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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

Summary of Contents for EtherneTV-STB

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: ...y 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 cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at their own expense This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference 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 Upgrading from v3 71 or Higher 27 Installing the Download Application 27 Before You Begin 29 Running ETV STBDownload 29 Editing a Configuration File 31 Logging Upgrade Activities 32 Upgrading from v3 7...

Page 4: ...37 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 Wireless Keyboard 45 Accessing the Web 46 Index ...

Page 5: ...decoding 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 Configuration explains how to login and how to set customizable configuration parameters for your particular environment Local Configuration explains how to modify the xml file used when the STB is configured f...

Page 6: ...EtherneTV 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 Quick Start Guide EtherneTV VOD WM Quick Start Guide VB4000 5000 6000 Administrator Guide ...

Page 7: ...n 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 an ETV Portal Server the set top box is directed to the portal server for user control the graphics and user interface reside on the ETV Portal Server When the set top box is deployed independently of...

Page 8: ...Open 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 rows by 80 columns 6 Set Terminal Mode to Cursor keypad mode 7 Click OK twice when done Telnet Connect to the STB from a PC running terminal emulation software Vbrick recommends using PuTTY version 0 5...

Page 9: ...rompt 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 5 Select to exit to a higher level in the menu 6 When done type Ctrl Alt F2 to exit Initial Setup The VBrick EtherneTV Set Top Box is shipped with Audio Video S Video and power cables and a handheld ...

Page 10: ...x 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 connected to the PS 2 port or by using a terminal connected to the serial port as explained below T To determine the STB IP address 1 If a DHCP server is present go to Finding the DHCP IP Address to...

Page 11: ...reach 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 spacebar to select the new option 11 Select IP address using the down arrow and the Enter key Using the keyboard enter the IP address obtained from your network administrator and press Enter 12 Sele...

Page 12: ...This 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 without an NTSC or VGA monitor has no other choice if the STB IP address is unknown The syntax of the setres command is setres pal username password setres ntsc username password Model Numbers The STB m...

Page 13: ...splayed 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 click Log in when the first page is displayed 2 Enter the User name and Password and click Start This displays the Administration window This window is used to access all system parameters Most comm...

Page 14: ...ut 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 the upper right corner of each window System Time Use to set system time System Update Use to update the software See System Upgrade on page 27 Configuration Use to set all configuration parameters de...

Page 15: ...e 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 ...

Page 16: ...ram 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 you select Local Fullscreen mode you must also enter a Receive Address see below MCS Location When the start mode is configured for MCS this parameter determines the IP address of the ETV Portal Server...

Page 17: ...ocal 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 set top box Unicast MPEG 1 RTSP UNICAST_MPEG1 dataPort port Unicast MPEG 2 RTSP UNICAST_MPEG2_TRANSPORT dataPort port RTSP MPEG 1 for Video on Demand EtherneTV NXG only RTSP KASENNA_MPEG1 ipaddr progr...

Page 18: ...e 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 configured audio level is significantly higher there will be a brief burst of higher volume when switching views between preview and full screen Reduce the configured audio level to avoid abrupt chang...

Page 19: ...erally 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 small value for Lowest Bitrate may result in disruption to low bitrate MPEG 4 streams This parameter should generally be left at the default value Lowest Bitrate for Buffer Check If Buffer Check is ...

Page 20: ...ch 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 server on the STB Domain Name Server IP Addresses IP address or addresses of the DNS server Separate multiple DNS servers with a pipe character for example 172 16 1 10 172 16 1 11 Domain Searchlist T...

Page 21: ...ame 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 characters must be letters digits or hyphen no embedded spaces or special characters are allowed IP Address If the IP address is static rather than set through DHCP enter it here Subnet Mask Set when usi...

Page 22: ...he 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 can also use the size parameter to change the resolution of the xpm file For example convert size 160x120 mySplash jpg mySplash xpm Time to Live Determines the number of hops that a SAP will travel be...

Page 23: ...through 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 startup Default Use the default VBrick splash screen Custom Use a custom splash screen None Use a blank screen Location of Custom Splash Screen The location of custom splash screen The image should b...

Page 24: ...ed 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 active Passthrough DTR Control Choose the DTR control method for the serial port when passthrough is active Used to initiate an action when a signal is detected See Serial Port Pinouts on page 38 for ...

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 of system update files on the external FTP server For example if system update files are located in user r370 and the home directory is user then enter r370 in this field FTP User Username used to l...

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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 interface is defined by the local administrator The default location of the local user interface is on the STB in wfs localUI stbLocalUITemplate htm This HTML file and the other Javascript XML CSS and...

Page 28: ...on 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 Press Ctrl Alt F1 2 Then cd change directory to the location wfs localui Uploading from the STB To FTP upload download files from to the STB including the stbLocalUIData xml configuration file you ca...

