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Novra S300 User Manual

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Version: 2.02

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    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

    Help Drop Down ......................... 40   4.7.1   Help ..........................40   4.7.2   About..........................40     How to Configure the S300 for TV Viewing................41     Troubleshooting .......................... 43     Specifications ..........................45       Receiver Characteristics ...................... 45  ...

  • 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

    1.3 Model Naming Convention This manual uses the S300 naming convention when referring to any one of the applicable S300 models (see Section 1.2 above). NOTE: This manual covers all of the models listed in Section 1.2 above. The S300 Console will automatically detect the receiver model and will gray out console tabs that are not required to configure the receiver.

  • 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

    Technologies Inc. expects that end users, who wish to control the LNB with the receiver, already have good understanding of satellite technology. CAUTION: Nothing should be inserted between the S300 and the satellite dish except for a surge suppressor. Cable TV Splitters, TVs, VCRs, and FM receivers are not designed for connection to this portion of the network.

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

    3.2 What Information do I Need – Basic Configuration? Before using the S300 configuration software to configure your receiver, you need to gather the following information: 1) The LO Frequency in MHz of the stream you wish to receive. NOTE: Local Oscillator Frequency is specific to the LNB Model and is usually stamped on the Unit or can be found in the LNB Manual.

  • 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.

  • 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...
  • Page 11 Figure 3 – Change IP Address Screen 3- Note: 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. In the Managed List section of the screen above, enter the IPE address of the receiver you wish to configure in the IP field.
  • 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). NOTE: Default Password is Novra-S2 Confidential and Proprietary 12 of 50...

  • Page 13: Main Screen

    DVB-S2 mode. Figure 5 shows a typical Main Screen setting when the S300 is operating in DVB-S2 mode. The screen provides configuration tabs as well as status information on the S300 operation. At a glance, we can determine a great deal about the status of the S300 operation, including: ...
  • Page 14 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 3. The middle bar of this screen displays the IP address and MAC address for the selected S300 being configured. 4. Status information on the operation of the S300 is provided in the lower part of the screen. This status includes: i.
  • Page 16 5. Minimize – To the system Tray 6. Close – Close the S300 Console 7. Traffic Counters – The S300 provides a number of traffic counters that are useful in determining the health and operation of the receiver. i. Total Ethernet Packets Sent: This counter accumulates the total number of packets being sent from the Ethernet port on the receiver.

  • 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

    8. Exit: Exits back to the main screen 4.1.2 Satellite Button The next step in the configuration is to ensure you have the correct RF settings and that the S300 can successfully lock to your satellite signal. To configure your satellite settings, select the Satellite...
  • Page 19 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 OK: By pressing this button, the screen updates will be temporarily stored and the user will be returned to the Satellite screen. By selecting Apply on the Satellite screen the LNB Parameter settings will be sent to the S300. Selecting Exit will exit the Satellite screen without setting the LNB Parameter updates.
  • 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

    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.
  • 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 5) TTL: Setting the Time To Live (TTL) value to non-zero causes the TTL field in the IP header to be replaced with this value. The default setting is zero. 6) Action: The S300 shall perform the following packet forwarding options based on this value. The default setting is no rule.

  • Page 26: Programs

    On the right side of the screen is a Program Guide that is used to display a listing of all the programs that are available to be received by the S300. The contents of the Program Guide are parsed by the S300 from the received Transport Stream SI tables.

  • Page 27: Video Program Selection

    The video selection screen is split into three sections. The right-most screen displays the Program Guide which is parsed out from the Transport Stream SI tables by the S300. Occasionally it takes a few seconds for this part of the screen to be updated. The Refresh button below the Program Guide may be used to manually refresh the Program Guide contents.
  • Page 28 Full PMT: Use this checkbox to pass the received PMT PID in the multicast transport stream. In this case, the S300 will not regenerate the PMT but will instead pass the full received PMT. Remove CA Descriptors: Use this checkbox to remove the CA Descriptors from the multicast transport stream.
  • Page 29 There is no PMT, or  There is no Data, PCR, Teletex, Audio or Video PID’s A red-highlighted program indicates that the program is being received by the S300, and that it is scrambled NOTE: The receiver determines a program is scrambled by periodically looking at the scrambled bit in the received program MPEG packet header.
  • 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...
  • Page 31 (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 CAM to descramble it. If you are trying to receive an encrypted stream, please ensure you have an authorized CAM and smart card installed in the S300.

  • Page 32: Mpe Program Selection

    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

    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. Clear List: Select this button to clear the Raw PID list. 5. Add Raw Program: After configuring your Raw PID’s, select this button to apply the configuration to the S300. 6. Modify Raw Program: After making changes to your Raw PID’s, select this button to update the selected PID’s.
  • Page 35 Figure 14 - Raw MPEG PID Selection Screen Confidential and Proprietary 35 of 50 Version: 2.02...

  • Page 36: Control

    3. Load Configuration (with network settings): Allows the user to load the S300 configuration settings from an XML file. Using this command, the S300 network settings (including the IP address) will be updated an applied to the S300. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

    To configure the S300-Pro or S300CA for watching TV, please do the following: 1. Configure the Novra software. a. 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).
  • 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

    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 Ethernet 100 Base-T LAN Interface: RJ-45 CAUTION: Nothing should be inserted between the S300 and the satellite dish except for a surge suppressor. Cable TV Splitters, TVs, VCRs, and FM receivers are not designed for connection to this portion of the network. They will not work and if they are connected, even for a brief moment, they will probably never work again because the power on the coax will destroy the input of the misplaced unit.

  • 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

    So LNBs convert satellite frequencies to the lower, easier to transport, band of frequencies referred to as the L-Band. It is L-Band frequencies that the S300 receiver tunes to. Older systems used a unit called an LNA Low Noise Amplifier. This unit amplifies the RF frequency and then transmits the signals down a special (expensive) cable to the receiver.
  • Page 49 2.0 million bits per second (2.0 Mbps). The important point to remember is that satellite systems send and receive symbols which are then converted into data. The S300 takes the resulting data and forwards it to your computer in bursts called "packets."...
  • Page 50 One channel can contain Internet data and video and audio and specialized data in any number of permutations and combinations. The S300 uses the PID numbers that come with each Internet data, video, audio and specialized data signal to separate them all. (See PID.)

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