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Technical Information 

Amino Communications Ltd 

Amino Communications Ltd. 

 

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AM-006716-TC 

Confidential 

© Amino Communications Ltd, 2015 

Revision history  

Rev 

Date 

Author 

Description  

22/02/13 

C Delf 

First Draft 

28/02/13 

C Delf 

Section 1.7 added 

19/04/13 

C Delf 

First Issue 

25/04/13 

C Delf 

Instruction to log in removed from 1.2 as  
login not required 

14/10/14 

C Delf 

Updated to show latest support site screen 

16/11/15 

C Marriage 

Updated to include Ax5x STBs 

Disclaimer 

This document contains information on a product under development. Amino Communications Ltd reserves 
the right to change or discontinue this product without notice.  

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Amino Communications and the Amino logo are trademarks of Amino Communications Limited. 

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 

© Amino Communications Ltd, 2015  

Confidential  

Amino contact details 

Method 

From UK 

International 

Telephone 

(01954) 234100 

+44 1954 234100 

Fax 

(01954) 234101 

+44 1954 234101 

E-mail 

[email protected] 

Web 

www.aminocom.com 

 

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For further information about Amino or Amino products, please e-mail 

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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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