HP MP4 Quick Reference Guide
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1. 6 Configuring the system date and time settings sessssssssssssssssssee e 6 SEI CIL EAE ERI 7 Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol eesssssssssssssseseseenenn nennen enne en 7 xc MENS LOI pee A EEE 8 HP Digital Signage Player Imaging Utility sse 8 zou BIET SET ETT 8 PAP I SUAS cc 9 alui 9 Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 9 5 Operating System Technical information eub ho Dc Carn aeo cs 8 Windows Embedded 7 P SKU components sssssssssssssssssssee ennemis 10 GOJOS 10 Write 11 Application Versions Included 11 Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 Client Service Pack v 1 0 600 0 12 BIENES TERT O 12 vi 1 Introduction This guide is intended for administrators of For HP MP4 MP9 Digital Signage Player models that are based on the Windows Embedded Standard WES 7E and WES 7P operating systems It is assumed that you are using the lat2. NOTE HP ThinState now uses for imaging Any storage devices previously created containing ibr exe can no longer be used To perform an HP ThinState capture 1 the Digital Signage Player you are capturing the image from make sure the first boot device in the BIOS is set to USB Disable the write filter Insert a storage device that is greater in size than the onboard storage device Click Start Control Panel HP ThinState Capture Follow the on screen instructions o gm e w m The HP ThinState Capture tool opens a blue screen Follow the on screen instructions Use the storage device to deploy the captured image to another HP Digital Signage Player of the exact same model and hardware NOTE With HP ThinState Capture you might be able to capture the image from a larger flash and deploy it to a smaller flash depending on the size of the captured image To perform an HP ThinState deployment 1 the Digital Signage Player you are deploying the image to make sure the first boot device in the BIOS is set to USB 2 Insert the storage device that contains the captured image and then restart the computer 3 Follow the on screen instructions After you remove the storage device and cycle power to the system the image will unbundle Do not interrupt or cycle power to the unit during this process HP Velocity HP Velocity is a quality of service QoS system that dramatically improves
3. Branchcache e Enterprise Search Scopes e e Remote Media Streaming e X Additional accessories such as Snipping Tool Sticky Notes etc e Microsoft AC3 Encoder e Microsoft DTV DVD Video Decoder MPEG 2 H 264 e Microsoft DTV DVD Audio Decoder MPEG 2 AAC e MPEG Layer 3 Audio Codecs e 4 Decoders e Windows Media Video Codecs VC 1 10 Chapter5 Operating System Technical Information Write Filters Both the Enhanced Write Filter and File Based Filter are available but disabled by default QFE s Installed KB2425227 KB2511250 KB2563894 KB2621440 KB2660465 KB2446710 KB2511455 KB2564958 KB2631813 KB2660649 KB2475792 KB2515325 KB2567053 KB2632503 KB2665364 KB2476490 KB2518869 KB2567680 KB2633171 KB2667402 KB2478662 KB2526967 KB2570791 KB2633873 KB2675157 KB2479628 KB2530548 KB2570814 KB2633952 KB2676562 KB2479943 KB2533623 KB2570947 KB2637530 KB2677070 KB2482017 KB2534366 KB2572077 KB2639417 KB2679255 KB2485376 KB2536275 KB2573437 KB2640148 KB2685939 KB2492386 KB2536276 KB2573449 KB2641653 KB2686831 KB2496898 KB2539566 KB2584146 KB2644615 KB2688338 KB2497640 KB2539635 KB2585542 KB2645895 KB2690533 KB2502285 KB2541014 KB2585853 KB2647516 KB2695962 KB2502664 KB2544521 KB2586448 KB2647518 KB2699988 KB2503658 KB2544893 KB2588516 KB2649672 KB2703157 KB2503665 KB2545698 KB2598845 KB2653956 KB2709162 KB2506212 KB2547666 KB2604115 KB2654269 KB270963
4. a connection without a temporary or permanent license Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol 7 8 4 Administration tools e HP Digital Signage Player Imaging Utility e HP RAMDisk Manager e HP ThinState e HP Velocity e Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager HP Digital Signage Player Imaging Utility The HP Digital Signage Player includes a utility in each SoftPaq that contains an original factory image for an HP Digital Signage Player Use this utility to restore the original factory image to the Digital Signage Player This utility allows you to choose one of the following options e Create a bootable flash image on a storage device e X Unbundle the image to a directory for use in a custom deployment scenario or PXE image See the release notes included in the SoftPaq for instructions HP RAMDisk Manager HP RAMDisk Manager allows you to configure the size of the RAM drive Drive Z To open HP RAMDisk Manager A Click Start gt Control Panel gt HP RAMDisk Manager By default the size of the RAM drive is set to the optimal setting of 128 MB The maximum size that can be set is 768 MB The minimum is 16 MB Temporarily increase the size to install software that requires more than 128 MB Chapter 4 Administration tools HP ThinState HP ThinState can be used to capture an HP Digital Signage Player image that can then be deployed to another HP Digital Signage Player of identical model and hardware
