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Configuration

STB Admin Guide

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following screens is a configurable option; see Network Settings on page 14 for more
information.

Video Settings

Start Mode
MCS Location
Receive Address

Video Settings

These settings generally relate to the video stream, for example Start
Mode, MCS Location, Receive Address, etc.

Network Settings

These settings include Network, Ethernet, and Management SAP
settings.

Display Settings

These settings let you adjust the resolution of your monitor.

General Settings

These settings include Serial Port, Security, System Update, etc.

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Summary of Contents for EtherneTV MPEG-1

Page 1: ...STB v3 7 2d Admin Guide VBrick Systems Inc 12 Beaumont Road March 23 2006 Wallingford Connecticut 06492 USA 4410 0099 0004 EtherneTV STB Set Top Box...

Page 2: ...energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to ca...

Page 3: ...Video Settings 9 Network Settings 14 Display Settings 16 General Settings 17 3 Local Configuration Overview 21 Accessing the XML Configuration File 22 XML Configuration Examples 23 4 System Upgrade Up...

Page 4: ...7 How Passthrough Works 37 Serial Port Pinouts 38 Using Telnet 38 6 Using the Set Top Box Overview 41 Start Mode 41 Local Mode 41 Local Fullscreen Mode 42 MCS Mode 43 Using the IR Remote 44 Using the...

Page 5: ...ecoding of MPEG 1 MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 video Organization Installation provides an overview of the EtherneTV Media Distribution System and instructions for initial STB setup and configuration Configurati...

Page 6: ...therneTV solution EtherneTV STB Quick Start Guide EtherneTV STB Release Notes EtherneTV Portal Server User Guide EtherneTV Portal Server Admin Guide EtherneTV NXG VOD Quick Start Guide EtherneTV VOD W...

Page 7: ...MCS The STB can be configured to operate in one of three modes MCS Local standalone Local Fullscreen standalone See Start Mode on page 10 for details When the installation of set top boxes includes a...

Page 8: ...pen Hyperterminal and go to File Properties Settings 2 Set Function arrow and control keys act as to Terminal Keys 3 Set Emulation to VT220 or VT320 4 Click the Terminal Setup button 5 Configure 25 ro...

Page 9: ...ompt enter the username and password root admin 3 Then type pman to launch the text based pman configuration utility 4 Navigate using the arrow keys select fields or apply changes using the Enter key...

Page 10: ...with a static IP address The STB is set to a default IP address of 172 17 11 111 as a convenience In most cases this should be changed to avoid conflicts You can find this IP address using a keyboard...

Page 11: ...each OK and then click Enter 9 Change DNS via DHCP to No 10 Change Hostname via DHCP to No For entries indicated with an asterisk use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the correct entry and use the...

Page 12: ...his command lets PAL users change the screen resolution Although this command can be executed from the Command Prompt or from Telnet it is designed to be used from the serial port since a PAL user wit...

Page 13: ...played select Log in from the navigation bar at the top of the page Topics in this chapter Overview Configuration Login T To login to the set top box 1 Enter the IP address of the STB in a browser and...

Page 14: ...t Exits the configuration application System Information Provides system level information including version number networking configuration and memory usage Note that the version number is shown in t...

Page 15: ...Address Video Settings These settings generally relate to the video stream for example Start Mode MCS Location Receive Address etc Network Settings These settings include Network Ethernet and Managem...

Page 16: ...am Guide See Local Configuration on page 21 for more information Local Fullscreen Use if the desired operation is to set the unit to decode one channel and operate in full screen mode at boot up If yo...

Page 17: ...cal SDP File RTSP ISMA_SDP_FILE wfs path_to_local_file e g RTSP ISMA_SDP_FILE wfs mpg currentmp4 sdp See Local Fullscreen Mode with MPEG 4 Multicast for information on how to FTP the SDP file to the s...

Page 18: ...xml file go to XML Configuration Examples on page 23 Home Page Location Home Page Enable Main Volume Line 1 Volume In MCS mode when the volume has been manually turned down using the remote and the c...

Page 19: ...rally be left at the default value Buffer Check for Underflow If checked yes a periodic check for buffer underflow will be made using the value in Lowest Bitrate for Buffer Check as a cutoff Setting a...

Page 20: ...h as a PC FTP Server User Name Username used to log into the FTP server on the STB FTP Server Password Password used to log into the FTP server on the STB FTP Home Directory Home directory of the FTP...

Page 21: ...me is entered it defaults to the MAC address The following rules apply to host name must less than 19 characters first character must be a letter last character must be a letter or digit interior char...

Page 22: ...e Windows binary version of this application from http sourceforge net project showfiles php group_id 24099 After download open a Command Prompt window and type convert mySplash jpg mySplash xpm You c...

Page 23: ...hrough The serial port operates at its configured baud rate e g 115 2 to 300K bps Some common applications include remote control of a Splash Screen Choose the type of splash screen to display during...

Page 24: ...d See Serial Port Pinouts on page 38 for more information Force Off default Signal always off Force On Signal always on Automatic Set to on when serial port passthrough is active set to off when not a...

Page 25: ...the network gateway should be validated at startup Default Enable FTP Server The location of the external FTP server from which the STB will access system update files Relative Directory Path Location...

Page 26: ...20 EtherneTV Media Distribution System...

