Creating a Channel Guide
Multi-Format STB Quick Start
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# cd /root/data
# cp channels.xml YYYYMMDDchannels.xml
(to rename file to today's date as a backup)
# vi channels.xml
2. Navigate and edit the file using vi.
3. After editing the file, save and quit the vi session:
a. Press
Esc
:wq
b. To quit without saving type
:q!
4. Reboot the STB:
# sync ; sleep 2 ; reboot
Hosting channels.xml on a PC
In order to greatly simplify changes to
channels.xml
on all of the set top boxes in your
network, you may want to host the required STB files on a PC. To do this you will need to
configure Windows for IIS and then use your PC to host the STB files. When the channels
file changes (for example if you add or change streams), you simply update the file in
c:\inetpub\wwwroot
as explained below and reboot the set top box(es). The set top boxes
will then read the channels file from the PC.
Configuring a PC as a Web Server
In order to host the set top box files on a PC, it must be configured as a web server. Use the
following steps to configure a PC as a web server or to verify that it's configured properly.
To configure your PC as a web server:
1. Go to
Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs
.
2. Select
Add/Remove Windows Components
in the left navigation pane.
3. Check
Internet Information Services (IIS)
and then
Details
.
Note
The following steps show how to configure a PC running Windows Server 2003 or
Windows XP. If your PC has Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 the steps will be
similar but slightly different.
