Novra S200 User manual

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Novra S200/S200CA
DVB-S2 Satellite Data Receiver
User Manual
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INDEX
1Conventions.................................................................................................................. 5
Page
1.1 Text Conventions................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Applicable Models.................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Model Naming Convention..................................................................................... 6
2Introduction................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Principles of Operation........................................................................................... 7
3Getting Started.............................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Typical S200 Installation........................................................................................ 8
3.2 What Information do I Need – Basic Configuration?.............................................. 9
3.3 SOFTWARE Installation on Windows 2000, XP, or Vista .....................................10
3.4 S200 Startup and Main Screen.............................................................................10
3.4.1 S200 Main Screen – DVB-S2............................................................................12
3.4.2 S200 Main Screen – DVB-S..............................................................................16
4Configuring the S200 ...................................................................................................18
4.1 Interfaces..............................................................................................................18
4.1.1 Network Button..................................................................................................18
4.1.2 Satellite Button..................................................................................................19
4.2 IP Data Content Button.........................................................................................21
4.3 A/V........................................................................................................................22
4.3.1 Content Button ..................................................................................................23
4.3.2 Program Association Table (PAT) Button..........................................................25
4.4 Control..................................................................................................................26
4.4.1 Conditional Access Module (CAM) Button.........................................................26
4.4.2 Traps Button......................................................................................................27
4.4.3 Reboot Button ...................................................................................................27
4.5 File Drop Down.....................................................................................................28
4.6 Control Drop Down ...............................................................................................30
4.7 Video Wizard Drop Down......................................................................................31
4.8 Help Drop Down....................................................................................................32
4.8.1.1 Help............................................................................................................32
4.8.1.2 About..........................................................................................................33
5IP Remapping..............................................................................................................34
5.1 Configuring the IP Mapping Table.........................................................................34
6How to Configure the S200 for TV Viewing..................................................................37
7Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................40
8Specifications...............................................................................................................42
8.1 Receiver Characteristics.......................................................................................42
8.2 Minimum System Requirements...........................................................................44
8.3 Supplied Equipment..............................................................................................44
APPENDIX Terms, Definitions, and Tidbits of Information……………………………….....45

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1 Conventions
1.1 Text Conventions
•Text appearing in Courier font indicates characters to be typed in; e.g. type Shell indicates that
the word “Shell” must be entered exactly as it appears, with the first letter capitalized.
•Text appearing in Bookman Old Style font indicates a directory path or filename; e.g. c:\Program
Files.
•Text appearing in SMALL CAPS and CopperPlateGothic32bc font in an instruction indicates a button
that must be clicked, or a key that must be pressed, or a field that must be entered or a particular
screen; e.g. BUTTON indicates a button that must be clicked.
1.2 Applicable Models
This manual is applicable to the following S200 Models:
•Novra S200 – DVB-S2/DVB-S satellite data receiver capable of receiving IP data,
•Novra S200-Pro – Same functionality as the S200, but with the added capability to receive MPEG
Video data, and
•Novra S200CA – Same functionality as the S200-Pro, but with a conditional access Common
Interface (CI) slot, making it compatible with many commercially available conditional access
encryption systems.
NOTE
: Information in this box
will be Informative.
CAUTION: This information
will be quite important and
should not be ignored.

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1.3 Model Naming Convention
This manual uses the S200 naming convention when referring to any one of the applicable S200 models (see
Section 1.2 above).
NOTE:
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This manual covers all of the models listed in Section 1.2 above. The S200 Console
will automatically detect the receiver model and will gray out console tabs that are not
required to configure the receiver.
If the feature you are trying to configure is grayed out in the S200 Console, please contact
Novra Support (www.novra.com) to inquire about a firmware or hardware upgrade.

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2 Introduction
2.1 Principles of Operation
The S200 is a satellite receiver that enables the reception of IP and Video data carried on a DVB-S2 or DVB-
S compliant satellite signal.
Please refer to Figure 1 below for a better understanding of the S200 operation. The desired DVB-S2 satellite
signal is received using an appropriately sized satellite dish (not covered in this manual). A Low Noise Block
(LNB) downconverter (not covered in this manual) is used translate the incoming Radio Frequency (RF)
signal to an Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal. The S200 receives this I/F signal and extracts the IP or MEG
content, which is then passed onto the S200 LAN for distribution or viewing via computers connected to the
LAN. The received data type may be IP data or may be MPEG video data, depending on the S200 model
being employed.
The S200 Management Console resides on a PC connected to the S200 via an Ethernet crossover cable or
through an Ethernet hub. The Console is used to perform the following functions:
•Configure IP address network parameters,
•Specify satellite tuning parameters,
•Specify decryption parameters,
•Select DVB information streams by Program IDentification number (PID), and
•Map audio/video PIDs to multicast address(es).
Once configured, the S200 will retain its settings and continue to forward data transmitted to you by your
service provider even after restarting the S200 or your PC.
The S200 Receiver does not require a computer to continue operation. Once the configuration has been set,
you should have no need to change them.

