Cisco Edge 340 Digital Media Player CS-E340W-G32-C-K9
Part Number: CS-E340W-G32-C-K9
Product Overview
The Cisco® Edge 340 Digital Media Player (DMP) is a unified content storage, delivery, and media platform. It can be used to deliver highly interactive multimedia experiences to your customers and employees, regardless of your business size or vertical industry, for promotional, educational, and entertainment purposes. The Edge 340 makes it possible to store and deliver your content locally or across many dispersed locations from the cloud to digital signs, kiosks, way-finders, IPTV apps, and other connected devices. Ultimately, the Cisco Edge 340 DMP helps your organization communicate, connect, learn, and engage customers and employees in new ways.
Compared with PC-based alternatives, the Cisco Edge 340 DMP delivers the benefits of a highly reliable, robust platform that excels at power efficiency. These qualities make the Edge 340 the industry leader in the digital media player market. Cisco Edge 340 DMPs have both wireless and non-wireless versions (Figure 1); the wireless version supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions.
Features and Benefits
Here is a summary of the primary features and benefits of the Cisco Edge 340 DMP:
● High-performance video and graphics capability with hardware acceleration
● Interactive experience with touch and multi-touch support, USB, IR, and remote controller options
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● Flexible wireless deployment option with 802.11a/b/g/n support
● Integration with the Appspace 5.0 content management system (CMS), which serves as content delivery and device management platform. Appspace 5.0 supports a next-generation media stack and cross- platform media player client and is optimized for HTML 5−based apps and content
● Unified content and device management with management application programming interface (API) for use with third-party CMS solutions.
● Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) thanks to a compact appliance design that is fan-less, which reduces power consumption, and a long-lifecycle embedded chipset
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Hardware |
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● Hardware-accelerated HD and standard-definition (SD) video decoding
● MPEG 2 and 4, H.264, and VC-1 hardware decoding up to
30 frames per second (fps) ● Multiple video zoning and planes
● Up to two simultaneous HD video streams
● Broad range of aspect ratios (4:3, 3:2, 16:9)
● Flash support (v10 and v11 and action script v2 and v3, swf,
and.flv) |
● Support for various content formats means higher-quality media experiences
● Provides a platform that can adapt to may different use cases
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Full audio support ● MP3, AAC, AC3, PCM, WAV, WMA, and OggVorbis
● Audio in and out interfaces
● Audio data rate 32-512 kbps
● High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) audio
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● High -quality audio playback
● Content delivery is coherent and synchronized
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Strong compute performance and storage ● 1.6 GHz dual-core CPU
● 2 GB dual data rate 3 (DDR3) memory
● 32 GB storage and SD slot for extendable storage
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● High performance improves quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of digital media
● Storage of content for local playback or in failover scenarios offers greater reliability
● You can locally store large media files and have ability to extend that storage as needed with multiple options
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Built-in 802.11a/b/g/n dual-band connections, both access-point and client modes (available only on wireless SKU) |
● You enjoy high-performance wireless network service
● More flexible deployment options are available
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802.3af (PoE) and 802.3at (PoE+) powered device support |
● Use existing PoE/PoE+ infrastructure
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RS-232 support |
● Control commercial grade displays through built-in serial connectivity
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IR support (including remote, built-in receiver, and extender) |
● Remote control access for controlling IPTV or video-on-demand (VoD) applications
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Four USB ports |
● Allows for the integration of peripheral devices such as bar code, RFID, scanners, and printers
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Software |
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Integration with the Appspace content and information management platform |
● Provides a simple user interface for building applications and for the management and deployment of those applications
● You get centralized management of the DMP infrastructure through an Advanced Device Management feature
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Open management API |
● The player can be easily integrated with a partner content management system
● The player can be customizable for various digital signage solutions
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SIP Video Calling |
● Supports interactivity through video call technology for better user experiences
● Enables Remote Expert functionality using the Cisco unified communications infrastructure
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Web-based GUI configuration |
● The player can be easily configured and managed at the system level
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Touch and multitouch support |
● Enables rich interactive signage and kiosk applications
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Form Factor |
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Low power consumption (11W on average) |
● Low power consumption offers higher reliability and reduced capital expenses (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx)
● The player is environmentally friendly
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Various mount options (desktop, wall, ceiling, pole, and display) |
● Deployment is flexible for use in various scenarios
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Compact and fan-less |
● Because the player has no moving parts, it enjoys a longer life (100,000 MBTF)
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