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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Novra S200/S200CA Receiver User Manual Subject to change without notification Confidential and Proprietary 1 of 47 Version: 1.01...
  • Page 2 CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Confidential and Proprietary 2 of 47 Version: 1.01...
  • Page 3 ________________________________ 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 4: Table Of Contents

    Help Drop Down ....................32 4.8.1.1 Help ......................32 4.8.1.2 About ......................33 IP Remapping ......................34 Configuring the IP Mapping Table .................34 How to Configure the S200 for TV Viewing ..............37 Troubleshooting ......................40 Specifications .......................42 Receiver Characteristics ..................42 Minimum System Requirements ................44 Supplied Equipment ....................44 APPENDIX Terms, Definitions, and Tidbits of Information………………………………..45...

  • Page 5: Conventions

    • Novra S200 – DVB-S2/DVB-S satellite data receiver capable of receiving IP data, • Novra S200-Pro – Same functionality as the S200, but with the added capability to receive MPEG Video data, and • Novra S200CA – Same functionality as the S200-Pro, but with a conditional access Common Interface (CI) slot, making it compatible with many commercially available conditional access encryption systems.

  • Page 6: Model Naming Convention

    1.3 Model Naming Convention This manual uses the S200 naming convention when referring to any one of the applicable S200 models (see Section 1.2 above). NOTE: This manual covers all of the models listed in Section 1.2 above. The S200 Console will automatically detect the receiver model and will gray out console tabs that are not required to configure the receiver.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    2 Introduction 2.1 Principles of Operation The S200 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 S200 operation. The desired DVB-S2 satellite signal is received using an appropriately sized satellite dish (not covered in this manual).

  • Page 8: 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 S200 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 9: What Information Do I Need - Basic Configuration

    3.2 What Information do I Need – Basic Configuration? Before using the S200 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 10: Software Installation On Windows 2000, Xp, Or Vista

    2- The software will attempt to auto-detect all the receivers currently connected to the LAN. 3- The first step in configuring your S200 is to ensure the network settings of the device 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 11 Novra-S2. Figure 3 – S200 Login Password Screen NOTE: Default Password is Novra-S2 6- After successfully entering the password, you will be presented with the S200 Consol main screen (as shown below). Confidential and Proprietary 11 of 47...

  • Page 12: S200 Main Screen - Dvb-S2

    The S200 Console can be divided into several basic sections. Each of these sections is described in detail below: 1. At the top of the S200 Console is a drop down menu that provides access to the File menu items, the S200 Configuration menu items, a Video Wizard and the Help screen.
  • Page 13 3. The middle bar of this screen displays the IP address and MAC address for the selected S200 being configured. 4. Status information on the operation of the S200 is provided in the lower part of the screen. This status includes: i.
  • Page 14 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 S200 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 15 Figure 5 – S200 Console Main Screen with Stats Window NOTE: The counters will keep accumulating as long as the window is open. You can use the reset buttons to reset the counters Confidential and Proprietary 15 of 47 Version: 1.01...

  • Page 16: S200 Main Screen - Dvb-S

    3.4.2 S200 Main Screen – DVB-S The S200 supports both DVB-S2 and DVB-S modes of operation. If the DVB-S mode is selected (to select - see the Satellite Button section below) the S200 main screen is automatically modified to change/remove the Figure 6 DVB-S2 modulation parameters to those that are supported in DVB-S.
  • Page 17 6. Viterbi Code Rate – Indicates the Viterbi code rate of the input stream. This number is only valid when the receiver is locked. 7. Viterbi BER – indicates the receiver Viterbi Bit Error Rate (BER) of the input stream. This number is a true measure of the signal quality.

  • Page 18: Configuring The S200

    4 Configuring the S200 This chapter discussed how to configure the S200. It covers both the drop down menus as well as the configuration buttons. NOTE: When editing field lists (such as PID lists), you can often edit or delete the list entries by right clicking on them.

  • Page 19: 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 S200 can successfully lock to your satellite signal. To configure your satellite settings, select the Satellite Configuration button and input the following fields:...
  • Page 20 Figure 8: Satellite Configuration and LNB Parameters Dialog 1) Symbol Rate: This is the symbol rate of the transponder that you are trying to tune to. 2) Receive Frequency: The RF Frequency of the signal that you are trying to receive. 3) LNB Power On: Turns the DC voltage and tone output of the receiver to ON or OFF.

