VBrick AmiNET130, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...AminNET130 v1 2 3 Set Top Box Quick Start Guide May 12 2010 4410 0277 0002 VBrick Systems H 264 MPEG 2 Set Top Box ...

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Page 3: ...on a PC 12 Configuring a PC as a Web Server 12 Putting the Files on a PC 13 Configuring the AmiNET Home Page 13 Step 5 Configuring SAP SDP Emitter Values 14 Step 6 Configuring Serial Shell Values 14 2 Using the Set Top Box Browsing the Web 17 Using the AmiNET130 Remote Control 17 Portal Server Mode 18 Local Channel Mode 19 3 Configuring an AmiNET130 not Purchased from VBrick Configuring an AmiNET1...

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Page 6: ...n this bold sans serif font Italics are used in text to emphasize specific words or phrases Printer Friendly AmiNET130 Quick Start Guide AmiNET130 Release Notes T To save or print a PDF document 1 Click once to open the PDF document in Acrobat Reader 2 To save or print a PDF document right click and select Save Target As or Print Target ...

Page 7: ...on Step 1 Connecting the AmiNET130 2 Step 2 Configuring the AmiNET130 2 Step 3 Configuring the Start Mode 5 Step 4 Hosting the Set Top Box Files on a PC 12 Step 5 Configuring SAP SDP Emitter Values 14 Step 6 Configuring Serial Shell Values 14 Figure 1 AmiNET130 Set Top Box The AmiNET130 is shipped with all of the components listed below If anything is damaged or missing contact VBrick Amino or you...

Page 8: ...he Amino b Connect the other end to the TV using the Composite Component or HDMI cable not supplied 4 Connect the power supply and install two AAA batteries in the remote control Figure 2 AmiNET130 Rear Panel left to right Step 2 Configuring the AmiNET130 Note See the detailed instructions in the AmiNET130 Installation Guide if you need help connecting audio and video cables Power input Connects t...

Page 9: ...dress on page 5 When done return to Step 4 4 Press Ctrl Up Arrow and a popup box will display Then click OK 5 Then press Alt M and enter the administrator password see Table 1 AmiNET130 Management Passwords below 6 Go to Video Setup and verify the TV Standard as NTSC default or PAL 7 Reboot the device exit back to the main menu scroll to the bottom of the page and click Reboot 8 When done press Al...

Page 10: ...strator password see Table 1 3 Make any configuration changes as necessary Use Alt P to display Preferences 4 When done scroll to the bottom of the page enter the save password and click Save Changes 5 If a reboot is required exit back to the main menu scroll to the bottom of the page and click Reboot Standard Definition Default 480p NTSC 576p PAL 720p HDMI 1080i HDMI Function Password VBrick admi...

Page 11: ...t inoperable and void the warranty Portal Server Mode the set top box displays a channel guide populated by the VEMS Portal Server Direct Connection a dedicated stream from an attached VBrick H 264 appliance is launched in full screen mode every time the STB is powered on Local Channel Mode a channel guide is displayed showing local streams available at your site You select channels with the remot...

Page 12: ... done scroll to the bottom of the Admin page and click Reboot 11 This will display the VEMS Channel Guide Figure 4 Figure 4 Local Channel Guide 12 An additional configuration step is required in the VEMS Portal Server configuration to enable recording of H 264 streams By default H 264 transport streams from an AmiNET130 STB or a PC player are not automatically ingested to VOD W server s To enable ...

Page 13: ...avigate to other channels T To configure a direct connection to a VBrick H 264 appliance 1 Modify the channels xml file as shown below see Put and Get the Channels File on page 9 and be sure to delete unused portions of the file 2 Add message and stream data that is appropriate for your stream see Table 2 on page 10 3 Set DefChannel 1 and FullScreen 1 xml version 1 0 encoding utf 8 STBLocalUI this...

Page 14: ... program data correspond to the actual streams that are available at your site As explained below several steps are required to modify and FTP this file T To configure a channel guide 1 Configure your local PC for FTP 2 Telnet to the Amino STB and from there ftpput the channels xml file on your local PC 3 On your local PC make any program changes to the file using a text or xml editor 4 When done ...

Page 15: ...ice is added the user name and password is anonymous Put and Get the Channels File The following steps show how to put modify and get the channels file The complete command syntax follows T To put and get the channels file 1 Telnet to the AmiNET130 2 Login with userid root password admin 3 On the AmiNET130 type a cd mnt nv Note In order to greatly simplify changes to channels xml on all of the set...