5. gt Control Panel gt HP Write Filter Configuration The EWF interface includes the following buttons e Enable Disable EWF Enables or disables the EWF on the specified volume e Overlay Configuration Displays the overlay information and is a combination of the information supplied when executing ew mgr exe c Description and ewfmgr exe c Gauge from the command line e Clear Boot Command Clears any boot commands that were entered via the command line e Commit Data to Volume Commits all current cached data to the specified volume after the next reboot Using the Enhanced Write Filter status utility The EWF status utility creates an icon in the notification area of the taskbar that shows the status of the filter You can right click the icon to display and execute the available options The EWF status icon displays the following states e Red lock EWF is disabled e Green lock EWF is enabled e Yellow lock EWF state will change on next boot You can change the status of EWF by right clicking the icon and selecting the desired EWF state If you use the command line to modify the EWF right click the icon to refresh the status icon display click anywhere on the screen to close the context menu The status icon display is refreshed automatically when you make modifications through the HP Write Filter Configuration utility NOTE Because the ewfmgr exe utility and the EWF status service execute separate code status c
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7. HP Digital Signage Player 4 MP9 Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7 Quick Reference Guide Copyright 2014 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein First Edition March 2014 Document Part Number 722929 002 About this guide This document uses the following styles to distinguish elements of command line text Style Definition lt variable gt Variables or placeholders are enclosed in angle brackets and italicized For example replace lt pathname gt with the appropriate path such as C Windows System When typing the actual value for the variable omit the brackets optional parameters Optional parameters are enclosed in square bracke
8. city 9 11 image capture and deployment 9 11 image updates 1 L local drives 5 logon administrator 6 automatic 6 manual 6 user 6 M Microsoft RDP 7 Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 9 12 S SCCM See Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager system date and time 6 V virtualization software 7 websites Citrix support 1 HP support 1 Microsoft support VMware support write filters 2 1 1 Index 13
9. es 2 IMPORTANT The write filter must be disabled for any configurations to be made permanent See Write filters on page 2 for more information The following local drives are configured on the Digital Signage Player by default e Drive C storage device This is where the operating system and software are installed Writes to this drive can be limited or restricted entirely by using a write filter CAUTION HP recommends that you do not allow the available free space on the storage device to drop below 10 of the flash size If the available free space on the storage device drops below 15 MB the Digital Signage Player can become unstable e Drive Z RAM drive This is a virtual drive that is created from the system s physical RAM This drive will look and behave like a standard fixed disk drive but it is created at system startup and destroyed at system shutdown Therefore HP recommends that you do not store information or data on this virtual disk drive You can use the HP RAMDisk Manager utility to configure the size of Drive Z For more information see HP RAMDisk Manager on page 8 Local drives 5 Configuring logon settings fi IMPORTANT The write filter must be disabled for any configurations to be made permanent See Write filters on page 2 for more information e For a user account the factory default user name and password are both User e Foran administrator account the factory default user name a
10. est WES 7E or WES 7P image provided by HP and that you will be logged on to WES as an administrator when making configurations or accessing administration utilities Finding more information The information in this guide provides a basic overview of features specific to HP Digital Signage Players See the following table to locate information not covered in this guide Resource Windows Help and Support On the Windows desktop click Start gt Help and Support Contents A broad range of how to information and troubleshooting tips about Windows operating system usage HP support website http www hp com support Documentation for HP software not covered in detail in this guide TIP If your search results cannot locate the software you are looking for search for your Digital Signage Player model instead and see the Manuals page Microsoft support website http support microsoft com Documentation for Microsoft software not covered in detail in this guide Finding image updates and add ons HP provides periodic updates and add ons for digital signage player images Check the HP support site at http www hp com support for updates and add ons that apply to your image version Select the country region from the map then select Drivers amp Software Type the digital signage player model in the field and click Search Finding utilities in the Windows Control Panel To find many of the utilities l