  • Page 21: Ip Data Content Button

    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 S200 to receive the IP content.
  • Page 22 PID list, right click on the list entry 4.3 A/V The A/V button group is only available on the S200-Pro model and enables the operator to receive MPEG audio/video data by adding selected MPEG PIDs to the received PID program list. You will also be able to generate a new Program Association Table (PAT) for each received program (refer to Section 4.3.2 on the...

  • Page 23: Content Button

    4.3.1 Content Button The Content Screen (shown in the figure below) enables the operator forward the received audio/video content to either a multicast address or to pass the entire transport stream directly to the LAN. Figure 10 - Video Content Screen 1.
  • Page 24 2. TS without Nulls: Selecting this checkbox will pass the full transport stream less null packets 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. 3.

  • Page 25: Program Association Table (Pat) Button

    4.3.2 Program Association Table (PAT) Button If your S200 receiver is the Pro 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. This brings up the Program Association Table screen (see below).

  • Page 26: Control

    1. PAT Entry: The S200 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 27: Traps Button

    7. CAM Watchdog Timeout: If the CAM you are using with the S200CA is initialized and receiving an authorized stream, but does not properly descramble the stream, then the S200 will automatically reset itself after the configured timeout interval has elapsed. This feature can be disabled by setting the Watchdog Timeout to 0 seconds.

  • Page 28: File Drop Down

    The file drop down menu (shown below) provides access to the following features Figure 13 - File Drop down Menu 1. Save Configuration: Allows the user to save the S200 configuration settings to an XML file 2. Load Configuration (without network settings): Allows the user to load the S200 configuration settings from an XML file.
  • Page 29 To change the S200 firmware, please refer to the figure below: a. Select Code File and browse to the S200 code update binary file. b. Select Commit. c. On the firmware upload is complete you should get a message stating the Receiver firmware has been rewritten.

  • Page 30: 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 with one exception – the IP Re-Mapping function. The IP Re- Mapping feature is described in detail in Section 5 below. Figure 15: Drop Down Menu (Control) Confidential and Proprietary 30 of 47...

  • Page 31: Video Wizard Drop Down

    CAM program List (Program Number, if scrambled is selected) NOTE: It is important to note that if a program is to be removed from the S200, that the individual PIDs, program number and multicast IP address must be manually removed from these lists.

  • Page 32: 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 S200. 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 33: About

    4.8.1.2 About An example of the About menu is shown below. It provides Novra contact information and the receiver hardware and software version numbers. Figure 19 - About Screen Confidential and Proprietary 33 of 47 Version: 1.01...

  • Page 34: Ip Remapping

    This chapter discusses how to configure the IP Re-Mapping feature within the S200. The IP Remapping feature in the S200 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 35 This will bring up the IP re-mapping table as shown below. Figure 21 - IP Remapping Table 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 36 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 S200 shall perform the following packet forwarding options based on this value. The default setting is no rule.

  • Page 37: How To Configure The S200 For Tv Viewing

    Program Mapping Table (PMT) PID, • Program Association Table (PAT) PID The S200-Pro or S200CA will need to be configured to pass each of these PID’s to the correct IP address on the LAN. NOTE: Stream Analyzer programs for the PC, such as TSReader, may be used to help determine the PIDs in use for the video Also, it should be pointed out that the S200 provides an Ethernet output (not a video output).
  • Page 38 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 S200 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 39 a. Add a RAW PID 0. b. Mouse-over PID 0 and left to drag it under you multicast address you created above. You should now see the following PID’s under your multicast address: i. PMT ii. Video iii. Audio iv. PAT c.

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting

    This section can help you resolve most of the common problems when installing the S200. 1) I connected the receiver and when I start the Console, it says it can’t detect any S200 Receivers? Make sure the unit is connected to the same LAN that your computer (running S200 Console) is connected to.
  • Page 41 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 S200. Confidential and Proprietary 41 of 47 Version: 1.01...

  • Page 42: Specifications

    8 Specifications 8.1 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: 1.0 to 45 Msps (auto selection) DVB-S2 QPSK: 1-45 Msps (auto selection)
  • Page 43 Ethernet 100 Base-T LAN Interface: RJ-45 CAUTION: Nothing should be inserted between the S200 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 44: Minimum System Requirements

    • Power supply (120 Vac to 24 Vdc North America; OR 220 Vac to 24 Vdc European) • S200 Receiver Software CD • Novra S200 Receiver User Manual (Soft Copy on CD) Confidential and Proprietary 44 of 47 Version: 1.01...

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

    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 S200 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 46 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 S200 takes the resulting data and forwards it to your computer in bursts called "packets."...
  • Page 47 One channel can contain Internet data and video and audio and specialized data in any number of permutations and combinations. The S200 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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