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3 Getting Started
3.1 Typical S200 Installation
CAUTION: Nothing should be inserted between the S200 and the satellite dish except for a
surge suppressor. Cable TV Splitters, TVs, VCRs, and FM receivers are not designed for
connection to this portion of the network. It is very likely they will be damaged by the LNB DC
voltage generated by the S200
24 Vdc
(Center +ve)
Power
Supply
Received I/F
Signal
S200CA directly
controls/powers the
LNB
(Cat 5
Crossover
Cable)
Installation
Disk
Ethernet
Packets to/from
Mgmt Station
S200CA Receiver
The S200CA
Receiver
Package
NOTE:
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This information is needed in order for the receiver to function. It is recommended
that all the information be collected before attempting to install the service. Novra
Technologies Inc. expects that end users, who wish to control the LNB with the receiver,
already have good understanding of satellite technology.
Figure 1: Typical Configuration
CAM Slot
NOTE:
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Prior to removal of the smart card while running a live stream, it is recommended
that the S200CA be powered down for 10 seconds, or that the Conditional Access Module
(CAM) is first removed from the S200CA. To re-insert the smart card while running a live
stream, it is recommended that the smart card be first inserted into the CAM and then the
CAM be inserted into the S200CA.
Satellite Dish
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NOTE: IGMP is an Internet standard that is used to control multicast traffic on the LAN
based on the client’s interest in the stream. For proper operation, all components of
your network should support IGMP
NOTE: The 22 KHz (or 44 KHz) tone is used to switch between the 2 bands of the
LNB. The receiver should be configured so that the proper tone is used and the proper
band is selected.
NOTE: If the LNB does not have the ability to switch polarizations, choose a value that
will provide the most suitable power supply voltage. In most cases this will be
Horizontal / Left (+18 Volts).
3.2 What Information do I Need – Basic Configuration?
Before using the S200 configuration software to configure your receiver, you need to gather the
following information:
1) The LO Frequency in MHz of the stream you wish to receive.
2) The RF Band Frequency in MHz of the stream you wish to receive. Your
satellite service provider should be able to provide this information for you.
3) Polarization: Horizontal / Left ____(+15, 18 or 20 Volts DC) OR Vertical / Right____
(+11, +13, or
20 Volts DC). Your satellite service provider should be able to provide this information for you.
4) Will the receiver be controlling a Single Band LNB (Most Common) or a Universal Band / Dual
LNB?
5) The Symbol Rate in Msps.
Examples: 21.096, 5.12600, 1.00,
…etc.
6) The IP Address to be assigned to your Novra S200 Receiver
Example: 192.168.170.125
7) The IP address of the Default Gateway for the receiver.
8) Is the receiver supposed to filter multicast traffic using IGMP?
NOTE: Local Oscillator Frequency is specific to the LNB Model and is usually stamped
on the Unit or can be found in the LNB Manual. Typical values include: 9.75, 10.60,
10.75, 11.00, and 11.25 GHz for the Ku band. And for the C Band satellite frequencies a
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NOTE:
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You MUST be logged onto the system as Administrator, for the
network settings function to work properly.
3.3 SOFTWARE Installation on Windows 2000, XP, or Vista
The S200 Console software is supplied as a single executable. Therefore, it is easy to install on
different systems. All you need to do is copy the executable to your working directory.
3.4 S200 Startup and Main Screen
1- Start the S200 Console software.
2- The software will attempt to auto-detect all the receivers currently connected to the LAN.
3- The first step in configuring your S200 is to ensure the network settings of the device make it
accessible from the Windows management PC. The IP address of the device and the IP address of
the management station must reside on the same subnet, or there must be a route that connects both
of them through a router. If this is NOT the case, you will be prompted with the Change IP Address
Screen as shown below in Figure 2. You will need to change the IP address of your management
PC to be on the same subnet as the receiver (in this case, change your PC IP address to:
192.168.0.xxx, where xxx is not equal to 136)
Figure 2 – Change IP Address Screen
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You MUST be logged onto the system as Administrator.
NOTE: - Your screen resolution MUST be at least 800 x 600 and at least
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NOTE:
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Default Password is Novra-S2
4- If more than one receiver is found on the LAN you will be prompted to select one of them. Check
the MAC address to make sure you are connecting to the desired receiver.
5- Once you have selected your receiver, you will be prompted for a password. The default
password that you can use with your new receiver is: Novra-S2.
Figure 3 – S200 Login Password Screen
6- After successfully entering the password, you will be presented with the S200 Consol main
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3.4.1 S200 Main Screen – DVB-S2
Figure 4 - S200 Console Main Screen for DVB-S2 Operation
The figure above shows a typical screen setting when the S200 is operating in DVB-S2 mode. The screen
provides configuration tabs as well as status information on the S200 operation. At a glance, we can
determine a great deal about the status of the S200 operation, including:
•The console is receiving status from the S200 (status LED),
•The receiver is locked (Signal LED) to a 30 Msps signal with a C/N of 18.3 dB.
•The LNB DC voltage is turned on (LNB LED),
•A CAM is installed and receiving valid encrypted streams (CAM LED)
•The S200 is receiving and processing valid DVB data (Data LED)
•The signal strength is good at 80%
•The S200 is demodulating a DVB-S2 signal with a modulation rate of 8PSK and a coding rate of 9/10
•The received signal quality is good, with no uncorrectables being counted
The S200 Console can be divided into several basic sections. Each of these sections is described in detail
below:
1. At the top of the S200 Console is a drop down menu that provides access to the File menu
items, the S200 Configuration menu items, a Video Wizard and the Help screen.
2. Below this, are the tabbed buttons that also provide access to the various configuration
menus. The tabbed buttons are also grouped based on functionality. The Interfaces button
group (Network and Satellite) enable configuration of the network and satellite interfaces.
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NOTE: - Typically the IP Data function is used to configure the S200 to receive
and re-distribute IP data, while the A/V function is used to configure the S200
to receive and re-distribute video programs.
NOTE: - S200 DATA LED – The blue data LED on the front face plate of the
S200 will blink at a ½ second interval if data is being processed and forwarded
by the S200.
The IP Data Content button enables the operator to configure the receiver to receive Multi-
Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) data and pass this data onto the LAN. The A/V button group
(Content and PAT) provides standard and advanced features enabling the operator to receive
MPEG transport stream packets and pass these packets to Multicast IP addresses on the
LAN. The last button group, entitled Control, provides additional configuration items that
include the CAM, Traps (grayed out) and Reboot.
3. The middle bar of this screen displays the IP address and MAC address for the selected
S200 being configured.
4. Status information on the operation of the S200 is provided in the lower part of the screen.
This status includes:
i. Status – Turns green when the status packets are being successfully received from
the S200 by the S200 console.
ii. Signal – Turns green when the receiver detects an input RF signal at the selected
frequency. This matches Signal LED on the front of unit.
iii. Data – Turns green when the S200 has achieved data lock. This means that the
receiver is able to recover all the digital timing from the input signal and is receiving a
valid DVB transport stream. This does NOT match the blue data LED on the front of
the S200.
CA Module – Turns yellow when the S200CA detects a valid CAM in the PC slot.
Turns green when the S200CA detects a valid Program Association Table (PAT) on
the incoming stream.
iv. Signal Strength – Provides a graphic indication of the signal power at the input
of the receiver. The signal strength is shown as both a bar graph and percentage
strength.
v. ModCod – Provides the modulation rate and coding rates of the receiver. In the
above example, the modulation rate is 8PSK and the coding rate is 9/10
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vii. Uncorrectables –. The number of uncorrectable packets that were processed
by the demodulator section of the receiver. The counter accumulates and can be
reset using the Reset button located beside the Uncorrectables field.
viii. Carr. Freq. – Provides the I/F carrier frequency in Mhz and the difference between
the desired IF frequency and the tuned value.
ix. Sym. Rate – Provides the receiver symbol rate.
x. C/N – Provides the receive signal Carrier-to-Noise ratio (C/N).
5. Minimize – To the system Tray
6. Close – Close the S200 Console
7. More Status – This down arrow will expand the bottom of the screen to show further status
information on the S200 traffic. This expanded screen is shown in Figure 5below.
i. Total Ethernet Packets Sent: This counter accumulates the total number of
packets being sent from the Ethernet port on the receiver.
ii. Total Ethernet packets received:The number of Ethernet packets that the
S200 received on the Ethernet interface.
iii. Ethernet Receive Errors:The number of errors that occurred during the
reception of Ethernet packets.
iv. Ethernet packets Dropped: the number of packets that the S200 couldn’t
transmit due to lack of buffers, or irresolvable address.
v. DVB Packets Accepted: The number of DVB packets that the receiver accepted
and processed.
vi. DVB Packets Descrambled: The number of clear or descrambled DVB packets
that the receiver accepted.
vii. DVB Packets Not Descrambled:The number of scrambled DVB packets that
the receiver accepted.
viii. DVB packets with bad Sync: Number of packets that didn’t have a proper
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NOTE: The counters will keep accumulating as long as the window is open. You can
use the reset buttons to reset the counters
Figure 5 – S200 Console Main Screen with Stats Window

