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Essex Technology Centre, The Gables, ONGAR CM5 0GA, United Kingdom 

Version 2.96 of August 2016. Specifications are subject to change without notice. 

Installer Guide 

Encoded Media IPTV Receiver 250 

IP Controllable Set-Top Box 

 

INCLUDES IPTV 250 REMOTE CONTROL SPECIFICATION

Summary of Contents for IPTV Receiver 250

Page 1: ...y Centre The Gables ONGAR CM5 0GA United Kingdom Version 2 96 of August 2016 Specifications are subject to change without notice Installer Guide Encoded Media IPTV Receiver 250 IP Controllable Set Top Box INCLUDES IPTV 250 REMOTE CONTROL SPECIFICATION ...

Page 2: ...een Control 5 Receiver Control 6 Communication Settings 6 Command Structure 7 Command Sequence 7 Receiver Control Commands 8 STBPLAYCH 8 STBKEYPRESS 8 STBVOLUME 9 STBMUTE 9 STBSHOWCHANNELLIST 9 STBPLAY 9 STBSHOWVIDEOWALL 10 STBSUBTITLES 10 STBIPADDRESS 10 STBSTATUS 11 STBREPORTING 11 STBLOCATION 11 STBLOGOUT 12 STBREBOOT 12 STBLOGLEVEL 12 ...

Page 3: ...r Codes 14 Screen Control 15 Connection Settings 15 STBSERIAL 16 Screen Control Responses and Errors 18 Responses 18 Error Codes 18 Glossary 19 PIN CODE 19 RS 232 Interface 19 Remote Control and Button Codes 19 USB to RS 232 Cable 20 Null Modem Adapters 20 HDMI to HDMI Cable 21 HDMI to DVI D Cable 21 IR Extender 21 ...

Page 4: ... The IP and serial control commands cover changing channel simulating IR remote control presses modifications to the overlay interface status request and so on Status request response includes play state the currently active stream URL channel name hardware uptime and more ABOUT ENCODED MEDIA For more than a decade Encoded Media has developed market leading solutions for delivering video across ne...

Page 5: ...nnel volume down and so on The Receiver can also be asked to return its status allowing the control system to check that it is behaving as intended SCREEN CONTROL Example where the IPTV Receiver is installed behind a standalone television screen The RS 232 port is connected directly to the screen via the RS 232 port on the LCD Plasma or Projector In this configuration the Receiver acts as an IP to...

Page 6: ...t 1 Flow Control None Device Type DTE Note null modem cable required You can also connect over IP to port 5004 on your Receiver Once connected you will be challenged to provide a username and password which by default are as follows Username engineer Password iptv250 PLEASE NOTE You are limited to a maximum of five concurrent telnet sessions Once a sixth connection is made the first connection wil...

Page 7: ... asked to play channel 4 STBPLAYCH 4 The Receiver is asked to set the volume level at 50 STBVOLUME 50 COMMAND SEQUENCE Commands are executed in the order they are received The host must wait for a response from the Receiver before sending the next command Should the Receiver be sent a new command before completing execution of the previous command it may discard the previous command Should the hos...

Page 8: ...e shown in square brackets Default parameters are denoted by an asterisk alongside them Lists of available parameters are shown with the list elements separated by a pipe character STBPLAYCH Set live channel number to be played Parameters 0 9999 Response OK Example STBPLAYCH 4 STBKEYPRESS Simulate one or more IR remote button presses Parameters Key code or comma separated list of key codes See the...

Page 9: ...r set whether the Receiver is muted Parameters true false Response Mute state OK Example STBMUTE true STBSHOWCHANNELLIST Show or hide the on screen channel listing Parameters true false Response OK Example STBSHOWCHANNELLIST true STBPLAY Set STB channel to specified channel Parameters channel name string Response OK Example STBPLAY BBC NEWS HD ...

