o n t e n t s 1 Safety regulations and notes ................ 4 2 General information ..................6 Packing contents ................6 Meaning of the symbols used ............6 Technical data ................6 Description ...................7 Features ..................7 Supported client devices ..............7 3 Overview of DSI 400 ................... 8 4 Connecting the DSI 400 ................
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Hints for antenna configuration .............20 Automatic frontend allocation - unicast transmission ....20 Tuner preassignment ...............20 DLNA Configuration ..............21 Activation/deactivation of the DLNA server .......21 Update the DLNA channel list ..........21 Favourite list ................22 Network Configuration ..............23 Fixed IP Address ..............23 NTP Timeserver ..............23 m3u channel list ................24 Multicast Transmission (Multicast Streaming) ........25...
a f e t y r e g u l a t i o n s a n d n o t e s 10 cm ATTENTION: IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN THE CABINET. INSIDE THE CABINET THERE ARE NO PART WHICH CAN BE REPAIRED BY THE USER.
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• The device should be operated at temperatures of 5 ºC to 40 ºC. Use the device only in a moderate climate, not in tropical conditions. • Avoid short circuits! • Thunderstorms are a danger to all electrical devices. Even if the device is switched off, it can be damaged by a stroke of lightning to the mains or the antenna cable.
e n e r a l i n f o r m a t i o n 2.1 P aC k i n g C o n t e n t s 1 DSI 400 1 Power supply unit 1 Brief assembly instructions 2.2 m e a n i n g t h e...
2.4 d es C r i P t i o n With the GSS.box DSI 400 free receivable satellite channel can be transmit- ted to client devices like smart phones, tablet PCs and notebooks/PCs via a pre-existing wireless/home network. The GSS.box is equipped with four satellite tuners.
dsi 400 v e r v i e w 5 6 7 8 Sat input 1 / Horizontal High / Multiswitch 1 / Unicable Sat input 2 / Vertical High / Multiswitch 2 Sat input 3 / Horizontal Low / Multiswitch 3 Sat input 4 / Vertical Low / Multiswitch 4 Reset button USB socket...
dsi 400 o n n e C t i n g t h e • Remove all protective films from the housing. 4.1 s at e l l i t e i g n a l a s i C s Satellites signals are horizontally or vertically polarised and are transmitted within 2 frequency ranges (high and low band).
lnb ua d u lt i s w i tC h If the satellite reception system consists of a Quad/Oct LNB or Quattro LNB with downstreamed Multiswitch, for each tuner a connection must be estab- lished. • Connect 4 outputs of the LNB/multiswitch to the inputs …...
n i C a b l e If the satellite reception system consists of an Unicable LNB or a Quattro LNB with downstreamed Unicable multiswitch, only one connection must be estab- lished. • Connect input of the DSI 400 to the "unicable signal" via a suitable SAT antenna cable.
iPt v t r a n s m i s s i o n m o d es n i C a s t t r a n s m i s s i o n faC to ry d e fau lt At unicast transmission up to 4 clients are supplied with each one station.
4.3 o P e r at i n g o ltag e • Connect the power supply unit to a power point and then connect it to the power supply socket n i t i a l o P e r a t i o n —>...
/ u / P / r o n f i g u r a t i o n P d a t e s a s s w o r d e s t a r t In chapter "Connecting the DSI 400" (page 9) the different reception variants are described.
® i n d ows • Open "My Computer". • Select "Network environment". • Double click on the DSI 400 (GSSBOX-F001A6) opens the login (page 17). —> The digits F001A6 correspond to the last 6 digits of the MAC ad- dress (see the label at the bottom side) —>...
CC e s s v i a r ows e r dms ( dns) u lt i C a s t • Enter the following address into the address line of the browser: http://GSSBOX-xxxxxx.local Instead of the "xxxxxx" enter the last 6 digits of the DSI 400´s MAC address (see the label at the bottom side;...
o g i n w i n d ow —> Via buttons DE and EN you can change between German and Eng- lish menu navigation in all menus. • Enter the Password and click on button "Login". —> The default password is "admin". In menu system (page 30) the password can be changed.
6.2 C o n f i g u r at i o n n t e n n a C o n f i g u r at i o n • Click on button "Antenna". • Dependent on the connecting variant select the corresponding setting for the SAT inputs, "Quad"...
Corresponding to the number of the deactivated user bands, the same number of tuners are then deactivated. • Enter the corresponding frequencies via which your unicable LNB/multi- switch then transmits the programmes to the tuners. • Store the frequencies using button "Save". lnb a u to s e t t i n g...