Page 16: ... username Username to be used p password Password to be used P port Port number to be used Modify the Channels File The following code shows the channels xml file that is used to create the channel guide There is a file header and separate section for each stream Modify this file so that the IP addresses port numbers and messages reflect the actual streams you have available at your site Cut and p...

Page 17: ...t Stream RTSP Stream type RTSP ProgramName RTSP ProgramName Message RTSP Message Channel 3 Channel IP 172 22 130 20 IP RTSPName xport_264 mpg RTSPName Stream Multicast H 264 stream Stream type IGMP Type IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol Used for multicast within a network UDP User Datagram Protocol Commonly used Internet protocol RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol Commonly used with streaming...

Page 18: ...C To do this you will need to configure Windows for FTP 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 fil...

Page 19: ...me p pc_ftp_password channels xml 4 Repeat Step 3b for the following files image1 jpg image2 jpg image3 jpg home htm main js 5 During transfer the files will be automatically copied to c inetpub ftproot 6 After transfer manually copy all of the files from ftproot to c inetpub wwwroot 7 After you have configured the set top boxes to point to the PC as explained in the next section reboot the set to...

Page 20: ... ignore them and automatically revert to the default values When entering SAP SDP Emitter values stay within the ranges if any shown Table 3 T To configure SAP SDP Emitter values 1 Launch the STB Management page see Displaying the STB Management Page 2 Go to VBrick Configuration SAP SDP Emitter Configuration 3 Modify the parameters as necessary See Table 3 for the range of values When done scroll ...

Page 21: ... exit back to the main menu scroll to the bottom of the page and click Reboot T To set up serial port passthrough 1 Connect the USB end of the serial adapter cable 8100 0024 0000 to the USB port on the AmiNET130 2 Connect the DB 9 end of the cable to a TV or other connected device 3 On the VEMS Portal Server configure the set top box as a Script Device and create a Script See the Portal Server Adm...

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Page 23: ...rol or the wireless keyboard to select and play streams by pointing the unit at the sensor on the front of the unit The buttons and functionality on the hand held remote are explained in Table 5 and Table 6 The buttons on the Remote Control work differently depending on whether you are using Portal Server Mode or a Local Channel Guide Be sure to refer to the right table and see the AmiNet130 Insta...

Page 24: ...current stream Right arrow playlist next Stop button Stop stored stream Red button Record live stream Info Info for selected stream tags keywords etc Titles Not used Exit Exit full screen Menu Display channel guide menu Video playback controls in circle Volume controls and buttons on left volume up or down Channel controls and buttons on right scroll up or down one stream at a time Unmarked button...

Page 25: ...utton to display IP DHCP information Video playback controls Use arrow keys to start stop pause fast forward rewind etc Info Titles Not used Exit Menu Not used STB TV DVD controls Not used Volume controls Control TV volume Channel controls Control TV channel OK Press to go fullscreen when playing a channel in the preview window Mute Not used use volume controls on TV Back Guide Not used Number key...

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Page 27: ...he 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 ...

Page 28: ...22 2010 VBrick Systems Inc 5 When you exit the management pages the Amino will display a black page showing the defined channels Use the remote control to select and play a stream ...

Page 29: ...t to a widescreen 16 9 TV When done repeat these steps if necessary for each Amino set top box T To configure for a widescreen 1 Press Alt P on the keyboard to display the Preferences page 2 Go to Video Settings TV aspect ratio and select Widescreen 16 9 3 When done save your changes and reboot Setting the TV Aspect Ratio You can change the TV aspect ratio from the Preferences page The following t...

Page 30: ...escreen 16 9 16 9 video plays normally and 4 3 video has black bars left and right pillar box This relies on the TV responding to aspect ratio switching signals on VBI line 23 PAL only On TVs that don t respond to this signal you must set the TV aspect ratio manually to avoid a stretched or squashed picture ...

Page 31: ...ver is automatically synced with an internet time server with the time zone set to America New York The Amino has a field in the Administrator s Network Configuration page for a Time Server If this is set then all Amino times should be automatically synced with the local network s time If that is the case it is likely only necessary to adjust the time zone on the AminoUpgradeServer Do this by clic...

Page 32: ... to an individual Amino device via unicast or by sending the command to all Amino s on the network via the default listening multicast address of 225 10 10 10 If the multicast address is used be aware that all Amino devices on the multicast network will be upgraded If this is not desired enter the individual IP address of the Amino device and run the command once for each device Perform the upgrad...

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