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STB v3.7.2d Admin Guide VBrick Systems , Inc . 12 Beaumont R oad March 23, 2006 W allingford, Connecticut 06492, USA 4410-0099-0004 Ether neTV -STB Set T op Bo x.
Copyright © 2005 VBrick Systems , Inc. All rights reser v ed. 12 Beaumont R oad W allingf ord, Connecticut 06492, USA www .VBric k.com This pu blication contains c onfidential, proprietar y , and trade secret infor mation.
STB Admin Guide iii Contents Pref ace Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Font Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv Contents 5. Serial P o r t Passthrough Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 How P assthrough W orks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STB Admin Guide v Preface VBrick's EthernetTV -STB Set T op Bo x is a lead ing-edg e digital set top box that pro vides a low-cost standalone deco der for high-qualit y MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 video assets. It's an ideal MPEG decoder for cost-sensiti v e installations that require large-scale deployment.
vi Preface Rel a te d Do c u me n ts The following documents describe key comp onents in VBrick's EtherneTV solution. • Ether neTV-STB Quick Start Guide • Ether neTV-STB Release Notes • Eth.
STB Admin Guide 1 Chapter 1 Installation Ov er view EtherneTV Media Distribution Sy stem provides the ab ility to view li ve streams and stored assets directly on a television or monitor b y using the Ether neTV -STB Set T op Bo x decoder .
2 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System Using the Command Prompt Y ou can use a Command Pro m pt interfac e to quickly perform a variety of ta sks related to STB configuration and connectivity using the pman configuration utility . There are three ways to open a Command Promp t interface on the STB .
Installation STB Admin Guide 3 Using pman pman is an text-based co nfiguration prog ram that r uns from the Unix shell on the set top box. Its functionality mirrors the web-b ased configuration tool and you can use pman to set or edit all STB configuration parameters.
4 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System Connecting to the Netw or k T T o connect the set to p box to a TV and the network using the cables provided: 1. Attach the set top bo x video-out to a TV usin g the left (yello w) connector or the S-Video connector.
Installation STB Admin Guide 5 Finding the DHCP IP Address T T o deter mine the IP addre ss of the set top box when configured using DHC P: 1. Connect a keyboard and TV monit or to the set top box and apply power . (Use the optional wireless keyboard or a PS/2 keyboard).
6 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System b. S e l e c t Netw ork ag ain. c. S el e c t Domain NameServer IP Addresses and enter the Nameser ver IP addresses . (If there is more than one , separate the entries with the pipe character (|), for exam ple 172.
STB Admin Guide 7 Chapter 2 Configuration Ov er view The STB configuration application is used to change the defaul t settings for the STB . Once the IP address is obtained through the Command Pro mpt.
8 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System Saving Changes Once log g ed in you can navigate and change Conf iguration parameters as necessar y . Each of the configuration screens has the sa me options at the top . W hen done, clic k Apply to save any changes you ha ve made .
Configuration STB Admin Guide 9 following screens is a configurab le option; see Network Settings on page 14 for more infor mation. Vid eo S et ti ng s Start Mode MCS Location R ece iv e Address Video Settings These set tings generally relate to the video stream, for example Star t Mode, MCS Location, R eceiv e Address, etc .
10 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System Local UI Location Home P ag e Location/Home P ag e Enable Main V olume/Line 1 V olume RTS P S tr ea mi ng Data Buffering Seconds Buffer Check for Underflow Low .
Configuration STB Admin Guide 11 Ta b l e 1 . Recei ve Address Syntax Local-Fullscreen Mode with MPEG-4 Multicast T o decode multicast MPEG-4 in Local-Fullscree n mode, y ou can put an SDP file on the set top box using the set top bo x inter nal FTP ser ver as sho w n in the sample FTP session below .
12 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System C:> ftp 172.22.117.70 User (172.22.117.70:(none)): root 331 Password required for root. Password: admin 230 User root logged in ftp> bin 200 Type set to I. ftp> cd wfs/mpg 250 CWD command successful. ftp> put vbs1d1.
