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Novra S300 Receiver
User Manual
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CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could
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Version: 2.02

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  • Page 1 Novra S300 Receiver User Manual Subject to change without notification CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Confidential and Proprietary 1 of 50 Version: 2.02...
  • Page 2 ________________________________ Disclaimer While reasonable effort has been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, Novra Technologies Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. Novra reserves the right to change the contents of this manual at any time without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    INDEX Page Conventions ..........................4 Text Conventions ........................4 Applicable Models ........................ 4 Model Naming Convention....................5 Introduction ........................... 6 Principles of Operation ......................6 Getting Started ..........................7 Typical S300 Installation ...................... 7 What Information do I Need – Basic Configuration? ............8 SOFTWARE Installation on Windows 7 ................

  • Page 4: Conventions

    Novra S300V – Enhanced DVB-S/DVB-S2 satellite data receiver capable of receiving IP data and MPEG Video data  Novra S300CA – Same functionality as the S300V, but with a conditional access Common Interface (CI) slot, making it compatible with many commercially available conditional access encryption systems...

  • Page 5: Model Naming Convention

    If the feature you are trying to configure is grayed out in the S300 Console, please contact Novra Support (www.novra.com) to inquire about a firmware or hardware upgrade. Confidential and Proprietary 5 of 50...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    2 Introduction 2.1 Principles of Operation The S300 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 S300 operation. The desired DVB-S2 satellite signal is received using an appropriately sized satellite dish (not covered in this manual).

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    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.

  • Page 8: What Information Do I Need - Basic Configuration

    5) The Symbol Rate in Msps. Examples: 21.096, 5.12600, 1.50, …etc. 6) The IP Address to be assigned to your Novra S300 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?

  • Page 9: Software Installation On Windows 7

    3.3 SOFTWARE Installation on Windows 7 The S300 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. Please refer to Section 7.2 for information on supported Windows Operating Systems. NOTE: You MUST be logged onto the system as Administrator.

  • Page 10: S300 Startup

    3.4 S300 Startup 1- Start the S300 Console software. NOTE: You MUST be logged onto the system as Administrator, for the network settings function to work properly. 2- The software will attempt to auto-detect all the receivers currently connected to the LAN. After the auto detection is complete, a screen showing all discovered devices will be displayed as shown below: Figure 2 - Discover Devices...
  • Page 11 Managed List. 4- Once you have successfully connected to your receiver, you will be prompted to enter a password (see Figure 4 below). The default password that you can use with your new receiver is: Novra-S2. Confidential and Proprietary 11 of 50...
  • Page 12 Figure 4 – S300 Login Password Screen 5- After successfully entering the password, you will be presented with the S300 Console main screen (as shown in Figure 5 below). Default Password is Novra-S2 NOTE: Confidential and Proprietary 12 of 50...

  • Page 13: Main Screen

    3.5 Main Screen Congratulations, you have logged into the receiver and made it to the main screen. Your S300 DVB receiver supports both DVB-S and DVB-S2 modes of operation. From a receiver configuration perspective, there are only a few differences between DVB-S mode and DVB-S2 mode. The examples below were taken in DVB-S2 mode.
  • Page 14 Figure 5 - S300 Console Main Screen for DVB-S2 Operation The S300 Console can be divided into several basic sections. Each of these sections is described in detail below: 1. At the top of the S300 Console is a drop down menu that provides access to the File menu items, the S300 Configuration menu items, and the Help screen.
  • Page 15 ii. IP Data buttons enables the operator to configure the receiver to receive Multi- Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) data and pass/map this data onto the LAN. iii. Programs 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.
  • Page 16 vi. Carr. Freq. – Provides the I/F carrier frequency in Mhz and the difference between the desired IF frequency and the tuned value. vii. Sym. Rate – Provides the receiver symbol rate. viii. ModCod/Coding Rate : Depending on the mode of operation (DVB-S vs. DVB-S2), this status value will change as follows: 1.

  • Page 17: Configuring The S300

    4 Configuring the S300 This chapter discusses how to configure the S300. It covers both the drop down menus as well as the configuration buttons. NOTE: When editing field lists (such as Programs Selects list), you can often edit or delete the list entries by right clicking on them.