11. hanges by ewfmgr exe are not automatically reflected by the EWF status icon Write filters 3 File Based Write Filter Using the File Based Write Filter command line utility The FBWF command line utility enables you to issue a set of commands to the FBWF driver report the status of each protected overlay and report the format of the overall FBWF configurations To use the FBWF command line utility follow these steps 1 Select Start gt Run 2 CMD and click OK 3 Enter fbwfmgr c lt commands gt atthe prompt The following table describes the supported commands for the FBWE utility Command Description disable Disables the write filter on the next restart enable Enables the write filter on the next restart displayconfig Displays all current configuration information for the write filter including filter state protected volumes list cache compression state overlay cache threshold cache pre allocation status and write through paths overlaydetail Displays detail on the current overlay contents for all protected volumes including file and folder contents and memory used addexclusion Adds a write through path to the exclusion list removeexclusion Removes a write through path from the exclusion list setthreshold Sets the overlay threshold value Using the File Based Write Filter GUI To access the FBWF GUI follow these steps A Click Start gt Control Panel gt HP Write Fil
12. isted in this guide you need to view the Control Panel as large icons or small icons not as categories You can also configure the Control Panel item in the Start menu to display as a menu for quick access to all utilities Finding more information 1 2 Getting started e Write filters e drives e Configuring logon settings e Configuring the system date and time settings Write filters Write filters provide a secure environment and can extend the life of your Digital Signage Players by protecting it from unauthorized and excessive writes to the storage device Write data is intercepted by the write filter and cached in the RAM drive and as a result lost after the next reboot There are two different types of write filters available e X Enhanced Write Filter EWF Protects the entire storage device from writes e File Based Write Filter FBWF Allows you to specify files or folders to be excluded from interception by the write filter Only one write filter can be selected and active at one time To save permanent configurations to the storage device the write filter must be temporarily disabled CAUTION Ensure that the write filter is enabled after committing necessary configurations to the thin client flash drive During normal operation of the thin client the write filter must be enabled Also ensure that Page File is not enabled on thin clients with flash memory storage Failure to follow these req
13. licking Change time and date settings or by right clicking the clock and selecting Adjust date time from the menu If you want to configure the system to synchronize the date and time with an Internet server you will also need to enable the Windows Time service which is disabled by default To do this follow these steps 1 Click Start Control Panel Administrative Tools 2 Double click Services 3 Double click the Windows Time service to access its settings You can start the service manually and configure it start up automatically in the future 6 Chapter 2 Getting started 3 Software Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol Make Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol RDP available on the network using Microsoft Terminal Services on a Windows server Use the Remote Desktop Connection RDC utility to establish a connection to a Windows terminal server or to access remote applications using Microsoft RDP To open the RDC utility A Click Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Remote Desktop Connection NOTE If a Windows server is used a Terminal Services Client Access Licenses TSCAL server must also reside somewhere on the network A Client Access License CAL permits a client to use the services provided by the Windows server The server grants temporary licenses on an individual device basis that are good for 90 days Beyond that TSCALs must be purchased and installed on the TSCAL server A client cannot make
14. nd password are both Administrator e Forsecurity purposes HP recommends that you change the passwords from their default values An administrator can change passwords by pressing Ctrl Alt Del and then clicking Change a password NOTE You cannot change the password while logged on as a user e Passwords are case sensitive Alternatively the Digital Signage Player can be configured to log on to a specific user account automatically To configure automatic logon 1 Click Start gt Control Panel gt HP Logon Manager 2 Inthe Windows Logon Configuration dialog box check the Enable Autologon box type the account credentials and domain name and then click OK The configured account will be logged on to automatically during system startup x TIP To log on as a different user or as an administrator when automatic logon is enabled simply log off the current account to return to the Windows logon screen Configuring the system date and time settings iy IMPORTANT The write filter must be disabled for any configurations to be made permanent See Write filters on page 2 for more information You can use the Date and Time utility in the Control Panel to set the system date and time manually or to configure the system to synchronize the date and time with an Internet server periodically o TIP You can also access this utility by clicking the clock in the Windows notification area and then c