Page 10: ...TITLES Get or set the visibility of subtitles Parameters true false Response OK Example STBSUBTITLES true STBREFRESH Performs a reload refresh Response OK STBIPADDRESS Get or set the device IP address Parameters dhcp static ip mask gw ip Response DHCP Static IP mask gw IP Example STBIPADDRESS 192 168 11 29 255 255 252 0 gw 192 168 10 1 STBIPADDRESS dhcp ...

Page 11: ...re details MAC Address device MAC Volume device volume level 0 100 Platform device platform version IP Address device IP address Location location or description Channel Number channel number where applicable Serial device serial number EM Release device middleware version Resolution output resolution STBREPORTING Get or set single UDP broadcast of current status Parameters ip port Response Report...

Page 12: ...on device logging Parameters OFF WARNING INFO DEBUG Response Log level get OK set Example STBLOGLEVEL OFF STBTVSERVER Get or set the source TV Servers Parameters IP1 IP2 IP3 Response TV Server x ip Example STBTVSERVER 10 182 225 194 10 182 225 195 STBDNSSERVER Get or set one or more DNS servers Parameters IP1 IP2 Response DNS Server x ip Example STBDNSSERVER 8 8 8 8 158 43 128 1 ...

Page 13: ...number and channel name information from a source TV Server appliance by using the following URL http tv server ip admin login simple php Example response 1 Al Jazeera Eng HD 2 BBC NEWS HD 3 BBC ONE HD 4 BBC TWO HD 5 Channel 4 HD 6 Channel 5 7 E4 8 Film4 9 ITV 10 ITV2 11 ITV HD 12 More 4 13 Sky News ...

Page 14: ...r has occurred as well as the error type Error codes are presented in the form of ERRORxx text where xx is a two digit decimal error ID code and text is a plain text description of the error Current error codes ERROR01 Unknown command ERROR02 Unknown key code ERROR03 Invalid parameter ERROR04 Channel name not found ERROR05 Invalid state ERROR99 Unspecified error ...

Page 15: ...TINGS To gain access to RS 232 communications Telnet to port 5004 on your Receiver Once connected you will be challenged to provide a username and password which by default are as follows Username engineer Password iptv250 After logging in run the STBSERIAL command to begin serial communications PLEASE NOTE You are limited to a maximum of five concurrent telnet sessions Once a sixth connection is ...

Page 16: ...ho hex raw hw sw none cr lf crlf escchar Response none STBSERIAL 9600 8 N 1 echo STBSERIAL 9600 8 O 1 hex PLEASE NOTE When entering serial communications mode any existing session in serial communications mode will immediately be dropped see also Screen Control Responses and Errors but the IP connection to the device will remain open ...

Page 17: ...ample Telnet session is shown below where the Receiver is connected to an LG 22LG30 LCD screen Here power has been turned on and the volume level on the connected LG screen has been set to 40 Note you can type help to see all available commands ...

Page 18: ... aware that your IP connection is not disconnected and will remain open ERROR CODES The message indicates that an error has occurred as well as the error type Error codes are presented in the form of ERRORxx text where xx is a two digit decimal error ID code and text is a plain text description of the error Current error codes ERROR99 Unspecified Error Error opening serial port No serial device fo...

Page 19: ...Page 19 of 21 Glossary PIN CODE The PIN code for accessing the management settings is 0000 or 0312 depending on platform version RS 232 INTERFACE REMOTE CONTROL AND BUTTON CODES ...

Page 20: ...ion Part codes IPTVA 002 45 Length 45cm NULL MODEM ADAPTERS These cross over the transmit receive and control lines to allow the RS 232 ports of two DTE devices to communicate with one other Ordering Information Part code IPTVA 003 FF Female to Female Ordering Information Part code IPTVA 003 FM Female to Male ...

Page 21: ... 1 0m length IPTVA 006 200 2 0m length HDMI TO DVI D CABLE For the transfer of High Definition video Note no audio Ordering Information Part code IPTVA 007 180 1 8m length IPTVA 007 100 1 0m length IR EXTENDER To extend the infra red receiver leaving the set top box out of sight Ordering Information Part code IPTVA 011 1 5m length connects via 2 5mm jack ...

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