  • Page 18: Satellite Button

    1. Obtain an IP Address Automatically: This checkbox will force the S300 to use DHCP to automatically obtain its IP address. 2. Receiver IP: This is the IP address that is statically assigned to the receiver. 3. 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.
  • Page 19 Figure 7: Satellite Configuration and LNB Parameters Dialog 1) RF Frequency: The RF Frequency of the signal that you are trying to receive. 2) Symbol Rate: This is the symbol rate of the transponder that you are trying to tune to. The S300 supports automatic detection of the incoming symbol rate (check box) or you can manually specify which symbol rate you wish the receiver to tune to.
  • Page 20 4) ModCod: For multi-stream DVB-S2 operation, the S300 should be configured to receive 1 stream. This is accomplished by entering the ModCod of the signal you wish to receive in the ModCod drop down box. If you enter the wrong ModCod value, you receiver may not be able to lock onto the desires signal.
  • Page 21 6) LNB Parameters: Click this button to bring up the LNB Parameters screen. It is used to set the LO frequency, polarization voltage and LNB tone (see Figure above): a. LO Frequency: Input the single-band LO frequency in Mhz. b. Polarity Switching Voltage: Select either 11-15 Volt Polarity Switch, 13-18 Volt Polarity Switch or 21 Volt Fixed for the Vertical/Right and Horizontal/Left LNB voltage values.
  • Page 22 8) Input Stream ID Filter: The Input Stream Identifier (ISI) Filter may be used by your receiver to filter streams based this value. If the ISI checkbox is selected, then the receiver will only demodulate streams that have an ISI value that is the same as the value shown in the ISI box. This command should only be used if the ISI stream value is set on the incoming DVB-S2 stream and if the ISI value is know.

  • Page 23: Ip Data

    4.2 IP Data 4.2.1 IP Re-Mapping This section discusses how to configure the IP Re-Mapping feature within the S300. The IP Remapping feature in the S300 will enable the operator to re-map a multicast IP addresses or multiple multicast IP addresses that have been received by the receiver to a different destination multicast IP address. The IP mapping table will support up to 16 entries and will therefore allow for 16 multicast addresses to be remapped.
  • Page 24 Figure 8 - IP Re-mapping Referring to the Figure above, the left hand side of the screen enables you to configure the mapping rules and the right hand pane summarizes and displays the configured IP mapping rules. Up to 16 rules are supported. The following is a description of the above screen entries: 1) Enable Mapping: Check this box to enable the mapping table.
  • Page 25 3) New IP: The destination multicast IP address that the original multicast IP address is mapped to. It is possible to map multiple Original IP addresses to a single New IP address. Note: this IP address must be a multicast IP address. 4) Mask: The subnet mask is applied to the Original IP address to create a range of IP addresses that are mapped to the new destination IP address.

  • Page 26: Programs

    4.3 Programs This group of buttons enables the operator to receive MPEG audio/video programs and/or MPEG data PIDs and pass this information onto the S300 LAN. 4.3.1 Content Button The Content Screen (shown in Figure below) enables the operator to perform the following functions: 1.

  • Page 27: Video Program Selection

    Figure 9 - Content Configuration Screen 4.3.1.1 Video Program Selection Selecting the Video Program Selection tab will bring up the screen shown above in Figure . The purpose of this screen is to enable the operator to configure the S300 to receive an MPEG Video program and assign it to a multicast IP address so that it can be forwarded onto the receiver LAN.
  • Page 28 The left side of the Content Configuration screen is the working area where the received program details may be entered. The following provides a brief description of each of the configuration items: 1. Program ID: Enter the program ID of the program you wish to receive. This field can be auto- populated by double clicking the program in the Program Guide 2.
  • Page 29 13. Delete All Programs: Select this button to delete all multicast programs. The middle pane of the Content Configuration screen shows a summary of the programs that have been configured. The checkbox at the bottom of the pane allows the user to show just all the configured programs and PID’s, or just the ones pertaining to tabbed selection type (in this case, Video Programs).
  • Page 30 The user may extract detailed information on a particular program after the program has been successfully configured and applied to the S300. By right clicking over the selected program and selecting Show Program Info (see below): Figure 10 - Show Program Info The following information status pane is then provided: Figure 11 - Program Information Pane Confidential and Proprietary...
  • Page 31 From the Program Info screen above, the following information is provided on the program: Program Number (308), Program Type (MPEG-2 Video), the fact that the program is scrambled and the CA system provider (France Telecom), and the PID’s that are being forwarded in the stream. NOTE: The S300 will automatically detect if the configured program is scrambled and will automatically try to configure the...

  • Page 32: Mpe Program Selection

    4.3.1.2 MPE Program Selection The MPE Program Selection tab allows the user to configure the S300 to receive MPE programs. To add an MPE program, the user enters the Program ID (or SID) into the Program ID text box and selects Add MPE Program.

  • Page 33: Mpe Pid Selection

    4.3.1.3 MPE PID Selection The MPE PID Selection tab allows the user to configure the S300 to receive MPE data PID’s. To add an MPE data PID, the user enters the PID into the PID text box and selects Add PID. Similarly, to remove an MPE PID, the user selects the program and clicks Remove PID.