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NOTE: - S200 DATA LED – The blue data LED on the front face plate of the
S200 will blink at a ½ second interval if data is being processed and forwarded
by the S200.
3.4.2 S200 Main Screen – DVB-S
The S200 supports both DVB-S2 and DVB-S modes of operation. If the DVB-S mode is selected (to select -
see the Satellite Button section below) the S200 main screen is automatically modified to change/remove the
DVB-S2 modulation parameters to those that are supported in DVB-S. This is illustrated in Figure 6below.
Figure 6 - S200 Console Main Screen for DVB-S Operation
The status parameters are summarized and described below.
1. Status – Turns green when the status packets are being successfully received from the
S200 by the S200 console.
2. Signal – Turns green when the receiver detects an input RF signal at the selected
frequency. This matches Signal LED on the front of unit.
3. Data – Turns green when the S200 has achieved data lock. This means that the receiver is
able to recover all the digital timing from the input signal and is receiving a valid DVB
transport stream. This does NOT match the blue data LED on the front of the S200.
4. CA Module – Turns yellow when the S200CA detects a valid CAM in the Common
Interface (CI) slot. Turns green when the S200CA detects a valid Program Association Table
(PAT) on the incoming stream.
5. Signal Strength – Provides a graphic indication of the signal power at the input of the
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6. Viterbi Code Rate – Indicates the Viterbi code rate of the input stream. This number is
only valid when the receiver is locked.
7. Viterbi BER – indicates the receiver Viterbi Bit Error Rate (BER) of the input stream. This
number is a true measure of the signal quality.
8. Uncorrectables –. The number of uncorrectable packets that were processed by the
demodulator section of the receiver. The counter accumulates and can be reset using the
Reset button located beside the Uncorrectables field.
9. Carr. Freq. – Provides the I/F carrier frequency in Mhz and the difference between the
desired IF frequency and the tuned value.
10. Sym. Rate – Provides the receiver symbol rate.
11. C/N – Provides the Carrier-to-Noise ratio (C/N) of the received signal. The C/N is the
quotient between the average received modulated carrier power Cand the average received
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NOTE: When editing field lists (such as PID lists), you can often edit or delete the list
entries by right clicking on them.
NOTE: Pressing Esc on the keyboard when configuring the S200 has the same effect
as selecting Exit.
4 Configuring the S200
This chapter discussed how to configure the S200. It covers both the drop down menus as well as the
configuration buttons.
4.1 Interfaces
The Interfaces group of buttons enables the operator to configure the 2 key interfaces on the S200, namely
the LAN or Network interface and the satellite or L-Band interface. These are both discussed further below.
4.1.1 Network Button
The network settings of the S200 may be modified by selecting the Network Button and changing the
appropriate fields (as shown below).
Figure 7: Network Configuration Dialog Box

