Viewer on LG WebOS6

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PADS4 Installation Manual

 

 

Viewer on LG WebOS6

 

Contents

1. First time use

1.1. Configuring the device

1.2. Resetting the device

2. Installing PADS4 Viewer

2.1. Checking device firmware

2.2. Updating firmware

2.3. Adjust PADS4 Viewer settings using the options screen

3. Supported features & limitations

4. Troubleshooting

 

 

1. First time use

This document is related to the WebOS6

When you turn the device on for the first time, it will open a configuration wizard. Follow the steps and specify the settings, as mentioned below. (If the configuration wizard does not start, then please first factory reset your device, as described in ‘1.2 resetting the device’.)

 

1.1. Configuring the device

Please read the installing section to setup the Viewer. There are no changes that need to be performed before installing the Viewer.

 

1.2. Resetting the device

If your device was used before, we recommend that you factory reset your device, so that all storage is freed and no other software interferes with the PADS4 Viewer software.

Step Description
01 Press Settings button (cog icon on remote control)
02 Select Admin
03 Select Turn On
04 Press keys 0 0 0 0 0 0 which is the default pin code
05 Confirm to start the factory reset

The device will factory reset and afterwards you will see the welcome screen, please follow the steps as described in ‘1.1 configuring the device’.

 

2. Installing PADS4 Viewer

Step Description
01 Power on button
02 Press Settings button (cog icon on remote control)
03 Select EZ Settings
04 Select SI Server settings from right menu and press OK
05 Set Fully qualified domain name to ON
06 Set the URL for normal or secured connection
http://<server>/pads4/apps/lg.zip
https://<server>/pads4/apps/lg.zip (secured connection using https)

Where <server> is the IP address or domain name of your PADS4 Server
07 Set application launch mode to local
08 Installation type must be set to zip!
09 Select local application upgrade Remote
10 Select Confirm to start the upgrade
11 After download power off/on the device

When finished the device will download the PADS4 HTML5 Viewer software and start. At the left bottom location a connection indicator icon will appear. It will turn green if a valid connection is made to the Server.
If a problem occurs open the viewer settings and have a look at the log which may contain important (error) information.

The first time the device is configured, a valid server connection is required to download the PADS4 HTML5 Viewer software.

 

2.1. Checking device firmware

To run the PADS4 viewer properly on the WebOS6 and make sure that all functionality works, you need to have firmware as mentioned in step 4 installed on the device. Please check using the following steps.

Step Description
01

Press Home button on the remote control

02 In the SI App(Zip) dashboard you should see the firmware version

Version 03.08.80 is required by PADS4

 

2.2 Updating firmware

Step Description
01 Copy the firmware .epk file into the LG_MONITOR folder of a USB stick
02 Insert the USB Stick with the new firmware into the screen
03 Device will detect the USB stick and start the update automatically

 

2.3. Adjust PADS4 Viewer settings using the options screen

You can adjust the PADS4 Viewer settings directly on the display. To enter the options screen on the device itself, hold the left mouse button down or touch the screen for 3 seconds.

 

3. Supported features and limitations

Support Category Description
Automatic PADS4 Software updates Supported.
HTML5 Viewer is automatically updated.
Offline mode of device While offline from the network, the device will still continue to play PADS4 presentations and change planned schedules for 7 days.
Scheduled presentations, content and data is cached local.
     
  Device  
Portrait mode Supported.
Block remote control Option to prevent usage of remote control to operate the screen
Transfer protocols HTTP, HTTPS
Turn off display Not supported
Cluster Viewer This device is able to be used as Cluster Viewer
Volume Level Option to specify the maximum volume on device level
     
  Elements  
Video element
Maximum number of videos 2 full HD videos.
Check out the supplier documentation for more info
Video rotation Not supported
Seamless videos In landscape orientation only
Playback speed adjustment Not supported
Reflection, skew, flip Not supported
Streaming HTTP, HTTPS, HLS V3, UDP, RTP, RTPS multicast
*If the stream uses an encoder different from MP4, it is possible to add the encoder in the URI: mp4, mpegts, mp2t Example:rtp://239.0.0.1/?encoding=mpegts
Image element Support for JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF
Text element Supported
Line element Supported
Shape element Supported
Scrolling text element Supported
Formatted text element Supported
  Flash element Not supported
Table element Supported
Interactive button element Supported
Mouse cursor options not supported
Interactive Data filter & sort dialog window not supported
Web element Usage of the interactive Address Bar not supported
Powerpoint element Supported
Requirement: Microsoft Powerpoint must be installed on the PADS4 Server
Clipping, User interactivity and mousepointer not supported
PDF element Supported (Xpert license required)
     
  Data connections Data connections make it possible to show information from external sources inside presentations
Data providers More than 70 PADS4 data providers for retrieval of (realtime) data from external sources and the possibility to change and join the data to fit your purpose
Viewer Variables Usage of Viewer Variables can simplify your presentations and data connections.
It also gives the opportunity to centrally manage the content without changing presentations or data providers.
Property bindings Apply element properties by using external data sources
     
  Rules Rules will make it possible to interact on certain situations like realtime data and change the behavior of a presentation automatically
Presentation rules Supported
Page rules Supported
Element rules Supported
     
  Device Management Device management which can be performed from a remote location
Remote device management

Web based and Windows
Connection state Device connection state information
Alerts Automatically send out alerts when network failures occur for this device
Reboot Supported
Restart Viewer Restart PADS4 Viewer
Shutdown Not supported
Wake On Lan Supported
Screenshot Retrieve screenshots for what is actually displayed
Logs Viewer log, synchronization log, system info
Viewer Settings Edit Viewer Settings
Fonts Install Fonts on device
Proof of play Show Proof of play information
Blackbox If help from NDS Support is required, the blackbox contains important information for investigation purposes
     
  Remarks  
Colors Texture and pattern colors are not supported
Transition effects Horizontal and vertical blinds not supported
Splitters, increased circle and sliced circle not supported
Content file integrity PADS4 Content Library file integrity is checked during synchronization using MD5
Proof of play Local storage limitation of max. 50.000 records on the HTML5 Viewer during offline period.
When the 50.000 is hit, the oldest value will be removed first.

 

4. Troubleshooting

Problem Solution