Page 29: ...Channel 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 this is MPEG2 live stream Stream type MPEG2 ProgramName Sample MPEG2 stream ProgramName Message This is CNN Message Channel 2 Channel IP 239 16 120 3 IP Port 4444 Port Stream this is MPEG4 multicast l...

Page 30: ...Channel 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 Sample MPEG4 RTSP Interleaved streaming Message Channel 4 Channel IP 172 22 133 5 IP RTSPName vbrickvideo1 RTSPName Stream this is an MPEG4 rtsp stream Automatic selection streaming Stream type RTSP4_AUT...

Page 31: ...content 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 LOTR The Two Towers ProgramName vod content name Location Complete Movies Location full path for vod content location Message MPEG2 content on 172 22 119 118 Message local message Duration 2hrs52min...

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 Message local message Duration 1h 0m 0s Duration vod content duration Keyword Mp2 stream Keyword vod content keyword Stream this is VoD content from MPEG4 Stream type VOD4 VODServer 172 17 17 5 VODSer...

Page 33: ...located 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 is hosting ETV Portal Server or on any machine that has IIS installed If necessary you can install the download application first and then configure a remote FTP server later Installing the Download...

Page 34: ...ined 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 a user account STBUser is the default name and password for the FTP account If you change the default user or password you will have to enter them manually each time you run a download Press Next con...

Page 35: ...ng 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 single unit 2 you can upgrade multiple units in your network using management SAPs or 3 you can upgrade multiple units in your network using a manually created configuration file Set top boxes running so...

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 must have the same password If some are different the upgrade will fail with a message in the Status column see Table 1 SAP Information Upgrade using Configuration file Upgrade using a text file that ...

Page 37: ...en 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 Password and automatically run the upgrade The password is variable the username root is fixed and cannot be changed Note that all STBs selected for upgrade must have the same password Configuration F...

Page 38: ...ication 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 codes success codes checksums etc Since each new upgrade overwrites the log be sure to check the log file and save if necessary after a failed upgrade The log txt file is saved by default in C Program ...

Page 39: ...Do 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 for the upgrade files in the specified location Copy the zipped upgrade to the specified folder for example c inetpub ftproot etvstb 37xx 9 Extract the release files from ETV_STB_3_7_xx tar gz in th...

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 Configuration menu on the PC 9 Go to System Update and click Update 10 From the set top box use the keyboard and enter Ctrl Alt F5 to view the upgrade process Total upgrade time is approximately 8 10 minutes Wh...

Page 41: ...perform 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 Telnet 2 If you want to preserve changes made to the user interface in Local mode move the files you have changed most likely XM and HTM files to the wfs directory from the wfs localui directory For e...

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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 The serial port is assigned port TCP 4439 A typical application is for two VBricks connected to each other s TCP IP port 4439 In this case characters typed into a terminal program attached to one VB...

Page 44: ...Responder 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 serial port and any data present on the STB serial port will be sent to the connected PC If multiple Telnet sessions are active on one STB each STB supports up to 64 sessions the data from the STB wi...

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 ...

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Page 47: ...ither 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 administrator and can be customized or re created with any look and feel appropriate for your site Any live streams or videos are pre programmed in advance See Local Configuration on page 21 for detail...

Page 48: ...t 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 system startup The image is controlled by the system administrator It covers the entire screen and there are no user controls shown or available The video image is programmed to decode a specific stream ...

Page 49: ...mote 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 as an HTML page and is uploaded to the STB at startup the ETV Portal Server is a web server The home page is dynamically updated with a list of live streams or stored videos See the ETV Portal Server ...

Page 50: ...r 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 described in the following table from left to right and top to bottom Note If playing a file on an NXG VOD server in Local mode the Play button on the IR remote will start or re start the video from the ...

Page 51: ...ponds 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 Info Provides useful information about a live stream or a video in progress MCS Start Mode only Mute Mute un mute the sound Select Yellow Selects the currently highlighted stream or menu selection Vo...

Page 52: ...to 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 is enabled select the WWW button on the keyboard or on the IR remote to launch an Internet browser When you select WWW a browser address bar is displayed at the top left of the window with navigation...

Page 53: ...Local 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 to hide the browser address bar Icon Description ...

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Page 55: ...age 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 Fullscreen Mode 42 Login 7 Lowest Bitrate for Buffer Check 13 M Main Volume Line 1 Volume 12 Management 15 MCS Mode 43 MCS mode 1 MCS Operating Mode 43 MDS 1 Media Distribution System 1 MPEG 1 1 MPEG ...

Page 56: ...2 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 V Verify the File Transfer 35 W Watch for Locked Files 34 Web Access 46 ...

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