Page 27: ...each network installation so that IP addresses port numbers encoder types and program listings correspond to actual network settings available onsite When the Start Mode is set to Local the STB user i...

Page 28: ...n changes to flash memory To avoid problems wait several seconds and do not reboot the STB until the Transfer LED on the front of the unit stops blinking T To access the command prompt and XML file 1...

Page 29: ...hannel STBLocalUI this is MPEG1 live stream Stream type MPEG1 ProgramName Sample MPEG1 stream ProgramName Message BSB MPEG1 stream Message Channel 1 Channel IP 239 22 119 99 IP Port 4444 Port Stream t...

Page 30: ...hannel IP 172 22 133 5 IP RTSPName vbrickvideo1 RTSPName Stream this is MPEG4 rtsp stream force RTSP interleaved TCP streaming Stream type RTSP4_TCP ProgramName MPEG4 RTSP TCP ProgramName Message Samp...

Page 31: ...ontent duration Keyword MPEG1 stream Keyword vod content keyword Stream this is VoD content from MPEG2 Stream type VOD2 VODServer 172 22 119 118 VODServer vod server ip address or hostname ProgramName...

Page 32: ...5 VODServer vod server ip address or host name ProgramName MPEG 2InfovalueVODfile ProgramName vod content name Location Location full path for vod content location Message MPEG2 content on Infovalue M...

Page 33: ...ocated It can be a third party FTP server the FTP server installed with ETV Portal Server or the FTP server installed with IIS For this reason you may wish to install the application on a machine that...

Page 34: ...ned below 3 Select an installation folder for the Download Application and click Next The default is C Program Files VBrick 4 In this scenario the installer has detected an FTP server and will create...

Page 35: ...g ETV STBDownload STB upgrades for set top boxes running v 3 7 1 and higher are performed using the standalone VBrick download application ETV STBDownload With ETV STBDownload you can 1 upgrade a sing...

Page 36: ...the SAP Session Announcement Protocol emitted by the STB This automatically populates the list box with all available set top boxes Select individual units and click Start Upgrade Note that all STBs m...

Page 37: ...n upgrading with a configuration file each set top box can have a Upgrade individual unit Upgrade a single unit Select the radio button and click Start Upgrade A popup will prompt for IP Address and P...

Page 38: ...cation and the upgrade server and between the application and the set top boxes To enable disable application logging go to Preferences Logging For debugging purposes the log file records all error co...

Page 39: ...o not use an character in the FTP password 7 Set the Local Path to the FTP home directory This corresponds to the folder in the specified location for example c inetpub ftproot 8 Create a subdirectory...

Page 40: ...use character in the password 7 Click Apply and the set top box will perform a partial reset Wait until the Home page displays before continuing to the next step 8 Select Exit from the STB Configurati...

Page 41: ...erform the following steps after you finish the upgrade as described above 1 Gain access to a shell on the box using one of the following methods a Ctrl Alt F1 from the keyboard b The serial shell c T...

Page 42: ...36 EtherneTV Media Distribution System...

Page 43: ...through to other devices connected to that TCP IP port Devices include VBrick appliances or special applications connected to the appropriate TCP IP port This feature is called Serial Port Passthrough...

Page 44: ...esponder will accept a connection request to TCP port 4439 The request can come from a Telnet client or other PC application Any data sent by the PC to TCP ports 4439 will be delivered out of the STB...

Page 45: ...Serial Port Passthrough STB Admin Guide 39 together This feature provides a method to broadcast alarm status or other information to multiple locations...

Page 46: ...40 EtherneTV Media Distribution System...

Page 47: ...ther live streams or Start Mode Description Local In Local start mode the start page shows all live streams and videos that are available for viewing This page is created and programmed by a system ad...

Page 48: ...you need to modify and download a new page Figure 1 Local Mode Local Fullscreen Mode If the set top box is set up in Local Fullscreen mode there will be a live or stored video image on the TV at syst...

Page 49: ...ote control or the wireless keyboard to enter a PIN PIN numbers are configured in ETV Portal Server Once logged in the set top box displays a home page The home page resides on the ETV Portal Server a...

Page 50: ...MCS or Local mode If configured for Local Fullscreen you can only use the Volume and Mute buttons See Start Mode on page 10 for more information The buttons on the handheld IR remote control are desc...

Page 51: ...onds to left mouse button Cursor Pad Press circular pad to move the cursor in the same manner as you move a mouse Right Mouse Button Black Not used Help Not used Up Down Arrows Page up and down menus...

Page 52: ...o connect a mouse To configure a mouse go to General Hardware Mouse Type The WWW feature must be enabled in STB configuration To check go to Configuration General Security Enable Browsing If browsing...

Page 53: ...ocal and MCS mode only Exits to the home page In Local mode it exits to the local home page in MCS mode it exits to the MCS home page After returning to the normal STB user interface press WWW again t...

Page 54: ...48 EtherneTV Media Distribution System...

Page 55: ...ge Location Home Page Enable 12 How It Works 37 L Language 19 Local 1 Local Mode 41 Local Operating Mode 41 Local UI Location 12 21 Local Full Screen Operating Mode 42 Local FullScreen Mode 42 Local F...

Page 56: ...Using a Web Browser to Run the Update 33 Using Telnet 38 Using the Command Line 2 Using the Command Prompt 2 Using the IR Remote 44 Using the IR Remote Control Unit 44 Using the Wireless Keyboard 45...

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