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NOTE:
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Proper operation of IGMP protocol requires that all devices used in the
network support IGMP protocol.
NOTE: The Device status can be sent to a remote management station by configuring
the status destination IP and port. However these settings don’t affect the broadcast
status messages. To turn off the unicast status, set the destination IP address to
255.255.255.255
NOTE:
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To turn off the status packets being sent to a unicast destination IP
address, set the Status Destination IP to 255.255.255.255.
1. Receiver IP: This is the IP address to be assigned to the receiver.
2. Subnet Mask: This is the subnet mask that the receiver should use to determine whether an IP
address belongs to the same network or not.
3. Default Gateway: This is the IP address of the router that the receiver should use whenever it
wants to send traffic to a non-local address.
4. Enable IGMP Filtering: This check box allows the operator to turn IGMP filtering on or off.
IGMP controls which multicast streams will be forwarded on the LAN based on the number of
clients listening to that stream.
5. Status Destination Port: This is the UDP port used to send a copy of the status packets for
remote monitoring applications
6. Status Destination IP:This is the IP address used to send a copy of the status packets for
remote monitoring applications
7. Apply:By pressing this button, the updates are sent to the receiver
8. Exit: Exits back to the main screen
4.1.2 Satellite Button
The next step in the configuration is to ensure you have the correct RF settings and that the S200 can
successfully lock to your satellite signal. To configure your satellite settings, select the Satellite
Configuration button and input the following fields:

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NOTE:
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The LNB voltage level may be set by selecting the LNB Parameters
button.
NOTE:
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The LNB tone frequency may be set by selecting the LNB Parameters
button.
Figure 8: Satellite Configuration and LNB Parameters Dialog
1) Symbol Rate:This is the symbol rate of the transponder that you are trying to tune to.
2) Receive Frequency:The RF Frequency of the signal that you are trying to receive.
3) LNB Power On:Turns the DC voltage and tone output of the receiver to ON or OFF.
a. Polarization: Switches the DC output of the receiver between Horizontal/Left and
Vertical/Right. This setting is only valid if the LNB power is on.
b. Band (Tone):Switch the LNB Tone frequency of the receiver On (High) or Off (Low). This
is only valid if the LNB power is on.