Configuration STB Admin Guide 13 RTSP Streaming Data Buffering Seconds Buffer Check f or Underf low Low est Bitrate f or Buffer Check Audio Data Port/Video Data Port/CC Data Por t RTP D a ta Po r t RTSP Streaming MPEG-4 streams in Local-Fullscreen mode only .
14 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System Proxy T ype, HTTP Proxy Host and Port Not used. Options P anel Login Not used. Aux1–Aux8 Not used. Netw or k Settings Netw ork Ethernet Manag ement Netw ork These optio ns are used to change network-related settings .
Configuration STB Admin Guide 15 Ether net These options are used to enable or c hang e the Ethernet settings on the STB . Some or all may hav e been previous ly configured ea rlier .
16 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System Display Settings General Res o l u t i o n General The options on this page (ex ce pt for Splash Screen parameters) are not supported. A splash screen showing the VBric k log o is brief ly displayed when you pow er-on the system or reboot.
Configuration STB Admin Guide 17 Res ol ut i on These options are used to enable or change the display resolution settings on the STB . General Settings Serial P or t Security System System Update Lan.
18 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System camera (pan-tilt-zoom), remote control of security doors , low speed data transpor t, or data collaboration be tween PCs . Security System The STB c an be configured to automati cally reboot at a specified inter val.
Configuration STB Admin Guide 19 System Update These parameters are used to set syst em update options . See Syste m Upgrade on page 27 fo r a description of this p rocedure. Language Not used. Do no t change from factory defaults . Hardware The only user-selectable option on Hardware men u is Mouse Type .
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STB Admin Guide 21 Chapter 3 Local Configuration Ov er view When the Start Mod e is config ured for Local , the STB will display static listings and previews of multiple channels on the network.
22 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System XML Configuration Examples Accessing the XML Configuration File The "configuration" file refers to the xml file ( /wfs/localUI/stbLocalUIData.xml ) that provides the list of streams available to th e STB .
Local Configuration STB Admin Guide 23 ftp> bin 200 Type set to I. ftp> cd /wfs/localui 250 CWD command successful. ftp> put stbLocalUIData.xml 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ... 226 Transfer complete.
24 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System <Message>SDP file retrieved through HTTP</Message> <SDP>http://239.22.133.3/vbs1d1.sdp</SDP> </Stream> <!-- this is MPEG4 multi.
Local Configuration STB Admin Guide 25 <IP>172.22.133.5</IP> <RTSPName>vbrickvideo1</RTSPName> </Stream> <!-- this is MPEG1 Unicast stream --> <Stream type=".
26 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System <Location>Complete-Movies</Location> <!--full path for vod content location--> <Message>MPEG4 content on 172.
STB Admin Guide 27 Chapter 4 System Upg rade Topics in this chapter Upgrading from v3.71 or Higher Upgrading from v3.70 or Low er Additional Upg rade Steps for Local Mode Upg rading from v3.71 or Higher STB upg rades for set top box es r unn ing v 3.7.
28 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System T T o install STB software and/ or the download application: 1. Double-click on Setup_STB_ x_x_x.exe in the installer folder to launch the installer . Then click Next to contin ue. 2. Select the features you wa n t to install: the Download Application , the Rel ease Package , or both.
System Upg ra de STB Admin Guide 29 5. Select a destination folder for the Release Package and clic k Next . T he default is c:inetpubftprootSTBUserReleasexxxx . (All R elease Pac kag es hav e incremental numbers in separate folders .) 6. Click Finish when done.
30 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System IP Address IP address of up g rade ser ver where the R elease P ac kag e files are located. Username Name of FTP acco unt on the upgrade ser ver . P assword P assword used to login to the FTP ser ver . P ath The relat iv e path to the folder in which R elease Pa ckage files are located.
System Upg ra de STB Admin Guide 31 The following table shows the SAP infor mation di splayed in the list box for each set top box when yo u select Upgrade using Management SAPs .