15. ter Configuration The FBWE interface includes the following buttons e Enable Disable Write Filter Enables disables the FBWF so that data written to the protected media is cached or not e Enable Disable Cache Compression Enables disables cache compression e Enable Disable Cache Pre allocation Enables disables cache pre allocation e Set Cache Threshold Sets the amount of RAM in MB that the FBWF cache can use Using the File Based Write Filter status utility The FBWE status utility creates an icon in the notification area of the taskbar that shows the status of the FBWF You can right click the icon to display and execute the available options The FBWE status icon displays the following states 4 Chapter 2 Getting started e Red lock FBWF is disabled e Green lock FBWE is enabled e Yellow lock FBWE state will change on next boot You can change the status of FBWF by right clicking the icon and selecting the desired FBWF state If you use the command line to modify the FBWF right click the icon to refresh the status icon display click anywhere on the screen to close the context menu The status icon display is refreshed automatically when you make modifications through the HP Write Filter Configuration utility 27 NOTE Because the fbwfmgr exe utility and the FBWF status service execute separate code status changes made by fbwfmgr exe are not automatically reflected by the FBWF status icon Local driv
16. the user experience for real time networked applications by reducing packet loss on IP based networks used to carry the application traffic The HP Velocity client side component is preinstalled on HP Digital Signage Players running WES 7 and works in conjunction with a server side component x TIP For more information go to http www hp com go velocity and see the HP Velocity documentation Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager SCCM helps maintain corporate compliance and control while enabling users to use the devices and applications they need It provides key management capabilities for application delivery desktop virtualization device management and security which makes it possible to enable productivity amidst device proliferation 29 TIP For more information see the white paper Managing HP Thin Clients with SCCM 2012 SP1 HP ThinState 9 5 Operating System Technical Information This section describes the components and settings included in the Windows Embedded Standard 7 on the HP MP9 and MP4 Digital Signage Players e Windows Embedded 7 P SKU components e Codecs e Write Filters e Application Versions Included e Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 Client Service Pack v 1 0 600 0 Drivers Windows Embedded 7 P SKU components e Anti Malware Defender e Tablet Touch e Photo Viewer e e
17. ts When specifying the parameters omit the brackets literal value Command line text that appears inside quotation marks should be typed exactly as shown including the quotation marks iv About this guide Table of contents LIMES ICI ILI TN T SCIT 1 Finding more Infortmatlorn 22 2 12 11 2 tale e Lei Reed dep err tae er Pec 1 Finding image updates and Add On 1 Finding utilities in the Windows Control Panel eem re nennen 1 PEARCE E 2 2 Enhanced Write a a ERA Me Une 2 Using the Enhanced Write Filter command line utility 2 Using the Enhanced Write Filter GUI s 3 Using the Enhanced Write Filter status utility seeeeeee 3 File Based Write is co e ER eau AT 4 Using the File Based Write Filter command line utility 4 Using the File Based Write Filter 4 Using the File Based Write Filter status utility 4 XX 5 Configuring logon
18. uired actions can void the warranty of the flash storage device In the event of damage to the flash storage device due to operation with a disabled write filter or enabled Page File the damage will not be covered by HP warranty Enhanced Write Filter Using the Enhanced Write Filter command line utility The EWF command line utility enables you to issue a set of commands to the EWF driver report the status of each protected volume overlay and report the format of the overall EWF configurations To use the EWF command line utility follow these steps 1 Select Start Run 2 and click OK 3 Enter ewfmgr c commands at the prompt The following table describes the supported commands for the EWF utility Command Description all Displays information about all protected volumes and performs a command such as disable enable and commit on each volume if specified commit Commits all current cached data to the specified volume after the next reboot Chapter 2 Getting started Description disable Disables the write filter on the specified volume after the next reboot enable Enables the write filter on the specified volume after the next reboot commitanddisable Commits all current cached data and disables the write filter on the specified volume after the next reboot Using the Enhanced Write Filter GUI To access the EWF GUI follow these steps A Click Start
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