VBrick AmiNET130, Quick Start Manual

AmiNET130 Quick Start Guide

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Chapter 3

Configuring an AmiNET130 not 

Purchased from VBrick

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Configuring an AmiNET130 not Purchased from VBrick

You can purchase an AmiNET130 set top box from VBrick, from Amino, or from other 
sources. 

A "standalone" AmiNET130, as defined here, is any AmiNET130 that was not 

purchased from VBrick.

 A standalone set top box is fully functional and can be used in a 

VBrick environment to play H.264 streams but it will not have a VBrick splash page with a 
channel guide or any user-friendly interface. Also be aware that upgrades are valid only for set 
top boxes purchased from VBrick. If you did not purchase your set top box from VBrick, do 
not attempt an upgrade.

This section explains how to configure and use a standalone set top box in an environment 
with other VBrick devices. 

The hardware setup and initial configuration process is the 

same for VBrick STBs and standalone STBs.

 You will still need to set up the box and 

configure an IP address (see Step 1. Connecting the AmiNET130 on page 2 and Step 2. 
Configuring the AmiNET130 on page 2). The Start Mode configuration, however as 
explained here, is a little different. You can still configure a channel guide but the steps are 
different and there will be no user-friendly interface for the channel guide. 

Configuring a non-VBrick Channel Guide

As explained above a standalone set top box will not have a VBrick splash page with a 
channel guide or any user-friendly interface. A standalone "channel guide" will display the 
"Opera" page from which you can select channels using the remote control. There are no 
numbers or descriptive information about the channels and no other customization is 
possible. 

You must know in advance which channel numbers are configured. 

T

To create a standalone channel guide:

1. Open the 

STB Management

 page. (see Displaying the STB Management Page on page 4.)

2. Go to 

Channels

 and select a range of channel numbers, for example 

0 to 99

. 

3. On the 

Channels 0 t 99 

page, enter multicast, or unicast, or RTSP URLs in the following 

formats: 

4. Repeat for each channel. When done, enter a password and click 

Save Changes

 (a reboot 

is not required). 

Multicast

igmp://239.33.22.11:4444

Unicast

udp://0.0.0.0:4444

   (opens port 4444 for video from any source) 

RTSP

rtsp://ip_address_of_vodw/vod_asset name