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Set‐TopBoxConfigurationGuide
Aminox4x,x5xandx0xxset‐topboxes
August2018
Documentno.AM‐000500‐TCv121
2CONTENTS INDEX ©AminoCommunicationsLtd.2018
©AminoCommunicationsLtd.2018INDEX CONTENTS 3
Copyright
Set‐topboxConfigurationGuide
August2018
version121
©AminoCommunicationsLtd.2018
Atthetimeofissuethisguideappliestotheset‐topboxes(STBs)andsoftwareversionslistedbelow:
Platform Softwareversion Notes
x4xSTBs
A129
3.3.2 Softwareversion3.3.2isanupgrade
thatrunsonallSTBslistedunderx4x
STBs
A140
H140
A540PVR
M540
x5xSTBs
A150 5.7.4
x0xxSTBs
L1050 4.4.12
Amino,AmiNET,andtheAminologoaretrademarksofAminoCommunicationsLtd.Allothertrademarksare
thepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.
127(
ImportantNote
Modifyingtheproductconfigurationorhardwaremayresultinthe
productbeinginastatewherebylocallawsareviolated.Amino
CommunicationsLtdcannotbeheldresponsibleforuserchangesthat
resultintheproductviolatinglocallaws.
Thisguidedescribescomponentsthatundergocontinualdevelopment.Theinformationinthisguideis
subjecttochangewithoutnoticeatanytime.
Theremaybevisualdeviationsbetweengraphicsintheguideandthereleasedsoftware.
Commentsaboutthedocumentationarewelcome.Pleasesubmitfeedbackto[email protected].
ForfurtherinformationaboutAminoorAminoproducts,pleasee‐mailinfo@aminocom.com.
127(
ThisguideistobeusedinconjunctionwiththeSTBsandsoftwareversions
listedabove.ItdoesnotrefertoolderSTBs,unlessrequiredforclarificationof
aparticularinstruction.
AminocurrentlysupportstheOperabrowserversion11(forx4xSTBs)and
version12(forx5xSTBsfromv4.0.0andx0xxSTBsfromv3.4.0).
4CONTENTS INDEX ©AminoCommunicationsLtd.2018
©AminoCommunicationsLtd.2018INDEX CONTENTS 5
Contents
Introduction .....................................................................11
Chapter1— ConfiguringSTBs........................................................15
1.1 Configurationfiles.......................................................16
1.1.1 Settingsfile ...................................................................16
1.1.2 Hostnamefile .................................................................16
1.1.3 DHCPserver ..................................................................16
1.1.4 Password.....................................................................17
1.1.5 NORFlash....................................................................17
1.1.6 Usersettingsfile...............................................................17
1.2 Configurationtechniques.................................................17
Chapter2— STBconfigurationfiles ...................................................21
2.1 TheSTBsettingsfile......................................................22
2.1.1 Howtovieworchangesettings ..................................................22
2.1.2 Examplesettingsfile ...........................................................22
2.1.3 Settingsfilecontents...........................................................23
2.2 NORFlashconfiguration..................................................23
2.2.1 Howtovieworchangesettings ..................................................23
2.2.2 ExamplescripttosetNORFlashsettings ...........................................23
2.2.3 NORFlash‐listofsettings.......................................................23
2.3 Channelchangerapplication...............................................24
2.4 Trusteddomainsfile......................................................24
2.4.1 Howtovieworchangesettings ..................................................24
2.4.2 Exampletrsdmns.txtfile ........................................................25
2.4.3 Trusteddomainsfilecontents....................................................25
2.5 Usersettingsfile.........................................................25
2.5.1 Howtovieworchangesettings ..................................................26
2.5.2 Exampleusersettingsfile........................................................26
2.5.3 Usersettingsfilecontents .......................................................26
2.6 Hostnamefile...........................................................26
2.6.1 Howtovieworchangesettings ..................................................26
2.6.2 ExampleHostnamefile .........................................................27
2.6.3 Hostnamefilecontents.........................................................27
2.7 Functionkeysfile........................................................27
2.7.1 Howtovieworchangesettings ..................................................27
2.7.2 Examplefkeys.conffile .........................................................28
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2.8 Browserconfigurationfiles................................................28
2.8.1 HowtovieworchangesettingsforOpera..........................................28
2.8.2 UsingtheEkiohbrowserwithBeeniusmiddleware..................................29
2.9 Theno_analogfile.........................................................29
2.10 HDCPpolicyfile..........................................................29
2.11 DynamicDHCPsettingsfile................................................30
2.11.1 Howtoviewsettings...........................................................30
2.11.2 DHCPC‐listofsettings..........................................................30
2.12 Fileaccesspolicy.........................................................31
2.12.1 Thepolicyfile.................................................................31
Chapter3— UsingSTBremoteconf....................................................33
3.1 STBremoteconf..........................................................34
3.1.1 Howitworks..................................................................34