32 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System different passw ord.) A sample pipe-delimited configuration fi le is shown belo w . Y ou can create a v alid configuration file fr om a text file by gi ving it a .cfg exten sion. 172.22.133.1|admin 172.22.133.2|admin 172.
System Upg ra de STB Admin Guide 33 Upg rading from v3.70 or Lower The upg rade process described here is a two-step process . First you need to create an FTP ser ver with IIS; then you can actually r un the update using a web bro wser.
34 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System 2. Select Login and enter the username and password (the defaults are root and admin ). 3. Go to Configurat ion > General > System Upd ate. 4. Select FTP Server and enter an IP Address . 5. Select Relative Directory Path and enter the path on the FTP ser ver where the upgrade files are located.
System Upg ra de STB Admin Guide 35 6. If only one file is present, just type rm <file name> . V erifying the File T ransfer There are two wa ys to indicate the prog ress of the transfer . Once the update is complete, the W eb Administra tion prog ram shows t he version n umber in the upper right corner .
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STB Admin Guide 37 Chapter 5 Serial P or t P assthrough Ov er view Using serial por t passthrough, STBs can provide full duplex, end-to-end transparent passthrough of u ser data from an STB to a VBric k, or to other netw orked devices . The STB has one serial por t that ca n be used for passthrough.
38 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System F or example, a generic T elnet client configured to connect to an STB on port 4439 will cause the STB to star t sending data from it's serial por t, using the connection it acce pted from the T e lnet client.
Serial P or t Pa s sthrough STB Admin Guide 39 togeth er). This fea ture provides a method to broadcast alar m sta tus or other infor mat ion to multiple locations .
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STB Admin Guide 41 Chapter 6 Using the Set T op Bo x Ov er view The loo k-and-feel of the STB scree n depends on how it is config ured. Once configure d with an IP address and powered on, the set top box opens in one of three Start modes de pending on how it is set to operate.
42 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System stored videos) is deter m ined and prog rammed by an administrator and downloaded to the STB (see Local Configuration on page 21 for mo re about how to create and download the configuration file). T he pag e is hard-coded with links to different content.
Using the Set T op Box STB Admin Guide 43 Figure 2. Local-Fullscreen Mode MCS Mode In MCS start mode, the start page is download ed from a VBrick Media Con trol System. The liv e streams and videos displayed on the STB are configured in the ETV P ortal Se r ver (for merly MCS).
44 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System Figure 3. MCS M ode Using the IR Remote The remote control unit is an infrared re mote cont rol device you point at the sensor on the fr ont of the STB ab ove the LEDs. As described below , the buttons on the remote control only w ork if the STB is configured for MCS or Local mode .
Using the Set T op Box STB Admin Guide 45 Using the Wireless K eyboard The wireless keyboard is an optional device. It has an infrared transmitter you point at the sensor on the fr ont of the STB above the LEDs .
46 EtherneTV Media Di stribution System STB operation like navigation, selecting streams, etc . It has a ll of the handheld IR cont rols (see above) as w ell as a full QWERTY keyboard with a mouse pad on the right and mouse buttons on the left. The wireless keyboard is a vailable from VBrick.
Using the Set T op Box STB Admin Guide 47 Home Local and MCS mode only . Exits to the home pag e. In Local mod e, it exits to the local home page; in MC S mode, it exits to the MCS home page. After r etur ning to the nor mal STB user interface, press WWW again to hide the browser address bar.
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STB Admin Guide 49 A Accessing the Configuration File 22 Accessing the W eb 46 Accessing the XML Configuration File 22 Assigning a Dynamic IP Address 5 Assigning a Static IP Address 5 Audio Data P or .
50 Index T Te l n e t 38 The ory of Oper ati on 37 U Uploading from the STB 22 Using a W eb Browser to R un the Update 33 Using T elnet 38 Using the Command Line 2 Using the Command Prompt 2 Using the.
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