HP LD4730 47-inch Micro-Bezel Video Wall Display - Manual (Page 5)

1 Product Overview
HP Video Over Ethernet (VOE) is a system of software, hardware, and firmware for connecting HP
Digital Signage Displays on a network with computers/media players on the same network. A
computer or media player running VOE software becomes a candidate video source for displays
anywhere on the network and is referred to in this manual as a media player, or just player. The
connection between the display and player is called an association. The VOE software manages the
associations between players and displays.
VOE enables players to be distant from the display and facilitates the central management and control
of digital out of home networks, provides the ability to more efficiently and cost effectively implement
and deploy digital signage solutions, and helps provide redundancy and backup for players that can
mean greater availability of the digital sign. With central location, control, and management of the
player in a remote location such as the corporate datacenter, there is less responsibility placed on the
remote staff where the digital sign is located for maintenance and operation of the digital sign.
VOE software running on the player provides a User Interface (UI) with intuitive menus to guide the user
through the discovery, association, and administrative tasks.
The VOE discovery feature will search the network and list all the network-attached displays that are
available to be associated with the player. If the display has the Player Name populated with an
existing player name on the network, an association between that display and named player will be
automatically made without user intervention. If the display does not have a player named, it may be
associated with any player in the network.
Because each display keeps the name of its assigned player in non-volatile memory, interrupted
associations between displays and players are re-established without user intervention. Following a
network disruption or power failure, displays will automatically be re-associated and connected with
their named players on the network and will begin playing images and sound as soon as the network
connection and the association between the display and player is re-established.
VOE provides the flexibility to change the association between a display and player at the discretion of
the user. When a display loses the network connection to its assigned player, it becomes disassociated
and other players on the network can detect that it is free. The user may establish an association
between the display and another player before the named player comes back on line. Should the
player come back on line before the display association can be changed, its association will be
automatically restored and the status of the display on the menu list will be Connected so users will see
that the display is no longer available.
One player at a time can have administrative authority to change associations other than its own. The
Administrator is any player where a user has logged in as an Administrator, using the appropriate
password.
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