3.2 Installation.............................................................35
3.2.1 Beforeyoustart...............................................................35
3.2.2 InstallingSTBremoteconf........................................................35
3.2.3 InstallingprerequisitePerlmodules...............................................36
3.2.4 UpgradingSTBremoteconf ......................................................36
3.2.5 RemovingSTBremoteconf .......................................................37
3.3 SendingcommandswithSTBremoteconf....................................37
3.3.1 Tosendacommandatthecommandline..........................................37
3.4 UsingscriptstocontrolSTBremoteconf......................................38
3.5 STBremoteconfparametersyntax..........................................39
3.5.1 <host>argument ..............................................................40
3.5.2 Save .........................................................................40
3.5.3 <command_options>argument ..................................................40
3.5.4 Overviewofcommandoptions...................................................41
3.6 Listofcommands........................................................42
3.7 STBremoteconfkeychanging..............................................57
3.7.1 Requirements .................................................................57
3.7.2 PreparinganewSTBrc‐KEY......................................................58
3.7.3 PCconfiguration ...............................................................58
3.7.4 TestingSTBremoteconfwiththenewkeys.........................................58
Chapter4— Usinglibconfig ..........................................................61
4.1 Beforeyoustart.........................................................62
4.2 libconfigconfigurationareas...............................................62
4.2.1 NORFlashconfiguration ........................................................62
4.2.2 Settingsconfiguration..........................................................62
4.2.3 Hostnameconfiguration ........................................................63
4.2.4 Usersettingsconfiguration ......................................................63
4.2.5 DHCPCconfiguration...........................................................63
4.3 Usinglibconfigtogetandsetvalues........................................63
4.3.1 libconfig‐setcommandsyntax ...................................................63
4.3.2 TosetavalueviaTelnet ........................................................64
4.3.3 Tosetavalueusingcommandsinascript..........................................65
4.3.4 TosetavalueusingtheJMACXAPI ...............................................65
Chapter5— Customisingasoftwareupgradeimage .....................................67
5.1 Configuringimagecomponents............................................68
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5.1.1 Toconfigureimagecomponents .................................................68
5.2 Editingtheflashcontentsfile...............................................69
5.2.1 flashcontentsfile ..............................................................69
5.2.2 Filenaming...................................................................69
5.3 Creatinganupgradescript................................................69
5.3.1 Touseanupgradescript........................................................70
5.4 Enablingremotelog‐intools...............................................70
5.4.1 Remotelog‐intoolavailability ...................................................70
5.5 Customisinggraphics.....................................................71
5.5.1 GraphicsusedbytheSTB .......................................................71
5.5.2 Replacingthedefaultgraphicswithyourown ......................................71
Chapter6— STBconfigurationpagesforOpera11onwards ...............................73
6.1 AbouttheSTBconfigurationpages..........................................74
6.2 Gettingstarted..........................................................75
6.2.1 Usingakeyboardorremotecontrolwiththeconfigurationpages......................76
6.3 Preferencespages.......................................................76
6.3.1 ChangingthePreferencespagessettings ..........................................76
6.3.2 UsingthePreferencespages .....................................................78
6.3.3 Video ........................................................................78
6.3.4 Audio ........................................................................81
6.3.5 Subtitles .....................................................................82
6.3.6 RF(notavailableonallmodels) ..................................................82
6.3.7 Info .........................................................................83
6.3.8 Restart.......................................................................83
6.3.9 SysPrefs(H140)...............................................................83
6.4 Managementpages......................................................83
6.4.1 UsingtheManagementpages ...................................................84
6.4.2 Hardware ....................................................................85
6.4.3 Software.....................................................................86
6.4.4 Browser ......................................................................87
6.4.5 Video ........................................................................88
6.4.6 IR...........................................................................89
6.4.7 Network .....................................................................90
