Content > New Playlist).

4. Copy all other content from the playlist that is used from the first state.

5. Select all and drag and drop in new playlist.

6. Add copied widget (that was created in Step 1 and 2) to the playlist.

7. Apply this created playlist in second state.

Resolved Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-123

Open Defects in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-123

The following defects are newly opened in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0.0-123.

CSCva71847—Dashboard TV health status should show red when HDMI cable is unplugged.

Symptom Dashboard TV health status shows green when HDMI cable is unplugged.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

2. Autoregister the DMP and assign it to HDMI/CEC standard display spec.

3. Ensure that the HDMI cable of the DMP is attached to a HDMI CEC-compliant TV.

4. Unplug the HDMI cable.

Workaround Complete the following steps:

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

2. Autoregister the DMP and assign it to HDMI/CEC standard display spec.

3. Ensure that the HDMI cable of the DMP is attached to a HDMI CEC-compliant TV.

4. Ensure that the HDMI cable is not unplugged.

CSCva71831—DMP stops all CEC communication when LG TV is turned off via remote.

Symptom DMP stops all CEC communication when LG TV is turned off via remote.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

2. Autoregister the DMP and assign it to HDMI/CEC standard display specification.

3. Ensure that the HDMI cable of the DMP is attached to an LG TV.

4. Turn off the TV using the remote.

Workaround This is issue is resolved with firmware 6.2.

CSCva71817—Dashboard TV health should show red when CEC TV fails to respond to power queries.

Symptom Dashboard TV health is displayed green even when CEC TV fails to respond to power queries.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

2. Autoregister the DMP and assign it to HDMI/CEC standard display specification.

3. Ensure that the HDMI cable of the DMP is attached to a TV that does not respond to power query.

Workaround Ensure that the TV attached is compliant with HDMI CEC power query.

CSCva65713—Unable to communicate to DMP when wifi flag is set from Yes to No via POE.

Symptom Unable to communicate to DMP when wifi flag is set from Yes to No via POE.

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

2. In the DMP device setup, specify Yes for the WiFi Enabled option while the DMP is on a wired connection to the network.

3. Reboot the DMP to get the wifi enabled flag.

4. Remove the DMP power supply adapter and Ethernet cable and then reconnect the power supply only. The DMP is now on a wireless connection.

5. Change the Wifi Enabled option for the DMP to No.

6. Remove the power supply, and then connect the Ethernet cable. The DMP is now connected through POE.

7. Run DMP commands from the Management Dashboard (getstatus, ping, and so on).

Workaround

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

2. In the DMP device setup, specify Yes for the WiFi Enabled option while the DMP is on a wired connection to the network.

3. Reboot the DMP to get the wifi enabled flag.

4. Remove the DMP power supply adapter and Ethernet cable and then reconnect the power supply only. The DMP is now on a wireless connection.

5. Ensure that the WiFi Enabled option is set to Yes.

6. Remove the power supply and connect the Ethernet cable.

CSCva64681—IR remote change channel delay before display banner appears.

Symptom The display banner appears after about 0.5 to 1 second.

Conditions Use the IR remote to select channel up or channel down.

Workaround There is no workaround.

CSCva61251—List of published albums are not displayed in the start album action of the script.

Symptom List of published albums are not displayed

Conditions The following steps recreate the conditions when this defect occurs:

1. Log into Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director as an SSC user.

2. Create an album by uploading images/videos.

3. Publish the album.

4. As an administrator, go to Control Panel > Schedule.

5. Create a new script and add the action “start album.”

Workaround There is no workaround.

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Documentation Go URL

For more information about Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director hardware and software installation, configuration, and operation, see the documentation available on Cisco.com at:

www.cisco.com/go/stadiumvisiondocs

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Documentation Summary

The following documents are included in the content library for Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0:

Install and Upgrade Guides

Cisco Vision Software Installation and Upgrade Guide: Dynamic Signage Director Release 5.0

Cisco Vision Software Installation and Upgrade Guide: Dynamic Signage Director Remote Release 5.0

Design and Deployment

Cisco Vision Deployment Guide: SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players

Cisco Connected Stadium Design Guide (authorized partners only)

Cisco Connected Stadium WiFi Design Guide (authorized partners only)

Cisco StadiumVision Video Headend Design and Implementation Guide (authorized partners only)

Localization

Cisco StadiumVision Director Localization Guide

Server Administration

Cisco Vision Administration Guide: Dynamic Signage Director

Content Management

Cisco StadiumVision Content Creation Design and Specifications Guide

Cisco StadiumVision Director External Content Integration Guide

Event Operations

Cisco StadiumVision Director Operations Playbook

Cisco StadiumVision Director Operations Guide

Task Notes

DMPs: Configure Reboot DMP System Task

DMPs: Enable Touch Screen Control

DMPs: Find the Serial Number for a DMP From the Management Dashboard

DMPs: Deploy WiFi Network Connectivity on the SV-4K

DMPs: UI: Access Cisco StadiumVision Director

PoP: Configure Automatic Proof of Play Export

Licensing Information

Open Source Used In Cisco StadiumVision Director Release 5.0

Open Source Used In Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Release 5.0

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Documentation Notifications

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Contact us at stadiumvisiondocs@external.cisco.com to request this notification service.

Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Documentation Team Email Contact Information

You can submit questions, suggestions, or other feedback to us at stadiumvisiondocs@external.cisco.com.

Obtaining Cisco Product Documentation

For information on obtaining other Cisco Product documentation, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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RMA Process for the SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Player

The Return Materials Authorization (RMA) process for the SV-4K and DMP-2K media player is covered by the Solution Support Service for Cisco StadiumVision.

Before you place a service call, see the troubleshooting information in the Cisco Vision Deployment Guide: SV-4K and DMP-2K Media Players. If you cannot resolve the problem with any of the recommended troubleshooting steps, open a Cisco Solution Support case to further troubleshoot and coordinate the return process with the vendor.

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