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Summary of Contents for Amino A 4 Series
- Page 1 Amino Communications Ltd. Quick Start Guide (Ax4x and Ax5x) Technical Information AM-006716-TC Issue 4 November 2015...
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Page 2: Revision History
C Marriage Updated to include Ax5x STBs Disclaimer This document contains information on a product under development. Amino Communications Ltd reserves the right to change or discontinue this product without notice. Trademarks and copyright Amino Communications and the Amino logo are trademarks of Amino Communications Limited. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Technical Information Contents Revision history ............................ 2 Disclaimer ............................. 2 Trademarks and copyright ........................2 Amino contact details ........................... 2 Contents ............................... 3 Document Conventions ........................4 1.1 Introduction ............................ 5 1.2 Getting the software ........................5 1.3 Installing the software on your webserver ..................6 1.4 Configuring your DHCP server ...................... -
Page 4: Document Conventions
Used for emphasis and to indicate specific key presses. For example: Press the Esc key. grey text Commands or settings which are not in general use (for example, configuration settings that are reserved for Amino internal use). blue text Cross-references (this is a “clickable” hyperlink if you are viewing the document electronically). -
Page 5: Introduction
A set of special Amino options must be configured in the DHCP server to do this. The software image is a set of files provided by Amino that are signed with a key to create a single image file called mc2.mcfs (or mc2 for short). -
Page 6: Installing The Software On Your Webserver
A sample DHCP configuration file can be downloaded from the support site by going to Online Support > Downloads > Aminet STBs (in left-hand column) > Documentation > Installing and Upgrading STB Software. The file is dhcpd.conf.ax4x. Page 6 of 13 AM-006716-TC Confidential © Amino Communications Ltd, 2015... -
Page 7: Windows
(substring( option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 8)="AMINOx5x"); To use this file directly, do the following: Uncomment lines 50 and 53 and edit line 53 “option AMINO.software_uri http://server/image.mcfs” to include the URL for the mc2.mcfs file that you have placed on your webserver... - Page 8 Click OK then Close. Create the option for passing the software_uri information by right-clicking IPv4 and selecting Set Predefined Options... The Predefined Options and Values dialog box is displayed: Page 8 of 13 AM-006716-TC Confidential © Amino Communications Ltd, 2015...
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Page 9: Getting The Stb Up And Running
10. Click OK. For more information on configuring Windows DHCP for the AmiNET STBs see Amino Technical Note TN043: “Windows 2008 Server DHCP service configuration”. 1.4 Getting the STB up and running When you have copied your mc2.mcfs file to an appropriate location and configured your DHCP server to tell the STB where it is, you should connect the STB to the network and turn it on. -
Page 10: Common Problems With The Software Loading
Opera page appear, then there may be a problem with the set up. The Amino STBs have two features that will help with troubleshooting: There are a limited number of messages that may be displayed on the TV screen (depending on the version of the recovery image installed on the STB). -
Page 11: On Screen Messages
To display the address bar with this keyboard press Alt Gr-6. If you are using an older Amino IR keyboard there is a Toolbar button. To configure the STB for the older Amino IR keyboard, or for alternative keyboard layouts: 1. -
Page 12: Playing Video
Alternatively many USB keyboards will work with our STBs (although they are not officially supported). We would recommend that you follow the instructions to configure the STB for the older Amino keyboard before starting. Once this has been done, press F10 to bring up the address bar. -
Page 13: Stbremoteconf
Amino Communications Ltd Technical Information In order to download a release you will need a support account from Amino. See below for more information on our support accounts. Instructions for unpacking a release and the signing process are in the Software Installation and Upgrade Guide.
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