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Novra S300N User Manual

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Novra S300N 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.
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Version: 1.2

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Novra S300N 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 40 Version: 1.2...
  • 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  ...

  • Page 4: Conventions

    Your Novra S300 Configuration Application may also be used to configure other NOTE: Novra receiver families such as the S75 and the S200. This manual does not specifically cover the configuration of these receivers, although the commands are very similar.

  • 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 40...

  • 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 NOTE: 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 8 for information on supported Windows Operating Systems. You MUST be logged onto the system as Administrator.

  • Page 10: S300 Startup

    3.4 S300 Startup 1- Start the S300 Console software. You MUST be logged onto the system as Administrator, for the NOTE: 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 You can now select the device you wish to configure by double clicking on the receiver model type in the Devices Discovered listing. If there is an S300 receiver accessible on your network, but not on your local LAN you can still configure it as if it were on your local LAN.
  • Page 12 Figure 4 – S300 Login Password Screen 6- 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 40...

  • 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-S mode.
  • Page 14 The tabbed buttons are also grouped based on functionality. i. Interfaces button group (Network and Satellite) enable configuration of the network and satellite interfaces. The CAM button is used with other Novra receiver models to configure video programs to be descrambled. This button is grayed out and is not available on the S300 model.
  • Page 15 MPEG transport stream packets and pass these packets to Multicast IP addresses on the LAN. This functionality is not available for the S300N and these buttons are therefore grayed out. iv. Control button group provides an additional configuration item that includes Reboot.
  • Page 16 1. MODCOD (DVB-S2): Provides the modulation rate and coding rate of the input stream; this number is only valid when the receiver is locked 2. Coding Rate (DVB-S): Indicates the Viterbi code rate of the input stream. This number is only valid when the receiver is locked. vii.
  • Page 17 The counters will keep accumulating as long as the window is open. NOTE: You can use the reset buttons to reset the counters Confidential and Proprietary 17 of 40 Version: 1.2...

  • Page 18: Configuring The S300

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

  • Page 19: Satellite Button

    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.
  • Page 20 Figure 7: Satellite Configuration and LNB Parameters Dialog 1) Receive 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 21 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 22 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 Volts, 13-18 Volts or 21 Volts for the Vertical/Right and Horizontal/Left LNB voltage values.
  • Page 23 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 24: Ip Data

    4.2 IP Data The IP Data group of buttons enables the operator to configure the reception and transmission of MPE IP data. This group includes two buttons: the IP Data Content button and the IP Remap button. Both are described in detail below. 4.2.1 Content Button The IP Data Content button screen (shown below) is used when the S300 is to be configured to receive MPE or IP data from the satellite stream and forward this data to the appropriate IP address on the LAN.

  • Page 25: Ip Re-Mapping Button

    5. Apply: By pressing this button, the list will be sent to the receiver. 6. Exit: Exits back to the main screen The keyboard may be used to add and remove PIDs. Also, to edit or NOTE: delete the PID list, right click on the list entry 7.
  • Page 26 Figure 9 - IP Remapping 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 27 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 address that is mapped to the new destination IP address.

  • Page 28: Control

    4.3 Control The Control button group provides general configuration and control elements for the receiver. 4.3.1 Reboot Button Selecting this button will reboot the S300. 4.4 File Drop Down The file drop down menu (shown below) provides access to the following features Figure 10 - File Drop down Menu 1.
  • Page 29 Figure 11 - 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. Before changing the firmware in your S300 receiver, you will need to change the NOTE: IP address of your receiver to 192.168.0.x AND change the IP address of your configuration PC to the same subnet (192.168.0.y, where y ≠...
  • Page 30 Figure 7 - S300 Firmware Download Screen CAUTION: Setting the IP address of the S300 to a non-routable address or an address not on the same subnet as the S300 Console PC may make the S300 unreachable from the S300 Console PC. Confidential and Proprietary 30 of 40 Version: 1.2...

  • Page 31: Control Drop Down

    4.5 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 13: Drop Down Menu (Control) Confidential and Proprietary 31 of 40 Version: 1.2...

  • Page 32: Help Drop Down

    4.6.1 Help The Help menu is not currently available. 4.6.2 About An example of the About menu is shown below. It provides Novra contact information and the receiver hardware and software version numbers. Figure 15 - About Screen Confidential and Proprietary 32 of 40 Version: 1.2...

  • Page 33: Troubleshooting

    5 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 34 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 35: Specifications

    6 Specifications 6.1 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 36 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 37: Industry Canada Compliance Declaration

    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 38: Appendix Terms, Definitions, And Tidbits Of Information

    APPENDIX Terms, Definitions, and Other Tidbits of Information A crossover cable is a cable that is used to connect two computers by reversing, or Crossover Cable crossing over, the cable pin contacts. This eliminates the need to use a hub when connecting two PCs.
  • Page 39 The Media Access Control (MAC) address is the unique hardware address for any MAC Address 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 40 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. In layman's terms, a linearly polarized signal from a satellite approaches the Polarization, Linear (Horizontal/Vertical) earth as a wave that goes up and down like the waves on the ocean, or from side to...

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