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EtherneTV-STB
Set Top Box
STB v3.7.2d Admin Guide
VBrick Systems, Inc.
12 Beaumont Road March 23, 2006
Wallingford, Connecticut 06492, USA 4410-0099-0004
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Copyright © 2005 VBrick Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Beaumont Road Wallingford, Connecticut 06492, USA www.VBrick.com This publication contains confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information. No part of this document may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any machine-readable or electronic format without prior written permission from VBrick. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and VBrick Systems assumes no responsibilit
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Contents Preface Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Font Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Related Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi 1. Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5. Serial Port Passthrough Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 How Passthrough Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Serial Port Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using Telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface VBrick's EthernetTV-STB Set Top Box is a leading-edge digital set top box that provides a low-cost standalone decoder for high-quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 video assets. It's an ideal MPEG decoder for cost-sensitive installations that require large-scale deployment. The user-friendly set top box is controlled like a cable TV receiver using an IR remote control. It can be used to access live streams, to request stored content from a video- on-demand server, or to access the Web.
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Related Documents The following documents describe key components in VBrick's 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 vi Preface
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Chapter 1 Installation Overview EtherneTV Media Distribution System provides the ability to view live streams and stored assets directly on a television or monitor by using the EtherneTV-STB Set Top Box decoder. The EtherneTV Set Top Box is integrated with the EtherneTV Portal Server and the EtherneTV-NXG Video on Demand server to enable viewing of MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 pre-recorded and live streams. The EtherneTV-STB can also be deployed as a standalone decoder without the need for an
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Using the Command Prompt You can use a Command Prompt interface to quickly perform a variety of tasks related to STB configuration and connectivity using the pman configuration utility. There are three ways to open a Command Prompt interface on the STB. Use whatever method is comfortable and available. Once connected, they all work the same way. You can use: • Wireless keyboard – Type Ctrl-Alt-F1 to access the command prompt using the wireless keyboard (or a standard keyboard connected to th
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Installation Using pman pman is an text-based configuration program that runs from the Unix shell on the set top box. Its functionality mirrors the web-based configuration tool and you can use pman to set or edit all STB configuration parameters. In a typical scenario, you use a keyboard (wireless or PS/2) to open a Unix shell and you launch pman from that shell. You can also run pman using terminal emulation or Telnet. To run pman using the wireless keyboard: 1. Type Ctrl-Alt-F1 to access
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VGA Port Used to view video on a VGA monitor. Serial Port Used for Serial Port Passthrough or to open a command line window. PCI Card Slot Not used. S-Video Connect to standard TV. Video Composite video out. Audio Left/Right Audio out left and right. USB Ports (2) Connect USB mouse and/or keyboard. SPDIF Digital audio. Not supported. LAN1 Connect to local area network. LAN2 Not used. PS/2 Connect PS/2 keyboard or mouse. Connecting to the Network To connect the set top box to a TV and the networ
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Installation Finding the DHCP IP Address To determine the IP address of the set top box when configured using DHCP: 1. Connect a keyboard and TV monitor to the set top box and apply power. (Use the optional wireless keyboard or a PS/2 keyboard). Wait for the box to completely power up before continuing. 2. Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 on the keyboard to open a command line window. 3. At the prompt type ifconfig and press Enter. This shows the IP address, the network interface configuration, and other p
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b. Select Network again. c. Select Domain NameServer IP Addresses and enter the Nameserver IP addresses. (If there is more than one, separate the entries with the pipe character (|), for example 172.16.1.11|172.16.1.10.) 15. When done, use the up arrow key to reach <. . . > and select using the Enter key on each screen. Answer Yes when prompted to apply changes and Exit to return to the user prompt level. Wait until the changes are applied and the interface returns; otherwise the changes m
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Chapter 2 Configuration Overview The STB configuration application is used to change the default settings for the STB. Once the IP address is obtained through the Command Prompt interface (see Setting the IP Address on page 4), you can access the set top box by typing the IP address into the Address field of a web browser, such as Internet Explorer. When the first page is displayed, select Log in from the navigation bar at the top of the page. Topics in this chapter Overview Configuration Lo
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Logout 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 described in this document. Saving Changes Once logged in you can navigate and change Co
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Configuration following screens is a configurable option; see Network Settings on page 14 for more information. 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. Video S
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Local UI Location Home Page Location/Home Page Enable Main Volume/Line 1 Volume RTSP Streaming Data Buffering Seconds Buffer Check for Underflow Lowest Bitrate for Buffer Check Audio Data Port/Video Data Port/CC Data Port RTP Data Port Proxy Type, HTTP Proxy Host and Port Options Panel Login Aux1–Aux8 Start Mode The EtherneTV STB can operate in one of three modes described here. Use MCS mode if there is an ETV Portal Server (formerly MCS) installed on your network. Otherwise you must select Lo
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Configuration Table 1. Receive Address Syntax RTSP@MULTICAST_MPEG1://group:port/ Multicast MPEG-1 RTSP@MULTICAST_MPEG2_TRANSPORT://group:port/ Multicast MPEG-2 http:/// Unicast or Multicast MPEG-4 with Remote SDP File Unicast or Multicast MPEG-4 with RTSP@ISMA_SDP_FILE:///wfs/, Local SDP 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 t
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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.sdp 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for vbs1d1.sdp 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 739 bytes sent in 0.12 Seconds ftp> bye Local UI Location Local UI Location When the start mode is configured for Local, the STB will allow static listings and previe
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Configuration RTSP Streaming RTSP Streaming MPEG-4 streams in Local-Fullscreen mode only. Choose the protocol for RTSP streaming. If the source is a video-on-demand server, you must choose UDP. • UDP – MPEG-4 RTSP streams will be sent over UDP. • Interleaved (TCP) – MPEG-4 RTSP streams will be sent over TCP on the RTSP port. (Also called "RTSP Interleaved".) • Automatic – An attempt will be made to play the stream over UDP. If this fails, TCP will be used. Data Buffering Seconds Data Bufferi
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Proxy Type, HTTP Proxy Host and Port Not used. Options Panel Login Not used. Aux1–Aux8 Not used. Network Settings Network Ethernet Management Network These options are used to change network-related settings. The FTP server is used to transfer files to the STB from a remote device such as a PC. FTP Server User Username used to log into the FTP server on the STB. Name FTP Server Password Password used to log into the FTP server on the STB. FTP Home Directory Home directory of the FTP server on