6.4.8 DHCP........................................................................91
6.4.9 Upgrade......................................................................92
6.4.10 Restart.......................................................................93
6.4.11 TVI(H140) ....................................................................93
6.4.12 UserPrefs....................................................................94
6.5 ConfigurationpagesettingsforOpera11....................................94
6.5.1 Preferencespages .............................................................94
6.5.2 Managementpages ............................................................95
AppendixA—NORFlashsettings......................................................99
A.1 NORFlashsettings...................................................... 100
A.2 PrimaryandSecondaryvideooutputs...................................... 108
A.2.1 OUTPUT_RESOLUTION.........................................................108
AppendixB—Settingsfilecontents................................................... 111
B.1 Availablesettings....................................................... 112
B.2 Remotelayoutoptions................................................... 145
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B.3 LEDConfigurationoperationbySTBproduct................................. 146
B.3.1 STBinACTIVEmode...........................................................146
B.3.2 STBinSTANDBYmode .........................................................146
B.4 Volumecontrol......................................................... 146
AppendixC—DHCPCfilecontents.................................................... 149
C.1 DHCPCfilesettings...................................................... 150
AppendixD—MediasourceURLsandHLS............................................. 153
D.1 Mediasourcetypes..................................................... 154
D.1.1 RTSP........................................................................154
D.1.2 IGMP.......................................................................155
D.1.3 HTTP .......................................................................155
D.1.4 StreamingMP3s ..............................................................156
D.1.5 UDP........................................................................156
D.2 Mediasourceattributes.................................................. 156
D.3 HTTPLiveStreaming(HLS)................................................ 158
D.3.1 OverviewofHLS ..............................................................158
D.3.2 HLSplaybackusingJMACXfunctions.............................................160
D.3.3 HLSDebug...................................................................161
AppendixE—Usingtheconfigurationtechniques....................................... 163
E.1 Configuringimagecomponents........................................... 164
E.1.1 Howtoconfigureimagecomponents ............................................164
E.2 Configuringalargedeployment........................................... 165
E.2.1 Prerequisites.................................................................165
AppendixF—Recoveryfrominvalidvideomode........................................ 167
F.1 Invalidvideomodes..................................................... 168
F.2 Invalidvideomoderecovery.............................................. 168
F.2.1 Howitworks.................................................................168
AppendixG—Videooutputformats.................................................. 169
G.1 A129,A140,H140,A540PVR,A150........................................ 170
AppendixH—PairinganIRremotecontrolwithanSTB.................................. 171
H.1 OnthegreyAminoIRremotecontrol...................................... 172
H.2 OntheAVC‘Boat’IRremotecontrol....................................... 173
H.2.1 PairingtheSTBtotheremotecontrol............................................173
H.3 OntheSRC‘Willow’IRremotecontrol...................................... 174
AppendixI—STBremoteconfstatscommand........................................... 175
I.1 Usage................................................................. 176
I.2 Example............................................................... 176
I.3 Termsexplained........................................................ 176
I.4 MACaddress........................................................... 176
I.5 AVCore................................................................ 176
I.6 Netstat................................................................ 179
I.7 Meminfo.............................................................. 179
I.8 Exampleofastatsoutput................................................ 181
AppendixJ—FrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs)....................................... 183
J.1 Leds.................................................................. 184
J.2 STBremoteconf......................................................... 184
J.3 Recoveryimage........................................................ 184
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J.4 IRandremotes......................................................... 184
J.5 Miscellaneous.......................................................... 185
J.6 UsingVLC.............................................................. 186
J.7 HardDiskDrivesandrecording............................................ 186
J.8 Debug................................................................ 187
Index ..........................................................................189
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