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i n t s f o r a n t e n n a C o n f i g u r at i o n u to m at i C f r o n t e n d a l lo C at i o n u n i C a s t t r a n s m i s s i o n...
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dlna C o n f i g u r at i o n • Click on button "DLNA". dlna C t i vat i o n d e aC t i vat i o n t h e s e rv e r If you would like to use client devices which can receive signals from a DLNA server (DLNA clients) you have to activate the DLNA server.
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avo u r i t e l i s t In section "Favorite list(s)" you can create a favourite list from the channel list. Via corresponding buttons you can create ("New"), export ("Export", for backup), if necessary re-import ("Import"), modify ("Edit") or delete ("Delete") a favourite list.
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e t wo r k o n f i g u r at i o n • Click on button "Netzwerk". Herein you can assign a fixed IP address and a NTP timeserver to the DSI 400. iP a i X e d d d r es s •...
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C h a n n e l l i s t For clients, which support m3u channel lists (e.g. VLC player), herein you can upload a m3u channel list to the DSI 400. —> m3u channel lists can be downloaded from www.gss.de/en. •...
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u lt i C a s t r a n s m i s s i o n u lt i C a s t t r e a m i n g First a multicast playlist must be prepared and then uploaded to the DSI 400. sat>iP r e Pa r i n g m u lt i C a s t...
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—> This example contains 3 multicast streams. The first stream is played out via IP address 239.1.0.1 and contains the Station "ZDF". It is received via tuner 1 [fe=1] with following parameters: DiSEqC posi- tion A [src=1], frequency 11954 MHz [freq=11954], symbol rate 22,5 Msys [sr=27500], DVB-S standard [msys=dvbs], horizontal polarisation [pol=h] and the required PIDs - PAT PID, PMT PID, video PID and audio PID - [pids=0,1,110,120,100].
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Uploud the multicast list to the DSI 400 (RTSP Play list Update Settings) • Click on button "Browse" to select your multicast playlist (.m3u formatted). • Uploud the list to the device using button "Send". "Multicast playlist loaded" is displayed if the uploud was successful. •...
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• Activate/deactivate the checkbox if necessary. —> The button "Save" is activated. • Click on button "Save" to save the changes. —> Proper operation of this option depends heavily on the perform- ance of the connected network and the clients (particularly for HD streams).
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6.3 u P dat es e n u ys t e m Via menu "System" you can perform a firmware update, change the configu- ration password as well as perform a system reboot. • Click on button "System". n l i n e i r mwa r e P dat e —>...
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o C a l i r mwa r e P dat e • Click on button "Browse" and select the ".bin" file of the new firmware. • Click on button "Update". The firmware will be installed, DSI 400 restarts. 6.4 P a s s wo r d e n u ys t e m...
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usb i r m w a r e u P d a t e v i a s t i C k —> Therefore no PC is needed! • Switch off the DSI 400. • Unzip the .zip file containing the new firmware and copy both files (idl4k. bin and idl4k.scr) to an USB stick (Root directory).
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dsi 400 C l i e n t d e v i s e s t h e If you start operating a client device and establish a connection to the DSI 400, always the first client will be assigned to tuner/channel 1 (LED 1 lights), the second client to tuner/channel 2 (LED 2 light) etc.
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9.2 PC i n d ows ® w i t h i C r os o f t o P e r at i n g s ys t e m Using the programme "DVBViewer" (from version 4.9.9.0 on) you can get access to the DSI 400.
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—> In section "Device" "RTSP Network Device" should be displayed. • Click on button —> In section "Servers" the "GSSBOX" should be displayed. • Check the settings a click on button Please have a look to the DVBViewer instructions for further settings. 9.3 dlna C l i e n t d e v i C es...
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9.4 uP l i e n t s Client devices/software, which contain a DLNA/UPnP client (e.g. VLC Player, ACE Player for iOS), also can access the channel list ("Main TV list") resp. the favourite list. —> In circumstances the VLC player may have problems to display very long channel lists.
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9.5 rtsP (r e a l i m e t r e a m i n g r oto C o l If you have comprehensive knowledge of satellite and EDV technology, you also can perform the channel setting via RTSP. Client devices/software which can communicate via the Real Time Streaming Protocol (e.g.
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—> Each URL is entered into a playlist. There you can change the "titel" and after that store/export the list. So you can call up every channel very easily. - 37 - DSI 400...
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Declaration of CE conformity - 38 - DSI 400...
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