Configuring Ip Receiver Timeout - VBrick ETHERNETV V4.4.3 Admin Manual

4. Complete or modify the fields in
adds the new configuration to the list of configured IPRs shown on the previous page.
Note The only time you will manually complete the IPR Configuration fields is when you
are defining the configuration for an IPR that will be added to the network at a later
time. In this case, you will need to know the configuration data in advance.
Host Name
IP Address
User Name
User Password
Confirm Password Defaults to system-defined value if blank. Must match User Password
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Configuring IP Receiver Timeout

Digital IP Receivers time out by default every two hours and display a popup message. This
means that if a video exceeding two hours is playing and you do not interact with the system,
the video will stop, the STB will display a popup message, and you will be redirected to the
login page. The configurable timeout option described here lets you set the timeout interval
to a higher value so a video can play all day for example without timing out. The STB
requires a periodic timeout for cleanup but you can set the timeout value to a high number to
minimize the potential disruption caused by timeouts.
Note The only requirement in configuring a timeout value is that the SDK timeout
(configured in
SessionIPRTimeOut
As explained below, you can configure the timeout interval on Digital IP Receivers (STBs) by
changing two configuration values in the Portal Server installation files. One value is in
; the other is in
web.config
To modify the STB timeout value:
1. Navigate to
2. Find the key called
value is in minutes, so if you want the STB to timeout every 8 hours, you would set this
value to 480.
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IPR Configuration
Required. Host name of IPR.
Required. IP address of IPR.
Defaults to system-defined value if blank.
Defaults to system-defined value if blank.
if entered above.
Optional.
Select from the dropdown using the last four digits of the IPR model
number. To determine model number, reboot the IPR and note the
model number when the splash screen is displayed. See the WM IPR
Admin Guide for more information.
• WM IPR 0 – IPR model 8000-0113-0000
• WM IPR 1 – IPR model 8000-0113-0001
• WM IPR 2 – IPR model 8000-0113-0002
Select from the dropdown: ETV Portal Server, Local, or Local-
Fullscreen
VBUServer.exe.config
(configured in
VBUService.exe.config
<InstallDir>\Vbrick\MCS\ web.config
SessionTimeOutIPR
as necessary and click
) must be set to a greater value than
).
web.config
.
and set this value to the desired timeout. This
. This
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