  • Page 34: Raw Pid Selection

    4.3.1.4 Raw PID Selection The Raw PID Selection Tab enables the receiver to be configured to pass raw MPEG PID’s to a multicast IP address, or to pass the full received Transport Stream to a single multicast IP address. The following describes the configuration items for this tab: 1.
  • Page 35 Figure 14 - Raw MPEG PID Selection Screen Confidential and Proprietary 35 of 50 Version: 2.02...

  • Page 36: Control

    4.4 Control The Control button group provides general configuration and control elements for the receiver. 4.4.1 Reboot Button Selecting this button will reboot the S300. 4.5 File Drop Down The file drop down menu (shown below) provides access to the following features Figure 15 - File Drop-Down Menu 1.
  • Page 37 Figure 16 - Change Password 5. Exit: Exits the S300 Console program 6. Change Firmware: Allows the user to download a new firmware load for the S300 receiver. To change the S300 firmware, please refer to the Figure below: a. Select Code File and browse to the S300 code update binary file. i.
  • Page 38 Figure 17 - S300 Firmware Download Screen Confidential and Proprietary 38 of 50 Version: 2.02...

  • Page 39: Control Drop Down

    4.6 Control Drop Down The Control drop down menu (shown in the figure below) provides access to the same functions as the buttons on the main application window. Figure 18: Drop Down Menu (Control) Confidential and Proprietary 39 of 50 Version: 2.02...

  • Page 40: Help Drop Down

    4.7.1 Help The Help menu is not currently available. 4.7.2 About An example of the About menu is shown below. It provides Novra contact information and the receiver hardware and software version numbers. Figure 20 - About Screen Confidential and Proprietary 40 of 50 Version: 2.02...

  • Page 41: How To Configure The S300 For Tv Viewing

    Ensure the host PC is on the same IP address class as the S300. This can be changed back after Novra receiver is configured (Refer to Section 4.1.1). b. Ensure the L-band frequency, symbol rate and LNB settings are correctly set and that the unit is locked to the satellite signal (see Section 4.1.2)
  • Page 42 NOTE: You can make up the IP address based on knowing that no other multicast streams are using that address and port on your network. All multicast streams must be in the 224.X.X.X to 239.X.X.X address space. For example 224.0.0.10, port 3030. Confidential and Proprietary 42 of 50 Version: 2.02...

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting

    6 Troubleshooting This section can help you resolve most of the common problems when installing the S300. 1) I connected the receiver and when I start the Console, it says it can’t detect any S300 Receivers? Make sure the unit is connected to the same LAN that your computer (running S300 Console) is connected to.
  • Page 44 6) I have created a mapping rule, but the packets don’t seem to be mapped. I don’t see either the Original IP packets or the New IP packets when I sniff the LAN. Make sure your mapping action rule is Normal or Forward, If your mapping action is Normal and you have IGMP filtering enabled, make sure you have an application running that will generate an IGMP join to receive the packets.

  • Page 45: Specifications

    7 Specifications 7.1 Receiver Characteristics RF Tuner Receiving Frequency: 950 to 2150 MHz Frequency Acquisition: ± 50% Symbol Rate up to ±10 MHz Input Signal Level: -70 dBm to -25 dBm Multi-standard Demodulation DVB-S QPSK: 300 Ksps to 45 Msps (auto selection) DVB-S2 QPSK: 600 Ksps - 45 Msps (auto selection)
  • Page 46 Hardware Capabilities Multiprotocol Encapsulation (MPE) PID Filters: 32 Internal Hardware Watchdog Non-Volatile Configuration Storage Field upgradeable operating system for new s/w releases and functional upgrades Operating Systems Once Configured, Receiver Supports all Operating System Physical Interfaces RF Input Connector: F-Type, 75 ohms Ethernet 100 Base-T LAN Interface: RJ-45 CAUTION: Nothing should be inserted between the S300 and the satellite dish except for a...

  • Page 47: Minimum System Requirements

    Administrator”.  Other Versions of Windows, such as XP, 2000 or Vista will most likely work with Novra Configuration Application, but this has not been verified by Novra. - Performance will be dependant on other applications that your PC is running.

  • Page 48: Appendix

    APPENDIX Terms, Definitions, and Other Tidbits of Information Crossover Cable A crossover cable is a cable that is used to connect two computers by reversing, or crossing over, the cable pin contacts. This eliminates the need to use a hub when connecting two PCs.
  • Page 49 The Media Access Control (MAC) address is the unique hardware address for any piece of electronic equipment attached to a network. The MAC Address for your Novra S300 Receiver is displayed on a sticker on the bottom of the receiver.
  • Page 50 either rotate in a clock wise fashion or counter clockwise. Polarization is very useful because it allows the frequency of a Right polarized signal to overlap with the same frequencies of a Left polarized signal. Polarization, Linear In layman's terms, a linearly polarized signal from a satellite approaches the (Horizontal/Vertical) earth as a wave that goes up and down like the waves on the ocean, or from side to side.

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