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Novra S300 Receiver

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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 49 Version: 1.00...
  • 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 ......................... 37   4.8.1   Help ..........................38   4.8.2   About..........................38     How to Configure the S300 for TV Viewing................39     Troubleshooting .......................... 42       Specifications ..........................44   Receiver Characteristics ...................... 44  ...

  • Page 4: Conventions

     Novra S300 – Enhanced DVB-S2/DVB-S satellite data receiver capable of receiving IP data,  Novra S300-Pro – Same functionality as the S300, but with the added capability to receive MPEG Video data, and  Novra S300CA – Same functionality as the S300-Pro, but with a conditional access Common...

  • 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). This manual covers all of the models listed in Section 1.2 above. The S300 Console...

  • 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. Local Oscillator Frequency is specific to the LNB Model and is usually stamped NOTE: 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 8.1 for information on supported Windows Operating Systems.

  • Page 10: S300 Startup

    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 Confidential and Proprietary 10 of 49 Version: 1.00...
  • Page 11 You can use the Add, Delete, and Delete All buttons to add/remove entries in the Managed List. 3- You must also ensure that the network settings of the S300 make it accessible from the Windows management PC. The IP address of the device and the IP address of the management station must reside on the same subnet, or there must be a route that connects both of them through a router.
  • 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 49...

  • Page 13: Main Screen

    DVB-S mode. Where applicable, the DVB-S2 specific configuration or status items are highlighted below. 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 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, a Video Wizard (some models) and the Help screen. 2. Below this are the tabbed buttons that also provide access to the various configuration menu items.

  • Page 15: Main Screen With Status Counters

    3.5.1 Main Screen with Status Counters The S300 provides a number of traffic counters that are useful in determining the health and operation of the receiver. These counters may be displayed in the Main Screen by clicking the down arrow located in the lower right hand corner of the screen (refer to item #7 in Figure 5 above).
  • Page 16 Ethernet Receive Errors: The number of errors that occurred during the reception of Ethernet packets. iv. Ethernet packets Dropped: the number of packets that the S300 couldn’t transmit due to lack of buffers, or irresolvable address. v. DVB Packets Accepted: The number of DVB packets that the receiver accepted and processed.

  • Page 17: 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 18: Satellite Button

    255.255.255.255 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 configuration button and input the following fields:...
  • Page 19 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 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. For DVB-S operation, the ISI input will be grayed out.

  • Page 23: Conditional Access Module (Cam) Button

    4.1.3 Conditional Access Module (CAM) Button This feature is only available to S300 models (S300CA) that have a DVB Conditional Access (CA) Common Interface. If the CAM button is grayed out, then your receiver does not support this feature. S300CA models that have a DVB CA Common Interface can accept a PCMCIA-based Conditional Access Module (CAM) and decryption smart card.

  • Page 24: Ip Data

    MPE or IP data from the satellite stream and forward this data to the appropriate IP address on the LAN. This screen is used to add (or delete) the data Program IDs (PIDs) that enable the S300 to receive the IP content.
  • Page 25 Figure 10: IP Data Content PID's 1. PID: Use this edit box to add a new Program ID to the list; you can use decimal input or hexadecimal values preceded by “0x”. 2. ADD: This button adds the content of the PID box to the PID List. 3.

  • Page 26: Ip Re-Mapping Button

    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 27 Figure 11 - 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 28 5) TTL: Setting the Time To Live 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 29: A/V Data

    4.3 A/V Data The A/V Data button group is only available on the S300-Pro and S300CA models. If these buttons are grayed out, then this feature is not available on your receiver. This group of buttons enables the operator to receive MPEG audio/video data by adding selected MPEG PIDs to the received PID program list.
  • Page 30 1. Complete TS: Selecting this checkbox will pass the complete transport stream to the LAN. Ensure a destination address is added to the destination list so that you know what mcast IP address the full transport stream is being sent to. 2.

  • Page 31: Program Association Table (Pat) Button

    4.3.2 Program Association Table (PAT) Button If your S300 receiver is the Pro mode or CA model, then it has the ability generate a mini Program Association Table (PAT) for each program. The mini-PATs may be configured by selecting the PAT button.

  • Page 32: Control

    1. PAT Entry: The S300 will generate a PAT based on the selected program number and the Program Mapping Table (PMT) PID. a. Prog #: Use this edit box to add a program number to the program number list b. PMT PID: Use this edit box to add the PMT PID for the appropriate program number in the PMT List 2.
  • Page 33 1. Save Configuration: Allows the user to save the S300 configuration settings to an XML file 2. Load Configuration (without network settings): Allows the user to load the S300 configuration settings from an XML file. The network settings of the receiver will not be updated using this command.
  • Page 34 Figure 16 - 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.

  • Page 35: 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 17: Drop Down Menu (Control) Confidential and Proprietary 35 of 49 Version: 1.00...

  • Page 36: Video Wizard Drop Down

    4.7 Video Wizard Drop Down The A/V Data button group is only available on the S300-Pro and S300CA models. If these buttons are grayed out, then this feature is not available on your receiver. The Video Wizard is designed to assist the operator in setting up audio/video programs for viewing. When the Video Wizard screen is filled out, the required MPEG PIDs needed to view a program (video, audio, PMT, and PAT) may be grouped together and assigned to a multicast IP address and port.

  • Page 37: Help Drop Down

    5. Scrambled: Check this radio button if the program is scrambled. 6. IP : Port: Use this edit box to input the multicast IP address and port number 7. Apply: By selecting this button, the above changes are applied to the S300. 8. Exit: Exits back to the main screen To configure a free-to-air program (or a non-scrambled program), the Video Wizard would be configured as shown below.

  • Page 38: Help

    4.8.1 Help The Help menu is not currently available. 4.8.2 About An example of the About menu is shown below. It provides Novra contact information and the receiver hardware and software version numbers. Figure 21 - About Screen Confidential and Proprietary 38 of 49 Version: 1.00...

  • Page 39: How To Configure The S300 For Tv Viewing

     Program Association Table (PAT) PID The S300-Pro or S300CA will need to be configured to pass each of these PID’s to the correct IP address on the LAN. Stream Analyzer programs for the PC, such as TSReader, may be used to help...
  • Page 40 PID's 0, 50, 51, 54 would be the third program. 2. Once you know your TV program PID’s, you will need to configure the S300 to receive these PID’s and pass them onto the player. In the Video Wizard pull down (Refer to Section 4.7 above), add the following items: a.
  • Page 41 3. Next you will need to manually create a PAT PID and copy it to the multicast address you just created. To do this, go to the Video Content Screen (Refer to Section 4.3.1) and do the following: a. Add a RAW PID 0. b.

  • Page 42: 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 43 Try changing the IP address of your receiver to 192.168.0.x and change the IP address of your configuration PC to the same subnet, such as 192.168.0.100. Do not use 192.168.0.1 or the same IP address as your S300. Confidential and Proprietary 43 of 49 Version: 1.00...

  • Page 44: 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 45: Appendix Terms, Definitions, And Tidbits Of Information

    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 46: 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 47 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 48 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 49 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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