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Novra S75CA/S75+ 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: 2.0

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Novra S75CA/S75+ 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: 2.0...
  • 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 ....................4     Introduction ........................... 5     Principles of Operation ......................5     Getting Started ..........................6  ...

  • Page 4: Conventions

    B indicates a button that must be clicked. UTTON 1.2 Applicable Models This manual is applicable to the following S75 Models:  Novra S75CA  Novra S75+  Novra S75-Pro 1.3 Model Naming Convention This manual uses the S75 naming convention when referring to any one of the applicable S75 models (see Section 1.2).

  • Page 5: Introduction

    The Ethernet card on your computer can further filter that data and pass it to other programs on your PC. The S75CA provides a DVB conditional access common interface slot to enable the use of industry- standard, PCMCIA-based, Conditional Access Modules (CAMs). This allows the user to use properly configured, conditional access smart cards to receive DVB encrypted streams from the satellite.

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    S75CA be powered down for 10 seconds, or that the Conditional Access Module (CAM) is first removed from the S75CA. To re-insert the smart card while running a live stream, it is recommended that the smart card be first inserted into the CAM and then the CAM be inserted into the S75CA.

  • Page 7: What Information Do I Need - Basic Configuration

    5) The Symbol Rate in Msps. Examples: 21.096, 5.12600, 1.00, …etc. 6) The IP Address to be assigned to your Novra S75 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 8: Software Installation On Windows 2000, Xp Or Vista

    3.3 SOFTWARE Installation on Windows 2000, XP or Vista The S75 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. You MUST be logged onto the system as Administrator.

  • Page 9: S75 Startup And Main Screen

    3.4 S75 Startup and Main Screen 1- Start the S75 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.
  • Page 10 Managed List. 6- Once you have selected your receiver, you will be prompted for a password. The default password that you can use with your new receiver is: Novra. Figure 4 – S75 Login Password Screen...
  • Page 11 7- After successfully entering the password, you will be presented with the S75 Consol main screen (as shown below). Confidential and Proprietary 11 of 40 Version: 2.0...

  • Page 12: S75 Main Screen

    The optional I/P Remapping function button is shown as being grayed out in the above screen shot. The ability to remap received IP Multicast traffic to a new ip address/port is only available as an option by special request. Please contact Novra Confidential and Proprietary 12 of 40 Version: 2.0...
  • Page 13 DVB transport stream. This matches the Data LED on the front of the unit CA Module – Turns yellow when the S75CA detects a valid CAM in the PC slot. Turns green when the S75CA detects a valid Program Association Table (PAT) on the incoming stream.
  • Page 14 ix. Uncorrectables –. The number of uncorrectable packets that were processed by the demodulator section of the receiver. The counter accumulates and can be reset using the Reset button located beside the Uncorrectables field. x. Freq Error – Provides the difference between the desired RF frequency and the tuned value.

  • Page 15: Configuring The S75

    4 Configuring the S75 This chapter discussed how to configure the S75. 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 16: 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 17 Figure 7: Satellite Configuration 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 outputs of the receiver to ON or OFF. a.
  • Page 18 b. Band (Tone): Switch the LNB Tone frequency of the receiver On (High) or Off (Low). This is only valid if the LNB power is on. 4) LNB Parameters: Used to set the LO frequency, polarization voltage and LNB tone (see Figure below): a.

  • Page 19: Ip Data Content Button

    Figure 8 - LNB Information 4.2 IP Data Content Button The IP Data Content button screen (shown below) is to be used when the S75 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. This screen is used to add (or delete) the data Program IDs (PIDs) that enable the S75 to receive the IP content.
  • Page 20 Figure 9: IP Data Content PIDs 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 21: 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 12 - Video Content Screen Confidential and Proprietary 21 of 40 Version: 2.0...
  • Page 22 1. Complete TS: Selecting this checkbox will pass the complete transport stream to the LAN. 2. TS without Nulls: Selecting this checkbox will pass the full transport stream less null packets to the LAN. 3. PIDs: a. Add Destination - 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”.

  • Page 23: Program Association Table (Pat) Button

    c. ADD: This button adds the content of the IP address and port boxes to the appropriate PID in the PID List. d. Delete: This button deletes the selected IP address and port number from the appropriate PID in the PID list. e.

  • Page 24: Control

    The Control button group provides general configuration and control elements for the receiver. 4.4.1 Conditional Access Module (CAM) Button The S75CA and is equipped with a DVB Conditional Access Common Interface, which accepts a PCMCIA- based Conditional Access Module (CAM) and decryption smart card. This enables the S75CA to receive signals that are encrypted with many of the commercially available DVB Conditional Access Systems (CAS).

  • Page 25: Traps Button

    Figure 14 – Conditional Access Screen 1. Prog #: Use this edit box to add a program number to the program list. 2. ADD: This button adds the content of the program number box to the program list. 3. Delete: This button deletes the selected program number from the program list. 4.

  • Page 26: File Drop Down

    4.5 File Drop Down The file drop down menu (shown below) provides access to the following features: Figure 15 - File Drop down Menu 1. Save Configuration: Allows the user to save the S75 configuration settings to an XML file 2.

  • Page 27: Control Drop Down

    To change the S75 firmware, please refer to the figure below: a. Select Code File and browse to the S75 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 28: Video Wizard Drop Down

    4.7 Video Wizard Drop Down The Video Wizard is designed to assist the operator in setting up audio/video programs. When the Video Wizard screen is filled out, the required MPEG PIDs needed to view a program (video, audio, and PAT) may be grouped together and assigned to a multicast IP address and port.

  • Page 29: How To Configure The S75 For Tv Viewing

     Program Association Table (PAT) PID The S75-Pro or S75CA 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...
  • Page 30 The Program number you wish to view. b. If the program you are trying to receive is scrambled, select the scrambled box. To receive scrambled programs, you will need an S75CA with the NOTE: appropriate Conditional Access Module (CAM) and an authorized smart card c.

  • Page 31: Help Drop Down

    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 31 of 40 Version: 2.0...

  • Page 32: How To Configure The S75 For Tv Viewing

     Program Association Table (PAT) PID The S75-Pro or S75CA 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...
  • Page 33 below). Click Apply to apply the changes. Next run your stream analyzer and input the TS stream multicast IP address and port number into the program. You should now see a full description of all the PID’s in the TS stream on your PC. Figure 22 - Passing the Complete TS to the LAN An example of 3 TV streams coming down the MPEG stream might be: i.
  • Page 34 6. 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 35: Troubleshooting

    6 Troubleshooting This section can help you resolve most of the common problems when installing the S75. 1) I connected the receiver and when I start the Console, it says it can’t detect any S75 Receivers? Make sure the unit is connected to the same LAN that your computer (running S75 Console) is connected to.

  • Page 36: Specifications

    Common Interface: EN 50221 CAUTION: Nothing should be inserted between the S75CA 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 37: Minimum System Requirements

     Power supply (120 Vac to 24 Vdc North America; OR 220 Vac to 24 Vdc European)  S75 Receiver Software CD  Novra S75 Receiver User Manual (Soft Copy on CD) Confidential and Proprietary 37 of 40 Version: 2.0...

  • Page 38: Appendix

    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 S75 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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