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Amino Communications Ltd 

Technical Information 

 

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In order to download a release you will need a support account from Amino. See below for more 
information on our support accounts. 

Instructions for unpacking a release and the signing process are in the 

Software Installation and Upgrade 

Guide

1.6.5

 

STBremoteconf 

STBremoteconf is a tool designed for basic control and configuration of the STBs over the IP network. It is 
designed to be run on a Linux server and commands can be sent either via unicast or multicast. There is 
more information on STBremoteconf in the 

Set‐Top Box Configuration Guide

1.6.6

 

UI Development 

Development on the Amino STBs is designed to be done using standard HTML and JavaScript. Our set of 
proprietary JavaScrpt APIs, known as JMACX, can be downloaded from our support site 

http://stbsupport.aminocom.com

 without needing a login. 

1.6.7

 

Getting support 

Our key documentation and some knowledgebase articles are freely available on our support site 

http://stbsupport.aminocom.com

. You can use the links on the front page of the site to take you to the 

different areas and then either use the navigation bar on the left hand side or the search box just above it to 
find what you are looking for. 

To access software release archives, further documentation and articles you will need an Amino Support 
Account. You may be eligible for a free Download only account. See 

http://stbsupport.aminocom.com/cgi-

bin/accounts.cgi

 for more information and to request an account. 

For access to our support team and the ability to submit support tickets a paid level of support account is 
required. For more information on our support accounts please see

 

http://www.aminocom.com/what-we-

offer/Support/

. 

We welcome feedback on our support site and you can use the “Submit Feedback” button under “My 
Support” to do this. Unfortunately we cannot answer individual support queries submitted in this way. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for A 4 Series

Page 1: ...Amino Communications Ltd Quick Start Guide Ax4x and Ax5x Technical Information AM 006716 TC Issue 4 November 2015...

Page 2: ...n on a product under development Amino Communications Ltd reserves the right to change or discontinue this product without notice Trademarks and copyright Amino Communications and the Amino logo are t...

Page 3: ...5 1 3 Installing the software on your webserver 6 1 4 Configuring your DHCP server 6 1 4 1 Linux 6 1 4 2 Windows 7 1 5 Getting the STB up and running 9 1 6 Common problems with the software loading 10...

Page 4: ...functions Indicates choices for example where an input can take one of a number of values code font Indicates input and output values for example at a command line as well as function configuration p...

Page 5: ...loads and installs it This method is designed for scalability so is recommended for IPTV deployments The STB is configured to use DHCP by default so that it knows which address or multicast group to...

Page 6: ...his for your DHCP configuration 1 3 Configuring your DHCP server The DHCP server is a key part of the initial software upgrade because the STBs use a set of vendor options for passing information The...

Page 7: ...ines 59 64 69 74 79 and optionally 84 to provide details for your network 3 Edit lines 111 and 112 to provide the address range to be used on your network 4 Copy this file to the correct location for...

Page 8: ...n the Display Name text box enter Aminet x4x and in the Description text box enter Aminet x4x vendor class 3 In the ASCII field enter the Vendor ID AMINOx4x 4 Click OK then Close 5 Create the option f...

Page 9: ...and Values dialog box under Value enter the URL of the mc2 mcfs file 10 Click OK For more information on configuring Windows DHCP for the AmiNET STBs see Amino Technical Note TN043 Windows 2008 Server...

Page 10: ...ou see the Opera homepage congratulations You have now installed the software on the STB For more information on the boot process of the STB see the Software Installation and Upgrade Guide 1 5 Common...

Page 11: ...NO software_uri from the DHCP server Check the DHCP configuration 2 8 The STB is unable to download the mc2 mcfs file from the URL specified in AMINO software_uri Check the URL and that the file permi...

Page 12: ...nterface press alt C on the keyboard and enter the password letmein 2 Enter start and finish numbers of the channels you wish to edit and click Edit Range for example 1 to 5 3 Enter the URLs of the st...

Page 13: ...pport aminocom com without needing a login 1 6 7 Getting support Our key documentation and some knowledgebase articles are freely available on our support site http stbsupport aminocom com You can use...

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